As soon as he entered the kitchen, Cao'er was shocked when he saw it, "Ah, how did this happen?"

Just now, Su's mother told her not to go out. She didn't know that Liu Huan had become like this.

Liu Huan lowered his head and sobbed, staring at the straw sandals on his feet in a daze.

Cao'er knew what was going on and asked her quietly, "Did Shitou scold you?"

Liu Huan shook his head. It would be fine if he scolded her, but if he didn't scold her, it meant he was angry.

The kind that can't be appeased once it gets angry.

"Shi Tou, boil some hot water for her to wash, so she won't catch a cold." She was busy washing vegetables and cooking and had no time, as Su's father and eldest brother would be back for dinner soon.

Liu Huan watched Shi Tou scoop water and make a fire.

When the water was hot, he scooped it into a basin and carried it into the next room before speaking to her: "Why aren't you coming over yet?"

Liu Huan went in sniffling. Shitou found her clothes and put them beside her, "Wash them and change them."

After that, he went out.

It's not summer yet and it's a bit cold in the morning.

She took off her clothes shivering, her body was covered in mud. She went in to take a bath, put her clothes back on, and rubbed the muddy clothes inside.

Can't rub it.

Shitou heard the noise and came in with a comb in his hand. Liu Huan stood beside him obediently and let him comb her hair.

He was the one who combed Liu Huan's hair, and in no time, two cute buns appeared.

He then took a handkerchief and washed her face, and her fair and tender face returned to its original state.

Her deer-like eyes stared at the stone, and when she saw that it was ignored, she drooped back like an unwanted puppy.

Shitou took the clothes out to wash and hang them up, and she stayed in the room and didn't dare to go out.

After a while, she started wiping away tears, silently.

Xiao Shi sneaked in quietly, and seeing her crying sadly, he asked hurriedly: "Huan Huan, what's wrong with you? Did you get hurt from the fall just now?"

Liu Huan cried and shook her head, "No, Shi Tou was angry and ignored me."

In the past three years, she has treated herself as a child living her life again. Naturally, she would be afraid and sad if she made a mistake and made Shitou angry.

Xiao Shi's eyes widened, "How could that be? Wait a minute, I'll go call him." He ran so fast that it was too late for Liu Huan to call him.

When Shitou left, she was still crying, her eyes were swollen, she glanced at him and said calmly, "Eat."

Liu Huan followed her to the kitchen. Everyone pretended not to see her red eyes. They never asked when Shi Tou taught his two younger siblings a lesson.

I saw her picking up her own bowl and eating it sporadically, not even taking her favorite ground vegetables.

Cao'er felt sorry for her and picked up some food with chopsticks, but she was eating without any energy.

Helpless, he could only wink at Shitou: That’s enough.

Shitou picked up an egg with chopsticks and gave it to her. His tone softened, "Eat well."

Liu Huan raised her head, and the tears fell into the bowl like pearls. She didn't have time to wipe them away and nodded with a smile: "Yeah"

She happily picked up the dish and put it into her mouth, chewing it with a smile. The scrambled eggs with ground vegetables was the most delicious dish she had ever eaten.

After dinner, she took the initiative to use her small stool to wash the dishes. It was only as high as the stove when she stepped on it. Cao'er couldn't bear it, so she heard the rooster crowing outside and quickly called her out.

"Go pick up the eggs quickly. Xiao Shi will pick them up later."

These words were a threat to her. She and Xiaoshi would break up for a whole day just to pick up an egg.

Xiaoshi was not there when I got there. I guess he saw that she had just cried, so he gave in to her.

Pulling a warm egg from under the hen, she muttered, "One penny."

Carefully take it in and place it in the basket.

There are only two hens in the family, and they can collect two eggs every day, which is two cents. This is the main source of income for the Su family.

Sometimes if they are not fed well, they will have no eggs that day, and they need to be supplemented with nutrition from time to time, so eggs are particularly precious.

This is why Liu Huan wants to pick eggs every day.

When she went to the other one, she searched for a long time but couldn't find any eggs. She was almost done.

"Xiaohong, why aren't you here today?"

The hen named Xiaohong clucked and refused to come out until she laid eggs.

Liu Huan asked Cao'er who was washing clothes nearby: "Sister, do you know why Xiaohong didn't lay eggs today?"

