"Yan'er." An Ran squatted down and said earnestly: "Everyone can't decide their own birth, but you can't envy other people's mothers because your birth is not good, your mother doesn't love you, and you can't live in a sigh of sorrow if she is my mother, you have to be brave and strong, you can't change your birth, then change your future destiny through your own efforts, you are still so young, and sensible, little aunt believes in you, you will live a happy life in the future." ”

"Hmm. Little aunt, I will be strong, and I will take care of my grandfather's younger siblings. Liu Yan said with a firm look in her eyes: "Thank you little aunt for ordering a loom for me, although I can't weave as fast as an adult, but I will definitely weave seriously and live up to my little aunt's care for me." ”

She was also listening to the crowd just now, seeing everyone's excited voice, Liu Yan couldn't be happy, although she had learned to weave with her grandmother, but she was not proficient, her grandmother used to weave very fast, and she would weave a zhang cloth for their brothers and sisters to make new clothes in three or two days, she was still thinking at the time, how good it would be if grandma didn't die, so that even if their mother refused to take out the silver taels, grandpa and a few of them didn't have to worry about the future for such a selfish mother.

Penniless, my mother hid the things in the house again, and said that she would divide the family into two, they lived theirs, she passed hers, and the grandfather was so angry that he almost didn't carry it, how could there be such a ruthless mother in this world?

She originally wanted to come to Wei's house to ask for some rice to go back, but later heard that the little aunt ordered a loom for each family to make money for everyone, she came here for two days, and she also knew that her mother and the little aunt had not dealt with each other, so she was afraid that the little aunt did not book their family, so she asked, and sure enough, the little aunt did not count their family.

"By the way, Yan'er, are you here to find me or something else?" An Ran saw that Yan'er hadn't left yet, so he guessed that the child didn't just ask about the loom.

"Hmm." Liu Yan lowered her head, and her voice lowered, "I want to borrow some rice from my little aunt, and all my family's rice has been hidden by my mother." ”

"What?" Liu Yan's voice was like a mosquito and a fly, and An Ran didn't hear it clearly.

"She said to borrow some rice from us, and Yu Guiping hid all the rice from their family." An Jin's ears are good, she heard what Liu Yan said clearly, and repeated it to Wan'er for her, "There is still such a mother in this world, and she doesn't care about her own children?" ”

"Some people are born selfish people, and having children is just a bargaining chip for her to climb wealth, how can there be any motherhood?" An Ran commented and said to Liu Yan: "You wait, little aunt will bring you rice." ”

"Thank you!" Liu Yan's tears flowed out again, if their family didn't have the help of the Wei family, they were afraid that they would have starved to death.

An Ran gave all the thirty catties of rice sent by the court to Liu Yan, Liu Yan still had a lot of strength, and moved back by herself, An Jinmu gave Liu Yan's thin body, sighed and said to An Ran: "Wan'er, I thought you would accept Liu Yan's daughter." ”

Liu Yan's child is pitiful and sensible, if Wan'er accepts her as a righteous daughter, she thinks it's pretty good.

"I'm already a mother of three children, and it's not that I can't have children, what do you do with a righteous girl? Besides, there are so many poor children in this world, how can I take them? All I can do is do my best to help them, and I haven't thought about accepting righteous girls. "Which child of a poor family is not in charge of the house early? You can't feel sorry for them, but if you pity them, you can accept them as righteous women, right? Helping them in this way will hurt them.

"Yes." An Jin understood that Wei Guang also wanted to do this, but he wanted to help the people but couldn't do it, and Wan'er's wish would definitely be fulfilled by her.

"Huh? Wei Lin and my dad don't seem to be at home. As soon as the person left, An Ran found that the house was unusually quiet.

"Did they open up the wasteland in the back mountains and haven't come back yet?" An Jin asked.

"I guess so, then let's cook." An Ran walked towards the kitchen.

As soon as I arrived at the kitchen, the door in the backyard creaked, and then I heard Wei Zhou's voice, "I dug up a lot of winter bamboo shoots today, and my grandfather fried winter bamboo shoots with bacon is the best." ”

"I'm going to fry you, I don't know if your grandmother and mother are back? There's a lot of people waiting for them at home. ”

"Daddy is back, they are all back." An Ran greeted him with a smile, "How many of you went to dig bamboo shoots in the back mountain?" ”

"Yes, the winter bamboo shoots in the back mountain are growing well, so I went to dig a basket and came back." Lin Hao replied.

"Such a big winter bamboo shoot?" An Ran saw that the winter bamboo shoots grew very well, "Didn't anyone dig them?" ”

"No one digs it, although this winter bamboo shoots grow well, they are also astringent, and they are not delicious without bacon fried, who in this village can have extra meat to smoke bacon?" Lin Hao picked the largest one, "That's it, my grandfather will fry a big plate for you tonight." ”

"Okay." Weiguo Weizhou Acropolis smashed his mouth and nodded.

"I'll go steam the rice first, and I'll have to eat it later." Lin Hao said as he entered the kitchen, and saw that An Jin was already cooking on the fire, and hurriedly said, "An Jin, I'll come." You've had a busy day. ”

"I've been busy all day, and it's too much to do, you're busy at home with heavy work, I'll come, when you fry bamboo shoots with bacon, you can go to the pot again, I want to eat it too." An Jin is not tired at all today, so he will collect money to help Wan'er sew clothes, unlike yesterday, he is not used to it at all.

