Chapter 78 Help
Qianhuan went to the meat stall to weigh a few pounds of meat, and selected some vegetables that were not available in her backyard at the vegetable stall. Since her uncle and aunt had come from far away, she must buy some good food to treat them.
After buying everything, Cai Xiaoye wanted to take Qianhuan home, and Qianhuan didn't refuse. She bought a lot of things, and she couldn't carry them by herself. In addition, the incident on the road just now really scared her. With Cai Xiaoye, a gang leader, escorting her, she felt more at ease.
When they arrived at the door of the house, Master Cai put all the things outside the courtyard gate. He said, "I won't go in. It would be bad if it causes unnecessary misunderstandings and damages the girl's reputation. I will leave the things at the door of the house for you. You can ask your family to come out and help you get them."
"Okay, thank you so much for today. I'll treat you to a meal some other day, and you must honor me." This was the third time Qianhuan had expressed her gratitude to him.
"Okay, I will come when the time comes." Mr. Cai didn't bother to be polite with her. After saying that, Mr. Cai turned around and prepared to leave.
Qianhuan stopped him and said, "Master Cai, please wait a moment. I'm setting up a stall in the county town disguised as a man, so I'd like you to keep it a secret for me."
"Well, I understand. Don't worry, I won't tell anyone else."
Only after Master Cai made a promise did Qianhuan feel relieved.
Only after he walked away and her figure could no longer be seen did Qianhuan push open the gate of her house.
Qianhuan shouted inside: "Mom, I'm back from town, please come out quickly and help me get my things."
Hearing the sound, Liu was about to go out, but was held down by Boss Liu, "Third sister, don't move. Let us men do this kind of heavy work."
After saying this, Boss Liu walked out of the kitchen. He helped his niece carry all the things into the main room.
Liu and her sister-in-law had already fried a pot of chestnuts, and the two of them followed to the main room.
Seeing such a large sack of cotton, Liu couldn't help but ask, "Qianhuan, this sack of cotton must weigh at least 10 kilograms, right? Four or five kilograms of cotton is enough to make a quilt. Why did you buy so much?"
"Mom, sewing only one quilt is not enough. The weather is getting colder and colder. The old quilts distributed to us by the old house are not very warm at all. I already feel cold when I sleep at night. I bought a total of 15 kilograms of cotton and plan to have you sew three new quilts. In addition to the one in the guest room, you can also replace the new ones in my room and your room. We can put the old quilt under the bed."
There has always been straw under their bed, and a sheet on top of the straw. Qianhuan was not used to sleeping on it at all, especially since the original owner had a cold in her body. Now her legs and feet were still cold after sleeping for a long time at night.
"Well. Since you have bought them all, let's sew three new quilts." Liu knew that there was not much silver left in the family and cotton was very expensive, but thinking of her daughter's cold body, she said nothing.
"Mom, have they delivered the bed I bought from Carpenter Sun?"
"It has been delivered a long time ago. The bed we borrowed from the Zhang family last night has already been returned. Carpenter Sun's two sons brought the new bed over and helped put it in the guest room."
"Well, okay, I see."
Liu suddenly noticed some blood on her daughter's pants. She exclaimed, "Qianhuan, why is there blood on the back of your pants? Are you injured somewhere?"
"Mom, I accidentally fell and scratched my skin, but it only bleeds a little. It's nothing serious. Did uncle and aunt learn how to make sugar-fried chestnuts from you?"
Qianhuan was afraid that Liu would want to check her wound, so she quickly changed the subject.
"You better be careful when you walk next time. Well, your uncle and aunt have learned it. Your aunt just fried a pot of it herself. It tastes really good. You can try it later."
Qianhuan successfully diverted Liu's attention away from her legs and onto other things. Qianhuan used this trick to deal with Liu every time, and it always worked.
"Well, okay, I'll go to the kitchen and try it later. Mom, now that you've bought the cotton and cotton cloth, you should quickly sew the quilts so that we can all have new quilts tonight."
"Okay, Mom will start sewing the quilts right now and try to finish all three quilts before tonight."
"Third sister, let me help you sew. It will be faster if two of us do it." Liu's eldest sister-in-law volunteered to help.
