Under her sister's gaze, Xia Jiuyue reluctantly ate two buns in one bite.
The two children looked at the meat buns, and Xuan'er suddenly said, "My first cousin and my second cousin once said that the meat buns are very delicious. It turns out they really didn't lie to me."
Xia Qiyue's nose suddenly felt a little sore. Both children were three years old. Not to mention meat buns, they only ate refined grains after she arrived.
Usually there is no separation between the three of them.
"Eat quickly! From now on, will my mother feed you steamed buns every day?" Xia Qiyue's voice was soft and soft.
As long as she is here, these two children will no longer suffer. Even if the original owner, the man who joined the army, dies outside, she can still take good care of the two children by herself.
"Mom, Ke'er can just eat steamed buns. You can't eat meat buns every day. Mother will be too tired. Ke'er doesn't want that!"
The little girl's eyes suddenly turned red, and the half-eaten meat buns suddenly no longer tasted good.
Xia Qiyue coaxed her again, "Ke'er and Xuan'er are too young and too thin. They need to eat better to grow up quickly, so that they can protect their mother. Don't Ke'er also have to make delicious food for her mother?"
?How can I do it for my mother if I don’t grow up?”
After all, children's thinking is simpler. After hearing what their mother said, the two children started eating the steamed buns again.
Finally able to sleep peacefully, Xia Qiyue waited for the four of them to finish eating the buns, put out the oil lamp in the room, then went to bed and hugged the two children to sleep.
She didn't wake up until dawn when Mrs. An knocked on the door.
Hearing Mrs. An's knock on the door, he quickly opened the door.
I saw Mrs. An Wang holding a small cloth bag in her hand: "July, aunt brought you some food. Although it is not fine grain, at least you can give the children hot porridge to drink! Hurry, let's go cook porridge with aunt.
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Xia Qiyue wanted to refuse, but Mrs. An wouldn't allow her to refuse and pulled her towards the kitchen.
"Auntie, let me get the pot and water first..." Xia Qiyue said quickly.
Mrs. An then smiled and waited for her to get the pot and water and go out.
Glancing at the small iron pot in Xia Qiyue's hand, her eyes lit up, but she nodded, "It's good for you to think about buying a pot. Don't just ignore everything like in the village!"
The two children are from Lao An's family, but they are also the meat that fell from your body, so don't ignore them!"
Xia Qiyue was a little confused at first, but thinking about the original owner's behavior, the original owner most of the time ignored the unequal treatment the children received in Lao An's family, which was also the reason why Lao An's family became worse.
She didn't speak, just nodded.
What An Wang gave him was about half a catty of brown rice, so Xia Qiyue had to cook porridge. However, he took out the coarse salt he bought and added some to An Wang's porridge.
Of course there is salt in the patriarch's house, but they are a little reluctant to eat every meal, so they eat a salty meal in two days or put some salt in the wild vegetable paste.
The whole-grain porridge was enjoyed by several people. Xia Qiyue looked at the four people who were not picky eaters, then looked at herself who couldn't swallow, shook her head and smiled, and forced herself to eat the porridge in the bowl.
When I first came here, I ate wild vegetables and steamed buns very well. But after two days of good times, I can no longer eat whole grain porridge. What's the reason?
After finishing the meal, Xia Qiyue couldn't sit still after giving the two children some medicine to drink.
She looked inside and saw that the crops were ripe. She felt itchy and wanted to go out and buy some things.
At least buy some bedding, cloth clothes, etc., and buy a clay pot to pickle some pickles, which will go well with your usual porridge and steamed buns.
Cabbage, pickled side dishes, and pickled vegetables are all very delicious, but they cannot be cooked and eaten freely, so she can only eat them like this.
Furthermore, today she wanted to try whether cooking could be done in the space.
Raising chickens is not only for eating eggs. She mainly wants to drink chicken soup and eat chicken. However, if the chicken is cooked outside, it tastes too strong and is unsafe. It should be better if it is cooked in a space and secretly taken out to drink and eat.
"Mom, do you still want to go out?"
Before Xia Qiyue could say she was going out, Xuan'er had already seen her intention and asked first.
Xia Qiyue smiled. The child observed her expression so well that he actually saw that she was about to go out.
She stepped forward and touched the little heads of the two children. "Yes, mother has to go out and take a look. Can you just listen to my aunt?"
"Is it dangerous?" Xuan'er continued to ask. He usually doesn't talk much, but when he does speak he will hit the point.
"It's not dangerous. Mom just went out to buy some things and came back. Don't worry, she'll be back soon!"
Warmth flowed through her heart, and she knew that while she was sincerely devoted to her two children, the two children also truly loved her.
After saying that, he told his younger brothers and sisters to lock the door and not let others in before leaving.
She still went out through the corner door in the backyard, fearing to alarm the patriarch's family and An Lao Zhuang and his son.
After coming out of the dead end, there is a restaurant opposite the medicine hall, but the doors and windows are closed, and it doesn't look like it is open at all.
Xia Qiyue walked along this street. The town couldn't compare with Liulin County, but he still saw a few businesses here and there.
Among them are cloth shops and grocery stores.
Xia Qiyue had all the banknotes in her hands, so she went to Buzhuang first. She bought more things from Buzhuang, so the banknotes would not stand out too much when she took them out.
When I entered the store, I saw that although the door was open, there was no one there, not even the shopkeeper.
"Is there anyone here? Going shopping!" Xia Qiyue tried to shout.
No response.
"Is there anyone? Is the shopkeeper here? Buy something!"
After shouting again, the door curtain shook, and a woman in her thirties came out of the back door. She looked at Xia Qiyue's slovenly appearance with a somewhat unkind expression, "What do you want to buy?"
Hearing this voice, Xia Qiyue knew that the shopkeeper looked down on her, but she didn't turn around and leave. It was true that she didn't see another cloth shop in the town.
"Shopkeeper, do you have any ready-made clothes here? I want to buy ten sets! Both inner and outer garments!"
If you look down on her, then buy something to make her look down on you. Money can make all the difference.
At this time, the shopkeeper was really shocked. He did not dare to look down on Xia Qiyue anymore and quickly took her to choose clothes for her.
There were ready-made clothes for adults and children. Xia Qiyue chose two sets of outerwear for each of the five people, and then began to choose fabrics.
Then I wanted to buy cotton again, but there wasn't much cotton, only about ten kilograms, and it was all wrapped up by Xia Qiyue.
Not only that, but all eight sets of beddings currently available in the cloth store are also wrapped.
At this time, the store was almost completely cleared, but there was also a lot of money, a total of eleven or two and a half dollars.
"Well, if you buy so much, I'll ask you for a cheaper price. Just give it a round ten or two!"
The shopkeeper smiled from ear to ear.
Xia Qiyue looked at a large pile of Luo Laogao's quilts and fabrics, as well as ten sets of ready-made clothes neatly folded and wrapped. Although she was a little unaware of the consumption level here, she still felt that it was almost worth the price, so she nodded and paid.
After getting the money, she asked the shopkeeper to follow her and deliver the things to the corner door in the backyard of the medicine hall.