When Xia Youzhi woke up, the sun was shining on the east window again.

She overslept again, got up in a hurry, and saw that Xia Mu had already moved the straw mat outside the yard.

"Up?" Mother Xia brushed the thin sweat from her forehead and looked at Xia Youzhi with a smile, "There are steamed buns in the pot, you can eat the pickles first." ”

Xia Youzhi nodded shyly and looked around, "Mom, where is Qinglin?" ”

"I'll let him go to your second aunt's, we don't think we can come back, let your second aunt take care of his meal."

Xia Youzhi nodded and hurriedly washed.

"Daughter-in-law of the Xia family, are you ready to go?" Grandpa Gu's voice sounded outside the door.

"Come on, Uncle Gu, just wait for the child to eat a steamed bun." Xia Mu said gently.

"Mom, I'm fine, I can go." When Xia Youzhi heard this, he grabbed the steamed bun in his hand and ran out in a hurry.

When I went to the town today, Xia's mother hired the Gu family's ox cart, but Xia Youzhi knew that there were many things in the countryside and couldn't wait.

Grandpa Gu glanced at Xia Youzhi and didn't say anything.

After helping the mother and daughter of the Xia family to carry their things into the car, they drove the oxen to the town.

The sun was slowly rising, the ox cart was walking on the rugged mountain road, and the summer young heat was a little unbearable.

Today, she wore a pair of trousers for convenience, and she was a little bored now.

Mother Xia looked at Xia Youzhi's sullen little face, and felt a little distressed, "Uncle Gu, you stop in front for a while, I'll go down to pick a leaf and fan the child, this child is so hot that his face is red." ”

Grandpa Gu glanced back at Xia Youzhi and muttered, "Pampered." ”

When the ox cart passed through the dense forest that Xia Mu pointed to, the ox cart stopped.

Xia Mu hurriedly got off the ox cart to pick leaves.

Next to the leaves sat a few resting women who had just returned from the town, and Xia Youzhi's eldest aunt Huang Lianzhi was also among them.

"Yo, his third aunt, why should you go to town?" Huang Lianzhi squinted his eyes and stared at Xia Mu, and then glanced behind Xia Mu, and pouted when he saw Xia Youyou, who was sitting on the ox cart.

"Well, go to town and sell some bamboo mats." Xia Mu nodded, and reached out to fold a few large leaves.

"I only went to the town at noon, and the sun was enough to get sun." Huang Lianzhi said sarcastically, "You said that you don't know how to be filial, and you let you get out of the car to pick leaves, but you can sit comfortably in the car." ”

"Auntie, the child is not comfortable riding in the car, and she is so bored that I will pick two leaves for her and fan the wind." Xia Mu held back the dislike in her heart and replied with a smile.

"Yes, children who grow up in the city don't live rough like us countrymen." Huang Lianzhi deliberately lowered his voice, "His third aunt, I speak straight, don't you mind, I can't raise it if I come back halfway." ”

The women sitting together around them all pricked up their ears and looked at the pair with gossipy faces.

They are from several nearby villages, and the Xia family knows a little about the wrong hug, but the specific things are not clear.

Xia's mother smiled lightly, she has been a concubine for many years, what kind of person is her sister-in-law, she is clear, she usually talks too much, she doesn't care, but when it comes to her children, it won't work.

What's more, now Xia Youzhi has become so caring, she doesn't need to touch her hands for housework.

"It's true that when I came back from the city, my life was different, not to mention that I was handsome, and my academic performance was good, I was reluctant to let her work, but she refused, for fear that I would work hard, and the family work was over."

Xia Mu's expression was faint, but she was full of pride.

Huang Lianzhi sneered disdainfully, she didn't believe it, the eldest lady in the city, what could she do, it was not the step that Zhang Cuilian found for herself.

Xia Mu didn't pay any attention to it and returned to the ox cart.

When Xia Youzhi spoke from Huang Lianzhi, he kept paying attention to that side.

It seems that this Huang Lianzhi is a person who remembers eating and not fighting!

But seeing that Xia's mother didn't suffer any losses, Xia Youzhi didn't pay attention to it, she was very hot now.

"Well, don't listen to your aunt's nonsense." When Xia Mu saw that Xia Youzhi's expression was unknown, she was afraid that she would think too much.

"Mom, I didn't think much of it." Xia Youzhi put his arm around Xia's mother's shoulders and leaned his head on Xia's mother's neck affectionately, "I don't care what they say, I only care about you." ”

In fact, Huang Lianzhi was right, in her previous life, she was indeed a white-eyed wolf who was not familiar with it.

"You kid, you still say it's hot." Xia Mu smiled and patted Xia Youzhi, "Isn't it too hot now?" ”

"Then I don't care." Xia Youzhi closed his eyes and was coquettish.

Mother Xia kept fanning Xia Youzhi, her heart was sweet, and God gave her a caring little padded jacket.

Grandpa Gu drove the car, listened to the conversation behind him, and changed his opinion of Xia Youzhi a lot.

His way home was to pass through the Xia family, and he had heard Xia Youzhi yelling at Xia's mother from time to time, and he had a very bad impression of this girl in his heart.

It's a good thing that it can be changed now.

The donkey cart made its way to the town.

Mother Xia went to Boss Zhang's grocery store first, unloaded all the goods and moved them into the store, and Grandpa Gu went back first.

The bamboo mat is stored in the store and sold, Xia Mu only takes 4 cents a piece, and how much Boss Zhang sells for it is his business.

"Cuilian, this is the money for the bamboo mat last time, and you haven't been here for months."

Boss Zhang is a kind person, and the money has been saved for Xia's mother.

