She quickly stopped him: "Your eldest brother is in the room!
If there is a mouse, he will take care of it himself, why do you need to help him?"
Just be afraid, my eldest son is this mouse.
She pulled the stick out of Shen Yilin's hand and pulled him back to the bed: "You, just go to bed quickly and don't worry about it."
Shen Yilin was a little dissatisfied: "Mom, why am I not helping?
I am also very powerful!
You have forgotten that I used to kill the mice in the house."
Lin Dongxiu ignored him and turned off the light with a snap: "Go to bed quickly. Go to bed early and you will grow taller."
Shen Yilin's interest was mostly dampened by Lin Dongxiu. He curled his lips, lay down on the bed, hugged the quilt and remained silent.
Tomorrow morning, he must ask his sister-in-law if the mouse was caught.
The eldest brother is a pen-holder, how can he catch mice?
Thinking like this, Shen Yilin fell asleep in a daze.
When Lin Dongxiu saw that he didn't make any more noise and went out, her heart fell back into her stomach.
She listened intently, and found that it was quiet next door, with no sound at all, as if it was just their illusion.
She also fell asleep.
Shen Yizhou always talks in a gentle and calm manner, how could he possibly torment his wife like that?
Well, it must be her imagination.
Unknown to them, in the master bedroom across from the study, Xia Qingyuan buried her head in the quilt.
She bit the clothes Shen Yizhou took off in her mouth, not daring to make any sound again.
Even if a broken syllable occasionally escaped from her mouth, she would quickly stop it and then bite her clothes tighter.
Shen Yizhou came close to her, and the sweat on his body slipped from his body and dripped on her body.
He bit her ear and said, "Daughter-in-law, your voice is so beautiful.
How wasteful is it to chew on your clothes like this without making a sound?"
He held her down with his big palm: "Call me to listen, okay?
Or, talk to me, eh?"
Xia Qingyuan couldn't hold it back and also said "Yeah!"
She couldn't bear it anymore, so she grabbed the clothes in her hand and threw them at him: "Call you sister, scream, scream, scream!
Isn’t your voice nice? Why haven’t I heard you yelling more?”
She was happy when she scolded him, but she regretted it after scolding her.
She shouldn't be happy for a while.
Sure enough, later she just begged for mercy: "I was wrong, I was really wrong.
I will never scold you again, just let me go."
The man was sweating profusely and his eyes were like hooks: "Please."
Xia Qingyuan cried so hard that she cried: "I beg you."
Shen Yizhou: "Okay, I'll spare you this time."
When Xia Qingyuan thought it was finally over, she heard him say: "Just three more times and that's it."
Xia Qingyuan: "!"
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*
Early the next morning, before Shen Yilin washed his face, he ran to Xia Qingyuan and asked, "Sister-in-law, did you catch a mouse last night?"
Xia Qingyuan rubbed her sore waist: "What rat?"
Shen Yilin tilted his big head: "It's the big rat that scared you last night.
I thought I heard you shouting.
Isn’t that rat very big and scary?”
With a bang, Xia Qingyuan's entire face turned red, all the way to her neck.
Even my eyes don’t know where to put them.
She said: "Yes, it's a big rat, and it's also very hateful."
Shen Yizhou came out from behind her and knocked Shen Yilin on the head.
Put your fingers on the top of his head and use force to turn his head in your direction.
He squatted down and said, "Kid, where do you get so many problems?"
What Shen Yilin was most afraid of was Shen Yizhou. When he said this, he didn't dare to say anything.
He picked at his fingers and took a long time to say: "I just want to ask."
Shen Yizhou's eyes narrowed: "As long as my eldest brother is here, I can solve any problem for my sister-in-law, do you understand?"
Shen Yilin nodded as if he understood, but was still unconvinced: "I understand."
Shen Yizhou let him go: "Okay, let's go wash up."
When Shen Yilin walked away, Xia Qingyuan glared at him and walked away without even daring to scold him.
