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"Mom." Cao Xiaolian grabbed the object in her arms and kicked it. "No need."

Mother Cao looked down and saw that Cao Xiaolian was holding onto a worn-out mosquito net.

"That's right. This mosquito net has already been used for ten years to repair and repair. This year, I won't be able to go down." Mother Cao sighed, "I forgot that last year you and Xiao Xia were bitten full of bags. This year is going to get hot. I'll go to town to buy you a new one."

Cao Xiaoliu felt a little embarrassed. How could she still remember the matters of her youth?

However, this mosquito net was really useful.

"Mom, can you give me this mosquito net?"

"What do you want this for?" Mother Cao thought her daughter was saving money, so she quickly said, "It's alright, the money for buying the new mosquito net was saved up long ago, so I threw the old one away."

Cao Xiaoling revealed her purpose. "I want to use this to mend the clothes for Xiaoya."

"What?" Mother Cao did not believe her ears. "Use mosquito nets to mend them?"

"Right." Cao Xiaolian nodded, "It would be a shame if I didn't throw it. Mom, just let me try." I think it should look good. "

"This is the first time I've heard that mosquito nets can mend clothes." Mother Cao's eyes were full of doubt, "This is all a hole, how can I wear it?"

"Mom, just trust your daughter this once." Cao Xiaolian snatched the mosquito net and smiled. "Mom, I've prepared dinner. Just wait for Morning Glory to come home and cook the noodles. I'm entering the room now."

After saying that, he happily entered the room.

Looking at her back view, Mother Cao could not help but shake her head. She smiled and said to herself, "Ghost girl, what kind of evil idea are you thinking of now?"

Holding the mosquito net, Cao Xiaolian put her blue and white striped dress on the bed and started to make designs.

In her previous life, although Wang Ziwen was not good to her, she still held the title of Lady Wang. She didn't have too little experience in food or accommodation, and she liked to dress up, so she had dabbled in clothes of all kinds.

There was a big brand that played Little Chun. When the new model was released in 2015, there was a striped dress like this one. It was just that there was a layer of lace on the outside.

Lace, mosquito net, it was always the same. No matter what, it was still better than finding a piece of cloth to sew on from somewhere else.

As soon as she said she would do it, Cao Xiaolan found scissors, needle and thread and began to carefully design it.

When she finished changing her clothes, she looked up and saw that the sky had already darkened.

She put the clothes away, thought for a while, and put it under Cao Xiaoxia's blanket. Then, she walked out as if nothing had happened.

There was a dim light coming from the kitchen. Cao Xiaoling walked over to take a look. Mother Cao was lighting a fire in the kitchen while Cao Xiaoxia was eating and snacking on cucumbers.

She went up to Cao Xiaoxia and held her hand. She was so scared that she started to scream.

"What are you shouting for, wash your hands!"

Cao Xiaoxia looked at him, patted her chest and rolled her eyes, "Sis, what are you doing? You scared me to death. I didn't know you were scaring people to death."

"When did you return? Why didn't you go and call me?" Cao Xiaoling took the bellows handle from Madame Cao and sat down to pull it. "I was wondering why it was so late and why you were so worried."

"It's still not Mom." Cao Xiaolian picked up another cucumber, put it into her mouth, chewed it, and mumbled, "I told you not to let me in the room. Oh, what were you doing? You didn't even answer when I called you in secret."

"You called me?" Cao Xiaolian was surprised. She was probably too engrossed to hear it and could not help but laugh. "It's nothing. I was just helping you to mend your clothes."

Cao Xiaoxia could no longer smile. The cucumber in her mouth no longer smelled good. She just said 'oh' and said nothing more.

"Xiao Xia, isn't your mosquito net broken? Let's go to town together to buy a new one this Sunday. The rest of the money will be used to buy a new headband for you and your sister."

Cao Xiaolian quickly said, "Mom, I don't want it anymore. I'm at home every day anyway, and there's no one around to watch it. I'll buy it for Xiao Xia, she's at school."

Cao Xiaoxia finally smiled when she saw the new headband and the new mosquito net. The cucumber mixed with Cao Xiaolian was very tasty. The three of them ate a lot of the cucumber.

After dinner, in order to save electricity, the two sisters went to bed early.

Cao Xiaoxia was in the middle of pulling the quilt when something fell out. She picked it up and asked, "What is this?"

Opening it to take a look, her eyes suddenly lit up with joy. "Aiya, what a beautiful dress! Sis, this is your new clothes."

"Take a good look."

Cao Xiaoxia turned it over and over for a long time before she suddenly cried out, "Aiya! This … this isn't a small blue dress?!"

"Yeah." Cao Xiaolian smiled. "I changed it for you. What do you think? Does it look good?"

"Good, good." Cao Xiaoxia nodded her head and changed the suit impatiently. Standing barefoot on the ground, she turned around and asked Cao Xiaolan, "Sis, do I look good?"

Under the moonlight, Cao Xiaoxiao looked like a fairy who had fallen into the mortal world. The blue dress inside was slightly above her knees, the lace on the outside was as long as her ankles, and on her shoulders, Cao Xiaoluo had even added her own design.

Cao Xiao Xia jumped onto the bed and stuck close to Cao Xiao Lian. With admiration in her eyes, she said, "Sister, you are so awesome. Why did you change an old dress to this?"

"The mosquito net."

Seeing Cao Xiaoxia's confused look, she explained with a smile, "Mom said to throw away the mosquito net when it's old. I thought throwing it away would be a waste, so I decided to train with it and give you a skirt."

"Aiya, my mother." Cao Xiaoxia touched the outer layer of her dress carefully. It was not until Cao Xiaolian had mentioned it that she realized it was the same mosquito net as the one her family used for the last ten years.

"Sis, wait a moment!"

