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"Rou Sang, after your days are over, you still have to keep your hands tight. You and your brother are still young, and there aren't any adults in the family to teach you. So Second Aunt decided to keep quiet and give you some pointers. Actually, making shoes with Chen cotton is good. One is that the price is much cheaper, and secondly, this shoe is worn on the foot, as long as it is made as warm as the foot.

Qin Er's hands and feet were extremely quick, the soles of his shoes were already prepared, as long as he cut and shaped the starched and hard cloth, and sewed the edges of the cloth together, they would be sewn onto the soles of his shoes. The Qin Er's family ate, there was a wind blowing outside, causing the eaves to whistle, as though they were lamenting the poor people's hard work and the injustice of fate.

The inside of the house was very warm, the Qin Er didn't want to freeze her, so she burnt a small charcoal brazier, causing Mu Rousang's face to turn red.

"Rou Sang, Second Aunt originally wanted to give you two pairs of shoes, but since you brought cotton here, Second Aunt will make them for you today."

Mu Rousang reached her small hand in. There was the smell of sunlight inside the cotton, so her small hand inside the cotton felt very comfortable.

He smiled sweetly at Qin Er, "Second Aunt, thank you!"

Seated at the side, Miss Peach Blossom was jealous. "Mother, am I still your daughter!?" Her eyes were glued to the two pairs of beautiful cotton shoes.

The corner of Mu Rousang's mouth twitched, "Second Aunt has already sewn you new shoes!"

Qin Er patted her little butt and scolded her, "You damned girl, you clearly know that this was made for Rou Sang, I already put the new shoes I made for you in the cupboard, on the first day of the new year, I will take them out for you to wear."

These days, as long as the family was slightly better off, they would pull off their clothes and wear them over the New Year, paying attention to the new year's omen.

That day, Mu Rousang finished her studies and left the Qin Er's house. Peach Blossom wanted to follow him to Rou Sang's house, but was stopped by the Second Aunt, "Didn't you see how it is getting dark?

If it was said that Qin Er still had the thought of marrying the peach blossoms to Mu Jinzhi at the beginning of the year, then she had completely stopped thinking about it now. A year of training and writing fees from Mu Jinzhi was at least five to six taels of silver.

"Bro, should we add a few more pigs to our house?" These days, not all families kept pigs, unlike the future generations who would be able to see pork everywhere when they went through the wrong doors.

Mu Jinzhi was worried. If he wanted to study, how would he be able to rely on his sister to busy himself over here? He did not know how to respond.

"Brother, a pig can earn me one or two taels of silver if it is raised." Mu Rousang smiled and curved her crescent eyes, she did not believe that Mu Jinzhi would not be tempted.

"But, little sister, you're too young and big brother has to busy himself with school. If it's just feeding the pigs, then big brother can get up early and feed the pigs, but this pigsty needs to be cleaned up sooner or later ?" He didn't have much time for housework.

Mu Rousang had never thought about this before, since she had the space to do so. Currently, the most useful thing was to move things around, cough ?

"This, big brother, how about we ask siderocarpus to come and help us!" We'll give him some wages a month! " It wasn't Mu Rousang's fault that he thought of the Qin family. When he first arrived, the Qin family had really given her a lot of help.

Mu Jinzhi did not agree as usual. Instead, he muttered to himself for a moment and said, "Little sister, if we look for the Qin Er family with everything, to outsiders, it would be our fault.

"Bro, you can't be thinking of calling Uncle over to help, right?" That was a lazy piece of work. He didn't see how the fields had been ruined.

Mu Jinzhi looked at his sister who was fuming under the oil lamp, and felt her heart go soft, "Little sister, don't be angry, I want yang-ge to help me!"

What? With the help of that sissy, Mu Rousang's mind drifted past. That sissy holding onto a large bamboo broom, looked at with wet eyes, then carefully jumped around in the pigsty, accompanied by a terrifying cry that shook the heavens ?

