It was almost dark when Li Yunshan came back. He was holding a wooden box in his arms and there was a tinkling sound inside, which sounded like the sound of copper plates.

After entering the house, Li Yunshan put the box on the table first, and then said, "I exchanged some of the copper coins for selling rabbit meat at Ding's house.

"I was originally going to give you money for the three pigs I caught in Pingshun last year... I just got scolded and let it go."

Mao Xiaosui nodded and put the money in the cabinet and put it away.

Mao Xiaosui poured hot water for him to wash his hands, and put the fried cabbage on the table. When he was about to serve the porridge, Li Ruyi and Li Ankang immediately said they didn't want to eat.

Mao Xiaosui was not surprised. The two children kept eating various things and they should be full. However, she still told them, "From now on, each of them will have two packs of snacks and ten copper coins per month, which is not much."

"Why?" Li Ankang asked.

Mao Xiaosui laughed angrily, "You two eat all sorts of things every day and don't even eat. Why are you asking me?"

Li Yunshan also said, "Your mother is right."

Li Ruyi pouted, "You are right in whatever mother says."

"You two have an opinion." Mao Xiaosui said proudly, "I'll give each of you a pack tomorrow in November. It doesn't matter whether you want to save it or eat it all at once. Anyway, it's one pack every half month. "

Li Ruyi asked, "Can we eat without snacks?"

"No."

Li Ruyi sighed immediately, grabbed the last piece of snack and stuffed it into his mouth, muttering, "Then let me eat enough for today."

The two children just had an extra bowl of porridge. Mao Xiaosui put it into a bowl and put it on the table to eat it tomorrow morning.

After walking for a day, his feet were tired, so Mao Xiaosui got him a basin of hot water to soak his feet.

Li Yunshan said, "I told the breeding farm that we would get up early to clean up the day after tomorrow."

Mao Xiaosui: "That's just right. It seems that the harvesting of grain has already started. Let's pay the tax before leaving."

Li Yunshan nodded and saw that she was worried and asked, "What's wrong?"

"I'm afraid that the two children will run into the street and play without knowing the seriousness of the matter. It won't be good if the villagers see it."

"This tax collection will not be completed in a day or two. Ankang may not be able to meet him if he goes to school, and Ruyi may not be able to bear it without us."

Li Yunshan pondered, "Ruyi will stay at the old lady's house, Ankang... Let the old lady pick her up when the time comes, and cover her face so that the villagers won't recognize her."

Mao Xiaosui: "I'm not worried about my health. I'm afraid that Ruyi will be disobedient. After all, the old lady is old. How can she follow them around all the time?"

Li Yunshan: "Whether she will listen or not depends on what she says."

Mao Xiaosui: "Then tell her."

Li Yunshan nodded.

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It snowed heavily at night, and it was snowy again the next day. Mao Xiaosui looked at the doghouse next to the firewood pile and called Heizi.

Heizi stretched out his tail and shook it. Mao Xiaosui went over and touched the kennel and found that it was quite warm.

Heizi was still wearing the cotton coat, and Wangwang put his head in it to keep warm.

Mao Xiaosui asked Li Yunshan, "Where did you get the clothes?"

Li Yunshan replied, "There are many puppies raised by wealthy families in Su County who wear clothes. I also bought one for Heizi."

"Pet dog?"

Li Yunshan was stunned for a moment but nodded, "Maybe that's what you meant. Anyway, those dogs are very beautiful and they are not used to guard the door."

Mao Xiaosui: "Then why don't you buy something nice?"

Li Yunshan coughed lightly, "This one is cheap, those bells and whistles are more expensive than a pair of shoes."

Heizi screamed, but he never came out of his nest.

Mao Xiaosui was happy, "It seems to like this nest very much, and it doesn't even come into the house."

Li Yunshan: "Dogs, like people, want to have a nest and food. This is their home."

Mao Xiaosui patted its head, "Without this nest, you are still a family. You can enter the house if you want, and you can live wherever you want. Look at you, this dog, you have quite a lot on your mind."

Kuroko nuzzled her with his tail, finally willing to come out.

Mao Xiaosui went to the hut, and when he came out, he asked Li Yunshan, who was sweeping the yard, "What do you want to eat?"

"Let's fry some cabbage."

Mao Xiaosui went into the house and cooked the millet porridge first, then went to get a cabbage and cut some meat.

Boil the millet, pour it out and fry the meat first, then cook the porridge after frying.

