Jiang Mi's voice was too loud. She was a carefree girl and her voice was much louder than others.

So everyone in the small family knew about it.

Pei's mother, who was busy cooking in the kitchen, was so happy that she almost dropped the bowl. She patted her chest with a lingering fear and told herself to calm down. This was a good thing.

Mr. Pei, who was burning the fire, blushed as he thought about his son who was still unconscious. The first thing his daughter-in-law did when she came back was to see him and kiss him. How much must she love her son?

Only ginger rice is bitter.

I handed in my homework, but then I got a bunch of new homework. After some work, I was back to square one. I almost cried with anger.

She was just too excited.

I thought that my eldest sister would definitely buy some delicious food when she went to town, and my second sister asked my eldest sister to bring some biscuits. If she finished her homework and my eldest sister was happy, she could eat them.

But how could this happen?

She also speaks faster than her brain.

Jiang Xi came out with a stern face, and her pretty face was extremely serious. Jiang Mi was frightened so much that he became as obedient as a quail. He didn't even dare to think about the food and went into the house dejectedly to finish his homework.

After scaring off his sister, Jiang Xi took a big gulp of cool water and touched his still warm ears.

Next time I must lock the door first.

But if the door is locked, will people think she is doing something weird in there?

After all, she has a criminal record.

Jiang Xi wanted to fight for the ground with her head, but luckily Pei's mother came over with the food, and she immediately handed over the meat and bones she had exchanged from the system: "Mom, we have to get busy soon. It's hot now, and it's even more miserable. I bought some meat and bones on the way. I'll stew the bones tonight first, and can we eat the pig's trotters with salt?"

Pei's mother actually felt embarrassed. She pretended not to hear what happened just now. She didn't have the acting skills to do it. She was also afraid that her daughter-in-law would be embarrassed. She had been arguing about something all the way, but in the end she was stuffed with a bunch of meat and bones.

She found something to say: "Why is there so much meat, and it's top quality pork belly. Oh my God, where did you buy it?! It's so scary. Don't go there again!"

Apart from the 'black market', there is no other place to buy such good meat at this time.

The black market is so scary.

Even though they knew there were good things there and their family had money, they still had to dare to go there? If they were caught, it would be a disaster!

Mother Pei's heart was pounding, but when she saw her daughter-in-law was safe and sound, she felt less scared.

Jiang Xi smiled apologetically: "I know, I just want to supplement you. I am the only one who doesn't work at home. How can I bear to see you suffer?"

Pei's mother said seriously, "What's there to be embarrassed about? You can't think like that. You have to take care of the third child at home, how tiring is that? You can sweat just by turning him over and massaging him, and you also have to wash clothes and wipe his body, isn't that the same?"

Jiang Xi laughed. How could it be the same?

But Pei's mother was afraid that she would think too much, so she told her vigorously that she was also very tired. After talking for a while, her mouth was dry. She then muttered as she carried the meat, bones, and pig's trotters to the kitchen.

When he arrived in the kitchen, he started muttering to Pei's father again.

Jiang Xi didn't mind such nagging, and even found it quite interesting. It is said that mother-in-law and daughter-in-law are naturally in opposition, and she is really lucky to have such a mother-in-law.

The meat was bought a little late, so the dinner was still the usual dishes. Father Pei also specifically warned Jiang Xi not to go to the black market for food, as it was too dangerous.

Pei's mother also echoed and almost had another one.

Jiang Xi listened and buried his head in his food, not daring to raise his head.

She started to stew the bone soup she brought back. She filled a jar with water and added ginger and other seasonings over a low fire on the stove and stewed it until the next morning. The method was similar for the pig's trotters, except that they were stewed in a jar in the stove.

This way the fragrance won't dissipate.

Pei's mother rubbed the remaining pork with salt and put it in well water, so it could be kept for a while.

Jiang Xi really didn't let Jiang Mi eat this dinner. The accumulation of knowledge is necessary. She believes that Jiang Yu and Jiang Mi must at least finish high school, so Jiang Mi, who has just started to cast the anchor, must not be treated lightly.

Jiang Mi felt very aggrieved because she was not allowed to eat. She hid in her room and cried.

Having been with these two children for such a long time, Pei's mother couldn't bear to hear the faint crying sounds in the room. She wanted to speak to Jiang Xi to make him give in, but every time she opened her mouth, Jiang Xi just laughed it off.

She also realized that although this girl looked gentle, she was actually very principled and would say no if she said no.

Just like she asked them to buy a cart and gave them the money.

