After washing and drying the clothes, Jiao Niang carried Xin An into the room to change diapers. In ancient times, it was trouble, there were no diapers. Jiao Niang looked at her red and swollen hands, and she wanted to cry without tears.

"Is Sister Jiao Niang at home?" There was a sudden knock on the door, and Jiao Niang went out to open the door with Xin An in her arms.

It turned out to be Aunt Lin in the village, and most people in the village were surnamed Lin. The Xin family had little contact with them, and they didn't know what happened to Aunt Lin.

Jiao Niang invited Aunt Lin into the house. Second Aunt Lin smiled and took Xin An's hug, and asked affectionately, "Sister Jiaoniang, why are you still holding the door at home?" ”

Jiao Niang invited Aunt Lin to sit down and brought a glass of water and replied: "My brother is not at home, I am a weak woman with my younger brother, and I am always afraid of provoking something, so I bolted the door." ”

Second Aunt Lin sighed: "It's also embarrassing for your sister, you look like a flower and jade but suffer like this." In the past, your mother was alive, so she was willing to let you do these rough jobs. Look, your hands are red and swollen. ”

Jiao Niang smiled and did not answer. Second Aunt Lin thought for a while and said, "If your parents set a family affair for you when they were alive, you wouldn't have to suffer the crime. Now that your parents are gone, and you are also seeing that you are at the age of marriage, what can you do? ”

"Naturally, it's my brother who decides. After all, the eldest brother is the father. Jiao Niang guessed that Aunt Lin was here to beat her family's idea, and quietly moved out of her brother.

"Hey, what does your brother know, what good family can he find for you? Besides, it's hard for him now. Your family is like this now, who wants to marry him. ”

"I'm kind too. Now there is an excellent marriage, and the third son of Zhao Yuanwai's family in Luoxi Town wants to take a concubine. With the appearance of her sister, she will definitely be favored when she marries. When the time comes, the little master will be born, and the sister will be blessed in this life! ”

Second Aunt Lin patted Jiao Niang's hand, looking at her heart.

Jiao Niang hugged Xin An back from Aunt Lin's hands with a calm face: "Second Aunt Lin, I'm bothering you to worry about me." However, Jiao Niang can't climb this good family. Please come back! ”

Second Aunt Lin put the teacup on the table heavily, and said with a smile: "Jiao Niang, you don't have to tell the difference!" Zhao Gongzi's concubine is fragrant and spicy. Miss Zhao Gongzi, I'll see what good people you can find! ”

Jiao Niang hugged Xin An and made a gesture of please: "Don't bother you." ”

Aunt Lin stomped away angrily. As soon as Aunt Lin went out, a little girl in green flashed out behind the gate. It turned out to be Zhu Xiu'er next door to the Xin family.

"Jiao Niang, you didn't promise her, did you?" Zhu Xiu'er hurriedly ran to Jiao Niang and stared at Jiao Niang. Zhu Xiuer is Xin Jiaoniang's best friend, the two grew up together since childhood, and their relationship is very good.

Jiao Niang pinched the little girl's round face and said with a smile: "Of course not!" Why, she also went to your house and said? ”

Zhu Xiu'er shook her head: "Second Aunt Lin went to Widow Lin's house first, and said that the fertilizer water does not flow into the fields of outsiders. was beaten out by Widow Lin. My mother saw that Aunt Lin had come to your house and asked me to remind you. ”

Widow Lin has a daughter named Ruyi, and she is also very beautiful. Second Aunt Lin saw that other orphans and widows were easy to bully. I don't want Widow Lin to love her daughter like her life, she is so strong.

"Thank you, Aunt Zhu. Rest assured! I have already rejected Aunt Lin. Jiao Niang was very moved, after the Xin family had an accident, Uncle Zhu and Aunt Zhu helped them a lot.

"Then I'll go back and tell my mother to reassure her." Zhu Xiu'er waved her hand happily and ran home.

Jiao Niang frowned, now their Xin family is an orphan, and they have no relatives and friends to rely on, so it is too easy to be bullied by others.

Dad has no relatives, he used to make a living in Luonan, and his mother is also from Luonan, I don't know if Luonan has relatives and friends from his father.

It's useless to think too much, Jiao Niang warmed the goat's milk and fed Xin An, and coaxed him to sleep. I started making lunch.

The brother and sister's lunch was very simple, Jiao Niang made green peppers, shredded potatoes and bean stew. The vegetables are all grown in the small vegetable garden in the backyard, and there is no need to spend money to buy them.

