As she thought about it, she wished that Xiao Fubao wouldn't be able to bear the good fortune and would die!

If she dies, she can work hard in front of Uncle Niu. Uncle Niu's daughter will definitely be very sad when he dies. Seeing that she is not much older than Xiao Fubao and is more hardworking than Xiao Fubao, she will definitely like her very much!

Little Fu Bao sneezed really hard.

Chen Yu hurriedly asked, "Little Fu Bao, are you cold?" and "Quickly, go to the fire!"

"Mommy, sister, I'm going to warm myself by the fire!" Little Fu Bao said.

"Let's go warm ourselves by the fire!" Niu Cuihua said.

As winter approached, the Niu family had already lit a charcoal fire, the burning charcoal crackling and hissing. Outside, everything was covered in a blanket of white snow, with snowflakes accumulating on the tree branches.

Niu Jiejie watched as Xiao Fubao opened the door to the sauce-making area and ran back to the main hall where the silver charcoal was roasting. She quickly slipped into the sauce room:

"Auntie, let me make it for you!"

She considered herself to be very well-behaved and sensible.

"How old are you? What would I need you to do? You go and warm yourself by the fire with Xiao Fubao and the others. I have Sister Cuihua here to help!"

Niu Jiejie ignored her and instead grabbed a sauce jar. With a snap, the jar slipped from her hand and shattered on the ground.

"Jiejie, Auntie said she wouldn't ask you for help, and there's really no need for you to help!" Chenyu said as she picked up the ceramic jar.

Niu Cuihua also said, "It's snowing outside. If you don't go back soon, it might freeze over!"

Niu Jiejie said nonchalantly, "Auntie, Sister Cuihua, it's okay, I'll help you seal the pickled vegetables!" As she spoke, she stood on tiptoe to take the pickled vegetables off the table.

"Watch out!" Niu Cuihua caught it quickly, and said with a hint of reproach, "I told you I didn't need your help, you're just making things worse!"

Niu Jiejie said, "Then I'll just watch you guys do it!"

Chen Yu was slightly displeased.

Niu Jiejie watched their every move like a little supervisor, which gave people a strange feeling.

Xiao Fubao led Xiang Jinlan over with a basin of silver charcoal brazier, which they placed in a corner. Together with the previous basin of silver charcoal, the whole room became much warmer.

"That way Mommy and my sister won't be cold," Little Fu Bao said in her childish voice. "Little Fu Bao wants to help you with the chores too!"

Niu Jiejie thought to herself: Little Fu Bao just knows how to act cute and charming!

Chen Yu laughed and said, "You, just bring two small stools, sit there, and don't cause us any trouble, that's good enough."

Little Fu Bao pouted, turned her head away with a haughty air, and secretly thought that she must make everyone in her family look at her differently!

While Xiao Fubao was still racking his brains trying to figure out what kind of pet he should raise.

Niu Jiejie had already brought the entire brazier to Chen Yu and Niu Cuihua's feet.

Shen Yu turned around, and her clothes flew into the brazier. "Ouch!" she exclaimed, quickly pulling her leg away.

"Who put the brazier here?"

The clothes weren't burned, but she was scalded.

Xiao Fubao finally snapped out of her thoughts and saw that Chen Yu was alright and had already taken the brazier away. She breathed a sigh of relief. This Niu Jiejie, I don't know what's wrong with her!

Niu Jiejie tilted her little head up, her face full of praise, and said, "Auntie, I put it there. I think Xiao Fubao is really bad at placing things. She told Grandma Xiang to put the brazier there, but she was only concerned with warming herself. It would have been warmer if it had been closer to you."

Shen Yu frowned. Because it was someone else's child, she couldn't scold him too much. But Xiao Fubao stood up and started to complain first:

"Get out! You said you were helping out, but you've only made things worse. My mom and sister are busy; they don't have time to play with you!" "You almost burned my mom's clothes!"

Little Fu Bao grabbed Niu Jie Jie's hand and pulled her outside, saying, "Grandma Xiang, help me carry her out!"

“I’m not going out. Why should I go out?” Niu Jiejie said.

Although Niu Jiejie is two years older than Xiao Fubao, she doesn't eat as well as her. She's only a little taller than Xiao Fubao, but she's very thin, so Xiao Fubao drags her around like a little chick.

Niu Meihua, suppressing a laugh, glanced at her younger sister's fierce demeanor and waved to her two little sisters and Xiao Heng: "Brother Xiao, look at our little Fu Bao, isn't she especially fierce?"

Xiao Heng replied softly, "Yes, it's especially fierce!"

Ji Ying and Sang Rong also peeked out. Ji Ying said, "That child is so annoying. Even Xiao Fubao doesn't like playing with her, but she just keeps bothering me."

Niu Jiejie was carried out by Xiang Jinlan.

Xiang Jinlan said, "There's nothing fun at home, you should go home!"

Niu Jiejie ran home crying.

Chen stamped her foot and said, "Crying, crying, crying, so annoying! Did you even understand what I told you to look at?"

She couldn't see anything useful, so she could only make something up: "I saw it! They weighed the vegetables first, then mixed them with chili sauce, and that's how it turned out!"

Chen Yu did weigh all the vegetables, but that's not the main purpose of making pickled vegetables. The method of making chili sauce is also very diverse.

Mrs. Chen nodded: "I see. The vegetables need to be weighed, there's a specific ratio." She turned to her two daughters-in-law and said:

"Guo, Cai, let's get started! You two, get the radishes and cabbages out of the field. Let's get a dozen or so jars!" "Shen sold her produce in the village a couple of years ago, and people still buy from her. Let's use her connections to make our own money."

Upon hearing this, both the eldest daughter-in-law, Guo, and the third daughter-in-law, Cai, replied, "Yes, Mother-in-law."

"Don't throw away those rotten vegetable leaves. Soak them, pickle them, and they'll still be edible!" Chen said. "Fifteen, go buy some coarse salt."

Fifteen was Cai's son.

In the entire extended family, Chen was the fifth child. Hoping for many descendants, she named her eldest grandson Eleven, her second grandson Twelve, and so on. The fifth grandson was named Fifteen.

Upon hearing this, Fifteen nodded hurriedly and said, "Okay, Grandma!"

Niu Jiejie said, "Grandma, I'll go buy it! I'm older than Fifth Brother."

Madam Chen scolded, "Don't think I don't know what you're up to! Don't even think about it!" "Fifteen, come inside with Grandma."

Chen took out ten coins and handed them to Fifteen, saying, "Use these ten coins to buy three catties of coarse salt. Use the remaining four coins to buy two skewers of food. Come back when you're done eating, and don't let your cousin see you!"

Fifteen, having received her orders, nodded quickly: "Grandma, I understand!"

Chen said, "The road is slippery with snow, so run slowly!"

After Fifteen left, Madam Chen looked at the house to her side with a mixture of disdain and envy. "This huge fortune you've built will eventually belong to someone else! And you don't even have a son! Our family will be better than yours sooner or later!"

Little Fu Bao watched as the snow fell heavier and heavier outside. "Second Uncle went to town to buy things, why hasn't he come back yet?"

With the Lunar New Year approaching, Niu Yong planned to drive his oxcart to town to buy some New Year's goods and fabrics, and he went early this morning.

Speak of the devil and he appears.

Niu Yong is back, bringing several steamed buns with meat filling. "A new bun shop opened in our town a few months ago, and the taste is pretty good!" "Little Fu Bao, look what your second uncle bought for you?"

He took out five packets of honey and several packets of maltose from his hand, "One packet each!"