In the book, the female supporting role dreams of being an idle fish

"It's in your closet. I bought both the pink and green ones at once. Buy ten, get one free. You won't get cheated."

Gu Lixia went upstairs to take a look, and sure enough, it was there, but she hadn't noticed it.

Last time, I took two pink and two green ones out of the space.

I got two more green ones and will give them to Jiang Xiu tomorrow morning.

Jiang Wen’s time was up, so Gu Lixia called Jiang Wen again, sent him out of the space, and sent him away.

Lock the gate, close the door, enter the space, and sleep.

The next morning, on the 3rd, the parents of the children lined up and carried two buckets of water to irrigate the Jiang family's vegetable fields.

It’s still an acquaintance, Mrs. Zhou, a warm-hearted person with long hair.

Gu Lixia was startled and asked hurriedly, "Mrs. Zhou, how old is your child?"

"He's 12. Don't worry, it's a boy. It's not your Huainan's business now. He talked to Huainan himself." Mrs. Zhou noticed Gu Lixia's surprise.

In this era, there are very few women who work, and it is basically men who support the family.

Women run the household.

Gu Lixia didn't know what to say. She smiled and sent the other person away, then knocked on Jiang Xiu's door. The whole family lived in this house.

Jiang Huainan and the others’ quilts are not ready yet.

Jiang Xiu woke up when she heard the voices of her sister-in-law and Sister Zhou, and had already put on her clothes and went out.

When I heard the knock on the door, I thought something was wrong and hurried over to open it.

Gu Lixia didn't go in, but stood at the door and said, "Call Jiang Huainan to get up." Then she left.

Jiang Xiu quickly turned around and called Jiang Huainan, but Jiang Huaibei was also awake. Jiang Xiu quickly said, "It's okay, you continue to sleep. I will help my aunt light the fire."

Jiang Huaibei fell asleep and Jiang Huainan got up.

Jiang Xiu only knew that her second sister-in-law was angry, but she didn't know why she was angry.

He just made a gesture and pointed to the main room.

The two of them came to the main room together, and sure enough, Gu Lixia had a sullen face.

"Sit down." Gu Lixia said.

Jiang Xiu and Jiang Huainan sat down cautiously.

"You think it's easy for your second uncle to carry water, and you think it's easy for me to hang 2.5 meters high. Today I won't let you do more. Come on, just this once. You can experience your second uncle's hard work. The day shift is better, but after the night shift, after eating, you can go carry water without closing your eyes." Gu Lixia felt that she could not empathize with him, so she shared the suffering.

"And you know what? We initially agreed to everyone experiencing this kind of bathing only because you all had close friends. As far as I know, you didn't play with any kids older than you. You say you're 10 now, but you're only 9. How did you play with a 12-year-old?"

After saying that, Gu Lixia stood up and said, "Let's go, pick up the bucket."

Jiang Huainan didn't say anything, picked up the bucket and followed Gu Lixia out.

Jiang Xiu felt that her sister-in-law was right, and Huainan was a little too proud of himself.

There is nothing wrong with good friends, but there is really no need for people you are not familiar with.

Jiang Xiu had hung water on the top herself. The first two buckets were fine, but she was exhausted after the third bucket.

When Gu Lixia led Jiang Xiu over with a bucket, the group quieted down.

Watching Jiang Huainan queue up.

It was Jiang Huainan's turn. He tied the bucket with a rope and lowered it down, but only drew less than a quarter of the water.

After lifting it up and untying the rope, Jiang Huainan walked in front carrying the bucket, followed by Gu Lixia and the people who were fetching water.

Uncle Cui asked Gu Lixia, "Why did Huainan come out to fetch water? Why didn't he wait for his second uncle to get off work?"

"He wants to try it. Children are curious. Let him try it. He wants to go for a walk today." Gu Lixia gave Jiang Huainan face without thinking.

Gu Lixia followed behind and went back. Jiang Huainan had already reached the top of the gate, and Jiang Xiu had also gone up.

Gu Lixia tied the rope. Jiang Huainan didn't need Jiang Xiu's help, and Jiang Xiu didn't dare to help. She just pulled Jiang Huainan's clothes.

Jiang Huainan was exhausted when he was brought up.

Taking the funnel, Jiang Xiu fixed it, and Jiang Huainan lifted it up and poured it in.

After coming down, Gu Lixia stopped him. "Go back to your room and think about it, or go cook with your aunt."

The three of them went to the kitchen together. "That's one-eighth of a load of water, and you're already exhausted. Uncle Er couldn't sleep all night, isn't he tired?"

"We repair the house, the yard, and dig the cellar for our own convenience, not for others. You can even be selfish and only arrange for your friends."

"But, the two buckets of water used to irrigate our vegetable and corn fields are the same as the one bucket of water carried to the top."

"Think about it, one dan of water is enough for a full bath in Huaibei, but eight dans of water couldn't even fill up the water bag. The first time we took a bath, we only stopped carrying water because it was time to go to work. We came back at noon and each of us took a quick bath, so my second uncle carried four more dans."

"We all flushed it with boiling water at night. My aunt, my uncle, and I all knew there wasn't much water left. You didn't know, but ignorance is bliss. I don't blame you."

"Now that you know it, you can only make agreements with children under 10 years old. But you must come forward to support them. Two loads, no less."

"Forget about today. You'll carry water with your uncle the whole way. We can avoid taking advantage of others, but we can't let others treat us like fools. You're just a kid, and you don't know that one day, because you refuse someone to come take a bath, the adults in their family might come to your house and start a fight."

"That's why we have these rules. From today on, you and your friends have to agree that if you don't come to the top, you'll have to carry water for us to irrigate the fields for free, and we won't water it back."

"It's voluntary. We don't force you, and you don't force other children. Giving it to your family is voluntary. Second Uncle is happy and willing."

"I feel bad for my second uncle having to take care of other children after his night shift, and so does my aunt." After saying that, he looked at Jiang Xiu.

Jiang Xiu naturally felt sorry for her brother and nodded.

Gu Lixia continued, "The fine grains we eat now and the apples we brought back yesterday are all expensive grains, but we won't touch the money your father left behind, understand?"

"As for your second uncle and his brother's children, besides your aunt, you three are the only relatives. As his aunt, I can divorce him if I can't live with him one day, do you know that?"

"Don't let your second uncle down. He's so young, and it's actually quite tiring for him to shoulder the burden of the family."

"You see, I'm not like the other sisters-in-law and aunts in the family compound who scold him every day. He is very important to me, and I don't want to do anything that I will regret."

"It's okay if you don't understand. Remember, if you're under 10 and like to keep things clean, just carry two loads of water. I don't want to eat anymore. I'm going to lie down."

Gu Lixia went back to her room and lay on the bed for a while. She drank two buckets of milk, but had no appetite so she didn't eat. She went out to work.

When Jiang Wen came back, he saw that the stove was cold at home. He poured some hot water to make milk powder, drank a bowl of it, and went to fetch water.

I came back and knocked on Jiang Xiu's door. Jiang Xiu came out with red eyes.

Jiang Wen quickly asked, "What's wrong? Are your eyes red and you're crying?"

"No,... come inside and talk." Jiang Huaibei and Jiang Huaixi also woke up in the room and were stretching their limbs.