Xie Jiaojiao went there for a while and bought back a small box of ointment.
But Xie Zhiyi might have been too tired and had already fallen asleep.
Sun Ruhua was wiping her tears while cooking. When she saw Xie Jiaojiao, she hurriedly wiped them with her sleeve. She knew that her daughter didn't like her crying.
Xie Jiaojiao walked up to her: "Mom, you have seen what happened today. Do you still have any nostalgia for that place?"
Sun Ruhua smiled bitterly and said nothing.
Xie Jiaojiao knelt down and took her hand: "Mom, from now on you will live with me and Zhiyi. I will work hard to make money so that you can live a good life. You trust me."
Sun Ruhua looked at Xie Jiaojiao for a long time and finally nodded. Anyway, today, she had no hope for the two sons in the old house.
After the meal was ready, Xie Jiaojiao went to call Xie Zhiyi.
Seeing the marks on Xie Zhiyi's face from being beaten with bamboo chopsticks, Sun Ruhua kept blaming herself and tried her best to pinch Xie Zhiyi's meat.
Children always forget unpleasant things quickly, and now they don’t hurt so much anymore. They even smiled and said to Sun Ruhua, “Mom, you eat too!”
Sun Ruhua hummed and just ate the rice cereal in her bowl in silence.
The next day, Sun Ruhua got up early, cooked a meal for their siblings, and went out.
When he came back, he had a tael of silver in his hand.
"I also sold the pig, so Zhiyi doesn't have to go to the old house anymore."
Xie Jiaojiao nodded, and Sun Ruhua took out another piece of meat and bones from the basket: "I went to Zhenshan today and bought some meat. I bought white flour yesterday. Let's make buns for lunch!"
Xie Zhiyi danced happily.
Sun Ruhua took a look and said, "Why are you still wearing this outfit? Go put on the new clothes you bought yesterday. Don't get cold."
Xie Zhiyi looked at Sun Ruhua: "Mom, didn't you say yesterday that you would wait until the sweet potatoes were dug out from the fields before getting dressed?"
"Have it?"
Xie Jiaojiao looked on and wanted to laugh, but she was happy when she saw Sun Ruhua's transformation.
"Mom told you to wear it today, so you should wear it today, otherwise you may regret it!" Xie Jiaojiao said to Xie Zhiyi.
Xie Zhiyi immediately ran to put on new clothes. After putting them on, he ran out and asked Xie Jiaojiao and Sun Ruhua: "Does it look good?"
Both mother and daughter nodded.
"Our family has a handsome man who looks good in anything he wears! Mother, don't you think so?"
Sun Ruhua smiled and nodded.
At noon, the family made steamed buns. Thinking about how Niu Er and Mrs. Wang helped report and talk yesterday, Xie Jiaojiao said to Sun Ruhua: "Mom, please send a few of these steamed buns to Aunt Wang's house. If it hadn't been for her yesterday, we might have been blamed. Tell me."
Sun Ruhua nodded and said with emotion: "Give some as a gift, people must know how to be grateful."
Xie Jiaojiao filled half the basket of buns and took the basket to the Wang family.
When passing by the door of Xie's house, I saw Xie Qian and Xie Kun playing at the door. When they saw her, they immediately ran back into the house as if they had seen a ghost and a snake.
But he couldn't hold back his curiosity, so he stood at the door and watched secretly, watching Xie Jiaojiao give many buns to the Wang family. The Wang family came out with bowls to fill them, and also gave Xie Jiaojiao several eggs.
As soon as they saw this, they immediately ran back to the house.
Xie Gan also made a fuss about eating steamed buns.
Chen Hongju patted him twice: "What are our conditions? I still want to eat steamed buns!"
Xie Gan pointed outside: "Xie Jiaojiao and the others eat it, why can't we eat it!"
"What did you say?"
Xie Gan pursed his lips: "I saw Xie Jiaojiao delivering buns to the Wang family!"
Chen Hongju listened to what he said and looked at Xie Zhishu: "It must have been bought with the money from selling the pigs! The head of the house, that's one tael of silver!"
What can Xie Zhishu do?
"What's the use of saying this!"
Chen Hongju refused, pushing Xie Zhishu and muttering: "Yesterday I asked you to follow your second uncle to bully Xie Zhiyi, now it's better, the pigs are gone, and the money is not shared! What does it have to do with us whether Zhou Cuihong is pregnant or has a miscarriage! "
Xie Zhishu was annoyed by her nagging, so he took the cigarette rod and went out.
Chen Hongju was so angry that Xie Qian even muttered about wanting to eat steamed buns. Chen Hongju yelled angrily: "Eat, eat, eat, eat like shit. If you want it so much, go ask that stinky girl Xie Jiaojiao for it!"
