big sister headed home

Chapter 31

Dou Hua and the others drove the donkey cart to the front of the house. A Tao and her younger brother and younger sister were playing with stones in the open space between the two houses. Seeing them coming back, she greeted them happily.

"Sister Hua, Tweety, you guys are back~"

"Well, A Tao, we've been away for so long, is anyone here at home?" Dou Hua asked.

"Yes." A Tao replied crisply.

"Oh? Who has been here?" Dou Hua said, thinking who will come.

"There have been three waves of people. The first one was Aunt Dou. I didn't see her when she came. I was at home at the time. I heard a woman yell. "Run out and take a look." I saw her from You ran over from the back of the room, running' screaming, running so fast' as if something was chasing her." A Tao thought for a while and said, "Later we were playing here, and saw Aunt Dou coming again, She also looked inside your gate for a few times, then glared at me and left. Finally, around noon, Fourth Uncle Dou and Fourth Aunt Dou came over, and they asked me if you saw me back No, no one else has seen it."

A Tao is nine years old this year, one year younger than Dou Cui, because they are similar in age and they are neighbors, so they play best together. A Tao is not very old, and she explained things quite clearly. Dou Hua knew it was Who has been to my house,
"A Tao, are the people you're talking about my aunt, second aunt, and my uncle and aunt here?"

"That's right, it's them." A Tao nodded.

"Okay, I see. Thank you so much for today. Here are some snacks. You and your siblings can share them." Dou Hua took out the snack packs from her backpack and gave A Tao three pieces.

A Tao blushed slightly, bit her lip and said embarrassedly, "No need, I didn't do anything, you can keep something as good as dim sum for yourselves."

"Who said you didn't do anything, didn't you help us look after the house? Take it, we still have more." Dou Hua couldn't help but stuff a few pieces of snacks into her hand.

"Thank you, Sister Hua~" Ah Tao thanked in a low voice, her younger brother and sister got up from the ground early when they heard that there was some snack to eat, and ran to her to ask for it, "Don't worry about eating, this is from Sister Hua, Thank you both too."

"Sister Hua, thank you~" Brother A Tao shouted loudly.

"Thank you~" Sister A Tao said in a low voice, and ran behind A Tao.

"Sister, we have already said thank you, give us something to eat quickly." The two little guys raised their heads and waved their little hands to eat. Eating, with enjoyment on his face, as if eating something delicious.

When Dou Hua heard the phrase "Big Sister Hua", she felt uncomfortable all over, thinking that some kind of bug was also called by this name, and she felt bad all over.

"Eldest sister, what are the aunt and the second aunt doing at our house? Isn't it to steal our things?" Dou Qing worried.

"They wanted to steal it, but they didn't succeed. Didn't you hear what A Tao said? Our second aunt went around to the back of the room, and finally came out yelling. I guess, it probably offended the group behind our room." Bee, I got stung, and our aunt is smart, she didn't enter our house when she saw someone outside, and she gave A Tao a look before leaving, the uncle and aunt probably came to discuss with me about setting up a banquet tomorrow Things, forget it, since they didn't steal it, I won't trouble them, if they really dare to steal something from our house, I will let them return it obediently." Dou Hua laughed, thinking of being stung by a bee The second aunt in her heart is like Le, she really deserves it, she asked for it.

"No, let's go home and have a look. If it is stolen, it's not okay." Dou Qing is now 13 years old and understands many things.

"Okay, you guys go home and bring your things in. I'll return the ox cart first." Dou Hua drove the donkey cart to Uncle Li's house, unloaded the cart, and then led Xiao Huizi back home.

Dou Qing led the two little ones into the house with the things they bought, put down the things, and began to check separately. They checked inside and out. There is no shortage of food in the house, except for two bricks on the wall behind the house that hit the beekeeping barrels, everything in the house is as usual.

"Brother, sister is right, the uncle and the second lady didn't come into the yard, and there is nothing missing in the house." Dou Cui said.

"It's good that there is nothing less. We have few things in the house, so we can't let them take any more." Dou Qing said, feeling relieved.

"There are two bricks on the wooden barrel behind the house, they must have been dropped by the second aunt when she climbed the wall, she smashed the honeycomb, she deserves to be stung by honey, haha~" Dou Lin, a big kid, laughed.

Dou Qing and Dou Cui also laughed when they heard the words, and little Dou Hong understood too well, seeing her brother and sister laughing, she also laughed.

When Dou Hua came back, she saw the little ones laughing together. It was rare to see them so happy, and she also had a smile on her face.

After tidying up the things she bought, Dou Hua took a few sesame seed cakes to Dou Sishan's house. Both Dou Sishan and Li Shi were at home, and they just woke up after taking a nap after lunch.

