"My brother didn't wash his hands."
The little tree was a bit angry. It had been lectured twice by the little grass today, and it glared at the little grass unhappily.
However, this was a rule set by Su Yun'er, and Xiao Shu dared not disobey. He glanced at Su Yun'er and saw that she was just clearing the table and did not speak up for him. He had no choice but to reluctantly run downstairs to wash his hands and then climb back onto the kang like a gust of wind.
Grandma Chen smiled and handed Xiaoshu a bowl of porridge: "Xiaoshu is such a good boy, he washed his hands clean, now eat your food. Are you hungry?"
Tired, cold, and hungry, Xiaoshu thanked them, took the bowl, and immediately buried his head in his food.
She thought she could rest after dinner, but to her surprise, Su Yun'er asked Xiao Shu to continue cleaning up the hawthorns after she finished washing the dishes.
"Huh? Do we have to pack now?"
Xiao Shu, who had just finished eating, felt full and energetic, but after sitting for a while, getting up to work again made him feel weak and sore in all four limbs, as if he were about to break from exhaustion.
“Yes, if we finish making it tonight, we can take it to the city to sell tomorrow morning.” Su Yun’er smiled.
The sapling, however, could not smile.
He had a small, sullen face, but he could only obediently accompany Su Yun'er, washing the hawthorns, removing the stems and pits, and then helping Su Yun'er control the fire and boil the sugar syrup.
Su Yun'er even taught him how to stir the snowflake sugar balls.
The sugar syrup was thick and required some effort to stir. Su Yun'er stirred it herself in the afternoon and felt her arms were a little sore.
Moreover, the sapling was still small, and the child was not strong. After stirring it a few times, his arms ached, but he gritted his teeth and did not complain of being tired.
Su Yun'er was not a heartless stepmother. Although she wanted her child to experience hardship, she would not stand idly by when she saw that he could not finish the task on his own. So she would take turns stirring with him, so that they could both rest for a while.
After making all the snowflake sugar balls and candied hawthorns, Xiaoshu felt like she was about to collapse from exhaustion.
The temperature in the kitchen will drop at night when there is no fire, so the candied hawthorns and candied berries can be safely stored. Just cover them with a protective cover to prevent small animals from sneaking in and stealing them.
After finishing everything, Su Yun'er stretched and yawned, but her gaze remained fixed on the sapling.
From the beginning, Xiaoshu seemed hesitant to speak.
"Little Tree, do you have something to say to your mother?" Su Yun'er crouched down and asked.
The little boy looked conflicted, biting his lip.
Su Yun'er didn't urge her, but waited patiently.
After waiting a moment, Xiaoshu took a deep breath, as if gathering her courage, and looked up at Su Yun'er, saying, "Mother, I know I was wrong."
"Tell me about it?" Su Yun'er felt a surge of joy in her heart, but she didn't show it on her face.
“I shouldn’t have wasted anything. It takes so much time to pick these red sour berries, and making this sugar is so laborious. Mom, my arms are sore from stirring all that. Mom, are yours aching? Does it hurt?”
As she spoke, Xiaoshu's eyes reddened, and a few tears rolled down her cheeks.
Seeing the remorseful yet obedient little tree, Su Yun'er couldn't bear it any longer. She pulled the little tree into her arms, gently patted his back, and wiped away his tears.
"Little Tree, you're a smart child. I knew you'd understand the hardship and realize your mistakes. Now that we've discovered our mistakes, let's avoid making them again, okay?"
The little tree wiped away its tears with the back of its hand and nodded heavily.
"Little Tree, would you like to go and apologize to your sister and grandma later? Your attitude towards them today was very unfriendly."
"I know, I'll go back and apologize to my sister and grandma. Mom, please forgive Xiaoshu, okay?"
The more he talked, the sadder he became. Suddenly, Xiaoshu buried his head in Su Yun'er's arms and started sobbing.
After comforting Xiaoshu for a few more minutes, Su Yun'er washed his face. His little face was covered in dirt and soot from the bottom of the pot after an afternoon and evening of work.
After washing up again, Su Yun'er watched as Xiao Shu went back into the house by herself.
The lamplight cast the shadows of the sapling and the grass onto the window. Su Yun'er saw that at first the grass didn't want to talk to the sapling, but the sapling kept talking to it, and eventually the grass made up with its brother.
The two children played on the kang (a heated brick bed) for a while, then lay down to sleep.
Su Yun'er was finally relieved.
Turning around, I saw Grandma Chen looking at me from the doorway of the main house, her eyes full of satisfaction.
"Mother, aren't you going to sleep yet?" Su Yun'er asked.
"I was just about to go to sleep. Seeing that the brother and sister have made up again, I can sleep more peacefully."
Grandma Chen turned to go back into the house, but then suddenly turned back and added, "You did a great job. You're finally starting to act like a mother."
Seeing that the oil lamp in Old Mrs. Chen's room had also been extinguished, Su Yun'er finally let out a long sigh of relief.
Everyone says making money is hard, but compared to making money, raising children is also very difficult!
Back in her room, Su Yun'er felt exhausted. Remembering the effects of the spiritual spring water, she quickly went into her spatial dimension and scooped up a ladle of water from the spiritual spring water vat to drink.
As the clear, sweet spring water entered her stomach, a warm current filled her entire body. Su Yun'er felt her fatigue dissipate and her dizziness and headache disappeared.
"This is truly a wonderful product," Su Yun'er praised.
Having regained her strength, Su Yun'er carried some water from her spatial storage, boiled a pot of bathwater, and took a comfortable bath, completely washing away the soreness in her limbs.
After taking a bath, Su Yun'er noticed that her skin seemed much fairer and smoother, and even some of the scars on her body had faded.
The original owner of this body was a poor village woman. Because firewood was expensive, she rarely had the means to boil water for bathing. In addition, she always helped her parents' family, which made her own family even more impoverished. As a result, she had no means to boil water for bathing, so her skin was dry and dark.
Su Yun'er guessed that after bathing in the spiritual spring water, on the one hand, the dirt and stratum corneum accumulated over the years were washed away, revealing the original fair skin, and on the other hand, the spiritual spring water had a miraculous effect, which could make the skin better.
No woman doesn't love to look beautiful. After taking a bath, Su Yun'er's good mood doubled, and she planned to give the whole family a bath another day.
After a busy harvest in the space, Su Yun'er fell into a deep sleep.
Because she was too tired, Su Yun'er was not woken up by the space alarm clock in the middle of the night, and naturally missed several rounds of stealing vegetables.
As soon as she opened her eyes in the morning, she stretched a few times and then entered her online space. She saw that her vegetable garden was already ripe, and her friends' online spaces had also been mostly harvested.
Back in her vegetable garden, Su Yun'er noticed that one or two plots were planted with scallions and garlic. These scallions had a very short growing period and, after growing overnight, had already entered the flowering and inoculation stage.
"Huh, if that's the case, does that mean I can get crop seeds?"
Su Yun'er said happily.
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