Chapter 3 Roll up your sleeves to support your family
The rabbit is not small, and there are three or four catties of skin and internal organs, and the stewed vegetables are together, and there must be a big pot.
Erhua's cooking skills are okay, it's okay, she used to cook at home, and the eldest sister made clothes, shoes and socks.
Since the two sisters got married, there are three small ones left in the family, and the food is much rougher, Sihua'er's cooking skills are limited to cooking meals, and the original body hurt her brain before, and it is good to be able to take care of herself without getting hurt, and none of the work at home can she do. When Sihuaer cooks, you have to ask Dabao to watch Sanhuaer.
Thinking of the little girl who was not yet on the stove in her memory and set up a small wooden stool to cook for the three sisters and brothers, Wei Jin felt that the tears could not help but stay. As soon as her eyes turned red, Sihua'er reached for her forehead worriedly.
"Sanhua'er, do you have a headache again? I'll blow it for you, don't cry. "Obviously she is a younger sister, but she takes care of her like a sister, Wei Jin can't tell how sour her heart is.
She crossed her elbow and wiped the corner of her eye: "I don't hurt, I just feel that you almost hurt me before, and I feel uncomfortable." ”
"I'm not hurt." Sihua'er gently comforted her, "Sanhua'er, eat quickly, the second sister's stewed meat is fragrant." ”
She sandwiched a few boneless pieces into the bowl of Sanhua'er, but she only picked up the side dishes and ate them.
"You can eat the four flowers too, otherwise I won't eat them."
"I ...... I'll just eat this dish, and when the rest of my sisters leave, I'll add some more food to it, and you and Dabao can still have a meal." ”
What kind of fairy girl is this. Wei Jin gritted her teeth and forced to give her more than half of the few pieces of meat in her bowl.
"Let's eat together, and the rest of the meat will be left for Dabao. This dish is soaked in oil soup, which is better than meat. As she spoke, she slammed a chopstick's dish into the bowl, took a big bite, and her mouth was a little uncontrollable.
Sihua'er worriedly gave her a smooth back, let her eat slowly, don't choke.
Erhua'er stood at the door, listened to the words of her two younger sisters, and bit her lip without saying a word.
"Erhua'er, don't be stupid." Da Hua'er, who also heard her sisters talking, was a little anxious, and pulled the second sister outside the house, "The woman who married out said that she can't take care of her mother's affairs, our family is special, there is no father and mother at home, and it is already a great gift for the in-laws to allow us to take care of us from time to time, if you make some more requests and annoy the in-laws, what will you do in the future?" ”
Erhua'er glanced at her sister and lowered her eyes: "I know the weight, don't worry." ”
Da Hua'er doesn't feel sorry for her younger brothers and sisters, but she can't help it, her in-laws still have children, so there has to be a bias. It's okay to secretly give some money in private, but it's absolutely impossible to really bring your younger siblings to your in-laws' house.
Erhua'er really didn't say anything more, until the evening, when the two of them were about to go back with the child, Erhua'er looked at the empty space and stuffed a handkerchief to Wei Jin.
"This is a little private house that I saved, and your second brother-in-law doesn't know about it. You, you discuss it with Sihua'er, if it's not enough, find someone to deliver a letter to your sister, and I'll find a way to get you some more money. ”
Wei Jin thought about it and took the second sister's veil.
Sent the two sisters away, locked the door, and the three little ones nestled into bed.
"Sihua'er, how much money is left in our family?"
Wei Jin was confused before, and the two sisters didn't dare to let her take care of the money, so they handed the money to Sihua'er and let her hide it.
Sihua'er slid out of bed, went to the door to look, closed the door, ran to the window and squatted, picked at a piece of masonry below for a while, took out the brick, and dragged out a small cloth bag inside.
"Here are a few broken silver horns hidden by the second sister, as well as some copper plates." Sihua'er spread out the small cloth bag softly, and inside was all their family's property.
They were still small, and they couldn't do the land themselves, so they were tenants to make it for others, and they used grain to pay rent at harvest time every year. Three children can't eat much, and it's enough to fill their stomachs in a year.
"Money can't be hidden together." Wei Jin divided the money in the cloth bag into three parts, "You hide this one as it is, and you can't use it until you have to." This one we hid under the wooden board at the head of the bed. The rest of this and today's second sister gave, I plan to buy something and come back, if it is successful, we will have much better life in the future. ”
Sihua'er glanced at her worriedly, then looked at the three coins on the table, gritted her teeth and nodded.
"Just do as you say. I can also do laundry and earn money. ”
Such a little older child is always worried about how to feed her sister and younger brother, to be honest, Wei Jin feels that if this is her daughter, she will hurt to the bone.
The money-making business that Wei Jin wanted was actually very simple, which was to sell pickles and pot helmets.
She actually knows a lot of things, but there are really not many things that can be used now. First of all, the cost is not enough, and those things that make salt, ice, soap, etc., are not what she can do as a powerless little girl.
Since ancient times, people have taken food as the sky, and food has been indispensable in any dynasty.
In fact, the society of the Eastern Tang Dynasty was quite stable, the sages worked hard, and the court and the court worked together, this era was a rare era of peace and rapid development. It is also the blessing of this stable era, otherwise it would be impossible for the children of the Wei family to survive in the troubled times.
Their village is quite large, and the location is good, two or three hundred meters away is the official road, and there are often merchants and travelers coming and going. At the intersection of the village road and the official road, there is also a bamboo forest, and there is a shed below to sell some tea or something.
Wei Jin's skill in making pot helmets is very good, and he has learned from the master for more than three months. She has mastered all the basic elements, and the rest is the heat, which has to be done by accumulating experience.
She took the money to order a pot and helmet stove, and then buy some flour and ingredients to come back.
After raising it for three or four days, Sihuaer finally agreed to let her go out, but she had to bring Dabao with her, at least if she was bullied, Dabao could help call someone.
It is estimated that Sanhuaer was almost bullied and killed by the boys in the village last time, and the incident was a bit big, except for everyone Zhang on the other side, the other families sent some meat, eggs and food to make amends.
Wei Jin is not unforgiving, and in addition to the impression that everyone Zhang deliberately bullied her, most of the other boys were picked up by Zhang's bastards, so people came to make amends, and Wei Jin cooperated to expose the matter.
She changed her clothes, although it was still the old clothes that her second sister had changed, but she washed them cleanly, tied her hair into two small balls, and left a strand of braid to hang down on both sides of her ears, looking much more delicate than before.
Sihuaer was also brought over by her to comb her hair and tie it with the same hairstyle. It's just that she used the pale yellow head rope given by the second sister and the colorful head rope used by the four flowers.
"My sister is so beautiful." Dabao suddenly came out with such a sentence, the two young ladies looked at each other and smiled, and one hugged him and kissed him.