"good".
Xiao Lei tied a bundle of firewood together with vines and dragged it home.
"Take your time, don't rush. Actually, dragging firewood is quite heavy."
Wei Yuyan should have known better than to cut so much.
It only took two ten-minute walk to get home, and we unloaded the firewood into the yard.
They immediately headed into the woods without stopping, and Wu Lei also carried a basket on his back.
Wei Yuyan carried two bundles of firewood and dragged a tree branch, Wu Lei carried a bundle of firewood and dragged a tree branch, Xiao Pang dragged two tree branches, and Xiao Qian dragged a tree branch. They finished dragging just enough.
"Little Fatty, take the two pieces of firewood you just dragged back home later."
After arriving home, everyone sat down to drink boiled water. Wei Yuyan then asked Xiao Pang to bring the firewood home later.
"No need, sister-in-law, I just really want to help you with the work."
Little Fatty waved his hand, saying that he didn't usually do these things; his mother only wanted him to study hard.
"No, you can't just take it. You can't have worked for nothing. Listen to me, take it home, your mother will definitely be happy." (You got up early but there was no food to eat.)
Wei Yuyan insisted that he take it home, otherwise she would be in the wrong.
"Okay then, I'm going home."
Little Fatty hugged the two tree branches and went home.
Wei Yuyan and the children didn't rest either. After drinking water, they chopped up the remaining four branches, arranged them neatly, and piled them in the kitchen.
The kitchen is quite large, but in winter, when we chopped a lot of firewood and there wasn't enough space, we put it in Wu Lei's room.
"Mother, I'm back."
Little Fatty returned home panting, and boldly tossed aside the two large tree branches.
"Hey, Fatty, is the sun rising in the west? Weren't you supposed to be going to Wu Lei's house for dinner? Why are you back from chopping firewood?"
The chubby girl's mother, who was washing clothes, was overjoyed; her little chubby son had finally become sensible.
"After waking up from my afternoon nap, Wu Lei's sister-in-law went to chop firewood. Wu Lei and I went to help her. When we came back, his sister-in-law insisted that I bring these two pieces of firewood back with me."
Little Fatty lay down on the chair; he had really done a lot of work today.
"Oh my, Wu Lei's sister-in-law is really a polite person. Little Fatty, what did you have for lunch today?"
When Little Fatty's mother first heard him say he was going to Wu Lei's house for dinner, she disagreed.
Wu Lei's family is poor and they don't even have enough food to eat. It's impolite of him to eat so much.
Next, Xiao Pang said that Wu Lei's family was having fried pork cracklings today, and he insisted on going. Xiao Pang's mother couldn't persuade him otherwise and told him to eat less.
"I ate big... cornbread, stir-fried pork cracklings with chili peppers, and cabbage with pork cracklings for lunch today."
Wu Lei's sister-in-law is a great cook; her food is delicious. I ate a very full lunch there.
Little Fatty forced himself to swallow the word "rice".
"They really ate pork cracklings for lunch today. Look, people finally get to eat some meat, and you're still joining in."
Little Fatty's mother was afraid that Wei Yuyan would dislike Little Fatty for eating too much.
"Mom, don't worry, Sister-in-law Wu Lei is a very nice person."
Little Fatty thought that if things went wrong, he could just bring his own food and go to Wu Lei's house for a free meal next time.
In the evening, Wei Yuyan was too lazy to cook, so she put the leftovers into a pot and made a big hodgepodge.
Sure enough, food tasted especially good after finishing work.
“You and Little Fatty don’t hang out together every day, and he doesn’t do any work, does he?”
Wei Yuyan was curious why, despite their close relationship, Xiao Pang never came to see him every day.
"Little Fatty studies at school, attending for four days and taking a break for one day, so we don't fool around together every day."
Wu Lei explained.
"Oh, Little Fatty's family is really well-off. How much does school cost per year?"
Wei Yuyan could tell that Wu Lei's eyes were filled with envy when he talked about the school.
"This is the village school. It's cheaper for people from our village to attend, only 300 coins a year."
If outsiders come, it costs four hundred coins a year, but the writing brush, ink, paper, and inkstone also cost a lot. Little Fatty's father can earn quite a bit a year in town; he works as an accountant at a grain shop.
Wu Lei slowly recounted the situation of Xiao Pang's family.
"Xiao Lei, you should go to school in the second half of the year too."
Wei Yuyan thought that he would not be able to catch up in the first half of the year, and his family did not have enough money. He should make money in the next few months so that he could definitely enroll in school in the second half of the year.
"Really? Sister-in-law, does that mean the family needs so much money...?"
Wu Lei first looked up excitedly, but then he probably thought about his family's situation. Even if medicinal herbs could be sold for money, writing brushes, ink, paper, and inkstones were not cheap.
When my older brother was at home, he had said he would let him enroll in school, but now I don't even know where he is.
Thinking of this, Wu Lei felt a little dejected.
“A few hundred coins? We can manage. Don’t underestimate these medicinal herbs. The ones you dug up today are worth a hundred or two coins.”
Wei Yuyan inspires Wu Lei.
"So much, that's wonderful, thank you, sister-in-law."
Wu Lei felt relieved when he heard that the medicinal herbs were so valuable, and he was very grateful to his sister-in-law.
"We're family, there's no need to thank me. You can do the dishes later."
After a few days since Wei Yuyan transmigrated, she has finally become close with the two children, treating them like her own younger brother and sister.
"Yes, ma'am."
Wu Lei finished his rice in a few bites and went to wash the dishes.
Wei Yuyan is going to take a bath again today. She won't go to the mountain tomorrow; she'll stay home and rest for two days.
First, she fetched hot water to help Qianqian wash, then she washed herself, and also told Wu Lei not to forget to take a shower.
The children have been on the mountain every day for the past two days, so they must be covered in dust. However, it's cold, and I'm afraid they'll catch a cold if I wash them too often, so I can only wash them every two days.
I was probably too tired from chopping wood this afternoon, so I didn't take a nap. Anyway, I fell asleep as soon as I got into bed.
The next morning my shoulders were incredibly sore, probably from carrying firewood the day before, which must have been too heavy.
Wei Yuyan massaged herself to relieve the discomfort and then got up. The children also woke up late today. They knew their sister-in-law wouldn't get up this early, so they simply stayed in bed too.
When Wei Yuyan came out, they were just washing up.
"Sister-in-law, you're here early today."
Wu Qian said with a smile.
"Why are you all up so early?"
Wei Yuyan was curious about what they did on their days when they weren't working.
"I didn't do anything. I'm going to check on the chicks later and then find them something to eat."
Wu Qian's greatest joy these days is watching the chicks. She's also heard that chicks love to eat earthworms, so she goes around looking for earthworms whenever she has free time.
After washing up, Wei Yuyan went to make breakfast. Wu Lei followed to start the fire. Now that there was enough lard at home, Wei Yuyan planned to make some pancakes for breakfast.
First, I'll cook some porridge. Today I'm making pumpkin porridge; the pumpkins are from last year, and they taste especially sweet now.
Let's eat this all day. Add lots of pumpkin, because Wei Yuyan loves pumpkin, sweet potato, and corn—these are all great whole grains.
Today it's still scallion pancakes, but Wei Yuyan pressed them extra thin today.
They're especially thin, so they turn out extra crispy when fried.
"It smells so good."
While the pancakes were being made, Wu Qian stopped looking at the chicks and came over to watch.
"Xiao Lei, bring out three bowls of porridge and let them cool down."
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