The hard bed I slept on at night was cool and comfortable.

After buying meat buns outside in the morning and eating them, Li Yunshan went to the breeding farm.

There were many children in the alley. When Mao Xiaosui was carrying a bucket and going to fetch water from the well at the end of the alley, he saw many children gathering together to play.

The kids kept staring when they saw her.

Mao Xiaosui smiled at them and passed by. He filled the water tank and began to unpack and wash the cotton.

The courtyard door was open, and when she looked up, she found that all the children in the alley were surrounding her.

Mao Xiaosui called out to the two siblings in the room.

When she first moved here, she felt that it was necessary for her two children to get familiar with the children in the alley, so that they would have playmates in the future.

Li Ruyi and Li Ankang came out and looked at the children at the door and walked over.

Don't say anything, you look at me, I look at you.

Mao Xiaosui took the initiative and asked, "Are you all next to me?"

A five or six-year-old boy nodded and then fell silent.

Mao Xiaosui added, "You can get to know each other."

Li Ruyi then took the initiative and said, "My name is Li Ruyi, and this is my brother Li Ankang. We are twins."

As soon as this was said, the other children's eyes widened in surprise.

Because of this sentence, other children also started talking about it.

"Are you twins?"

"Then why is he so young..."

Li Ankang was visibly unhappy and turned around to leave. Li Ruyi grabbed him and explained seriously, "My brother is still young. He will grow very tall in a few years." As if he was afraid that others would not believe him, he said, " My brother Pingshun was also short before, but now he is taller, and my father was also short before, but he has grown taller..."

Many people saw them when they moved here yesterday, and these children were immediately convinced when they thought of Li Yunshan's height.

Li Ankang didn't leave in shame.

It is easy for children to play together, and by the time Li Yunshan and the other two arrived with firewood, the group of children were already very familiar with each other.

Li Yunshan piled the tall firewood in the corner, and he and Zhao Hui prepared to make the second trip. When leaving, he said, "Pingshun will come over soon and cook more."

"I know." Mao Xiaosui soaked the washed cotton in water and started cooking.

The kitchen is larger than the ones in the village, with two cabinets, half a basket of eggs placed underneath, and various large and small jars and dishes on top.

Mao Xiaosui cut the beans he brought last night into sections and fried them with meat slices to stew rice. He also washed some vegetables he brought, dried the mushrooms he soaked in the morning and set aside for later use, and took six more eggs.

The second trip came back quickly, and Mao Xiaosui asked them to sit down while he cooked the vegetables.

After not seeing Ding Pingshun for a long time, Li Ruyi turned into a pendant again and was very affectionate.

Stewed rice with green beans, fried vegetables, fried mushrooms with eggs, and vegetable and mushroom soup.

During the meal, Mao Xiaosui took out the wine to celebrate.

After drinking to celebrate his birthday, Mao Mao said, "You dug up the yard this afternoon and planted the green onions first. You can still eat the green vegetables after planting them."

Li Yunshan nodded, "Turn it over after eating." He said to Zhao Hui, "You should pack the firewood first in the morning."

Zhao Hui nodded in agreement.

Mao Xiaosui asked Ding Pingshun, "Would you like to go home and see?"

"There will be plenty of life during the Chinese New Year." Ding Pingshun acted as responsible as an adult.

Mao Xiaosui was happy, "When you finish shopping, you can take the time to go home and take a look."

Ding Pingshun nodded in agreement.

Some children who had eaten ran over again, and Li Ruyi picked up Ding Pingshun, who was still eating, and walked out.

Mao Xiaosui heard her introduction, "This is my brother Pingshun."

Ding Pingshun also knelt down in cooperation and greeted the other children, "My name is Ding Pingshun, and I am the brother of Ruyi and Ankang."

"Then why isn't your surname Li?" A child asked with wide eyes.

Ding Pingshun laughed and said, "It's not a close relationship. My family is not here. Of course, it's not a cousin or a cousin. I'm just an eldest brother with no relationship. Do you understand?"