"Brother, no!" Seeing Mu Jinzhi's troubled face, his tone became gentle, "yang-ge is so pampered, I will not agree."

Mu Jinzhi smiled very confidently, "Has little sister forgotten that big brother promised yang-ge?"

"Of course I know that, but what kind of relationship can studying and cleaning pigsty have!" Mu Rousang could not understand how these two things, which were wind and horses, could be pulled together.

"Of course it's related. yang-ge can read if she wants to, but the condition is that she needs to feed my pig food properly and clean the pigsty well."

"Brother!" The villainous Mu Rousang was talking about flowers. Her cheap brother was too black-hearted, could she even imagine it? A germaphobic child painstakingly swept the pigsty every day. There were thousands of butterflies dancing in her heart. She was truly overjoyed!

"Don't you think that yang-ge is too unlike a boy? It's too pampered and he listens to whatever the Eldest Aunt says! "

Under the orange yellow light, her long eyelashes covered in shadows, also blocking her eyes from her calculations. Her calculations towards Eldest Uncle and his family, it was time to take back some interest.

"Bro, would the people outside say something bad about us!" Mu Rousang was still a little worried.

Mu Jinzhi curled his lips, "You would care? It's better to let outsiders praise us than to let our lives be so uncomfortable on our own. Literacy is not something that anyone can learn. "

thought that learning literature was like studying at home. The more you read, the poorer you would be, and the cost would be too high, you would have more and more strength to work, and your family would also get richer and richer. Ahem, this was God Horse's comprehension ability ?

Seeing that he had made up his mind, Mu Rousang understood after thinking about it. Mu Yiyang would have his own ideas in the future, and by then, even the ten Mulberry s would not be able to resist him.

"I know!" I finally got over this, "Oh yeah, brother, you only have a holiday at the end of the month, I want to go to County to buy some New Year's gifts. Can I take a few days leave with Teacher Liu?"

"Little sister, why do you suddenly want to go to the county to buy New Year's gifts?" Before this, whenever there were festivals, Mu Rousang would always bring him around to deliver festivals. This time, he wasn't surprised.

"I heard that the snacks in the county are even more delicious. Also, I need to get some brush and paper for my brother." Mu Rousang counted with his little finger.

Mu Jinzhi patted her head, "Little sister, I'm afraid that our family won't have much silver!" Buying a book and ink would probably cost him another huge sum of silver, he wanted Mu Rousang's life to be a little easier.

"Brother, did you forget? "I have newly embroidered a screen of happiness. I thought that I would definitely be able to sell it for a good price after the new year. This way, we won't have to worry about not having any silver for the next year." Furthermore, the apple seeds she splattered in space had already grown into trees. The branches of the fruits that stuck in the branches had also grown quite a bit. The green fruits had already begun to hang on the tops of the trees.

Next year, fruit trees will be planted in the front and back of the house, and some chickens will be raised.

"Sister, when spring begins next year, keep all the silver you earned. Since your parents aren't here, as your brother, I naturally have to be more concerned about your dowry."

A dowry? She's only six years old, okay? It was at least ten years away from getting married. Ten years! Mu Jinzhi considered it too early, "Brother, let's talk after you marry your sister-in-law!"

"This won't do. From next year on, the silver that you earn will most likely be left to treat your dowry. Un, I'll go ask mistress. This brother doesn't know what a girl's dowry needs either!" He touched the back of his head and felt that he was not thinking carefully.

Fortunately, his mistress praised his clothes as very fitting, and only now did he understand that his parents had passed away early, with only his sister staying at home. With her reminder, Mu Jinzhi finally understood that a girl's dowry had to be saved up from the time they were young.

In his heart, he felt sorry for his sister. She was the one who worried about him most of the time.

Seeing that his tone was not suitable for discussion, Mu Rousang had a plan, "Alright, but brother, the silver we earn is ours, we will leave some for brother to use in the future when he marries Sister-in-Law." Mu Rousang's heart began to snow, her small hands clenched tightly as she punched the brick bed. Her brother had not even grown up, why does it feel like he was helping others raise children?

