The next morning, when Gu Xiaoxiao woke up, the children had just woken up.

So he told Dabao to go to the kitchen and cook some rice. Sibao and Erbao offered to help his eldest brother make a fire.

Gu Xiaoxiao, on the other hand, went to Aunt Li's house next door, carrying a small bag of polished rice that was given out yesterday.

Aunt Li's wife has passed away, and her children have grown up and have gone out to work. Aunt Li does not need to farm too much, just to be self-sufficient. The children will also send money back from time to time. Originally, the children did not want to make Aunt Li so tired.

, the money sent back is enough for Aunt Li to live on, but the old man who has been doing farm work all his life cannot rest idle, so he just needs to plant some land to feel comfortable.

Gu Xiaoxiao stepped forward and knocked on the door. The door was opened from the inside, and Aunt Li popped up. When she saw it was Gu Xiaoxiao, her expression became a little ugly. Why is this evil star here again!

Last night she heard the child next door crying again. She must have taken it out on the child again!

Gu Xiaoxiao seemed not to have noticed Aunt Li's face, but still maintained a polite smile, raised the small cloth bag in her hand, and said, "Aunt Li, I'm here to return the rice."

Only then did Aunt Li lower her head and see the bag in Gu Xiaoxiao's hand. She recognized it as the cloth bag she had given her the day before yesterday, but now she saw that it was still bulging. It seemed as if there were as many bags as when she gave it out.

Aunt Li's expression paused, and she actually returned the rice. She was a little surprised.

Gu Xiaoxiao didn't say much and handed the bag to Aunt Li. When Aunt Li took it, he thanked her one last time and turned to go home.

Aunt Li stared at the bag in her hand. She regained consciousness for a long time and slowly opened it. She was shocked to see the extremely high-quality polished rice inside. She had never eaten polished rice in her life. With that kind of money, she could buy a lot of bran.

What about rice?

At this moment, Aunt Li looked in the direction of Gu Xiaoxiao's house. Gu Xiaoxiao had already entered and no one could be seen.

But it made her feel mixed and confused for a moment. Has Gu Xiaoxiao really gotten better?

Gu Xiaoxiao ignored Aunt Li's surprise behind her and went straight back home. When she walked in, she saw that Dabao, Erbao and Sibao were actually cooking porridge in the kitchen. She was very relieved.

Turning around, he saw Sanbao, who had nothing to do, seriously washing the clothes they had changed out of yesterday. Gu Xiaoxiao's expression suddenly changed.

In rural areas, firewood is used to boil water for cooking, so cold water is generally used to wash clothes.

Gu Xiaoxiao rushed over and immediately took Sanbao's hand out of the basin... It was indeed cold!

She immediately took her cold little hands and rubbed them, breathing heavily, trying her best to warm them up.

Sanbao looked at his stepmother's actions and felt very warm in his heart. He felt a little sincere happiness of his own.

The stepmother was caring about him. At this moment, he felt that his hands were not so cold anymore because his heart was warm.

The other three who heard the noise ran over and were really stunned when they saw this scene.

Gu Xiaoxiao felt that her hands were warmer, so she calmed down and raised her head and said to Dabao Erbao and Dabao Sibao: "In the future, you are not allowed to use cold water for work, do you understand? No matter what you do, if you use water, you must heat it first.

You are still young, so using cold water is very bad for your health, do you understand?!" The three little ones nodded in confusion.

She was very satisfied with the performance of the three of them. Indeed, even if the body does not have severe cold like the three treasures, it should not touch cold objects too much. After all, cold can easily corrode the body in daily life.

Then she turned back to Sanbao and said, "When you do this in the future, you should also heat the water. You can ask Dabao and Erbao to help you. They are your brothers. You can ask them for help! In short, you can't touch those things."

Cool things, do you understand?"

Sanbao looked at his eldest brother and his second brother, and saw that they were looking at him with smiles on their faces. The tension in his heart relaxed a little, and then he turned his eyes to Gu Xiaoxiao, and nodded slightly after a moment.

