After kissing her two sons on the cheek, Su Qingxue took the children's dirty pants and diapers and went out.

Go to the well, draw water and pour it into the wooden basin. First soak the dirty pants and diapers in, then take soap and start washing.

Only then did I remember that Zhou Huaian seemed to have told me that there was not enough soap, and asked me to do more. He also said that we could do it together when he was on vacation so that I wouldn't get too tired.

Why not do it now while you have time?

I also want to mail some beef jerky to my parents-in-law. I feel that beef jerky is the easiest food to make. Just cut the beef into strips, sprinkle various seasonings on the meat, marinate it, and hang it outside to air dry.

The more I thought about it, the more excited I became. The foam flew up from rubbing the dirty pants in my hands. I couldn't wait to rub them clean to avoid delaying my own work.

I was anxious, but I couldn't be perfunctory, so I patiently washed my pants.

After the pants and diapers in the wooden basin were washed and hung out to dry in the yard, I washed my hands and started to take action.

I went into the house to check on the children first. The three daughters were sleeping soundly, and the two sons were sleeping on either side, staring at the three daughters.

Su Qingxue felt relieved knowing that they would not cause trouble.

First, take out a large piece of beef from the space. Most beef is lean anyway, so just pick a good part.

Su Qingxue thinks that to make beef jerky, it is best to use shank or butt meat, or anything else is fine, but since she has better ones, there is no need to settle.

Cut the meat into strips and marinate with various seasonings. Put them aside for marination for four or five hours, then hang them under the eaves to dry slowly.

You can eat it directly after it dries.

While the beef was being marinated, Su Qingxue went to check on the children and found that they were all well behaved in the house and started making soap again.

The steps are not difficult, but they are quite time-consuming, and it takes several hours to complete.

If there are not enough molds, put the rest in the space, and pour the soap back into the prepared molds when they are dry.

I didn't hear any crying sound from the children. Except for feeding the three little girls once, I never went in again. When I went in this time, I found five children sleeping in a mess on the kang.

The two sons were better off as they did not fall on their sister, but they were not covered with anything and no one knew where they were lifted off to.

They fell asleep without having lunch, maybe because they were too bored. I took this opportunity to make lunch so that they can have lunch when they wake up.

After lunch, it was time for a nap, but because they had already slept in the morning, the two children couldn’t stay at home.

Su Qingxue had no choice but to take them to Feng Xue's house next door to play with their eldest son.

Three people were playing with sand in the yard, and Feng Xue was there to help watch over them.

He just glanced at Feng Xue's big belly and asked, "Feng Xue, are you about to give birth?"

Feng Xue touched her belly and showed a loving smile on her face, "It will be here soon, in just half a month. I may have to trouble you to help look after my eldest son, Xiaolin, by then. Don't worry, my son is very well behaved."

"From what you said, you mean you want to give birth at home?"

"Yes, I am pregnant with my second child anyway. Plus, your triplets were born safely, so I only have one in my belly, so there shouldn't be any problem."

Feng Xue really had confidence in herself, and she was also worried about the hospital, so she was ready to give it a try.

Anyway, most other women in the village give birth at home, and only the educated youth who went to the countryside like them go to the hospital to give birth. It’s my second child, so it should be fine for me to stay at home.

Su Qingxue was too embarrassed to say that she was sure, so she gave birth at home.

Seeing that she had made up her mind, I didn't know how to persuade her. After hesitating for a moment, I still didn't say anything.

"Then you should be careful when the time comes. I gave birth quickly so there was no danger. If it takes you too long, you can go to the hospital! As for the baby, just leave it at my house. It will have company anyway, and it probably won't cry and make a fuss looking for you at night."

She felt that giving birth at home was like stepping into the gates of hell since there was no guarantee if she didn't go to the hospital. She didn't support it.

But this is someone else's business, so I can't say anything about it.

Feng Xue didn't take Su Qingxue's words to heart, and just nodded casually, "I see, leave your son here, I'll help you take care of him, your three daughters are still at home, go back quickly!"

If Su Qingxue hadn't locked the door when she came out, she would have run back home long ago. There was no way she would have left the door wide open. And when she was not at home, there wouldn't be so many things to steal.

"Okay, if the two kids are tired from playing, let them come back. I'll be at home and not going anywhere."

After Su Qingxue returned home, she saw that the three children had woken up with tear marks on their cheeks, and it was obvious that they had cried.

I changed their diapers and fed them again. After they had eaten and drunk their fill, I put them on the kang and let them play by themselves.

Su Qingxue seldom hugged them because she didn't want them to get used to being hugged by her, so that she wouldn't be unable to hug them when the time came.

Just get used to the days when no one is holding you, and then it will be easier to take care of you in the future.

I closed the door and thought about the beef I had marinated in the morning. It was almost time to hang them up.

I didn’t want to hang it under the front eaves, I was planning to hang it under the eaves at the back of the house so that no one could see it when someone came in.

I found a lot of thin ropes in the space, the kind that look like white gauze, I pierced a hole in the dried meat, and then strung the meat together with the ropes. Then I pulled two thick ropes under the eaves and hung the dried meat on them.

I have pickled about 50 to 60 kilograms of beef jerky. By the time it is dried, more than half of it will be reduced. I will mail all of it back this time. If it tastes good, I will make more for myself.

It took Su Qingxue more than an hour to hang everything up. If she wasn't strong enough and the things were in the space so she could take them out at any time, it might have taken much longer than that.

After finishing, he put away the soap on the soap mold and poured the liquid into the mold again. After everything was done, he tidied himself up and couldn't wait to go back to his room.

Fortunately, although the children woke up, they did not cry.

Su Qingxue can really say with pride that she can even have a dozen more such well-behaved children.