Before the rooster crowed, Liu Bicao woke up. When I was in Liu's house, I had to cook food and wash clothes, and I had to get up before dawn every day, and I had already developed a habit.

After lying quietly on the bed for a while, Liu Bicao got up lightly, got dressed, and went to the stove room.

first cut the dried pigweed that Shen Mei cut back at the foot of the mountain yesterday, and then went to the chicken pen to feed the chickens at home, and then prepared the family's morning meal.

In the countryside, this is the case, and the family must first serve the livestock raised by the family before serving the people.

When I opened the grain tank in the house, I had wild potatoes dug up from the mountains, and it was not enough. After all, there are so many mouths at home, it seems that you still have to think of ways to make money.

Just as Liu Bicao was worried, Shen Mei also got up and came to the stove room: "Sister-in-law, what are you doing this morning?" ”

Liu Bicao neatly cut two sweet potatoes and wild taro, grabbed a few handfuls of millet, washed them and put them in the pot, and told Shen Mei to watch the fire. I went to the back vegetable garden, cut a handful of leeks, and prepared to make a few cakes, there are three laborers in the family, and I am not full just by drinking porridge.

Leeks grow fast, and you don't have to worry about not eating them later, and most of the vegetable fields in the backyard are planted with leeks by Shen's mother. Liu Bicao cut a handful and beat two of his own eggs in it.

"Smelling this smell, it must be my sister-in-law making leek cakes." When the Shen family was ready to eat, they also got up one after another to clean up themselves. They all got up, Shen He sniffed at the stove room, and turned his head to talk to Shen Jinyan.

"Today's cake is not made by my sister-in-law." Shen Mei came out of the stove room with dishes and chopsticks, and happened to hear Shen He's words, "It's my sister-in-law who is teaching on the side, I made it myself, you all taste it, look at my craftsmanship." ”

Shen Jinxin helped set up a table in the courtyard, and said casually: "Don't taste it, it's definitely not as delicious as the sister-in-law made." As soon as he finished speaking, he was unceremoniously stepped on the instep of his right foot by Shen Mei.

Since Liu Bicao married into the Shen family, the Shen family's food is made by Liu Bicao. When Liu Bicao used to be a maid in the town, she helped in the kitchen, and the big chef of the kitchen would teach Liu Bicao from time to time. Therefore, Liu Bicao's cooking skills are very popular in the Shen family.

Shen Jinyan and Shen He laughed very little without giving Shen Jinxin face on the side.

In the past two days, the weeds in the field have begun to grow, and Shen's father is afraid that it will affect the crops in the field, so he goes out early every day to pull weeds in the field, and the morning food is brought to the field by Shen Jinqian to eat.

"Okay, let's eat, I'll send your dad food when I'm done." Mother Shen sat at the dinner table, watching a few children playing, and the wrinkles at the corners of her eyes came out.

Liu Bicao packed up the morning food for Shen's father, then sat down next to Shen Jinqian, took the porridge that Shen Jinqian scooped for her, and drank a sip of soup: "I buried a few sweet potatoes and wild taro in the stove room, and I will send them to you at noon." ”

Summer is coming, the daytime is getting longer, just eating two meals in the morning and evening is definitely going to be hungry, but people in the countryside eat two meals a day, and Liu Bicao buries a few sweet potatoes in the stove, anyway, there is no shortage of firewood in the countryside.

"Okay, bring your straw hat when you come." Shen Jinqian looked at his wife's white and pure face, with big eyes and black eyes, wearing coarse cloth clothes, and just a wooden hairpin on her head to fix her hair, but it was difficult to hide her good appearance. The voice is extremely sweet and clear, which makes people feel indescribably comfortable when they hear it.

Liu Bicao smiled and only said yes, as long as Shen Jinqian was a little bit good to her, she would be very satisfied and happy. In the past few days, Liu Bicao is very sure that she is happy with this man in her heart.

Shen's mother looked at the two of them, knowing that her eldest son's face was cold and not good at words. But she believes that with her daughter-in-law's heart, the two will get along better.

"Sister-in-law, Sister Qingzhu is here." At noon, as soon as Liu Bicao pulled out sweet potatoes and wild taro from the stove, she heard the voice of Shen Mei outside.

Liu Bicao put down the work in her hand, patted the ashes in her hand, and hurried out of the stove room.

"Sister" Liu Qingzhu was beckoned by Shen's mother to sit down, heard the sound, and saw that it was her sister who came out of the stove room, and her eyes immediately turned red.

"Qingzhu, are you okay?" Liu Bicao stepped forward and held her hand, and the two sisters sat next to each other. Shen's mother took Shen He to the hall, and Shen Mei sent the sweet potatoes to the field, leaving the yard for the two sisters who had not seen each other for a long time.

Liu Qingzhu married in Xiahe Village a year ago, because one or two pieces of silver were sent to the Zhou family in Xiahe Village by the Wang family.

The Zhou family is the poorest family in Xiahe Village, that is, the one or two dowries are borrowed by the Zhou family, Liu Qingzhu married for the past year, and the Zhou family was fortunate to finally pay off the money owed.

"Don't worry, I'm fine." Liu Qingzhu looked at her sister with a smile, "Sister, is my brother-in-law good to you?" When you got married, my mother-in-law was sick and didn't get well until two days ago, so I didn't take the time to see you today. ”

Although the Zhou family is poor, the good thing is that the population is simple. Except for Liu Qingzhu Xianggong Zhou Chengcheng and a mother-in-law, there are not so many bad things.

The two sisters, Liu Bicao and Liu Qingzhu, sat in the courtyard and said this.

"Dad, eldest brother and second brother drink some water first." There are large naturally formed rocks under a large tree on the ridge, and many people sit here to rest and hide from the sun.

In this day when there is no harvest, everyone eats the grain tightly, and many people with large families only eat one meal, but fortunately, it will be more than two months, and it will be the day of the harvest.

Smelling the fragrance of sweet potatoes and wild taro from the Shen family, they all swallowed their saliva. In the morning, I drank gruel, and after working in the fields for half a day, I was already hungry.

"Brother Shen is still good at your family, and you can still have food in stock." It was Chen Laosan in the village who spoke, and his family had a large population, and the food was about to run out.

Shen's father took the sweet potato handed over by Shen Mei, peeled the skin and took a bite before replying: "How can there be any grain in stock, this is the wild taro dug from the mountains by the eldest daughter-in-law who saw that the time has been going on for the past few days, and she is afraid that we will be hungry." ”

When Chen Laosan heard this, he felt depressed for a while, they were all daughters-in-law who had married in the door for about a while, why was there such a big difference. The people who had daughters-in-law in other people's homes listened to Shen's father's words, and they were also envious for a while.

"Sister, I went to Liu's house to see Bo'an." Speaking of this only younger brother, Liu Qingzhu was also distressed, under the rubbing of the Wang family, he was not thin. Eleven or twelve-year-olds look like they're only eight or nine years old.

"Bo'an, you don't have to worry, now I can take care of him from time to time in the Shen family, but it's you, live a good life with your brother-in-law. The Zhou family is a good one, although the family is poor, but your mother-in-law and brother-in-law are good to you, the family is together, and there is nothing that cannot be overcome. Liu Bicao is still touching her sister's head like she did when she was a child.

Liu Qingzhu nodded, indicating that he knew. After another two quarters of an hour, he proposed to leave and return to Xiahe Village. When he left, he was carrying a pheasant held by Shen's mother.