"Okay! Let's all go back to our rooms! Master also gave us homework, so we have to do it quickly while the sky is still bright!" Seeing that everything he wanted to say had been said, Father Gu asked everyone to go back.
Xiaobao can only write in the main room, which is still a bit inconvenient. He needs to build a house quickly and set aside a study room.
There was no need for the little kid to be present for such a big event at home. Erya was feeling sad after being beaten. He even wanted to ask his uncle where the pheasant came from, but he lost the mood. After washing the dishes and chopsticks with his eldest sister, he went back.
Entered the east wing.
Fang and Gu Chengli returned to the east wing from the main room, "Da Ya, come with me to fetch some water, wash up and sleep!" Gu Chengli was so tired that he lay down on the kang.
After working in the fields for a day, Mrs. Fang was so exhausted that she didn't even have the strength to speak, so she just wanted to lie down and rest.
Da Ya raised the curtain from the inside and came out, waiting for Fang to leave. When Fang saw such a daughter, she also sighed. She was such a good eldest daughter. Ever since she was scared that time, she couldn't even say anything.
, if she hadn’t been diligent in her work, she would have suspected that her brain had been burned out. Thinking about it, her eyes were a little moist, and she knew that she was useless, and her baby was living a miserable life with her. Now, she just wants to take care of her baby.
When she was older, her daughters were all married and living their own little lives, and she felt relieved.
The sister-in-law learned embroidery from her mother, and her daughter didn’t have any money-making work, so she could only make them work harder. Later, they went to her husband’s house, and they were more popular! Looking at Da Ya, I thought of Er Ya who had been wronged during dinner.
, "Where's Erya! Why haven't you seen her?"
Da Ya glanced towards the inner room and sat on the kang. She seemed to know that her mother would have to wait a while to fetch water.
Sure enough, Mrs. Fang raised the curtain and saw Erya lying on the kang with her eyes open, wondering what she was thinking.
"Erya? But you still blame your mother? Does the beating hurt?" Fang looked at Erya who was silent and sighed.
After a while, Erya replied, "It's okay, I just want to sleep!"
"Don't blame your mother. She just doesn't want you to develop such a temper like your second aunt, and go to your husband's house again in the future, causing trouble for your husband's family. Follow your father at home, follow your husband when you get married, and follow your husband after leaving the house.
You are a member of your husband's family, and it is difficult to even return to your mother's family. Mom is afraid that you will be wronged in your husband's family in the future, and she won't even know about it!" Mrs. Fang said, tears streaming down her face, and her voice was choked with sobs.
Erya felt uncomfortable when she saw Mrs. Fang shed tears. She sat up from the kang, a little stunned.
"All I know is that I feel sad. Mom, when will our life like this end?" Erya stared at the corner of the kang in a daze.
When Mrs. Fang heard this, she wiped her tears with her hands, and then said worriedly: "Why do you think so? Life was getting better and better at that time! You little kid, what are you thinking about?"
At some point, Da Ya also entered the inner room, and while the two of them were talking, they sat on the kang.
"Follow uncle, everything will be fine!" Da Ya's hoarse voice rang out.
Fang and Erya were startled by Da Ya's sudden words, and then they remembered what Da Ya said.
"Sister, why did you say you were following my uncle?" Erya asked in confusion.
"Brother-in-law, be good to us, don't separate our families, live a good life!" Da Ya may not speak often, her speech is not very coherent, and her voice is a little hoarse, but her big round eyes are now looking towards the future.
expectations.
"Brother-in-law? Sister, my uncle is still young! When he becomes successful, we will already be married, so how can we catch up with him?" Erya thinks that the eldest sister is really whimsical.
"Almost!" Da Ya said two words, stood up and left the inner room.
Erya and Fang, who was wiping tears, were left looking at each other.
In the main room, Gu Chengyu polished the ink as soon as he entered and spread the paper on the table. Before school today, the homework given by Master Wen was to memorize what he learned today and copy it twice. In fact, the task was not much.
, Gu Chengyu picked up the brush and started copying with concentration.
Mrs. Lu was sitting on the kang, sewing clothes while looking at Gu Chengyu and smiling. Gu Wan sat on the side of Gu Chengyu and watched Gu Chengyu writing curiously.
"Xiaobao! You went to school today, no one bullied you, right?" Gu Wan looked at it for a while, then lost interest and wanted to find something to say.
Madam Lu hurriedly stepped forward and pulled Gu Wan back to the kang, "Don't disturb your brother's writing, don't talk, and learn embroidery from your mother!" Madam Lu held down Gu Wan who was still trying to move, but Gu Wan was unhappy.
She pouted her lips, but did not say any more. Instead, she picked up the quilt, continued to embroider the grass she had embroidered before lunch, and continued to embroider. When Mrs. Lu saw that her daughter was no longer noisy, she stopped caring about her.
It only took Gu Chengyu half an hour to copy these. After he finished writing, he spread it out on the table and let the ink on the paper dry. After it was dry, he would spread the paper over and practice more calligraphy.
"Mom! Where's dad? The honeysuckle should have bloomed these past two days, right? I still have to go up the mountain to have a look tomorrow so that I can pick it early and not miss the flowering period!" After looking at his free time, Gu Chengyu remembered that he hadn't said anything about the honeysuckle yet.
"What can he do? Or empty those two rabbit cages? Your father can pick these flowers just by explaining! But has he finished writing?" Mrs. Lu looked at the table. She was illiterate and only knew a few numbers.
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"No! By the way, dad sold the mink today, right? How much money did it cost?"
"I knew you were going to ask. After selling it for eleven taels of silver, your father gave it to me. You went to the bathroom and didn't see me. Not to mention, this thing is really worth the silver! It's a good loss.
, I didn’t let Lao Er’s family cook it, otherwise I would lose about ten taels of income. Even this mink cannot be touched at ordinary times.” Mrs. Lu remembered that she almost asked Lao Er’s family to cook the mink yesterday, but now she still
There is lingering fear in my heart.
"Mom! These are rare encounters." It's more common to go into the mountains, but his mother will definitely not allow him to go in. Moreover, he can't hunt big prey if he goes in now.
"Let's not think about these things for now. I'm going to find a long-term income-generating business for my family. I told my father about this. Once it's done, we can make money." Gu Chengyu thought of the custom-made soap mold in Dashan, maybe
Have to wait another two days.
"Is that the soap you mentioned? Can it really be made? Is it better than bath beans?" Mrs. Lu also heard from Father Gu, but the family still didn't tell them yet, and they didn't know if it could be made. Wait.
It’s done, it’s too late to say it again!
"Xiaobao! What is soap?" Gu Wan asked curiously.
"It's similar to the kind of bath beans my mother used to take a bath sometimes. It can be used for washing clothes, bathing, and washing your face. It's clean and has a fragrance. You can also call it Xiangjizi."
"Wouldn't that be more useful than bath beans?" Gu Wan said excitedly. She envied her mother's bath beans. Unfortunately, her mother couldn't bear to use them, so she washed them twice and kept them hidden on weekdays.
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"You'll know when it's done and you use it!" It hasn't been done yet and I can't explain it clearly, so it's better to wait until it's done and let the facts speak for itself.