02 A sad new life

In the past, I occasionally went hungry for weight loss, but when I arrived in this continent where I could cultivate immortals, Jiang Xiaomiao sadly found that it was such a beautiful thing to eat a full meal. Her current wife, Ms. He Xiuxiu, is struggling to maintain the family's life. He Xiuxiu washes clothes for coolies of various types of work all day long, her hands are rough, and there are so many cracks that it makes people feel distressed, and the rice and grain she got in this way are only enough for the three of them to starve to death, but they definitely can't eat enough.

The sad new sister Jiang Xiaohua is simply a professional pick-up called Huazi, she picks up firewood, picks up animal dung, picks up leftovers of vegetable leaves that have been thrown away, rags and clothes, anyway, there is nothing to want. These things can also be regarded as resources, so that the life of the mother and daughter is better.

Because of her mother and sister's selfless dedication regardless of image and hard work, Jiang Xiaomiao was able to barely survive. Her daily task was to help add some firewood to the cooking, feed the three chickens with weak legs and feet that her sister had picked up, and arrange the rags that her sister had picked up and wash them for patching the coolies' clothes.

If a washerwoman wants to have a stable repeat customer, she should start from the details, not only to wash and dry the guests' clothes, but also to help the guests repair the holes, otherwise those coolies who do not have a woman to take care of them will not be willing to hand over their clothes to a woman with two children for a long time to wash and dry. He Xiuxiu really did so much extra work, so she never felt embarrassed that she couldn't get her clothes washed.

But even after such a hard life, Jiang Xiaomiao never had a full meal for a whole winter. Winter is going to spring, and it's going to be the Spring Festival, Jiang Xiaomiao just changed into her sister's old clothes for the first time, a piece of clothing with fewer patches to make clothes for the door, and she wanted to follow her mother and sister to her aunt's house to pay New Year's greetings. At the eldest aunt's house, Jiang Xiaomiao had her first full meal since she had traveled to this world for so long.

It turns out that the uncle's family is still rich, and he basically lives a well-off life. Looking at the red face of the eldest aunt, the food must be no worse. The two cousins are also white and tender, and their hands are also very slippery.

Jiang Xiaomiao thought, for Mao, the three of us mother and daughter will have to live a life of hunger and cold. Jiang Xiaomiao opened her mind after eating, she felt that after the beginning of spring, she must use her shrewd mind to make money, so that she and her two closest relatives can live a good life. If a person can't even eat his stomach, does he need to think about anything else?

The eldest aunt looked at the yellow-skinned mother and daughter in the family, and the bear-like two children eating, and finally couldn't help but say, "Brother and daughter-in-law, why don't you move back to live." Anyway, we are all a family, and after you come back, your two nieces can learn embroidery with peace of mind. If our head of the family and his nephew An Sheng can't come back, Xiaojiao and Xiaolin can have a craft, and they can marry into a better family in the future, and you can also eat with you. ”

Jiang Xiaomiao's mother, He Xiuxiu almost choked on a mouthful of food when she heard her sister-in-law say this. When my sister-in-law mentioned her son, she immediately thought of her husband, who had died young, and couldn't help but cry.

Seeing that her aunt suddenly started crying, Jiang Xiaojiao couldn't help but lose her temper and said to He Xiuxiu: "What are you crying on such a festive day, crying makes our family unlucky, can you afford it!" My mother takes pity on the three of you, and the money for the three of you is enough for us to hire a capable servant to serve our mother and daughter at home. ”

When He Xiuxiu heard Jiang Xiaojiao say this, she immediately didn't dare to cry, wiped away her tears and said to her sister-in-law Liu: "Sister-in-law, do you really want the three of us to move back here?" If you want, I and Xiaohua will take care of the work at home. The two nieces have to do embroidery to support the family, sister-in-law, your health is not good, we will do those rough jobs, Xiao Miao is still young, and the autumn incident hurt her body again, so she doesn't do things at home? ”

The eldest aunt glanced at Jiang Xiaomiao with helpless eyes, nodded and said, "Okay, you come back to live, Xiao Miao don't do things for the time being, at most help Xiaojiao and Xiao Lin divide the line." Fortunately, I was born in embroidery, so let the two children help make some embroidery together to make money, otherwise where can we have enough to eat. You also know that the hand of the embroiderer is the most important, and the affairs of the family will be handed over to you, and the three of us do embroidery to support your mother and daughter. ”

He Xiuxiu felt ashamed when she thought of the spar that her daughter wasted, the fairy household supplies that could not necessarily be bought for a hundred taels of silver were used up by her daughter like this, and she couldn't afford to pay it back for twenty years, which was really a sin. In the final analysis, it is my own family that has affected my sister-in-law's family, and now my sister-in-law can forgive her family and let herself and her children have food and clothing, how can I not appreciate it.

He Xiuxiu agreed to Liu, and after dinner, she took her two children back to the old house she rented ten miles away. There was nothing to bring with them in the house, so the three crippled chickens that had been raised thin enough to give the landlord some rent, and then pack up some clothes and a few large wooden basins to go. Jiang Xiaohua is a person who makes the most of her things, she is so thin and doesn't forget to drag a few bamboo poles to dry clothes, which makes Jiang Xiaomiao embarrassed, and holds two big clothes mallets in her hands, this is the guy who eats at her mother, let's take it.

