Lin Xiuqing froze for a moment, asked her to take care of those children?
But there are three of them in her family, and there is an old lady's, plus more Yemu's meals, this big family is enough for her to work, and now there are six more children? ? ?
The children call her aunt, and it’s okay to take care of her for a few days, just a little rice, but if it’s sent to her every three days, her family can’t bear it.
As the saying goes, half-grown children eat poor old men, how can they raise so many mouths?
And it's not just a matter of having more mouths and spending more rice.
The point is that with more children, there will be more things that come with it, and she doesn't have time to see so many children.
Ye Xiaoxi alone is enough for her to keep busy, and she can't ask the old lady to do all the work inside and outside the house. The more children, the older and more work.
Why is she doing things for herself?
What if the child stumbles? I have to blame her if I didn't take care of it well, what a thankless task.
Aren’t the parents of the elder sister-in-law and the second sister-in-law all from the same village? Wouldn't it be better to send them to their grandparents?
Seeing that Lin Xiuqing was silent, Mrs. Ye quickly said, "I can bring over their daily rations, and you can help cook more. They can eat whatever they have."
"Yes, you can't let them eat yours, we will bring the rations in advance..."
This is not just a matter of rations...
Although their family has always eaten dry food, only breakfast is thin, while the two neighbors eat porridge, and only when they go to sea, they will cook dry rice for dinner.
Lin Xiuqing had a headache.
She put down her chopsticks reluctantly with a smile on her face, "Eldest sister-in-law and second sister-in-law, you just said that I am the one who is busy with the whole family, and Xiaojiu is still young, so I can't be busy at all."
"If you send all six of you to me, it's okay for a day or two. I will bite the bullet and help you look at it for a day or two. It doesn't matter if you have rations or not. As uncles and aunts, don't we still have children? A bite to eat? Even if you leave it to me for many days, I won't be able to handle it..."
Ye Yaodong also frowned, he didn't expect that he just made a suggestion, but he cheated his wife...
Mother Ye also frowned, "Your parents are also in the village, wouldn't it be good to entrust the children to their grandparents? You take the rations there, and let their grandma cook a few more meals for the children. They're all in the village anyway."
"Yes, the children's natal family is in the village. Wouldn't it be better to go to their grandparents' house to eat separately? If I give them all, there will be 9 children. Where can I live?"
"You don't need to look... They can play by themselves, and go to school when the time comes..."
Ye Yaodong also put down his chopsticks and said: "It's not as simple as you said? They are not wooden people, and they disappear after eating all day long. It's better to let their grandparents watch, in case they sneak away to the beach to play." Ah Qing can’t take care of her three children without water or skipping classes.”
The old lady also smiled and said, "If the child's grandparents live with your other brothers and eat with your brothers, you can invite them over and cook a meal for your children at noon at your respective homes, so that your in-laws can eat together." It would be nice to have dinner at your house by the way.”
Father Ye also agreed, "Yes, yes, please cook at home, and let your in-laws eat at your home. If you go out early and return late, you can also ask your in-laws to cook dinner for you, so that you When you come back from a tiring day, you don’t need to regenerate the fire to cook. What the children eat, you also eat, which saves you all the fuss. When the goods come back, you will still be busy in the future.”
Sister-in-law Ye and Second-sister-in-law Ye looked at each other, and they looked at each other.
Before they could speak, the old lady smiled and said: "Don't think that everyone is partial to Ah Qing and speaks for her. She is indeed very busy, and everyone can see that she not only has to take care of the old, She also has to take care of the younger one, and also has to work for the two in the middle, how can she take care of it?"
"And you put 6 of them at a time to let her take care of them again. Anyone who hears this will frown. It's best to let the children's grandparents come and take care of them. They didn't do anything anyway, so they came to cook a meal at noon. , Come over to cook a meal tonight."
"I'm just getting old, and everyone hates the old man's 'Pai Lai', which is not clean, otherwise I can go over and cook two meals for you..."
"Forget it, poke around with a crutch, don't fall yourself." Ye Yaodong was the first to object.
Mrs. Ye smiled awkwardly, "It's because we didn't think carefully. We didn't think about it a little bit. We just thought that Ah Qing was next door, and I wanted to make it easier to go back and forth, so I came here to ask her for help."
