Yu Sui sighed softly, "No more talking, let's go to sleep first. I'll discuss it with my sister tomorrow afternoon and then figure out how to arrange for Xia Xiao'e. If all else fails, I'll just give her a job in the school-run factory. But she looks too skinny, how old is she?"
Xia Linsheng calculated with his fingers: "It should be ten."
"That won't do. I won't hire a child laborer!"
"Well... let's talk about it later. I'll go back to the office tomorrow and think about how to deal with it. Go to sleep."
"Um."
In fact, the couple did not sleep well that night.
When I woke up in the morning, there was porridge on the table, as well as some leftover sauerkraut from yesterday. After being re-cooked, it gave off a strong sour smell.
Xia Xiao'e, wearing a Yu Sui apron, stood at the kitchen door with her hands behind her back. "Brother and sister-in-law, I've cooked porridge and stir-fried vegetables. Can you guys take a look?"
Xia Linsheng didn't say anything.
Yu Sui walked over and said, "Put your hand out."
Xia Xiao'e didn't dare to say: "Much better! Sister-in-law, that medicine is really good. I didn't feel itchy when I slept last night. I'm better now!"
Yu Sui emphasized: "Stretch it out!"
Xia Xiao'e had no choice but to stretch it out.
How could it be healed after just one night? It's still red and white, but not as swollen as it was yesterday.
Yu Sui's voice was flat, but her face was serious. "You cut your hands yesterday and applied such thick ointment. Now I can't eat anything after washing the vegetables and rice. I need to feed my child and can't eat anything casually."
Xia Xiao'e's face flushed: "...I didn't think..."
Yu Sui: "So, it's your idea, not mine. When you live here in the future, we won't use your ideas to guide you. You have to do things according to our ideas, otherwise no one will be happy. We're already unhappy when you come here suddenly, so I hope you won't do that again."
"oh."
"Then you go eat first, I'll cook some noodles myself."
Yu Sui said this and went to the kitchen.
Xia Linsheng, who was standing by, also glared at Xia Xiaoe: "Don't act on your own in the future!"
Xia Xiao'e: "I understand, big brother. I also know that big sister-in-law has good intentions and she really wants my hand to get better."
Xia Linsheng looked at her: "I'm glad you know."
"Of course I know. My hands didn't get swollen and rotten overnight. It's just that my mother doesn't take it seriously at all. She still makes me wash clothes every day. My sister-in-law is better than my mother."
Yu Sui in the kitchen: "..." Damn it, how could Li Afen deserve such a flattering daughter?
After Xia Linsheng went to work, Xia Xiao'e came over to talk to Yu Sui: "Sister-in-law, look, is there anything you want me to do?"
Yu Sui was feeding little Tang Yuan: "Sit quietly and rest. If you're really bored, you can read a book."
"Can I talk to you?"
"say what?"
"Just talking. We're the only ones home."
“…”
There was a silence.
Little Tangyuan cheered happily after having eaten his fill: "Oh, oh."
Xia Xiao'e looked at the child and smiled: "Little Tangyuan looks like a child in a picture. So beautiful. To me, she looks like you. She looks exactly like you. My brother doesn't look like her at all."
Yu Sui: "Yes, mainly because he looks like your brother."
"Huh? Why didn't I see that?"
"How can you not tell? They are all men."
"..." Xia Xiao'e was stunned for a moment, then started laughing: "Ha, hahahaha, hahaha, hahaha!"
Yu Sui didn't know what was so funny about this.
But Xia Xiao'e just couldn't stop laughing, causing little Tangyuan to giggle as well.
The laughter of the two people filled the room, still very cheerful. Little Tangyuan opened his arms and cried "Ahhh" towards Xia Xiao'e, wanting her to hug him.
Xia Xiao'e looked at Yu Sui and said, "Can I hold him? I promise to do as you say."
Yu Sui looked at Xia Xiao'e's hands and asked, "Didn't you put medicine on your hands?"
"Not yet. I came here to help you wash the dishes and everything and wipe it down."
Yu Sui still handed the child to her. "I'm just wondering, little Tangyuan is very sensitive to smells. He gets upset if there's even a slight difference."
"What a smart little brother!" Xia Xiao'e was so happy that she hugged Xiao Tangyuan. The two looked at each other and talked, and their happy voices echoed in the house.
Having someone to help hold the baby actually made Yu Sui feel relaxed.
This little guy is very picky. Before, he refused to be held by anyone except Wu Su. As soon as Wu Su left, he would hang on Yu Sui, and Yu Sui could not do anything every day.
While Xia Xiao'e was holding the child, Yu Sui hurried to the house to pack up, wash and scrub. She was busy all the time, and the most important thing was to prepare things for living in the capital.
Although Yu Sui has space and can buy many things, many of them are not from this era and cannot be brought into the air. She can only bring some daily necessities to pretend.
At noon, Yu Sui cooked noodles, and the two sisters-in-law ate a little. Xia Xiao'e said to Yu Sui, "Sister-in-law, it's a good thing you told my brother about the paralytic Zhao Yu yesterday, otherwise I wouldn't be able to explain myself. I didn't expect you to speak up for me. I thought you were eager to see me sent back immediately."
Yu Sui didn't respond to the question, but just asked her, "Are you in middle school?"
Xia Xiao'e: "Yes. Thanks to my eldest brother who always gave money to our family, I was able to go to school. Otherwise, it would not be my turn."
Yu Sui: "Now that your eldest brother gives you less money, does your mother scold us every day at home?"
"Of course! She treated the money Big Brother earned as her own. Now that she's lost so much, how could she not curse? She curses every day!"
"You don't seem to be speaking up for her? That's a little unreasonable. You're really trying hard to stay here."
"I wanted to speak up for her, but she couldn't bring herself to say anything. Besides, she only gave the money to my uncle and my second brother, and my dad always argued with him about it. They both wanted to keep all the money for themselves, and they wouldn't give it to me. Why should I speak up for her and make you angry?"
Yu Sui couldn't help but smile: "You are quite clear-headed."
It was probably this smile that encouraged Xia Xiao'e. She stretched her neck and begged:
"Sister-in-law, can you not send me back? I'll do anything you ask me to do, but I really don't want to go back. You don't know, before the land was divided, the production team didn't give us half-grown-ups any heavy work. But now that the land has been divided, Dad and my second brother are lazy every day, so my mother has to order me around. She even asks me to carry hundreds of loads. I'm almost dying following my mother. Sister-in-law, don't think I'm lazy again. I'm really fed up with that unfairness. My second brother gets to eat meat, and I get to do the work. I don't want to stay in my hometown for a single day!"
Yu Sui understood the hardships of working in the countryside, and said calmly, "How I arrange you is your eldest brother's business, don't ask me. Xia Xiao'e, don't push your luck."
Xia Xiao'e didn't dare to say anything more.
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