Su's mother came out to explain, "It's spring now, it's time to hatch the cubs. It will probably take about ten days for them to lay eggs."

"Hatching cubs, then we'll use eggs to hatch them."

Cao'er twisted her clothes and said, "It's not that simple. This is a technical job. We have tried hatching chickens in the village before, but they failed because the eggs were damaged. We bought these two hens from the town. They are very expensive."

What??? I don’t know how hatching works!!!

Eggs cannot be hatched without a rooster. That’s why there are so few chickens in the village. It turns out that there are no chicks in the village.

Then...if I hatch the chicks myself, can I buy them in the village? Chickens lay eggs, and eggs become chickens that lay eggs again...

Wouldn’t that be a success!

She has already dreamed of becoming a big chicken farmer, and replacing the thatch on the roof with tiles so that when it rains it won't be heavy outside but light rain inside.

Hahahahahaha

"What are you doing? Why are you so stupid?" She was not angry at all when her fantasy was shattered by the stone.

Instead, she put away her silly smile, cleared her throat, and called out sweetly: "Shitou~"

Shitou couldn't help but pull her hair when he saw her acting cute: "Be good and don't be naughty."

Shitou took a hoe and prepared to go to the field. Weeds grow faster than crops in spring, so the whole family is ready to weed.

Liu Huan murmured unconvincedly: "I'm very good, okay? It was Sister Cuihua who provoked me first."

He changed the subject and asked, "Where's the young man?" He looked for a long time but didn't see anyone.

"I'm here, I'm going to weed, too."

Xiaoshi was carrying a big hoe on his small body, and it looked funny to see him staggering from side to side.

"I'll go too. I'll help you, little brother."

The two cobblers, carrying an adult hoe, followed Su's father and walked away.

Dashi came out and looked around, "Shitou, have you seen my hoe?"

Shitou shook his head helplessly and said, "The two younger ones took it away."

Cao'er laughed when she thought of that scene, "Go and keep an eye on them, don't let them get hurt by the hoe."

Cao'er is ten years old this year and no longer has to work in the fields.

Girls in the Zhou State could get married after they turned 15. To prevent their daughters from getting tanned, many families would not allow them to go out to work after they turned 10.

Just wash clothes and do simple needlework at home, so that your daughter won’t be regarded as having a bad life in her parents’ home and will not be treated unfavorably by her husband’s family after marriage.

Shitou nodded: "I understand, sister."

……

Liu Huan looked at the grass that was taller than corn seedlings. It was very tender and effortless to pull up. He remembered that in his previous life, when he was herding cattle in the countryside with his grandparents, he would take such good grass back to feed the cattle.

I couldn't help but sigh: "Oh, such good grass, it would be nice if there were cows."

Father Su made a rare joke: "Girl, that cow is a treasure. It is only your uncle's family in the village. It costs ten taels of silver. We can't afford it."

Yes, the family’s savings added up to less than two taels, so it would take at least ten years to buy a cow.

Forget it, it’s more practical to feed the chickens.

But she still made promises to Father Su: "Dad, you will have everything in the future. Cows, sheep, and horses. Ask Shitou to buy them for you."

Father Su smiled from ear to ear and said perfunctorily: "Okay, okay, I'm just waiting for you to honor me."

Liu Huan became more motivated, as if he had been injected with chicken blood. He just wanted to finish it quickly and go back to hatch chicks to make money.

When she wasn't paying attention, something slippery fell into her hand, "Ah!"

Xiao Shi ran over with his eyes wide open, "Huan Huan, what's wrong with you?"

Liu Huan wiped his hands with grass in disgust and said, "An earth dragon fell on my hand. How disgusting."

She hated hairless mollusks and invertebrates like earthworms the most, they were slimy and scary.

Shitou reminded from the side: "Just watch out if you feel disgusted, you are the one who is causing trouble."

Mother Su scolded, "How can you say that about Huanhuan? She's still young and will be angry soon."

Liu Huancai was not angry. She suddenly thought of a way to feed the chickens.

Boil the ground cages, cut them and feed them together with vegetable leaves. The chickens fed are all fat and lay double-yolked eggs.

This is how my grandparents fed me in my previous life.

Looking at the earth dragons again, she no longer felt disgusted. They were all treasures!

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