After the female supporting character in the quick transmigration series realized her mistakes

When Ruolan heard that there would be meat to eat, she was so happy she almost jumped for joy.

However, she quickly realized that the smell of meat would be too strong if they ate in the room, so she hurriedly asked, "Won't the smell of meat waft out if we eat here?"

"Don't worry, I've taken care of everything. Just eat as much as you want."

The young couple in the second room are secretly having an extra meal.

In the main house, Old Lady Xie and her husband were sighing and lamenting, "You know, our second son is already in his thirties, how come he's still acting like a rebellious child? If this continues, I'm afraid the brothers will start to have conflicts."

Old Man Xie puffed on his cigarette and instructed his wife, "You have to keep an eye on the second son from now on. After all, the eldest son is his older brother, and his behavior today was very inappropriate."

Meanwhile, Xie Dasao, the eldest daughter-in-law of the first wife, was cursing the couple from the second wife's side. Her words were so foul that Xie Tiansheng, who was sitting to the side, frowned but did not say anything to stop her.

The third house still doesn't have much of a presence.

The next morning, just as dawn was breaking, Old Lady Xie's loud voice drifted over from the courtyard.

"How can you sleep so much in this freezing weather? It's already dawn and there's still no sign of anyone. Everyone who hasn't gotten up yet, get up right now!"

"Look at all this chicken droppings in the yard. There are more than 20 people in my family, and not one of them cares about anything. I have to direct them one by one."

"Those two pigs at home are screaming with hunger, and you haven't even gotten up to feed them yet. Are you more important or the pigs?"

The last sentence was practically shouted out, startling Ruolan, who was in the middle of a sweet dream.

Shuisheng quickly hugged her tightly and gently patted Ruolan's back to comfort her.

Xie Shuisheng was all too familiar with his mother's loud voice; he and his brothers had been woken up like that since they were little, and they had long since developed a resistance to it.

If anyone wakes up late, they have to put up with her nagging all morning.

After Ruolan fell asleep again, Shuisheng carefully got out of bed. He still had to supervise the children as they cooked.

Grandma Xie watched her second son standing outside the kitchen directing her grandchildren to cook, and she was speechless. It was truly unfortunate for her eldest grandson to have such parents.

These two adults are really lazy. They would rather order the children around than do anything themselves. It's really a hardship for their grandchildren to have such parents.

But today it was the second child's turn to do the housework, and she didn't care who did it, as long as there was a result.

If the parents don't know how to cherish their child, then she, as the grandmother, should mind her own business.

“Jie Heping, as a man, you should be more efficient and less clumsy. If you don’t know how, just look at your sister Xie Hefen and do what she does.”

Jie Heping retorted, "Dad, what man would spend his time in the kitchen? Isn't that a woman's job?"

Shui Sheng wouldn't tolerate him. "Our family believes in equality for all. Women can do what men can do. Stop finding fault and don't discriminate."

They still say they can't do it, they've just been spoiled.

Shuisheng looked around, then went to check on the younger ones sweeping the floor.

"He Rong, don't be lazy. Sweep the area next to the cattle pen clean. Don't be afraid of getting it dirty."

The third son, Jie Herong, woke up immediately upon hearing his father's voice.

Jie Herong is a slow and leisurely person, as if he doesn't care about anything. He is not as cunning as the eldest brother Heping, nor as honest as the second brother Hemin, nor as impulsive and easily angered as Hefen.

But he is the most selfish. He seems to care about nothing and is always detached from his family. But when it comes to the benefits that are rightfully his, he will not give up a single penny. He just doesn't want to give anything and still wants to receive.

When He Jun saw his third brother being scolded, he quickly pretended to be busy. He was quite diligent, but he didn't actually do much work.

The fourth brother, Hejun, was practically invisible in the family. He imitated his older brothers in everything he did, so he picked up a bit of everyone's bad habits and naturally became quite invisible.

After the group finished preparing breakfast, the rest of the Xie family got up as well.

Every day before breakfast, the two patriarchs of the Xie family would assign tasks to everyone.

After all, we haven't reached the era of work points yet. The work point system will not be implemented until 1958. At that time, all property belongs to the collective, and the government will also establish mutual aid groups, cooperatives, and communes.

But now, the landlords have been overthrown, and the peasants have their own land, so everyone is very enthusiastic about working. Apart from paying the grain tax, the rest of the grain belongs to their own families, so how could they not work hard?

Grandma Xie said, "We've already planted rapeseed, wheat, and potatoes. There's not much work to do in the winter, so today a few of my wives are coming with me to our plot to plant some vegetables. Otherwise, we won't have any vegetables to eat next year."

“The eldest son and the others will go with your father to cut sugarcane. Our half-acre of sugarcane can be used to make sugar. You all go cut it today, and the whole family will make brown sugar together tomorrow.”

The children jumped for joy when they heard about the sugar being boiled, especially He Guang, the nine-year-old from the third branch of the family. He loved brown sugar the most, especially the kind that was boiled until very hard. He disliked the kind of brown sugar that turned into a granulated sugar.

Every household in their village grows sugarcane, specifically to make sugar for the New Year.

Shui Sheng said, "I won't go to cut sugarcane today. Old Yang found work in the city and asked me to go with him so I can earn some extra money."

Old Lady Jie knew that Shui Sheng was going to earn money, so she didn't stop him. She just reminded him, "Don't forget to hand over your wages to the public treasury. Don't try to hide them from me."

Shui Sheng nodded repeatedly. Working today was secondary; the important thing was that today was a big market day, and he still needed to buy some grain.

Today, Ruolan is also going with her mother-in-law and the others. Old Lady Jie insisted that no matter if she is sick or not, she has to go sit on the hillside even if she is sick.

After hearing their mother's instructions, everyone got busy with their own tasks.

The two eldest brothers, along with their grandchildren over nine years old, all had to work in the sugarcane field. Old Man Xie, carrying a sickle and other tools, strode towards the sugarcane field.

Along the way, He Min muttered to himself, "Cutting sugarcane in this cold weather must be a real ordeal."

Old Man Xie rolled his eyes at him, "You're such a busybody. If we don't cut sugarcane, where will we get sugar for the New Year?"

On the other side, Old Lady Xie led several of her daughters-in-law to their private plot.

He Fen muttered about how tired she was, and Grandma Jie gently tapped her on the head, "All you do is complain about being tired. If you don't plant vegetables now, what will you eat in the spring?"

Shuisheng was still dawdling at home when Herong tried to sneak away, but was scolded by Shuisheng.

"Get back here, where are you trying to sneak off to this time? You have to clean the house spotless today." He Rong had no choice but to obey.

And so, everyone busied themselves, and soon it was time to prepare for the New Year.

During this period, Shuisheng had no chance to go to the city to collect supplies because the village organized the digging of ditches.

If we don't dig the ditches now, they could easily cause flooding when there's more rain in the spring.

All the adult men in the village have to go dig ditches. Without men at home, the women are extremely busy.

As for Ruolan, because she had a fight with Sister-in-law Xie before, she was forced by Old Mother Xie to join them.

Ruolan had no choice but to drag her sickly body to the hillside to "recuperate."

Although she disapproved of her second son's wife's panting heavily with every step she took, she could only pretend not to see it for the sake of family harmony.