Second Sister-in-law Ye also smiled reluctantly, "I forgot that you are also very busy. 9 children are really too many, so let's go back to my mother's house and ask my parents to come over and see if it can be done."
Lin Xiuqing nodded, "Okay, your parents' house is so close, it would be best if you could come and see it anytime, I just wanted to ask my parents for help, but it's hard to call, since it's so far away, let alone help, It’s hard to say anything.”
"It's not good, it's just a short walk away..." Ye Chenghu suddenly murmured.
Lin Xiuqing glared at him directly, "The grown-ups are talking, why do the children get in the way?"
"Then let's go first, and we have to go there early to talk, so as not to fall asleep in a while."
Lin Xiuqing nodded.
But Mother Ye suddenly said: "Go and ask first, if my mother-in-law is not free, I will come back early and cook for you for two days. Anyway, I don't always have work every day. Sitting there with legs chatting, sticking matchboxes."
Mother Ye is also worried that the two daughters-in-law have some ideas in their hearts, thinking that they are partial to Ah Qing and Dong Zi's family, and they will help if they can.
The mother-in-law is hard to do, the three sons are really too difficult to balance, the palm of the hand is fleshy, and the back of the hand is also fleshy, but there will always be emphasis.
Dongzi and his wife are indeed more filial than the eldest and second couple, and they do a good job.
With her words, sister-in-law Ye and second-sister-in-law Ye were immediately happy, and it can be said that there is no need to worry about the future.
Who knows if their wives are free? Of course it would be best if you have time, everyone is happy, if you don't have time, you can only hope that Mother Ye will come back early to cook for them.
Sister Ye happily responded, "Okay, okay, I'll go back to my mother's house first and ask. If my mother is not free, I can only ask my mother to help."
"Well, let's go."
After the matter was settled and the people left, the happy atmosphere of the family returned.
Ye Yaodong couldn't help complaining, "I don't know what I was thinking. The money is earned for them, and the children have to watch it for them? Just give them the money."
Lin Xiuqing smiled and didn't take it seriously, "Doesn't this mean that I'm reliable? They trust me, hehe, they do live next door, and it's normal to think of me the first time. If we go out for a day and a half, it must be the first time For a while, I thought of entrusting the children to them to look after..."
"No, it's me. I will definitely send it to my mother. If she has to go to work, then let her take the child to work."
Mother Ye gave him a white look, "You really know how to plan for me! You really know how to assign work for me."
"It is necessary. Is it appropriate to call someone else instead of my own mother?"
"I deserve to be your cow."
"Where, don't you say so exaggeratedly, how can you be like a cow? You are still at work, and I have already started to take care of you and my father. Why do you want to be like a cow? Don't go out ruin my reputation."
"You can say that with just one mouth, I'll give you **** and piss, pay money when it's time to pay, and work hard when it's time to contribute. Isn't it what I'm doing for you? I What you earn at work now will be yours when you get old..."
"Don't say that when you get old, it will be ours. There are still several decades. If you can save enough money for your own pension, I will already be Amitabha, thank God."
Ye Yaodong's talking back has become an instinctive reaction. Opening his mouth feels like he has developed a superb ability, and he can say anything immediately.
"It's been decades, what money can we spend when we are old? Why don't we just save it up and share it with you later?" Mother Ye knocked on his bowl angrily, and then put away her own bowls and chopsticks .
"Hurry up and eat it for me. After eating, make room for me to wash the bowl. After eating for a long time, if you open your mouth, you will talk back. Sooner or later, you will be mad at you."
"I learned from you, things like lip service should be inherited, right?"
"You are the only one who is amazing!"
He was already powerful
Let his mother give her a hand and stop talking back.
Everyone at the table has long been accustomed to bickering between the mother and son. If one day does not say a few words to each other, the sun will definitely come out from the west.
Mother Ye put the bowls and chopsticks by the stove first, and there is still a pot of hot water in the pot. She needs to scoop the water into a thermos to keep warm first.
Seeing the funnel on the top of the stove, she tiptoed to take it, then put it into the mouth of the thermos bottle, and then poured water into it with a ladle.
After the two thermos bottles were filled, there was still a little hot water in the pot. She scooped up another ladle of cold water and mixed it in. It was just warm enough to wash the dishes.