Pei's mother didn't say anything more. After eating, she hurried out. She felt distressed if she stayed at home any longer, but she couldn't solve the problem, so she simply hid away.

It wasn’t completely dark after dinner.

We would also go to the homes of some familiar people to chat and talk about recent events, such as someone's chicken was stolen, and we would sit at the entrance of the village and curse for a long time, only to find out that his own son had secretly killed the chicken and eaten it, and he would be beating the child at home.

The half-grown child feeds his poor father.

Everyone sighed, and one person's eyes fell on Pei's mother, teasing: "Hey, you finally came out today? I asked you several times before, but you didn't come out. You stayed at home to serve your daughter-in-law."

These are just some narrow jokes.

People who don’t care won’t take it seriously, but people who care will find it offensive.

Mother Pei naturally didn't think much of it and said with a smile, "I was busy at home before. We have to start harvesting tomorrow, so I'll stop working and take a rest."

Several people nodded and were about to get to work. They needed to get enough rest tonight.

But some people don't think so. In the corner, Mrs. Zhang deliberately muttered, "They say that too many children are too much to raise at home. Don't you have two more children in your family? I heard that you haven't sent much food to your grandchildren recently. What's wrong? Do you really think those two children are your own granddaughters?"

Mother Pei's face fell, and she looked at her unhappily: "What's wrong? Did you watch whether I sent food or not? Are you watching my house all day long?"

Mrs. Zhang laughed and said, "How could that be possible? I just heard your daughter-in-law complaining. I heard that she really treated the girl brought by your precious daughter-in-law as a treasure and didn't even love her own grandson. If you ask me, you are really confused. Are you really good at kissing?"

The people chatting here looked around. Some frowned in disapproval, while others thought she was going too far but nodded, "It does make sense, Sister Guizhi. Don't be so confused. You'll regret it when you're old."

Mother Pei sneered, "I am old now, but I don't regret it. At least with these three children, I am living a much better life than before. Before, my husband and I took care of the third child while working, working ourselves to death every day, and never got a good word. Now it's different. The third child is well taken care of. The two young ones help with the small things at home. The dishes are washed by the two children. If I feel uncomfortable, my daughter-in-law will check my pulse. The brown sugar water at home is made by my daughter-in-law for me to drink every day. You know so much about what my grandson and son have given me. Why don't you tell everyone?"

Everyone: “…”

Is this really not inciting hatred?

Mrs. Zhang hesitated and refused to speak, while others said, "I am jealous of you. My son is a fool, but my daughter-in-law is very good. Not only did she give me a grandson, but she is also busy all day and keeps the house in order. She is indeed much better than my son."

"Yes, my daughter-in-law is really kind. Madam Jiang is very nice. I twisted my waist before, and she massaged it for me. She was sweating all over. She didn't ask me for any extra money. She just gave me two eggs. I was embarrassed, so I went back to make dumplings and gave her a bowl."

"If you ask me, her medical skills are pretty good. I haven't had a good rest since I gave birth to my first child. I feel uncomfortable everywhere. She gave me some medicine for two days and I feel refreshed."

"Yes, my husband couldn't defecate a while ago, so he just used the few movements Dr. Jiang taught him to rub his stomach, and now he doesn't have to squat in the toilet for half an hour anymore."

"Oh, you are so careless. You said all these things. Be careful or your man will beat you when he gets home."

The woman laughed fiercely: "He dares?!"

Everyone laughed, and someone concluded, "Dr. Jiang is really good at conditioning the body. My mother-in-law went to see him right away, and now she looks a lot younger, with fewer gray hairs, and her insomnia, constipation, and bad breath are all gone."

Pei's mother was unhappy at first, but after listening to everyone praising Jiang Xi, her mood improved and she didn't interrupt until she was mentioned. Then she said proudly: "She is really good in this aspect."

"Just be happy in secret!" someone said jealously.

Mother Pei smiled and didn't mind, but as soon as Mrs. Zhang opened her mouth, she would confront her.

It was very late and everyone went back to bed.

Pei's mother went back with a feeling of unfulfilled desire.

I haven't been out for a long time, and I didn't realize that Xiaoxi has such a good reputation. It's a pity that this village has somewhat buried her. It would be great if I could go to a more amazing place.

She sighed and returned home.

The old man must have returned a long time ago, and the house was quiet. She closed the door and was about to go in when she heard the sound of a little mouse gnawing on something coming from the two children's room.

She was just beginning to worry that the snacks might have been eaten by mice because they hadn't put them away properly.

Then I heard Jiang Yu whisper, "Eat slowly, my elder sister bought a lot, it's enough."

