The little cook in the book has fallen asleep

For a child, a few months is nothing more than eating and sleeping. Cheng Yu is finally six months old. It has been more than four months since the autumn harvest (the harvest was in August, and it is now the end of November and the beginning of December), and the weather is slowly getting colder. At this moment, Cheng Yu is racking his brains to think of how to trick the Cheng family into the mountains.

Old Mrs. Cheng was happily making little shoes for her little girl in front of Cheng Yu's cradle, and the three daughters-in-law of the Cheng family were also chatting and laughing while making new cotton-padded clothes.

"Oh, it's going to snow soon. It would be great if our whole family could go up the mountain together."

Old Mrs. Cheng pretended not to hear and didn't look at Cheng Yu. She listened to her distressed voice but didn't say a word. She just found it funny. What a little rascal!

Little Cheng Yu was babbling in the cradle and sucking her own little hands. During this period, the Cheng family spoiled her in different ways. Her clothes were always clean and she always smelled good.

Her little feet were as white and tender as lotus roots, and she was kicking the air again and again. Because she was kicking too hard, a thin layer of sweat appeared on her face, which was pink and tender, so adorable.

Seeing this, Cheng's mother was even happier, pretending not to hear her thoughts.

"Oh, Xiaoyu is so pitiful. She has never gone out to play since she came here!" Of course Cheng Yu knew that they could hear her. When she saw that the two of them ignored her, she continued to play the victim.

Old Mrs. Cheng looked at this little rascal, who wanted to go up the mountain before he was even six months old. Now the weather is so cold, forget it!

"Oh, I heard that the Liu family gave birth to another little girl, but she didn't even give her milk to drink. The old woman from the Liu family just didn't care about her at all. She didn't even hold a full-month banquet and sent her daughter-in-law to the ground three days after the birth," Cheng's mother pretended not to hear what the little girl said and even deliberately chatted with the two of them about family matters.

"If you ask me, no one treats us daughters-in-law as treasures as our mother does. The little girl from their family would be a treasure if she was born in our Cheng family!" Aunt Cheng looked at the men who were chopping wood in the yard. The younger ones in the Cheng family were picking up firewood and piling it up nearby. Then she looked at the work in her hands and smiled happily.

"Yes, I think we are so lucky to have such a good mother-in-law like mom. Not only did she take care of us during the confinement period, but she also stayed with us for the full confinement period! She treats us better than her own son," Cheng's mother responded happily.

"That's right. Look at who I am. I can't let you go through the suffering I have gone through again. If it weren't for your grandparents, I would have a daughter too. Your father and I have already chosen a name for her..." Old Mrs. Cheng fell silent as she spoke, as if she was recalling something.

That year she was pregnant and Old Man Cheng went to the town to find a job to supplement the family income. The old couple in the Cheng family came to steal their food for their old son. In order to protect the food supply for the whole family, she gave birth prematurely. The baby girl was dead at birth when she was only seven months old. From then on, she was devastated and never got pregnant again.

At that time, Mr. Cheng happily named the girl Cheng Hua, which means "icing on the cake" for the four babies. But in the end, he still couldn't keep her. She died less than two hours after she was born.

"Oh, I'm so lucky to have such a good mother-in-law and sister-in-law. My mother-in-law loves me, and my sister-in-law loves me too! Although I couldn't give birth to a daughter, isn't this a ready-made one? Xiaojiu, your third aunt will save a dowry for you in the future!" Aunt Cheng said jokingly when she saw that the atmosphere was becoming increasingly heavy!

"You mischievous ghost!" Three voices rang out at the same time, and then the four mother-in-law and daughters-in-law looked at each other and burst into laughter.

When the men working outside saw this heartwarming scene and heard the laughter of their mothers and wives, they also laughed happily.

Only the world where Cheng Yu was injured was reached. She entered the space angrily and found that the space could be harvested again, so she was busy harvesting and sorting.

"Sister, look, this is the fruit you brought in for me last time!" At that time, Xiaowu and Xiaoliu went to the mountain and found a peach tree. They washed the fruits and placed them on the table in the main hall. Cheng Yu quickly packed one in while the old lady carried her there.

"Wow, how come it has mutated?" Cheng Yu looked at the peach tree in front of her. It was full of big pink peaches. She clearly brought in small hairy peaches, so she asked in her heart.

"Sister, I used space water to water it several times!" Xiao Ou replied guiltily.

"Xiao Ou, you did a great job!" Cheng Yu praised Xiao Ou, and took the opportunity to play with Xiao Ou. Then he thought about leaving the space and must find a chance to go up the mountain.