Then he saw Gu Xiaoxiao suddenly burst into a bright smile. Seeing it in Sanbao's eyes, he unconsciously raised the corner of his mouth slightly, but it was still a very light arc.

After the second treasure and the fourth treasure took the third treasure to the kitchen to work together, Dabao stood there and stared at Gu Xiaoxiao with complicated eyes. Gu Xiaoxiao also looked at Dabao who seemed to have something to ask, raised his eyebrows and waited for him.

Open your mouth.

After a long time, even Gu Xiaoxiao thought that he would not say anything more, only to hear Dabao finally say seriously: "Is there something wrong with Sanbao's body? That's why you don't let us touch cool things."

Last night I saw the woman's hand secretly taking Sanbao's pulse. At that time, the woman's face turned ugly for a moment.

Gu Xiaoxiao was a little surprised. She didn't expect his observation to be so subtle. "As their eldest brother, you have to take the lead." He didn't answer directly, but he confirmed his guess in a disguised way.

The darker Dabao's eyes became, he also understood the implication of the woman's words. As the eldest brother, he had the obligation to supervise and protect them, especially Sanbao.

Then he bit his lower lip, looked at the woman solemnly, and bowed deeply. No matter what happened before, she cured his father's illness, took care of Sanbao's body, and never let them go hungry again. As a person, he

Men, you should not choose to ignore what you should be grateful for. That is not what a gentleman does.

Gu Xiaoxiao looked at the appearance of the little adult in front of him and accepted his bow without escaping. They should thank her, and she could fully bear it.

After breakfast soon after, Gu Xiaoxiao asked her four little ones to stay at home, then she put her basket on her back and went up the mountain with her axe.

Zhou Zeyun is still asleep. Although he has recovered a lot due to the spiritual spring water, his sleeping time is still longer than normal, and naturally he cannot eat breakfast.

He went straight to Gu Xiaoxiao in the deep mountains, and then to the trap set yesterday.

Just like yesterday, I sprinkled some medicinal powder into the pit and covered it with weeds, then left it alone. Today I want to go deeper.

Gu Xiaoxiao threw the ax into the basket on his back and replaced it with a dagger. While digging for herbs, he went inside.

Soon it was noon again, and it was time to go home and cook.

She used her consciousness to scan the space for today's "results", which were some common herbs to her, such as common ginseng and Ganoderma lucidum in large quantities. She still couldn't find the two herbs needed for Zhou Zeyun's antidote.

Let's do this for today. Gu Xiaoxiao went to the trap and looked inside.

She was surprised by this sight. Lying inside was an injured young sika deer, still male, still kicking its legs unwillingly.

Gu Xiaoxiao's eyes lit up. The antler of this male sika deer could just replace one of the medicinal materials needed for Zhou Zeyun's antidote, Cistanche deserticola.

Originally, Cistanche deserticola was cheaper and more common than velvet antler, but unexpectedly, she encountered the rarer and more valuable velvet antler first, which has much more medicinal value than Cistanche deserticola.

Antlers grow twice a year, and only male sika deer grow antlers.

Gu Xiaoxiao lamented her amazing luck, because not only did she meet the sika deer, which is designated as a "national first-level protected animal" in modern times, but the antlers on the head of this sika deer had not yet boned into antlers.

The initial form of antlers is antlers. As they grow, they ossify into hard antlers, and then they will automatically fade away as they mature and grow back antlers again.

Gu Xiaoxiao cut off the antler on the sika deer's head with a dagger. This would not harm its life. It just needed to stop the bleeding as soon as possible, bandage it and put it into the space.

It needed to be healed, and she could take care of it. She wanted to take it home and release it after the wound healed.

Gu Xiaoxiao has no intention of keeping it. After all, her thinking is still in the end of the century. This kind of wild sika deer should live in the mountains and forests. She still has to strictly abide by the "National Wildlife Protection Law" and cannot deprive it.

its freedom.

