Chapter 4879: Helping in times of need
Yang Huazhong braved the wind and snow and returned home. The hall was as warm as spring.
In addition to the hot tub that you can sit in, there are also several charcoal braziers placed in the room.
The charcoal in these charcoal fire pots is all smokeless charcoal bought in the county town just before the twelfth lunar month a year ago.
A pound of smokeless carbon is more expensive than a pound of pork. In cities and towns, only wealthy families can afford to burn it, and not everyone in the family can burn it. It depends on family status and weight.
However, the Yang Huazhong family began to burn this kind of charcoal in winter many years ago. The reason is that their children have a promising future.
"Sent it to the Fourth Brother? How are they doing there?" Mrs. Sun came over, holding a feather duster in her hand, and helped Yang Huazhong brush the snowflakes off his shoulders. and asked.
Yang Huazhong told the truth about the situation there.
"Did you fall? Hey, I see that Xiaojuan's body is also weak. She must have never done any strenuous work before." Sun said.
Yang Huazhong said: "Before she came back with the fourth child, she was the maid who supported the family in Yuncheng, the kind who gave birth to children."
When Xiao Hua, who was holding Feng'er in a warm bucket to keep warm, heard this, she couldn't help but said: "When I was in the capital, I saw the maids of those wealthy families. Although they were servants in the mansion, they were servants who were waiting for people. Wearability aside Even the lady from the town councilor’s wife’s family may not be able to compare with her.”
“Do you still remember Xiaohuan?”
“Is she Zhou Wang’s daughter-in-law? "What?" asked Sun.
Xiaohua nodded.
"Xiaohuan was brought back from the capital by Zhou Xia. Xiaohuan is a son of the Prince of Xiangyang in the capital. Have we seen the nurturing demeanor of the maids from the palace? Didn't we walk together with Zhou Xia? , say no It sounds good, Xiao Huan’s temperament is far ahead of Zhou Xia’s, but Zhou Xia’s appearance is better than Xiao Huan’s, she also pretends to be weak and deliberately suppresses Xiao Huan, so Zhou Xia becomes the center of attention everywhere and Xiao Huan becomes the foil.”< br>
"At that time, Xiaohuan was learning needlework from Sister Ping'er at my sister's house. We were all learning together. Xiaohuan's fingers stretched out, tsk tsk, and they were really as white as green onions. But things have changed now. We are raising chickens and ducks. Pulling two sons together, Xiaohuan has already become one She is a country woman through and through, but this is also good. At least she lives a solid life and has hope. "
No matter how good the life in the house is, she is still a servant. The servants are not people, but only items. The kind that the owner can buy and sell freely.
Xiaohua is glad that she did not end up in that situation. God favored her and allowed her to meet such good adoptive parents and marry the number one scholar.
“So Aunt Xiaojuan, now has to take care of a family of children, as well as He Yatou. She must be in a hurry, otherwise how could she break her waist if she fell in the snow? "
Xiaohua said again, the snow is not like on the ice. The snow is soft, and it doesn't hurt if you fall on it. It must have been twisted before, but if you fall again now, it's touched. .
Yang Huazhong said: "When I was there, she came out to see her. I took a look and her face was very bad."
"It was cold in the room, although we helped repair it some time ago. , the house will not leak, but it is cold, every corner It’s all cold.”
“It’s just the charcoal brazier they used to make it. The charcoal in it is just poor quality. It’s just not durable. The room is full of smoke, which makes me choke. I’m here. I couldn’t sit still for a while, my eyes hurt,” he said.
Sun looked at Yang Huazhong's eyes and said, "No wonder I saw your eyes were red as soon as you entered the house. I thought something was wrong with you. It turns out you were smoked."
"You've been smoking like this after sitting here for a while. The three girls don't know what to do. It's really not possible. Let's send them some charcoal!"
Yang Huazhong thought for a moment and nodded: "How many types of charcoal do we have?"
Sun said: "Two types, one is smokeless charcoal, and the other has a little smoke, but is very resistant to burning. "
Yang Huazhong said: "Two things Weigh them all, weigh more for the ones that are resistant to burning. "Burning charcoal costs money, and smokeless charcoal is too expensive. Sometimes Yang Huazhong feels bad for burning it at home, unless the children are around. If the children are not around, He always picks up the kind that has a little smoke to burn.
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"Dad, the charcoal is about to burn out, what should we do?"
Yang Huaming was cooking venison for the children in the kitchen when he suddenly heard the third girl's voice.
He hurried to the main room and saw the three girls squatting beside the charcoal brazier, holding an empty bag with the bottom in their hands, and bits and pieces of charcoal ash scattered at her feet.
"Why is it gone so quickly? When I lit the fire last night, didn't I say there were still two kilograms left?" Yang Huaming was surprised. He took the bag from the third girl's hand and turned it over to find it. Sure enough, he found the bottom. .
The third girl said: "My two brothers woke up from the cold in the middle of the night last night, and Aunt Xiaojuan took some charcoal to burn to warm the house!"
"Tiedan got his shoes wet during the snowball fight just now. We can't dry them now. There are two other pairs of shoes that are also wet. I sent him to wait under the quilt on the bed. He's still barefoot. What should I do? Dad? "
Yang Huaming doesn’t know what to do!
He looked at the snow outside. It seemed that the snow would not stop until it rained for three days and three nights. Going to town to buy some?
Not to mention the difficulty of walking for dozens of miles, even when we finally reached the town, the shops were probably not open.
If that doesn’t work, why don’t you go to the village entrance and borrow some from the third brother and the third sister-in-law?
"Third girl, don't be anxious. Dad will come up with something. In this case, you can take Tiedan's shoes to the stove to bake..."
Third girl has always been a quiet and obedient girl. Mr. Liu After the child was born, Ju'er took care of the third girl. When Liu was older, she gave birth to Kang Xiaozi and ignored him, so the third girl took care of Kang Xiaozi.
Including now, she is taking care of her half-brother Tiedan.
Although she is not close to Xiaojuan, she still likes Tiedan.
Hearing Yang Huaming's instructions, the three girls quickly got up and went to the kitchen. As soon as they left the door, they suddenly shouted in surprise: "Uncle San!"
"Is your father in the house?" Yang Huazhong was asking the third girl from outside the door.
Not waiting for the third girl to respond, Yang Huaming in the room quickly stood up and responded loudly: "Third brother, I am here, in the room!"
"Three kilograms of smokeless carbon , six pounds of charcoal, you can use it first.”
Yang Huazhong threw a cloth bag into Yang Huaming's hand, "In there, your third sister-in-law also has two pairs of dog-skin plasters sandwiched in oil paper bags, asking you to apply them to Xiaojuan. When the things are delivered, you can continue your work. I'll leave first. !”
Yang Huazhong’s figure quickly disappeared.
Yang Huaming held the charcoal in his hands with red eyes.
"Dad, what's wrong with you? Why do you look like crying?" The third girl asked curiously.
Yang Huaming hugged the cloth bag containing charcoal tightly in his arms and murmured: "Your father, I really want to cry. Third girl, when you get married in the future, you don't have to be filial to me, your biological father. Remember to repay your kindness to your third uncle and your third mother. What do you mean by providing help in times of need?”
(End of this chapter)