Cao Xiaoxia ran to the wardrobe excitedly and took out her clothes.

She piled the clothes in front of Cao Xiaolian and looked at her with her bright eyes. "Sis, help me put on some mosquito nets."

Looking at the clothes on the bed, including the cotton jacket, cotton pants and a sweater, Cao Xiaoliu felt her face darken. "It can't even be added to the total amount of clothes on the bed."

No, I've never heard of a cotton jacket with lace on it.

Cao Xiao Xia's eyes dimmed and she lowered her head.

How could Cao Xiaolian not know what she was thinking?

She had also grown up at that age. Love to be beautiful was a girl's nature, but their clothes were especially shabby. Especially since the Cao siblings were so beautiful, there were always those who spoke sarcastically.

If she wasn't so vain, how could she have married Wang Ziwen?

"Dawn." Cao Xiaoling patted her sister's shoulder. "I promise you, I'll buy you new clothes in the future."

"Sis." Cao Xiaoxia suddenly asked, "Is it Ziwen ge who gave you the money?"

Cao Xiaolian was also stunned. She did not expect her sister to say something like that. She could not help but feel embarrassed. "What nonsense are you talking about?"

"It was originally." Cao Xiaoxia felt extremely wronged seeing her sister's anger. "The sugar that you secretly stuffed in my hands a few days ago was brought over by Ziwen ge from his parents in the capital. I'm not allowed to tell my mother yet."

Cao Xiaolian saw that her younger sister had been frightened by her, so she felt a bit apologetic. She had never thought that she would actually give Wang Ziwen's stolen belongings to her younger sister. No wonder she would mention it.

"No." Cao Xiaolian's voice became softer, "Sister will be preparing to find a job in a few days. I'll buy some new clothes for you after you get your salary."

"Really?" Cao Xiaoxia was still a child after all. When she heard about the new clothes, the unhappiness on her face vanished like smoke into thin air. She grinned and said, "Then don't buy it too expensive. If not, we'll make it."

"Sure!" She was also very pleased with her sister's understanding, but at the same time, she was also a bit sad.

No wonder she had such thoughts in her previous life. Her family was truly too poor.

He was so poor that there was no room for breakfast tomorrow.

In any case, Cao Xiaoxia went to sleep happily. After all, before dawn, she had to get up and walk more than 10 miles to school on the mountainous road.

Early in the morning, Cao Xiaoxia woke up.

She first went to the chicken coop, stretched out her hand and touched it. Then, she returned in disappointment.

There were only three hens and a rooster in the house. It was no wonder that they had only picked up the eggs yesterday, they definitely wouldn't have one today.

In the kitchen, a cold pan was placed on the stove. The cucumbers that had been mixed with cold sauce yesterday had been eaten cleanly, leaving not even the white noodles.

Cao Xiaoxia looked around and found another bag of flour paste under the cabinet. She recalled that there were a few ripe tomatoes hanging on the tomato plants in the yard yesterday.

She walked to the garden and found a few bright red tomatoes hanging from the leaves. They were not big, but they were fully ripe.

She already had an idea of what to eat.

He quickly raised the fire and cut the tomato into small pieces. Then, he boiled the cold oil in the pot and threw the tomato in. After stir-frying, he added salt and soon, the tomato juice was fried out.

He scooped some flour into a bowl, filled one hand with water and quickly mixed it with chopsticks with the other. Soon, many small pimples were formed.

At this moment, the water in the pot was boiling.

"Wah! Sis, what are you doing? It smells so good!"

The gluttonous cat came sniffing, sniffing and leaning into the pot.

"You can go call your mom and we'll be able to eat it in a while."

Cao Xiaoling said while pouring the dough into the wok, "Pull out two cilantro for me when you get back."

"Sigh!" After Cao Xiaoxia agreed, she went to call for her mother.

By the time they arrived, the pot of soup had already been boiled.

"Aiya, it smells even better than before." Cao Xiao Xia held her stomach and said exaggeratedly, "I'm hungry."

"You only know how to hurry your sister." Mother Cao laughed and complained, "You're already fourteen, why are you still fighting? Your sister is as old as you, but she's already following me up the mountain to chop firewood."

"My sister is amazing." Cao Xiaoxia stuck out her tongue, "That's why I admire my sister the most."

"You … just opened your mouth."

While they were talking, Cao Xiaolian had already finished the rice and sprinkled the chopped cilantro on top. The red noodle soup was covered with green dishes that made one salivate.

Cao Xiaoxia endured the heat and took a sip first, praising, "It tastes so good. Sis, what is this?"

"Nubble soup." Of course, Cao Xiaolian would not tell him that people from the north loved to drink this stuff after they married into the capital. She made up an excuse, "I learned it after seeing what others did last time. It was so simple. It would only take a few minutes."

A bowl of hot, knobbly soup poured down their stomachs. A fine layer of sweat appeared on their foreheads, especially from Cao Xiaoxia, who gulped down three big bowls.

Finally, he was stopped by Cao Xiaolian.

"You drank too much of this soup and water. Be careful that you'll be running to the toilet in the morning after class." She picked up the aluminum lunchbox. "I gave you some cucumbers from last night in advance. Eat them at noon."

Cao Xiaoxia went to school with a canteen, but the cheapest dishes cost at least thirty cents, enough to cut a catty of meat. The dishes and noodles belonged to her family, so she didn't have to spend money on them.

"Sure." Cao Xiaoxia was extremely happy, "That cucumber from last night was really delicious. Sis, could you cook it for me tonight?"

What an easy child!

Cao Xiaolian felt sorry for her sister, but a mysterious smile appeared on her face. "Come back tonight. I will give you a new trick. It will still be delicious."

Just as they were talking, they heard someone call out from outside, "Cao family's sister-in-law, we're going down to earn some money."