So I don’t want the villagers to see the sika deer, otherwise they may have to share the meat. After all, there is no law here.

There was nothing else in the trap. After cleaning up, Gu Xiaoxiao went down the mountain.

I still took the sika deer out of the space and put it in a basket at the door of my home. The sika deer had already passed out, but it was not serious and its wounds had been treated.

Then after entering the house, the cubs saw a sika deer they had never seen before. Their big eyes were shining, and their faces were full of curiosity and excitement.

"Mom! You said this thing is called sika deer? It sounds really nice~ It should taste good too!" Erbao smacked his lips.

From that day on, when he called "Mother" in excitement, he seemed to have no restraints. He thought that he would make a mistake and make a mistake. What else could he do if he called her "Mother"? So the more he called "Mother", the more he said it. In fact, he was very happy in his heart.

He also has a mother’s child!

However, he actually had another idea. He still had the image of his stepmother driving Wu Huilan away in his mind. It was so cool! So he wanted his mother to teach him. At least if someone bullied them again, he could stand up and punish those people.

People are beaten away!

But at this time, seeing Si Bao's second brother looking excited about eating a sika deer, he pouted and said, "Second brother, you are so cruel! Look at how beautiful this sika deer looks, how can you bear to eat it~"

Si Bao carefully looked at the sika deer's big eyes, long eyelashes, and yellow and white dots all over its body, and he liked it very much.

Dabao looked at his second and fourth brothers who were surrounding the sika deer, then looked up at Gu Xiaoxiao and asked, "What do you want to do with this deer?" His tone was light.

Gu Xiaoxiao raised his eyebrows, "What else can we do? Didn't you see that it was injured? Of course, let it recover!" I don't know why, every time I talk to this Dabao, I want to choke him, this child

So infuriating!

As soon as the words came out, Dabao was stunned. He didn't expect that this woman would be so kind...it seemed like she had been very kind these days.

After Erbao heard Gu Xiaoxiao's words, his little face wrinkled and he instantly became depressed. It's over! He can't eat anymore!

Next, the sika deer successfully settled in their home. Although the second treasure still coveted its tight and elastic body, he also wanted to rub the stepmother into changing her mind. But he still failed, so he had to look resentful.

He comforted his poor stomach.

After that, Gu Xiaoxiao went to the kitchen to work on lunch, and the four little ones also consciously came to help.

Let’s eat the spicy rabbit today. The rabbit we caught has been in the space for a day. The sika deer can’t eat it, so let’s eat the rabbit!

Chop off the head, peel off the skin, cut into pieces, and put it into the pot all at once. The four little ones couldn't do anything, so they could only watch from the side.

Add oil and chili and stir-fry until fragrant, then add sugar, soy sauce, and some chili powder to make it spicy and refreshing. Finally, cover the rabbit with cold water, cover it, and simmer.

Many spices have not been developed here, so we can only try our best to make it as simple as possible, but she believes that the taste will not be bad!

After a while, the scent came out again, and Erbao completely forgot about the sika deer, looking forward to the taste of rabbit meat with all his heart.

After waiting for a while, he opened the lid and took it out of the pot. The soft and tender rabbit meat came into view with steam. It was stewed until it changed color and turned red. It looked much more delicious than the previous chicken soup. Gu Xiaoxiao smiled with satisfaction.

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When it was brought to the dining table in the bedroom, the children still followed with the dishes and chopsticks. Zhou Zeyun on the bed also woke up and sat up on his own. Seeing another pot of meat, his eyebrows wrinkled slightly. This Gu Xiaoxiao

It’s really awesome!

Before it was chicken, now it was rabbit meat, and now even if she brought anything, he would no longer suspect that she had stolen it!

The boys followed with excitement on their faces. Zhou Zeyun saw this and felt happy in his heart.

But then he felt lonely again. Now he was the only burden in the family. The children could do housework at home, and Gu Xiaoxiao had great abilities. He was the only useless person. Not only could he not help with anything, but he also made the children and Gu
To be continued...