When she passed by a sesame cake stall after leaving Ding's house, she bought two cakes and two bunches of candied haws.

Just after crossing the bridge, I saw Mao Mingzhu and others in front of me.

She didn't shout. She finished the cake first and then chased after him. Only then did she realize that there was a woman among them whom she had never seen before.

He was younger than her, and the clothes he wore were clean, with only a small patch on the cuff. His eyes were big and handsome, and he kept staring at her, which was very strange.

She touched her face and asked, "You always look at what I do."

Mao Mingzhu glanced at the girl and said, "She is going to your house."

The smile on Mao Xiaosui's face faded a lot and he asked, "Is something wrong?"

The girl then smiled and said, "I want to see brother Zhao Hui."

After hearing this, Mao Xiaosui glanced at her a few more times, "Are you from the Zhao family?"

The girl shook her head and said, "We are from the same village. My name is Liu Qingqing."

Mao Xiaosui breathed a sigh of relief. This girl was talking happily and had a very lively temperament. She didn't dislike her, so she didn't lose face anymore. She still asked curiously, "Why do you want to come to see him?"

"He told me before that he would come to your house to help. I haven't seen him come back these days. I was worried and wanted to come and have a look."

Mao Xiaosui felt happy because Zhao Hui didn't tell him that he had such a handsome childhood sweetheart.

She deliberately took a few steps back to chat with Liu Qingqing.

Back in the village, Mao Xiaosui pointed to the house at the top and said, "My house is at the top."

The girl nodded and said, "Sister Xiaosui, can you call him down? I won't go up, I blame you for causing trouble."

Mao Xiaosui smiled, "It's noon, let's go up and sit."

Liu Qingqing hesitated for a moment, then nodded in agreement.

There were many dogs at home, and they started barking before they even got close to the door. When they entered the yard, they saw Li Yunshan coming out of the main room, and Liu Qingqing was a little confused when she saw Liu Qingqing next to her.

Mao Xiaosui called Zhao Hui.

Zhao Hui responded confusedly and quickly opened the door and came out. His eyes widened when he saw Liu Qingqing in the yard.

"Why are you here?" The expression on his face was shocked and helpless, like a child.

Liu Qingqing smiled brightly and said coquettishly, "If you don't come back, I will come to see you."

Zhao Hui's nervous hands didn't know where to put them, and he looked a little stupid.

Li Ruyi and Li Ankang fell asleep on the Kang in the main room, so Li Yunshan simply moved the table to the yard for the two of them to sit down.

Mao Xiaosui went to the kitchen to make rice.

There was only her portion in the pot, so Li Yunshan said, "I'll pick some vegetables to fry."

"Okay." She handed the basin over casually, then went to the grain house to dig out a bowl of millet noodles and bake pancakes.

Liu Qingqing was talking in the yard, and Zhao Hui nodded from time to time, as if his mouth was glued to his head, and he looked even more stupid.

Li Yunshan didn't go over and asked her in a low voice, "Where did you bring it from?"

"She is also selling eggs at the market. She met people from the village and wanted to follow them."

Li Yunshan nodded and said, "Zhao Hui likes her."

Mao Xiaosui laughed, "Who doesn't like this kind of girl? I guess she is quite popular at home."

When someone came to the house, Li Yunshan didn't want to go to bed or go to the yard, so he just sat and lit the fire.

The girl had to leave until the meal was ready.

Zhao Hui said, "I'll send her back."

Mao Xiaosui and Li Yunshan were holding rice in their hands and said, "What's the rush? Sit down and eat first."

Liu Qingqing's eyes stayed on the rice for a moment, then quickly moved away, shaking his head, "No, I'm not hungry."

Mao Xiaosui ate two cakes on the road and wanted to eat them. It was strange that he was not hungry after walking such a long way.

"Sit down and eat," she said. "If you don't eat, my work will be in vain."

Zhao Hui hesitated for a moment, then asked her to sit down and said, "You eat, I will take you back."

Mao Xiaosui had already picked up the chopsticks and started eating. Liu Qingqing was not polite when he saw this. He ate half of the bowl of rice, took another pancake and tore half of it, and stopped after eating.

Mao Xiaosui stuffed another one for her and said, "You eat, why are you so polite?" Then he said to Li Yunshan, "Bring me a bowl of water."

Li Yunshan got up and went into the kitchen, and soon brought out two bowls.

Liu Qingqing glanced at Li Yunshan in surprise, thanked him and drank.

