Liu An saw Cui's intention and refused: "Mother, please sit still and leave this place to me."

"My son is weak, how can he do such rough work, and still be a mother..."

"Okay, let's put it here." The yard is not big, and before Cui could snatch the cart over, Liu An put the cart in front of his door.

First, he took off the top quilt and placed a bed in the same room as Cui and himself.

Then Liu An handed the clothes and shoes he bought for Cui to Mrs. Cui and said: "Mother, the clothes I bought for you, can you try and see if they fit?"

Mrs. Cui looked at such a large cart of things, including quilts, clothes, vegetables and meat, and was a little stunned for a moment.

How long has it been since your family has been so luxurious?

In Cui's long memory, the last time this happened was when she was the daughter of the Cui family.

He took the clothes handed over by Liu An in a daze, and watched as Liu An began to carry sacks of things that looked like food into his house, and finally realized what he was doing.

"My son...where do the many things here come from?"

Liu An placed a small sack of about 30 kilograms of rice on the earthen jar in Cui's room.

There are two earthen jars used to store grain in the house, but one contains unhulled rice and the other contains corn.

Since the two couldn't be mixed together, Liu An could only put them on the lid of the earthen pot first.

After walking out of the room and continuing to move, Liu An said to Cui:

"Previously, I rescued a lost nobleman at the foot of the west mountain. Today, the nobleman came to thank me and gave me a sword and many strange fruits in my house."

Putting another bag of rice on the lid of the earthen jar, Liu An continued to carry the flour while continuing:

"I sold the sword to the county magistrate and got some money and land, so I bought these things."

"Oh, there is still an ox in the nobleman's courtyard in the city. The nobleman asked his son to fetch it tomorrow."

Liu An remembered that he was going to use the cattle soon, so he had to take advantage of this 'noble man' to get there, otherwise he would have to think of other reasons later.

After carrying the four small bags of food into the house, Liu An's frail body was already a little tired, so he sat on the bench in front of the counter to rest.

After hearing Liu An's explanation, Ms. Cui went to Liu An's room and took a look. She was shocked, and then a look of reproach appeared on her face.

"It is your duty to save people. How can my son receive such a great gift from others? I will return the things tomorrow and don't hold the cattle anymore. I will find a way to redeem the sword..."

Mrs. Cui was not from a poor family before she got married. The good education she received since childhood prevented her from accepting so many things.

"Mother doesn't know something."

Liu An had known that this was what his mother would say based on her character, so she said what she had in mind.

"The noble man has noble morals, but he doesn't want to owe me any favors. He also said that it would be disrespectful to give him something cheap at his own price, so he agreed to accept it. I have never forgotten the principles my mother taught me, so how dare I accept it so easily?

Such a great gift?"

"This..." Ms. Cui didn't expect there to be such a strange person in the world, and didn't know what to say.

After a while, Cui finally accepted Liu An's statement. Cui said to Liu An: "My son has grown up, understands human feelings, and understands logic. My mother will no longer care about these things in the future, and my son can handle it on his own. But...

"

As he spoke, Cui gestured to the clothes in his hand and continued:

"In the future, you must not be so wasteful. As time goes by, the water will flow forever. Don't waste it just because of a temporary windfall. The days to come will be long and there will be plenty of time to use money."

After a moment of relief, Liu An stood up and walked to Cui, held Cui's hand and said:

"Don't worry, mother, your son has already made a living, and you don't have to worry about it anymore. Now that your son has grown up, you are a manly man. You should shoulder the responsibility of the family and leave everything to your son."

Ms. Cui looked at Liu An, who was already taller than herself. His eyes were firm, confident and not forced. Although his body was still so thin, it made Ms. Cui feel a little at ease.

My son has really grown up!

Mrs. Cui put her clothes aside, raised her hand and stroked the back of Liu An's head: "Okay, but my son doesn't want to tire himself out."

Liu An nodded in agreement.

Afterwards, Ms. Cui went to the back room to try on clothes while Liu An prepared to cook.

I went back to the house and took some potatoes, washed them with the parsley and meat, sliced ​​the meat, peeled the potatoes and cut them into cubes, cut the cress into strips, and then added water to the pot.

Without a special peeling knife, Liu An spent a lot of time peeling potatoes.

When adding water, Liu An saw the potatoes that were put in the pot in the morning. Cui hadn't eaten them yet, so he took them out and put them in the steamer.

In addition to the stove, Liu An's home also has a zong (yan with four sounds), which is divided into two parts. The upper part is called a steamer (zeng has one sound), which is used for steaming food, and the lower part is called a cauldron, which is used for cooking and stewing.

After Liu An finished doing this, Mrs. Cui happened to change into the clothes she just bought and walked out.

Mrs. Cui was born into a wealthy family, and she was also an outstanding-looking woman when she was young. However, she had worked hard over the years and did not take care of herself every day, so her original beauty had long since disappeared.

It is not easy for a young widow. If the Liu family in the village had not taken good care of her and her mother, Ms. Cui still doesn’t know what would have happened.

But even so, Ms. Cui looked much better than before when she changed into civilian clothes.

She is well-educated and looks quite dignified in neat clothes.

"Well, it's quite suitable." Liu An was very satisfied when he saw that the clothes he bought according to his impression fit well on Ms. Cui.

Just as Mrs. Cui came out, Liu An went to Cui's house to get some shelled rice, washed it, added water to the cauldron to cook the rice, and then placed a steamer on the cauldron to heat the potatoes.

The water in the water tank had bottomed out, and Mrs. Cui went to fetch water when she saw this.

Liu An hurriedly asked Cui to look into the pot, and told her to add meat, vegetables and salt sauce after the water boiled, and then went to fetch water with a pole and bucket.

There is a public well at the west end of the village. Those who do not have a well at home usually go to the west well to get water.

But in fact, except for the patriarch Liu Ji's family, in Liujia Village, no one else has a well.

When going out with a pole, Liu An would not stupidly go to the west end of the village to fetch water.

He was afraid that his small body would not make it back.

After finding a corner, Liu An looked around and saw that there was no one around and it was dark, so he asked the system to extract the kettle for him.

Then his hand sank, and a silver-white kettle appeared in Liu An's hand.

There was water in the kettle and it was quite heavy. When he first got it in his hand, Liu An was not mentally prepared and almost couldn't hold it.

First, he poured the water from the kettle into the bucket, and then Liu An took a good look at the kettle given in the novice gift pack.

The kettle is more than a foot high, and the bottom is round. The diameter is probably a little less than the height, but it should be close to a foot. The diameter gets smaller as you go up. Liu An estimates that it is only about half a foot at the top.

According to Liu An's knowledge, this kettle can hold about 5 liters of water.

There is a lid on the top, which should be the water inlet. Although this kettle does not need a water inlet, if it is used in front of others, water must be filled from here.

The spout does not have a mesh like a normal flower-watering kettle, but the spout is still quite large, and the speed of pouring water out is much faster than that of an ordinary drinking kettle.

Because it was dark, Liu An couldn't observe it carefully. He could only take a general look, put the kettle into the system, took it out, and poured the water into the bucket.

After going back and forth many times, the two buckets were finally almost full, and Liu An stopped adding water. If they were too full, the bumps in the bucket would cause the water to come out.

Thinking proudly that this kettle was so useful, Liu An picked up the pole and prepared to go home.

At this time, most people are taking advantage of the fact that it is not completely dark to eat. Only those who come home late may still be cooking at this time.

Such as Liu An.

After dinner, almost no one comes out to hang out.
Chapter completed!