Here, Old Lady Cheng looked at her granddaughter and understood that with her little girl's intelligence, she would definitely try every possible means to coax the two men (Father Cheng and Grandpa Cheng who could hear her thoughts) to go with her. So it would be better for the whole family to go up the mountain together and just keep an eye on her when the time comes.

"Huaxiang, Yunniang, Pan'er (second tone), go to the kitchen and prepare food. After lunch, we will go to the mountain to dig wild vegetables. This year's weather may be colder than in previous years. Let the men go and chop some firewood!" Old Mrs. Cheng asked her three daughters-in-law to go to the kitchen to cook some food. There was little rain this year and the harvest was not good, but the weather got cold especially early.

"Okay, Mom, let's go now!" said Li Huaxiang, also known as Aunt Cheng.

"Grandma, mom, there is meat in the rice jar!" Cheng Yu's voice rang in the ears of Cheng's mother and Old Lady Cheng.

"Huaxiang, the meat that I asked Yunniang to cut is in the rice jar. Remember to take it out and cook it. Everyone has lost weight after the autumn harvest, so we need to nourish ourselves now!" Old Mrs. Cheng immediately covered for her granddaughter.

"Okay, Mom, I'll take it out and cook it later. Sister-in-law, sister-in-law, let's go!" Li Huaxiang took her second and third brother's wife to the kitchen to cook.

How could Li Huaxiang and Lin Pan'er not know that this was another secret that could not be told, but there was something delicious again, and it was their little niece who took it out for them out of pity, but they didn't know where it came from.

As long as it's from my niece, it's good, as long as it doesn't hurt my niece! But my mother doesn't care, it shouldn't hurt my little girl.

The Cheng family was living in harmony, but the Liu family was having a hard time. The Liu family's daughter-in-law had just returned from the mountain carrying a bundle of firewood when she heard her good-for-nothing sixth daughter crying loudly.

She immediately picked up a stick and hit her eldest daughter: "You can't even take care of the sixth child, what can you do!" The eldest daughter of the Liu family should have been fifteen or sixteen years old, but because of long-term malnutrition, she looked like a girl of twelve or thirteen years old.

Hearing the various cries coming from inside the door, the Cheng family passed by and said, "What a sin! Aren't daughters and sons different?"

Having a daughter is more caring. The Liu family will get their comeuppance sooner or later! (Hahaha, wasn't little Cheng Yu originally supposed to be the female protagonist's control group? This is a good comparison!)

The Cheng family went up the mountain happily. Little Cheng Yu was carried on the back of Cheng's father (Cheng Shang). He babbled and the chubby boy waved his arms left and right, which made the Cheng family members feel soft-hearted.

Xiao Ba was also placed next to Uncle Cheng Sanshu (Cheng Tian) and was led by him. Old Mrs. Cheng and her daughter-in-law carried backpacks on their backs and chatted and laughed all the way. The other members of the Cheng family also had a backpack each. The children carried the small backpacks made by Old Man Cheng for them and walked up the hill hand in hand in a chain.

It was at this time that Old Lady Liu came down the mountain. Seeing the Cheng family having fun, and the group of boys from the Cheng family picking wild flowers, they came up to Cheng Xiaojiu and glared at him fiercely.

"Sister Cheng, are we going up the mountain?" Old Mrs. Liu forced a smile and greeted Old Mrs. Cheng.

"Yes, our Xiaojiu couldn't stay at home, so we took him to the mountain to collect some firewood." Old Mrs. Cheng replied happily.

"Oh, it's just a money-losing product. You will still be someone else's when you raise it!" Old Lady Liu rolled her eyes!

"Oh, auntie, this is where you're wrong, aren't daughters and sons both treasures?

Look at how our little Batou has become. I love our little Jiu so much. It’s all thanks to my second sister-in-law that she gave birth to a little darling for us!” Lin Paner pointed at her son who was rolling on the ground and then at little Jiu on Cheng Shang’s back. Her smile was as bright as it could be.

"Yes, auntie, you don't say it, looking at a bunch of radish heads makes me dizzy. Even if our little Jiu babbles with us all day, I feel happy!" Li Huaxiang said, pointing to the sons/nephews lined up in a row in front of her.

This old woman who favors sons over daughters, I'm afraid she doesn't know that the Cheng family has many sons! She dared to be so mean and disdain her daughter in words and deeds, so she deliberately let her see it and make her jealous!

