Chapter 636

Lin Xiuqing was stunned for a moment. Let her look after that group of children?

But her family already has three, plus one old lady, plus having to cook meals for Ye's mother. This whole family is already enough for her to be busy. Now she has to add six more little ones???

Several children call her aunt. Taking care of a few, it's just a little bit of food, but if they are sent to her every three days, her family can't bear it.

As the saying goes, half-grown children eat the father poor. How can she afford to raise so many mouths?

And it's not just a matter of a few more mouths and a bit more food.

The key is that with a few more children, more things come with it. She doesn't have time to look after so many children either.

Ye Xiaoxi is already enough for her to be busy, and there are chores inside and outside the house. She can't let the old lady do everything either. With a few more children, there will be more work.

Why should she take things on herself for nothing?

In case the children bump or hit somewhere? If she doesn't look after them well, she will be blamed. That's thankless.

Aren't the maternal families of the eldest sister-in-law and second sister-in-law in this village? Wouldn't it be better to send them to their maternal grandparents?

Seeing Lin Xiuqing not saying a word, Ye's eldest sister-in-law hurriedly said again, "I can bring their daily rations over every day, you just help cook more meals, they eat whatever there is."

"Right, right, can't let them eat yours, we will bring the rations over in advance..."

This is not just a matter of a little ration...

Although their family has always eaten dry food, only breakfast is thin, while the neighboring two families eat porridge, and only when going out to sea will dinner be cooked dry.

Lin Xiuqing had a headache.

She put down her chopsticks with a reluctant smile. "Eldest sister-in-law, second sister-in-law, you just said it too. This whole family is busy with me, and Xiao Jiu is still young. I'm already busy enough."

"If all six of yours are sent to me, it's fine for a day or two. I'll bite the bullet and help you look after them for a day or two. It doesn't matter whether there is food or not. As uncles and aunts, are we short of that bite of food for the children? It's just that if you entrust them to me for many days, I can't be busy either..."

Ye Yaodong also frowned. He didn't expect that he just made a suggestion, but he pitted his own wife...

Ye's mother also twisted her eyebrows. "Your maternal family is also in the village. Wouldn't it be fine to entrust the children to their maternal grandparents? You take the rations over and let their grandmother cook meals for several children. Anyway, they are all in the village."

"Yes, the children's maternal family is in the village. It's better for them to eat at their maternal grandparents' house. If they are all given to me, that's 9 children. Where can I look after them?"

"No need to look... they can play by themselves, and when the time comes, they will go to school..."

Ye Yaodong also put down his chopsticks and said, "How can it be as simple as you say? They are not wooden people. They disappear without a trace as soon as they finish eating all day. It is better to let their maternal grandparents look after them. In case they sneak to the seaside to play with water or skip class, Aqing can't even look after her own three children."

The old lady also smiled and said, "If the children's maternal grandparents live with your other brothers and eat with your brothers, you invite them over, cook a meal at your respective homes at noon for several children, and let the in-laws also eat at your home by the way."

Ye Fu also echoed, "Right, right, right, it's good to invite them home to cook, and let the in-laws eat at your home. You go out early and return late, and you can also let the in-laws help you cook dinner directly. This way, when you come back tired all day, you don't have to make a fire to cook again. The children have something to eat, and you have something to eat, saving you from being busy. After the goods are brought back, you will still be busy later."

Ye's eldest sister-in-law and second sister-in-law looked at each other. The two looked at each other.

Before they could speak, the old lady smiled and said, "Don't think that everyone is biased toward Aqing and speaking for her. She is indeed very busy, and everyone sees it in their eyes. She not only has to take care of the old, but also the young, and has to be busy for the two in the middle. Where can she look after them?"

"And you stuffed 6 at once to let her look after them again. Whoever hears this will frown. It is best to let the children's maternal grandparents come over to look after them. Anyway, they don't do anything. Just come over at noon to cook a meal, and come over at night to cook a meal."

"I am just old, and everyone dislikes the elderly for being 'lazy' and dirty, otherwise I could also go over to help you cook two meals..."

"You'd better forget it, poking around with a crutch, don't fall yourself." Ye Yaodong was the first to object.

Ye's eldest sister-in-law smiled awkwardly. "It's our thought that is not thoughtful, didn't think more, just thought that Aqing is in the two neighboring houses, and it is convenient to go back and forth, so we came to ask her for help."

