chapter 2

Sibao's quilt was wiped clean, and the smile on his face deepened.

Aunt Yu was cooking in the kitchen next door, and the wood stove was somewhat smoky.

There was rice simmering in the pot on the stove, Aunt Yu squatted in front of the stove to add firewood, and there was a noise from the yard.

Yu Qin, an old man from the Yu family who was working outside, came back. The little old man was stooped and dark-skinned. He carried a hoe on his shoulder and a sweat-wiping cloth hung around his neck. He was sweating profusely.

Throwing the hoe in the corner, Yu Qin grabbed the sweat cloth and wiped it on his face, and went into the main room swearing.

Standing on the spot and taking a few glances at the empty large water tank, Yu Qin glared sideways at Aunt Yu who was cooking next door, with a look of anger, and her thick black eyebrows wrinkled out ravines.

"You dead old woman, where's the cold water at home, don't you know how to prepare more?"

Aunt Yu, who was cooking, seemed to be used to being scolded by him. She only bent down and picked up the kettle that had just been boiled from the small stove on the side, and went to the main room to fill the water tank.

Seeing that the surface of the water tank was still steaming, the old man Yu became impatient again, kicked away the kettle that Aunt Yu had placed at his feet, and scolded impatiently, "How can you tell me to drink it when it's so hot?"

"It's really bad. I've been working all day and night, and now I can't even drink cold water when I get home. Tell me about you."

Blowing his beard and staring at Aunt Yu, the old man Yu sat on the chair and pointed at this and said something.

Aunt Yu waited for him to complain enough and her eyes to stare enough, then she sighed lightly, took a bowl and scooped a bowl of water into the water tank and put it on the table to dry.

After doing this, turn around and go back to the kitchen to continue cooking.

The old man Yu was a little satisfied now, eased his temper, and slumped on the chair to rest like a corpse.

Yu Dabao, the elder son of Yu’s father, came back a little later than his father. When he came back, it was almost dark. With two load of grass on his shoulders and a basket on his head, he was so tired that he was out of breath.

Aunt Yu, who had prepared the meal, saw it, and hurriedly came out of the room and took the basket above his head for him, and helped him unload the pole.

"You're tired, hurry up and pack up and go into the house to prepare for dinner."

"It's okay, mother, I'll go wash my hands."

After speaking, Yu Dabao filled a basin of water with a well in the yard, wiped his face, and washed his hands carefully.

The old man of the Yu family, who was resting in the main room, was already sitting at the dining table waiting to eat, no matter how crowded it was.

When it was time to eat at the table, there were only three people in total, and then the old man Yu asked, "Where's the fifth girl?"

"Today she took Four Treasures out to play again. After I taught her a few words, she got angry and didn't know where she went." Aunt Yu's hand holding the vegetables paused, thinking about it and telling the truth.

Hearing this, the old man of the Yu family looked at Aunt Yu with disapproval, and then looked at the house where the Four Treasures were staying.

"Big and small, none of them are worry-free. The second child has to come back later. Leave some food for him and Wu Ya. You can quickly finish eating and feed the fourth."

His tone was rather impatient, he swiped his chopsticks in the bowl a few times, and knocked on the side of the bowl a few times, signaling Aunt Yu to eat quickly.

Yu Dabao glanced at his father unwillingly, and quickly lowered his head to eat honestly.

Aunt Yu didn't react at all. She ate a little faster and finished the rice in the bowl with a few bites of green vegetables.

"There's food left for them in the pot. You two have finished eating the food on the table. I'll clean up later."

After speaking, he went back to the kitchen to get food for the Four Treasures.

Four Treasures are a bit duller than others. They can't use chopsticks. When they were younger, Aunt Yu used a spoon to feed them.

Aunt Yu didn't dare to feed hard food because she almost choked the four-year-old baby because she neglected to feed her food.

Simply cook some rice porridge for her alone every day.

In fact, drinking rice porridge is not enough, and Aunt Yu knows that, but she is very busy all day long, so she has to cook more for each meal.

Carrying the porridge to the room, Si Bao obediently sat on the chair by the table and waited for her.

