Seeing that her sister had picked up firewood, Lin Chunjiao ran out to help her put the firewood in place. Lin Chunxiao also wanted to follow her out, but was stopped by Lin Chunjiao, saying that she would bring Big Sis back in a while, so his brother could rest in peace and accompany his mother. Otherwise, mother would be very lonely.
Lin Chunxiao turned around and looked at his mother who was lying on the brick bed. He nodded obediently, climbed onto the brick bed, and helped his mother cover herself with the blanket. Satisfied, Lin Chunjiao went out to help his sister.
She really wanted to help her sister out a bit. Although her sister had been very powerful and no one came to disturb her, Lin Chunjiao knew that it was impossible to live in this family without doing anything. She just didn't want to see her sister get tired of living.
"He went to the garden. I think he went there to pluck the grass."
Normally, these are all jobs you have to do. My sister must be thinking, since you're sick and can't even eat, then you definitely can't do the work in this field, so as to not let others find out about it. But our family of four can't eat for nothing.
Zhang Liu stroked his daughter's hair a few times, letting her hair all the way down to her hair.
"Your sister is going to be tired. It's all because of your mother."
Lin Chunjiao quickly reached out and patted her mother. It was very gentle, she could barely feel the strength behind the blanket.
"Mom, don't think about all this nonsense. You're our mother, so we can only have you. Normally, it's you who takes care of us. Now that big sister and I are big, taking care of you is only right."
Lin Chunjiao played the role of a little adult to help his mother stroke her hair, and then pulled his younger brother into his embrace. While shaking and coaxing Chun Xiao, he told his mother.
"Mom, I still can't help big sister. When I'm older, I'll protect you and little brother just like big sister did. I won't let bad people bully you again."
They were originally family, but now they had become the villains in his little girl's mouth. It could be seen how excessive these people were, if not for his daughter's sudden effort, he would have suffered in such an environment. Thinking back to the oppressive days, this was the first time Zhang Liu felt that it was' good to be alive '.
"I don't know if your sister will be helping out with the land, but I was the one who did it. I didn't really teach her how to help her occasionally."
When he thought about his daughter going to the vegetable patch, Zhang Liu felt a little worried. The vegetable patch was in the backyard, and it wasn't really big, but it was way too big for an eight-year-old child.
Mother, I already said that you don't have to worry about elder sister, she can definitely do it. Elder sister is not a person who tries to be brave, if she doesn't know how to do it, she will come back and ask you, just like how she wants to fall out with someone from Grandma's side.
"Big sister must have thought about this for a long time. However, when she wasn't confident that she could do better, she endured it until yesterday when it exploded. This is where big sister's strength lies."
Lin Chunjiao was both admiring and envious of her elder sister's performance yesterday.
And Lin Chunnuan who was fighting in the garden, of course, didn't know the conversation between her sister and his mother. Lin Chunnuan really didn't do much work on the garden, but it wasn't like she hadn't done it before. When the original Lin Chunnuan was still alive, she would occasionally come to the vegetable garden to help her mother, so Lin Chunnuan was not unfamiliar with the work there.
Originally, he wanted to throw them away, but in the end, he was not willing to. Instead, he fed the little cyan bug to the little chick, and threw it away, which would only be detrimental to people. Now that he was able to let the little chick eat it, there was nothing bad about it.
"Feeding the chickens?"
The Second Aunt of the Lin Family just happened to come out of the house and saw Lin Chunnuan in front of the chicken coop.
"Just bugs in the vegetable patch."
Lin Chunnuan was a little indifferent.
"If you know how to feed the chickens with bugs, then we, Spring Warm, are really smart. Just chop the chickens up and let them eat. The chickens are hungry as well."
So she really did come for this. Did she know that she wouldn't come to pay attention when she had nothing to do?
"Why should I feed a chicken? My family can't eat meat nor eggs, and the money they sell is not even worth a single cent. So, whoever eats it should work."
Lin Chunnuan no longer bothered with Second Aunt Lin, and pulled out some grass from the basket beside her hand and placed it in a corner to dry, then used it to fill up the roof, although the grass in the garden was a little short, and the grass that was used for proper preparation of houses were the large stalks of artemisia grass, these small herbs could still be used after drying to make up for the gaps in the roof.
