"Three serving bowls, five pairs of bowls and chopsticks. After your uncle and his friends leave, I will take back a serving bowl and three bowls."
In these matters, Cao Zhaodi's inherent stinginess allowed her to bargain without fear of danger.
"Three vegetable bowls, not one less."
"Okay, that's it." Facing Hu Lin's cold expression, Cao Zhaodi had reached her limit by holding on until now, so she said hurriedly and fled.
Li Aihua watched Cao Zhaodi as if she was being chased by a ghost, and she felt inexplicably excited.
"Let's go and pick wild vegetables." Hu Lin walked in front, not in a good mood.
Li Aihua didn't know how to comfort her and kept frowning all the way.
Halfway through the journey, Hu Lin instructed Li Aihua, "We need to keep our things separate from the things that the old woman brought, and we also need to cook separately.
Whatever she brought should be used for the people in the third room, and while the third room is here, don’t use the oil residue.”
“Hey!”
After things were discussed, Cao Zhaodi and people from the third room came over early in the morning. At that time, Hu Xiaoyi had gone to work and didn't know about this.
After taking a look at the things Cao Zhaodi brought, Hu Lin ignored them and asked the people from the third room to clean up their rooms by themselves.
Cao Zhaodi was really nice to the people in the third room. She brought twenty eggs, a can of pickles, a can of bean paste, a can of pickled cabbage, and a lot of staple food as well.
After Cao Zhaodi helped to make the bed, Hu Lin said, "Why is there no oil? Do you want Uncle San and his family to be vegetarians?"
"They only eat breakfast here." Cao Zhaodi glared at Hu Lin.
"Then you don't wash your face and take a bath here with us?"
Hu Lin teased,
"We only have one bucket and one wash basin. We are very poor. Everything we have is only enough for our family of three."
"Why are you in such a hurry? I'll bring it to you later." Cao Zhaodi didn't want to lose face in front of her wife and grandchildren in the city, so she agreed immediately.
At the same time, she secretly cursed Hu Lin for being cunning and not letting her take any advantage.
After sorting out the matter, Hu Lin said nothing more. Li Aihua put the things that Cao Zhaodi brought on the kitchen stove.
The earthen stove was not big, and it became crowded with all their things in it.
Fortunately, Hu Xiaoyi built a chest of drawers and put all the things in the house in it, otherwise there would be no room for them.
"Aunt, can you help us find a place to put our clothes?" Hu Fengfeng asked quickly when she saw Li Aihua finished her work.
She thought that Li Aihua was Hu Lin's mother, and as long as she agreed, Hu Lin would have nothing to say.
But she was wrong. She would have a better chance of success if she found Hu Xiaoyi than Li Aihua.
Li Aihua did not respond to her niece's request immediately, but glanced at Hu Lin.
When Hu Fengfeng saw Li Aihua's actions, she was surprised that Li Aihua was actually seeking the opinion of Hu Lin, a five-year-old child.
Hu Fengfeng looked at Hu Lin in surprise and found that Hu Lin was looking at her leisurely.
Her heart skipped a beat, and for a moment she felt as if she had been seen through.
"How can you ask my mom about something like this? Shouldn't you ask the milkman who sent you here?"
She was too lazy to deal with Hu Fengfeng's despicable tactics, so she directly pointed the finger at Cao Zhaodi and let them fight it out on their own.
Wang Shuhua felt angry when she saw Hu Lin's arrogant attitude.
Hu Defu quickly tried to smooth things over, "It's Fengfeng who is being presumptuous. We only come back once or twice a year and we're not familiar with our relatives. It's normal that my sister-in-law doesn't want to lend it.
Mom, do you have any empty baskets or boxes at home? We can use them for a while, otherwise these clothes for several people will have to be placed on the bed."
Hu Defu said this beautifully, retreating in order to advance.
"Yes, we have plenty at home. Don't worry, son, we will give them to you when we go home." Cao Zhaodi said with concern.
Hu Lin looked at the deep love between mother and son in front of him and felt a little annoyed. He got up and went back to the room, closing the door with a "click".
The people in the three rooms in the house were stunned for a moment when they heard this, and then Cao Zhaodi took their family of five away.
Li Aihua looked at the people who left, then looked at the closed door. She was at a loss for a moment and then went to the vegetable garden at the back to apply fertilizer.
Today is the day when Lao Zheng delivers the manure.
Logically speaking, since her family and Lao Zheng are so familiar with each other, they should meet often, but so far she has only met Lao Zheng a few times.
Every week, feces would appear in her family's private plot as scheduled, but Lao Zheng was always nowhere to be found.
Hu Lin heard that it was finally quiet outside the house and began to concentrate on stretching his ligaments.
After dinner, Hu Xiaoyi was still making furniture outside the house. Although the furniture at home was barely enough, he still planned to make more as a backup.
Not long after they started working, Hu Xiaoyi's family saw Hu Defu's family coming over with baskets and iron buckets.
Not knowing what was going on, he stood up to greet the family, "What are you doing?"
Hu Defu was also a little surprised when he saw Hu Xiaoyi's surprised expression, "Brother, don't you know?
We will stay at your house for a while. Didn't my sister-in-law tell you?"
Hu Defu was surprised about Hu Xiaoyi's family situation.
The pillar of the family didn’t even know about such a big thing!
Hu Xiaoyi licked his lips and replied dryly, "I really don't know."
He and Li Aihua hardly spoke unless necessary.
But Li Aihua didn't tell him about this, which made him very angry.
Hu Defu smiled and said politely, saving face for Hu Xiaoyi, "It must be that my sister-in-law was too busy so she forgot."
Hu Xiaoyi had no choice but to nod in agreement.
"I'm sorry to bother you during this time, big brother." Hu Defu led his family into the house, "It's a good opportunity for us two brothers to get closer."
"That's true." Hu Xiaoyi agreed and followed him into the house.
As soon as they entered the door, the group ran into Hu Lin who was coming out of the kitchen to rinse his mouth with water, and the scene became quiet for a while.
Hu Lin glanced at them and went out to rinse her mouth. Hu Fengfeng, who was blocking her way, consciously moved aside.
"Brother, this kid..." Hu Defu hesitated to speak.
He reached out and patted Hu Xiaoyi's shoulder with an expression that said, "I understand." This immediately won Hu Xiaoyi's heart, and he felt that Hu Defu understood his difficulties.
"Do you want to take a shower? I'll boil some water for you." Hu Xiaoyi suddenly became genuinely enthusiastic.
"Thank you, uncle." Hu Fengfeng said obediently and glanced at the twin brothers.
The twin brothers also followed suit and thanked him.
Hu Xiaoyi felt relieved after hearing this and looked at Hu Defu with envy, "Third brother, your children are so sensible!"
He would be thankful if the bitch was half as sensible as them.
"It's the same. They were also naughty when they were young." Hu Defu modestly said, "Look at my white hair. It's all because of them."
The twins listened and pouted.
Their ears are so tired of hearing their dad's words that are pretending to be humble but are actually showing off.
If it weren't for their sister, they wouldn't bother to act with her.
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