After eating and drinking, Zhao Hui said again, "Let's go."

The two sent them out and watched the people go away before returning to the house. Mao Xiaosui went to clean the kitchen, and Li Yunshan followed him in, leaning against the door frame and watching.

Mao Xiaosui asked him, "Have you counted? How much is the difference?"

Li Yunshan looked a little sleepy and replied, "One hundred and fifty-six, it can be completed in seven or eight days."

Mao Xiaosui nodded and urged him, "Go back to sleep. I'll be fine soon."

Li Yunshan didn't move. He waited for her to finish cleaning up before they went back to the house together. They lay down on the kang and fell asleep quickly.

When he woke up again, Zhao Hui had not come back yet.

She and Li Yunshan brushed and soaked the morning rabbit skin, and when they were about to go out, Zhao Hui came back, and laughed sheepishly when he saw them.

"Sent it back?" she asked.

Zhao Hui nodded, "I didn't go into the village. I came back after seeing her go in."

"Childhood sweethearts," she joked.

Zhao Hui pursed his lower lip, with a bitter expression on his face, "How can I be worthy of her? She is so good-looking and her family is in good condition."

"Does that girl like you too?"

Zhao Hui shook his head and changed the topic, "Let's go and cut grass."

Work goes faster when there are more people. Mao Xiaosui is responsible for digging wild vegetables and grass, while Li Yunshan and Zhao Hui are responsible for pulling weeds.

After meeting Liu Qingqing, Zhao Hui has always been a little absent-minded. Mao Xiaosui said to Li Yunshan, "Ask him tonight what he means."

Li Yunshan nodded and said, "Looking at the girl's conversation and clothes, her family should not be very poor. In his current situation, no one would marry the girl to him. He never mentioned it and probably never thought about it."

"That's okay." Mao Xiaosui said.

Although the two of them just live together, they are happy to be able to marry the one they like.

She whispered, "Give him some confidence first. As long as this business can be successful, we will consider longer-term things in the future. By then, he will have a serious job and won't have to be like this now."

"Even if it can't be done..." Mao Xiaosui originally wanted to say that it would be okay to help him find a wife, but then he thought that it would be easy to marry him, not even if he didn't have a source of living. He couldn't let the girl live in someone else's house or sell herself like him. Just go to work with him.

"I'll tell him tonight." Li Yunshan agreed.

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Time flies and the day comes for delivery.

The three of them went to cut a lot of grass the night before. After sending them out in the morning, Mao Xiaosui was not in a hurry to go out.

I swept the house inside and out, threw all the dirty clothes in the basin, took out the cotton-padded clothes of Zhao Hui and Li Yunshan, and put the cotton into sacks.

When Li Yunshan was not at home, she would put the dog in the yard when she went out, carry the clothes, and carry the sack in the basket before going out.

Soak the sack in water and press it with stones. Fill the basin with water and rub the soap nuts well. Soak the clothes and then go to cut the grass.

Heizi had fun in the water and was responsible for looking at things.

Li Ruyi and Li Ankang dug wild vegetables as usual.

The green grass at home is so hairy that the youngster only digs the grass that the chickens eat.

After the sun came out for a while, Mao Xiaosui went to wash clothes. The basin was full of thin clothes worn in summer, and it was quick to rub them. She finished washing first and put them on a clean stone, then took the sack out and tied it again. Wash the cotton in a basin of clean water.

Yellow and old cotton cannot be washed white, and Mao Xiaosui can only be scrubbed clean.

By the time she finished her work, it was already noon. When she got home, she hung up the cotton in the sack to dry, stewed two rabbits, and picked some green vegetables to make egg drop soup.

She took a nap at noon and woke up more than half the time before going back to the mountain to dig for fungi.

As soon as they arrived, Mao Mingzhu came over and asked, "Yunshan and Zhao Hui are out?"

Mao Xiaosui nodded and asked her in a low voice, "Uncle, have they gone to the mountain?"

"I went." Mao Mingzhu said, "I went there secretly. I sold a lot of money these days."

Mao Xiaosui naturally knew that although she rarely went to the market, she had seen Wang Zhong and Wang Qingshan selling fish, not to mention that there were so many in the yard that it was difficult to see them.

Mao Mingzhu was also very happy that her family suddenly had a source of income, and gave her an angry look, "You hid it well enough."

Mao Xiaosui shook his head, "This matter also involves Li Yunqiang's family, not to mention that we also had to rely on this to make money at the time."

Mao Mingzhu thought about it and didn't care anymore.

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