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Sun Ruhua quickly let Niu Er in.

Niu Er had an honest smile on his face: "Grandma Sun!"

Sun Ruhua responded with a smile.

Niu Er put the things on the table and called Xie Zhiyi to go to the village to play.

Xie Zhiyi glanced at Sun Ruhua, who smiled and waved her hand: "Go ahead, but be careful with your clothes, don't tear them."

Xie Zhiyi nodded happily and ran out with Niu Er.

Sun Ruhua then opened what Niu Er brought, and it turned out to be peach cake.

"Oh, such an expensive thing, what are we going to use to pay it back?"

"What does Niu Er's father do? How can he be so impressive?"

Sun Ruhua thought that Xie Jiaojiao had been ill for so many years, so she was not surprised that she didn't know. She explained, "Your elder brother Niu helps make furniture in town. He also does some handicrafts to sell, so the family is much better off. He comes back during the busy farming season, and goes to town to help during the slack season. But the bad thing is that his wife died early, and he hasn't remarried in so many years. At first, your aunt Wang was also anxious, but now that Niu Er has grown up, she should be anxious about Niu Er, so she is not anxious about your elder brother Niu. In the past, there would definitely be a matchmaker coming to the door at this time."

After Sun Ruhua finished speaking, she turned to Xie Jiaojiao and said, "Your sister-in-law saw that this skill can make money, so she has always wanted to send Xie Qian to learn this skill, but your brother Niu has not agreed yet."

It turned out to be the case.

Xie Jiaojiao looked at the peach cake, reached out and ate a piece. It was quite sweet.

I thought: "Mom, don't we still have some brown sugar left from the last time we sold it? You can pack some and send it to Aunt Wang."

As soon as she finished speaking, Sun Ruhua's eyes lit up, and she patted her thigh and said with a smile: "That's right, I forgot about this thing. You stay at home, I'll go and give it to your Aunt Wang and come back soon."

Xie Jiaojiao nodded and wanted to say something else, that is, just ignore the people who come from the old house, but seeing that Sun Ruhua was so happy, she didn't say it.

How could Sun Ruhua not be happy? Now that she had enough money, she could afford to repay the valuable gifts given to her by her old sisters. This was called face.

Sun Ruhua put brown sugar in a basket, covered it with a piece of cloth and went out.

Xie Jiaojiao suddenly felt bored being alone at home.

Sun Ruhua didn't come back until an hour later. Xie Jiaojiao was worried that she might have run into those people in the old house again.

"Mom and your Aunt Wang talked for a while, so I came back late. I'll go cook now!"

Xie Jiaojiao was lighting the fire for Sun Ruhua, who smiled and said, "Just now I was telling you about your elder brother Niu's second marriage. I never thought that today I would hear that your elder brother Niu is going to marry someone during the Chinese New Year. Your aunt Wang's family is small and has not had a wedding for a long time. Although this is a second marriage, I still want to make it a good one."

"That's a good thing."

"That's right, that's why your Aunt Wang pulled me aside to talk more."

In the afternoon, Sun Ruhua took Xie Jiaojiao and Xie Zhiyi to work in the fields. The sweet potatoes could be dug soon, so they had to cut all the vines first. If they had pigs, they could dry them and feed them directly to the pigs. But the pigs had been sold, and it would be troublesome to carry the vines back. Sun Ruhua thought about giving them all to whichever family in the village wanted them, so as to avoid the pain of carrying them all the way.

Many families in the village wanted this thing, and seeing that they were giving it away for free, they went to their homes to cut it themselves, which saved them a lot of trouble.

Xie Jiaojiao and Sun Ruhua cleared a piece of land in the backyard and dug a cellar to store the sweet potatoes.

Next came the scene of harvesting sweet potatoes. The fields were full of people, chatting and laughing as they harvested sweet potatoes, and also checking to see if other people’s sweet potatoes were bigger than their own.

I ran into people from the old house several times in the fields, but no one greeted each other.

Sun Ruhua was responsible for digging the sweet potatoes, and Xie Zhiyi wiped off the excess mud on the sweet potatoes. The task of carrying them naturally fell on Xie Jiaojiao.

