When Dafang and his family returned to the house, Chen Hongju complained about all kinds of dissatisfaction: "Head of the family, we are obviously the boss, why should we divide the family equally with my second uncle and that stinky boy Xie Zhiyi!"
"Then why didn't you say anything just now? I have to talk about my mother's acre of land. Why are you holding me back?"
Chen Hongju rolled her eyes at him: "Is it useful? When mother comes and says that the families are not divided, all this will be in vain." Besides, she is afraid of being beaten!
Xie Zhishu also agreed and stretched in the room: "In the afternoon, I will go up the mountain to cut some firewood and sell it in the town tomorrow."
Chen Hongju agreed very much. Winter is about to come, and many families in the town need to collect firewood. Although firewood is not expensive, you can also sell it for some copper coins to improve the food.
When it came to food, Chen Hongju asked: "Head of the family, all the food has been divided. From now on, we will definitely not be able to eat together. But there is only one kitchen at home. I think we should build a stove ourselves?"
Xie Zhishu disagreed. He looked at Chen Hongju and said, "I usually think you are good at calculating. Are you going to forget about it now? Let's start over again and buy a pot for free?"
Chen Hongju immediately clapped her hands: "Yes, why didn't I think of that? No, I have to go to the kitchen to get a pot!" After Chen Hongju said that, she went immediately.
The Xie family only has three pots in total, a big pot for cooking, a pot for cooking, and a small pot. When cooking, I just fill it with water and put it at the back of the stove, and simmer some hot water just for washing. bowl.
Chen Hongju directly brought the big ear pot for cooking.
Just as he left the kitchen, he happened to bump into Xie Jiaojiao. Thinking of what happened yesterday, he even glared at Xie Jiaojiao.
Xie Jiaojiao was thirsty and wanted to drink some water in the kitchen. This was incredible. Chen Hongju not only took a pot and left, but also took away all the good bowls in the kitchen. The rest were a little bumpy. , with horns.
There is only one kitchen, but there are three families cooking. It is really troublesome. It is already afternoon, and Xie Jiaojiao has not eaten yet, but the food is not delicious.
Chen Hongju took away the big-ear pot. When the second room saw it, he quickly took away the iron pot that he usually used for cooking, leaving only a small-ear pot for the three of them.
There was no way to cook at all.
In the end, Xie Jiaojiao found some stones in the yard and built a small stove in front of her room, so that the three of them could eat.
Sun Ruhua felt angry and uncomfortable. She felt that her two sons were being too unkind, so she treated them like this just after the family was separated.
Xie Jiaojiao comforted her and said, "Mom, why do you think so much? They treat us like this, but we can still eat."
After eating, Sun Ruhua cleared the dishes. Xie Jiaojiao looked at her, wiping her tears while clearing the dishes, shaking her head slightly. It was true that this cheap girl had been crying for a few days since she had been here.
Xie Zhiyi tugged at the corner of Xie Jiaojiao's clothes: "Sister, mother is crying again."
Xie Jiaojiao shushed him.
Xie Zhiyi shut up immediately.
After a while, Xie Zhiyi said: "Sister, I'm going to kill pigweed."
"Didn't you go this morning?"
Xie Zhiyi shook his head: "My mother didn't let me go this morning."
Xie Jiaojiao nodded, and then said: "Wait a moment, I will change my clothes and go up the mountain with you."
Xie Zhiyi shook his head hurriedly: "It's okay, sister, I'm not alone. Brother Niu will also be with me."
"I told you to wait for me, just wait for me!"
Xie Zhiyi had no choice but to say okay: "But the mountain road is not easy to walk on."
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Xie Jiaojiao changed her clothes a few times. For convenience, she put a bandana on her head. She was just wearing a short shirt and trousers, tied around her waist with a cloth strip to make it easier to work later. Xie Jiaojiao lowered her head. I looked at my clothes, they were all patched, tsk tsk tsk, tsk tsk tsk, I’m really poor.
When Sun Ruhua came out after cleaning up, she saw the two well-equipped people getting ready to go out. She told them to be careful. When she saw them going out to look, she turned around to collect the soles of their shoes.
As Xie Jiaojiao walked along the way, she looked everywhere to see if there was anything that could make money, but to her disappointment, there was none!
When we arrived in the mountains, the temperature was obviously colder than outside.
However, Xie Jiaojiao looked around the mountain and saw that when the strong wind blew, the green leaves on the trees would flutter down.
"Sister, if we walk a little further, we'll be at the place where we usually kill pigweed."
Xie Jiaojiao nodded, and finally saw Xie Zhiyi and Niu Er taking her to a place with a water source. There were some green plants next to the water source. Once at the water source, Xie Zhiyi took a sickle and chopped at the green grass.
Xie Jiaojiao didn't stop and followed them, waving her sickle.
After finishing the pigweed, Xie Jiaojiao was sweating profusely. She walked to the stream to wash her hands and saw that there were crabs in the stream.
Xie Jiaojiao casually broke open a stone and saw a big crab underneath! Xie Jiaojiao's eyes lit up instantly.
"You two come here quickly."
The two of them thought something had happened to Xie Jiaojiao and ran over in a hurry.
But Xie Jiaojiao caught the reptile!
"Sister, why are you catching this water reptile? It's going to pinch you, and it'll be painful if it pinches you!"
Xie Jiaojiao didn't understand: "What did you call it?"
"Water reptiles! This creek is full of them!"
Xie Jiaojiao felt that the word "water reptile" was simply an insult to this mountain crab!
"This is a water reptile! This is a crab! It's edible!"
Xie Zhiyi felt that his sister must be going crazy with hunger. This thing was covered in shells. How could she eat it? Is it possible to eat the shell?
Xie Jiaojiao knew they didn't understand, so she called them: "Catch it for me, be careful, don't let it get caught, I'll cook it for you later!"
The two of them didn't move.
Xie Jiaojiao shouted: "Catch me, why are you standing there!"
The two of them hesitantly grabbed him.
Maybe it was because no one was catching them. The mountain crabs were so big. Xie Jiaojiao didn't even want the half-sized ones, but caught all the big ones.
After grabbing almost half of the basket, Xie Jiaojiao looked at it and it was almost done.
This crab should be eaten while it is still alive. If it is dead and put into the pot, there will be a fishy smell.
Seeing that it was getting late, Xie Jiaojiao shouted to the two of them: "That's enough, these are enough. Let's go home."
After squatting for a long time, Xie Jiaojiao felt dizzy when she stood up. Fortunately, she finally stopped.
Xie Jiaojiao sighed, her body was too weak!
With her, Xie Zhiyi would definitely not be allowed to carry the pigweed on his back. He thought it would be heavy, but he wondered if it was because of his original body. Xie Jiaojiao didn't think the pigweed in the basket was heavy.
Several people returned home before dark.
Xie Jiaojiao asked Niu Er to go back and put down the pigweed and come over to eat the crabs. But Niu Er shook his head and said that he couldn't come over. He didn't believe that the crabs could be eaten.
Sun Ruhua took the basket from her: "Why did it take so long to come back?"
Xie Jiaojiao and Xie Zhiyi smiled, said nothing, poured the pigweed into the backyard, and returned to the house with their backpacks.
Sun Ruhua took a look and said, "Why did you catch so many water reptiles?"
"Mom, this is not a reptile, this is a crab, you can eat it."
Sun Ruhua didn't believe it: "This is usually smashed and fed to ducks in summer."
Xie Jiaojiao knew that no matter how much she said, it would be better to demonstrate it to them. She smiled and said, "You will know when I make it."
