"Poetic, it's late, we should go to sleep. If you sleep late, you won't be able to get up tomorrow."

After hearing what she said, Liu Shiyi realized that it really made sense, and reluctantly went back to her room to sleep.

But perhaps she was a little too excited after seeing real cows today.

Even while lying in bed, he didn't go to sleep immediately, but instead asked about the cows.

Liu Shixi...

How could she know so much?

This is the first time she's ever seen a cow, right?

So how did she know about these things?

I never realized this girl was so curious.

Although she doesn't have to work in the fields every day, she still has a lot of housework to do, right?

So, after a long day, she was so sleepy that she could barely keep her eyes open.

And my cousin, without even a hint of annoyance, kept nagging beside me.

She could only close her eyes and occasionally utter an "uh-huh".

As for how she fell asleep after waking up, she said she didn't know.

...

At dawn, roosters begin to crow; even in the town, many households raise chickens.

Like the Liu family, Zhang Sumei and Liu Shixi are both hardworking people, so they also raise chickens at home.

However, Zhang Sumei suffered a great misfortune this time, and had to spend two months in confinement.

So Liu Shixi basically took over all the housework during this period.

Having gotten used to waking up early, she found no one beside her when she woke up.

She got out of bed puzzled and found Liu Shiyi sweeping the yard, which made her feel a little embarrassed.

"Poetic, how can I let you do these things when you're at home? Put it down and let me do it."

Liu Shiyi, however, did not listen and carefully cleaned the yard.

He simply said dismissively, "What's the big deal? I do these things at home too."

"Big sister, don't be so polite with Sister Shiyi. She just snatched the broom from my hands."

Liu Shile made a small breakthrough in cultivating her spiritual power last night, and she was in a very good mood.

I just got home and got up to clean the yard.

As soon as she got the broom, Liu Shiyi got up and told her that she wasn't feeling well and needed to rest.

Then he snatched the broom from her hand and started sweeping himself.

Liu Shile was happy that someone was doing her work for her, so she simply took out a book to read.

Of course, she didn't read medical books or anything like that; she read textbooks instead.

Unfortunately, the original owner's academic performance wasn't very good; it was already quite an achievement to get into high school.

As for her, she hadn't received much formal education in the post-apocalyptic world, so she really needed to study this knowledge diligently.

Liu Shi saw her looking at a primary school textbook and her lips twitched.

However, she didn't say anything. She had been rendered speechless by her question yesterday, and she couldn't afford to provoke her again today.

It must be said that Liu Shiyi has a very strong sense of danger.

Of course, there was another reason why she volunteered to do the work: she wanted to stay and look after the cows more.

She once went to the county town and heard people say that milk can make people whiter, but she didn't know if it was true.

Her skin was darker because she had to do chores after school.

She wondered if her uncle's cows produced a lot of milk, so she could buy some to drink.

That way her skin can become white and smooth.

Originally, she planned to go home first thing this morning.

But once she learned about the cows, she didn't mention it at all, and instead helped with the work.

Liu Shixi didn't know the reason, but Liu Shile did.

Milk has a skin-whitening effect, but Liu Shiyi's skin is dark from being tanned by the sun.

Drinking milk alone probably won't make her skin whiter; she needs to be careful about sun protection and should probably use a face mask made from cow's milk.

But milk isn't something you can just throw away like cabbage. Who would be so extravagant as to not drink it themselves and instead waste it like this?

Even without this incident, her mother, Zhang Sumei, wouldn't provide her with milk every day unless she paid for it!

However, who doesn't know what kind of situation my second uncle's family is?

Although the population is small, the labor force is also small, and the harvest from farming in a year doesn't earn much money.

After paying for Liu Shiyi's schooling and other expenses, the amount of money left to save is even less.

How could we afford to let her use milk as a face mask every day?

However, everyone has a love for beauty, and Liu Shile doesn't think Liu Shiyi is wrong for loving beauty.

Seeing her younger sister's reaction, Liu Shixi was speechless. "It's only because your older sister Shiyi doesn't hold it against you. You mustn't do that again."

"Well, Sister Shiyi isn't an outsider, is she? Okay, okay, big sister, I know I was wrong, I won't do it again."

Liu Shile originally wanted to tease her older sister, but when her older sister glared at her, she chickened out.

Okay, so I'm just pretending to be a coward.

It's worth it for her to be mischievous if it makes her older sister's expressions more lively.

In the backyard, Liu Shihua was already covered in sweat.

He got up early to practice his boxing, and he's finished now.

He wiped the sweat from his face before picking up the buckets to fetch water.

There was no well at home, so we had to fetch water from a distant place.

In the past, Dad would pick some, he would pick some, and occasionally my older sister would pick some too.

He and Lele were gone for more than a month. During that time, the eldest sister, a young woman, carried water all by herself. She must have been exhausted.

He was thinking that he and Lele would be going to school soon, so should they dig a well for their home?

Once they go to high school, they'll definitely have to live on campus, and they'll be away for a week at a time.

Then all the heavy housework will fall on my eldest sister again, which will be too hard on her.

He is now stronger and can carry water steadily and quickly.

In no time, the water tank was filled to the brim, leaving the eldest sister, Liu Shixi, almost stunned.

In the past, it would always take my second brother about an hour to fetch water. Today it only took him a little over half an hour.

"Shihua, you're doing great! You're getting more and more efficient at your work."

She looked at her second brother, who was even taller than her, with a look of satisfaction in her eyes.

In the blink of an eye, her younger brother has grown so much and is even taller than her now.

My younger brother really showed off his skills this time.

I wonder what they've been through all this time, how could they have changed so much?

She wanted to ask, but she didn't because her younger siblings looked tired yesterday.

Today, with Liu Shiyi present, she didn't ask the question.

"Big sister, please don't praise me too much, or I'll get flattered." Liu Shihua scratched her head and smiled shyly.

After he finished speaking, he turned around, grabbed a large bucket, and washed it clean with water.

Then he said, "Big sister, I'm going to milk the cows, will you come with me?"

He was too embarrassed to let his older sister come with him to learn how to squeeze through the crowd.

But Liu Shixi is clever; she knows that her younger siblings will be going to school, so the dairy cow will be her responsibility from now on.

So he nodded and smiled, "Okay, I'll go with you. You have to tell me all about the proper way to feed it and what to be careful about."

These were all questions that Liu Shiyi had asked her last night.

Of course she didn't know, but now she could ask her younger brother.

Moreover, she really needs to learn these things, as they are related to the nutrition of the whole family!