Grandma Su Li came back from the countryside and brought back a few mulberry leaves with black spots, which are said to be silkworm eggs.

Su Zhang followed Su Li and took out the farm tools used for silkworm raising to clean. Silkworms are expensive, and they can't stand the slightest musty smell.

Su Li saw San'er's head, little by little, as if he was sleepy. "San'er, it's time to go back to sleep, right?"

Seeing that it was time to go to bed, Su Lingyu stood up from the low stool, put his hands behind his back, like a little duckling, raised his head and walked into the house with small steps.

When she woke up, it was time for dinner again, two meals a day in other people's homes and three meals a day in hers. A thin meal in the morning, a thin meal at noon, and a thick meal in the evening.

Three men were eating outside, and three women were watching at home. Su Zhang's and Su Li's both ate the leftover rice soup this morning, and they saw no rice grains in the water.

And she was lucky to get a bowl of porridge boiled with millet. Su Li went to the countryside yesterday to exchange for a basket of eggs, and she can get an egg for lunch today.

Su Lingyu cut the peeled egg into two halves and left the yolk, and the egg whites were given to the hard-working women in this family.

In this family, they protect her, and she has to protect them. You have to think more about them, don't die at a young age.

"You eat, I don't like this." Su Li's bitter gourd face laughed, which was more ugly than crying.

Su Lingyu's decision was unquestionable, she knocked on the clay bowl and questioned Su Li with her eyes.

Su Zhang put half an egg white and put it in Su Li's bowl, "You can eat it." If you don't eat it, you won't eat it either. ”

San'er's temper is getting bigger and bigger, and she is very assertive in doing things, and no one can persuade her. It's not a bad thing to follow her.

After an informal lunch, one person goes to weave cloth, and the other sits under the eaves to embroider. Su Li Society's Su embroidery, her embroidery is the second source of income in this family.

Su Lingyu picked up the mulberry stalks thrown in the corner and stuck them in the corner. Dilute the spiritual spring into a bucket, and then hold the gourd and scoop the water and pour it.

Su Li glanced at San'er, saw her playing in the water and was silent, thinking that San'er's clothes and pants were short, and it was time to change into longer clothes.

The clothes at home are either gray or black, and Zhang's old clothes are even more unsuitable for San'er. The new fabric is more expensive, but it should be worn by San'er. No matter how poor you are, you can't be miserable.

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"Huh! Sprouts. ”

"Grandma, they're all budding!"

The big radish head and the small radish head all squatted in the corner of the wall, looking at the mulberry stalk in surprise.

Su Lingyu sighed, when will the big and small radish heads be ripe a little?

"It's spring, it's the season when everything grows, and it's not strange to grow buds,"

"The silkworms are coming out tonight, Su Shan, you and grandma are going to pick mulberry leaves, okay?" Su Li asked.

There is a mulberry forest outside the city, anyone can go to pick it, if you want to raise silkworms, you have to rob it, and you can only pick up the rest when you go late.

Today's two grandchildren are resting, so it is good to help the family, and the children of poor families are in charge of the family early.

Su Zhang gave Su Zhong ten cents and asked him to buy some salt.

She squatted in front of Su Lingyu, "How about you go out for a walk with your brother?" often succumbed to the small courtyard, and the people were not open. ”

It's okay to go out for a walk and learn more about the world. Su Lingyu nodded.

Su Zhang smiled and put the two copper coins in her hand, "Buy whatever you want to eat." ”

In the past, Su Zhang's would give four, but now it has become two, which shows that Su Zhang's is short of money.

Su Lingyu pinched the copper coin and walked slowly behind Su Chong, the grocery store selling salt was not far in front, so there was no need to worry.

A fat man suddenly jumped out of the alley, "Su Zhong is going to fight with me." ”

"No, I'm going to take care of my sister." "I never get involved in fights."

The little fat man turned sideways and found that the sister of the Su family who was hanging behind, the sister of the Su family was white and tender, and she was very cute with two pigtails.

Su Chong Su Shan often goes to private school, talking about how cute and sensible his sister is, and it's really good to see it today.

The sister of the Su family is so likable, she has to ask her mother to propose her marriage early.

"Sister Su, can you borrow your brother?"

Su Lingyu didn't nod or shake his head, his black and white eyes stared at the little fat man. The little fat man's clothes, without any patches, are from a wealthy family.

The little fat man thought that Sister Su didn't understand, so he immediately stretched out two fingers to Su Chong, and when he saw that Su Chong should not, he added two more.

Su Chong was moved, and just wanted to speak, but he noticed that his sister had pulled his pants, looked back, and saw his sister stretching out his slap.

The fleshy palm is white and tender, and I want to grab it and play with it when I look at it. Su was itching, and he knew that his sister didn't like to be teased, so he didn't dare to start.

Su Zhong and the little fat man said, "Five copper plates." ”

"Five?" The little fat man hesitated, "Five is five." Move, you have to protect me. ”

"Okay."

Su Zhong snatched the copper plate of the little fat man, and with great speed, ran to buy fifteen copper plates of salt. Then he picked up his sister and ran home.

Put down Su Lingyu and salt, throw down the sentence "I'll be back soon" and disappear.

It must be, Su pointed to his tiptoes and went home, first observed the situation at home, and made mental preparations.

I didn't hear anything at home, so I let go of my son and went home, and when I got to the door, I saw my sister sitting on the threshold, leaning against the door and napping.

Su Chong's heart was warm and guilty. There was no fight in the past today, just to help Zhang Fatzi scold, he could have gone home a long time ago, and he played outside for a while before returning.

If I had come home earlier, my sister wouldn't have slept against the door.

While napping, he was suddenly picked up by someone in the air, and looked at Su Zhong in a daze, seeing that he was not injured on his face or on his hands. She was relieved.

She brought a bowl of spring water for Su to drink, and then climbed into bed and slept with peace of mind.

Su Lingyu didn't know that after she fell asleep, Su Zhang's family pulled Su Chong's ear and lectured, and her ears were ordered not to fight again, and she couldn't afford to hurt people.

When the silkworm breaks the shell, it must be eaten, and the tender leaves must be prepared at all times.

Before the sun rises, before the sun goes down, the young leaves are plucked, cleaned, dried and chopped for the young silkworms.

When the silkworm shed its skin for the first time, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and there was no longer any need to compete for the young leaves, and the silkworms could eat the leaves normally.

Su Li held the basket and walked around the corner, looking at the mulberry tree as if he had seen a copper coin.

"This mulberry tree is all three children watching, and before you know it, it is smoking a long leaf." Su Chengqi said.

"Not really." Su Li couldn't stop smiling, planning how many silkworm seeds to leave behind, and started the second batch of silkworm raising.

In order to protect the mulberry forest and protect the mulberry tree, the official family stipulates that silkworms can only be raised once. In case of non-compliance, a fine of 500 copper coins will be imposed.

The village is not so compulsory, the villagers have private land, and it is not an exaggeration to plant some mulberry trees to raise silkworms.

Under the nourishment of the spiritual spring, the mulberry tree grows strongly, spreads its branches and leaves, and teaches Su Li to rejoice. She walked lightly every day, as if she wanted to fly.

The silkworm began to shed its skin for the second time, and Su Li swept away two dustpans of silkworm feces, that is, silkworm sand, which can be used medicinally.

Su Li touched the silkworm sand, which can be sold for hundreds of copper coins, enough to buy cloth for San'er. San'er has a small body and doesn't use much fabric. Maybe there are a few leftovers, so go to the slaughterhouse and buy some meat.