Shan Cuihua is a person who has something to say, she gathered her family together and made her attitude clear, and in the future, her mother-in-law and the other two families will only do their duty, and they have no affection to talk about.

Mai Wan was silent for a long time and said in a muffled voice: "After all, it's my mother, I can't leave it alone!" ”

You are thinking of family affection, but people may not, Shan Cuihua pulled Mai Xiaohuan, who was full of red rashes, and pointed it to her husband and two sons: "Xiaohuan even used this method in order to send them away, do they want their daughter's life if they come to make trouble again!"

Last time it was cloth, this time it's a tonic, and next time I may be staring at our family! Besides, do you dare to take this medicine out? What should I do if the dosage is used up for more than ten days? Can we still go to the Dou family to ask for it? Don't just have to pay your own money to buy it, when is the head, the family can't afford to eat or drink! If my mother-in-law is really sick, we can take care of it together, but now it seems that it is not the case at all, they are twisted into a rope to bully our family. ”

Mai Wan wanted to deny it, but his mother and eldest brother's actions made him unable to open his mouth if he wanted to argue, and then looked at the little girl who was already thin and looked even more pitiful against the backdrop of the red rash on her face at the moment, he really couldn't say a word.

Shan Cuihua can understand her husband's ambivalent feelings, but she doesn't want to regret it when the situation develops out of control, she still has four children in her family who have not settled down! Mother-in-law has something to do, and the three sons have the obligation to fulfill their filial piety, there is no reason to care about the above, regardless of the below, just let yourself take care of it!

After dinner, Mai Xiaohuan reminded her mother to take out the tonic and boil it and drink it, otherwise, the rash on her body would be cured one day, and the aunt would really have no way to deal with it when they thought of this stubble again.

Shan Cuihua refused to drink at first, but Mai Xiaohuan was as stubborn as her, and refused to go back to sleep without watching her drink. Seeing the two girls looking at each other, Shan Cuihua pinched her nose like Mai Xiaohuan drinking goat's milk, closed her eyes, and drank the tonic into her stomach in a few sips.

The following days were very peaceful, and the Wu family was probably afraid of being infected by Mai Xiaohuan, so they never came to make trouble again. The red rash on Mai Xiaohuan's face faded within a few days, and she went up the mountain whenever she had the opportunity, and she would gain a lot every time. Some of the mushrooms she picked were dried and some pickled, raspberries and some wild fruits were made into jams, and she also made pickles and pickles of various flavors from seasonal vegetables such as cucumbers, beans and radishes......

As the wheat harvest approached, the family was busy, and the men packed up their farm tools, prepared forage for the cattle, and did not forget to go up the mountain to catch rabbits and pheasants in their free time. In a short period of time, there are already four pairs of rabbits, five pheasants, and two fawns at home, and the care of them is handed over to the sisters, and now Mai Xiaohuan is even busier.

Just when Shan Cuihua had finished drinking all the tonic and the preparations for cutting wheat at home were done, a female rabbit was pregnant with a cub. Watching the rabbit's belly bulge day by day, Shan Cuihua couldn't be happier, if it continued like this, the family would have an extra income in winter. If several rabbits can give birth, the number of rabbits in the house will increase several times or even more than ten times after a few months, and there will be a large amount of income before raising them.

"My little girl is the lucky star of the family, just an idea, you can help the family add money, if you sell the rabbit, you can say what you want." Shan Cuihua hugged Mai Xiaohuan and said.

Mai Xiaohuan feels that what he wants to do most now is to find a suitable excuse for his literacy, and if he doesn't recognize words, he doesn't dare to say many of his thoughts easily, because there is no way to explain it, and it doesn't make sense. It would be nice if the two elder brothers were studying, and they could say that they learned from books, but unfortunately the family was all rummaged through by themselves, and they didn't even see a note.

The child began to be in a daze again, although Shan Cuihua was no longer surprised, she still hoped to correct this shortcoming of the little girl: "Xiao Huan, what do you want?" ”

Mai Xiaohuan hurriedly shook her head, and she asked Shan Cuihua very seriously: "Mother, I want a literacy book." ”

"What?" The two ladies on the side asked in unison, they can't be blamed for being surprised! It's really Mai Xiaohuan's request is too peculiar, in Shaxi Village, there are definitely no more than five literate people from old to young, and the Xiucai family accounts for three places. Among the girls, I am afraid that there is only one Xiucai little granddaughter, who does not eat or drink properly when learning to write, so there is no one in the village to send their children to study in the county seat.

Even if she didn't say it, Mai Xiaohuan shook her head at the two of them and went back to the house, seeing her eyes full of loss, Mai Xiaofang helped to intercede: "Why don't we wait for our family to sell rabbits and buy Xiaohuan a book with flowers and plants, don't you want her to learn embroidery?" Maybe you can use it! ”

Ah! Looking at his memory, a few days ago, he promised to send his little girl to learn embroidery, but he left this matter behind when he got busy. When she is busy for a while, she has to send her to learn art, and she doesn't ask her daughter to become an embroiderer, as long as the things she embroiders can be sold, she can make a living and eat herself in the future.

Mid-June is the best time to harvest wheat every year, the Mai family got up early, and Mai Xiaohuan also got up early to help cook. Cutting wheat is manual work, Mai Xiaohuan is afraid that the people in the field will not have enough to eat and have no strength to work, so the night before and Mai Xiaofang worked together to send a pot of noodles, half of which is white noodles, and half of bean noodles and miscellaneous noodles are accounted for. She is going to pour a little oil and cook potstickers for everyone to eat, which can be used for breakfast or bring rice.

Half a pot of tender egg custard is sprinkled with chive foam, a few drops of sesame oil are ordered, and the aroma is overflowing on one end.

The thick glutinous white rice porridge is dotted with meat foam, and the three masters, who are the main laborers, are very satisfied with this breakfast, Mai Yonghai patted his sister on the shoulder and discussed with her: "Xiao Huan, if you can guarantee that you have such a meal every day, the second brother can guarantee that this year's wheat can be recovered two days earlier than last year." ”

"Dare to love, you are lazy because of the bad food in previous years, right? I should let you cut the wheat of the year. Shan Cuihua saw that the little girl could mobilize everyone's appetite without big fish and meat, not only was she full, but she was also quite satisfied, she was very happy, wiped her mouth and scolded her little son with a smile, and told the little girl to take good care of the family and go to the ground.

Mai Xiaohuan cleaned up the stove, brushed the bowls, added grass to the animals in the house one by one, cleaned the house again, found a wooden basin to soak the dirty clothes of his father and brother with soap horns, and began to think about the lunch menu.

You can make some rice balls, take the jam you brewed a few days ago, pick some green vegetables and dip them in jam to eat, and then stew a bean with meat. Just do it, before noon, Mai Xiaohuan cooked the meal, she also boiled the soup with mung beans, put it in cold water, and planned to send it to the field with lunch later.