Jiang Xiaomiao was very helpless about this kind of life, she wanted to say, what kind of Xiuzhen Continent is this, it is simply a miserable ancient crossing through a destitute peasant family, or the level of bitter cauliflower in farming novels. How can life not have some miracles? Why can't I meet any immortals, immortals or something, when I cross once, it's easy?

Where is it so easy for miracles to appear, Jiang Xiaomiao once roared at God, and that momentum is extremely powerful and unyielding, so God will not let her have luck so soon, so she still has to continue to live her miserable life.

moved under the eaves of other people's houses, the eldest aunt Liu really would not support their mother and daughter in vain, all the housework at home was contracted by He Xiuxiu and Jiang Xiaohua, and they even took over the spinning work for He Xiuxiu. The spun thread goes directly to change the embroidery thread, anyway, the money can't pass He Xiuxiu's hands.

Jiang Xiaohua wrapped up the matter of chopping wood and burning the fire, and she was called every day to be worse than the rough maid of the landlord's family outside. In this way, this girl has not forgotten to pick up firewood and rags, but these substitute meals are cheaper than Jiang Xiaomiao's little cleverness.

In order to avoid the fate of being enslaved, Jiang Xiaomiao went out early every morning, and when spring came, she began to gradually adapt to the life of this era. She has just turned five years old, because she ate poisonous fruits last time, her body is weak and deadly, and she lacks nutrition, this is not good, Jiang Xiaomiao is desperate to make money, and the purpose of making money is just to eat enough.

Following a few older children, Jiang Xiaomiao began to look for herbs and wild vegetables that could be exchanged for money, and when she found a little, she went to exchange them for food. Those things that were only worth a penny and a half, and those cunning peddlers did not bother to deceive her as a child, and simply exchanged these for some food and gave them to her, and sometimes they would give her more when they met kind-hearted people.

No matter what she gets to eat, Jiang Xiaomiao will eat it in her stomach in time, because she can only eat two meals at home. The same is true for her mother and sister, if they dare to serve another bowl of rice after eating a bowl of rice, the eyes of the eldest aunt will be cold and want to kill, and the two cousins will sigh inadvertently, how difficult it is to support the family, they are tired of needlework to the point that their eyes are blind to barely maintain.

Jiang Xiaomiao knew that it was the so-called hint that she didn't want the three of them to be full. The things Jiang Xiaohua picked up came in handy, and those waste products were replaced by Jiang Xiaomiao for food, and some of these foods fell into Jiang Xiaohua's stomach, and Jiang Xiaohua could also eat a full meal by chance. Jiang Xiaomiao felt that this was very good, and Jiang Xiaohua also felt that she was more motivated to pick up the rags.

The firewood that was picked up was always sent by Jiang Xiaomiao to Li San's house, which set up a stall to sell fish balls, because Li San was kind-hearted and often gave Jiang Xiaomiao a little food. Jiang Xiaomiao always remembered the first time she saw Li San, it was raining, she didn't pick up anything, she got it, hid in front of someone else's stall to avoid the rain and was driven out, and fell down, it was Li San who helped her up and gave her a bowl of hot fish soup to drink, which was specially added with a lot of ginger shreds.

Because of this fate, Jiang Xiaomiao later used to rest by Li San's stall, mix time, and listen to Li San's guests gossip. She needed to know more about the new continent, which was the only way she could do it that way. She tastes the warmth and coldness of the world, and especially likes Li San's warm eyes.

Li San is more honest and honest most of the time, but Jiang Xiaomiao feels that Li San hides a special shrewdness. Li San's daughter-in-law is a little weird, Jiang Xiaomiao feels that she seems to have some personality splits, and she is a person when she is better, and she is more annoying than any eighth woman when she is abnormal.

Li San's daughter-in-law is an eighth wife for a lot of days, she doesn't like Jiang Xiaomiao, a little girl like Huazi, and often shows disgust to Jiang Xiaomiao, as long as she hasn't shown that she wants to drive Jiang Xiaomiao away, Jiang Xiaomiao will be cheeky and continue to stay at Li San's stall.

Li San felt sorry for Jiang Xiaomiao, sometimes he would deliberately play tricks, and when the guests were in a hurry, Li San would quietly put one or two fish balls in the guests' bowls, so Jiang Xiaomiao could taste the real fresh fish balls.

When Jiang Xiaomiao ate Li Sanjia's fish ball soup for the first time, the delicious experience on the tip of her tongue made her feel as if she was floating in the clouds. Why is it so delicious, can it be that after a few months of hard life, I have completely forgotten the happy times in the past, there are many modern delicacies, how can I be so unproductive.

Li San was a little proud when he saw Jiang Xiaomiao's stupid appearance, and he said proudly: "As long as there are men in our family, they are very good at making fresh fish, this is still made of ordinary fish, if it is made of falling flower spirit fish, it is estimated that even the gods will applaud." ”