The next day, Sun Ruhua went to the entrance of the village to wait early in the morning. When the boss delivered the tofu, the sky was still numb.
"Thanks for your hard work."
The tofu boss said with a smile: "It's okay, I'll give it to your house. I just happened to go to the next town to set up a stall again. Every penny I can earn is worth it!"
In this winter, there are no fresh vegetables to sell, but the tofu business is better than before.
Helping deliver the tofu home, Sun Ruhua paid and left.
Cuihong woke up early this week and happened to see the tofu boss coming out from a distance. She suddenly felt that something terrible had happened to her. Judging from the man's age...
Zhou Cuihong ran directly into the house and pushed Xie Zhili awake: "Dad, wake up, wake up!"
Who wants to get up early in this winter day?
However, Xie Zhili still responded: "It's still early!"
"His father is amazing, I discovered something amazing!"
Xie Zhili didn't say much.
Zhou Cuihong lowered her head and whispered in his ear.
Xie Zhili's originally closed eyes opened instantly, as if he didn't hear clearly: "What did you just say?"
Zhou Cuihong looked at him, she didn't believe he didn't hear clearly just now.
Xie Zhili sat up and touched his thigh: "Did you really see it?"
Zhou Cuihong nodded seriously: "I just watched that man come out of the house over there! My mother walked him out of the house in person, and both of them had smiles on their faces!"
Xie Zhili punched the bed angrily: "You must have done something dirty this early in the morning. It's too much! It's really too much! How long has my father been gone just now?"
"No, I have to tell my eldest brother about this. She must give our two sons an explanation!"
Zhou Cuihong grabbed him and said, "Dad, why are you so anxious?"
"Isn't this urgent? You have seen it! I wonder if anyone else in the village has seen it!" Xie Zhili said and slapped himself in the face: "Our Xie family has been completely embarrassed!"
Speaking of this, he suddenly remembered what his sister-in-law said yesterday.
Suddenly calmed down.
He grabbed Zhou Cuihong and said, "You said, things are getting better and better over there now. Does this have anything to do with it?"
Zhou Cuihong said nothing.
Xie Zhili turned his head in the direction of the house over there angrily: "I knew it! How come they suddenly had good food and good clothes for no reason! It turns out it's this old lady... ugh!"
Xie Zhili pushed away Zhou Cuihong's hand covering his mouth and said angrily: "What are you doing!"
Zhou Cuihong heard someone getting up in the big room outside, and whispered to Xie Zhili, "What are you yelling about?"
"Why can't I yell?"
But as soon as I said this, I felt that something was wrong. How could I shout about this? It would be very embarrassing if others heard it.
Zhou Cuihong glanced at him angrily, why did she marry such a brainless person!
Xie Zhili still felt that this was not possible. He had to talk to his eldest brother about this matter. Thinking of this, he went directly to the eldest room!
Zhou Cuihong couldn't hold it back, and was so angry that her stomach hurt. This is such a stupid thing!
Xie Jiaojiao came here and saw a lot of tofu on the table in this room.
"The boss sent it so early."
Sun Ruhua was serving the meal: "I'm doing business, so I can make more money by getting up early and then setting up my stall. Come and have dinner soon."
Xie Jiaojiao looked at him: "Where is my brother?"
"He has already eaten. He said he was going to find some food for the chickens in the backyard, so he followed Niu Er."
Breakfast was simple. After eating, Xie Jiaojiao and Sun Ruhua started making fermented bean curd. The two mother and daughter were talking and laughing.
After making bone soup for lunch, Xie Jiaojiao looked at Xie Zhiyi and said with a smile, "Has Zhiyi grown taller recently?"
Xie Zhiyi's eyes lit up and he turned around in front of Xie Jiaojiao: "Have I really grown?"
"I'm growing taller. Come drink more bone broth and you can grow taller."
Xie Zhiyi hummed.
Sun Ruhua looked at Xie Zhiyi, as if it was true that her family's life had become better because she had made some money during this period. She looked up at Xie Jiaojiao again, and she saw that this girl was more beautiful than before.
