Chapter 6 Chapter 006 Second call.
Xie Yaer put her sleeping daughter in the quilt, then got up carefully, exchanged a glance with her mother-in-law, and the two of them went to the place farthest from Qin Yuan in the room and talked in a low voice.
"Daughter-in-law, you have delicate hands. You should take out the ointment yourself and put it away. Apply it to Youyou every day. As for how to deal with this white porcelain bottle, you know better than me."
Liu Chunhua liked this daughter-in-law who came from a noble family very much. When Xie Yaer married into the Qin family, she was marrying down from the bottom. In addition to some money, she also brought some books, which were just right for the children of the Qin family to learn. However, it was impossible for ordinary people to become officials these days. They had to rely on family recommendations. It was good enough that the grandchildren did not become blind.
Therefore, no matter how difficult the Qin family was, they never thought of selling their daughter-in-law's books.
"Yes, mother-in-law, I'll do it right away." Xie Yaer nodded and washed her hands. Then she began to use her delicate fingers to dig out the medicine from the white porcelain medicine jar. The refreshing fragrance of pears filled her nose, and her red hands, which were frozen, became a little hot when they touched the plaster.
This is the effect of the medicine.
After a while, she dug out all the ointment, then carefully placed the small bowl of ointment in her box, and then followed her mother-in-law to clean the white porcelain bottle. She felt the fragrant smell of the medicine on her hands.
"Mother-in-law, about Youyou's matter..." Xie Yaer hesitated to speak, and Liu Chunhua immediately understood what her daughter-in-law meant.
"Let's not talk about it for now. There are so many people at home and it's a mess. Let's take our time."
Liu Chunhua knew that everyone in her family had good intentions, but if the interests were too great, problems would easily arise. It would be better to take it slow and make everyone in her family feel grateful to Youyou.
The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law decided on this matter with just a glance, all for Qin Yuan's sake.
Qin Yuan didn't know all this, and she didn't know that Liu Chunhua deliberately asked her daughter-in-law to handle the ointment so that she could apply it to her frostbitten hands. It's just that the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law didn't gossip much, and when Qin Yuan woke up again, it was almost time for dinner.
That’s right, the dinner time is in the afternoon. Qin Yuan saw that it was still white outside and not dark yet, so she guessed it was around 3:30.
The Qin family today, or in the Dayong Dynasty, should have two meals a day. Breakfast is around ten o'clock in the morning, and dinner is before five o'clock, around five o'clock in the summer and three or four o'clock in the winter.
Qin Yuan was in good health because Xie Yaer and her husband would always secretly leave some food for her, and Liu Chunhua would also give Qin Yuan extra meals.
"Youyou, are you awake? Mommy will take you to dinner. Your grandpa, uncles and daddy are all back~" Xie Yaer's voice was filled with a smile when she mentioned her husband. She picked up her daughter from the bed and held her firmly in her arms.
When Qin Yuan was sleeping, Liu Chunhua had already gone to cook with the other two daughters-in-law, and the men of the Qin family who had gone out before dawn had also returned with a full load.
The winter is very cold, and the rich people burn charcoal in their houses and use firewood in the kitchen. Poor families are not so particular. They store some firewood in advance in summer and autumn, and reduce the number of times they cook in winter to save firewood.
The Qin family had many men, and after it snowed in winter, they felt bored staying at home, so they went to a place farther away from Qinjia Village to chop firewood.
When Xie Yaer carried Qin Yuan to the dining room, Qin Yuan saw her grandfather, uncles and father in this life sitting there. To be honest, it looked a little weird.
According to Qin Yuan's visual estimation, her grandfather Qin Dali is probably less than 1.5 meters tall, but her grandmother is over 1.7 meters tall. The two of them are in a sister-brother marriage, and fortunately, the sons born to them inherited their grandmother's genes. They are all tall and strong, and are over 1.7 meters tall.
Uncle Qin Shan is the tallest person in the family. To the five-year-old Qin Yuan, he is like a giant. She dares to say that he must be 1.9 meters tall. Moreover, because of chopping wood for a long time, his arms are full of tendon meat in the summer.
"Yo yo! Come, let daddy hold you!!!" Qin Yu's face was immediately filled with joy when he saw his wife coming over with their daughter in her arms. Every time he went out, he was most worried about his wife and daughter. Now seeing his daughter being well-behaved and adorable with a slightly rosy cheek, he smiled foolishly.
"Daddy, hold me!"
