"I can only tell you one bedtime story before bed. If you go to bed obediently, I will tell you another one tomorrow. If you don't, I won't tell you another one. Besides, I'm tired and want to sleep. Let's sleep together, okay?"
The two girls stopped making noise as soon as they heard it, "Aunt, we will be obedient and sleep together." After a while, faint breathing sounds were heard in the room.
The child's sleep quality is really good, he falls asleep as soon as he is told to. Although it is early, Chunxiao has not rested during the day, so he fell asleep soon after.
When she got up in the morning, the children were already awake, so she quickly got dressed.
In the yard, Yan Dahe was sorting the firewood he had brought back yesterday, Zhang was feeding the pigs in the pigpen, and Pan'er was feeding the chickens in the chicken coop. Seeing her come out, Pan'er put down the bowl in her hand and ran over, "Auntie, did you sleep well last night? My sister and I were obedient and went to bed when you said so."
Chunxiao touched her head and smiled at her, "I know you are obedient. Auntie slept well. How about Duo'er?"
"Duo'er went with Shuwen Wenfeng and the others to pick weeds for the pigs." Zhang came out of the pigpen. "Little sister, the kitchen has prepared salt water for rinsing your mouth. There's hot water in the pot. Go wash your face."
Chunxiao went to the kitchen to get a bowl for rinsing her mouth, took the bowl to the vegetable garden to rinse her mouth, and then fetched water to wash her face.
"Dad and big brother are going to find the head of the village later. Do you want to go?" Yan Dahe washed his hands with the water she used to wash her face.
She wanted to go, but she was no longer a resident of Yanjia Village, so it was not her turn to speak. "I won't go. I'll just wait for news at home."
Dahe nodded, "Just get up and go over there when Mom tells you to."
Chunxiao left the west yard and entered the east yard. She saw Zhou also feeding the pigs in the pigpen. "Mom, do you need help?"
"No, no, I asked your sister-in-law to cook some porridge for you, go and have some." She was adding slop into the trough.
Chunxiao came to the kitchen. Tian was cleaning the pot for cooking pig food. Seeing her, she pointed at the pot with her mouth and said, "The porridge is in the small pot. My hands are dirty. You can add it yourself."
"When did our family develop the habit of eating breakfast?" In rural areas, people only eat lunch and dinner when it is not the busy farming season.
"No, I don't eat breakfast, but mother said you need to nourish your body, so I'll make some breakfast these days. There are pickles in the jar over there, you can add some yourself."
Chunxiao felt that her mother was not doing this right. Even though her sister-in-law didn't say anything, it would be bad if she felt resentful. "Sister-in-law, you don't have to cook for me in the future. I'm not used to eating breakfast either."
"Listen to your mother and eat more these days. If there's not enough food, you won't be able to eat anything you want. Fortunately, the harvest is good this year, so you don't need a bite of food."
Chunxiao sat by the stove with a bowl of porridge in her hand. After she finished eating and washed the bowl, she saw Yan Bingfa and Yan Dashan coming back from the vegetable garden.
"Dad, big brother."
"Your elder brother and I will go find the village head right now. You just wait for news at home." Yan Bingfa looked at her and said, "Give me your divorce papers."
Chunxiao went to Zhou to get the divorce papers and handed them to Yan Bangfa, "Dad, we should try our best to get that house."
"I understand." After saying that, Yan Bingfa took Yan Dashan out.
The two of them came back about half an hour after they went out. Chunxiao was helping Zhou move out the radishes that had not been dried yesterday, and the sun was out.
"How is it?" Zhou asked with concern.
"Let's talk inside." Yan Bingfa went to the dining table in the main hall and sat down. "Xiaoqi, go next door and call your second uncle over."
Zhou and Chunxiao sat down next to him. Not long after, Yan Dahe and Zhang came over. Seeing this, Tian knew that her father had something to say, so she sent Yan Qi out to play and stood next to Yan Dashan.
"Today I went to see the village head and told him that Chunxiao and Li wanted to return to the village to register as household members. The head said that registering as a household member is not difficult, but that we need to buy property. Only with property can we register with the government. Chunxiao wanted the house at the end of the village, so I asked about the price of that piece of land. The head was quite reasonable and understood Chunxiao's difficulties. He said that if we really wanted to live there, there was about two acres of flat land. If the location was right, he would give us two taels of silver and we could do whatever we wanted with the house."
Chunxiao was delighted. Two taels of silver for two acres was a very cheap price. She had originally thought that the place was so barren, and at about two taels per acre, she could just buy one acre of land. It would be enough to renovate the house and grow vegetables on the side. She didn't expect that she could actually get the two acres of land. It was really a surprise.
Yan Bingfa looked at them and said, "I've already agreed to this. I called you here today to discuss the two taels of silver. You all know Chunxiao's situation; she definitely can't take it." Yan Bingfa winked at Chunxiao, signaling her to be silent. "You two brothers should share the two taels of silver. Each of you should contribute one tael. I know there are many children in your family, and we can't save much, but brothers and sisters should help each other. Please express your support."
Zhang glanced at Yan Dahe, lowered her head and said nothing. Tian glanced at the mountain beside her and saw that he looked normal. She knew that the father and son must have discussed it on the way. "Dad, although we are poor, we can still take one or two taels of silver. I have no objection."
Yan Dashan looked at him with admiration, thinking that his wife was indeed sensible.
Zhang tugged at Dahe's sleeve when she heard Tian say this. Yan Dahe hesitated for a moment and said, "Since my sister-in-law has said so, we will definitely take the one tael of silver as well." The old couple was still a bit partial. Chunxiao clearly had five taels of silver in her hand, but they kept it for her. However, he thought that Chunxiao would rely on these five taels of silver to make a living in the future, so he didn't care. It would be Chinese New Year soon, and they would make a lot of money by slaughtering the New Year pig. He would just save it for next year.
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