Zhang Xiuxiang pointed to the cabbage field she had pointed to, "The cabbages are starting to grow moss. Cut some in a few days, bring them back to dry, and make some pickled cabbage for dinner."

Yang Chunyan smiled and said, "It's better to pickle the pickled cabbage with water. Soak some soybeans, grind them into soy milk and make tofu pudding, and use the water to pickle the pickled cabbage."

"It's not hard to make pickled vegetables, but it's hard to dry the sweet potatoes and make sweet potato flour."

"Yes, it will take at least three days to finish harvesting the pile of sweet potatoes on the steps."

"There's still a lot to do! After making the potato flour, we'll start digging the foundation, then threshing the millet and harvesting the sorghum..."

"Alas!" Li Qiuyue sighed, "There is endless work to do all year round. City people still have an easy life. They can earn money by setting up a small stall on the street."

"You don't have much ability, but you have a big heart!" Zhou Huaishan looked at her and said sarcastically, "You are the kind of person who is jealous but not destined to be rich. If you want to set up a stall in the city, go ahead if you have the ability. No one will stop you."

It was the first time that Yang Chunyan and the others discovered that the honest and loyal Zhou Huaishan actually had such a sharp-tongued side!

"Zhou Laosan!" Li Qiuyue was ridiculed in front of his uncle and aunt, and felt a little embarrassed. She looked at him with a gloomy face and said, "Don't go too far. Just because of the two hundred yuan that the eldest wife cheated, you always give me a bad look and a sarcastic look, but I have endured it..."

"I didn't ask you to endure it!" Zhou Huaishan said, then strode away with his backpack.

Li Qiuyue looked at Zhou Huaishan who walked away with big strides. She was so angry that tears welled up in her eyes. She choked and said, "I was cheated out of 200 yuan. I was so heartbroken that I couldn't sleep for several nights. He still wouldn't give in. He would sneer at me at every turn... Woo... Woo..."

Zhou Huaian and Zhou Huaijun looked at each other, winked at sister-in-law Yang Chunyan, and followed with their backpacks.

Yang Chunyan felt that Zhou Huaishan was not after the two hundred yuan, but felt that Li Qiuyue was too ambitious and was dissatisfied with her behavior of saying one thing and doing another.

Looking at Li Qiuyue squatting on the ground crying, he walked over and squatted beside her, "Sister-in-law, stop crying. Brother San is not such a petty person. He must be angry that you did not discuss things with him..."

"I just wanted to make more money! Who knew that the eldest wife could be cheated? He was just mad at me for losing two hundred dollars, wu...wu..."

Zhang Xiuxiang patted her shoulder and said, "Alright! You are in your forties and you are crying outside. Aren't you afraid that the old ladies will see you and laugh at you?"

She felt that Zhou Huaishan was right. Li Qiuyue's biggest shortcoming was her strong personality and high expectations but poor skills. If this continued, the two would have a lot of trouble.

Li Qiuyue stood up and wiped away tears after hearing this. "She dared to laugh at me. If she hadn't urged me to buy a place, how could the quarrel between me and the third brother have ended up like this?"

Zhang Xiuxiang said angrily: "Look at you, you still don't think you are wrong! If you had listened to what Chunyan said and what I told you, you wouldn't have bought that spot."

Yang Chunyan said bluntly: "That's right, isn't it because you were greedy and wanted to get a lot of money with a small investment that you got cheated? If you still think you are innocent and that it was others who instigated you, you will definitely be cheated again if you meet a liar again in the future."

Li Qiuyue looked at the two of them, her face red and white, like a dyeing factory, "I, I..." Didn't she just want to make a fortune with a small investment, to slap Chunyan in the face and make her sister-in-law jealous...

"As the old saying goes, you should learn from your mistakes the last time. If you always think you did nothing wrong, how can you learn from your mistakes in the future?"

"Chunyan is right. Think about yourself in the first half of the night and think about others in the second half. Only then can the family get along well!" Zhang Xiuxiang said as she walked forward and pulled her. "Stop crying and go home!"

Li Qiuyue also obediently followed the two men.

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Over there, Zhou Huaian's brother caught up with the furious Zhou Huaishan, "Third brother, you just made me stare at you."

"You can't see anything even if your eyes are dug out!" Zhou Huaishan glared at him and complained, "Qiuyue, that bitch, has become arrogant after only going to the city a few times. She says the city is good in this way and that way."

"Today, since we started digging potatoes, she has been nagging that the ice jelly made by Chunyan is delicious. If only we lived in the city instead of in the mountains, she would learn how to sell ice jelly and the income would definitely be better than farming. Damn it, why didn't she find a job in the city earlier!"

Zhou Huaijun advised: "Don't take women's words seriously. Look, my mother likes to nag. When we were young, she always said that if we didn't come to collect debts, she and her husband would have less to worry about. When she saw us bathing in the river, she was afraid that something might happen to us..."

"That's right, she just wants to make more money. As a man, why would you bother with a woman?"

"I didn't bother with her! Qiuyue's temper is like a walnut. If you don't hit her, she will think she will fly to the sky."

"That's more like it!" Zhou Huaijun said with a smile, "A harmonious family brings prosperity. We can talk about it nicely in the future!"

"Hmm!" Zhou Huaishan looked at Zhou Huaian, "Youngest, let me see the notebook your eldest brother-in-law gave you."

"Yes, my brother-in-law has written down in his notebook what to do when a tractor has a problem. You can take a copy and take a good look at it."

Zhou Huaijun embraced him and asked, "Youngest, how was Third's study this afternoon?"

Zhou Huaian looked very proud, "It's far worse than when I was learning it!"

"You're such a jerk!" Zhou Huaishan patted him on the shoulder. "You've blown me up so much."

"Oh! If you don't believe me, ask my Chunyan, did I learn it in half a day?"

"You learn quickly because your eldest brother-in-law is good at teaching you. If you become his master, you will not be able to catch up with him."

"Seriously, Third Brother, you should study hard. When you are good at it, you can teach Second Brother and First Brother."

"Youngest," Zhou Huaijun said, "You haven't been looking for herbs in the mountains for a while, so you don't have any money. I think it's better for us to work at home, and you and Chunyan can go into the mountains to look for herbs and sell them for money."

Zhou Huaishan thought so too. "Youngest brother, you two can go up the mountain without any worries. I will practice for another day tomorrow and then I can drive by myself."

"The foundation will be laid on the 22nd. Chunyan and I will leave. Isn't that a bad idea?"

"You two are not good at heavy work, so leave the repairs to us."

"Okay! Thank you for your hard work."

"Tsk~ We are brothers, you help us make money, isn't that the same!"

As they were talking, the three brothers entered the backyard and saw Zhao Huifang coming out of the kitchen carrying pig food. "Sister-in-law, is the old man back?"

"I'm back. After dinner, I listened to storytelling with grandpa on the steps."

Zhou Huaian asked hurriedly: "Sister-in-law, did the old man say that I bought things indiscriminately?"

"When I came back, I stood in the yard for a while and didn't say anything!" Zhao Huifang said with a smile, "I bought things that I can use. The old man won't say anything to you."

"That's good!"

When the three brothers went to the front yard, Zhou's father just looked at him and said nothing. He still helped to sort the cowpeas and potatoes.

After finishing the housework, the family went back to their rooms to rest. (End of this chapter)