When Qian Chunhua brought her three children home, the Zhao family had already finished dinner and were chatting in the main room.
Qian Chunhua ignored that and led the three children into the west wing.
Because the kitchen had not yet been built and there was no hot water in the house, the mother and her two children all went to Qian's house to wash up and go to bed directly after returning home.
Qingfeng excitedly threw himself on Qian Chunhua, "Mom, what story are you going to tell us tonight?"
Not only Qingfeng, but Qingsong and Xiaoling also opened their eyes wide and looked at Qian Chunhua expectantly.
Qian Chunhua searched for a while and remembered the story of the ugly duckling. He cleared his throat and said:
So tonight we will tell the story of the ugly duckling.
A mother duck sat in a nest hatching ducklings. "Snap! Snap!" The eggshells cracked one by one and the ducklings poked out their little heads.
The mother duck was very happy. She was about to stand up, but found that the big egg was still motionless, so she sat down again.
After sitting for a long time, the big egg finally cracked, and a big, ugly duckling crawled out.
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As the story was being told and the children were listening attentively, there was a knock on the door.
The mother and her two children looked at each other, wondering who it could be, it was so late.
Qian Chunhua asked the three children to sit still, and she lifted the quilt and put on her clothes. "Wait a moment, mom will go and take a look."
As he spoke, Qian Chunhua held up the oil lamp and asked loudly, "Who is it?"
"Second sister-in-law, it's me." Sun Meiping's voice came from outside the house.
Qian Chunhua breathed a sigh of relief, as long as it wasn't the eldest wife's family.
"Meiping, wait a moment."
Qian Chunhua opened the door and was greeted by a gust of cold air. Sun Meiping stood in front of the door, shivering with cold.
"Meiping, come in quickly."
Qian Chunhua welcomed Sun Meiping into the house.
The three children shouted loudly, "Aunt San."
Sun Meiping replied with a smile that the children of the second family were obviously much more polite. Even though they had never been to school, they were more polite than Zhao Qingshui and Zhao Xiaojuan.
"The room is too messy, please don't mind." Qian Chunhua moved out the only chair in the room and asked Sun Meiping to sit down.
Sun Meiping looked around and it was indeed too messy. The small room was filled with all kinds of items.
"Second sister-in-law, what are you doing?" Sun Meiping asked curiously.
Qian Chunhua smiled and said, "I plan to build a kang in the next room. It's too cold this winter. This room will be used as a study in the future."
Sun Meiping was extremely shocked. She had never realized that her second sister-in-law, who was usually taciturn, had such a big plan in mind.
The family only learned today that this winter might be extremely cold, but the second sister-in-law has already started building a kang.
Sun Meiping nodded in agreement, "It's good to make a kang, so it's warm when you sleep at night."
Qian Chunhua was a little curious about the purpose of Sun Meiping's visit. From her original memory, she didn't have much contact with Sun Meiping, at most they just exchanged a few words at the dinner table.
"Second sister-in-law, I came here to tell you that things are not going well outside these days. If you have the chance, it's best to stock up on some food, charcoal, and firewood."
At this point, Sun Meiping looked around. Even if they had food, they couldn't protect the orphan and his widowed mother. "Second sister-in-law, you'd better prepare some weapons for self-defense."
Qian Chunhua smiled. She had never thought that the third daughter-in-law was such a nice person. In this era of strict public opinion control, she would still take the risk to remind herself.
This is how a family does it, which is several times better than the eldest brother's family.
Qian Chunhua nodded, "Okay, thank you Meiping, I will go to the county town to buy food tomorrow."
Sun Meiping: "All the food in the major food stores has been sold out today. I don't know if there will be any tomorrow, but the price will definitely go up."
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