The willow leaves are swaying, and the apricot blossoms are slightly raining.

The sound of children reading aloud could be heard in the courtyard.

Qiao Huaping washed a plate of cherries in the space, and the whole person had to lie down in the recliner in the corridor under the eaves as if he had no bones, looking at the slight drizzle in the courtyard, and the crisp sound of children reading in his ears was comfortable and comfortable.

"Mother!"

Bai Feiye, who got up from a nap, rubbed his eyes, leaned on the window of the room, and called Qiao Huaping lying under the porch with a milky voice.

Qiao Huaping couldn't help but smile a little: "Wake up?" ”

The white and tender little ball like a New Year's painting responded with "uh-huh", and lay on the windowsill again, and said in a milky voice: "Mother, Aye is hungry." Ano wants to eat cookies! ”

looks like a little gluttonous cat with drooling.

Qiao Huaping smiled, dropped a sentence of "wait", got up and went to the back room.

After a while, she came out with a small pack of finger biscuits in her hand.

This is naturally taken out of the space.

Xiao Aye called sweetly, "Mother is so good", skillfully opened the biscuits, and the first one was to be fed to Qiao Huaping first.

Qiao Huaping poked his head over, took the biscuit in his mouth, and said with a smile: "The one we gave Aye is very delicious." ”

The two looked at each other and smiled.

The finger biscuits that Qiao Huaping gave to Xiao Aye were a small packet, and there were not many pieces in total.

Xiao Aye only ate two or three pieces and stopped.

He said thoughtfully: "Leave it for my brother and sister." My brother and sister studied hard, and when they got out of class, Ano sent the biscuits to my brother and sister! ”

The old mother's heart is about to melt!

At the courtyard gate, there was the sound of knocking on the wooden door.

The sound is not loud, and the rhythm of the knock is soothing.

Qiao Huaping casually took an oil-paper umbrella and went to open the door, sure enough, it was Zhou Xiaoqing.

Zhou Xiaoqing smiled when he saw Qiao Huaping: "Aunt Qiao!" ”

In the past three years, Zhou Xiaoqing and Song Yuelan have endured hardships and stood hard work, and their lives have been getting better and better day by day.

Qiao Huaping helped Zhou Xiaoqing find an excellent Yunyou doctor in a "timely manner", healed Zhou Xiaoqing's arm, and Zhou Xiaoqing picked up the bow and arrow again.

Right now, Zhou Xiaoqing is well-fed, well-dressed, and sleeps well, and her height has risen a lot, and she already has the appearance of a big girl.

When you smile, your eyes become crescents.

Qiao Huaping pulled her into the porch: "Come in first to avoid the rain and then speak." ”

"I counted the time, Qingyao and they should be reading, and they didn't dare to make too much noise...... Aunt Qiao, look at this," Zhou Xiaoqing took out a deer skin from his baggage, "The deer I hunted earlier was very good to touch, so I kept it." It's just been nitrated in the past two days, Aunt Qiao, do you like it? ”

"This leather is really good, and it's good for you to keep it for your mother to make a pair of buckskin boots." Qiao Huaping smiled, "I know you miss me, but I'm all on my side." ”

"That's different." Zhou Xiaoqing insisted, "That's not what I hunted. Aunt Qiao, don't worry, my mother has it too. ”

She teased Bai Feiye, who was lying on the windowsill in the house and looking out: "It's also excellent to make a small deerskin bow bag for our little Aye, and put some arrows on my waist to hang on my waist." ”

Xiao Aye's eyes lit up, and he replied loudly with a milky voice: "Thank you, Sister Xiaoqing!" ”

Qiao Huaping smiled, and she also had an idea in her heart.

"Okay, then you can give me the skin."

She simply took the leather from Zhou Xiaoqing's hand.

This deerskin is not small, she pondered, she found someone to make a pair of deerskin boots for Zhou Xiaoqing and Song Yuelan, and for the rest, she asked people to make some bows, which is indeed not bad.

