As soon as she entered the room, she saw her three daughters-in-law standing at the kitchen door, looking at her nervously.

"Mom, are you okay?" Liu poured a bowl of tea and brought it to her considerately.

"What can happen to me? Is the meal ready?" Seeing that her daughter-in-law was a little afraid of her, Mrs. Zhou couldn't help but slow down her tone.

"It's ready, it's ready, we're just waiting for you to come back for dinner." Liu lifted the lid of the pot, and steam immediately filled the kitchen, bringing with it the aroma of wheat.

"Okay, let's pull the table and eat." Old Mrs. Zhou took Xiao Minghua's hand, and they went to the basin to wash their hands and faces together.

Several girls and boys in the family also gathered around and lined up to wash their hands and eat.

"I made new steamed buns today, and also a pot of steamed vegetables. They smell delicious. Dazhi and Xiaojie, quickly peel two garlic cloves and crush them and pour them in."

Liu put the steamed buns into the basket one by one, then took out the steamed dishes and poured the hot oil on them, and the delicious flavor came out immediately.

There was also a large plate of stir-fried mushrooms with a lot of chopped green onions and garlic slices, which was also very fragrant.

While everyone was eating, Old Mrs. Zhou told the children about how she had cursed the whole village, which made them laugh.

"Grandma, you are so awesome. After you scolded me like that, no one should say anything bad about our family anymore."

"That's right. I'll see who dares to do that again. If anyone dares to do that again, I'll scold them again, calling them by name. Everyone knows that we are poor, and those who are barefoot are not afraid of those who wear shoes. If she talks nonsense, I'll tear her mouth to pieces."

Old Mrs. Zhou knows her own limitations. She is not good at fighting, but she is good at scolding people.

When she was young, few people in the village could scold her, and now that she is old, it is even more impossible.

If she can't win by scolding others, she will just lie on the ground. As long as she is right, she is not afraid of taking the matter to the village chief.

Pour oil and minced garlic into the steamed dish, and it smells so good after mixing.

Zhou Mingqi loves to eat this steamed dish. He doesn’t even have time to wait for the freshly-made steamed buns. He takes a bowl, fills it up, and eats it slowly while holding it in his arms.

When Old Madam Zhou saw this, she burst out laughing, "Look at the second girl, see if she will serve the dish or not, hahahaha..."

Seeing Zhou Mingqi's little foodie look, everyone burst into laughter, sweeping away all the previous gloom.

After lunch, Zhou Mingqin and Zhou Mingqi continued to go to Zhou Minghua's room.

They started bottling the mugwort ointment and gardenia ointment early in the morning. After a whole morning of bottling, there was still some left. They would be done in a little while.

Just as San Ya said, there were fewer porcelain bottles of gardenia ointment and there was still some ointment left in the basin with nowhere to put it, so the two sisters had to put it in the porcelain bottles of mugwort ointment first.

Anyway, you are keeping it for your own use, so it doesn’t matter what bottle you use.

After finishing these things, the two sisters washed their hands and went back to their room to rest.

In recent days, apart from being busy with household chores, my family has been busy with the pile of clothes.

Zhou Mingqin's sachets were almost finished and there were already four in the basket, all of which she had squeezed out during her lunch break.

After finishing this one, she can take a break.

Since the elder and younger aunts didn't ask for it, she didn't bother to do anything about it.

Except for Old Lady Zhou, the three sisters-in-law, Liu, Zhu and Feng, were also not in the mood to sleep.

They spread a long table at the door and did needlework and chatted, not feeling the heat at all.

The cloth flew in their hands, and soon, one trouser leg was finished. As they talked, they didn't notice the time passing quickly, and they only saw that the collar was finished.

Halfway through the afternoon, most of the clothes were gone.

Boss Zhou was wearing a straw hat and carrying three small blackboards in his hands.

"Oh, it's very sunny outside. I'm so hot." Boss Zhou wiped the sweat off his face with a sweat towel, picked up his small teapot and took several gulps of tea.

"Three pieces have been made. There's no rush anyway. Take a break and then continue working." Liu picked up the blackboard and took a look. It was done quite well.

"Take a break, and then assemble the last two pieces, and it will be done." Boss Zhou took a few breaths and leaned against the door to rest.

"Yes, it hasn't been oiled yet, so it can't be used for a while. Let's do it when it's not hot anymore." Zhu also said so.

"Yes, it still needs to be oiled. Don't worry."

"It's a good time to try out your new clothes. Even though they're not ready yet, you can try them out and make changes if they don't fit you well."

Liu put down the needle and thread in her hand, took the clothes and tried to fit them on Boss Zhou.

"Why did you do mine first? Do it for the girls first. The girls will be so happy wearing new clothes. I, a grown man, will do it last." Although Boss Zhou said this, he still stood up obediently to compare.

Liu and her two younger siblings all laughed when they heard this.

"It's not that we don't want to do it for them first, it's that they don't want to. Daya is trying to embroider for them, and it will take a while to finish." Liu knew that the head of the family always loved his daughters. She didn't expect that he thought of such a detail. There was a smile in the corner of her eyes.

"No wonder, then I will be the first one to wear this new clothes, haha." Boss Zhou touched the material on his body, his face almost smiling like a chrysanthemum.

"Are you done demonstrating? My new clothes are about to get soaked with sweat." Boss Zhou was a little reluctant.

"Okay, okay, it feels a little fat. Do you want me to press it in a little bit?" Liu planned to press it a little more.

"What's the point of being fat? It's not fat. Just leave it like this. When winter comes, I can wear two more layers of clothes inside." Boss Zhou thinks it's good to be fat. He won't feel tight when working and it's more convenient.

Zhu and Feng laughed, "Brother, it's only summer and you're already thinking about winter. With San Ya's skills, maybe she can make a second set of clothes in a while."

"Haha, I love to hear that. It's really hard to say. The fields are not busy these days, so I will go with you to pick mugwort. You are responsible for picking it, and I will be responsible for carrying it home. We are blessed by San Ya. Now San Ya is working as a laborer in town, and the children should not be distracted by these things at home." Boss Zhou made this arrangement, and everyone nodded.

But Zhu smiled and expressed her thoughts, "I don't think it's our San Ya who is blessed, it's the old man who appeared." She said while pointing to the sky.

"Second sister-in-law, why do you have such an idea?" Feng was puzzled. Wasn't this all San Ya's idea?

"Since our old man passed away, I feel that San Ya has become smarter. Otherwise, how did San Ya know the recipes for making ointments? She has never read a book before, and she can't recognize a few words."

"Second sister-in-law, you are just guessing. People also say that 'when a person dies, it's like a light goes out'. How can you say that it's my father appearing in spirit? San Ya said before that this was what her second great-grandmother told her. She was young before and didn't take it seriously. Now that our family is so poor, the child feels sorry for the adults, so she must want to help us. Then she added her own ideas to the original recipe, and then she made this ointment."

Feng smiled and said that her eldest sister-in-law and second sister-in-law had been working in the fields with her eldest brother a while ago, and they didn't know much about these things.

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