Xizi smiled politely and didn't reply, but said, "Auntie, I'll go back first." ”

"Go, go, go." The visitor waved his hand and glanced at his basket several times, but seeing that he really couldn't see anything, he muttered softly, "What's the use of cutting the thatch that has just rained." ”

Standing on the road and looking at the place where Kiko stayed before, I didn't see anything, forget it, she came here for something, so let's go up again.

Xizi carried the basket on her back and met some people one after another, but in the end there were not as many things as the eldest daughter-in-law of the village chief's family before.

When I got home, I saw his mother sorting out a circle of side dishes planted in the corner of the courtyard wall.

"Mother, I'm back. There are two fish, let's boil fish soup and drink them in the evening. So saying, Kiko took the basket off her back and ran to his mother.

Aunt Xu helped take out the thatch and put it aside, reached out to the basket and grabbed the fish, looked at it and smiled: "It's quite big." Okay, you can go to the old man's house in Qiancun to buy some tofu later. ”

Xizi scratched her head and said embarrassedly: "I'm not big, that Wang Huizhen is amazing, and he directly forked a crucian carp as wide as the palm of his uncle's hand with a branch." ”

Aunt Xu was quite surprised to hear her son say this: "Oh? She still has this hand, which is good, at least there is still a mouthful of fish to eat. ”

Wang Huizhen said that before she came, she was detained by her mother at home because she was young, and when she was older, she only followed her mother in and out, and rarely had contact with other children in the village.

Her father is gone, and her mother is pregnant and follows her mother in the house without going out.

She has never had much contact with the children in the village when she is so old, and the impression that others have of her is that she is an honest and boring child.

Unexpectedly, after her mother took her sister to remarry, she felt different.

Or maybe that's what it is, but they don't even know it.

Think about her as a child, she is only seven years old and has no father or mother to live alone, and I don't know how long Pan Xia can take care of her.

When I think about it like this, I can't help but pity the child who doesn't complain even if he is beaten by his cousins, but tries to be happy and comforts others who don't have to worry.

"Later, you can go and fetch two pieces of tofu, and then bring some dry firewood to Xiao Zhen later. I reckon it was raining so hard in her house that the firewood in the kitchen must have been wet. If you want to drink hot water, you can't boil it yourself. ”

"Mother is too kind-hearted." Kiko couldn't help but praise his mother.

But this is also a fact, both of them are not having a good time, and his mother can still worry about whether others can drink hot water, but she is too kind.

"You kid is really. Let's put it down and take the basket and bowl first. Come back early and get it and you can still read the book, and in two days it will be the tenth day, and your Uncle Qichen will definitely give a lecture again, you remember not to run around when the time comes. ”

"Mother, I remember the days, I won't miss the day of Uncle Qichen's lecture." Kiko said and ran into the kitchen, took the basket and filled two bowls, covered it with a cloth, and came out.

waved at his mother: "Mother, I'll go first." ”

"Hey, wait, you didn't even take the copper coin."

"I still have two copper coins on me, just two pieces of tofu, it's already enough." As he spoke, the man had already left the courtyard with the basket.

Aunt Xu shook her head and smiled, "This child."

When Aunt Xu arrived at Shiliu's house with the basket and Xizi holding a bundle of firewood, Shiliu had just washed and dried his clothes.

Naturally, he changed into a more ill-fitting and shorter set of clothes and pants.

Seeing that, Aunt Xu secretly sighed for a while.

"Auntie, Brother Xizi, why are you here?" Shiliu smiled and let them enter the courtyard gate, and saw the firewood that Kiko was holding.

Is this to send her firewood again?

Seeing the stack of firewood in the middle of the courtyard, Aunt Xu showed a clear smile: "Xizi said that you got a big fish, so I took a piece of tofu over, thinking that it would be more fragrant to put some tofu when you cook fish soup." ”

"Thank you, auntie."

Aunt Xu took Shi Liu's hand and walked to the kitchen, and asked Kiko to hold the firewood to light the fire.

Seeing the clean fish in the pot that had been cleaned up, Aunt Xu praised Shi Liu a few more words.

"Let's do it first. When you're drying the firewood, you don't know when you'll be able to eat it. ”

Shi Liu smiled and said, "Thank you, auntie, I'll just come by myself." ”

In my heart, I thought that I had to give them something back, well, I can't forget Aunt Pan Xia in return.

No matter what she took care of her, she took care of her and the original owner after all.

Jiuwu was not around to remind him, and Shi Liu found that he really didn't know how to get along with other people, and he didn't know whether what he was doing was right or wrong.

"Hmm." Aunt Xu didn't refute, after all, there are no elders by her side, even the youngest children have to stand on their own.

But I still explained that I remember to look for her if I have something, and she will definitely help if she can help.

For a while, Shi Liu really didn't know what else he could say except to thank him.

After seeing Aunt Xu and Xizi leave, Shi Liu just closed the door for a while when someone knocked on the door again, it would be Pan Xia's mother and daughter.

"Auntie, Wanju, why are you here at this time. The fish has just been put out of the pot, and I want to stew it for you to eat in the evening. ”

"I met Sister Xu and Kiko just now, and she said that you caught a fish, and I still don't believe it. It depends on what you say, and it seems to be true. ”

Wang Wanju couldn't help but praise: "Sister Xiaozhen, you are so amazing." ”

It was the first time that Shi Liu had been praised by others, even if the other party was a child, she still felt happy and said, "Haha, right." When the river is not so urgent, I will take you to catch fish. ”

"Okay, okay, Sister Xiaozhen, don't forget."

"That must not be forgotten. By the way, you can stay and eat with me later. Just now, Aunt Xu also gave me a piece of tofu. It is sure to be especially fragrant when stewed with fish. ”

Wang Wanju couldn't help but start secreting saliva in her mouth when she heard this, swallowed her saliva and looked up at her mother: "Mother, can I eat with Sister Xiaozhen?" ”

Seeing that the two little sisters were happy, Pan Xia didn't stop it, not to mention that some delicious food at home had already been snatched away by the children of the uncle's family, so she nodded directly and agreed.

As soon as they received a positive answer, Wang Wanju and Shi Liu were very happy, and the two little sisters held hands and went to the kitchen to watch the fire.

Pan Xia followed behind with a basket, today's meal was prepared by her younger brother and daughter-in-law, and she made green onion cakes, so she took two of them for Shi Liu's dinner.

I made a small plate of pickles, and then put away the cloth shoes that I was going to make for my daughter, and changed them and brought them to Shiliu.

Seeing them enter the kitchen hand in hand, she glanced at the firewood placed in the courtyard to bask in the sun and entered the main house.

"Sister Xiaozhen, how long will it take for the fish soup to be good?"

"Don't worry, it won't smell until it's been a long time."