This feeling has nothing to do with romance, but rather with a trustworthy cooperative relationship.
Today, even though the children are not feeling well, the house still has to be built!
Old Wang returned home late yesterday. After learning that the children had been brought back, he took his two apprentices home. This morning, he rushed back anxiously, accompanied by his wife, Han.
After Han entered, she began chanting Amitabha Buddha. Knowing that the children had fevers, she agreed with Liu that it was caused by fright. The two older women immediately began to exorcise the evil spirits from the children.
The method of exorcising evil spirits is very simple: fill a coarse bowl with millet, cover it with a red cloth and turn it upside down. Then, circle the heads of the two feverish children three times to the left and three times to the right, chanting the children's names and scaring away the evil spirits!
The two children, who didn't have a fever, were also frightened and were listless at the moment, so we did the same thing to them!
After muttering these words, turn the bowl of rice upside down, uncover the red cloth, and you'll see that much of the millet has disappeared!
“Look, this must have attracted something unclean! Quickly fill it up again.” Liu said to Han. Normally, Qin San Niang didn’t believe in such things, so Liu felt like she had found a kindred spirit.
Han nodded, solemnly took the millet that Wu Chunhua had prepared, and filled the empty bowl with it. She did this twice more until the millet in the bowl stopped decreasing.
"Is that all?" Qin San Niang exclaimed in amazement, and asked in a low voice, afraid of waking the children.
It wasn't that she didn't believe it, but she found it a bit strange. In her opinion, the children must have been exposed to the wind and frightened yesterday, which caused their fever. Now that they had taken antipyretics and anti-inflammatory drugs, they should be fine, but she still had to be careful.
If her mother and the others' methods are effective, she will not object.
To her surprise, the bowl full of millet actually started to shrink. Could it really be some kind of evil spirit?! Having been raised with materialistic and atheistic beliefs, Qin San Niang found it a little hard to accept, but considering that she could transmigrate to this place, what was impossible?
"My dear niece, that's it! That evil spirit ate our fine grains and should leave once it's full! Don't worry!" Madam Han poured out the remaining millet, feeling a little regretful, as the millet could no longer be used and had to be thrown away.
Knowing about these things, Wu Chunhua took the millet outside and dumped it, trying to find a secluded place so as not to bring the evil spirits to others.
Old Mrs. Han was a hardworking woman. Her husband and son both worked at other people's houses. Ever since Qin San Niang brought over the grain, the children in her family could eat their fill! Old Man Wang also often brought food home, which included large chunks of meat and chicken legs. It was really delicious.
She felt that her family couldn't accept such kindness for nothing. When she heard yesterday that several children had been abducted, she couldn't sit still. So she came over today to see what she could do. Of course, she didn't intend to ask for wages; it was just a way of repaying Qin San Niang!
Hearing her say that, both Qin San Niang and Liu Shi were somewhat moved.
Thinking about how many things are going on at home right now, Wu Chunhua, Liao Hongying, and Pangya are all busy with their headband business. Besides doing their work in their spare time, they also need to deliver the headbands every three to five days!
The Liu family had to prepare meals for so many helpers. In addition, there were also many other chores such as tending the vegetable garden and cleaning. Both He Xiucai and Gu Qingshan had to go to the construction site to supervise the work. Even if they had time, the two grown men couldn't take care of so many children.
Old Han seemed to be a capable and shrewd old woman, and she and Liu had quite a bit in common. Qin San Niang decided to make the decision to let Han stay, where she would help pick vegetables, do cleaning and laundry, and look after the children.
These kids will definitely not dare to run around outside for a while, which is a good opportunity to restrain their personalities and let them study at home!
"Aunt Han, if you have nothing to do at home, I'd like to shamelessly ask you to work here for a few days. You'll just be helping your mother with chores. Women here get ten coins a day for work, and since I'm asking you to work, the price will remain the same! Lunch will be provided!" Having made this decision, Qin San Niang made it clear, as it was a pleasant one.
If we build our own house in the future and can't manage all the housework, we'll need to hire help. To help Liu adapt as soon as possible, we should start subtly influencing her now, otherwise she will definitely not agree.
“My dear niece, there’s no need for that. I came here genuinely to help out, how could I ask for wages?! Thank you for the rice and grain you gave us. To be honest, we were almost starving before.”
"You don't look down on us, and you even hired my old man to work. Our family's life is about to become prosperous. It's all thanks to you!" Mrs. Han said with gratitude.
“I heard about what happened to your child yesterday, and I was really worried. I thought I had to come and check on him as soon as possible. Even if I can just help by being a little observant, it would be good. Don’t worry, although I’m old and can’t do any heavy work, I’m still very careful when it comes to taking care of the children and doing housework!”
"Aunt Han, please don't say that. Uncle Wang and the others have worked very hard for our family, and they deserve all that! You and my mother are about the same age, so you should have something in common to talk about. Otherwise, my mother won't have anyone to chat with all day. You can chat while you're working! Please also help with the children and take good care of them!" Qin San Niang stopped worrying about the wages. If the work was done well, she could get paid along with the wages later. She didn't care about the small amount of money!
At first, Liu was confident that there was nothing difficult about the chores inside and outside the house!
Back when Third Aunt and the others were young, she had to go out to deliver babies, work in the fields, and manage the household affairs perfectly! In short, she never needed to ask anyone for help!
But ever since what happened yesterday, Liu's heart has not been completely at ease, so she no longer says that she can do anything! Having more people to keep an eye on the child is the most important thing, and besides, her eldest daughter is not short of money now!
Having figured it out, Liu warmly greeted Old Han. Old Han was also quick-witted and handled her manners very well, neither humble nor overly enthusiastic, yet making people feel very friendly. She was truly a person who knew how to act appropriately.
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