Thanks for the invitation: In ancient times, people shared children

After sending Waiya away, Pei Xiaohai lay back on the bed, ready to sleep for a while.

Pei Nangua jumped onto the table, put his furry mouth into her water bowl, and licked it. When he was full, he ran back to the bed, sat next to her pillow, and stretched out his big paws.

Bang bang bang, it hit Pei Xiaohai's forehead.

The child opened his eyes silently.

"Meow~"

Pei Nangua let out a tender cry and turned its bitter and resentful face towards her...quilt.

As soon as Pei Xiaohai opened a crack, it couldn't wait to get in, turned around and fell down, pressing its body tightly against her, with its cold pads pressed against her arms. As it stepped on her, the tips of its claws would pierce through her clothes and prick her flesh.

Pei Xiaohai: ...

"I like you, otherwise I will fight with you." Pei Xiaohai said in a lazy tone, grabbed the clothes beside him and stuffed them into his arms, covered his arms by the way, and then closed his eyes again.

The clothes in his arms were cold, and Pumpkin was a little dissatisfied. He whimpered, kicked and bit for a long time, but no one paid any attention. He finally calmed down and angrily butted his head against Pei Xiaohai's arm.

The breathing of the man and the cat gradually calmed down.

It's snowing outside again. The weather is bad and the house is dark. Just like rainy days, snowy days are also suitable for taking a nap.

Except for Changsui, who was pulled out of bed by Shuanzi early in the morning because he had to go to the academy, everyone else in the Liu family was sleeping soundly.

Cuimei and Aunt Yu got up a little earlier and brought firewood to heat up every room.

On a snowy day, lying in a warm house covered with a thick quilt, without having to suffer from hunger and cold, and having hot porridge to drink when you wake up is a rare blessing.

Even if life is still a mess.

When Pei Xiaohai heard that someone had frozen to death in the shack, he still felt a sense of relief - at least he was not dead.

This winter has just begun!

Little Pei held a large bowl and slurped the cornmeal porridge inside.

"Oh, what a pity. The old man must be in his seventies or eighties, right?" Liu Renben asked, stroking his stubble.

"No, I'm only in my thirties." Aunt Yu replied.

Well, working all day long with your back to the sky and your face to the earth will inevitably make you look old. Liu Renben himself is tanned.

If they don't want to do something, just complain a few words.

Pei Zhu specifically warned Pei Xiaohai: "Don't go out and run around these two days. Someone died. Don't get involved with unclean things."

Pei Xiaohai: "Wai Ya and I agreed to play together this afternoon."

They could no longer stay at Liu Waizui's house, but they found Yu Meng's shack.

"What's there to do in this freezing cold weather? Just stay put," Pei Zhu was still hesitant when Liu Renben made the final decision. "Ask your mother to teach you how to embroider and knit. You look a bit girly now. You should be engaged in a few years, and you're still having fun. Forget about the distant future. Look at the fan lady from the Hu family. She's only a little older than you. How can you be like her?"

What she looks like is none of my business! Why should I look at her?

Pei Xiaohai complained in his heart.

Pei Zhu also said: "That's true. You played very well with Shan Niang a while ago. Why are you trying to get along with Wai Ya? That child is so dirty. Shan Niang is better. She is pretty and hardworking. If you want to play with someone, you should play with someone like her."

I like dirty things, who cares! If you like her so much, just play with her by yourselves.

Little Pei said nothing, feeling extremely annoyed, and was also annoyed with Shan Niang.

Baifu swung his legs, looked at this and that, his eyes rolling around, and imitated Pei Xiaohai, saying, "Sister is disobedient again."

Pei Zhu said smoothly: "But Baifu, don't learn from her, understand?"

Baifu smiled with eyes curved and said sweetly: "Mom, I am the best!"

"Well, Baifu is the best-behaved child in our family." Pei Zhu picked up a handkerchief and wiped the corn paste off Baifu's mouth.

Pei Xiaohai: ...Be good ass.

In Pei Xiaohai's mind, Baifu is just a flatterer. She follows people around every day and may not even go if asked to play.

Pei Zhu teaches Pei Xiaohai how to embroider, and she wants to join in the fun.

The slender fingers grasped the needle and carefully poked it into the cloth.

Pei Zhu smiled and told her to be careful, but when she turned to look at Pei Xiaohai, she became a little serious:

"Mother doesn't know much, so I'm going to teach you everything. You must listen carefully and learn well. If you embroider well, you can help support the family and make your in-laws look up to you. If you don't learn well, you must embroider evenly and densely, not loosely or crookedly, which will make people laugh at you.

It's not so bad here. All the needlework is done by women. The men are all very clumsy. They have to wear clothes no matter what they are made of. Look further south. The men there can weave and embroider. There are a lot of them. My mother went there to visit relatives with her family a few years ago, and she was compared to a fool.

God bless you, don’t marry over there, otherwise if those people hear about it, and then see how clumsy you are, they will laugh their teeth off...”

Pei Zhu's experience was probably not a pleasant one. When she thought about it, her fingers holding the embroidery frame tightened. It seemed that every stitch was not piercing the cloth, but someone's flesh.

They both tell stories, but Pei really doesn't like listening to her. Every time, he starts to dislike her after just a few words. I really don't know why she keeps her.

She rolled her eyes quietly, and when she looked down she saw Baifu looking at her and smiling at her.

"Mom, my sister didn't listen carefully!"

Pei Zhu said without hesitation: "Stand up and listen, don't be distracted."

Pei Xiaohai stood up with a dull expression: "I'm so angry! Waiya should be waiting for me in the shed by now."

"Mom, can I go tell Waiya and come back later?"

"No, I've told you so many times, don't play with her! Catching lice is a small matter, don't let her learn bad habits." Pei Zhu said ruthlessly.

Pei Xiaohai: "What bad habits does she have?"

Pei Zhu: "Why not? Isn't it a problem to instigate you to steal things from home?"

"I took it of my own accord!"

"Then you are just stupid. Stop talking back..."

Pei Xiaohai knew that it was impossible, so he silently shut his mouth and let her scold him, then picked up the embroidery stand again.

Although her words were unpleasant, it had to be said that some of Pei Zhu's views were correct. Pei was indeed clumsy and could only do heavy work. He would be at a loss when it came to delicate tasks.

After working hard for most of the day, the embroidery I made is not as good as Baifu.

The flower looked withered and thin, and it was hard to look at it closely. Not only were the stitches long and short, but she hadn't even covered it with cloth, so every petal looked torn.

You say she's not serious, right? She's been working hard for so long, even pricking her fingers several times. You say she's serious...

"You embroidered this thing. It looks better with the blood spots on it before it's rubbed off. When you get married, your in-laws will laugh at you to death."

Pei Zhu felt that it was right for him to wait so long to teach her. If he had taught her earlier, she would have been angry to death.

Pei Xiaohai clutched her own hand distressedly, thinking to herself, "I won't get married. How can it be good for me to suffer so much for someone I don't have to do with me? When I grow up and have money, I will go back to the mountain temple and become a nun."

So, how can I get rich?