There was a childlike smile on her little face, which made Aunt Yu feel warm in her heart.

Judging from her face and appearance alone, the Four Treasures are unbelievably beautiful, but unfortunately she can't speak, her movements are much slower than ordinary people, her reactions are also a beat slower, and she sits in a daze all day.

Apart from humming when he was in a hurry, he didn't say anything else.

Fortunately, the Four Treasures can understand the words of others most of the time, but they will not respond too much.

"Four Treasures, today's mother's rice porridge is a little hot, and it will take a while to drink it, you know?"

Hearing that it was a little hot, Sibao blinked hesitantly and looked at the bowl on the table, then slowly pouted and snorted towards the bowl.

This movement is normal in the eyes of others, but in the eyes of Aunt Yu, it is very gratifying. This is something she learned after teaching the Four Treasures for a long time.

Seeing that there was no problem with Sibao, Aunt Yu went to the main room to clear the table.

Yu Dabao worked in the yard, and carried the grass picked up during the day to the sheep pen in the backyard to feed the sheep.

Old man Yu was sitting in the room smoking a dry cigarette with a cigarette rod.

Sibao stayed alone in the room, a lit candle was placed on the table, and the rice porridge in the bowl by the table was cold.

Holding the spoon in his left hand, Sibao scooped the rice porridge and drank it slowly, and occasionally glanced at the beating candlelight.

But fortunately, ate it cleanly, not filling mouth, nor spilling it on the table.

Looking at the clean tabletop, Sibao felt a little happy and rubbed his full stomach. Thinking of how delicious the rice porridge is today.

The weather has been hot recently, and have to take a shower at night, so the Yu family man stood in a simple shed in the yard with a bucket and washed it.

The daughter's family uses a bathtub to wash in the room.

On weekdays, Aunt Yu would wash the Four Treasures after Yu Wuya had finished washing them. Tonight, it was dark before she came back, so she had to carry hot water to wash the Four Treasures first.

The tub was very old, but it was clean and large. Sitting in it, the Four Treasures were covered by the water, revealing a head outside.

Aunt Yu was afraid that her whole body would slip into the water, so she had to pull Sibao's shoulders with one arm, and wiped her body with a handkerchief with the other.

It may be that the sun has not been seen all the year round, and the skin on Sibao's body is as white as snow, and Aunt Yu just pulled her and pinched her snow-white shoulders red.

When the handkerchief was rubbed on the body, it turned red.

Aunt Yu had no choice but to slow down and lighten up.

On the other side, Yu Wuya, who ran out of anger, was already walking home with her second brother Yu Erbao.

Yu Erbao worked as a helper for a large family in the village to move goods for others, leaving early and returning late.

Yu Wuya got angry and ran to him to complain.

Along the way, Yu Wuya told Yu Erbao everything that her mother had reprimanded her because of Yu Sibao, and said that her thin and yellow face was full of anger and grievance.

When he saw Yu Erbao, he felt very distressed. He didn't like the dementia-stricken Yu Sibao since he was a child. On the contrary, he was very supportive of Yu Wuya, who was still young. Hearing her say this, he promised to wait for her to come back. tone.

By the time the two returned home, it was already dark in the yard.

The old man of the Yu family had already returned to the room to rest, and Yu Dabao had to go out to work tomorrow and went into the room early to sleep.

Only Aunt Yu's room was still lit.

When Yu Erbao saw this, it was not easy to go in, so he had to take Yu Wuya to eat the leftover dinner in the kitchen.

Yu Wuya was very unhappy, thinking that she couldn't get out of this tone today, she was absent-mindedly pulling the rice.

After eating, the two of them didn't clean up, and just put the tableware and chopsticks on the stove.

"Wu Ya, let's forget it's so late today, go to bed early, and talk about it in the daytime tomorrow, do you think it's okay?"

Yu Erbao carried a wooden bucket to draw water by the well, looked at Yu Wuya who was walking towards the house and said.

Just as Yu Wuya was about to speak, Aunt Yu, who heard the movement, came out of the room.

Looking at Yu Wuya at the door, Yu Wuya dodged and hid in the house.

