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In the morning, Sun Ruhua cooked a pot of corn porridge and served it with some pickles.

While eating, Sun Ruhua took out a pair of cloth shoes for Xie Zhiyi.

"Try to see if it fits!"

Xie Zhiyi's eyes lit up when he saw the new cloth shoes.

"Mom, is this really for me?"

Sun Ruhua touched his head and said, "If it's not for you, then who is it for? Eat your meal and try again."

"Well, thank you, mother!"

How could Xie Zhiyi not be excited?

This was the first time he had worn new shoes since he was a child! In the past, he had always worn Xie Qian and Xie Kun's shoes.

He even picked up Xie Meng'er's shoes and wore them!

After breakfast, Xie Zhiyi tried on the shoes. They were a little too big, but it was okay. He would still grow taller and he could wear them for another year.

When Sun Ruhua saw what he was wearing, she took a basin and went to the river to wash clothes.

Xie Zhiyi had to go collect grass for the pigs again. As the weather was cold now, Sun Ruhua didn't allow him to get up so early. The clothes he wore were already thin, and she was afraid that it would be too cold in the morning and he would get frozen.

How can a poor family have extra money to treat their children?

"Sister, let's go and catch some water reptiles to eat today." Xie Zhiyi said.

“That’s a crab!”

Xie Zhiyi nodded: "Then let's go catch some crabs to eat!"

Xie Jiaojiao smiled and said, "Shouldn't you have said yesterday that it was inedible?"

Xie Zhiyi scratched his head: "I don't know! But sister, how do you know this thing is edible? I've never seen you catch it and eat it before!"

"Wasn't I crazy before? I was just trying it yesterday!" Xie Jiaojiao was talking nonsense.

Xie Zhiyi lowered his head, took off his new shoes and put on cloth shoes.

Xie Jiaojiao knew that he took good care of his shoes, so she didn't say much.

She also went back to her room and changed her clothes.

Live by the mountain, eat by the mountain; live by the water, eat by the water. She still has to go to the mountains to look for something that can be turned into money.

Just as they finished, Niu Er's voice was heard outside.

The three of them followed yesterday's path and slowly walked up the mountain. When they passed by the river, they saw Wang Pozi and Sun Ruhua.

Sun Ruhua told them to be careful, then lowered her head and continued washing her clothes.

Mrs. Wang smiled and asked her, "Your Jiaojiao is fine now, aren't you anxious about her marriage?"

Sun Ruhua answered while tapping her clothes: "Alas, her father just left, and I can't find anyone to tell."

Mrs. Wang paused, and then she hit her. "I have a nephew from my mother's family. He is about the same age as your Jiaojiao. His family was in financial difficulty in the past few years, so he never got married. At the beginning of this year, he went out with a passing caravan and earned some money. He was thinking of marrying a wife. Now, I think your Jiaojiao is suitable. Let's see if you are willing. If you are, I'll send someone to send a message back."

Sun Ruhua perked up when she heard this, her eyes lit up: "Really?"

Mrs. Wang nodded and said, "I went back a few days ago and heard his mother say that, but my nephew is not as pretty as your Jiaojiao."

Sun Ruhua smiled and said, "What's the point of having good looks? The most important thing is to make money. Just don't let my Jiaojiao feel wronged!"

"Of course not! I feel relieved when you say that. I'll send someone to send a message back, and then we can meet each other."

Sun Ruhua was happy: "Okay!"

Xie Jiaojiao didn't know that her mother found a marriage for her just because of washing clothes!

On the way up the mountain, Xie Zhiyi kept talking about how delicious the crabs were yesterday.

Niu Er didn't believe it at all.

Xie Zhiyi also said: "Brother Niu, you don't know, this water... oh crab, it's actually salty by itself, you don't even need to add salt!"

"You are bragging! None of the fish in this river taste salty!"

"Really, Brother Niu, hey, we'll catch two more today, you can take them back and eat them yourself."

