Village Flowers and Female Scholars

After talking with Cai Chu about building the house, Xie Yan took Xie Yuangu to Zhang Carpenter's house.

Xie Yan didn't have the conditions to take a good wash these days after passing through, Xie Yan felt extremely uncomfortable on her body.

On weekdays at Cao’s house, I would carry water to the firewood house to clean it. Near the firewood house is a chicken coop, which has all kinds of smells, especially in summer, which is even more miserable. Now that life is getting better, personal hygiene and image must be paid attention to. , when the house is built, the master will have to build a bathroom near the kitchen.

There is no water at home, so I have to buy two wooden barrels for spare.

With money in his pocket, everything went smoothly. Xie Yan bought two wooden barrels, a basin and a cutting board at Zhang Carpenter's house, and spent two Wen to add a pole.

Xie Yuangu hugged the small wooden basin and followed behind, he could feel the joy in his heart from the jump of his footsteps.

Just now at Uncle Cai's house, he heard that the family is going to build a big house. Although the current straw shed is more comfortable than the previous woodshed, who would not like a big house.

At the beginning, Xie Yan always felt that this child was always bullied by other children in the past, and he was afraid that he would get sick from being bullied, but now it seems that as long as he leaves Cao's house, all illnesses will heal without medicine.

"Sister, is our family really going to build a big house?" The little guy couldn't help but confirm again.

"When did Sister lie to you, and then I will give you a separate room, do you like it or not?" Xie Yan said with a smile.

"I live in a room alone, but...but I'm afraid..."

After being kicked out from Xie's family, Xie Yuangu grew up in the firewood house. He always slept with his mother and elder sister on a rice bed, and they were never separated. Now that he has to sleep alone, he suddenly felt a little scared.

"You're almost five years old right now, and you'll be a big boy in two years. Why don't you sleep with your mother and elder sister all the time? By then, people will laugh at you."

Xie Yuangu pouted and didn't speak, but heard Ajie's voice came again: "When the house is built, our family's Yuangu will also start to go to a private school to study and enlighten himself."

"Really, sister, I can go to study too?" Xie Yuangu's eyes became bright in an instant.

"That's still false, doesn't it mean that Gu'er doesn't want to study?"

"Think, I want to be like Sister Xiucai, I want to study, and I also want to be a scholar."

In Xie Yuangu's eyes, Zhuang Wan is the most knowledgeable person he has ever met.

Zhuang Wan's cold face appeared in Xie Yan's mind, and she couldn't help teasing her: "Sister Xiucai is that powerful? Is she even better than Sister?"

"Uh... sister is also amazing, they are all very good, Gu'er wants to be as capable as sister, and also wants to be as knowledgeable as sister scholar."

Xie Yan smiled, picked up the wooden barrel and continued to move forward: "Then you have to work harder, the first step is to wait for the house to be built, and sleep separately."

When Xie Yuangu heard this, he lowered his head again, and after a while, he ran to keep up with the wooden basin, and said: "Then sister, I want the room between you and mother, on the left half With my sister and my mother on my right, I am not afraid of anything."

The structure of the house is not like this, even the middle is between her bedroom and the living room, but Xie Yan didn't correct him, and said with a smile: "Success, the house is finished, I'll give you the first choice."

When she got home, Cao E set up a support near the original thatched shed, and was sitting on the ground weaving pinches of thatch for spreading on it.

Seeing Xie Yan coming over with two buckets, he said, "This kid has gone out to spend money lavishly again."

"Mother, this can't be called extravagance. One of these two buckets is used to hold water for cooking, and the other is used for bathing. The wooden basin will be used for washing vegetables."

Now that there are ten different things in the house, Cao E is just talking about it, Xie Yan sat next to her and weaved thatch together, and by the way, told her in detail about the house that was discussed at Cai Chu's house just now.

Cao E saw that she had arranged everything in an orderly manner, and that she herself had always been an uninitiated person. She was used to following her advice, and she couldn't express any opinions. She looked at her daughter and said, "Now this family depends entirely on you, mother. I can't do anything, and I can't give you sister and brother a good life, but fortunately, Jin'er is assertive and promising now, and mother can feel at ease in this life."

Xie Yan narrowed his eyes and smiled: "Mother, we used to live a life that was not human, no matter how capable we were, we had to hide our clumsiness. If Cao's family found out, we would suffer disaster. Now that we are out, you don't have to act like that anymore." Give them face like before, and live life as you want, now that your daughter has grown up, she will always let you and brother live a good life, so you can rest assured."

Cao E was quite comforted in her heart, and nodded: "I will listen to you from now on."

With yesterday's experience, the mother and daughter quickly built another thatched hut. If Cai Chu moves quickly, construction of the house can start in two days, and the two thatched huts will live there. For ten or so days, it is simple and simple, not a big problem.

All the tools at home are stored in the new grass shed, and the cooking is still done in the open air.

When I came back from the town in the morning, I bought a catty of pork and more than seven catties of lard. Just now, Xie Yan brought a cutting board back from Carpenter Zhang's house, which happened to be ready for use.

