This baby is hungry.
Xiao Fuyuan twisted her body, looked at Mrs. Zhen eagerly, and pursed her lips.
This was her standard action when she was hungry, and Zhen got it right away!
"Hey, little darling, I'll give it to you to eat." Mrs. Zhen held Xiao Fuyuan in her arms, feeling very distressed.
Xie Chuntao felt distressed when she saw her sister-in-law was hungry. She stood up, took out the goat's milk that was warm on the stove, quickly poured it into the water bag, tightened the "pacifier", and handed it to Mrs. Zhen.
I have to admire the wisdom of the working people.
In order to make it easier for Xiao Fuyuan to drink milk without choking. I bought a water bladder from a white wooden board, boiled it with sheepskin and fixed it into the shape of a pacifier. The two were combined to perfectly transform it into a milk bottle.
Mrs. Zhen took the water bottle version and skillfully placed the pacifier to Xiao Fuyuan's mouth. Xiao Fuyuan took the pacifier in her mouth and sucked it hard.
Now there are two dairy goats at home, one was bought from Big Fish and the other was given by Xia Qinghe. The two goats took turns to be milked, making little Fuyuan fat and white.
The whole family happily watched little Fuyuan drinking milk.
The white board compares the childhood image of the little girl with the brats in front of her. She is better than the girl. She looks so good even when drinking milk, and the New Year paintings and dolls are as polished as jade.
After Xiao Fuyuan finished drinking the milk, she released the pacifier from her mouth and looked at this and that with her big round eyes.
"Bbaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa,, maybe she's full," Fendanzi said contentedly and happily in baby language that no one could understand.
"...I didn't have time to buy anything for my sister, so I can use these two taels of silver to make some clothes for my sister." Bai Erzhuang took out his monthly gift and handed it to Mrs. Bai.
Originally, he spent two taels of silver per month on repairs, but he used one of the taels to buy charcoal and firewood for his family.
"Ask your mother to help your sister keep it." Old Mrs. Bai did not answer and motioned to Mrs. Zhen.
Mrs. Zhen took the silver.
Eugene Gui, who was sitting next to him, his face instantly dropped.
She doesn't have any new clothes to wear yet, so why don't she think about her?
I don't want to think about the daughter in my wife's belly, but I will go to the pole to flatter other people's daughters.
It seems that my mother is right, we must find an opportunity to separate the family.
With just two taels of silver a month from her man, he could rent a nice yard in the town. How wonderful it would be for the couple to live behind closed doors after getting rid of the group of people holding them back in the Lao Bai family.
Bai Erzhuang's eyes darkened when he saw Eugene Gui's slumped face.
"Dad, Mom, my wages went to Erlang for medicine. I will bring gifts to my sister when I come back next time." Bai Sanzhuang scratched his head in embarrassment.
What he didn't mention was that he had just started his apprenticeship and all the money for medicine had been paid in advance.
"You have just graduated from school. If you have any spare money, you just have to be determined. Erlang's illness is the top priority for our family. It doesn't matter if we don't buy a gift for your sister."
Mrs. Zhen looked at Bai Laosan with a distressed face.
Bai Laosan has been smart since he was a child and has a better memory than his second brother. At that time, his family gritted his teeth and sent him to a private school. After a few years, he refused to study. He said that it was not the material and went to work as an apprentice in a lacquerware shop. Mrs. Zhen felt distressed when she thought of the blood blisters on her third son's hands while doing odd jobs. The third son was sensible and not good at studying. He couldn't bear to see his family being poor.
When they heard that the third child was getting paid, the first thing they thought of was their son. Bai Dazhuang and Xie Chuntao were moved with emotion on their faces.
"Third brother, if you can think of Erlang, I'd like to say thank you to you." Bai Dazhuang patted Bai Sanzhuang on the shoulder.
The third brother is also a young man. At a young age, he worked in the lacquer shop in all kinds of wind and rain, and suffered a lot. Speaking of which, as the eldest brother, he felt extremely guilty because he was unable to support the whole family, so the third brother was forced to make a living at a young age.
"You brothers say thank you to each other. You are shabby, aren't you? You are busy inside and outside all day long, and you don't miss any of the work in the fields. You usually have to go up the mountain to collect firewood and go down the mountain to carry water. According to what you said, is it possible? I, an old woman who can't carry my shoulders or lift my hands, have to thank you." Old Mrs. Bai wanted to comfort Mr. Bai, but she spoke harsh words.
Why, she was like this, she thought whatever she wanted, and she couldn't bear to see a whole family thanking each other. When Bai Lao Er and Bai Lao San were studying, didn't the boss go to the mountains to dig up medicinal materials and sell them for money?
"What you said is right. Brothers should help each other. Saying thank you would be too disrespectful." Bai Banban added.
Bai Dazhuang nodded honestly.