"Oh, sister-in-law, sister-in-law, stop talking. Aunt Liu has six daughters. Why are you showing off? She can't even have grandchildren..." Zhao Yun's mother knew how to kill people and she immediately retorted.

"You...you Cheng family members are going too far!" Old Lady Liu shouted angrily.

"Oh... Old Lady Liu, it's your business if you love your grandson, and it's our business if we spoil Xiaojiu. But please stop being so unclean in the future! Next time I hear you scolding my little girl, I won't be polite!" Old Lady Cheng also frowned and spoke harshly to Old Lady Liu.

Old Mrs. Liu went down the mountain angrily, and when she got home she took out her anger on her daughter-in-law. It was all because of this hen that didn't lay eggs that she couldn't even have one grandson. Otherwise, would she have been bullied by that old man from the Cheng family?

On the mountain, Old Lady Cheng looked at the three daughters-in-law and thought, "Oh, they like her more and more. What should I do?" She should spoil them together with Xiaojiu!

Cheng Yu also sighed on Cheng Shang's back: I love grandma, aunt, mother and third aunt so much, I love the Cheng family so much, after two lifetimes, she finally has a home.

Although her master and mistress were very good to her in her previous life, they also had their own families, so they did not have a sense of belonging. Now she felt like she had her own home.

As they walked up the mountain, Grandma Cheng heard her granddaughter drooling over a pile of thorns, "Grandma, grandma, these are chestnuts. They taste delicious when cooked!"

So under the old lady's instruction, the Cheng family had the adults use sticks to peel the chestnuts out of the shells, and the boys immediately peeled them and ate them. As long as their grandmother said it was edible, they would give it a try, and they fell in love with it after one try.

Mrs. Cheng looked at her grandchildren's actions and immediately said, "Children, it tastes better when cooked. Pick it up quickly!"

Several children immediately picked up the peeled chestnuts and put them into the backpack. The adults of the Cheng family immediately found sticks or something and started knocking and hitting them, while the woman used a small stick to pull them apart.

After a while, with the cooperation of everyone, three full baskets were picked up.

So the women started digging wild vegetables again, and the children continued to pick chestnuts. Seeing that everyone was there and it was not dangerous, Cheng's father put little Cheng Yu in a bamboo basket under the tree, and went home with Cheng Jin and Cheng Tian to take the chestnuts.

Little Cheng Yu was babbling and deliberately stretched out her hands to pull the grass to play with. She was also having fun. Xiao Ba also followed her sister's example and pulled wild flowers. Soon, the bamboo basket was full of wild flowers that Xiao Ba had picked for his sister.

Xiao Ba pointed at his sister and muttered, "Flowers, flowers, give them to Miss Hua!" When everyone heard this, they involuntarily turned their eyes to the direction he pointed, and then burst into hearty laughter.

It turned out that they saw the bamboo basket in Cheng Yu's hand, which was filled with various colorful flowers, and the outside of the basket was also decorated with many fresh flowers.

Cheng Yu looked at everyone with helplessness and despair, and her cute expression made everyone laugh even more happily.

At this moment, Xiao Ou's noisy voice sounded in my ears again: "Sister, sister, the red fruit next to you is ginseng, hurry up, bring it in!"

Cheng Yu looked in the direction Xiao Ou had indicated, and indeed found a plant full of red fruits. It looked very much like ginseng, but because it was under a tree, it did not attract anyone's attention, which gave Cheng Yu a good chance.

So, she stretched out her hand to try to grab the ginseng, but because of the distance, she had to stretch out her hand hard to reach it. After grabbing the ginseng leaf, while everyone was not paying attention, Cheng Yu quietly sent the ginseng into the space.

It all happened so quickly that no one noticed her little movement. Then, she withdrew her hand as if nothing had happened.

After transporting back a few chestnuts, the Cheng family took Cheng Yu deeper into the cave. Cheng Yu was still placed in a bamboo basket with a soft mattress behind her. She tilted her head and watched her grandmother, her aunt and the other four people digging wild vegetables, her grandfather and father chopping wood, and her brothers picking up small dry branches...

The sun shone on her face through the treetops. She relaxed her guard and said in her heart, "It's great that she has a family in this life, a very good family!"

Old Mrs. Cheng: Didn’t Xiao Nannan have any family before?

Mr. Cheng: My dear granddaughter, what kind of life did you live in the past?

Cheng Shang: I will give you the love that you have never experienced before...

Zhao Yunniang: You didn’t have any family in your previous life? Then love her more in this life…

"ah!"

"Oh, look...~"

The four of them were lost in thought when they were suddenly brought back to reality by a scream.