Qin Yuan stretched out her hand towards the other party, and Qin Yu hugged her daughter in her arms, and lifted up her clothes to let her daughter touch her skin. Even in winter, men are full of passion, and the skin touching their skin is always warm. Qin Yuan likes to use it to warm her hands.
As soon as Qin Yu picked up her daughter, she smelled the scent of pears, which made her feel a little strange, but since everyone in the family was there, she didn't ask directly.
Others also came over to tease Qin Yuan, calling her "yo yo" all the time, showing great love for her.
"Uncle went out and caught a rabbit for Yoyo this time. Can you ask your aunt to make you a little hat? The white little rabbit hat suits Yoyo best~"
This time when he went to chop wood, he found an uninhabited forest. Unexpectedly, he was lucky and found a rabbit hole at the roots of a tree. However, the rabbits were too clever, and he could only catch a big white rabbit after much effort. He probably could only make a hat for Youyou.
Qin Shan also has a daughter named Qin Yue, who is fifteen years old this year. She is not married yet, but is engaged. He is grateful to his sister-in-law for teaching his daughter embroidery skills, and he thinks of Qin Yuan when he has any good things.
"Thank you, uncle~" Qin Yuan thanked him obediently. She was the most polite and well-behaved child in the family, which made the adults feel distressed.
"And me, your second uncle also brought you something good! Look what this is?"
Qin Yuan looked over and saw her second uncle, Qin Shu, open his palms. In one hand was a bright red fruit – hawthorns! In the other hand were small brown fruits – chestnuts!
When her eyes lit up, they were big and round, so cute that they made Qin Shu laugh.
"This is a sour fruit, you can't eat it, but you can ask grandma to make you some sweet and sour water to drink. And here are these brown chestnuts. I just found a bag of them from the squirrel's stockpile. They're quite big. Cook them and give them to Youyou as a snack, okay?"
Children can only eat a few things, and they are all soft. Qin Shu put a lot of thought into bringing these back.
"Thank you, uncle. I like it~"
As Qin Yuan spoke softly, Qin Shu smiled even more. He had three children in total, and his youngest daughter was eight years old this year. She was at the age of being tough, but she was always playing cats and dogs, causing neighbors to complain. How could she be as cute as her younger brother's daughter, Yoyo?
Besides, the three children in the family needed their sister-in-law to teach them to read, so Qin Shu didn't know what to send them, so he found different ways to bring delicious food for Youyou.
The other children of the Qin family brought out bowls, chopsticks and food from the kitchen. They were not jealous of their father teasing Youyou and were even used to it. After all, they liked Youyou too. Although Youyou didn't like to talk, she always smelled sweet and had a milky aroma. The bean sprouts they ate last winter made them very happy.
After a while, everyone in the Qin family sat down at the dinner table in a lively atmosphere. In such a family, there was no custom of having men and women sit at separate tables. After all, Qin Dali was willing to listen to his wife on everything, and Liu Chunhua was the head of the family.
During the day, when his sons went to chop firewood, he followed them in order to carry more firewood for the family. This time, the firewood chopped by the whole family in one day was enough to burn for half a month.
The food had already been distributed, and everyone began to eat in silence. It wasn't that they didn't talk while eating or sleeping, but they were simply hungry.
The table was filled with slurping sounds of people eating, which was not polite. Xie Yaer thought it was a bit strange when she first got married, but now she has gotten used to it.
She fed her daughter porridge with minced meat, and the whole family drank it. Although Liu Chunhua was partial, all the children in the family were her own. Her family was a butcher, so she certainly knew that eating more meat would make people healthier and less likely to get sick.
It is better to have more meat to eat on a regular basis than to worry about spending several taels of silver every time someone in your family gets sick.
When they were almost done eating, Liu Chunhua spoke directly.
"Big Mountain, Big Tree, Heavy Rain, the three of you will take my third daughter-in-law to the county tomorrow. She wants to visit Magistrate Zhang's wife."
She gave a direct order without saying what the visit was for, and Qin Shan nodded immediately.
"Mom, don't worry, we will definitely protect my sister-in-law."
It was winter and the outside was covered in snow. It was not easy to walk from Qinjia Village to the county in an hour. Only the strong men of the Qin family could make the journey back and forth.
Qin Shu and Qin Yu also nodded quickly, never daring to disobey their mother's orders.
"Well, I'm still relieved about you guys, but the third daughter-in-law is weak and gave birth early. Tomorrow you will carry the sedan chair out, especially you, heavy rain, protect your daughter-in-law."
