19,

Inside the small thatched hut.

Night.

The whole family sat together and had a meal.

The mother sat aside and watched them.

Yadan, Erya, the table was full of food and they were eating quickly.

Sanpang ate slowly with a bowl.

After a while, after they finished eating, they all left the table one after another.

Only Sanpang was still eating slowly.

When the mother saw that they had finished eating, she took a bowl to serve the rice. She opened the pot and saw that it was empty inside.

"Ah!" My mother couldn't help but be surprised.

"Mom, you can eat this little meal!" Sanpang handed the bowl with half a bowl of rice left to his mother.

The mother shook her head, pushed the bowl over, and said to her: "No, Sanpang, you eat it quickly!"

Sanpang handed it over again: "Mom, you eat it!"

Mother: "No, mom is not hungry, mom is not hungry. If mom is hungry, mom would have gone to eat long ago."

Sanpang: "No, mom, I know you are not hungry, you are afraid that we will not be full, so you ate the last one, but now there is no rice in the pot."

When the mother heard this, she was very excited. She reached out and touched her head, smiled slightly, and said, "Sanfat, good boy, you are so young now, you are so sensible. Mom, I... I am so happy."

Sanpang: "Mom, you should eat this meal soon!"

Mother: "No, Sanpang, you can eat it! Ah! I saw it just now. You only have the least eating of the four sisters."

Sanpang: "Mom, eat it! You still have a little brother in your stomach. What if you don't eat and starve the little brother in your stomach?"

"Sanfat, my mother's good daughter." After hearing this, my mother held her in her arms.

20,

Outside the door.

Night.

It was very late, and my father dragged his tired body into the house.

twenty one,

Inside the house.

Night.

Under the dim light, my mother was still sewing her clothes with a big belly.

When my father entered the door and saw that she was busy, he asked, "It's so late, why are you not sleeping yet?"

The mother replied while doing her work: "The weather is getting colder, so I have to sew cotton coats for the children as soon as possible."

Father: "Don't they all?"

Mother: "Oh! Yadan, Erya's has been sewn, but Sanpang and the cotton coat full of the table are already small and can't be worn."

The father sighed and said dissatisfied: "Oh! I have raised such a large group of girls and I know how to eat all day long, but it is not as effective as a son."

When the mother heard this, she was unhappy: "Why did you say that to them? Ah!"

Father: "Hmph! Am I wrong? Ah! If Yadan were a boy, wouldn't he have helped me work together? But her girl movies are so big that she can't handle anything."

Mother: "Are they still young?"

Father: "Little? She is not young anymore."

Mother: "I think Sanpang is quite sensible."

Father: "What's the sensible person? Isn't it the same as them. Okay, it's getting late, go to bed quickly! Ah!" After saying that, he got on the kang.

"You go to bed first! I'll finish soon." Mother said while sewing.

My father lay on the kang.

My mother bit off the thread with her teeth and said to him: "Hey, you go out to work tomorrow and ask who has the job of sewing and repairing and washing."

My father sat up again: "What? Do you still want to do it?"

"Yeah." Mother responded.

The father looked at her and puzzledly: "You are like this, how can you do it?"

Mother: "Yes. I can do it."

Father: "No! Don't do it."

Mother: "What's wrong?"

Father: "You are not afraid of something happening if you work with a big belly?"

Mother: "It's okay! It's still early to give birth."

Father: "That won't work! If something happens at this time and you lose my son, then... can you take this responsibility?"

Mother: "Oh! You don't know, there is no rice or flour at home."

The father was surprised: "Ah! What? There is no food again?"

Mother nodded.

Father: "Then do you go and borrow some from someone first?"

Mother: "Borrow it? Who are you going to borrow it? Ah! I have asked Sanpang and Grandma to borrow it twice. If I go to borrow it again, who would like to lend it to us again?"

Father: "What should I do?"

Mother: "You go and find some work for me and I will do it. It will make a little money like this to buy some rice and flour."

Father: "I think you'd better forget it!"

Mother: "No, we can't let the children starve! Ah! They are already so old, just when they grow up. If they are hungry, they will not grow."

Father: "Don't do it, I'll find a way."

The mother was stunned: "You? What are you going to think about?"

Father: "I'll go and talk to my boss tomorrow and ask him to pay me some wages first."

Mother: "Is it OK?"

Father: "I'll try it!"
Chapter completed!