After finishing their work, the two children hadn't come out yet. Mao Xiaosui took a look and saw that Li Ruyi was fully wrapped in the quilt and fell asleep. She was woken up by shouting.

Li Ankang was awake, but he seemed to have no energy.

"What's wrong?" She touched Li Ankang's head. It was still very hot. She immediately touched it again and found that it was really hot.

Li Ankang snuggled into her arms and whispered, "I feel bad."

"Get dressed first." Mao Xiaosui quickly put on his clothes, wrapped him tightly and carried him to the main room.

Li Yunshan was sweeping the yard at the door, and Mao Xiaosui called him.

Li Yunshan didn't come in, he just yelled at the top of his voice, "What's wrong?" He didn't hear the response and immediately asked again.

Mao Xiaosui asked him to come in.

Li Yunshan walked in and saw Mao Xiaosui's head pressed against Li Ankang's. He immediately understood, "You have a fever?"

Mao Xiaosui nodded, "You will take him to see the doctor when the hospital opens."

Li Yunshan nodded, touched Li Ankang's head, and then went to clear the snow again.

After dinner, when Li Yunshan was carrying Li Ankang out to the medical clinic, he saw Gao Zixing passing by. Li Yunshan asked him to speak to the master on his behalf.

Mao Xiaosui lit the stove in Li Ankang's house, threw two pieces of charcoal in and burned it slowly.

By the time the house was warmed up, Li Yunshan had just returned.

Li Ankang still looked listless and almost fell asleep.

Mao Xiaosui quickly opened the curtain and asked him to put Li Ankang on the bed to sleep. He took the medicine and medicine jar from Li Yunshan and planned to boil the medicine.

Li Yunshan also came over and said, "I just caught a cold."

Mao Xiaosui felt that it was not the coldness of the house. The stoves in the two side rooms were burning during the day. Although they were not busy, the house was very warm. Not to mention that she would throw charcoal every afternoon. It would be at least midnight before the fire was put out. The two The bed in the side room was covered with rabbit skin, and the quilt was replaced with a new one, which was thicker, and it wasn't cold when she entered in the morning, unless Li Ankang kicked off the quilt.

She poured the medicine into water and put it next to the stove to soak, and asked Li Yunshan to get some pig bones for soup.

She shouted when she didn't see Li Ruyi, and then heard Li Ruyi in Li Ankang's room.

She shouted again, and after a while Li Ruyi came out. He asked with some worry on his face, "My brother looks very uncomfortable."

"are you asleep?"

Li Ruyi shook his head, "I'm talking to him."

"Let him sleep for a while, eat and drink medicine and he will be fine."

Li Ruyi nodded.

Mao Xiaosui handed her a basin and said, "Go and get some eggs, dig out a basin of fungi, and bring over a cabbage.

Li Ruyi took the basin and left, running twice to pick up everything she wanted.

Mao Xiaosui first soaked the mushrooms, fried the eggs, and then cooked the pork ribs soup.

Li Yunshan divided the pig and cut out all the bones used to make soup.

The meat was frozen into lumps of ice and it was very cold. Mao Xiaosui was afraid that he would freeze, so he called back.

Li Ruyi was writing on the table, and Mao Xiaosui pointed to the basin on the ground, "There is hot water in it."

Li Yunshan put his hand in it and soaked it, and said, "The meat will be processed when the county comes back."

Mao Xiaosui said "hmm" and said, "We'll see if Ankang gets better today. If not, it will take two days."

Li Yunshan nodded and looked at Li Ruyi, "When your parents are not in town, you can only stay at grandma's house. You are not allowed to go to the street, nor can you go to Yiyi, nor are you allowed to go out of the alley."

"Why?" Li Ruyi didn't understand.

"Because people from the village are coming in the next few days. If they see you, they will know where we are. Do you still remember when they came to make trouble for us before? They will come to make trouble like before. When we arrive, Then we won’t have a peaceful life.”

Li Ruyi nodded, "Ruyi knows."

"Do you really know?" Li Yunshan was still worried. "What dad said is that he can only play with Heizi and Wangwang at grandma's house. He cannot leave grandma's house until his parents come back."

Li Ruyi replied loudly, "Ruyi really knows."

Li Yunshan said "Oh" when she yelled at him, and continued to say, "If Ruyi disobeys me, my parents will be angry."

Li Ruyi pouted, "Ruyi is not a child and will be obedient."

Mao Xiaosui was happy, "My parents underestimated Ruyi."

Li Ruyi snorted, with an expression on his face that it would be fine if you just knew that I was wronged.

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