The three of them nodded again. This sedan was actually a sedan that was carried by two people. After Xie Yaer came to the Qin family, Liu Chunhua specially asked a carpenter to make it. She had once carried Xie Yaer to see a doctor.
Although there was snow outside, the three brothers Qin Shan, Qin Shu and others were in very good health and had good speed, so nothing would happen to them.
Qin Yuan said nothing. She had long been accustomed to the one-man show of Qin's grandmother. She simply thought that grandmother was the smartest person in the family!!!
"Grandma, let me go too. I can take turns carrying Aunt with Dad and uncles. I'm very strong!" Qin Niu Niu also spoke. He is Qin Yuan's eldest cousin. He is eighteen years old this year. He is engaged but not married yet. As his name suggests, he is very strong.
"Well, then you go too." Liu Chunhua didn't think much about it. Even though several sons had left, Qin Hu and Qin Xiong from the second son's family were still at home, so no one dared to provoke them.
No one asked too many questions at the dinner table. Whatever my mother said was what she meant. After the meal, the sky began to get dark, and everyone started to go back to their own rooms. After all, it was cold in winter, and it was very cold when the temperature dropped after dark.
Each family returned to their own room and huddled together with the children to spend the night. They didn't talk much about what happened that day, and their tired bodies soon fell asleep.
Qin Yuan was also held in her mother's arms and fell into a deep sleep after a while, completely different from her previous habit of staying up late.
Qin Yu looked at his wife, wanting to say something but stopping himself. Xie Yaer just shook her head and said nothing more.
In the past, Xie Yaer thought that she would marry a young man from a noble family. She had seen such luxury when she followed her parents to the host family in the capital. But now she was marrying into a peasant family. Qin Yu could not even read a word, and only his face was handsome. Xie Yaer had accepted her fate. In addition, she had such a daughter, so she had accepted her husband.
Qin Yu was also afraid of his wife. He felt that his wife was as noble as the clouds in the sky, and his daughter was also a prodigy who was born with knowledge. Qin Yu was afraid that he could not protect his wife and daughter, so he was always a little humble in front of his wife and daughter.
When his wife closed her eyes and fell asleep, he secretly used his eyes to picture the appearance of his wife and daughter, and then he smiled secretly.
The next day came in a flash. Everyone got up early. After Qin Yuan had dinner with her mother Xie Yaer, she was sent to her grandmother's arms. She watched as her uncle and second uncle lifted up the sedan chair for two people. Her mother sat on it with her face protected by a hemp cloth. Her father and brother Niu Niu were on either side of her. Qin Yuan felt relieved and watched the other person's figure disappear.
Then she was carried to her grandmother's room and put on the bed.
Qin Yuan was bored, so she just summoned her cell phone. Knowing that her grandmother couldn't see it, she felt no pressure.
Unexpectedly, as soon as I turned on my phone, my daughter called.
Liu Chunhua, who was lying in bed with her, seemed not to see it. In her eyes, her granddaughter Youyou was staying obediently in her arms.
Since the phone can't see, then can't I hear the calls I make on it?
Thinking of this, Qin Yuan chose to answer the call directly, and the next second her daughter Qin Huan's appearance appeared on the phone.
"Mom! I see you again! Are you okay?"
Qin Huan was so excited yesterday that he naturally stayed overnight in the hospital. He got up early this morning, calculated the time, and couldn't wait to call. When he saw the little girl with messy hair in the video, he was extremely happy.
Qin Yuan turned her head to look at her grandmother, and sure enough, her grandmother had no reaction. It seemed that she could not hear the sound of the phone, nor could she see the person on the phone.
This made Qin Yuan feel more at ease. It seemed that this mobile phone gold finger belonged to her and no one else could take it away.
"I'm fine. I applied the frostbite cream you gave me yesterday, and my hand doesn't hurt anymore. You also asked my mother in this life to take the white porcelain bottle of frostbite cream out to exchange for money so that my family here can live better."
After hearing what his mother said, Qin Huan finally breathed a sigh of relief, but he still felt sorry for his mother and immediately said.
"Then Mom, can I send you a down jacket today? You're only five years old, so I can send you an adult down jacket. Wrap yourself up in it and you'll be warm! No! In addition to the down jacket, I also bought a big fur coat yesterday. It's just that the fur coat is too heavy to be sent by express delivery. Mom, you'll have to put up with the down jacket for now..."
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