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"Brother, what do you think of our family having a cat?"
Liu Chen, who was immersed in his homework, suddenly raised his head and asked Liu Hai a strange question.
The reason why this question is strange is that apart from raising chickens and ducks, Liu Hai's family has never raised pets such as cats or dogs.
Because the family is poor, no one even considers raising this. Besides, the family already has enough chickens, ducks, and pigs. Just these things give mother Xiao Yun a headache.
Liu Hai raised his eyebrows, wondering why Liu Chen asked this question.
"Little girl, why do you think of getting a cat?"
Liu Chen always had a smile on his face. Looking at his brother's curious eyes, he said with a smile: "Before the holiday, a classmate of mine said that their cat was going to give birth to cubs and asked me if I wanted one. Hehe - originally
I don’t plan to ask for it, but brother, look, now we have Zi’er in our family. In the future, you and I will go to school. Zi’er will be alone at home as a child. If you raise a cat, you can still accompany Zi’er.
Playing!"
When Liu Zi heard her sister mention her name, she raised her head curiously and looked at Liu Hai and Liu Chen.
Liu Chen's words made Liu Hai and Liu Xiaofu feel a little in awe. They didn't expect this little girl to consider this.
Liu Hai and Liu Xiaofu looked at each other, and Liu Hai said: "Okay - then we will have a cat at home."
"Brother, I don't want a cat?"
Suddenly, what is strange is that Xiao Liu Zi took the initiative to speak for the first time at Liu Hai's house!
"Zi'er, why don't you want a cat? Does Zi'er not like cats? How about we get a puppy?"
Liu Xiaofu put down her book and came to Xiao Liuzi. Xiao Liuzi took the initiative to speak for the first time, which made everyone feel very strange. They thought that small animals can attract the attention of children of this age.
Xiao Liuzi pursed her lips, and there was a melancholy in her eyes that shouldn't be at her age.
"No - I don't want a puppy, I don't want to be separated from my brother -"
Seeing that little Liu Zi was about to burst into tears, Liu Hai hurriedly picked up the skinny little girl and comforted him: "Brother, Zi'er is here, please don't cry!"
It's okay not to have bangs, but when I said that, Xiao Liuzi's tears fell down uncontrollably.
This statement really made Liu Hai discover a serious problem.
After some time, both he and Liu Chen started school. He was going to university in the capital, while Liu Chen was going to live on campus. Wouldn't that mean leaving little Liu Zi at home with his parents?
His father has to take care of the pepper greenhouses and other farm work in the fields, and his mother is still recovering. It is really inconvenient for little Liu Zi to stay at home and let her parents take care of her!
When Liu Hai talked about this issue with Liu Xiaofu, Liu Xiaofu also frowned because she and Liu Hai thought of another person, her grandmother.
The old man's health is getting worse and worse. Now that the old man is left at home alone, Liu Xiaofu is not at ease.
"Sister Xiaofu, I see this - after your house is repaired, the third grandma will still live with my parents at our house. Xiao Liuzi, let's ask Sister Hui if we can take her to the capital. After all, we are all here
It’s easier to take care of the capital.”
Liu Hai thought for a long time before making a decision. Liu Xiaofu also felt that this was the only way!
She discussed with the old man and said that she would let him live in the capital with her, but the old man was unwilling to do so! She said that she was an old man - she was unwilling to leave the mountain nest of Maohe Village!
From this point of view, what Liu Hai said is the best way! It just has to trouble Liu Hai's parents - Uncle Qinglin and Aunt Qinglin. Liu Xiaofu felt a little sorry.
"Bringing Zi'er to the capital shouldn't be a big problem. It's just————"
Liu Hai saw Sister Xiaofu's hesitation in the interview and guessed what she was thinking.
"Sister Xiaofu, don't think too much. My parents have always treated the third grandma as our biological mother. The third grandma treated us the same way. I remember my mother said that when she gave birth to my sister, it was difficult to give birth. Our family was poor.
I didn’t have money to go to the hospital, so my third grandma paid the money to my dad without saying a word - oh - we don’t have anything to share, we are all relatives!"
Liu Xiaofu was moved by Liu Hai's words and stopped talking, but her eyes were red.
The two were discussing matters in the front yard. At this time, Liu Hai's father, Liu Qinglin, had gone out early in the morning with Liu San from the village to buy materials for repairing the house and had not returned yet.
"Sister Xiaofu——" Liu Hai suddenly remembered the "dowry" the old man gave him.
"Well, what's the matter? Xiaohai, tell me."
"I'd better leave the things that Third Grandma put in my place to you for safekeeping. These things are too expensive and I'm afraid of losing them."
Ouyang Hui had appraised the prices of these "dowries". Just for that bracelet, she estimated that the current market price would be at least 100,000 yuan. The one that the third mistress sold back then sold for more than 40,000 yuan!
Liu Xiaofu didn't expect Liu Hai to say this, and she looked a little embarrassed. After thinking about it, she said: "Xiao Hai, just do what grandma said. Sister Xiaofu knows that you are not the Xiao Hai you used to be! Sister believes in you.
I can get this done!"
When it was almost noon, Liu Hai picked up his backpack and went up the mountain to pick yellow flowers.
Along the way, with my bangs bracing under the scorching sun, I thought, according to what I read in my high school politics book, the village has a typical small-scale peasant economy! Food is basically self-sufficient. Apart from growing some scattered medicinal materials to subsidize the family, there is almost no other income!
The yellow flowers grown by every household in the village are all planted in small areas and widely scattered. The labor is expensive, but the economic benefits are not high!
Moreover, there are many varieties of medicinal materials grown in the village, including yellow flowers, lilies, peonies, etc.! However, they are all planted in small areas and unorganized! It would be good if farmers can make a little profit every year on the basis of capital preservation.
!It is simply impossible to make a fortune from these!
“If you want to get rich, you must plant in an organized and planned way!”
Liu Hai thought of the pepper base he was building. Although it had just started, it was only half an acre of land! But he was very optimistic about the prospects of pepper cultivation! Because he had a big weapon - space soil!
Under the scorching sun, Liu Hai finished picking yellow flowers from two fields with his cloak on. When he was about to walk back, he suddenly heard a strange noise coming from the roadside.
There seems to be something in the weeds beside the road!
There are many snakes in summer, and the one with bangs that didn't make any movement at first was the mountain snake. I picked up a stone and threw it over, trying to scare it away.
"Meow meow!"
Unexpectedly, when the bangs were pushed down with a stone, it was not the restlessness of mountain snakes, but several melancholy meows of cats!
Is it a cat? Why doesn't it move when I hit it with a stone?
Liu Hai was surprised, picked up another stone and threw it over!
"Meow meow----"
In exchange for a few meows, Liu Hai was ready to step forward to check!