"Ah~ It's the cakes from Furongzhai! I heard they are super delicious."

However, these pastries were not enough to make everyone ecstatic, until Old Mrs. Zhou took out the fabrics, black, blue, floral, green, yellow, and green, as well as rolls of scraps of cloth. Everyone was stunned, thinking that this was the rhythm of making new clothes.

The three daughters-in-law all had smiles on their faces, even though the family hadn't made new clothes for two or three years.

When you unroll the roll of scraps of cloth, you will be dazzled by the variety of fabrics inside; even the materials are different.

"Mom, these scraps of cloth you bought are really good. They can be made into some shoes, and they will also look nice as hems for clothes."

The person who spoke was Liu. So many scraps of cloth would probably cost a lot of money.

"I didn't buy these with money. They were given to me by the cloth shop owner. Not only that, he also gave me some silk for hair tying."

The three daughters-in-law touched the scraps of cloth in their hands. They never expected that these scraps of cloth were all gifts.

These scraps of cloth can be combined with the purchased fabrics to make many beautiful clothes.

"Daya, here are some silk threads for you. They are the colors chosen for you by Sanya."

Old Mrs. Zhou took out a bunch of silk threads with a smile. The colorful threads, put together, reflected the sunlight and were quite dazzling.

Zhou Mingqin took the silk thread in her hand and looked at Zhou Mingshu with gratitude.

"Thank you, grandma, thank you, Sanya. Tell me what kind of handkerchief you want and I will embroider it for you."

Zhou Mingqin learned embroidery from her aunt. Her aunt was very good at embroidery before she got married. Now that she has been a daughter-in-law for so many years, she has worked hard at home in the past two years and her hands have become so rough.

Therefore, Zhou Mingqin is usually in charge of all the needlework in the Zhou family.

Finally, Old Mrs. Zhou took out two bones and two pieces of meat.

"Xiao Lian, cook all of this pork belly and save this piece of fat for making oil."

Liu took the two pieces of meat handed to her by her mother-in-law, which weighed a full three pounds.

The Zhou family hasn't eaten so much meat for a long time.

Liu looked at the children at home, all of whom had happy faces.

"Mom, why don't we save some to make dumplings? There are a lot of greens growing on the mountain. After dinner, her aunt and I will go there and pick some for you, how about that?"

Liu's eyes were full of anticipation. If all this meat was cooked into a dish, it would be delicious but a little too monotonous.

When Mrs. Zhou heard this, she thought making dumplings was a good idea and agreed.

"Okay, then you guys can do whatever you want. There are still two bones here, remember to make soup."

Mrs. Zhou paused, took out a few medicine bags from the bottom of the backpack, and looked at her third daughter-in-law. "Hongyu, this is the pregnancy-maintaining medicine I bought for you. Remember to boil it and drink it. I asked Chen Sheng, and he said there is no big problem. Take good care of yourself in the future, and don't worry too much. Eat more in the future, so that you will have enough strength to give birth to a baby."

Feng took the medicine bag and tears started to flow down her face. She nodded in agreement and stuffed the medicine bag into Zhou Laosan's hand, using his sleeve to wipe her tears.

"The last two bottles of wine are for you, Boss."

Boss Zhou thought he had nothing to do with it, but suddenly his mother called his name and he came in from behind everyone.

"Haha, this is the best pear blossom white. My niece is so thoughtful." Boss Zhou opened the bottle and took a sip. "It smells really good. I'm in for a treat."

Boss Zhou held a pot in one hand and walked towards the kitchen with a proud look on his face.

Put a pot in the kitchen and hide a pot away, it will be great.

"That's all. I bought this much today. Next time if you want anything, tell me in advance and we'll buy more." Mrs. Zhou paused and said, "I forgot to tell you that these things were bought with the money from the 'Gastrodia elata' that San Ya dug yesterday. We sold it for a total of 800 coins, haha. We didn't touch any of the money that we kept for paying off debts."

Old Mrs. Zhou collected her backpack and walked out with her daughters-in-law. "We have to thresh the rice quickly. When we get the money, we can pay off the debt."

The Zhou family cannot keep carrying these debts. If they do, they will feel inferior to others.

"Mom, we got it."

The whole morning while her old lady was out on the street, they were busy collecting rice in the yard.

Zhou Mingqin was ecstatic as she held the heavy cloth.

"Sister, you have to make it bigger for me. I don't want to be unable to wear it after only one year. I'm growing up now." Zhou Mingqi was not shy and said whatever was on his mind.

Zhou Mingshu laughed secretly on the side.

Zhou Mingqin glared at her and said, "Do I need you to teach me? I know what I'm doing."

Zhou Mingqi continued to stick to her, "Big sister, can you embroider some patterns on my collar? It will look nice."

"I know, I know……"

Of course, not all of these clothes will be made by Zhou Mingqin. Old Mrs. Zhou and everyone else will get involved.

They put the cloth away and closed the door of the main room as if they were afraid that the things would be stolen.

The others continued with their work.

After running around the town for most of the day, Zhou Mingshu was already tired. After washing her face, she returned to the house and lay down on the bed.

After resting at home for another day, she will go to Baicaotang. It seems that she will go to the mountain with her mother in the afternoon and pick some gardenias.

I picked a lot last time. After these days, I guess all the flower buds have bloomed.

The clematis on the table must have been a little uncomfortable and hung its head. Zhou Mingshu scooped some water and watered it.

For lunch, we made a big pot of food and some pancakes.

Each person had a bowl of food, which, in addition to pork belly, also contained water celery stems, bamboo shoots, and some mushrooms. There were two plates of cold chive leaves on the table to relieve the greasiness.

This meal was so delicious that we didn’t even enjoy it during Chinese New Year. Everyone’s cheeks were bulging with food. Apart from the chicks’ cries, the rest of the house could be heard from the simmering rice in the yard.

The aroma of the food spread far away, and even the dogs in the village smelled it and ran around in the yard, hoping to pick up a few bones to eat.

Unfortunately, what the Zhou family cooked was all meat, without any bones, which disappointed them.

Everyone was munching on the food in their bowls. A few people had tears in their eyes as they ate, including Zhou Laosan.

"Mom, the food you cooked was so delicious that I couldn't help but shed tears."

Zhou Laosan spoke and wiped his nose.

When Grandpa Zhou was around, Zhou Laosan was always the most disobedient one in the family.

It was not until Grandpa Zhou was about to die that he calmed down and followed his elder and second brothers to farm and earn money. The family has had a hard time in the past few years, and his personality has become much more stable.

Maybe he felt it was embarrassing for a grown man to cry over a meat dish, so he said a few words to make amends.

In fact, both the eldest and second eldest Zhou had tears in their eyes a long time ago, but they were just holding it in.

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