Sweet Garden Sands

Chapter 5
"What are you talking about, didn't you give birth to three children for my Ke family? You deserve credit!" Ke Mengshi scolded and walked out.

After Ke Mengshi mentioned this, Ke Hanxue remembered that she should have a four-year-old brother.

"Mother, why hasn't Hong'er seen anyone these two days?" Ke Hanxue asked.

"Your grandma heard that something happened to you, she didn't want to scare your younger brother, so she asked your eldest aunt to come and take Hong'er to stay for a few days." Ke Zhong said.

That's the case, no wonder she hasn't seen the little one since she woke up. Thinking of the younger brother who hasn't met, Ke Hanxue raised the corners of her lips. It feels so good to have family members.

When eating lunch, staring at a large bowl of pork belly, two fish, and two vegetables on the table, and a large bowl of white rice in front of each person, Ke Hanxue really didn't know what to say.

Given the current situation of their family, it really shouldn't be such a luxury.

But this has been a habit that the Ke family and even the villagers of Xiangsang Town have formed over the years. During the silkworm breeding season, every household can receive part of the wages that the big boss distributes to everyone. At that time, the big boss will make up the remaining wages according to the amount.

So in the season of silkworm raising, the beginning of each month is the time when everyone let go of their bellies and eat.

It stands to reason that according to the personality of the second aunt Ke Yushi, she must be the first to sit at the dinner table at this time, but when everyone was about to finish eating, there was still no sign of Ke Yushi.

After asking, I found out that Mrs. Ke Yu went to the town to find her second uncle, Ke Xisheng.

Ke Hanxue was skeptical, her upper eyelids kept twitching.

This Shuihe village is quite far from the town center. If you are walking, it is not enough to go back and forth for a day. There are no ox carts in the nearby villages, so you have to go to Xiangshui Village ten miles away to have an ox cart. Ke Yu arrived at this time Go to town, there must be tricks in it!

At the dinner table, Ke Hanxue found that her second uncle's daughter, Ke Hanhe, who was half a year younger than her, had been aiming at herself with gloating eyes, and when she looked over, she hurriedly lowered her head again.

Ke Hanxue frowned, her doubts getting bigger and bigger.

After eating, Yang Hanchun put the bowls and chopsticks into the kitchen, except for Ke Shuisheng who was going to the town and Ke Zhongshi who went back to his room to rest after eating, everyone else went to the silkworm house.

Ke Hanxue, who was walking behind, secretly pulled the second uncle's eldest son Ke Weiguang aside, and asked in a low voice, "Brother Guang, did your mother really go to the town to find your father?"

"That's what my mother told me, Sister Xue'er, what's wrong?" Ke Weiguang blinked his big black and white eyes and looked at Ke Hanxue in confusion.

"Uh, it's okay. I just think it will take so long to get to town. I'm worried that your mother will be hungry if she didn't have lunch." Ke Hanxue sneered, feeling a little guilty when she was seen by this innocent cousin.

This brother Guang obviously inherited his second uncle's honesty and integrity, and he doesn't have Ke Yu's bitterness and caressing. If he can be guided well, he must be a reliable man when he grows up.

Maybe Ke Yu knew the eldest son's personality well, so he didn't tell him the real purpose of going to town, right?Ke Hanxue guessed.

Brother Guang smiled: "Sister Xue'er, you don't have to worry about this, no one can starve my mother if she is hungry, she has money on her body, so she will buy food in the town when she is hungry."

"That's it, that's it." Ke Hanxue responded, and almost couldn't hold back her laughter. If Ke Yushi knew that her son was so reassuring of her, how would she feel?
"Sister Xue'er, if I have nothing to do, I'll go to the silkworm house to help cut mulberry leaves. Don't go into the silkworm house before you feel well." Brother Guang ran into the silkworm house after speaking.

Every household in Shuihe Village has five or six silkworm houses, and the Ke family is no exception.

Although she has the memory of the former owner, Ke Hanxue is still very curious about silkworm rearing. She hooked her lips and followed Brother Guang into one of the silkworm houses.

The silkworm house is very large, filled with wooden shelves, and each shelf has several layers. On the shelf on the left is a plaque containing silkworms. The plaque is the place where the silkworms move and live.

On the shelf on the right is a "square cluster" filled with cooked silkworms.

The so-called square cluster is a square wooden frame made of bamboo slices horizontally and vertically. There are countless small squares inside the frame. Each grid is about three centimeters long, four or five centimeters wide, and three centimeters high. The function of this square cluster is It is made for the convenience of cooked silkworms spinning cocoons.

"Xue'er is here too?" Ke Mengshi, who was collecting the cooked silkworms, saw Ke Hanxue showing a loving smile.

"Grandma, I'll help you collect it!" Ke Hanxue stepped forward, picked up a "square cluster" from memory, and carefully and evenly placed the cooked silkworms in the "square cluster", letting the cooked silkworms sit in the "square cluster" by themselves. Find a "house" suitable for you to spin and cocoon inside.

After placing the clusters, Ke Hanxue placed the clusters on the special square clusters and cluster racks.

"Grandma, I'm sure you can get a good price if you sell the chrysalis this time?" Ke Hanxue looked at a room full of wooden shelves and asked with a smile.

"Of course I hope so. This year's weather is warm, less rainy, and dry. These guys like the weather. I hope that the weather will continue to be good. Then we will have a bumper harvest this year." Ke Meng said with a smile , I also have deep expectations for the next few months.

"Grandma, we will definitely have a bumper harvest this year!" Ke Hanxue smiled sweetly.

"Hehe, if the harvest is really bumper, grandma will buy you a dowry!" Ke Meng laughed from ear to ear after hearing what her precious granddaughter said.

"Grandma, I didn't marry so early!" Ke Hanxue pouted depressedly.

At present, what she is most concerned about is how to lead everyone to a well-off life, not getting married!
"Hehe, every girl wants to marry when she reaches her age, so there's nothing to be shy about!" Ke Mengshi obviously interpreted Ke Hanxue's entanglement as shyness.

"That's right, that's right, Sister Xue'er, can I marry my sister when you marry someone?" Ke Weiguang also booed, the elders and younger ones are orderly, only her cousin, Ke Hanhe, who is a younger sister, can marry.

Ke Hanxue sighed a little weakly, and finally understood what "chicken and duck talk", but Ke Mengshi's love for her granddaughter still moved her.

After Ke Hanxue helped Ke Mengshi cluster all the cooked silkworms, he followed Ke Mengshi to another silkworm house.

The silkworms in this silkworm house are basically young silkworms, and Ke Hanhe is adding cut mulberry leaves to the silkworm plaque.

When Ke Hanhe saw Ke Hanxue follow Ke Mengshi into the silkworm room, he curled his lips unhappily.

Ke Hanxue hooked her lips, yes, grandma is partial to herself, even her own sister sometimes can't see it, let alone Ke Hanhe.

Ke Hanxue saw that Ke Mengshi thumped his shoulder, and was about to help cut the mulberry leaves, so she hurried forward and said obediently: "Grandma, please rest for a while, and I will cut it."

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