Chapter 57 – Clingy (1)

When it was time for sleeping, Su Xiaoxiao found an interesting phenomenon. If she counts tonight, the three little ones slept with her for three nights in total.

On the first night, the one who slept next to her was Dahu. On the second night, it was Erhu, and tonight it became Xiaohu.

These three children actually understand the work shift system.

Dahu and Erhu had already fallen asleep, while Xiaohu was still trying to keep his eyes wide open, and moving his little head left and right.

Su Xiaoxiao asked him, “What’s wrong?”

Xiaohu said: “Xiaofu (hu), don’t sleep.”

He was the youngest. It was not easy for him to finally be able to sleep with his mother. He didn’t want to sleep, he had to stay awake.

Su Xiaoxiao said, “Why don’t you want to sleep?”

Xiaohu didn’t answer.

How could Su Xiaoxiao know his secret plan?

She put out the light, then she lay down beside Xiaohu, and said seriously, “Close your eyes!”

Xiaohu obediently closed his eyes, but he still didn’t sleep.

“Mom.”

Xiaohu called her.

Su Xiaoxiao pretended to be asleep.

Xiaohu stopped calling after calling three times. If you thought that he was finally going to sleep, then it would be a big mistake.

Inside the quilt of the three children, there was a small bulging bundle. 

Soon, that small bulging bundle moved towards Su Xiaoxiao’s side.

——Xiaohu got into her bed quilt.

Sleeping with mother!

He wouldn’t tell Dahu and Erhu!

Coincidentally, Dahu and Erhu also did the same thing.

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The first thing Su Xiaoxiao did after waking up was to look for the children again. One was at the head of the bed, one was at the end of the bed, and the last one was in the corner.

After putting the three of them together, Su Xiaoxiao went to Father Su’s room and called Su Ergou to wake up.

There were a lot of things to do today, and she couldn’t do it alone.

After Su Ergou came out from the thatched hut1, he went to the kitchen. When he went there, unexpectedly Mrs. Wu was also there.

1Thatched hut : Toilet (rural euphemism).

He was stunned.

Mrs. Wu hurriedly explained: “I, I have nothing to do. So I came here to give some help.”

Su Ergou looked at his older sister, who didn’t object.

“Oh,” So he also just accepted it.

Mrs. Wu was a little nervous at first, but Su Ergou just immersed himself in his work and didn’t care about her at all. So she gradually became more relaxed.

Su Ergou mainly did the rough work, and Mrs. Wu helped in washing the vegetables, cutting vegetables and kneading the dough.

-The dough

She worked cleanly and quickly. Su Xiaoxiao only needed to explain it once and she could remember it.

There were Mrs. Wu and Su Ergou who helped her… Especially Mrs. Wu, obviously, the workload was twice as much as yesterday, but it was completed in the same time.

Su Xiaoxiao was very satisfied.

“My mother is awake. I have to go back.”

Mrs. Wu always paid attention to the habits of each person in her family. 

Su Xiaoxiao said, “Okay, you can go back first. I will talk to you about wages when I come back from the town.”

Mrs. Wu shook her head and said, “You have already given it.”

It was 20 copper coins.

Her husband, Liu Ping, worked as a coolie in the town. And even if he worked so hard until he was tired to death in a day, he still couldn’t earn that much. If he was lucky enough, he would be able to earn 10 or 5 copper coins. There were many times that he only got paid for two meals.

“I will come back tomorrow morning.”

She turned around and went out through the back door of the kitchen. Then she suddenly turned back when she thought of something, “No… No need for the wages!”

Su Xiaoxiao chuckled and said, “Okay.”

“I will also help you take care of the children.”

She sneaked back for the second time.

Su Xiaoxiao almost died laughing because of her sneaky appearance.

Before leaving, Su Xiaoxiao went to Wei Ting’s room. His wound healed well, and the stitches could be removed tonight.

After that, she also left another message for Father Su.

Originally, she wanted to leave a note. But then she sadly found out that all three members of this family were illiterate.

“Even if I write it using simplified characters,  Father Su doesn’t know them either.”

After muttering, she said to Wei Ting, “When my father wakes up, tell him to learn how to grow vegetables with Aunt Qian.”

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Su Xiaoxiao and Su Ergou went to the market first.

The young butcher had just opened his stall.

He just got misled and was in a bad mood, but life must go on.