Xie Jiaojiao taught Sun Ruhua how long to steam the tofu at the dinner table. In the afternoon, she took Xie Zhiyi up the mountain to chop firewood. She thought she had prepared enough before, but during this time, the family used a lot of firewood. Seeing that the firewood at the door of the kitchen was getting less and less, I thought, since I had nothing to do these days, I would go to the mountain and chop some back.
Originally Xie Jiaojiao didn't want Xie Zhiyi to go, but Xie Zhiyi insisted on following, saying that Brother Niu was busy at home these two days and had no time to play with him.
Xie Jiaojiao had no choice but to let him follow. It would be nice if Xie Zhiyi was here. He could help pick up some smaller firewood to start the fire.
After cutting down two dead trees, Xie Jiaojiao was tying the firewood with hemp rope and preparing to move it all back in one go. Xie Zhiyi shouted over there: "Sister, come here quickly!"
Xie Jiaojiao thought something had happened to him and ran over in a hurry. Unexpectedly, she saw him squatting on the ground.
"What are you doing?"
Xie Zhiyi waved to Xie Jiaojiao: "Sister, come here quickly."
Seeing that he was fine, Xie Jiaojiao breathed a sigh of relief and walked over.
"What are you doing squatting on the ground?"
Xie Zhiyi pointed to a hole in front of him: "Sister, there is a rabbit here, I saw it get in."
Xie Jiaojiao walked to him and squatted down: "Do you want this rabbit?"
Xie Zhiyi nodded and gestured seriously with his hands: "He's the boss!"
Xie Jiaojiao was helpless. She lowered her head and looked at the hole. It was obvious that there was more than just this hole, right?
Xie Jiaojiao looked around again, and finally saw a hole about the same size as this hole on the side of a dry tree stump.
Xie Jiaojiao said to Xie Zhiyi: "Go and get the backpack you are carrying."
Xie Zhiyi ran away in a hurry, and Xie Jiaojiao said: "Be careful!"
After a while, Xie Zhiyi came with a backpack on his back and looked at Xie Jiaojiao with bright eyes: "Sister, what should we do now?"
Xie Jiaojiao asked him to put the basket on the hole of the wooden stake to block the hole.
Xie Zhiyi didn't quite understand: "Sister, can I catch the rabbit like this?"
"You'll find out later!"
Xie Jiaojiao pulled a handful of dry grass from the ground next to her, and took out a fire dumpling from her arms. This fire dumpling was very expensive, and she asked Sun Ruhua to sell it when she saw it in town yesterday, because she really It's the flint that can't be used at home.
After lighting the withered grass on fire, Xie Jiaojiao tore off two more cypress trees and placed them on the lit withered grass. A thick smoke instantly appeared.
Seeing that there was not enough dry grass, Xie Jiaojiao added some more and shouted to Xie Zhiyi: "Hold the basket, be careful the rabbit runs away!"
Xie Zhiyi immediately lay down on the backpack.
The thick smoke in the cypress tree grew bigger and bigger, and Xie Jiaojiao stuffed it all directly into the hole.
After a while, Xie Zhiyi suddenly shouted: "Sister, rabbits are coming out! Several of them!"
Xie Jiaojiao herself shed tears due to the thick smoke. When she heard Xie Zhiyi said that the rabbit had escaped, she ran over immediately!
"Cover your side and be careful they run away!"
When Xie Jiaojiao felt that the rabbits were bouncing fiercely, she turned over the basket and caught all the rabbits.
Xie Jiaojiao didn't have time to look, and immediately covered the top of the backpack with a large cypress tree she had prepared nearby. None of the rabbits escaped.
Xie Zhiyi shouted happily: "Sister, you are so awesome! You actually caught the rabbit!"
Xie Jiaojiao wiped the tears from her face: "Okay, let's go back!"
Xie Jiaojiao weighed the basket to make sure Xie Zhiyi could carry it, but fortunately, the rabbit wasn't very heavy!
Xie Zhiyi walked in front, and Xie Jiaojiao walked behind him carrying Chai on her back.