"Boss Zhang, thank you. Some time ago, our village was busy planting trees, and we didn't have much time to come out. Zhang's mother said with a smile, and pointed to Xia Youzhi next to her, "This is my daughter." ”

Boss Zhang is a smart person, he has seen Song Minjing before, but as soon as Xia Mu introduced it like this, she also knew that there must be a story in it, so she didn't ask too much, and praised with a smile, "What a beautiful girl." ”

Xia Youzhi smiled and nodded in response.

"Boss Zhang, let me ask you about something, is there a breakfast shop in this town? Or do you sell breakfast in the morning? Xia Mu asked with a smile.

Boss Zhang thought for a moment, then shook his head, "Cuilian, don't say it, it's really not." ”

"What do the townspeople do for breakfast on weekdays?" Xia Youzhi spoke.

"We belong to a small town, the population is small, usually everyone is at home to solve, occasionally there are some small stalls selling breakfast, the town is three days a polder, people from the surrounding villages come to the market most of them bring dry food, or eat some noodles in the town at noon."

"And how do the people in the town buy groceries?" Xia Youzhi continued to ask.

"There's a vegetable market on the east side of the town, close to the town government, and we all buy vegetables there."

Boss Zhang has lived in the town for more than 20 years and knows the situation well.

After Xia Youzhi understood the situation, he thanked Xia's mother and left.

When passing by the town's pastry shop, Xia's mother bought a pound of brown sugar and a pound of candy and biscuits, and hurriedly went to the vegetable market to cut a pound of pork.

"At this point, your sister-in-law happened to be at home from work." Xia Mu said softly, "Let her see you too." ”

Xia Youzhi nodded, if you want to sell things in the town in the future, you really need to inform your sister-in-law.

Xia's mother led Xia Youzhi into a narrow alley, turned around, and stopped in front of a row of narrow low houses.

"Jin Feng." Xia Mu knocked on the door and shouted twice.

There was a sound of rustling in the house, and in a few moments the door opened.

"Third aunt?" It was Jinglan, the daughter of the sister-in-law, who opened the door, and was very surprised when she saw Xia's mother, and quickly turned around and shouted, "Mom, my third aunt is here." ”

The little girl was thirteen or fourteen years old, not tall, her face was a little sallow, and her clothes were relatively shabby.

Xia You's heart was clear, and the life of her sister-in-law's family was even worse than she imagined.

Xia's mother took Xia Youzhi into the narrow courtyard, and it happened that the curtain in the middle living room was lifted.

A thin, simplely dressed woman with neat hair in a neat bun walked out with a smile.

"Sister-in-law, why are you here?" Xia Jinfeng took Xia's mother's hand and walked to the living room excitedly.

When he saw Xia You, who was standing beside Xia's mother, he was even more overjoyed, "This is my eldest niece and daughter, right?" ”

"Hello sister-in-law." Xia Youzhi greeted with a smile.

"Okay, good, what a beautiful and sensible good boy." Xia Jinfeng patted Xia Youzhi's hand.

Xia Youzhi just returned to Xia's house to make trouble, Xia Jinfeng knew about it, but now that she sees the child and her sister-in-law so close, she knows that her sister-in-law is coming to the bitter end.

Xia Youzhi followed Xia's mother to lunch at her sister-in-law's house, and also met her cousin and sister-in-law's in-laws.

My cousin is in the fifth grade of primary school this year, and he is lively and clever, and his personality is very similar to that of his sister-in-law, but his cousin Jinglan is more quiet.

My sister-in-law's in-laws experienced the loss of a child, and when they saw that Xia Jinfeng still did not abandon the family, they sincerely accepted her.

So when I saw Xia Mu and Xia You, I was very welcome.

The meal was enjoyable, and after lunch, Xia Youzhi proposed to follow Xia Jinfeng to the vegetable market in the town.

Xia Jinfeng used to help sell vegetables there, but then her husband was gone, so in order to earn more, she worked as a porter there, so she was very familiar with the market.

Xia Jinfeng learned of Xia Youzhi's idea, so he readily agreed.

When she arrived at the vegetable market, Xia Youzhi found that it was more lively than she imagined.

The area of the market is divided, the entrance of the market is the place where food is sold, and further inside is the place where vegetables and grain are sold, and further down there are even clothes sold.

Xia You knew it, it seemed that the most lively place in the whole town was here.

Seeing that Xia Youzhi had been staring at the stalls at the entrance of the vegetable market, Xia Jinfeng explained, "This market was built by the government, and it was only available a few years ago, and it was all divided into areas.

Now most of the business in the town has moved here, and on weekdays, the surrounding villages come to catch up, and they all come here, and they don't have time to go back for lunch, so they deal with a bite here, and a bowl of noodles costs 3 cents. ”

"Sister-in-law, why haven't you seen anyone selling cooked food?" Xia Youzhi was a little puzzled.

"Delicatessen? Buns? Xia Jinfeng wondered.

"No, it's just lo-mei or something, which can be used as a dish." Xia Youzhi explained.

"No, with this skill, I have all gone to the restaurant to be a master." Xia Jinfeng smiled, "Besides, who can't cook a big pot of dishes." ”

Xia Youzhi knew that Xia Jinfeng had misunderstood, but she didn't explain again, this burnt brine is indeed only available in the south.

After a while, Xia Jinfeng arrived at work.

Before going to work, Xia Jinfeng wanted to cut a pound of pork and bring it back to the Xia family's grandmother, but Xia's mother stopped her.

"The old people in the family are all good, there is food and drink, you don't have to fix this, take care of yourself is true."

Xia Jinfeng's eyes were red and nodded.

She really can't help but give birth to her parents, but now it's really hard for her family.

After Xia Jinfeng went to work, Xia Youzhi and Xia Mu continued to walk around.

After knowing the situation, Xia Youzhi bought some ingredients for burning brine and followed Xia's mother home.