Dressed as a farmer's widow, she brought her daughter to stock up on food and reached the top

My uncle will definitely be very happy when he finds out.

Li Shenghui was actually under a lot of pressure while preparing for the imperial examination at home. He always hoped that he could do something for his family, such as teaching a few girls in the village to read and write, and earning some rice to supplement the family income. This would not only relieve his mental stress, but also reduce the financial pressure on his family.

Wang Shufen looked at Xiuying with gratitude, wondering how could she get a pound of rice in an hour. Xiuying wanted to help, but she couldn't take advantage of her, so five pounds a month would be enough.

"Okay, no problem. I'll go back and tell him to get ready."

After Wang Shufen exchanged the rice, she rushed home to tell Li Shenghui the good news.

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The children study in the morning and are busy with their assigned tasks in the afternoon, feeding chickens, ducks, rabbits, mowing the grass, and fertilizing.

Xiuying would use the ox cart to carry food in the afternoon, and she would do so every few days, bringing back a few chickens and ducks each time. The number of chickens and ducks at home gradually increased from nine chickens and three ducks to forty-five chickens and thirty ducks.

The girls also had different foods to supplement their nutrition, such as pork, chicken, and duck. As they ate more, these girls who looked like dried cowpeas gradually gained flesh on their faces and bodies, and their complexions became rosy.

It looks like a flower bud about to bloom.

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Taohua gets up before dawn, boils eggs, makes pancakes, and cooks a big pot of porridge. Now her family can collect more than 40 eggs and more than 30 duck eggs a day.

Xiuying's family had everything, so she didn't need to exchange the chicken and duck eggs for anything else. She could keep them for herself. Taohua opened a coarse earthenware jar and saw that it contained duck eggs. Her mother had taught her how to make salted eggs, and the duck eggs in the jar could be eaten after soaking for a week.

Xiuying bought the salt for soaking duck eggs from the space. It was only two yuan a pack. She bought five packs and poured two of them into the space. She opened the other three packs and placed them in a jar on the stove for use when cooking.

Shi Liu also woke up several younger sisters in the room. While Shi Liu was dressing the youngest sister, Lao Qi, she was directing the older sisters to comb their hair and wash their faces.

Yang Xiuying brought out a pile of new clothes from the house. She was wearing a new dark green dress. After she bought the material last time, she asked Mrs. Li from the village to make seven new clothes for the maids and one for herself, a total of eight sets of clothes. Xiuying gave her twenty kilograms of rice as a reward, which made Mrs. Li very happy.

How many milk apples and ferns do I have to pick to exchange for 20 kilograms of rice? Besides, I have to make my own clothes, and I have to do all the work of picking milk apples and digging ferns. During the day, I go up the mountain with the villagers to pick milk apples and ferns, and at night I make clothes at home.

Xiuying had sent some unused fabric, so she left it for her own use. Sister Li felt the soft fabric and made a jacket for her daughter to wear underneath.

When the girls heard that the new clothes were ready, they gathered around. Xiuying divided the clothes and handed them to her daughters one by one.

"Thank you, grandma!"

"Mother, you are so kind to us."

"When I grow up and make money, I will buy new clothes for my mother."

"By the way, mother, isn't it a waste for us to wear new clothes now that it's not a festival?"

Yang Xiuying said, "How can it be a waste if I wear it and enjoy it myself? Little girls should wear clean and beautiful clothes. When they dress well, they will be in good spirits. Besides, we are going to my grandparents' house today. Are you happy?"

The daughters cheered

"Oh, that's great! Not only do I have new clothes to wear, but I can also go to my grandparents' house to play."

"We're going to go to my grandparents' house looking pretty and giving them a surprise!"

After the older ones put on their clothes, they helped the younger ones put on their clothes. As their little hands touched the new clothes, the girls felt that they were not real.

"What a beautiful flowery dress."

"So soft, is this made of cotton?"

"What a shame it would be if such fine fabric got dirty."

Taohua combed Xiao Laoqi's hair into a bun and said, "Mother said that in a few days she would make each of us a set of coarse cotton clothes to change into."

When they heard that they had to make new clothes, the maids opened their mouths in excitement. Before, they had to wear rags picked up from the rich and powerful to bring honor to their ancestors. They didn't expect that now they not only had new clothes, but also two sets. It turned out that what their mother had told them before was true.

After the mother and daughter finished their breakfast, Shi Liu brought over an ox cart filled with large and small bags of things, as well as two large wooden frames filled with wheat bran.

These were the things Xiuying prepared for her return to her parents' home. Yesterday, she told Taohua and Shiliu that they were going to Yangliu Town today. She cleared a space in front of the ox cart for the mother and daughter to sit. Taohua drove the ox cart, and Shiliu sat behind it to look at the things on the cart.

There is only one way out of the village, and at this time we happened to run into villagers from Yangliu Town going to the market.

Aunt Li's husband was pushing a wheelbarrow loaded with rice, which he wanted to take to Yangliu Town to exchange for some black flour and salt.

Seeing Xiuying's ox cart coming, he pushed the wheelbarrow to the vegetable field beside him and waited for Xiuying to pass first.

My daughter-in-law said that Xiuying is the family's great benefactor. Without Xiuying, there would be no rice in the family.

Butcher Li smiled innocently and greeted the mother and daughter on the ox cart.

"Hey, it's Xiuying, are you going out?"

Anyone with eyes could see the large and small bags on Xiuying's ox cart, and the whole family sitting neatly on the cart, and knew that they were going out.

But when he saw Xiuying, he really didn't know what to say. He felt that the question he asked was a bit stupid. He could only smile foolishly at the people on the ox cart and wipe his face with the sweat towel around his neck to hide his embarrassment.

Taohua pulled the rope of the ox cart and the big yellow ox stopped.

Yang Xiuyingying said to the naive butcher, "I haven't been back to my parents' home for a while. I'm going to visit them with my children."

As he said this, he patted Taohua's new clothes.

"Sister Li's craftsmanship is truly amazing. It's even better than the ready-made clothes sold in the city. Thank you so much for making new clothes for us."

Butcher Li thought of the twenty kilograms of rice his wife earned from making clothes, and he hurriedly said, "Sister Xiuying, you are too polite. You are the only one in the village who appreciates her craftsmanship. We should be thanking you."

Xiuying smiled and said, "Okay, when I come back I'll ask my sister-in-law to make some more clothes for the children."

Butcher Li quickly responded, "Okay."

Even if there is no rice, they will help Xiuying make clothes.

Mrs. Sun and her eldest son, Sun Jindan, came up from behind. Jindan was carrying a bamboo basket on his back. Seeing Xiuying like this, it was like the whole family was returning to her parents' home. He greeted Xiuying warmly and said to his eldest son beside him, "Without your Aunt Xiuying's help to our family, we wouldn't have this rice. Not only would you not be able to eat black-faced steamed buns, but you would also be hungry.