Xie Chuntao's heart surged. She knew that the mother-in-law and father-in-law said this because they were afraid that the couple would feel pressured. Erlang's illness has indeed been a drag on the family for many years. In the past, the second son spent more than half of his monthly money on Erlang's medicine, which made Eugene often complain behind his back. Now that the third child has just left the army, almost all the money he earned has been invested in Erlang's illness.
Xie Chuntao is grateful to her husband's family.
Once upon a time when she returned to her parents' home, her sisters said that she had not married well and that her husband's family was very poor.
Xie Chuntao didn't think so. Lao Bai's family was poor, but they had a good family tradition and didn't bother their daughter-in-law. They doted on the children who were paralyzed in bed.
You know, many families will throw away their disabled and useless children, or just give them a mouthful of food.
There are not many families like the Lao Bai family who use all their family resources to give Erlang medicine.
"Third brother often runs outside. I made him a pair of cotton shoes. The soles are thicker and they are not slippery when walking in the snow." Xie Chuntao said to Bai Sanzhuang with a smile.
"Okay, I love wearing shoes made by my sister-in-law the most." Bai Dazhuang was not polite to his sister-in-law. Since her sister-in-law married into the Bai family, all his shoes were paid for by her sister-in-law.
Eugene Gui felt bad again.
The third child of the Bai family only thought about her boss's son and forgot about her son Sanlang.
She felt extremely dazzled when she saw the eldest couple singing along with Bai Laosan.
"By the way, speaking of gifts, I suddenly thought of a good thing for my sister..." Bai Sanzhuang suddenly thought of something, reached into the middle of his clothes and took out a green jade pendant.
I saw that the jade pendant was shiny, clear and painted with unicorn patterns, it was very beautiful.
The whole family gasped. Even if their family was poor and had never seen good things, they could still guess that this jade pendant was expensive.
"Where did you come from?" Zhen took a look, her eyes flashed, and her voice became a little more serious.
"Mistress, did you agree to shopkeeper Xu's house?" Mrs. Bai's voice rose a little.
Shopkeeper Xu's family wanted her grandson to be their son-in-law, but there was no way. The Lao Bai family were not people who wanted to sell their sons for glory. If the third child really agreed, she would make a white board to offer sacrifices to the ancestors and drive the third child out.
"Mom, grandma, listen to me, it's not what you think..." Bai Sanzhuang hurriedly defended.
Some time ago, Bai Sanzhuang drove a carriage to deliver a batch of lacquerware to wealthy families in Huaicheng.
When we came back, it snowed heavily.
Passing through a forest, I saw an overturned carriage stuck in the snow. An old man covered in blood was pressed under the carriage, and the snow was buried up to his neck. Bai Dazhuang stretched out his hand and saw that the old man was still alive.
Since you are angry, you need to save people.
Bai Sanzhuang spent a lot of effort to move the carriage and drag the old man out from under the carriage.
Unexpectedly, a three or four-year-old young man was tightly wrapped in the old man's arms.
The young master was wearing a thick brocade cotton-padded coat, and his face was so cute that he stared in the heavy snow without crying or making a fuss.
Asking the young master what his last name was, where his home was, and where he was going... the young master never spoke. Bai Sanzhuang felt that the young master was frightened.
You can't ignore them even if they are dragged out. In this snowy place with no village or shop, if he doesn't care, the old and the young will freeze to death sooner or later.
Bai Sanzhuang decided to be the good guy to the end.
He tore off his own clothes and tied them around the old man's wound to stop the bleeding. Then he carried the man to the delivery carriage and placed him there. He picked up the young master and pulled him to the town together.
After arriving in the town, he was troubled. He lived in a shop by himself and could not accommodate an old man and a young child. He also had no money to put them in a hotel.
Fortunately, Tian Maimiao, the eldest sister of the pork shop next door, is a warm-hearted girl. He shamelessly entrusted Tian Maimiao to place an old man and a young child in the butcher shop, and also invited doctors from the hospital to treat the old man's injuries.
An old man and a young man lived in the butcher's shop for seven days.
During this period, Bai Sanzhuang went to the hospital to seek medical advice for the old man, and bought food and gadgets for the young master. He spent all the money he borrowed from Tian Maimiao, and he still owes it.
After the old man woke up, he thanked him and said that he deserved a lot of thanks for saving his life, but he had no money on him. He wanted to write him a receipt and asked someone to return the money when he returned to his hometown.
Bai Sanzhuang naturally refused. He didn't help people for money.
The young master beside him remained silent, untied the jade pendant around his neck and handed it to Bai Sanzhuang's hand.
Bai Sanzhuang refused to accept it, and the old man asked angrily that he thought the jade pendant was too light and worthless, so he had to accept it.
Seven days later, the old man and the young man left without saying goodbye.
Only then did Bai Sanzhuang remember that he knew nothing about them except that the young master was called A Zhen. I forgot to ask where they were from. Anyway, their accent didn’t sound like people from this area of Huaicheng.