It could be used as a substitute for firewood when there was no firewood. The grass could easily be dried, but it would also burn very quickly, so it could only be used as a substitute and not as firewood. It was too wasteful.
"Mom, I'm back."
After he finished spreading the grass, Lin Chunnuan went back to his own little Xianzi. She did not understand, the Lin Family still had an empty house, why could they not give her a room?
Now, there were two empty rooms in the main house. One was left to the Lin family's sister-in-law, who would never return twice a year, but the house was still empty for her, and the other was filled with some farm tools. Couldn't they move these farm tools to Xianzi and let her live in a more spacious main house?
The answer was no, because Second Uncle Lin and Second Aunt Lin had already planned a long time ago that this room would be reserved for his son to marry into a wife. If it was given to his big brother, then where would his son live when he married into a family?
Lin Chunnuan let out a long sigh in her heart. He didn't know what her father was thinking, not only did he become a horse or a cow, she even allowed people to ride on her head. How could he not have any reaction at all?
Even though he knew that his brother had taken over his house, he could still keep quiet. His family of five squeezed into such a small place, and even though it was cold in the winter and gloomy in the summer, he did not know how much suffering they had suffered. But that empty house was being used for the marriage of a child who was only eight years old.
He did not even know whether or not he had a Holy Father, but Lin Chunnuan really did not have any other words to describe his kind of father, so he did not know what was in his head.
"Are you tired?"
He was still only eight years old, and his waist had not fully matured yet. Otherwise, he would have allowed her to go over and help him normally, because today, the child had already pulled out the grass from such a large vegetable garden. His waist would definitely feel uncomfortable.
"No, I'm not tired. This is just a little bit more work. There's a lot more work than this normally, but I've already done it."
Yes, if it wasn't for yesterday, there wouldn't be a rest all day long. He would pick firewood, dig vegetables, sweep the yard, feed the chickens, cook, and wash his clothes. Anyway, the work would be endless.
"Eldest sister-in-law, it's almost noon. Get up and cook lunch."
Mother and the others had not talked much when someone from the house shouted for Zhang Liu to go cook lunch.
Second Aunt, my mother is still not well yet, so we can only wait until tomorrow to cook. However, everyone eats rice, so we can't always point to one person. From tomorrow on, my mother will cook for a day and rest for a day.
"Why are you so tired just because you made a meal?"
Second Aunt of the Lin Family did not agree with Lin Chunnuan's words. Sister-in-law had been doing it for more than ten years, yet she had not died of fatigue.
"Since you're not going to die from exhaustion, then let's just do it. Why should we only have my mother cook and eat? My mother still needs to manage the garden. How about you manage the garden and let my mother cook? Isn't that fair?"
How could the Second Aunt of the Lin Family be willing to change? The work in the garden was even more tiring, such that he had to dig up grass and pick insects when the vegetables grew out.
"Your mother is too used to working in the garden. Let her continue her work."
Lin Chunnuan raised her eyebrows.
"Is there any job that Second Aunt is used to?" If you find it tiring, we can change it too. "
Second Aunt Lin didn't say anything for a long time. Ever since she married him into the Lin Family, he was immediately pregnant and was immediately brought up like a lord. He then gave birth to Lin Chunming, and his status increased greatly.
Even when Zhang Liu was pregnant, she had to do all the work. Sometimes, Second Aunt Lin even felt that the Lin Family was being anxious, making a pregnant woman wander around the garden and the wok just like that.
But she couldn't speak up for Zhang Liu, she didn't want to do it anyway, what would she do if she asked him to do it? Moreover, Zhang Liu had always done her own work well, she had never felt that there were too many things to do, or that she had too much to do.
After all, Second Aunt has the advantage. My mother did the work in the garden, and also made three meals a day, but there's nothing we can do about it. We can't do anything about it even if we have work to do at home, but we don't care about that nest of chickens.
After the war of words, Lin Chunnuan returned to her house leisurely. Second Aunt Lin took a glance at her mother-in-law's room, and a shadow appeared at the window, she knew that the old lady was definitely peeking at them. Hmph, now that Lin Chunnuan had arranged all the work, she was still as free as ever, a pious old woman. Sooner or later, I will also have to think of you, Second Aunt Lin grinded his teeth and went to cook.