Aunt Yu had to look at Yu Erbao in the yard again: "What are you talking about there, second child? It's so late, hurry up and take a shower and go to bed."

Seeing Aunt Yu coming out, Yu Erbao hurriedly fell silent. Hearing what she said, he hurriedly took the water and went to the shed in the corner to take a bath.

The Four Treasures in the room were already on the bed. Seeing Yu Wuya walking in, she didn't respond. She lay on the quilt and dangled her feet on her own. She held a small sandbag in her hand and played with the faint candlelight.

Yu Wuya glanced at her with disdain, and then glanced at the sandbag in her hand with disgust.

I secretly slandered in my heart: Che, isn't it just a broken sandbag, can't you get tired of playing for so many years?

Aunt Yu brought water for Yu Wuya, and urged her to take a bath quickly. Yu Wuya, who was still sulking, snorted and went to the edge of the tub with her clothes in her arms.

The room is not small, the tub and the bed are separated by a broken shelf. There are two beds in the room, one is small, Sibao sleeps alone, and the other is bigger, Aunt Yu takes Yu Wuya to sleep.

After Yu Wuya got out of the bath and climbed into bed, Aunt Yu blew out the candle and prepared to go to bed.

The moonlight filtered through the window, and the room was not too dark.

Aunt Yu walked to the window by the moonlight, and before going to bed, she uneasy tucked the quilt for Sibao: "Sibao sleeps at night and thinks that her stomach is covered with a quilt."

Before Sibao could respond, Yu Wuya on the other side of the bed said, "Mother, it doesn't matter if you cover the quilt in such a hot weather."

"Sleep with you. Next time, let me find out that you took your sister out to be bullied. See if I don't beat you with a cane."

Aunt Yu reprimanded Yu Wuya angrily, but she missed Si Bao's slight nodding to her.

The other Yu Wuya who was scolded would be so angry that it was even more impossible to see.

The night of roosters and dogs was over like this, and the next morning, the sound of roosters woke up the people who were going to work.

Aunt Yu began to work on the stove at the age of nine, preparing breakfast for the whole family.

The noodles were put aside first, and Aunt Yu pulled a few shallots from the vegetable garden, washed them, and chopped them.

Except for Yu Sibao, who couldn't work, the only family left was Yu Wuya, who was still young, and everyone else had to wait until the evening to return.

Pancakes are a very hungry and convenient thing, and Aunt Yu made more than ten pancakes in one go.

Yu Dabao and Old Man Yu had to go to work in the fields, and they brought six cakes. Aunt Yu herself had to help others in the lotus pond, and she also brought three cakes. There are still five left for Yu Erbao, who goes out to work, and Yu Wuya, who has nothing to do.

Four treasures have to do another.

The old man of the Yu family and Yu Dabao rushed out the door before the sun got up.

Aunt Yu put the boiled rice porridge in a bowl and brought it into the house for the Four Treasures to prepare. After thinking about two meals, she was no longer hungry for the Four Treasures, so she went out the door with peace of mind.

Before Four Treasures woke up, Aunt Yu had just gone out on her forefoot, and Yu Wuya got up from the bed, tiptoe to the table and brought Four Treasures' rice porridge out.

Yu Erbao, who was still packing up in the yard to go to work, saw her coming out with a bowl, and couldn't help but ask, "What are you doing with Yu Sibao's bowl?"

"Second brother!" Yu Wuya walked up to Yu Erbao holding the bowl, and said maliciously, "Let's drink, it's okay if she's hungry for a meal or two."

"It's not very good, Wu Ya. Although you won't die from starvation after a meal or two, if your mother finds out, she won't kill you?" Yu Erbao gave her a disapproving look and shook his head.

Yu Wuya was not happy at the moment: "You said last night that you wanted to vent your anger, so it doesn't count?"

After speaking, he walked into the main room angrily. Yu Erbao had a headache and couldn't do anything, so he had to follow her into the room.

"Okay, okay, if you want to drink, drink it quickly."

Upon hearing this, Yu Wuya couldn't wait to start drinking.