Cao E cut down a small tree, chipped the wooden handles and put them on all the tools.

"Mom, I forgot to buy a jar of lard today. We will fry the oil after cooking. After frying, put it in the pan and save it. Tomorrow I will go up the mountain to pick mushrooms and sell them in the town. When I come back, I will buy pottery." Come here."

"Are we still going to pick mushrooms in the future?" Cao E asked with some concern. Although they earn money right now by picking mushrooms and digging herbs, their daughter is a girl who goes uphill every morning and slips accidentally. Not to mention, what to do if you encounter bad people.

"Go, there is nothing to pick from that mountain before, I will change to another one tomorrow, and when the surrounding hills are all picked, I will think about other livelihoods."

"The mother will go with you."

"No, there are not many, and you will be so lucky every day to meet Ganoderma lucidum, you just wait at home, the cloth you bought hasn't been made into clothes yet, you make clothes when you have time, and there are many things at home, You have to leave someone to guard it." Xie Yan pointedly said.

Cao E knew what she meant. There were still a few taels of silver buried under the thatched shed.

"Then you have to be careful, now we have enough money to finish building the house, and we have all the clothes to live in. Turn around and see who else is renting land in the village, renting two or three acres of land for planting should be enough for us It is enough for a family of three to chew for a year."

Hearing what her mother said, Xie Yan felt that it was feasible for the time being, but she would not be a person who is content with the status quo, so she just replied vaguely: "Okay, let's talk about it after the house is built."

Cao E heard that she might have other thoughts, so she didn't bother to say it.

"I cook first. When I was cutting thatch on the mountain just now, I came across a clump of wild leeks. I cut them all back and fried them with pork belly."

It's been a busy day, and it's almost evening now, the bowl of pork knuckle noodles in the morning has already been digested, Xie Yan hurriedly urged: "Mom, go quickly, I'm almost starving."

Xie Yuangu on the side also echoed repeatedly, Cao E saw the two children screaming hungry, now that there is rice and meat, how could they be willing to let them go hungry, and hurriedly got up to make a meal.

Xie Yan took a break now, and waved at Xie Yuangu: "Do you want to wear new clothes, Gu'er?"

The fabrics and new clothes I bought today are still buried under the straw. Xie Yuangu has been playing outside since he came back, but he didn’t go in. I don’t know that my sister bought new clothes. When I heard Xie Yan’s words, my eyes lit up instantly .

"Sister, you bought new clothes for Gu'er!"

"What do you think?" Xie Yan looked at her with a half-smile.

"Sister, show me quickly, show me quickly—" Xie Yuangu said excitedly.

When the original body was in Xie's house, although she was a girl, she was Xie Rongsheng's first child after all, and she could still wear a few new clothes, but Xie Yuangu, as a Kefu, was born two days ago So he and his elder sister were kicked out and returned to their natal home. After returning, the Cao family thought their family was unlucky, and they were even more harsh on him. The clothes he wore were all clothes that others didn't want, and he sewed and mended them, which was very pitiful.

Xie Yan couldn't bear to tease him, so she went into the shed to get clothes, first she took a set of gray coarse linen clothes, which was the poorer fabric among the three, but Xie Yuangu was already very happy when he saw it, who cares What kind of fabric is it.

He stepped forward to touch the new clothes carefully, then hugged Xie Yan's waist, raised his small face and smiled at his sister until he couldn't see his eyes: "Sister, I'm so happy, this is Gu'er's." First new dress."

Seeing him like this, Xie Yan was also heartbroken, and quickly took out the other two sets hidden behind her, one green and one sky blue, both made of better fabrics.

"Look, there's something better."

Xie Yuangu never expected such a big surprise, he hugged the three clothes and jumped up, screaming excitedly.

Seeing the two siblings like this, Cao E couldn't help but secretly wiped away tears, half sad and half relieved.

"Do you want to put on new clothes now, Gu'er?"

"I think," Xie Yuangu answered quickly without even thinking about it, but as soon as he finished speaking, he felt that he hadn't washed well for a few days, and was dirty. He was afraid that his new clothes would be soiled, so he shook his head and said, " You have to wash it before you can change your clothes.”

Xie Yan laughed: "It's not easy, the new wooden barrel I just bought can just wash it for you."

At the end of autumn and the beginning of winter, the weather is a little cold, but for the Xie family, mother and son, they have never tasted the taste of hot water bathing since they came to Cao's house. , After Xie Yanchuan came here, he thought about finding a place to wash and wash every day, and the construction of the bathroom in the new house was imminent.

"Mother, I haven't cooked any vegetables yet, and the frying pan hasn't been dipped in oil yet. Gu'er's illness has just lasted for a few days. Let's boil some hot water for him to take a bath." Xie Yan found that there were too many things missing in the house, not only There are no clay pots for oil, nor large pots for boiling water.

Cao E had just finished scouring rice and cooking, when she heard her daughter's words, she hurriedly responded, and found three big stones to set up a new stove to boil water. The house site is near the foot of the mountain, and there are still some dry branches, so there is no shortage of firewood. .

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