Li Ziyu put the money in the purse, got off the kang and opened the wooden box and put the purse in. Seeing the two younger brothers sitting stunned, he got on the kang and whispered his future plans: "Don't tell others about money, and don't talk about the three little ones." Next year, after the New Year, I plan to send you both to private school. A few days later, I went to the bookstore to buy some pen, ink, paper, and inkstones, and practiced at home first. With this money, our family can finally breathe a sigh of relief. In the future, both of you should focus on your studies and don't think about money. In this world, only those who have knowledge in any dynasty and generation will be successful. Whether our family will be prosperous or poor in the future will be pinned on you. ”

Under the light, Xiaoshan and Xiaowen's faces were surprisingly serious, and their immature faces were full of solemnity and deep thought. The little brothers subconsciously glanced at each other, and they both saw firmness and determination in each other's eyes. Although they still don't know how to go next, they all have the desire to change the current situation of their family and the vision for the future.

Li Ziyu blew out the candles, said "go to sleep" and lay down.

Xiaoshan and Xiaowen also lay down. This night, Xiaoshan and Xiaowen did not fall asleep when they lay down as in the past, and the two tossed for a long time before falling asleep.

Li Ziyu didn't actually fall asleep, she was thinking about dinner.

Today's dumplings and two dishes are the best meals they have eaten since the death of their parents for the children in the family. Especially the two Xiao and Xiao Wu, they always followed their sister and brother to drink sorghum paste with only salt. But in the face of a good meal they had never seen before, they did not lose their temper. Sit upright, don't cry, don't make trouble, don't grab. Li Ziyu fed them what they ate, which made Li Ziyu very surprised. Originally, she was worried that they would look ugly in front of outsiders, but she didn't expect them to perform remarkably. It is commendable that Xiaoshan, who is like a little adult, who moves generously around the dinner table, and whose performance makes people completely forget his age. This made her overjoyed, these children are really Puyu, and there is still a lot of potential to be tapped. But today's performance made Li Ziyu wonder. They were children in the ravine, and they had never been outside, and the farthest was Shiyan Town. Is it genetic? She searched her memories carefully, and in her impression, her father was very kind, very tall, and his facial features were also very handsome. It's just that when he is not at home, his mother said that his father went hunting. Li Ziyu thought about it for a while, every time my father came back, he really came back with wild things, such as hares, pheasants, roe deer, and once he even hit a wild boar. But the prey he hunted was uninterrupted in almost every household in the village, and she understood why the people in the village had good intentions towards their brothers and sisters, after all, there were very few ungrateful people, although this was not much kindness. The mother looks more temperamental, not at all like a girl in the ravine. I have the impression that my father and mother can read and write, but my father has no time at home, so my mother usually takes the free time to teach a few children to read. I remember that on the day my mother gave birth, my mother went to the mountains to dig wild vegetables with her stomach up, Li Ziyu didn't let her mother go, but my father said that he was there, so he insisted on going. When I came back, the two younger siblings had already given birth, and my father held the two younger siblings in his arms and helped my mother back home. When her mother arrived at home, her lower body was bleeding, which scared her into a panic, and when her father invited Dr. Fu to come, her mother was already dying and couldn't speak, and she went after a while. All she remembered was that her father would cry because she and her brothers were crying so darkly. Later, by the way, her mother's father, mother, that is, her grandparents and uncles and aunts also came, but she didn't have a good impression of them. At that time, in addition to crying for her mother, she also had to take care of her two newborn siblings, where else could she take care of it? But his father never mentioned his life experience, only said that he was the only one left in the family, and he never said where he was from.

Li Ziyu thought about her parents, and fell asleep after a while.

The next day, Li Ziyu got up early and poked the stove open. The stove fire has been burning at night, which has been insisted on since Li Ziyu woke up. With the mountains behind her, she has all the strength, chopping wood is not a matter at all, why should she freeze. It's a cold day now, it's freezing cold, and she doesn't want to live and suffer. The fire is made to boil the paste, add a few pieces of firewood, and it will be boiled in a while. She is going to make a pair of cotton shoes for herself and her two younger brothers, and also make a few pairs of socks. At home, she, Xiaoshan and Xiaowen are still wearing old cotton shoes, and they all have leaked toes. A few days ago, I made new cotton shoes for the two little ones, and Xiaohu's clothes, including cotton shoes, were made by Li Ziyu not long ago, because the clothes on his body really couldn't be worn.

Li Ziyu found a few wooden planks, which were also purchased by her mother when she was alive, after all, there are many people in this family, and they all have to wear shoes. He also poured out old rags from the wooden box, including old clothes that Xiaohu could not wear. The fire had just been lit in the hall and the roof had been repaired, so it was very warm. Li Ziyu squatted on the floor of the hall and began to stick cloth heads to the wooden boards, layer after layer, sticking four or five layers, and then kept "popping" with her hands, and then dried outside and waited for it to dry before it could be used.

