After dressing up as a stepmother, I transformed the whole family into working in the fields

In the early morning, Qin Yao, who had just gone to bed at midnight, heard the cock crow in the village and got up.

I simply packed up, took the two drawings I had worked on all night on the table, and prepared to go out.

Erlang poked his little head out of the room, looked left and right first, not looking at his father, and then whispered: Auntie.

Qin Yao was about to step out of the door with one foot. When she heard a low call behind her, she turned around and asked doubtfully:

Why did you get up so early?

In the past, morning exercises were not so active.

Obviously, the little guy didn't want to do morning exercise, but had other things.

He trotted over clutching his chest, took out eight cents from his arms, and asked her if she was going to Xiahe Village and if she could buy something for him back.

There are also salesmen in Xiahe Village, and the things sold by the salesmen there are much more complete than those sold by Liu Salesman.

What do you want to buy? Qin Yao asked with an interested smile.

Before she went to Ding's house last time, she left Erlang two pieces of silver for emergency use, but she didn't use it, so the money was still left.

After she returned home, Erlang quietly found her and wanted to return the money to her.

But she didn't ask for it. Thinking that children should have their own pocket money, she called the four brothers and sisters together and asked them to treat the two coins as pocket money, and Erlang would keep it temporarily.

Qin Yao doesn't care how she spends her money. She even hopes that her four children will be bolder and more willful, and buy some messy things, as long as they are happy.

But it seems that they did not do this, and Erlang made a rule that he should use the money to apply for a report first, and reasonably arranged the pocket money of the four brothers and sisters.

Two cents of silver, a limit of fifty cents per person. This time, the four brothers and sisters each contributed two cents to buy something together. It was also the first time for the four children to use it.

So Erlang seemed a little cautious. He looked at Qin Yao several times with his big eyes to make sure that she would not be angry, and then said:

I want to buy a bamboo cuju, is that okay?

Qin Yao: Bamboo ball?

Erlang nodded expectantly.

Okay, got it. Qin Yao accepted his money and went out. The little ones just want a toy and must be satisfied.

Watching Qin Yao walk away, Erlang was still a little dazed. He spent most of the night mentally building up, but he didn't expect his stepmother to agree so readily, without even saying a word about being despondent with toys.

Just... so happy!

Erlang ran back to the room. In the room, the three brothers and sisters of Dalang all looked up from the bed. They saw Erlang smiling and nodding. The three brothers and sisters were rolling happily in the bed.

I like grandma the most~ Siniang muttered.

Sanlang also said humbly: Aniang is the best!

Dalang smiled and looked at the happy expressions of his younger brothers and sisters. He grabbed Erlang who was about to climb into bed and go back to sleep. He got dressed and dragged him out for morning exercises.

Erlang's eyes widened, but before he had time to react, his brother had already taken him to the river. The entanglement that lasted most of the night was finally a wrong payment!

Qin Yao went to Carpenter Liu's house first and handed him the drawings of the waterwheel to be built in Xiahe Village before heading towards the village entrance to Xiahe Village.

From a distance at the entrance of the village, I saw the two Dalang brothers running back and forth on the ridge of their fields. Under the clear blue sky in the early morning, in the green rice fields, naughty children shuttled among them. The scene was healing and warm.

Qin Yao walked quickly and arrived at Xiahe Village in more than an hour.

The drawings were handed over to Wang Yu, who then called the carpenters in the village. After the two parties finalized various details, Qin Yao went to the salesman in Xiahe Village and bought a bamboo cuju. It cost six coins and left two coins. arts.

It was already noon when I returned home.

The four brothers and sisters went back to the house to take a nap. To regain their energy, they would practice calligraphy and memorizing in the afternoon.

Qin Yao gently pushed the door open and went in. She put the Cuju and the remaining two cents on their big desk. She imagined the four little guys' surprised expressions after waking up and seeing the toys, and her eyebrows softened unconsciously.

After putting things away, he gently closed the door and exited. The yard was clean, but the four grown-up chickens that were released from the cage pooped on the ground again.

Qin Yao picked up the small shovel by the door, shoveled it and covered it on the vegetable plot to see if there was any natural fertilizer.

After finishing the chicken poop and washing hands, Liu Ji's reminder came from the main room, The rice is warm on the stove.

After finishing speaking, he buried himself in copying the book, writing with such seriousness.

If she hadn't heard him humming a tune just before entering the door, Qin Yao would have almost believed him.

Entering the kitchen, there was indeed a pot of vegetables and rice being heated on the stove with the residual fire.

I deliberately set aside some of the extra stir-fried vegetables in the morning until noon. After cooking the porridge, I pour the vegetables into the porridge and mix it. If I feel it’s not fresh enough, pick a small handful of green vegetables from the yard, wash them, chop them up and sprinkle them in. They don’t look very good. , but the taste is very good.

Qin Yao picked up the pot, took two small benches, used one as a table and the other as a stool, and sat at the door of the kitchen to eat.

The courtyard was very quiet, except for the rustling sound of copying books coming from the main room. The eaves blocked the scorching sun at noon and cast a blanket of coolness. Qin Yao was cooking, wishing she could sit like this until the end of the world.

Unfortunately, I still have to be busy.

After finishing the meal and filling her stomach, Qin Yao told someone in the room: Make some meat dishes in the afternoon.

Liu Ji quickly raised his head and said, There is no meat at home.

Qin Yao leaned on the kitchen door frame and said angrily: I wouldn't buy it without you. I don't care about the things in the kitchen. You are responsible for it. You can figure it out yourself.

How about buying some bacon?

Qin Yao shrugged indifferently, It's up to you. Anyway, I want to eat meat and white rice at night. I will be very busy and tired recently. You can provide better food.

Otherwise, if she is exhausted from working all day long and cannot have a good meal when she comes home, she will be very irritable.

Liu Ji nodded quickly and said he understood. Seeing that Qin Yao had just returned home and was about to go out again, he asked doubtfully:

Where are you going out again?

Where are you going? She asked immediately. I'm going to make money. I'm going to go wherever I want! Copy your book quickly.

Liu Ji wiped the sweat from his forehead and thought that this woman was as manic as the sky in June.

Forget it, if you can't offend him, why can't you hide from him?

After sighing, he watched Qin Yao go out in the bright sun with ropes, poles and other items. He was glad that he could stay in a cool room and copy books, so he didn't have to go out and suffer this pain.

Qin Yao came to the Liu family's old house. At noon, the whole family, old and young, were resting under the eaves to enjoy the cool air.

Jinhua and Jinbao are full of energy and are not afraid of the heat. They run out to play in the village well.

When she saw Qin Yao, she obediently called her third aunt. Jinhua also asked her, Where are San Lang and Si Niang? Why don't they come out to play?

Qin Yao smiled and replied: I'm taking a nap at home. You can go and play by yourself first. They will come find you later when you have time.

Although she has to study, Qin Yao calculates her time according to seven days a week, and still gives two days off on weekends to let the four siblings relax.

Dalang and Erlang were already in elementary school in modern times, so I always wanted them to learn more.

However, before dinner in the afternoon, they would also go out to play for a while, catch the bugs that the chickens eat, and then go to the water mill to get the cash box and let Liu Ji calculate the day's income. The four brothers and sisters enjoyed it.