"Okay, with your help, sister-in-law, I will be much more relaxed." Liu looked happy.
Qianhuan quickly took the opportunity to sneak back to her room and locked the door.
She had sweated a lot while running today and her body was sticky. She first took off her pants to check the injury on her calf, and saw a large red and swollen area on the back of her calf with broken skin.
It was actually still very painful when she walked, but she just gritted her teeth and held on.
Cuihua pushed the original owner into the river and killed her. She did not send Cuihua to the authorities, but just let her get married. She didn't expect that she would want to provoke her again. Since she wanted to die, she couldn't blame herself for being ruthless.
She has always been a person who does not offend others unless they offend her; if someone offends her, she will kill him.
She took out the ointment she bought in town and applied it to the wound, then changed into clean clothes before going out.
It took Liu and her sister-in-law more than an hour to sew a quilt. When it was almost noon, Liu said, "Sister-in-law, let's make lunch first, and then we'll sew two more quilts in the afternoon."
"Third sister, does your family still eat lunch now? We only eat two meals a day at home, breakfast and dinner, and have never eaten lunch." Liu's sister-in-law asked in surprise.
"After Qianhuan made some money from making sugar-roasted chestnuts, we have been eating three meals a day. The main reason is that Qianhuan is still growing and gets hungry quickly. Now my second son and I are also used to eating three meals a day."
Liu's sister-in-law couldn't help but feel deeply moved. She didn't expect that her third sister's family could actually eat three meals a day. Today, she learned how to make sugar-roasted chestnuts from them. If she could make money by setting up a stall in the future, she should be able to let her family live such a good life.
At noon, Liu killed the fat old hen that her parents asked her brother and sister-in-law to bring over. She also stir-fried some vegetables with the meat and made a bowl of egg soup. The five of them had a happy meal.
In the afternoon, the aunt and sister-in-law continued to sew quilts, and finally finished sewing three quilts before dinner, one in Qianhuan's room and one in the guest room. Liang Laoer and Liu also covered themselves with new quilts at night.
After Liu Laoda and his wife went to the guest room to rest, Qianhua went back to her room and found two sets of her old cotton-padded jackets and trousers. Although they were old clothes, they looked new and had no holes or patches on them. Because she grew up quickly, she could no longer wear clothes after one or two seasons.
There was still a set of cotton coat and pants left in the closet that was barely wearable, but they had several patches on them, so she kept this set for herself.
She took the bag of old clothes, put two taels of silver in her arms and went to her parents' room.
She first handed the old clothes to Liu and said, "Mother, these cotton jackets and trousers are relatively new, but I can't wear them anymore. My cousin is shorter than me, so she can definitely wear them. Please give them to my uncle and aunt tomorrow and let them take them home."
Liu took the package, turned around, opened the closet, and put the package in the corner of the closet: "Okay, then give it to your cousin. Your uncle and aunt have several children, and they don't have extra money to buy new clothes for the children."
Qianhuan stuffed another two taels of silver into Liu's pocket and said, "Mother, you should give these two taels of silver to your uncle and aunt tomorrow. You rarely come back to your mother's house, and your grandparents and uncle and aunt and their whole family have a hard time. Consider these two taels of silver as a way of honoring them."
Liu took the silver and couldn't help but have tears in her eyes. She couldn't help but hug her daughter and said with sobs, "Qianhuan, you are such a good child. You still think of being filial to your mother. I am really lucky to have such a good daughter like you in this life. Even if I don't have a son in this life, I won't regret it."
"Mom, I am also very lucky to have such good parents like you and dad in this life. You have always spoiled me, protected me, tolerated me, and given me endless love and warmth. Don't worry, even though I am just a daughter, I can definitely let you live a happy life."
Qianhuan hugged Liu back and promised with a moved look on her face.
It has been several months since she came to this strange time and space. In fact, she was really not used to it at the beginning. She often felt like an outsider, incompatible with everything here, and everything in this world seemed to have nothing to do with her.
However, the care and love that Liang Laoer and Liu showed her made her truly feel that she was a part of this family. She gradually integrated into the family and no longer considered herself an outsider.
She works hard to build their little home and is willing to help everyone around her who truly cares about them.