Several younger siblings are also busy, especially a few small ones, who are very busy. Xiaohu and Xiaolan have paste on their faces, which makes them look particularly cute. The two little ones didn't know it, and they helped back and forth with their little short legs. After a while, he took a rag and handed it to his sister and asked, "Sister, is this okay?" After a while, he stretched out his little hand to help pat the cloth board, and the "pop" shot was quite like it. The cute and cute look doesn't work, so Li Ziyu rarely wants to kiss enough. But looking at his hands, he can only sigh pity.

There is a lot of power in the crowd, although there are two troublemakers, but the sisters and brothers will still finish it in a while.

Li Ziyu washed the hands and faces of the two little ones with the hot water in the pot, and she and several younger brothers also washed their hands and faces.

Li Ziyu took her younger siblings back to the West House, took off Xiaohu and Xiaolan's shoes and hugged them to the kang, and told them to stay and play. The family now has enough everything, Xiaoshan and Xiaowen have nothing to do, so they took two big brooms to the yard and cleaned the yard.

Li Ziyu pulled out the two bags of cloth from the box and began to select the socks to be made. She drew the size of Xiaolan's feet and began to cut. She recalls the shape of modern socks and cuts them out with heels. The socks here are tubular and unhurried to wear without heels. The socks made for Xiaolan are spliced with cloth, and they are very beautiful. Because of the experience of making shoes last time, coupled with the good needlework of the original owner, the sewing was successful after a while. When Xiaolan was put on, Xiaolan was so beautiful that she walked back and forth on the kang, making Xiaohu and Xiaowu covetous. Xiaohu pursed his lips and looked at Li Ziyu with his eyes, and he didn't speak, but his eyes, which were as clear as spring water, flashed with moist light. Xiao Wu also looked at her longingly, perhaps knowing that he was an elder brother and should love his sister, and neither of them made a fuss. Li Ziyu hurriedly comforted the two of them and said that they would do it for the two of them immediately, and the two of them went to play with their sister.

What Li Ziyu made for Xiaohu is also spliced with flower cloth, but the color is slightly lighter. What I made for Xiao Wu was made of orange rag heads, which was soft and warm to look at. Xiaoshan, Xiaowen and his own, Li Ziyu used cyan rags spliced, which looked strong and durable.

Li Ziyu was sewing the last pair of socks when she heard the door ringing.

I heard the hill in the courtyard ask, "Who?" A girl's voice came: "Xiaoshan?" It's me. "Next is the sound of Xiaoshan running to open the door, probably I know it, or Xiaoshan wouldn't have opened the door as soon as he heard the sound.

Li Ziyu also felt that this voice was somewhat familiar, and it sounded like the voice of Aunt Yang's daughter Yang Liu. She couldn't help but wonder, why did Yang Liu come? Speaking of Yang Liu, don't look close, the two really don't have much contact. Yang Liu doesn't go out all the year round, doing embroidery work at home, and occasionally having contact is also when Li Ziyu goes to Yang's house to ask for something. Willow is a typical ancient beauty, gentle and virtuous, and smiles without showing teeth. The first-hand embroidery art comes from the mother's true inheritance, and there is a trend that the blue is better than the blue. She is one year younger than Li Ziyu, but she has already had a matchmaker come to the door. It's just that the Yang family has a special situation, and they also pointed to Yang Liuxiu to support the family, and Aunt Yang didn't like it, so Aunt Yang didn't agree.

When Li Ziyu came back to her senses and walked out of the house, Yang Liu had already entered the courtyard.

Li Ziyu saw a little girl about ten years old, Wenwen quietly walked in, and knew that this was Yang Liu. Yang Liu wears a neat small floral muslin cotton jacket on his upper body, and the inner part of his lower body is a light green cotton pants of muslin, and the outside is covered with a gold embroidered cotton dress, and a pair of embroidered shoes loom between the skirts. The end is bright-eyed and bright-toothed, jade-colored, and a handsome little girl.

"Sister Willow, are you here?" Li Ziyu hurriedly stepped forward affectionately and grabbed her arm, "Why do you have time to spare, a busy person?" Let's go and get into the house. ”

The two talked and laughed and entered the house.

Yang Liu took out a package from under his armpit, put it on the kang and said, "Sister Xiaoyu, this is a pair of shoes I made for you, you can wear it and try it, see if it is suitable?" ”

"Give it to me?" Li Ziyu's eyes widened in surprise, she didn't expect it at all.

"Well, my mother said that you were too busy to do needlework, so she asked me to make you a pair." Yang Liu said slowly, a smile in his clear eyes.

"Oh, why are you so busy?" Li Ziyu is really embarrassed, she knows the situation of the Yang family too well, and the Yang family is pointing to the embroidery of the two mothers. But she can only accept it, and she will return the favor in the future, anyway, the Yang family has already helped her family a lot. "Sister Liu, I'll lick my face and accept it, don't laugh at me."

Yang Liu squinted his eyes and smiled: "Actually, I really want to play with you." But I really don't have time. ”

Li Ziyu nodded understandingly: "I know, I know, I just know that you are busy making shoes for me, so I am embarrassed." ”

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