"Old woman, I'm happy today, why are you crying?" Old man Chen hurriedly pulled Aunt Chen, and after pulling it, he looked at the rest of the Mu family worriedly, and saw that everyone did not show a displeased expression, so he was slightly relieved.

"Uncle, aunt, you can sit here at this time, it means that you are a blessed person, in the future, our days will only get better and better, let's look forward, come, eat dumplings, today I used more than a dozen catties of white noodles." Mu Xiu spoke out first and comforted.

"That's it, our old couple is blessed to meet a good person." Old man Chen picked up the dumplings on the plate in front of him and put them into Aunt Chen's bowl.

Last year, for everyone sitting here, eating a bowl of dumplings stuffed with white flour and meat was a dream. At this moment, everyone is eating dumplings with smiles on their faces.

The meat is full, and when you bite into it, the oily broth comes out, most of it is meat, and only a small portion of radishes and leeks are available.

"Today's dumplings taste so delicious." Mu Shui eats a mouth full of oil.

"This is the seasoning that Mu Xiu prepared yesterday, and I think it tastes better than before." Zhou Shuilian nodded approvingly.

"Everyone eat more, I packed a lot of it today, let's let go of my belly and eat." Mu Xiaoshu moved a plate of dumplings to Uncle Chen's side again.

Since the last time, Chen Jianqiang stopped Wang Yuechun and Zhou Junling from smashing the door, Mu Xiu's family has become much closer to Uncle Chen and Auntie, after all, Uncle Chen is old, and he is trying his best to fight against so many people.

"Mother, you made these dumplings, and they all fell asleep." Li Pandi pointed to one of the plates of dumplings and asked with a smile.

"That's not what I packed, that's your grandmother's last bag, I wrapped this plate, it's good-looking." Mu Xiaoshu knocked Li Pandi on the head.

Talking and laughing, nearly 200 dumplings were eaten cleanly, and the big pot of pork vermicelli and shiitake mushrooms were also eaten.

After the New Year, it is closer to the end of the year, the cold wind is fierce outside, but the house is warm, everyone is busy together with a smile, with a strong expectation of a better life.

The heavy snow fell overnight, and the next morning, it slowly became smaller, Mu Xiu got up and had breakfast, picked up a few fresh meat buns that had just come out of the pot, and planned to take them to Widow Chen, she carried the food box and walked out after she finished it.

As a result, as soon as he opened the door, Mu Xiu couldn't help but be startled, only to see a person who was constantly clearing snow and shoveling snow at the door, and the snow was piled up on both sides of the road outside the door, vacating the walkway for people to walk. Mu Xiu looked at it again, and it turned out that this person turned out to be Widow Chen.

"Aunt Chen, why are you here?" Mu Xiu took a few steps to greet him.

Widow Chen was wearing Zhou Shuilian's old cotton jacket brought by Mu Xiu yesterday, holding a shovel and broom, and had been cleaning outside for a long time, and the snow in front of Mu Xiu's house had almost been cleared at this time.

"I don't have anything to do, it snowed so hard yesterday, so I thought I'd come and help clear the snow, and it will be done right away." Widow Chen said with some embarrassment.

Yesterday, I took other people's clothes and ate so many dumplings, Widow Chen felt embarrassed, so early in the morning, after arranging Chen Xiaolian, she thought about helping Mu Xiu's family clear the snow, but she didn't expect that her hands and feet were too slow, everyone got up, and she hadn't finished sweeping yet.

"Muxiu, this morning came, and when I came out to clean, everyone had already swept half of it." Chen Jianqiang walked over from the rabbit shed behind at this time.

The rabbit shed in the back is more important, Chen Jianqiang went to clean the rabbit shed first, the snow in front of the door, since Widow Chen is about to finish cleaning, he won't come up to join in the fun, he can't rob others of the credit.

"Thank you, Aunt Chen, I was about to go to your house to look for you." Mu Xiu looked at Widow Chen and thanked her sincerely.

"This snow is too thick, the road is also difficult to walk, cold and hard, what's the matter, I'm here, you just say, I have the strength of Qiu Caiyun." Qiu Caiyun straightened up, on such a cold day, she had just finished her work, and there was a thin layer of sweat on her head.

Widow Chen's real name is Qiu Caiyun, but after marrying into the Chen family, everyone Chen's sister-in-law was used to shouting, and then the head of the Chen family was gone, and everyone called Widow Chen directly.

"Let's go into the house and talk." Mu Xiu took Qiu Caiyun's hand and said.

Mu Xiu was stunned as soon as she touched Qiu Caiyun's hands, she couldn't help but take a look, only to see that Qiu Caiyun's hands were red, the finger joints were swollen as thick as turnips, and they were uneven to the touch, and the top was full of chilblains, but the nails were clean.

Qiu Caiyun saw Mu Xiu's gaze, she quickly pulled out her hand, shrank behind her, and then said embarrassedly: "Don't scare you, it's like this in winter, just wait for the weather to warm up, let's talk about it here." ”

"It's okay, Aunt Chen, my aunt's family is in the county, there are three children at home, one is in kindergarten, and both are less than a year old, she really can't take care of it, so she asked my mother to find someone in the village to help, after all, a village knows the roots, better than outsiders, this is not what I thought of you."

"Mu Xiu, this..."Qiu Caiyun first showed a sad look on her face, and said in a random and sincere tone: "Mu Xiu, I'm afraid this won't work, it's not that my mother is unwilling to help you, but Xiaolian is like this now, I can't do without people around me, I want to take care of other children, I definitely can't take care of Xiaolian, and Xiaolian can only rely on me, so ......"

Qiu Caiyun lowered her head as she spoke, she took so many things from other people, and now these words of refusal really made it difficult for her to say it.

"Don't worry, you can bring Sister Xiaolian over." Mu Xiu continued.

"Huh? Take Xiaolian over?? People are willing?? Widow Chen asked in surprise.

"Aunt Chen, my aunt opened a snack shop in the county, the front is the storefront, and the back is a courtyard where people live, the yard is quite big, you and Sister Xiaolian can live in it, if you don't want to take the child, then help do things in the front store, open ten yuan a month, food and accommodation are all-inclusive, clothes all year round, what do you think?"

"Food, shelter and clothing? Still... Give back ten dollars??! Qiu Caiyun couldn't believe her ears, she stretched out her two hands and drew a ten.

"yes, what do you think?" Mu Xiu nodded affirmatively, but the clothes for the four seasons were decided by herself, anyway, she didn't lack clothes, and it is estimated that no one will wear them in the future, so it is better to take them out and give them to those who need them.

"I... I'm like this... Can someone else want me? Qiu Caiyun couldn't help but nervously put the hair hanging down from her ears behind her ears.