Shen Yizhou touched his nose: "Alas."
*
While having breakfast, Lin Dongxiu felt it was too quiet, so he rarely spoke up and said: "These days, business in the old street is pretty good.
Our store has added a few more meat dishes to give customers a change of taste."
Xia Qingyuan nodded: "Well, the salad business is pretty stable now, and I can earn about 2,500 yuan a month."
At present, the daily net income is about 80 or 90 yuan. Sometimes when the business is better, it is about 100 yuan. After deducting labor and rent, it is just this amount.
Lin Dongxiu sighed: “In the past, if anyone in the village said they were going to do business, we all thought we would lose money, so it would be safer to farm.
Who would have known now that I would be in business."
She smiled at Xia Qingyuan and said, "Our family is truly blessed to have Qingyuan as our daughter-in-law."
Xia Qingyuan smiled: "It's all thanks to mom's help.
If it had only been me and Peilan before, we wouldn't have been able to do this well."
Lin Dongxiu is hard-working and follows Xia Qingyuan's recipes and steps for making cold dishes without any mistakes.
Shen Yilin smiled and said: "This is called the matching of mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, so you don't get tired of working."
As soon as he finished speaking, everyone burst into laughter.
Yesterday, Shen Yizhou told her about going to the city hall to sell cold vegetables, and she was heartbroken when she heard it.
After she and Shen Yizhou returned from the provincial capital, she planned to go to Yangcheng and pick out some clothes suitable for working women.
*
After breakfast, Xia Qingyuan and Lin Dongxiu went into the mountains together.
Shen Yilin originally wanted to go with him, but Xia Qingyuan didn't let him go: "We went to the mountains, there were a lot of bugs and such.
Next time when we go to the river to find screws, you can come with us."
Shen Yilin could only nod: "Okay."
So, Xia Qingyuan and Lin Dongxiu dressed carefully, put on straw hats, took machetes and small hoes, and set off on tricycles.
This time, in addition to cutting down two bamboos, they also had to dig out some bamboo shoots.
Most of the sour bamboo shoots from last time had been used, and she was a little reluctant to part with them.
Moreover, cutting bamboo shoots into thin strips and blanching them can also be made into a delicious cold dish, just to change the taste.
The bamboo forest grew at the bottom of the mountain. Lin Dongxiu and Xia Qingyuan cut down two bamboos, and then cut off the branches, leaving two bare bamboos.
Lin Dongxiu plans to raise a few chickens at home.
The weather is hot now and I'm afraid the chickens won't be able to bear it. I'll wait until the weather gets cooler.
Therefore, when they cut bamboo, they can make bamboo fences in advance to surround the chickens.
Cut the bamboo, place it on the ground, cover it with dead leaves, and continue walking into the mountain.
Considering that they might have dug almost all the bamboo shoots in the previous place, they took another road up the mountain today.
The bamboo forest here is denser and the air is more humid.
Where small sharp points appear on the ground, use a small hoe to peel off the dead branches and leaves on them, and the tips of the bamboo shoots will be exposed.
I have to say that the bamboo shoots on this side of the mountain are much tenderer than those on that side.
Walking up the bamboo forest, you will find a dense forest.
The trees cover the sky and the sun, somewhat like a primitive jungle.
Xia Qingyuan was still a little scared at first, but when she saw the small mushrooms blooming on the ground, she couldn't bear to leave.
When I got closer, I saw that there were many fungus growing on the fallen tree stump.
Lin Dongxiu also saw these fungus and mushrooms. She smiled and said: "Oh, these are really good and plentiful!"
She bent down and started picking it.
When the weather is colder, there won't be so many of these mushrooms and fungus.
So they can pick more now, go back and clean them, dry them, and store them for winter.
The two were picking and chatting when they suddenly heard a buzzing sound.
Xia Qingyuan raised her head and saw a honeycomb with a diameter of about thirty or forty centimeters hanging above her head!