Chapter Twenty-Three: The Only Relative

"Miao Miao, even if they don't do anything to you for a while, but if they keep coming to find trouble, you and Xiaohe won't be able to bear it."

"Auntie, don't worry, I'll go to you after a while, but the time is not yet ripe."

"You girl, when will you go to find your aunt, if you go, your aunt will still drive you away."

Miao Xiaomiao just smiled and didn't speak, and then remembered that the lard was still boiling in her kitchen, so she hurriedly trotted to the kitchen to check.

At this time, most of the pork in the pot had been boiled, and the original white plate oil had also become golden at this time.

Miao Xiaomiao took out the jar of oil and scooped the boiled lard into it.

When there was only lard residue left in the pot, Miao Xiaomiao put the lard residue in the pot again and continued to boil it in order not to waste it.

Li Manman walked into the kitchen and watched Miao Xiaomiao skillfully doing everything, and his heart was a little less worried.

Then he began to help Miao Xiaomiao get busy.

When Miao Xiaohe woke up, he smelled a fragrant smell.

He trotted over barefoot and saw Li Manman at a glance.

"Auntie, aunt, hug, hug, hug......"

Li Manman put down the work in his hand, and then hugged Miao Xiaohe.

"Come, Auntie, let's see if our creek is a little heavier."

"It's heavy, it's heavy, it's heavy."

When Li Manman heard Miao Xiaohe's answer, he couldn't help but let out a sneer.

"Hey, our river is really heavy, it seems that Xiaohe has been eating well recently."

"Well, Xiaohe eats obediently, and my sister buys bags."

Li Manman usually doesn't have much contact with Miao Xiaohe, so he doesn't understand Miao Xiaohe's words too well, but he still smiles.

Miao Xiaomiao, who was next to her, had finished the work in her hand at this time, and then scooped out a bowl of lard residue, sprinkled a layer of white sugar on it, and brought it over.

"Xiaohe, come, eat the oil residue."

When Miao Xiaohe heard that there was something to eat, he immediately struggled down from Li Manmanman, then stood on tiptoe, carefully took a piece, put it to his mouth and blew it.

"Little river, be careful of scalding."

"Well, the river will whirre."

The three of them were eating oil residue and gossiping.

In the afternoon, Li Manman was going home, but he was dragged by Miao Xiaomiao to stay.

"Auntie, I just bought vegetables today, so you can eat them at my house."

"Auntie eats."

"Hey, I'm going back to cooking, you ......"

"Auntie, there are so many people in your family, it's okay if you don't cook once in a while."

Miao Xiaomiao felt that the reason why Li Manman had been bullied was that he was too kind, and they did whatever they asked them to do, causing their family to treat their aunt as a servant.

"Hey, I can't help it."

In fact, Li Manman didn't want to go back to that home, and at this time, he couldn't bear Miao Xiaomiao's repeated retention, so he decided to stay here for dinner today.

Miao Xiaomiao saw that Li Manman stayed, a happy smile appeared on her face, and then she began to stew the fan bones she bought.

Li Manman wanted to help Miao Xiaomiao cook, but was pushed out by Miao Xiaomiao.

"Auntie, you go to the yard to sit and play with Xiaohe, and I will cook the meal."

Li Manman saw that Miao Xiaomiao insisted, so he could only smile helplessly, and then went to the yard.

Because she went to the vegetable market in the morning, Miao Xiaomiao's meal was handy.

She made two cold roasted eggplants, fried a plate of dried fried beans, and made a sauerkraut fried meat.

By the time Li Manman came in, Miao Xiaomiao's meal had already been prepared.

Looking at the food on the table, Li Manman shook his head disapprovingly.

"Miao Miao, now that you sisters and brothers are living, you should save a little."

"Auntie, it's not like you're here, I'm just thinking about getting two more dishes."

Usually, people eat meat once or twice a year, but when they came to Miao Xiaomiao, they actually made two meat dishes at once, which is indeed a bit extravagant.

But for Miao Xiaomiao, her younger brother is her only relative, and her aunt is the only person who thinks about her in her previous life.

"Miao Miao, even if your aunt comes, you still have to save a little."

After Li Manman finished speaking, he took out two yuan from his pocket and handed it to Miao Xiaomiao.

"Miao Miao, you take these two yuan first, and when my aunt comes, I'll bring you money."

Miao Xiaomiao knew that the money of the aunt's family was in the hands of the old lady, and the two yuan that the aunt took out were probably secretly saved for a long time, and now they are actually given to themselves.

"Auntie, I don't need it, I have money."

Miao Xiaomiao said as she sandwiched meat into Li Manman's bowl.

Li Manman did not take the money back, but put it on the table, and then silently sandwiched the meat in the bowl into Miao Xiaohe's bowl.

"Our Xiaohe is growing its body, but we need to eat more meat."

At this time, Miao Xiaohe was holding a spoon to deliver food to his mouth, and when he saw Li Manman picking up vegetables, he raised his head and grinned at Li Manman.

"Thank you, Auntie, Xiaohe likes to eat meat the most."

"If you like to eat, eat more."

Li Manman said, and put a chopstick meat into Miao Xiaohe's bowl.

Miao Xiaomiao watched Li Manman's movements, and saw that she only had eggplant beans in her bowl, where would she not know that her aunt wanted to keep all the good things for herself and her younger brother to eat.

But the aunt's life in her mother-in-law's house is not satisfactory, even if their family occasionally has meat to eat, this meat can't reach the aunt who can't give birth to a son.

Even so, Li Manman still thinks about the two sisters.

Thinking of Li Manman's later death in order to give birth to his son, Miao Xiaomiao's heart felt a dull pain.

This is the only elder in this world who will feel sorry for herself.

She must not let her aunt go back to the old path of her previous life.

"By the way, auntie, why didn't my cousin come with me this time?"

"She's been learning a craft from the proprietress of the ready-to-wear shop in the county recently."

"This cousin Yunyun is still young, why did she run to learn a craft, auntie, girls still have to go to school, otherwise they will suffer a lot when they grow up and have no knowledge."

After all, Miao Xiaomiao is a person who has lived a new life, and naturally knows the importance of knowledge, which is the only way to change the poor family.

"Hey, Miao Miao, why doesn't my aunt want Yun Yun to go to school together, but at home, his grandmother said that girls will get married sooner or later, and no matter how much she learns, it's a waste of money, so it's better to learn some crafts as soon as possible and make money early to supplement her mother's family."

"You can't say that, Auntie, you and your sister-in-law will have a daughter, and your pension will depend on Yunyun in the future, learn more knowledge for Yunyun, and she will have a future in the future, so I can't be more filial to you."

"That's what I said, where is there a girl who is filial to her parents, and she must not let her in-laws poke her backbone in the future."

(End of chapter)