It was obviously Cao Yuxi who made the initial suggestion, but Wang Caixia was more concerned about Shui Bingyue. This made the little girl feel like she was being taken advantage of.
When it got dark, my father and brothers hadn't come back yet. Shui Bingyue stepped on the bench and cooked wild boar stewed with potatoes and corn and sweet potato porridge.
As soon as the meal was ready, I heard the sound of the door opening. I jumped off the bench and went to the door. I saw my mother and eldest brother coming in.
Liu Xuemei saw that only the lights in her daughter's room and the kitchen were on, and asked, "Where are your father and your brothers?"
"They went up to the mountains to hunt."
"Then I'll leave you alone at home? Your father is becoming increasingly unreliable."
Shui Bingyue hurriedly shook her head: "It's not what mother thought. Today I followed two educated youth sisters to go up the mountain to pick wild fruits, so I didn't go with dad. It's not that dad left me alone."
Shui Jianguo put his mother's luggage in the bedroom for her. I went to the kitchen and found that there were vegetables and porridge being cooked on the fire, and there was also a small bench.
Liu Xuemei was chatting with her daughter when she heard her eldest son say: "Bingyue, did you cook the food and rice yourself?"
"Yes, mother and eldest brother probably haven't eaten yet. Let's eat together."
"Do you know that you are not yet four years old? What if you get a fever?"
This was the first time that Shui Bingyue saw her eldest brother talking to her so seriously. She defended in a low voice: "I was very careful and didn't get hurt. I was just afraid that my father and brothers would be very hungry when they came back without food."
The three of them had dinner together. As soon as Shui Jianguo finished washing the dishes, he saw his father, the fourth to seventh children, coming back with a lot of prey on their backs.
Shui Shangqing was very happy to see his eldest son. He put the prey in the yard and walked to the kitchen to chat with him: "When did you come back today?"
"I only got home an hour earlier than you. The dishes and porridge on the fire are all made by Bingyue."
"How could it be? Cao Zhiqing promised to take good care of Bingyue, so I handed her over. Otherwise, I would definitely not have agreed to Bingyue going out with them."
"We'll talk about this later. It's getting late. You guys should wash up and eat quickly. Try what Bingyue's first meal tastes like." Shui Jianguo arranged.
Liu Xuemei came out of the bedroom with her daughter. Xiaoliu and Xiaoqi all got in front of their mother and were very affectionate.
"Okay, let's eat first, and then we can have a good chat. I see you two are dirty. Go wash up and eat."
A few people quickly cleaned up and started eating. I didn't expect that my sister's cooking was very good except for the lack of salt.
Several people were really tired and went back to their rooms to rest after eating. Shui Bingyue took a small handkerchief wrapped with something from her bedroom and went to her eldest brother's room.
Shui Jianguo put his sister on the bed and said with a gentle smile, "Do you want to sleep with me today?"
"Yeah, there's something else for you."
Shui Bingyue put a lump of something in her elder brother's hand: "This is something for you. Every brother has it. This one belongs to you."
Shui Jianguo opened the handkerchief and found inside it an jade bracelet, a white jade plaque, a gold ring, a peony gold pendant, and a purple crystal.
"Why did you give me so many things again? You are a girl, keep these for yourself."
Shui Bingyue shook her head: "Other brothers have taken it, but they picked it by themselves. I picked yours. I won't recycle it. You know, I have a lot of good things."
Shui Jianguo put the things away and put them into the inner pocket of his clothes. Turning off the lights, the two quickly fell asleep. After all, he had to rush back to his small home in the county early tomorrow morning.
Early the next morning, the eldest brother left. Shui Bingyue felt that as her brothers grew up, there would be fewer and fewer people in the family.
Today, Shui Shangqing had time to ask his daughter what happened yesterday: "Why did you stay at home alone yesterday?"
"My two educated youth sisters and I went down the mountain before noon. When we arrived at the educated youth point, Sister Cao never came out after entering the room. I took a rest in Sister Caixia's room.
Then when it was lunch break, I knew that Sister Caixia snored loudly, so I asked her to take me home. I can only sleep comfortably at my own home. "
With a small mouth, Shui Bingyue briefly talked about what happened yesterday. Shui Shangqing's impression of Cao Yuxi suddenly dropped a lot.
This year, Qingshui Village has a recommended place for college. Originally, he was more partial to Cao Yuxi, but now it seems that it is better to conduct a fair selection.
After all, the educated youth who arrived here are quite pitiful. If there is a chance to leave, I will definitely want it.
Shui Shangqing took his sons to dispose of the prey placed in the woodshed. Keep what you want to eat and sell the rest.
Shui Bingyue stayed with her mother after her father and brothers went out, asking many questions about her sister-in-law and Xiao Bokang.
"Your sister-in-law has fully recovered. Her brother and sister-in-law from her mother's side have been sending things here. Bo Kang's clothes have never been broken.
This little guy is much heavier than when you left, and his body is full of flesh. The little arms become like lotus roots, one section at a time. "As she spoke, Liu Xuemei's face was full of smiles.
Shui Bingyue asked curiously: "When will sister-in-law bring Bo Kang to live here?"
"Maybe it will be around the time of the New Year. Why did you go to see your elder brother last night?"
"I have something for him."
"what?"
Shui Bingyue shook her head: "It's hard to say. You can ask my father when he comes back."
After all, she was afraid that if she told the truth, her butt would be spanked for the first time. Either of these two things would make my mother feel frightened.
Xiao Qi did not follow her father and brothers to sell game. Instead, she ran into her parents' room and boasted to her mother: "Mom, I shot a deer this time, even though it was very small."
"That's great. As long as we can catch prey, our time and energy will not be wasted. Our Xiaoqi will become more and more powerful in the future."
When Xiao Qi heard her mother's approval, she narrowed her eyes with a smile.
Shui Bingyue thought of the peaches she had picked, and asked Xiao Qi: "Brother Qi, please help wash the peaches in my room. I hate the feeling of peach hair sticking to my hands."
"Okay, I'll go right away, don't worry."
When Xiao Qi left her parents' house, Liu Xuemei asked her daughter: "Don't you like peaches the least? Why did you choose to pick peaches yesterday?"
"I picked fruits with two educated youth sisters, so we naturally discussed it. Sister Caixia said she knew where to find peaches, and we went together.
Later I discovered the fungus and picked half of the basket. The two educated youth sisters picked a lot, and I walked forward on my own, but didn't find anything more.
Later we went down the mountain together. When we arrived at the educated youth center, brother Yucheng treated me to malted milk. "
Liu Xuemei nodded: "Li Yucheng is a good kid. I heard that he can earn enough for his living expenses by writing articles now."
