Meng Shi glanced at the old man. "As far as you can be a good person, the old lady at the end of the village will watch the sky, she can say that this winter will come early, it will be cold, there are so many people in the family, the firewood burns old in a day, don't call that girl to go to collect firewood now, stock up, winter is coming, what will our family burn?"

But Meng Shi still listened to Old Man Gu's words in his heart, and said: "Tomorrow morning, let the fifth child send them two bowls of porridge, and don't come to the upper room to eat in the fourth room, the money loss is disfigured, and the face is like a centipede, and it is disgusting to look at me." ”

A good night's sleep, and the next morning, as soon as the sky was bright, Meng's slap rained down on the door of the big house, banging.

"What time has it been? Those who have no conscience are lazy there, don't hurry up and boil water to cook, they will starve me, your father and your sister! ”

Gu Yunyao was woken up, pulled over the horns and covered her head, angry and hurt her liver, how could this old woman of the Meng family still live so old? If there are lesions in the internal organs, it will inevitably be reflected on the face, but looking at Meng's face, in addition to malnutrition, the internal organs are very healthy.

No, Meng Shi is not angry at all, this old woman is purely good and not good to say, pretending!

Wang's impatient voice soon came from the upper room. "Mother, shouldn't this job be done by Yao girl? What are you asking us to do this early in the morning? ”

Meng Shi spat out, and continued to shout at the door: "Phew! I told you to get up and boil water and cook, why is there so much, why, my old woman can't call you? Ask a mourning star to cook, you want to lose money and kill this family! Hurry up and get up from the kang! ”

Wang was not happy at the time, pretending not to know why Meng had changed. "Yao girl has been cooking for three years, mother, you don't dislike it, not only cooking, but also boiling water, why do you suddenly dislike this mother? Besides, don't you have three brothers and sisters? ”

As soon as the words fell, Gu Chuanfu sat up on the kang with an unhappy face.

"Mother told you to go, you just get dressed and hurry up, what are you yelling here in the morning, and you don't let people sleep! I haven't slept enough, get out of here! ”

Saying that, it was a kick to Wang's ass on the kang!

Wang sighed, was kicked out directly, turned around and glared at Gu Chuanfu on the kang. "You are a wreck, you know how to bully your mother-in-law, obviously you are the eldest son of the old Gu family, the eldest son!"

Wang was so angry that he slapped his thigh. "Look, what's happened to you in this house? It's not your turn to eat and drink, and the dirty work can never leave me, and a cheap son comes back and immediately pulls me out to work! ”

"What are you calling? My mother is in a hurry, you hurry up. Gu Chuanfu glared at the Wang family fiercely, fell down and continued to sleep, anyway, it was not him who went to work, but the Wang family didn't hurry up to cook, he couldn't eat in time in the morning, and he had to go to Liu Mazi's house at the end of the village to play cards today.

Thinking about the five cents that he asked his mother for yesterday under the pillow, Gu Chuanfu's heart itched even more, he must win Liu Mazi and them fiercely today, and after winning the money, he went to the town to buy wine and drink.

Seeing Gu Chuanfu's virtue, Wang could only stomp his feet twice in anger, and unwillingly went to the upper room with Meng.

For breakfast, Gu Chuanzhao sent two bowls of gruel, Gu Yunyao simply washed up, there was no towel, she could only use water, toothbrushes and soap were available a hundred years earlier in the Dacang Dynasty, but these two things are very expensive, only Gu Qing'er and Gu Chuanshou, who is studying, can use soap toothbrushes, I heard that a piece of soap costs fifty wen, and a toothbrush also costs twenty wen.

The toothbrush is replaced by willow branches, soak the willow branches in water, bite the willow branches with your teeth, and the willow fibers inside will be discharged, like tiny wooden comb teeth, as the old saying "chew tooth wood in the morning".

Gu Yunyao thought of an ancient recipe, using Poria cocos as the main recipe and several other medicinal materials, which could be used to make toothpaste after boiling.

Gu Chuanhai's ankle was still swollen, Gu Yunyao changed Gu Chuanhai with ice water again, and told Gu Chuanhai not to move.

The porridge was on the table, and as soon as the two of them were about to drink it, there was a scolding sound from the Meng family pinching the feather duster and chasing after the Wang family.

