In April, the rain began to increase in abundance, dripping on the water of the pond, hitting the eaves, falling on people's hair, and floating on people's trouser legs.

The crops in the fields have also emerged from front to back, and the seedlings have also been transplanted from the fields to the paddy fields by the croppers.

Two days before the Qingming Festival, Shen Mei and Liu Boan picked the wheat grass from the mountain and prepared to make Qingtuanzi, which was not eaten before and after the Qingming Festival.

The day before the Cold Food Festival, Liu Bicao asked Liu Boan to crush and mash the wheat grass, take out the juice, then mix it with the prepared glutinous rice flour and knead it, and finally let Shen Mei wrap the stuffing made of red beans into it.

"Meizi, Qingtuanzi, how much have we done, you, Bo'an and Jinxin will take it to the town tomorrow morning and sell it, and you can keep the money you get."

Liu Bicao sat in the courtyard and talked to Shen Mei, sewing in her hand the clothes that Shen Jinqian had been scratched by thorns when he went into the mountains to hunt two days ago.

Shen Mei was counting the handkerchiefs and ropes that she had taken back, listened to Liu Bicao's words, and nodded: "Okay, sister-in-law, it just so happens that I will go to the embroidery room to hand over the handkerchiefs and ropes, and then get some back." ”

"Well, you should go by yourself this time, and you should be careful on the way back and forth." Liu Bicao intended to exercise the three of them, so when Shen Jinqian went to the town the day before yesterday, Liu Bicao didn't mention this matter, "Also, you can also help me send the herbs I picked before to the pharmacy." ”

Shen Mei nodded confidently: "Don't worry, sister-in-law, we will handle everything you explain." ”

Early the next morning, after breakfast, Shen Mei and the three of them set off with their things on their backs.

"You said you, the three of them are not too young, what will happen, worry about it." Shen Jinqian saw Liu Bicao's worried look, and couldn't help but speak.

Liu Bicao glared at him, ignored him and got up and went to the field with the basket on his back to find Shen's mother, leaving only Shen Jinqian looking up at the sky and looking down at the ground in the courtyard.

With the moisture of the spring rain, the grass in the field is growing wildly, and they have been weeding in the field for the past few days.

"Bicao, what's wrong with you and the boss these days? Quarreled? Mother Shen rested enough under the tree, looking at the back of Liu Bicao busy in the field, she still couldn't hold back after all, and took two steps in three steps.

Liu Bicao's hand paused for pulling weeds, "Mother, what can Brother Jin Qian and I do?" ”

Shen's mother also bent down and stood side by side with Liu Bicao: "It stands to reason that this is your young man's business, and I, an old woman, shouldn't care about it, but my mother sincerely hopes that you can do well, if there is anything wrong with the boss, you just say, no matter how bad it is, I and your father will call the shots for you." ”

Liu Bicao held Shen's mother's hand, and she was really grateful to God for allowing her to have such good in-laws.

"Mother, don't worry, Brother Jin Qian and I are really fine, if he bullies me, I will definitely let my mother call the shots for me."

Hearing Liu Bicao say this, Shen's mother was also relieved, and the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law stopped talking and stopped mentioning this matter.

Although it was said that there was nothing to tell Shen's mother, the two of them were indeed in a cold war, to be precise, Liu Bicao unilaterally ignored Shen Jinqian alone.

If you want to talk about the reason, you have to talk about Shen Xing, who has left. Liu Bicao remembered that when the Lu family came to the Shen family that day to take a break from Shen Xing, Shen Xing kept saying that Shen Jinqian did not keep his original promise, and asked Shen Jinqian at night because of curiosity.

"It's all in the past, don't ask." Shen Jinqian replied.

"I heard Meizi say that when my mother was sick, Shen Xing took more than half of the silver from the house, you ......"

"Enough, she's gone, don't mention her again." Shen Jinqian was a little annoyed and angry, and yelled at Liu Bicao.

Liu Bicao was yelled at by Shen Jinqian, and was stunned: "I, I'm just curious why you are so good to Shen Xing, I just asked, I didn't mean anything else." ”

Since the two got married, Shen Jinqian has never yelled at Liu Bicao because of who and what, even when he just got married, Shen Jinqian was just cold.

"Daughter-in-law, I ......"

"I'm sorry, I'll never ask again next time." Liu Bicao interrupted what Shen Jinqian wanted to say and went to sleep by herself. Since then, Liu Bicao has ignored Shen Jinqian.