"Okay, then I'll peel the bamboo shoots." When Lin Hao heard that An Jin also wanted to eat bacon and fried bamboo shoots, he hurriedly started peeling the bamboo shoots.

Wei Lin was dirty, An Ran fetched hot water from the stove for him to wash his hands and face, and asked, "Are you tired of doing farm work at home?" ”

"It's just a little work in the field, not tired, what about you? Are you okay in the store? "Wei Lin is worried about what will happen to the lady outside, although there is a mother, but he can't see the mother when he is not around, this heart is still hanging. 97 Chinese

"Well, business today is better than yesterday." Ann reported good news and not bad news.

An Jin didn't speak, it was her fault that Wan'er was almost in danger today, how dare Wan'er tell her son if she didn't protect her.

Dinner was made in less than a pillar of incense, fresh winter bamboo shoots fried with bacon, An Ran ate a bowl of rice more than usual, the family finished eating, Wei Guo pulled his grandfather, "Grandfather, we haven't heard my grandfather tell a story for a long time, today you tell us the story of the Classic of Mountains and Seas." ”

"What story to tell? Your grandfather is tired all day, and he won't let your grandfather go back to rest. Although An Jin didn't want Lin Hao to go back early, he didn't want Lin Hao to be tired.

"It's okay, I don't necessarily go to sleep when I go back, just tell a story to the children." Lin Hao thought for a while, "Why don't I tell you a story about Jingwei's reclamation." ”

"Okay." The three children like to listen to the strange stories in the Classic of Mountains and Seas.

"The story of Jingwei reclamation is like this, the mountain of the dove, there are many trees on it, there are birds, its shape is like black, the head of the text, the white beak, barefoot, the name is Jingwei, its song is self-proclaimed, it is the girl of the Yan Emperor, the name is called the female baby. The girl swam in the East China Sea, drowning and not returning, so it is Jingwei, often called the wood and stone of the West Mountain, in order to be in the East China Sea. ”

"Wood and stone in the East China Sea?" Acropolis shook his head and commented, "It's not advisable. ”

"It's not advisable, but it's also a spirit of perseverance, you know?" An Ran felt that the boy of Acropolis was too clever, and he would definitely be a master who would not suffer losses in the future.

"Mother has heard this story?" Wei Guo asked.

"Yes, Wan'er, Dad doesn't seem to have told you the story in the Classic of Mountains and Seas." Lin Hao was also curious about how Wan'er knew? He used to teach Wan'er to read books such as female commandments and female analects.

An Ran pursed his lips, "The stories in the Classic of Mountains and Seas are so exciting, and I am literate, what's so strange about secretly watching it myself?" ”

"It's like, what's weird." An Jin saw Lin Hao frowning, and hurriedly played a round for Wan'er.

"Wei Lin and I went to wash the dishes, Dad, you tell the children slowly." Safely evacuated.

Wei Lin followed and asked with a smile: "Are you peeking at the Shanhai Jing for fear that the teacher will scold you?" ”

"It's not that you don't know that my father is pedantic." An Ran grabbed a handful of plant ash to clean the oil in the dishes, there was no dish soap in ancient times, and every household used plant ash to clean the oil, An Ran felt very unhygienic at first, but then she got used to it, and used it every time she washed the dishes, otherwise the dishes would not be clean.

"But the teacher is pedantic, and he still can't control you from being naughty."

"If you want to say that I'm restless, just say it, why bother to taunt me." An Ran glanced at Wei Lin, and suddenly smiled again: "You are honest, you are bullied by me and help me." ”

Lin Wan'er didn't let Wei Lin take the blame when she was a child, and An Ran thought that Wei Lin was bullied by Lin Wan'er and spoiled her, so she felt funny, what a good man.

Wei Lin scratched his head and said with a smile: "I feel very happy that you bullied me." ”

"Fool."

The two of them washed the dishes, An Ran still had something to discuss with Wei Lin, "Wei Lin, if I want the business in the store to be good, I must find a few beautiful girls to help me try on clothes, my mother gave me an idea, saying that I can go to Ya Po to choose a few, but it is easy to buy them, and it is no problem to rent a house to house them, but the town is not very safe, if a group of girls are targeted by thieves in a rented house, it will be bad, and buying them can't put them in danger, Wei Lin, do you have a good idea to protect their personal safety?" ”

"What's so hard about that? Just ask a few retired soldiers to protect them, the soldiers are specially trained, and they have a little more responsibility than ordinary people, so they are given their protection, and ordinary thieves dare not easily attack them. "I thought it was a big deal, and it was a lack of people, and what was the difficulty of personnel.

"Retired soldiers? Can you help me find it? "It's good to have a husband who has been a deputy general, and with their protection, I feel much more at ease.

"I'll help you find them tonight."

"The person you're looking for is 100 percent reliable." An Ran knew that it was absolutely right to discuss with Wei Lin, "Then when are you sneaking out tonight?" ”

"If you're in a hurry, I'll be able to sneak out now." The supervision at the entrance of the village is not an obstacle to Wei Lin at all, but as a soldier, he should obey the law.

But in order to help the lady, under the condition of not going too far, it doesn't hurt to occasionally break a rule.

"I'm not in a hurry, if you go out early and go out late, those people will also look for me tomorrow, and ......" An Ran whispered in Wei Lin's ear: "You have to wait for me before you go out." ”