I thought I would not be able to carry this basket of sweet potatoes on my back, but I found I could carry it. However, after only one day, red marks were left on my shoulders. Sun Ruhua looked distressed and asked him to take turns the next day.

Xie Jiaojiao refused. Sun Ruhua is almost fifty years old now, which is considered very old in ancient times. If she were to take over and get hurt, she would not recover as well as she did.

Fortunately, Xie Zhiyi had been injured before and had some unused ointment. He felt better the next day after applying it. Although there were only two acres of sweet potatoes, there were only three people in their family, all of whom were the elderly, the weak, women and children, so the work was naturally slower.

Seeing that everyone in the village had harvested their fields, Xie Jiaojiao and the others took all the sweet potatoes back home.

Xie Jiaojiao was so tired that she just lay in bed and didn't want to move.

After Sun Ruhua sealed the sweet potatoes in the cellar, she knew that everyone was tired during the past few days, so she went to the town to buy a pound of meat and flour despite her own tiredness. Thinking that Xie Jiaojiao liked to drink bone soup, she also bought two cents worth of bones.

As soon as I got home, I started to get busy.

Xie Zhiyi looked at Sun Ruhua and saw how many delicious foods she had bought. He was so happy that he wanted to shout, but Sun Ruhua covered his mouth and said, "Be quiet. Your sister is very tired these days. Let her have a good rest."

Xie Zhiyi immediately covered his mouth, nodded, and said softly: "I know, mother. I'll light a fire for you."

Sun Ruhua was cooking enthusiastically in the kitchen, and Xie Jiaojiao could smell the fragrance of steamed buns in her dream.

When I woke up, my stomach was growling with hunger and it was already dark outside.

When Xie Zhiyi saw Xie Jiaojiao wake up, he immediately shouted, "Mom, my sister is awake."

When Sun Ruhua heard Xie Zhiyi calling, she immediately rushed out of the kitchen with the food.

"Have you not eaten yet?"

The only kerosene lamp in the house was lit on the table.

"Zhiyi, move the light away."

Xie Zhiyi moved the light and said, "Mom said she'll wait for you to get up and eat together, sister! Come and sit down, mom has made some dumplings and stewed some bone soup!"

Xie Jiaojiao took a look and found that it was indeed very sumptuous.

As soon as she sat down, Sun Ruhua stuffed a steamed bun into her bowl and said, "You must be hungry. You've worked hard these past few days."

Xie Jiaojiao felt warm in her heart, picked up the chopsticks, and shook her head slightly: "Not bad."

Seeing her pick up the buns, Sun Ruhua quickly scooped her another bowl of bone soup.

Xie Jiaojiao ate the buns and drank the bone soup, and her stomach instantly warmed up.

He also picked up a bun for Sun Ruhua: "Mom, you eat too. You have worked hard these past few days."

"Eh!"

Xie Zhiyi took one and took a bite. His mouth was full of the aroma of meat. He smiled and said, "The buns made by my mother are better than those in town!"

His words made everyone very happy: "If it tastes good, eat more!"

"Well! Don't worry, anything you can't eat can be given to me."

"Hahaha...."

Sun Ruhua smiled and said, "The sweet potatoes in the cellar are enough for us to eat for a long time. We can have a good winter."

"When the weather gets a little colder, I'll go find the butcher in the village and buy two pounds of meat. I'll make bacon for you then."

Xie Zhiyi was very excited: "Mom, are we really going to make bacon at home?"

Sun Ruhua glanced at Xie Jiaojiao and said, "Do it!"

"Okay, our family is going to make bacon too. We don't have to listen to Brother Niu bragging about his family having bacon anymore, because we have it too!"

Sun Ruhua touched his head.

Xie Jiaojiao was eating buns. Although she didn't say anything, her slightly raised mouth showed that she was happy.

She was happy that Xie Zhiyi was becoming more and more lively, and that Sun Ruhua was also slowly changing.

The days will get better and better!

Under the dim light, the family of three is having a great time!