Besides, Liu Boan and the three of them set off from home to the town, because they were often walked, there was nothing to be afraid of, all the things were carried by Liu Boan and Shen Jinxin, Shen Mei was able to keep up, and they only rested once along the way to the town.

There are not only families who sell the Youth League in the town, but every household in the countryside has to make their own Youth League, and some women and girls think that they can exchange some money, so they will do more and go to the town to exchange money.

"Meizi, I'm going to sell the Youth League, you are waiting in the embroidery room, don't go around." After Liu Boan finished speaking, he went to the street with a basket containing the Youth League.

"Why is he more worried about you than I am? Who is my brother? Shen Jinxin waited for Liu Boan to leave, and then chattered to Shen Mei.

Shen Mei pursed her lips and smiled: "You are embarrassed to say, I also want to ask you, who is my brother?" ”

There are not many Youth Leagues with him, and Liu Boan is not like the girl's family who is thin-skinned and walks the streets, and it didn't take long to sell all the Youth League.

After returning to the embroidery room, Liu Boan gave all the money from the sale of the Youth League to Shen Mei, and he didn't keep it at all, and Shen Mei was not polite, so he accepted it all, anyway, these two people usually don't "cheat money" by themselves.

After the three of them had done what they had to do, they didn't dare to delay when they saw that it was getting late, so they took an ox cart back to the village and went back together.

"You can be regarded as coming back, your sister-in-law has been worried all day." Shen Jinqian was also worried in his heart, and he was also relieved to see that the three of them came back safely.

Liu Bicao hurriedly got up: "You haven't eaten yet, wait for me to get you something to eat." ”

Because it is the Cold Food Festival, there is no other food in the town except for selling the Youth League, and there is no food in the town if you have money, and the three of them are starving back.

"Eat, drink some water, don't choke." Shen's mother sat on the side with Shen He in her arms, looking at the three children distressedly.

"Sister, there is something I want to tell you."

"Tell me, what's the matter?"

"I want to go to Dr. Wang to learn medical skills, and become a doctor in the future, like my grandfather."

"Why do you suddenly think like that?" Liu Bicao was a little surprised, and she didn't know how Liu Boan suddenly had such an idea.

"Sister-in-law, when I went to the pharmacy today, Dr. Wang asked Bo'an." Shen Mei took over the conversation.

Liu Bicao was silent for a while: "You are old, you want to figure out what to do, Sister will not stop you, you can learn if you want to." After that, he went to the room.

Seeing Liu Bicao leave, Liu Boan was a little uneasy, "Sister, she? ”

"Since your sister agreed, you don't have to worry." Mother Shen comforted.

"Bo'an, studying medicine to save people is not something that can be done in a day, you have to persevere." Father Shen patted him on the shoulder.

Liu Boan nodded: "I know, uncle." ”

"This is left by my grandfather, I don't need it, I give it to you now, Sister only hopes that you can be like your grandfather, and save people all your life." Liu Bicao took this medical technique from the room and gave it to Liu Bo'an, and said a few more words.

Liu Boan took the book, and the careful household was in his arms, when his grandfather died, he was still young, and he could only remember the yard full of medicinal herbs and the old man who went up the mountain with a medicine hoe to collect medicine.

"When are you going to town?" Shen Jinqian asked.

Liu Boan glanced at Liu Bicao before saying, "Doctor Wang will let me go later." ”

"Go back in the second half of the year, and come back when you're free, this will always be your home." Mother Shen looked at Liu Boan kindly. Liu Boan is down-to-earth and has a good temperament, Shen's mother loves him very much, and now that she heard that he was going to town, she was very reluctant.

The family talked a lot more in the hall before going back to their rooms to rest.

The second day is Qingming, Liu Bicao, as the daughter-in-law of the Shen family and the bride, is also going to worship the ancestors of the Shen family.

Because the Shen family fled at the beginning, after settling in the village, Shen's father remade the spirit card of the ancestors of the Shen family, which was in the room behind the house.

Liu Bicao was also led by Shen's father and others that day, and entered the house that was usually locked, and there were only two spirit cards in the house, which were put together, and I heard Shen Jinxin say that this was Shen's father's father and mother, that is, Liu Bicao should be called grandfather and grandmother.

After following the worship, it can be regarded as the ancestors of the Shen family knowing and acknowledging Liu Bicao, the eldest daughter-in-law.