I found Mrs. Sun in the backyard kitchen. Mrs. Sun was standing by the pot cutting the washed leeks.

Seeing Yang Ruoqing and the others coming in, Mrs. Sun raised her head and said happily: "You're just in time, didn't you say you wanted to eat egg and leek pancakes two days ago? I'll bake them tonight!"

Yang Ruoqing smiled happily and glanced across the kitchen, "Mom, are you the only one? Where is my fourth aunt?"

Mrs. Sun was stunned for a moment, then saw Xiaohua Xiaoduo's expression, and immediately guessed that the sisters had told Yang Ruoqing everything.

Mrs. Sun smiled a little awkwardly and said, "She left the backyard. I asked her to go home."

"She washed these leeks too..."

Yang Ruoqing took a look at the leeks. Each one was juicy and clean, and all the mud at the roots was washed away.

In the middle of the green leek leaves, even the slightest bit of yellowing has been pinched off.

Yang Ruoqing hates washing leeks and yellow garlic the most. She pinches and washes them one by one, which is always troublesome.

Apparently, Liu spent a lot of patience washing the leeks.

"My sister-in-law, who has been with your fourth aunt for more than ten years, is the most diligent and careful I have ever seen her." Mrs. Sun sighed.

Yang Ruoqing nodded, then turned to Xiaohua and Xiaoduo behind her and said, "You take the two children out to play, and I will help my mother cook dinner."

Xiaohua Xiaoduo left with the two children. Here, Yang Ruoqing put on an apron and came to the pot, and began to scoop out wheat flour and mix it into a batter.

"Fourth Aunt, this is just a last resort when I don't usually burn incense." Yang Ruoqing said while making the batter.

"I wanted to work as a cook on the construction site, but I went to my house to look for me in the morning, but I turned him back."

"I said she was slovenly, lazy, and not suitable for the job of a cook. No, my mother, you are showing off." Yang Ruoqing said.

Mrs. Sun smiled and shook her head, "She has been busy with us all day, and left after having lunch with an acquaintance. She is not here to eat as usual."

"I guessed that it was probably because I had something to ask for, and I didn't point it out," she said.

Yang Ruoqing nodded, "As for the cook, if possible, I would certainly give priority to my relatives."

"The fifth aunt and the eighth sister have two children. One is in the county and the other is in the county. They have to take care of the man and the child. Naturally, they can't take time off."

"Sister-in-law, just pull her down. Nowadays, her nostrils are turning upward. Third sister-in-law, Liu'er, is the best candidate."

"But my grandma is staying with my eldest son this month, and Liu'er can't spare any time. I think it will be done next month. I'll ask her later."

"As for the fourth aunt, I will never use her. She is lazy, bad, and sloppy."

"However, it would be nice if she could be as clean and tidy as she is today every day, but I don't believe she can persist for that long." Yang Ruoqing said.

Mrs. Sun sighed, "Hey, finding someone to cook is also a problem."

Yang Ruoqing said: "Don't be in a hurry, look for it slowly. It won't be until three to five days before we start digging the foundation. It's too late."

Building a house is a big deal.

In advance, you must ask the earth immortal to inspect the land, determine the date, and a series of other related matters.

Everything must be done according to the rules, and no mistakes can be made in every step.

Because in the minds of the villagers, whether it is building a Yang house or a Yin house, it is a major matter related to Feng Shui and future generations, and cannot be careless.

"Qing'er, I'm worried that your fourth aunt will come over tomorrow, what should I do?" Mrs. Sun then asked.

Yang Ruoqing was adding egg liquid into the flour paste and stirring it with chopsticks.

Hearing this, he pursed his lips and smiled, "Logically speaking, he shouldn't come!"

Sun said: "What if we come again?"

Yang Ruoqing said: "If she comes again, let's make it clear to her that the cook's job is not something she can do by pretending to be herself and working hard for two or three days."

"My aunt's new house will take at least two or three months to build, and two meals will have to be cooked every day for two or three months."

"Every meal has dozens of people eating, cleaning every vegetable leaf, washing pots and dishes. Even a hard-working and patient person like you, mother, was exhausted at first, let alone my fourth aunt?"

"She can't hold on!"

…

Contrary to Yang Ruoqing's expectation, this time, Mrs. Liu seemed to be willing to risk everything.

Early the next morning, Ms. Sun had just gotten up and went to pick up eggs from the chicken coop in the backyard when she saw a man with a veil on his head and an apron on his body.

Sitting on a small horse in the corner, he was folding cotton poles and tying them with straw.

Bundle them into firewood one by one and put them aside.

Behind her, bundles of cotton were neatly stacked.

"Oh, fourth brother and sister, you, you..."

Sun was so surprised that she was speechless.

Ms. Liu turned her head and grinned at Ms. Sun.

"Lying in bed last night, I couldn't sleep the whole night thinking about Sister-in-law that the cotton poles at your house were still unbroken."

"I'll be here right after dawn, haha..." she said.

Mrs. Sun glanced at the bolted courtyard door in the backyard, "Fourth brother and sister, how did you get in?"

The front courtyard door is closed, and the backyard courtyard door is also closed. How did you get in?

"Hey, I climbed over the wall and came in." Mrs. Liu raised her finger and pointed at the courtyard wall over there.

The walls of this courtyard are relatively high, and it would usually take some effort for an adult man to climb in. They are mainly used to prevent theft.

But at the place Liu was pointing to, due to some reasons some time ago, the adobe bricks had cleared an area as big as a footbath.

As a result, that place will appear lower than other places.

That's where Liu came in.

"Fourth brother and sister, you are too...you, what do you want me to say about you?" said Sun.

"You should go home quickly. The children are all at home. Xiaohua and I will finish these cotton poles in one afternoon." Mrs. Sun said again.

I haven't folded it in the past few days because I want to dry it more and try to reduce the moisture inside so that it can burn more efficiently.

Moreover, I was delayed because I was busy with my parents' affairs.

Hearing Sun's words, Liu shook his head like a rattle.

"It's okay, my three children sleep deeply and won't wake up until three o'clock in the morning," Mrs. Liu said.

"Besides, even if you wake up, Ju'er will still be at home. Ju'er is already twelve years old and can take care of herself."

After speaking cracklingly, Mrs. Liu grabbed a few cotton poles, grabbed both ends of the cotton poles with both hands, and pushed hard on her bent knees.

"Crack!"

With a crisp sound, the cotton pole broke. Liu picked up a bunch of straw, tied the folded cotton pole tightly, and then threw it onto the neatly stacked pile behind him.

"Third sister-in-law, please don't persuade me to go back. I'm working very energetically right now. Just go and do what you should do and don't worry about me!" Mrs. Liu said again.
Chapter completed!