"You are such a good son of your mother, how could I not care about you!" she said, putting the IOU in her bosom, handing the knife to Xia Hua, and helping the third son up.
Slap! A slap landed on his face, followed by a kick that sent him flying. He walked over and delivered a series of punches, giving him no chance to speak, before finishing with an over-the-shoulder throw.
An Shuyi dusted herself off and looked at her unfilial son lying on the ground groaning. "Third son, you better remember this: if it happens again, I'll chop you up and I won't let anyone else do it, understand?"
He then looked at his other sons and said, "You're the same. If you dare to cause me trouble, I'll just chop you up. Get back to work now, or you won't get any food."
"Third brother, did you go and talk to your maternal family? What did they say?"
The third son lay on the ground groaning after being beaten, but when he heard his mother ask him a question, he immediately replied, "They said they would be waiting for us in the county town tomorrow morning."
"That's good, at least you got this one thing done!" He then pulled Huahua into the room and closed the door. "How was it?"
Seeing her anxious look, Xia Hua turned off the live stream. "Great, there were several thousand viewers just now, and some people even said you were amazing. But time was too short, so there weren't many viewers!"
"It's okay if it's not much, but has anyone sent me any gifts?" She was concerned about whether there were any gifts; she didn't care about the people.
"Yes, we've already spent over a thousand. We'll start a live stream tomorrow to escape the famine, and we're sure to get even more gifts then."
An Shuyi nodded, "Okay, then go back and pack your things, and get some rest." She's been busy every day, it must be exhausting.
"Then I'll go back. You should get some rest too, your head is still injured!" Xia Hua looked at the injury on her head. It was a pity that the mall didn't sell medicine, otherwise she could have bought some for her.
"Wait, Huahua, do you have any underwear in your mall? Buy me a few sets." Thinking about the underwear she wasn't used to wearing, An Shuyi hurriedly said.
Xia Hua nodded, "They sell them. I've been so busy all day, I'm even going commando myself." She then opened the online store.
Unfortunately, all the clothes in this mall are modern and can't be worn, so I bought a few sets of underwear for Niannian and took them out for her.
"I'll buy you more clothes once you've had enough. But not clothes, they're all modern and won't fit here. Here's laundry detergent, I picked out the lightest scents. And these are shampoo, body wash, towels, and face wash, I've prepared everything for you."
An Shuyi said gratefully, "Thank you, Huahua. With these, I no longer have to just wipe things down. And it's okay if I don't have clothes, I have fabric here. I'll make you some whenever I have time." She really needed these things.
"Okay, I'll wait for the clothes my darling Shushu makes. I'm off."
After watching Xia Hua leave, An Shu put her underwear in the warehouse and prepared to fetch some water to wash it in the house. The weather was so hot that it would be dry by tomorrow.
The toiletries were also put into the warehouse, taking up one shelf. Hua Hua bought her two wooden basins, one for skincare products and one for toiletries. Since they were placed in wooden basins, they only took up one shelf.
He tore up the IOU in his arms, only then remembering the house deeds and land deeds of the house. Although he knew he would never come back, he still wanted to keep them.
She took it out of the dressing case and checked it. It was correct. Then she took out the original owner's jewelry, gold, and silver from the warehouse and put them in the dressing case. She also put the house deeds and land deeds in there. She had just taken five taels of silver to the gambling house.
Now, in the warehouse, fifteen slots are for the things Huahua gave her, one is for fifty buckets filled with water, one is for her dressing case, one is for toiletries, and one is for the big knife she stole. She still has eighty-one slots empty.
After putting everything away, I started washing the underwear.
"Mom, dinner is ready."
Just as I finished washing my underwear, I heard my second daughter-in-law's voice from outside, "Set the table!" She then opened the door, went out, and closed it again.
"Have Xiao Wu and the others returned?"
"Mother, she's back. She's sitting in the main room waiting for dinner!" the eldest son replied, squatting at the doorway.
"Everyone's back, let's eat. We'll be busy later." After saying that, he walked into the main room, where the table was full of people. It has to be said that this scene was really nice, at least it was lively.
There was already a bowl of eggs on the table, but Wu added wild vegetables to stir-fry them together. There was also a bowl of wild vegetable soup next to it. At this time, the eldest daughter-in-law also brought in a big bowl of rice.
An Shuyi sat at the top of the table, filled her bowl halfway, took a bite, and then looked at her children.
Watching the eldest son serve his food to the fifth, sixth, and seventh sons before serving his own, the other sons, though anxious, patiently waited. It seems this family has good upbringing.
They say a half-grown boy can eat his father out of house and home, and it seems that's true. He ate all the big bowl of rice, vegetables, and soup in one go.
An Shuyi put down her bowl. "Eldest son's wife, wash these clean later. Second son, go to my room and get some white flour, and more coarse grains to make steamed buns. Also, boil the eggs, otherwise they won't keep in this weather."
"The second son went to help knead the dough. After the eldest son's wife finished getting ready, she and the second son's wife steamed buns. The two children were looked after by the fifth son and the others. The eldest son put everything that could be used at home into the basket. The cart was to be used to carry grain. You all need to wash yourselves properly tonight, otherwise there might not be water for you to wash for quite some time."
"The third and fourth brothers will be responsible for starting the fire, boiling water, and taking all the grain from home and putting it on the cart. Tomorrow morning, we'll meet at the village chief's door. Anyone who dares to stay in bed will have to stay and not come. We'll call you when the water is hot."
Suddenly remembering that he hadn't repaid Aunt Qian's one tael of silver, he hurriedly returned to his room, took out a string of copper coins, and said, "Xiao Wu, take this string of copper coins to Aunt Qian later."
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