"You stinky woman, let you cook, it's as simple as pouring water to boil porridge, this porridge makes you boil, pigs and dogs don't taste it. Is there such a waste of food as you? You stinky bitch, see if I can't kill you today, you're going to poison me and your father! Poisoned me, you're in charge, aren't you? Okay, I'll beat you, you big rebel actually dare to hide! Don't hide! You! ”

Wang was beaten and howled, and Gu Chuanfu was also angry and scolded his daughter-in-law on the side, thinking that he could eat in time this morning, but he almost vomited out last night's bile after drinking this gruel, which is so unpalatable that even if he hasn't touched the stove for three years, he can't say it.

Gu Yunyao and Gu Chuanhai were in the fourth room, and in a hurry, Gu Chuanhai tasted the porridge water in front of him, and as soon as he entered his mouth, Gu Chuanhai spit it out.

"Gross! This porridge...... Your aunt is a waste of food! ”

Gu Chuanhai looked distressed, the Zhuang family cherished the food the most, Gu Yunyao picked up the bowl and smelled it, but he almost didn't spit it out, it was turbid, sparse, and there was no good smell, so he couldn't eat it at all.

Hurry up, Gu Yunyao rushed to the outhouse to heat up the rabbit meat and broth left over from last night, and the two bowls of porridge were all poured into the stove pit by Gu Yunyao, and when she finished pouring, she saw a little wild vegetable leaves at the bottom of the bowl, and realized that the Wang family must have poured rice to cook porridge without brushing the pot, and the pot in the upper room had just cooked pig food last night!

No wonder it tastes so bad.

In the upper room, Meng Shi also quickly found out about this, and a feather duster was pumped on Wang's arm. "You lazy woman, you don't brush the pot, tomorrow you go to the pigsty and talk to the pigs! My eldest son has a hard life, and he married you! ”

Dafang's three sons, Da Lang Erlang Goro, stood aside silently, for fear that the Meng family would be angry with them, and Da Fang's two daughters hid in the corner, crying in fright.

I didn't eat in the morning, and Meng Shi didn't have the strength, so he stopped chasing after a while. In the end, let the third daughter-in-law Liu boil a pot of porridge to eat, Wang because of the waste of food, Meng punished her and the two daughters of the big house for half a month not allowed to eat breakfast, the family digging wild vegetables to feed pigs and chickens and ducks all belonged to the three of Wang's mother, if the wild vegetables were not dug enough, the pigs and chickens and ducks were hungry, then the Wang family and Gu Xiu'er and Gu Lian'er Niang's three meals that day were all gone.

Meng wanted to ask Gu Chuanhai for the rabbit meat that he didn't make last night, but how could anyone eat meat in the morning, and with Gu's words last night, Meng gave up his plan to eat meat, and let his old son make meat at noon.

Gu Chuanzhao still remembered the words of the two brothers yesterday, and after eating, he led Gu Yunyao out to hunt willow branches and bamboo.

It rained last night, but it was still cloudy this day, and it seemed that there was still a lot of rain today, and the ground was wet and waterlogged.

Lao Gu's house is in the middle of Hekou Village, and there are willow trees around the pond at the end of the village, and bamboo trees have to go to the other side of the mountain.

Gu Yunyao carried a basket on his back and a firewood knife, and when he arrived at the pond, Gu Chuanzhao was dexterous like a monkey, a willow tree four or five meters high, and climbed up in three or two times, and the willow branches made of willow weaving should be of uniform thickness, and they could not be short, Gu Chuanzhao was very good at picking, cut down a few, cut down a bunch of them, Gu Yunyao was on the ground, and tied these wickers with straw ropes.

Bundled and tied, Gu Yunyao looked at the lush stone irises on the edge of a shady slope in the pond not far away.

Stone iris is born in water, rhizomes can be used as medicine, can dissolve dampness and appetize, awaken the mind and intellect, regulate qi and invigorate blood, treat bruises and other diseases, and can also be used to repel mosquitoes, yin deficiency and yang hyperactivity, sweat a lot, fine and slippery people should use with caution.

Gu Yunyao looked at Gu Chuanzhao on the tree. "Fifth uncle, you cut it first, I'll dig some stone calamus, there have been a lot of mosquitoes recently, I heard that stone calamus can repel mosquitoes."

Gu Chuanzhao touched his head, looking puzzled. "This water's edge is the most mosquito-attracting place, Yao girl, who did you hear say that the stone calamus can repel mosquitoes?"