He then took out the cotton shoes that Qin Er had made today, "Bro, quick, try it, I went to find Qin Er to make these for you today to see if it's warm."

Mu Rousang had already put on the cotton shoes, and now that she had urged Mu Jinzhi to put on new shoes, Mu Jinzhi did not immediately put them on, but extended his fat little hands to touch the cotton shoes. Last year! At this time last year, his mother was finally unable to endure it. Before she left, she was still concerned about not giving the two siblings a pair of shoes, so the time ? He didn't wait for anyone and eventually swallowed his last breath of air unwillingly!

He sniffed and fought back tears.

"Little sister, from now on, your gift to Second Aunt will be thicker than before!"

The flickering oil lamp imprinted itself on his body that was not too tall. The shadow cast upon the wall was dragged along by the old elder ?

She didn't know how Mu Yiyang explained it to the Mulberry, but every morning, he would help her feed the pigs and clean the pigsty. She was slightly shocked that this sissy brat would actually be able to endure such a stench.

Mu Yiyang stomped his feet. He had to keep this snowy pigsty clean, he had to clean the pigsty and also cover the clean straw back up. After doing all this, he rubbed his hands together and stood beside the pigsty looking into the kitchen.

Mu Rousang was in the kitchen blowing up the cat ears, preparing to eat them when the fire burned.

Mu Yiyang could smell the fragrance coming from the kitchen from far away. He took a deep breath and walked towards the kitchen quickly, "Little Sister Rou Sang, can you teach me new words today?" His weak voice sounded from behind Mu Rousang, afraid that she would be unhappy.

In the past few days, Mu Rousang had watched him learn and take things seriously, and the slight discomfort she felt in her heart had already disappeared like smoke into thin air. Now that he opened her mouth and asked, "yang-ge, do you know what was written earlier?"

Mu Yiyang twirled his finger bashfully, lowering his head and replying with a small voice, "Yes, Little Sister Rou Sang, can I learn something new?" Because he had been working hard all this time, his thin and weak body gradually stiffened up.

Mu Rousang felt that he was rather hardworking, and was curious about how Mulberry agreed to it, "Yes, and also, yang-ge, why would Eldest Aunt agree to it ?"

Mu Yiyang's eyelashes were very long, and each one was very beautiful, "My mother? "I said that I wanted to learn how to read and my mother disagreed at the beginning. Afterwards, I didn't eat and just sat on the side and got angry, but then my mother agreed. Actually, my mother was still very good to me, I'm not going to dangerous places by the water, it's just that ?"

"But what?" Mu Rousang had a nagging feeling that things weren't that simple, so she looked at him with suspicion.

"It's just that, Sister Rou Sang, don't be angry, my mother doesn't understand so much! So, I secretly hid the matter of the pigsty from my mother. " Mu Yiyang was very nervous and worried, afraid that Mu Rousang would be unhappy and kick him out. He felt that the snacks that Mu Rousang had made were especially delicious, he had not seen many of them before.

Mu Rousang did not know that what Mu Yiyang cared about the most were the snacks that she cooked when she was bored. You can't keep hiding it forever! " She really felt that it was possible for Mu Yiyang to take him astray ? Cough, Mu Rousang's resentment is really heavy!

Mu Yiyang was troubled, he did not know how to answer, and could only stutter: "I have yet to think of a way, but I will try my best to think of a way."

Mu Rousang rolled her slippery little eyes. "yang-ge, do you know how much my brother has to spend on studying?"

The honest sissy shook her head, "I don't know!" It was just that the other kids in the village were all envious of him.

"Ten taels of silver is not too much. The repair costs two and a half taels of silver, as well as the festival gift to Teacher, as well as the pen, ink, paper, and books, all of these will be spent on cultivation. That is to say, yang-ge, you only need to sweep the pigsty to save ten taels of silver for your studies."