There are more and more chickens and ducks in the bamboo forest now, and rabbits are also coming out one after another, and the Shen family is now a big family in the village. And the children of the Shen family have naturally become fragrant and sweet, except for Shen Jinqian, who has already married, there are only a few small ones left.

Therefore, the people in the village set their sights on Shen Jinxin and Shen Mei, and tried their best to kiss each other. But because of Shen Jinqian's marriage before, the age of the two children is not too old, and Shen's mother did not agree. In this way, some families say that the Shen family looks down on the countrymen in the village, and they are afraid that they will climb to the rich and noble families in the city.

The family turned a deaf ear to these sour words, and they were busy with the handkerchiefs that should be laid and the handkerchiefs that should be embroidered.

"Sister-in-law, look, we picked up a lot of eggs and duck eggs." Picking up eggs and duck eggs in the bamboo forest has now become a matter for Shen Jinyan and Shen He, and the two of them go to the bamboo forest with a basket every day when they get up, and pick up none left.

Looking at the eggs still sticking to the in the basket, Liu Bicao was also happy, the jar in the kitchen specially used to store eggs was full, and it could be sold in the town again: "Are you tired of eating pickles every morning?" My sister-in-law will make you salted duck eggs, and you can eat salted duck eggs in the morning, and you will be hungry. ”

Shen He was very happy to hear that he could eat salted duck eggs every day. But Shen Jinxin was very hesitant: "Sister-in-law, why don't you take it to the town for money." ”

Liu Bicao touched his head: "It's okay, in addition to money, the body is also very important, my father and mother have to make up for their bodies when they work, the eldest brother and the second brother also have to make up for their bodies when they work every day, and you and your little sister also need to grow their bodies." Liu Bicao patiently told him: "As long as we are in good health, we are not afraid of any difficulties." ”

The two nodded, followed Liu Bicao into the kitchen to move the duck eggs out and prepare to make salted duck eggs, and took the liquor, salt, pepper and other things needed to make salted duck eggs to the table in the yard. Anyway, I am not afraid of any danger in the village.

Wait until Shen Jinyan buys the wine back before starting to make it, first wash the duck eggs with clean water, then dry the water on them with a handkerchief, then put the duck eggs in the wine and roll them around, then put them in salt and peppercorns, and finally find a jar and put the finished duck eggs in one by one, which is considered to be done.

"Sister-in-law, when can I eat this duck egg?" Shen He stared at Liu Bicao and put the jar in the hall, his eyes were dumbfounded. "You know how to eat." Shen Jinyan glanced at his sister with disgust.

"Bicao, are you at home?" As soon as she put the jar away, she heard Xiuling calling her, and hurriedly went out to agree: "What about at home, what's wrong?" ”

Xiuling walked in with a basket in her hand: "I can't come to you if I have nothing to do?" After speaking, he put the basket on the table, sat down unceremoniously, and poured himself a bowl of water to drink, "Didn't you say two days ago that you wanted to buy a sheep and would give milk?" ”

Liu Bicao listened to what she said, and looked at her smug appearance, she knew that she must know where there were ewes that could give milk, so she hurriedly wiped her hands clean and sat down and asked her, "Which one is there?" How are they sold, you can show me quickly. "Two days ago, I was planning to buy a milk ewe and come back.

Xiuling deliberately sold Guan Zi and didn't tell her: "I want to know, it's not that simple, what are you buying sheep or sheep that can give milk?" "Seeing that anything can be sold for money in the hands of Liu Bicao, the hairy chestnuts on the mountain can be made into chestnut cakes and sold for money, and wild vegetables can be sold for money as herbs, and I also want to raise so many chickens and ducks, and now I know that she wants to buy sheep, but I am not curious, I think she must want to do something to sell for money." Do you have any way to sell for money? Tell me and let me get rich too. ”

"Sister-in-law Xiuling, what kind of fortune is it, my sister-in-law buys sheep to get goat milk to drink." Shen Mei was afraid that she would misunderstand her sister-in-law, so she hurriedly explained.

Xiuling looked incredulous: "That goat's milk smells so strong, pigs don't drink it, why are you drinking this thing?" ”

"When I was in the town before, the children of those people in the town drank goat's milk, and goat milk was sweet and warm, non-toxic, moisturizing the heart and lungs, nourishing the lungs and kidneys, and was very good for people's health." Liu Bicao pursed her lips and smiled, in the past, when she saw it in the town, she said that this goat's milk was as good as human milk, and she also wanted to buy a sheep to give it a try, "Say it quickly, where is it sold?" ”

Knowing that Liu Bicao didn't buy sheep to sell for money, she didn't waste time, so she took her to the house of the ewe seller.

In fact, the family that sells the ewes is Uncle Chen's family in the village, and Uncle Chen's sheep were first raised and wanted to sell, but no one bought them for a few days when they took the sheep to the town. Sheep are different from cattle and donkeys, they can't pull carts and can't work, no one can buy them, and they don't want to spend money to buy them for nothing and don't work at home.

Third Uncle Chen was worried, and it happened that Xiuling heard that Liu Bicao wanted to buy sheep and went to report for Third Uncle Chen.

"Third uncle, are you at home?" Third Uncle Chen and Xiuling's father-in-law are cousins, and the relationship between the two families has always been close. "Xiuling is here, your third uncle is not at home." Uncle Chen San was not at home, and he and his son went to the town to look for a short-term job, only Aunt Chen San, her eldest daughter-in-law and a few half-old children were at home.