Seeing that Qiao Huaping had received the deerskin, Zhou Xiaoqing was obviously very happy: "I'll go play with Xiao Aye for a while." ”

Qiao Huaping put away the deerskin, and when he entered the house, he saw Zhou Xiaoqing and Bai Feiye playing with the flower rope on the kang.

Bai Feiye's little fat hand, which was extraordinarily dexterous, turned up the flower rope, which simply dazzled Zhou Xiaoqing.

Qiao Huaping sat on the side with a smile, and when the two of them had played that energy, when they were resting, Qiao Huaping chatted with Zhou Xiaoqing:

"Ah Ling gave birth to a daughter, do you know? Listening to Aunt Gu, she looks white and tender, but she looks good. ”

Zhou Xiaoqing was a little happy when he heard this: "Sister Aling gave birth?" ”

Gu Ling, the eldest granddaughter of the Gu family, got married on the sixteenth day of the first month of last year, and married into a solid family in Fangjiabao next door, and soon had a body. At the beginning of spring this year, she gave birth to a big fat girl.

As soon as the child was born, Gu Lao Niang couldn't wait to see it, and when she came back, she said to Qiao Huaping happily that she was born beautifully, although she was a girl, her in-laws were rare!

The Fang family's side is planning to hold a rice banquet when the child is eight, and Qiao Huaping plans to take Xiao Aye to send rice to Gu Ling's daughter at that time.

"When the time comes, I'll go with my mother." Zhou Xiaoqing said happily.

So the two of them settled.

As he was talking happily, Zhou Xu's voice sounded in the half-open courtyard door: "Dead girl, everyone else told me, see you enter Qiao's door!" I know you're in there, get the hell out of here! ”

Zhou Xiaoqing's face changed slightly.

Qiao Huaping frowned.

She instructed Xiao Aye: "You just play here, don't run around, you know?" ”

Xiao Aye nodded, looking old-fashioned, and spoke in a milky voice: "Mother, Aye knows, you can rest assured to clean up people!" ”

Rao is Qiao Huaping was a little annoyed at this time, and she couldn't help laughing.

Zhou Xiaoqing also burst out laughing.

Qiao Huaping rubbed Xiao Aye's fluffy little head, and whispered to Zhou Xiaoqing: "Don't worry. ”

Qiao Huaping's calmness and calmness gave Zhou Xiaoqing endless confidence.

She whispered in response.

Zhou Xiaoqing gave Qiao Huaping an umbrella, and the two went to the gate of the courtyard together.

Don't look at the fierceness of Zhou Xu's call, but she didn't dare to enter the courtyard of Qiao Huaping.

As soon as Qiao Huaping came out with Zhou Xiaoqing, Zhou Xu's arrogance was a little shorter.

In the past three years, the life of the Zhou family has been getting worse, and Zhou Xu's daughter-in-law who married Zhou Heishi has just entered the door for less than three months, and he really can't stand Zhou Xu's trials, so he stole the family's money early one morning and ran away, never coming back.

The money lost was not much, but Zhou Xu's was so angry that he had a serious illness, and he spent seventy-seven eighty-eight of the Zhou family's small amount of silver, almost to the point of selling land for money.

Not to mention anything else, Zhou Xu's used to be able to eat white noodles every day, but now, only during festivals or when guests come, they can eat white noodles.

And the tragic contrast is that Zhou Xiaoqing and Song Yuelan's life is getting better and better.

Where can Zhou Xu's stand it?!

Especially this time, Zhou Xu's heard that Zhou Xiaoqing had hunted a deer, and she also came to the door and asked Song Yuelan and Zhou Xiaoqing's mother and daughter to share meat with her elder, but Song Yuelan and Zhou Xiaoqing took the venison to the county seat with their backhands, saying that they were going to sell meat and embroidery - anyway, Zhou Xu's couldn't catch anyone!

This time, Zhou Xu's family finally heard about Zhou Xiaoqing's return, and came to Qiao's house non-stop.