The old man entered the yard, and Qiao Jiaqi led him into the living room and poured him a cup of hot water himself.
"Isn't home far from here?"
"Yes, there are about ten miles,"
The old man was wearing patched clothes, and his family background was not very good.
Qiao Mai had already come to the living room at this time, and the old man was about to get up when he saw her, so she said hastily.
"Sit, sit,"
The old man didn't drink any water, so he quickly brought the basket in front of him, lifted the lid on it, and there was a thick pile of straw inside, and two shivering little milk dogs fell asleep.
"It's just full moon today, look at it."
Qiao Mai hugged one of them with both hands. The dog smelled a strange smell, and immediately opened its eyes vigilantly. When it saw the stranger, it bared its teeth at her, and barked wildly.
She couldn't help laughing, "It's really fierce, it's a good material to take care of the house."
The old man was relieved after hearing this, knowing that the dog could stay, Qiao Mai picked up another one, and that one reacted the same as the first one.
Judging from their appearance, they should be a hybrid of local dogs and wolves.
"I'll keep these two, how much does the old man plan to sell?"
"You look at it, this is my dog's first litter, and it has never been sold before."
"To tell you the truth, your pup has the blood of a wolf, and the breed is good. If you have such a pup in the future, you can't sell it at a low price. I will give you five taels of silver for one, and ten taels for two. What does the old man expect?"
"Can you sell it for twelve taels?"
"right!"
"Okay, then ten taels. It is said that Mrs. Qiao is a good person. It seems to be true. Thank you. There is no rice at home. I hoped that this litter of cubs could sell some money."
Qiao Mai smiled, took out a money bag from his bosom, counted out ten taels of silver, and handed it to the old man.
He took it with both hands, wiped his tears with his sleeve, then carefully put it into his purse, and then put it in his arms.
"If there is nothing else, the old man will leave."
"Well, it's snowing heavily outside, so go home early."
The Yuan family sent the old man out and saw a dog at the door, which should be the dog's mother. The old man patted the dog on the head.
"Don't worry, this is a good family. They will definitely enjoy themselves here, better than following us."
"Wow, woof"
The old man wiped away his tears, and took the black dog away. The black dog turned his head three times at a step, and Yuan Jiaqi was very moved when he saw it.
All things have spirits, tiger poison does not eat its offspring, even animals know it, but humans can do things that are even worse than animals.
After locking the door and returning to the living room, the three little guys were surrounding the two puppies.
"Mother, they are so small."
"Well, go find a box with hay in it, and I'll get them an old coat and put it under,"
The Yuan family sat together and watched with a smile. The children all like small animals, especially dogs. They like them very much. They have wanted to raise one for a long time.
Fengyun finds a wooden box, Yunfeng spreads the straw, Qiao Mai brings an old coarse cloth, and the clothes are all new, she is not willing to part with it.
After making the bed, put the two puppies in. Seeing the wake-up dogs looking for milk, the three pups immediately ran to the kitchen to make rice soup for them. Yunfeng also cut some diced meat and threw it in.
This winter, Qiao's family lived very comfortably.
Every house is warm, and the children are also dressed warmly. The Yuan family and his son are living a better life than before.
The Fengyun brothers felt the warmth they had never experienced before. Although the father and mother were not close, they were better than close.
Mother taught them martial arts, father taught them to read and write, eat well, wear warm clothes, do what they can do every day, mother and father never quarreled with them, always encouraged them, praised them, and made them confident Heart is satisfied, there is no better day than this.
Not to mention twin brothers, even Yuan Jiaqi and his son also liked this atmosphere very much.
Qiao Mai went to the kitchen to look at them and told them, "The porridge must be cooled before feeding. They are different from people and cannot eat hot ones."
"Yes, mother"
"They are still young and cannot be fed with bones, especially chicken bones. If they eat them, they will get stuck in their throats and die. Even when they grow up, they cannot be fed with chicken bones, you know?"