"Uncle, Auntie, are you at home?" Dou Hua called out from outside the house.

"Here, come in." Mrs. Li agreed.

"Hey, I'm coming in." Dou Hua walked into the room, and saw Dou Sishan and Li Shi sitting by the Kang and busy putting on their shoes.

"Uncle, were you taking a nap just now? Did I wake you up?" Dou Hua asked.

"No, no, I woke up early, I just lay down for a while, come on, sit down quickly." Mrs. Li asked Dou Hua to sit on the kang.

"Your aunt and I went to look for you before noon, but the gate of your house is still locked. Why, it took so long to go to the county, and I didn't drive there, but I got into trouble?" Dou Sishan asked. Hua is still not in favor of taking a few children to the county seat, after all, they are all children, what if something happens.

"Um, I didn't run into any trouble, it's just that Cui Er and the three of them came to the city for the first time. They saw that everything was fresh, so they went shopping for a while. At noon, they were hungry, so they ordered a few bowls in the county town. It took a while to eat wontons, and I came back later." Dou Hua explained, "Here, these are sesame seed cakes I bought in the county town, give Duo'er and the others a taste, it tastes pretty good."

"Oh, as long as it's okay, Lin'er and Hong'er are too young, it won't be too late to go when they are older, it's not easy to go shopping with a few small ones, and we have to prevent them from getting lost and running around." Li Shi said, "You can save this biscuit for Lin'er and the others. Why did you bring it to Duo'er?"

"There are a few more at home, these are bought for Duo'er and the others, just for them to eat, Lin'er and the others are still quite obedient, but obedient, in the county town they just look around curiously, and don't run around. Uncle, are you looking for me for tomorrow's business?" Dou Hua said.

"Yeah, I thought, how come we have to set up two tables tomorrow, your table, chairs, benches, bowls and chopsticks are definitely not enough, you have to prepare them in advance, we have some here, you take them first, and there are tables and chairs, I see you are here Aunt Zhao's house takes it, the two are close, so it's more convenient." Dou Sishan said.

"Okay, I'll save it. I'll go talk to Aunt Zhao in a while, it should be fine." Dou Hua said.

"Well, that's good. Originally, we sent these things to you half a day ago. You are not at home, so you can take them by yourself now." Mrs. Li went to the kitchen to put the cleaned dishes and chopsticks into a bamboo basket, and handed them over to you. To Dou Hua.

"I can get it myself, then I'll go back first, and the house needs to be cleaned." Dou Hua bid farewell.

"Go." Dou Sishan waved his hand.

When Dou Hua left, Li Shi and Dou Sishan said, "Father, I think Dou Hua is a lucky girl with a good life, and with such a good marriage, even a few younger ones are also honored. "

"Then my eldest niece is also pretty good. At that time, the three sister-in-laws were still there, and Dou Hua was not needed. Now that they are gone, Dou Hua is also capable. I didn't know before that Dou Hua still has such good skills. The hunting arrows are accurate, and she also learned how to recognize medicine from the shopkeeper of the pharmacy in the county. She can earn money no matter digging medicine or hunting. Seeing her propping up the family and living a decent life, it is really good ~" Dou Sishan sighed.

"Yes, yes, your eldest niece is capable, and she was forced out. These days, if you don't have the ability, you will be hungry. Speaking of which, we also took advantage of Dou Hua. A few days ago, you played That black bear was sold for 30 taels of silver, and our family would have divided it up, otherwise this life would be really hard." Li Shi said, thinking that he didn't love those children in vain.

"Oh, who says it's not~" Dou Sishan said.

Dou Hua went home with a basket, put down the basket and then went to A Tao's house, her mother was Aunt Zhao who happened to be at home, Dou Hua explained her intentions, and the other party was also forthright, and promised to lend the better table at home to Dou Hua with a smile , the attitude is much more enthusiastic than before, and she also pulled her to say a few words, Dou Hua thought that the change in the other party's attitude was probably related to those snacks, it seems that the relationship between people is the same everywhere, it is always right to walk more .

After getting ready for all kinds of things, Dou Hua led a few small ones to get busy inside and outside the house. The tables, chairs and benches in the house were carefully cleaned and placed neatly. Hua pays more attention to hygiene. The house is cleaner than the average house. Now that it has been further tidied and cleaned, the small yard looks like a new one. The window paper that I bought before has already been pasted on, which makes the house brighter. It can be said that the windows are bright and clean.

Both sides of the yard are full of various vegetables. More than a month has passed, and now they have sprouted and grown. The greenery has added a lot of vitality to the small yard. The fastest growing ones are leeks and green vegetables, which are now palm-length. You can also use them to add two dishes tomorrow.

(End of this chapter)