Farm the Prolific Chapter 7

"Oh, you want to catch sparrows! OK, I'll change my shoes."

This was another person who agreed unconditionally. He didn't even ask Lyra Du what he was going to do with the sparrows. He just turned around and went back to the house to change his cotton shoes.

The brother and sister found a large, wide and dense bamboo basket and a long rope tied to a bamboo stick. They found an intact burlap bag in the utility room, grabbed some corn and millet to lure sparrows, and walked out the door.

"Aunt, uncle..."

A timid voice came from behind the two of them. It was Faye Du and Lila Du.

"kindness?"

Lyra Du turned around and saw that it was the two sisters. He looked at them gently and said, "What's wrong? Second girl, third girl, is there something wrong?"

"Aunt, can Lila Du and I follow you and uncle to catch sparrows?"

The timid looks of the two made Lyra Du complain in his heart again. How could a niece be afraid of her aunt like a mouse is afraid of a cat?

"Okay, go if you want." Lyra Du nodded, "But you two have to tell your mothers to change shoes before you come." Lyra Du pointed to the cloth shoes on the two children's feet.

"Okay, let's go this way." The two children immediately ran back to the second room.

Miles Du was watching the two sides talking, and he found that not only did his sister's attitude towards them change a little, but her attitude towards the two children also changed.

In the past, the two little nieces from the second house were completely ordered around by the youngest sister to serve her. They would definitely not be taken with them when going out to play. If they came to beg for permission, the younger sister would yell at them, and then they would be scolded by the old mother.

"Little sister..."

"What's wrong?"

"You...you seem a little...a little different from before." Miles Du said hesitantly.

"Really? People who have died once will always be a little different." Lyra Du smiled.

...

When this was mentioned, Miles Du didn't dare to say a word. He couldn't imagine what would have become of his father and mother if his little sister hadn't survived. Especially his mother, she would probably go crazy, and there would never be a moment of peace in the family.

"Let's go."

The two little girls changed their shoes and ran over, following the two men out the door, their faces flushed with excitement. Children have pure hearts and can best sense changes in adults' attitudes towards them.

In the morning, Lyra Du gave Faye Du a friendly smile, which scared Faye Du to tears, but she was not punished or beaten later. The little girl thought about it for a long time and felt that the old aunt really smiled at her in the morning and did not want to punish her, so the two of them asked Lyra Du for help just now. In the past, Faye Du would definitely not dare to do so.

Faye Du glanced at the fat old aunt who was walking in front, staggering from side to side, and felt that she was right. After the old aunt fell into the river and woke up, she seemed... a little different.

In the main room, Du Danv was learning embroidery from Mira.

The Du family lived well, and Mira's family had some surplus money, so there was no need for her to subsidize them. Therefore, Felix Du and Mira put a lot of effort into the upbringing of their three children. The eldest son and the second son were both studying in the town. Even the daughter, Clara Du, was taught by Felix Du to read and write, and by Mira,   who taught her needlework, tea and cooking. As a result, the ten-year-old Clara Du was good at everything.

Listening to the noise outside, everyone seemed to have left. Du Daniu pouted and said, "Besides eating, it's sleeping. Now it's good. After dying once, they are even more playful. It's so cold and there's so much snow. They want to catch sparrows to play with. Grandma even asked my uncle to go with them."

This time, Mira did not refute her daughter. She shook her head and said, "Why do you care about her? She is already thirteen years old. She will have to get married in two years! Let her do whatever she wants. She almost died yesterday. Who knows what she will do next. Wait until she does it again. She may not be so lucky to survive every time!"

...

In the third room, Mrs. Hu was also doing needlework. Today was the second room's turn to cook, and she had nothing to do. She couldn't do anything else on a snowy day, so she was making a pair of shoes for each of the two children, just in time to wear during the New Year.

"Mom, my second and third sisters are going to catch sparrows with my aunt and uncle!" Ezra Du pouted and looked at his mother who was sewing shoe soles, blinking his big eyes, "I want to go too!"

"Be good, Ezra Du. It's cold outside. We won't go out. Why don't you play hide-and-seek with your sister? Okay?" Mrs. Hu coaxed her younger son and gave her daughter Mingxiu a look.

"Be good, little brother. Let's go and play hide-and-seek. You have to find your sister today." Mingxiu was very sensible. When she saw the look in her mother's eyes, she immediately went to coax her little brother.

With his sister playing with him, Ezra Du immediately forgot about catching sparrows.

Mrs. Hu looked at the two little children with satisfaction. Her husband, Leo Du, was a playboy. When they first got married, he stayed at home for two years. Later, he lost his patience and ran away all day long. Now he simply doesn't come home for a year or two, which makes her mother-in-law often scold her, saying that she can't keep an eye on her man and is useless.

Fortunately, the two children were sensible, well-behaved and obedient. Her belly was not bad. In the two years that the mistress was at home, she gave birth to a daughter in the first year and a son in the third year. Only then did she gain a firm foothold in the Du family. No matter how the mistress fooled around outside, this was her and her children's home. She didn't have to worry like her second sister-in-law, who had to worry about her mother-in-law getting angry and sending her back to her parents' home because she gave birth to two girls.

well...

Mrs. Hu withdrew her gaze, sighed secretly, and lowered her head to sew the soles of shoes seriously. The two children were her life. With two children, her life had hope.

"Second wife, prepare lunch!" The loud voice of the mother-in-law outside came again, making Mrs. Hu tremble habitually.

"I know, Mom. I'll be there right away." Ivy's voice came from her room.

"At noon, we roasted the pork your father cut this morning. We boiled the fat into oil and cooked it with dried vegetables to make a big dish for everyone to eat together. We cut the lean pork into slices and cooked it into a meat soup for our youngest sister to eat to nourish her body. She was frozen in the Loach River for so long yesterday and her body is weak..."

"Mom, I understand."

Everyone:...

Anyone in this family may be weak, except that person!

Outside in the snow.

Lyra Du scattered corn and millet on the snow as bait, and used a stick to prop up a wide-mouthed bamboo basket. He waited for the sparrows to enter and eat the bait. Then he quickly pulled the long rope tied to the stick, and the greedy sparrows were covered under the bamboo basket, fluttering around inside and trying to escape.

"Aunt, it's covered again, it's covered again..." The two little girls shouted excitedly, and Lyra Du also smiled, "Fourth brother, go quickly, go quickly, catch the sparrows and put them in the sack, don't let them run away, I'm still waiting to eat sparrow meat!"

ah?

The other three looked at her in unison, their eyes full of surprise, "Little sister, you're not catching sparrows for fun, you're catching them to eat them?"

"Yes, yes, Fourth Brother, you don't know, sparrow meat smells very good when cooked!" Lyra Du nodded repeatedly to explain, almost drooling.