Ye's second sister-in-law also smiled reluctantly. "Forgot that you are also quite busy, 9 children are really too many, then we still have to go back to our maternal home, and ask our own parents to come over to help see if it works."

Lin Xiuqing nodded. "Okay, your maternal family is so close, it is best to come over to see at any time. I want to ask my parents to help, but it is not easy to ask. The distance is far away, not to mention helping, it is difficult to say a word."

"Yes, being close has the benefits of being close."

"It's not good, walking there in a blink of an eye..." Ye Chenghu suddenly muttered in a low voice.

Lin Xiuqing glared directly. "Adults are talking, why do children interrupt?"

"Then we will leave first, and we have to go over early to say, so as not to fall asleep in a while."

Lin Xiuqing nodded.

Ye's mother suddenly said, "You go and ask first. If the in-laws are not free, I will come back early to cook for you for two days. Anyway, it is not necessarily that there is work every day. When there is no work, I am also sitting there chatting with my legs crossed, making matchboxes."

Ye's mother is also worried that the two daughters-in-law have thoughts in their hearts, thinking that they are all biased toward Aqing, biased toward Dongzi's family, and thinking that they can help if they can.

Mother-in-law is difficult to do. The three sons are really too difficult to balance. The palm of the hand is meat, and the back of the hand is also meat, but there will always be a focus.

Dongzi and his wife are indeed more filial than the eldest and second couples, and they do things in place.

With her words, Ye's eldest sister-in-law and second sister-in-law were also happy. Now it can be said that there is no worry behind.

Who knows if their mother is free? Of course, it is best if she is free, and everyone is happy. If she is not free, they can only count on Ye's mother to come back early to cook for them.

Ye's eldest sister-in-law responded happily. "Okay, okay, I will go back to my maternal home to ask first. If my mother is not free, then I can only let Mom help."

"Mm, go."

After the matter was settled and the people left, the harmonious atmosphere of the family came back.

Ye Yaodong couldn't help but complain, "I don't know what they are thinking. Money is earned for them, and children have to be looked after for them? It's better to just send money to them directly."

Lin Xiuqing smiled, not caring. "Doesn't this show that I am reliable? They believe in me, hehe, it is normal to think of me at the first time living in the two neighboring houses. If we go out for a day or two, we will definitely think of entrusting the children to them to look after at the first time..."

"No, it's me. I will definitely send it to my mother to look after. If she has to go to work, let her take the children to work."

Ye's mother rolled her eyes at him. "You are really good at planning for me! Really good at assigning work to me."

"Must be, don't call your own mother, call others, is it appropriate?"

"Deserve to be a cow and a horse for you."

"Where, don't say it so exaggeratedly, where is it being a cow and a horse? You are still working, and I have already started to support you and my father in your old age. How is it called you being a cow and a horse? Don't go out and ruin my reputation."

"You are also just a mouth that is powerful and can speak. I pulled you up with shit and urine. When you should spend money, you spend money, and when you should exert effort, you exert effort. Isn't it what you are doing as a cow and a horse for you? What I earn from work now will be yours when I am old..."

"Don't say it will be ours when you are old. There are still decades to go. If you can save enough money for your own old age, I have already Amitabha, thank God."

Ye Yaodong's retort has become an instinctive reaction. A mouth feels like it has practiced the skill of being superb, and everything is said as soon as the mouth is opened.

"What about decades, what money can we old people spend, isn't it all saved for you to divide later," Ye's mother knocked on his bowl angrily, and then put away her bowl and chopsticks.

"Hurry up and eat for me, and wash the bowl for me after eating. Eating for a long time, a broken mouth, only powerful at retorting, sooner or later you will be pissed off."

"Learned from you, is this kind of thing like skin also hereditary?"

"You are powerful!"

He was powerful in the first place.

Let his mother have a move, no longer retort.

The people at the table had long been accustomed to the bickering between mother and son. If they didn't say two words to each other one day, the sun would definitely come out from the west.

Ye's mother put the bowl and chopsticks on the side of the stove first. There was a pot of hot water just boiled in the pot. She wanted to scoop the water into the thermos bottle to keep warm first.

Seeing the funnel placed at the highest point of the stove, she stood on tiptoe and took it, then put it into the mouth of the thermos bottle, and then poured water into it with a water scoop.

After the two thermos bottles were filled, there was still a little hot water left in the pot. She scooped a scoop of cold water and mixed it in. It was just warm enough to wash the bowls.