Ugly girl only wants to farm

Meng Jiuhe looked at the blisters on her hand and couldn't bring himself to do it. After a moment of hesitation, he picked up a needle and carefully poked them, and the fluid inside the blisters flowed out along his fingers.

Xu Chaoyan slept soundly, not feeling the slightest pain. He took a handkerchief from the side and gently wiped her clean, then took some medicine from a small porcelain bottle and applied it to her.

After Meng Jiuhe popped all the blisters on her hands and applied medicine, he still couldn't stand the sight of it. He figured the medicine must have been everywhere by the end of the night, so he held a lamp and searched the room for a while.

Finally, Meng Jiu stared blankly at the strip of cloth in his hand, sighed slightly, and then carefully wrapped it around her arm. He nodded in satisfaction and covered her exposed arm with the blanket.

Meng Jiuhe was awakened by the heat. He opened his eyes groggily, glanced at the sky outside, and heard a few roosters crowing in the distance. He looked at the person who was hanging on him and gave a helpless smile.

Xu Chaoyan slept very well. When her sister-in-law came to wake her, she was still dreaming. She glanced at Meng Jiuxia with some resentment, and her speech was a little unclear, with a bit of morning grumpiness from not having woken up yet.

Seeing that she had kicked the blankets over and looked a little pale, Meng Jiuxia tentatively said, "Sister-in-law, I've already made breakfast and prepared hot water for you. Get up and wash your face quickly; we're going out today."

Xu Chaoyan sat on the edge of the bed in a daze for a long time, then raised her hand and rubbed her face vigorously a few times, like a kitten washing its face.

Meng Jiuxia had never seen her look unwell before, and she felt a little uneasy at this moment, wondering if she had disturbed her sister-in-law's sleep or if she had changed her mind and wouldn't take her out.

She walked over, wet a handkerchief, and handed it to her with a fawning expression: "Sister-in-law, why don't you wipe your face and clear your head?"

Xu Chaoyan noticed that the little girl was speaking very cautiously. She knew she had a bad temper when she woke up, and she had been holding it in, which probably scared the little girl.

She reached out and took the handkerchief offered to her, wiped her face, and immediately became more awake. After considering her words carefully, she said, "I'm not angry with you. I'm just a little grumpy when I wake up. I was having a sweet dream and you disturbed it. By the way, where's your older brother?"

Xu Chaoyan frowned as she looked at the strip of cloth in her hand. She hadn't noticed it when she rubbed her face earlier, but now she saw that the cloth wrapped around her hand was tied rather carelessly and had all crumpled up when she rubbed it. She also felt a slight pain.

Xu Chaoyan hissed softly a few times, her face scrunched up.

When Meng Jiuxia saw her like that, she quickly stepped forward with a worried look on her face: "Sister-in-law, sister-in-law, what's wrong? The bandage on your hands looks so ugly. I should have come over last night to bandage you. My older brother is so clumsy and he tied your hands up like a rice dumpling."

Xu Chaoyan turned her hands over and over to look at them several times. Her hands were bound like the rope used to tie a rice dumpling. No wonder her face felt uncomfortable when she rubbed it earlier. However, she felt a sweet feeling in her heart. She didn't expect that Meng Jiuhe, who looked so cold, would actually help her treat her wounds.

While helping her untie the strips of cloth, Meng Jiuxia complained, "My older brother is clumsy. He's been called a child prodigy since he was little. He's really good at studying, but he knows nothing about common sense. The more I look at how you're tied up, the angrier I get. What if your blood doesn't flow properly?"

At this moment, Meng Jiuhe was feeding the chicks with a pile of vegetable leaves. He was too sick to go out and find work, and he couldn't help much at home, so he could only do what he could.

He suddenly couldn't help but sneeze, and the chicks chirped incessantly around his feet, some even jumping onto his feet and starting to peck at them.

When Xu Chaoyan came out, she saw a group of chicks circling around his feet. She had never seen anything like it before. Seeing his helpless expression, she wanted to laugh but was too embarrassed to laugh too loudly, as Meng Jiuhe would be embarrassed if he heard her. She covered her mouth with one hand and secretly laughed.

She just checked her hands and all the blisters had been popped. After applying medicine, they were starting to dry up slowly, and they were actually much better than yesterday.

It was her first time doing those kinds of work, especially using a hoe to remove the fallen clods of earth from the wall. She never felt this way when planting vegetables or digging the ground, but after doing all that, she got quite a few blisters on her hands. Seeing the little boy feeding the chicks seriously not far away, she felt quite comforted.

As the two were about to leave, Meng Jiu stared at her hands with a worried expression, almost staring them through the air. After looking at them for a long time, he didn't say anything and simply escorted them to the outside of the courtyard.

"Hey, come back early, don't stay out too long. I'll have dinner ready for you when you get back."

Before Xu Chaoyan could say anything, Meng Jiuxia interrupted, "Big brother, cooking isn't suitable for you. You can just take care of the chickens. If you're really bored, you can go for a walk with the dog. Just don't burn the pot, since iron pots are quite expensive."

Meng Jiuhe's expression was rather unpleasant. He immediately urged her to leave.

After taking a few steps, Meng Jiuxia was still a little worried, and kept turning back to remind them: "Don't go to the kitchen, wait for them to come back."

Xu Chaoyan, still puzzled, tried to persuade him: "Since he wants to share some of the housework, let him do it. That way, he won't overthink things all day."

Meng Jiuxia disagreed, saying, "It's better to have wild thoughts than to burn down the house. Otherwise, we'd have to just turn the pot upside down and spend money."

Xu Chaoyan looked at her in shock. Finally, Meng Jiuxia sighed and recounted his few experiences.

Xu Chaoyan and her friends went to the same place where they had worked yesterday. However, they were not as lucky as yesterday. The employer looked at her with disdain and said that any Tom, Dick, or Harry could come here. He said that these jobs were not suitable for children and told her to go home and stop causing trouble.

The two women said a lot of nice things, and the women who had worked with her the day before also said some nice things, so the employer reluctantly agreed to let them stay.

Meng Jiuxia patted her chest and assured him that she could endure hardship and do all the dirty and tiring work. Seeing so many people pleading for her, the employer couldn't say anything. Everyone had suffered from the disaster and hadn't been able to get a bite to eat, so he could only agree.

Today, their work was a bit harder than yesterday. The men were doing heavy physical labor, while the women lent a helping hand.

Their task was to carry all the collapsed soil out in baskets and dump it in a designated area.