"knew"
"Well, then you can tinker with it, mother has to go to work."
Qiao Mai went back to the house and got on the kang, planning to move Ling'er out of the space as soon as the snow stopped.
It is best to eat hot pot on the day, there are many people and there is a testimony. Linger's household registration was done a few years ago, and she doesn't need to go out all winter. She will accompany her to adapt to the environment and climate at home.
I have made several sets of small clothes, but I have never used them. The room is warm and the temperature is 25 degrees all year round. The children are always wearing single clothes.
Thinking of her body, she was a little worried, whether she could adapt to the temperature here after she came out from the space.
The snow outside kept falling for three days and three nights. Fearing that the house would not be able to withstand it, Yuan Jiaqi took a broom and tied a bamboo pole, and climbed a ladder to sweep the snow off the house every day.
Not only the snow on the roof, but also the snow in the yard was cleaned up very cleanly. Dongzao's horse shed was also clean, warm and comfortable, where it was cleaned up firmly, saving Qiao Mai a lot of effort.
The snow stopped, and it was already clean without everyone reaching out.
The two puppies are already used to this place. After waking up, the three children let them out for a run.
Every day, the small belly eats round, which may be due to oily water, but it feels bigger in three days. The three babies take good care of them.
Even though it was snowing, foodies still knocked on her door to buy things with umbrellas.
It's cold, and things are easy to put away. Once you buy a lot, you can eat slowly when you go home.
The foodies in Tianhe Town and Tiannan Town would come here occasionally, and they really worked hard to eat.
When she is tired of doing embroidery work at home, she will make some snacks to relax, such as fried chestnuts in sugar, salt and pepper peanuts, spiced melon seeds, and sometimes fruit candies, haw jelly, candied haws and the like.
I have made a lot, and in addition to keeping some for my own children to eat, I will also sell them to outsiders. The children feel extremely happy.
Qiao Mai was also very happy. She thought that there would be no business if she didn't go out of the stall, but she didn't expect it. Her stall is very famous, and people come to buy it at home. It just so happens that she can rest for a few days, and then open the stall when the weather is better.
Thinking of hot pot, she swallowed hopelessly.
From wearing it to here, she hadn't eaten a few mouthfuls of what she liked in the previous life, and Xue stopped saying that she had to eat a meal.
So he put aside his embroidery work, ran out of the house, and saw Yuan Jiaqi teaching his children to read in the living room.
"Brother Yuan, shall everyone take a day off today?"
"Is there something wrong?"
"Brother Yuan, please take the child and invite someone to our house for dinner."
"Okay, I'll go now."
"Then I'll go to the kitchen to prepare. Let's have hot pot at noon."
After speaking, she ran to the kitchen and started to work. She stored frozen tofu, wide noodles, duck blood, enoki mushrooms, hairy tripe, lamb slices, and other ingredients for shabu-shabu in the space, so there was no need to worry about them, they were all alive.
Just take it out and set a plate. In the living room, a big round table has been cleared out by the children.
As long as mother goes to the kitchen, there must be something delicious.
She took out the copper pot, put it on a plate with water, and brought it to the table.
Then put the same dishes on it, filling the table, making the children look stupid.
"Mother, why is this dish raw? Can it be eaten raw?"
"Ah, it's raw. When everyone arrives later, mother will tell you how to eat these. I promise you will like them."
Take out a piece of slightly spicy hot pot base material from the space and put it into a copper pot, fill it with water, and put charcoal under the copper pot, while the children blink and watch.
"Don't touch the copper pot, it's very hot"
"oh."
When the guests arrived, the room was full of scents. Everyone took off their cotton cloaks and put them aside, watching around the table.
"Ah, there are so many things, and there are some things I haven't seen before."
"Sit down, sit down, it's cold, I invite everyone to eat hot pot."
"Hey, I'm in your light."
Twelve people were sitting together, and the fragrance had already made the children salivate.
Qiao Mai put the prepared ingredients into the bowls in front of them.
"Let's go!"
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