Chapter 287 I would rather have a beggar mother than an official father

Since there were guests today, Jiang Yu cooked more. Huo Bing scooped a spoonful of egg custard for his little daughter, took a steamed bun soaked in the goose soup, and put some radish stewed until soft. He also made a portion for Huahua, the difference being that there was a lot more meat and vegetables in it.

The remaining egg custard was divided equally into the bowls of the four little girls, Gold, Silver and Treasure. Because the little girls were embarrassed to take some food, each of them took several pieces of goose meat and various side dishes, and then put a steamed bun and a flatbread on top.

Huo Bing turned to the five people and said, "Auntie Ping, serve your portion yourself. Come on, Xiaojin and Xiaoyin, the four of you can scoop yourselves after you finish eating. Don't be shy."

Jiang Xiangdong agreed innocently: "Yes, Mom said that your top priority is to take care of your health!"

Pinggu and the other four looked at the four large bowls piled high with food, and all they could hear was the rumbling of their stomachs.

Xiao Jin swallowed and asked in a low voice, "Mom, can we eat so well?"

Even though the Cao family had enough money and food before, they, as servants, had never eaten so well, especially eating with the master.

"I just saw egg custard. Adults don't have it, only the six of us have it." Xiaoyin whispered in disbelief what he had just seen.

My aunt’s two granddaughters are so young that they deserve to have egg custard, but the four sisters are already in their teens. Can they also have their own share of egg custard?

Especially... they are girls. In the past, even if there was egg custard in the Cao family, it was given to the eldest brother. It was considered very good for them to drink the egg water in the bowl.

But here, there is only a distinction of age, not gender.

My stomach was growling with hunger, but my heart was filled with indescribable emotions.

Pinggu watched Huo Bing divide eggs between the two little kids and scoop eggs for her daughter, but she didn't get any eggs for Shen Qing, the most powerful person in the family, nor for her sons who did the most physical work, and even her youngest son, who was a scholar. This overturned all her previous cognition!

She retreated and said, "It's fine as long as Xiao Jin and the other four have something to eat. Shouldn't we share the egg custard with the master and everyone else?"

Shen Qing was holding a steamed bun soaked in goose broth between his thumb and index finger. He didn't let go even though he was screaming in pain from the heat. When he heard Pinggu's words, he looked up and said, "No, no!

Egg custard is nutritious and easy to digest. Give it to the kids. What can't we adults eat?"

Xiaoyu chopped up a goose leg for her! Ah Bing picked up several steamed buns soaked in soup for her, and the bowl was full of side dishes. With so many delicious things, why would she eat egg custard?

The others waved their hands anxiously: "We ate eggs at the workshop at noon, no need to eat anymore, the kids can eat!"

Pinggu was stunned. There were eggs in the workshop’s meals?

She looked at her family members who were squatting casually with their bowls in hand and eating with big mouthfuls. The host family not only did not look down on them, but even did not care about them at all. There were no tables or chairs, so they could just squat and eat with their bowls in hand.

It looks so warm and the food tastes even better.

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The rooms in the main house and the east wing are allocated, there are no extra ones. There is no kang in the west wing. It is really freezing to death without a kang in this weather!

Therefore, Pinggu and the other four were arranged to stay temporarily in a brush workshop with an underground dragon.

Fortunately, the workshop has many houses and is spacious, and the underground heating never stops throughout the winter, making it as warm as spring and very comfortable to live in.

And because it was snowing again, Liu Cuihua and her three sisters-in-law brought mattresses, bedding and food for dinner. Lei Dafu and several other men, as well as Chuntian and Xiatian, all stayed in the workshop.

There were so many people around, and with the familiar spring and summer around, Pinggu and the gold, silver and jewelry adapted very quickly.

Jiang Yu and Guan Li carried mattresses, quilts and straw mats, while Jiang Xiangdong and Jiang Xiangxi carried several piles of dried straw and sent them to the workshop together.

The stone slabs were heated by the layers of chimneys underneath. Jiang Yu first laid several thick layers of thatch, then laid out straw mats, mattresses and sheets, and finally put a quilt on top.

Guan Li looked at the made bed and said, "I'll talk to Daddy tomorrow and ask him to make a few bed boards. Although the floor is warm, I can't sleep on it for long."

Ping Gu quickly said, "This is the same as the kang. It's better than any other place you've ever slept on. You don't have to put us down first."

The mattress and quilt were all brand new, fluffy and soft, and the room was warm. What else could we complain about? No need to improve!

Really, she felt really good.

Xiao Jin and Xiao Yin touched the new sheets and quilt covers, their eyes sparkling and they were extremely satisfied.

Hearing what their mother said, they nodded continuously.

All I can think about is that they need to recover quickly so they can work, otherwise they will be ashamed to live like a god with free food and shelter for a short time.

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Cao Youcai dragged his tired body into the house, but saw that the house was in a mess, which made people feel irritated from the bottom of their hearts.

He complained uncontrollably, "Dad, you can already stand up with a cane, can't you clean up the house? Even if you don't clean it up, at least put these sunflower seed shells somewhere instead of throwing them around.

Especially this thick phlegm, didn't I put the spittoon next to your kang? You spit everywhere, it's hard to sweep up, and it's disgusting to look at, isn't it? "

His mother and sisters had only been gone for half a day, but he had done more work in that half a day than in the previous year!

Cao Da angrily cursed, "How dare you despise me! My leg is injured and I need to take good care of it. Get up? If I get hurt, will you be responsible? Or will you work for me?"

It’s useless stuff, it’s just melon seed shells, you can just sweep it away, and as for the phlegm, I can spit it out however I want, wherever I want, it’s none of your business!

Oh, it’s hard to sweep. You don’t know how to use a mop. Isn’t that what your mother and sister did before? But now it’s your turn and you don’t know how to do anything at all! "

Cao Youcai was very angry!

It was his mother and sisters again. The nanny who cooked at noon said that before, Xiao Jin and Xiao Yin helped to wash the vegetables, pick the vegetables, cut the vegetables and wash the rice... She could not cook for the whole family by herself, and now that his mother and sisters are not here, he has to take over!

In the afternoon, the old lady said that the nanny was too old to do the laundry and house cleaning chores, which were previously the responsibility of his four sisters, but now it was his responsibility.

There was still work to do for the three young masters. He was tired after half a day, but the food he was given was almost the same as before. When he finally finished and wanted to come back and lie down, he was greeted by a dirty and messy house.

And a father with a bad temper who doesn't listen to advice.

He really wanted to exchange his father for his mother and sisters!

Even if I don't have sisters, it's okay as long as I have only mom.

If his mother were alive, she would rush to do the work even if her hand was injured, and would never let him do more work.

The old saying is right, it is better to have a beggar mother than a government official father, especially since his father is just a servant!

Cao Da glanced at his son, who looked resentful. He picked his teeth with a broomstick, spat out a mouthful of thick phlegm, and said calmly, "If you follow me, you will have food, drink, and shelter. If you follow your mother, you will definitely be starving and living in a leaky woodshed!"