A group of children nodded in unison, "You are older than Yiyi and Ankang, so they call you brother, then can we also call you brother?"

"sure……"

Mao Xiaosui listened and thought, who doesn't like such a gentle big brother?

After Ding Pingshun comforted the child, he came back to eat.

After finishing the bowl of rice, he ate more than half of the bowl. Mao Xiaosui was surprised. Is his appetite so surprising after not seeing food for a while?

She looked at it for a while, and it seemed to be taller.

Zhao Hui has grown much taller since he came here last year, and Ding Pingshun looks like he is not much shorter than him now.

After dinner, the three of them dug the ground with the only two wooden shovels left at home. The weather was still warm and Mao Xiaosui simply planted flowers.

They planted onions and vegetables. It was still early to finish their work, but they planned to go back.

Li Yunshan did not see them off, but directly blocked the courtyard door and went back to his room to sleep.

Mao Xiaosui took out the cotton soaked in the basin and put it into a sack to hang to control the water. He also tied up the dried beans he brought and hung them up to dry.

After cleaning up, Li Yunshan was already fast asleep.

She went to the side room to take a look at the two children, and after making sure they were asleep, she went back inside to take a nap.

This time, Li Yunshan was holding a rope to measure the size of the firewood in the yard. Li Ruyi and Li Ankang were already playing outside.

Mao Xiaosui had just moved here and didn't want to be too intrusive to them, so he ignored them and asked Li Yunshan, "Would you like to go to Renyazi's place?"

"Go." Li Yunshan threw the rope and the door was locked. Li Ruyi, who was playing with other children, said to Li Ankang, "Mom and dad are going to do some errands. You two are not allowed to go out of the alley. Do you understand that you are playing here?"

"I know." The two children responded obediently. Mao Xiaosui put Heizi outside and watched them.

The two of them went straight to Renyazi's place. Probably because the business was not good, they went in and shouted for a long time before they came out.

The man, who was in his thirties or forties, was holding a bowl of water. He looked at them a few times when he came out, and then asked, "Buying someone?"

Li Yunshan said "hmm" and stated his request.

Men are strong and know how to work.

After hearing this, the man opened one of the rooms.

Mao Xiaosui saw that it looked like a Datong shop, crowded with many men, and it was quiet inside with no one talking.

The man waved, "Come out, everyone."

The others rushed out, and there were more than twenty people in the small room.

After lining up in the yard, the two of them looked at each one one by one, and then discussed in a low voice. They found that the people who wanted to see were almost the same, but they only bought two people.

After discussing for a while, we decided on the younger and duller ones.

Maybe it's because I've been hungry for a long time and my face looks sallow.

Mao Xiaosui pointed at the two people and asked, "What's the price?"

"All nineteen taels."

"Okay." Li Yunshan nodded and asked the two of them, "What's your name?"

"Niu Si, Chen San."

The two people who were bought looked more hopeful. The taller Niu Si asked cautiously, "Can you have enough to eat?"

"Okay." Li Yunshan said, "Just work hard."

When Niu Si heard this, he breathed a sigh of relief and nodded, "I will do a good job." Chen San just nodded and said nothing more, but looked equally happy.

The remaining people had to go back to the house. One of them, a short man in his forties or fifties, knelt down and kowtowed to the two of them, "Please, buy me too. I am also hard-working, so I will definitely do well." Work.”

This person was not what they were interested in. Ren Yazi glanced at their faces and made sure they had no intention of buying. Then he kicked the person directly and said, "Enter the house."

The man seemed quite frightened, so he begged twice more, and was kicked again by the man's teeth, so he had to go back dejectedly.

They went to go through the formalities, and the two of them were waiting in the yard. After getting the receipt and the deed, Li Yunshan planned to send the person there and buy another big pot by the way.

Mao Xiaosui didn't follow him and went home directly with his things.

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