Jiang Mi mumbled, "Wuwu, I'm hungry. These cookies are so delicious. How can you buy so many with just 80 cents?"

Jiang Yu smiled: "My elder sister probably bought a little too much, probably because she wanted to give it to you. My elder sister is doing this for your own good, so don't be unhappy."

"I know." Jiang Mi said, biting another piece of biscuit and choking. She hurriedly urged: "Water, Second Sister, I want water!"

Jiang Yu quickly handed her water.

After listening for a while, Pei's mother suddenly understood. Although her daughter-in-law looked cold-hearted, she actually felt sorry for Jiang Mi. She even bought more biscuits, probably because she was afraid that Jiang Mi would eat all the fish and she would not be able to have any.

She looked at the darkness in the third brother's room, shook her head and smiled, then went into the room.

Late July

A large area of ​​rice has matured, and due to concerns about rain, each brigade has begun to organize the harvest.

It was still dark, a little after five o'clock, when it was barely visible, the loud speaker in the center of the village began to shout, "Assemble, assemble—"

Jiang Xi was woken up by the noise and heard Pei's parents getting up quietly outside the house.

The weather in late July was already very hot. Even without a thermometer, Jiang Xi felt that the temperature at noon was at least 39 degrees. If you go early, the air will still be moist and cool, so it won't be as hot as at noon, but you'll have to get up a little earlier.

Jiang Xi couldn't do anything for the moment, but she was too embarrassed to continue sleeping, so she got up as well.

When Pei's father saw her, he frowned and asked, "Why are you up so early?"

Mother Pei was also shocked and wanted to push her back to the house: "Why did you get up? Go back to sleep for a while. I guess you didn't sleep well after taking care of the third child at night."

Jiang Xi smiled and said, "It's okay. I went to bed early last night and I'm awake now. Dad and Mom, you guys go ahead. I'll make breakfast."

After eight o'clock, they will come back for breakfast.

"Why so early?"

Pei's mother grumbled, but seeing that she really didn't want to rest, she had to give up.

People outside were urging us to gather in a hurry. This was not the era of later generations where people needed to put on makeup. Basically, we had to gather in five or six minutes. If we went to play, we couldn't get a good seat and had to walk a long way.

The two of them said a few words quickly and ran out.

Jiang Xi yawned as he soaked the mung beans. He would make mung bean soup after breakfast and put it in well water. He would drink the cool soup when he came back at noon. It was very refreshing.

Pei's parents were busy outside and had no time to take care of things at home.

Cleaning, watering the vegetable garden, weeding and the like had to be left to the three of them. Jiang Xi was... not very familiar with this, and the original owner had never done it before. The two younger sisters did some of it with the help of Pei's parents, so the outside matters were left to them.

The three of them worked hard together and managed to keep the house in order, so that Pei's parents could have dinner when they came back at around eight in the morning.

What we eat is dough dumplings.

Jiang Xi originally planned to make hand-rolled noodles, but she overestimated her skills and did not knead the dough properly. She just made it into dry and crispy lumps, boiled them in water, and added some seasonings such as lard and soy sauce. Overall, it tasted quite good.

It was Pei's parents who felt sorry for the food.

Who wastes white flour like this?

Especially after taking two bites, I found several pieces of pig's trotters at the bottom of the bowl.

The pig's trotters that had been brined overnight were soft, tender, salty and fragrant. They were easily divided into pieces, with three pieces placed at the bottom of each person's bowl. The whole family enjoyed the delicious meal, and even after a long time, the taste of the brined pig's trotters could still be smelled in their mouths.

After resting for a while, the two went back to work. When leaving, each of them took a pot of sweet mung bean water, which relieved a lot of their fatigue.

Jiang Xi originally thought that no one would come to the clinic for treatment in the past few days. At this time, the work points are high, and no one is willing to waste time on seeing a doctor.

But that afternoon, two people came. They were educated youth, a man and a woman. They came to the village last fall and experienced summer harvest for the first time. They were sent here because they suffered from heatstroke.

Jiang Xi was worried about this, so he had already prepared some summer soup. He gave it to Pei's parents, Jiang Yu and Jiang Mi at noon. There was some left, which was just enough for the two of them.

Over the next two days, more and more people were sent here due to heat stroke.

However, most of them were in Zhoujia Village, after all, there was a legitimate team doctor there. Only people who lived in Peijia Village were sent there. The two educated youth on the first day were sent here because they happened to work near Peijia Village.

In the 1960s and 1970s, the cultivated area was extremely large, and there was no mechanized planting. When it came time to harvest, even if the whole family came out, it was not enough.