Niu Er did not answer, but after hearing Xie Zhiyi bragging so much, he took note of it in his heart. Today he would catch two and take them back to taste to see if Xie Zhiyi was lying to him.

When he reached the stream, Xie Zhiyi picked up his sickle and started working again.

Xie Jiaojiao walked away.

"Sister, where are you going?"

"I'll just take a look around." Xie Jiaojiao replied.

Xie Zhiyi didn't ask much, he just felt that there was nothing good about this mountain.

Xie Jiaojiao turned around and walked towards the deep mountains, only to feel that the surroundings were getting colder and colder.

Just when I was about to go back, I suddenly saw some species in the distance that looked so familiar.

He walked forward somewhat uncertainly.

This is sugar cane! A large field of sugar cane!

Oh my god, how can there be sugarcane in this mountain?

Xie Jiaojiao was so happy that she was about to burst into tears. There was such a large field of sugarcane!

Xie Jiaojiao squatted down, drew the sickle from her waist, and cut one. It was so sweet!

Looking at this large field of sugarcane, Xie Jiaojiao felt as if she was seeing silver.

Remembering the route, I ran back along the road with a look of excitement on my face.

Xie Zhiyi has already cut grass for the pigs.

"Sister, you're back just in time. Let's go back."

Xie Jiaojiao handed each of them a piece of sugarcane.

Xie Zhiyi and Niu Er have never eaten this before.

"Sister, what is this? It looks like a corn stalk."

Xie Jiaojiao taught them how to eat in front of them.

When they tasted the sweetness, they were both amazed.

"Sister, this is so sweet, just like honey."

Niu Er also agreed.

Xie Jiaojiao smiled and said it was a secret, then she picked up the backpack and took the two of them down the mountain.

It was noon when I got home and Sun Ruhua was already making lunch.

"You're back? Great, we'll have dinner soon."

Xie Jiaojiao carried the pig feed to the backyard, where she happened to see Xie Qian and Xie Meng'er holding a bowl in their hands. When they saw Xie Jiaojiao coming, they hurriedly hid the bowl behind their backs without saying a word.

Xie Jiaojiao saw that both of them had oil on their lips.

Xie Jiaojiao didn't say anything. She put down the backpack and left.

Why did the whole yard smell like meat when I came back? I thought Dafang must have bought some meat in town today?

As soon as Xie Jiaojiao smelled this smell, she also wanted to eat meat!

"Mom, did my eldest brother have meat for lunch?"

Sun Ruhua nodded, but didn't say much.

Xie Zhiyi stood by the stove, smelling the meat.

Xie Jiaojiao patted his back and said, "Okay, when we have money, we will go buy some meat and eat it. We can buy a whole piece and eat it in one meal, okay?"

Xie Zhiyi nodded and retracted his neck.

For lunch, there was also corn porridge and a plate of Chinese cabbage. However, the cabbage was not fried with oil. It was just placed on the steaming rack of the pot while the corn porridge was cooking, and then mixed with some salt. It was really bland!

Thinking about the sugarcane field on the mountain, she had to find a way to turn that sugarcane field into silver!

After dinner, Xie Jiaojiao stayed in the house thinking about how to get that piece of sugarcane back.

Are we going to boil the sugarcane in this yard after we bring it back?

That won’t work…

This matter must not be seen by the first and second wives. It will be hard to explain it clearly then, and they will definitely take advantage of it!

In the afternoon, Sun Ruhua took Xie Jiaojiao and Xie Zhiyi to the field to weed and turn over the sweet potato vines in two acres of land.

Xie Jiaojiao is so tired!

Although she also came from the countryside, she had never done such detailed housework. Moreover, although she came from the countryside, her home was in the town. When she was a child, they used to grow crops on the family land. But when she started junior high school, they stopped growing crops on the family land. Firstly, some of the land near the town was sold by the government to build houses. Secondly, her parents went out to work and no one cultivated the land at home!

Even if we do plant crops, we basically just plant some vegetables and rapeseed for making vegetable oil. We buy rice to eat all year round.