Xiuling pulled Liu Bicao into the courtyard and directly explained her intentions: "The third uncle is not at home, and it is the same for me to find you." I heard my father say last year that the third uncle and the third aunt were going to sell sheep? ”

Aunt Chen Sanjie heard Xiuling mention the matter of sheep, and suddenly frowned: "I want to sell, but the sheep can't work, who will buy it, alas." Aunt Chen glanced at the eldest daughter-in-law who was sitting next to her and cut pigweed, "It's your third uncle who listened to Hua Niang's words and bought the sheep back, and now it's like this." ”

"Mother, how can you blame me? I'm also for the good of this family. ”

Hua Niang and Liu Bicao are married before and after, and they are both new daughters-in-law. At the beginning, Hua Niang looked at Liu Bicao raising chickens and ducks, and she was envious in her heart, and she listened to those mothers-in-law in the village praise how good she was every day. It happened that there was a family in his mother's village that had sheep cubs, so he persuaded Uncle Chen to buy the sheep, thinking that Liu Bicao would raise chickens and ducks, so he would raise sheep himself, but he didn't expect that in the end, the sheep were raised, and they couldn't be sold.

"Hmph, there are more than enough things to achieve, and there are more things to lose, so don't make up your mind if you don't understand." Aunt Chen also unabashedly blamed her daughter-in-law in front of outsiders, looking at her and then looking at Liu Bicao, the more she thought about it, the more she regretted it, she shouldn't have let the Shen family take the lead because she didn't have a bride price and the Liu family's dowry was high, if her son married Liu Bicao as a daughter-in-law, then now her own life would be as good as the Shen family.

Seeing that the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were about to argue, Liu Bicao hurriedly took over: "Aunt Chen, can your ewes give milk?" ”

When Aunt Chen saw Liu Bicao asking, she looked at her with a smile: "Yes, I was milked two days ago, but it smelled bad." "Aunt Chen is uncomfortable when she thinks of that question now;" What is this, you ask? ”

"To tell you the truth, I want to buy a milking ewe, it really happens that you have it, so I don't bother to look for it."

"You want to buy it?" Aunt Chen couldn't believe that there were still people in the countryside who bought sheep that couldn't do anything, and when she saw that Liu Bicao didn't seem to be joking, she took her to the sheepfold.

"How did you sell this sheep?" Liu Bicao was very satisfied when she saw that the sheep were growing well, and she wanted to buy the sheep back today.

Aunt Chen saw that she really wanted to buy a sheep, and she was not ambiguous, so she thought for a while: "Bicao, you see that it is not easy for my family to raise this sheep so big, although it is not as valuable as a cow, but it is also ...... What do you think of a tael of silver? Aunt Chen was afraid that Liu Bicao would think that the price would be high and she would not buy it, so she immediately said, "If you think it is high, you can also discuss it." ”

Liu Bicao thought about it, it was acceptable, the price was not high, and immediately agreed to come down and gave Aunt Chen Sanyu silver.

"Auntie, did you milk today?"

"No, I don't know how to get it if I squeeze it, so I just didn't squeeze it." Aunt Chen was curious about what she was doing when she bought sheep, so she immediately asked.

"She bought it for her own family." Xiuling saw that Liu Bicao could take out a tael of silver as soon as she took it, and she was also very envious. Aunt Chen just wanted to sell her sheep, and she didn't ask more.

A handful of sheep brought back, Liu Bicao couldn't wait to squeeze out the milk, the milk was enough to squeeze two sea bowls, after dinner while washing the dishes while cooking goat milk, Liu Bicao took the goat's milk from the kitchen to the hall, saw one by one eager to hide, couldn't help but be a little funny: "What is this?" ”

When Shen Jinxin came back today, he saw one more sheep at home, and he knew that he had bought the sheep back to boil goat's milk to drink, and now he covered his mouth and nose to death, and wanted to run back to the room, but he was forced by Shen Jinqian's pressure and didn't dare.

"Daughter-in-law, do you really want to drink?" Shen Jinqian did not change his color on the surface, but in fact, he had the same thoughts as Shen Jinxin in his heart. When I was in the barracks, I drank this goat's milk, and I wanted to vomit when I put it in my mouth.

Liu Bicao put the bowl on the table and nodded: "Of course, I bought it with great difficulty, and in the future, everyone in our family will have to drink a little bit every day, especially Jin Yan and Xiaomei." As he spoke, he divided the milk in the big bowl into a small bowl and served it to Shen's father and Shen's mother.

Father Shen and Mother Shen took the bowl, couldn't bear the kindness of their daughter-in-law, closed their eyes and drank it, Shen Jinxin kept staring at it with a few eyes, but saw that Father Shen and Mother Shen had no reaction, and hesitated. Still Shen He couldn't resist the temptation, so he stretched out his little fat hand and took a sip of a bowl.

"Isn't it hard to drink?" Shen Mei asked in surprise when she saw her sister finish the milk in one go.

Shen He shook his head and said that it was not difficult to drink: "Sister, it's not hard to drink, it's delicious, whatever your sister-in-law does, it's delicious." ”

"Look, it's not hard to drink, don't worry, I added almonds to it when I cooked it, and it didn't smell weird." As he spoke, he brought Shen Jinqian to his mouth and motioned for him to drink it.

Shen Jinqian took her hand and took a big sip, "It's really not weird, it's much better than what I drank in the barracks." ”

Shen Jinxin, Shen Mei and Shen Jinyan heard that the eldest brother said this, and put their hearts at ease, after all, Shen He is a person who can eat, as long as he eats, he thinks it is delicious. Shen Jinqian is different, he is actually picky about what he eats, he said that it is delicious, it must be delicious. So I drank the goat's milk boldly with confidence.

Since then, a bowl of dairy sheep has been added to the Shen family's dinner table every day.