On the third day of the harvest, the team leader and several squadron leaders came with a loudspeaker to tell everyone to work overtime in the evening because the weather forecast said it would rain in the next two days.

The rice was ripe at this time, and each one was full. If you worked hard, a lot of rice would fall off. If it really rained, how much food would be lost? Therefore, no one in the village complained, and they all worked hard.

Try to get the rice planted before the rains come.

The empty warehouse was gradually filled up, and more and more people suffered from heatstroke. However, at the critical moment, no one took a rest, but just drank the heat-relief soup and left. Only a female educated youth who happened to be on her period stayed in the clinic for a while longer.

Jiang Xi naturally accompanied her, and used the herbs collected during this time and those bought from the system to make a whitening cream.

Honey was also added to it, which was sent by someone in the village after he had medical treatment. He said it was raised by a relative. This is pure natural honey, which is completely different from the real and fake honey in later generations.

She tried to do more, so that when the plunder was over, her two younger sisters would be clean.

The young woman looked around and saw that there were only two people in the room. The silence was a little uncomfortable. In order to ease the awkward silence between the two, she took the initiative to speak: "I didn't expect that such a remote place could have a doctor as good as Dr. Jiang."

As soon as she finished speaking, the female educated youth suddenly felt even more embarrassed.

What is she saying? Isn't this degrading to someone's hometown?

She quickly smiled awkwardly: "I'm sorry, I'm not good at talking and not very likable."

Jiang Xi smiled and shook his head: "It's okay, this is the truth, compared to the city, this place is much more remote."

There wasn't even a light.

But Jiang Xi feels that this village is much better than the future city. It is simple and warm. It is a pity that it has not developed yet. But soon, after a few years, the country's development will take off.

Seeing that she was kind, Mu Wan let go of the worry about saying something wrong. As an educated youth, she was an outsider here. The village here was relatively good. It was not too far from the town and the city, and it was not so xenophobic. The place where her eldest brother went to work was particularly xenophobic. Fortunately, he was a man, otherwise his life would have been more difficult.

Especially since she has been here for three years, she complains every now and then that there is no doctor here, and when she is bitten by mosquitoes, she has to go to the town to buy some mosquito repellent.

As a result, she was sent to the clinic on the first day because of heatstroke during her period. Not only did she rest for half a day, she also bought some insect repellent powder, which was very effective. After she sprinkled it in the house, not only were there no mosquitoes, but also all the common insects in the countryside.

The key is that it is much cheaper than in town.

Mu Wan also wanted to build a good relationship with her, so she racked her brains and said, "Hey, although it's a little remote, it's much better with you here. You don't know that I also had a heat stroke the day before yesterday and was sent to the team doctor. The heat-relief medicine he gave me tasted bad and was expensive, only 50 cents a bowl. The effect was not as good as yours. It made me feel energetic, but it made me want to vomit all day and I couldn't eat."

Jiang Xi was silent, thought for a moment, and said, "That's probably because he took too much medicine, so everything was too much, but it's not a big deal."

"I think so." Mu Wan did it again. There was nothing she could do. This village doctor was not a talkative person. She rolled her eyes and landed on Jiang Xi's hand. She was applying a brown paste on the back of her hand. She asked curiously, "What are you doing? I saw you added honey. Why are you applying it on your hand?"

Jiang Xi said casually: "This is beautiful...scar removal, it has some whitening effect, I'll try it."

Dressing up is not popular these days. If she were to make skin-whitening drugs, it might be considered capitalism in the mouths of those with ulterior motives, so she changed the subject.

But Mu Wan sat over directly when she heard it, and her pale face, which had been weak due to weakness, had a little color. She didn't care about scar removal, she just liked whitening her skin.

She touched her face. After so many years in the countryside, her face had become as black as coal.

She asked eagerly, "Does this thing really have a whitening effect?"

Jiang Xi said vaguely: "I think there should be."

"Will you sell me? How much?" Mu Wan slapped his thigh and quickly placed the order.

Jiang Xi looked at her hesitantly. She wanted to sell it, but wouldn’t that be a bad idea?

Mu Wan saw what she was thinking and said hesitantly, "I'm using this to remove scars. My arms are bleeding from cutting rice these days. You can apply this on me, just like prescribing medicine."

Jiang Xi nodded and said, "Okay, two yuan a box, it can be kept for three months. If you want it, come and get it when I'm done."

"OK--"

Suddenly, a loud shout from outside the house interrupted her words: "Sister-in-law, Dad's leg is broken, come and have a look!"