I didn't expect him to be so free and easy.
"I'll go to the street with you tomorrow."
Xie Linan looked up at her. "Why? Do you want to buy something?"
"Yes, it's like buying two quilts."
Xie Linan: "Isn't our quilt pretty good?"
Ye Xiaozhen said, "Our quilts are fine, but the quilts in your two younger brothers' rooms are not so good. They will be back the day after tomorrow."
Xie Linan ate another half bowl of rice and said, "What's wrong? It's good, we can't let them sleep too well."
Ye Xiaozhen said, "When I was drying the quilts yesterday, I found that they were all gnawed by mice and could no longer be used."
"What's the big deal? There are many rats in the village. Who's quilt is not bitten by rats? It's nothing."
"It's different. It's a big hole."
Xie Linan: “So big?”
"Yes, it must be because they don't have a home, and mice have made their house their nest. Besides, their quilt has been used so many times that it has turned black. It's time to replace it with a new one."
Xie Linan scratched his head and said, "Okay, let's get another cat."
"Cat?"
"Yes, rats are something that can't be eradicated even with rat poison. If we raise cats, the rats in our house will move to the next door, and our house will be safe."
Ye Xiaozhen: "Won't the neighbors be in trouble?"
Xie Linan smiled and said, "Then it's none of my business."
Ye Xiaozhen: "..." I thank you on behalf of my neighbor.
"You decide. Find a cat that can catch mice."
"That's right."
The next day, Ye Xiaozhen went into the city and thanked Xie Li again for coming to help, otherwise she would not be able to leave for even a single day with three kids to raise.
After buying a quilt, she took out some food from the kitchen and said that she bought it.
It was a piece of frozen cod. Xie Li didn't understand what it was and was very disgusted with it.
"Why is it a dead fish again? Xiaozhen, we buy fish for freshness, preferably the kind that is alive and kicking. Don't buy dead fish."
Ye Xiaozhen explained: "Big sister, this is a sea fish. If you bring it here from the coastal area, it will not survive."
"Tsk, tsk, why haven't I seen this kind of dead fish for sale? Are the places that sell sea fish and river fish different?"
"Yes, not just one place."
"I'll go with you next time."
Ye Xiaozhen: “…”
"OK."
She agreed to come and talk about it later.
With three kids to take care of, there is no chance for them to go shopping together for the time being.
They can already sit for a while, and Ye Xiaozhen helps them sit for a while every day.
I played with them using toys and listened to their babbling voices, and the whole house became lively.
Seeing Lin Xinghua's exhausted face, Ye Xiaozhen said to him, "Grandpa, I'll take care of them. You go and have some rest."
Lin Xinghua smiled and said, "It's okay, I'm not tired."
"Go and have a rest. I know you need to take a nap."
"Oh, okay."
He now walked with a slight limp even in his custom-made shoes.
Xie Li looked at him and sighed, "I think Grandpa is really old. He used to be busy from morning till night and never felt tired, but now he gets out of breath after walking a lot."
Everyone has to take this step. He is over 70 years old, so he is not old anymore.
"Well, they've all grown up, so he doesn't have to worry about anything anymore."
Xie Li and Ye Xiaozhen went together to make beds for the two children. For so many years, they had been sleeping in the same bed, with the same mattress and covered with the same quilt.
It’s okay to say they are small, they are already this big, Ye Xiaozhen doesn’t feel good.
"Sister, do you think it's time for them to sleep in separate beds?"
"Separate beds?" Xie Li was a little confused. "Why do we need separate beds?"
"They both have one semester left before they graduate from junior high school. They're already adults, so why don't they sleep in separate beds?"
Xie Li smiled and said, "That's it? No need, anyway, the two boys can sleep together to save space, and we can separate them when they find a partner in the future."
This……
Well, in that case she was too lazy to say anything.
If they bring it up on their own initiative, we will help them to divide it; if they don’t bring it up, then forget it.
The next day, they came back from school, carrying a lot of books with them, which they stuffed all over the bed.
Ye Xiaozhen looked down and guessed that there was a rat's nest under the bed.
I don’t know when Xie Linan will be able to bring the cat back.
Thinking this, a few days later, Xie Linan really brought back a kitten.
It is a tabby cat wearing a pair of white gloves.
Ye Xiaozhen liked it so much that she reached out to hug it, but it grinned and nagged at her again.
Xie Linan immediately stepped aside, holding its hindquarters.
"Don't touch it, this little guy is very stubborn and timid."
Looking at the sharp tongue, Ye Xiaozhen didn't dare to touch it.
"What should we do? It won't run away, will it?"
"It's okay. I'll lock it up in the second and third children's rooms. It will be fine after a few days."
Xie Linli, "Why put it in our room?"
"There are many rats in your house."
"What if it catches us?"
"Don't mess with it, it won't catch you."
Xie Linli.
Xie Linqi happily accepted it.
"Brother, I'll prepare a nest and a bowl for it."
"Well, let's go buy another fish. We can have fish tonight and feed the cats as well."
Ye Xiaozhen: "Can it eat fish when it's so small? How about I give it some milk powder to try?"
"Hey, sister-in-law, that milk powder is so expensive, how can it be used to feed a cat?"
놇In her impression, what else can a kitten be fed with if not milk powder?
"Since we have raised it, we can't complain about spending money on it."
"No, I'll make some rice milk for it later. I'll save the milk powder at home for my nephews and nieces."
Ye Xiaozhen smiled and said, "That's fine."
The cat was so tiny that she really doubted whether it was even bigger than a mouse. Could it really catch a mouse?
Then something amazing happened. The kitten that was still breastfeeding caught a mouse that day. The mouse was about the same size as itself.
When Xie Linan wanted to help it, it threatened him with its howling sound, and then dragged the mouse to the cat's nest with great effort.
Xie Linan smiled and said, "Isn't this little guy amazing? He can catch mice at such a young age."
Ye Xiaozhen swallowed in surprise and nodded slightly.
"The man who gave me this cat has many cats, and he said this one is the best in the litter."
Like a little tiger, it's really powerful.
I hope its arrival can really solve the rat infestation at home.
…
Another day passed in the blink of an eye. This was the second day that Ye Xiaozhen had spent here. She had been here for two and a half days.
Xie's second uncle and his family came back as usual, but today, the third uncle and his family did not come back.
Fortunately they knew what was right, otherwise they would have been embarrassed.
Xie Linsen brought back his new wife Huang Linlin.
Huang Linlin had her hair in two small braids that young girls like, with a small red flower tied on each braid, making her look younger.
She was quite outgoing and as soon as she arrived, she enthusiastically called everyone Grandpa, Big Brother, Big Sister, Big Sister... After greeting them all, she enthusiastically took Ye Xiaozhen's arm.
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