Jiao Niang thought about it and made a bowl of steamed eggs with minced meat, and Wen served Xin An on the pot for lunch at noon.

According to the speed of eating at home, it is not enough to rely on Xin Ping to plant those three acres of land, not to mention that there will be a shortage of food in the winter soon. The three brothers and sisters are basically sitting on the empty side.

Looking back at my work skills, it seems that there is nothing that can be used to make money in ancient times. Jiao Niang sighed with a headache, Xin An in her arms touched her face and babbled.

Looking at Xin An's cute appearance, Jiao Niang's heart was soft. Since she has crossed here, she must bring Xin An up well, and she can't let him die as desolate as written in the book.

At noon, Xin Ping returned home, and Jiao Niang has always been unsavory in cooking, so the dishes she made are delicious. Xin Ping ate two large bowls of rice in a row, and the dishes were eaten clean by the brother and sister.

After eating, Xin Ping fed Xin An stewed eggs. Jiao Niang took the opportunity to ask, "Brother, have you cut the grass for our sheep?" ”

Xin Ping smiled: "I've fed it all." I'll clean up our firewood room later. After that, they were kept in the firewood house for the sheep at night. ”

"What about the contents of the firewood room?" Jiao Niang remembered that there seemed to be a lot of firewood and sundries piled up in the firewood room.

"It's nothing, just some firewood and sweet potatoes. Just put it in the kitchen. Xin Ping finished feeding Xin An and played with him. Makes Xin An giggle.

"Sweet potato!" Jiao Niang cried out in surprise. This overhead ancient product is abundant, and Jiao Niang has seen a lot of crops and fruits, but she has not seen sweet potatoes. She thought there were no sweet potatoes in this place!

"Brother, you take Xin An with you. I'm going to look at sweet potatoes. Jiao Niang left the two brothers and walked towards the firewood room. She used to like to watch small videos and learned how to make starch and vermicelli from sweet potatoes.

In ancient times, there was a shortage of materials in winter, and selling vermicelli was definitely a good way to make money! Jiao Niang excitedly opened the door of the firewood room, and two baskets of sweet potatoes were placed next to the firewood stack. Jiao Niang decided that without further ado, she started preparing the starch and vermicelli today.

Take advantage of Xin Ping to take Xin An at home. Jiao Niang found a few large pots, took out the white cotton cloth that Xin Ping had just bought and cut a boxy piece, and took a kitchen knife cutting board out and placed it in the yard.

When Xin Ping went to the field in the afternoon, Jiao Niang hugged Xin An in the big basket and let him sit in it and play. I'm starting to get busy.

First, wash the sweet potatoes and cut them into pieces, and then put the sweet potato pieces into a stone mill and grind them into a pulp. These two steps seem simple, but they actually cost a lot of time and effort.

During this period, Xin An also changed diapers and fed goat milk. The little guy is well-behaved enough to keep playing with the wood carvings that the big brother carved for him in the basket.

Then there is the washing powder, which is to soak the sweet potato pulp in water and scrub it. Jiao Niang washed two large pots of sweet potato pulp, and all ten slender jade fingers were swollen.

Then use a white cotton cloth to start filtering, this step is very laborious, each time to knead the sweet potato residue very dry, and pinch out the slurry. Before Jiao Niang's sweet potato pulp was filtered, Xin Ping took the farm tools and went home.

Xin Ping saw his sister's actions, although he didn't understand, he still washed his hands to help Jiao Niang. It has to be said that men's strength is greater than that of women. After a while, it was done.

"Brother, I have to filter it again." Jiao Niang demonstrated, and Xin Ping took it over and continued to filter.

"What are you doing here?" Xin Ping asked Jiao Niang while doing the work in hand.

Jiao Niang picked Xin An up from the basket and watched Xin Ping work with him: "Brother, do you know starch and vermicelli?" ”

Xin Ping looked at his sister in surprise: "I heard my father say it." But these are all the secret recipes of the big workshops, how do you know? ”

Jiao Niang secretly screamed badly, forgetting how to tell Xin Ping that she would do this. She could only think about the lines in the novel: "Hmm...... You weren't home the other day. An old woman passed by begging for water. She told me when we were talking. ”

Xin Ping still looked at Jiao Niang suspiciously, and thought that his sister would never pit herself. After all, he didn't say anything more, and worked hard.