Xie Qian saw that his mother was angry and immediately dared not speak.
Xie Meng'er stepped forward and grabbed Chen Hongju: "Mom, don't be angry. I will embroider all the Xiupa right away. Then I will take it to the town with you and exchange it for money. We will also eat steamed buns."
Chen Hongju felt better after listening to Xie Menger's words, but she still felt sorry for that pig and her money. If she had known yesterday, she should have stopped the boss from getting involved in the affairs of the second wife!
In the second room, Xie Kun also ran back and said, grandma and the others are eating steamed buns today.
"How did you know?" Zhou Cuihong asked.
"I saw my sister-in-law giving buns to the Wang family!"
"She's like that, and you're still a sister-in-law! Sister-in-law is such a shit, call her Xie Jiaojiao when we meet in the future!" Xie Zhili scolded, thinking about how Xie Jiaojiao beat him in the yard yesterday, asking him to do it like that He was so embarrassed in front of so many people that he felt angry!
Zhou Cuihong was afraid that this would happen to her, so she shook her head at Xie Kun and told him to stop talking.
Xie Kun leaned in Zhou Cuihong's arms and whispered: "Mom, I want to eat steamed buns too!"
Zhou Cuihong touched his face and asked, changing the subject: "Does your face still hurt today?"
Xie Kun shook his head and felt no pain when he woke up in the morning.
Zhou Cuihong looked at Xie Zhili again and said: "His father, why do you think mother and the others are living so well as soon as they move out? I heard from people in the village that they bought pots some time ago, and they have been buying pots in the past two days. I’m here to buy meat and make steamed buns! This white flour is very expensive!”
Xie Zhili said angrily: "Didn't that boy Xie Zhiyi also share the money in this family division? And we were the ones who gave filial piety money to my mother back then!"
After that, he added: "Let's see how many days they can dance around. When all the money is spent, they will have days of hardship!"
Zhou Cuihong said no more.
Xie Jiaojiao took the egg back. Sun Ruhua took a look at it and said with a smile: "Your Aunt Wang just doesn't like to take advantage of others."
Xie Jiaojiao nodded: "No, just boil these eggs for Zhiyi. If you eat these eggs well, Zhiyi will grow taller in the future."
Xie Zhiyi said from the side: "There are a lot of them, let's eat them together."
Xie Jiaojiao and Sun Ruhua looked at each other and smiled.
In the afternoon, Sun Ruhua took out the cloth she bought yesterday and cut it. She wanted to make these clothes for everyone as soon as possible. , the firewood on this mountain cannot be burned.
Xie Zhiyi wanted to follow Xie Jiaojiao, but Xie Jiaojiao directly sent him to find Niu Erwan.
However, if you go to see Niu Er, you will pass by the Xie family's old house. After what happened yesterday, Xie Zhiyi has some shadows in his heart and is unwilling to go.
Xie Jiaojiao also noticed it, and then said: "Then, how about you boil a pot of hot water for me, and after I finish getting the firewood, I can wash my hair and take a bath."
Xie Zhiyi nodded, patted his chest and said it would be on him!
When Sun Ruhua heard that Xie Jiaojiao wanted to wash her hair and take a bath, she immediately went to the backyard to fetch water. One advantage of this house was that there was a well in the backyard, which was not dry yet. It was very convenient to fetch water.
In one afternoon, Xie Jiaojiao ran many times. Fortunately, the original owner had a strong energy, otherwise she might not be able to get so many back.
For several days in a row, Xie Jiaojiao was only busy with one thing, which was to go up the mountain to chop, move and split firewood.
Seeing that she was tired, Sun Ruhua went to Aunt Wang and bought some eggs, giving one to each of her siblings every morning.
Xie Jiaojiao had been busy for almost a week, and a row of firewood was neatly stacked under the eaves outside the kitchen door. Looking at the firewood, Xie Jiaojiao felt relieved that it would not be cold this winter.
Here, the undergarments that Sun Ruhua made for everyone are also ready, and the two siblings are allowed to try them out.
Xie Zhiyi was the happiest: "Mom, this dress is so comfortable!"
Sun Ruhua's face was both happy and sad.
In the past, Xie Zhiyi had always picked up his inner clothes and wore them, and he himself had never made any demands, but still...
Xie Jiaojiao hugged her shoulders and said to Xie Zhiyi, "We will buy new clothes from now on."
After speaking, he shook Sun Ruhua's shoulders: "Mom, do you think so?"
Sun Ruhua's eyes were a little red again, she smiled and nodded yes.
After saying that, Sun Ruhua asked Xie Jiaojiao: "Do you just leave that tofu like that? I think it's moldy!"
