Su Xia took Niu Niu back to her room, and the mother and daughter lay down, ready to take a nap. More sleep is good for the body.

As for Old Chen's family, Su Xia was also worried.

People in this era protect their own shortcomings, which is why they are willing to stay at home and live together as a family.

There are more people in the family, more labor, and naturally higher income. In fact, it is understandable why people in this period want to have more children.

When Su Xia woke up, it was already two o'clock. Niu Niu was still sleeping with a flushed face. Just looking at her made me want to take a bite of her.

Su Xia wiped the sweat off his face, covered himself with the quilt again, went downstairs to put on his shoes and went to see Chen's mother.

Mother Chen had already woken up, but she felt a little awkward working in the cold.

He had already come down for a stroll and asked his granddaughter Daya to lead her sisters to pick wild vegetables.

Mother Chen kept the youngest granddaughter, Xiaoya from the second family, to look after.

Looking at the girl sleeping on the kang with messy hair and dirty face and hands, compared with the girl who is only half a year old, Niu Niu, I have a better impression of the eldest daughter-in-law, who is good at taking care of people.

Mother Chen held the quilt against the edge of the kang to prevent Xiaoya from turning over and falling off.

I took a basket and went to the vegetable garden to pick vegetables.

Even if you work hard, it's time to harvest the vegetables in the garden.

Su Xia came over and saw that Chen's mother was not in the room, only Xiaoya was sleeping.

I walked straight to the vegetable garden, and sure enough, Chen's mother was there.

It looks like it should be much better.

Su Xia went back with a basket and a straw hat on her head, and went back to the vegetable garden to help.

The main thing is that this vegetable garden is shared by all, and the vegetables we eat also come from here.

When Chen's mother saw her eldest daughter-in-law coming, she didn't say anything. But when she saw the straw hat on her head, she thought her eldest daughter-in-law was a little pretentious.

Until last night before dinner, Su Xia and Chen's mother picked all the vegetables in the vegetable garden, baskets of beans, eggplants, tomatoes, cucumbers...

Various seasonal vegetables, the two of them cut the beans and sliced ​​the eggplants... and dried them on the ground.

The leftover cucumbers, eggplants, greens… need to be pickled. I’ll be relying on these vegetables for the rest of the day.

Su Xia didn't expect Chen's mother to prepare dinner, so she cooked everything. She cooked a pot of wild vegetable porridge, steamed some melons dug from the backyard, fried a pot of green vegetables, and made some pickles. That was all.

Chen's mother was at home, so it was convenient for her to cook. Su Xia went back to her room and came out with three pounds of rice and flour in her hand. After thinking for a while, she took out five eggs.

When Chen's mother saw it, she didn't say anything. She took it and put it away.

Although the original owner did not work, she would also help with cooking during the busy farming season.

Sure enough, when the Chen family was having dinner together that night, they were not curious when they saw Su Xia.

That night, Su Xia was awakened by the heat source next to her in the middle of the night. She got up and saw that Niuniu had a fever and was whimpering.

Su Xia saw that Niuniu was also asleep, so she lit the kerosene lamp, filled a basin with hot water, and quickly wiped Niuniu's sweat off her body to cool her down physically. She also used her mind to find children's antipyretic medicine in space and fed Niuniu a pill.

After Niu Niu drank the medicine for a while, her fever gradually subsided. Su Xia felt relieved when she saw this. She wiped her body with a hot towel and changed her into clean clothes.

Su Xia kept watching until Niu Niu's fever subsided and then she lay down.

For several days after the second day, Niu Niu had a low-grade fever intermittently and had no energy to run.

He kept following Su Xia around, being a bit clingy, which made Su Xia feel even more distressed. She could only secretly cook an egg for him and make some milk powder in the room. The accommodation environment really needed to be improved so that everything could be done more conveniently.

Chen's mother didn't go this week either. She was busy tidying up the vegetables in the vegetable garden and backyard.

Su Xia also followed Chen's mother and collected all the fruits and pickled them, even the sauerkraut.

That day, Su Xia and Chen's mother dug up their own potatoes and melons in the backyard. In two days, it would be time to dig up the team's. The rice has been harvested in the past two days.

While helping, Su Xia thought that time was almost up, and she really needed a kitchen. Sharing a kitchen would help improve the meals for the mother and daughter when the cat was out.

He glanced at Chen's mother who was digging watermelons nearby.

Su Xia thought about it and asked, "Mom, what do you think about me building a small kitchen connected to my bedroom on the east side?"

"It's also convenient to heat the kang in the east, so the room is warmer and it's convenient to drink hot water and cook. I'm afraid Niuniu will have a fever again if I run here in the middle of the day."

After hearing this, Chen's mother also felt that it would be easier for the eldest daughter to have a kitchen. After all, they were the only ones in the family, and there were no one else to worry about. They would just buy some, and after a long time, the second and third daughters' families would get angry again.

But when I thought about starting a new stove, I would need a pot. I had already repaired my own pot several times, so how could I get one for the old lady?

"To start a new stove, you need a big iron pot, but your parents can't get it for you."

Chen's mother said directly that she really had the ability to get it.

When Su Xia heard that there was a chance, she quickly said, "Go to the county town next time and send a telegram to Jianguo, asking him to get a few more industrial tickets. It's been so long, they should have arrived by now."

"Mom, I'm going to the county town tomorrow to pick up Jianguo's salary. Do you think there's anything I should take with me?"

When Chen's mother heard this, she didn't object and discussed it with her boss that night.

He gave Su Xia another two dollars, and asked her to take a bag of salt, matches and other things.

Su Xia didn't hesitate to take it and put it in her pocket.

The Chen family should be short of money. They have Chen Jianguo's pension of 5 yuan a month, a large labor force, and children. They don't have big expenses, so they should save money.

That night, Su Xia took out her savings and prepared to spend all of it.

I looked at the 2,000 yuan and the receipts I brought with me. The receipts were all new and valid for a long time.

Looking at it this way, I have 2,900 yuan in cash, 500 kilograms of food coupons and meat coupons, which is the bulk of it.

I also bought bicycle watches and other things later on, and I found an excuse to buy them.

First, remember what I'll buy tomorrow. Use the cloth and cotton to make a thin cotton coat and trousers for Niu Niu. She can wear it after the temperature drops. The ones I brought are too thick and can only be worn after it snows.

Then she decided to buy more supplementary food and keep it fresh in her own space. Su Xia thought that she just liked the feeling of stockpiling. In the past twenty years, supplies have been in short supply, so it is good to stockpile more.