Chapter 378 Chapter 379: Going Home

Yang Chunyan broke up with Yang Hui and went home to see Mrs. Yang killing loaches on a stone slab. There was also a silver carp weighing about six or seven pounds in a basin.

"Sister-in-law, where do all these loaches come from?"

"It's caught from the fish pond that Erwa's family bought. No one in his family likes to eat it. Second Aunt said that we like it, so she asked him to send it over."

Yang Chunyan smiled and said, "They won't eat it. In fact, fried loach and braised loach are tastier than silver carp."

"Yes! Dashuang and Xiaoshuang also like fried loaches the most." Sister Yang put the killed loaches in a basin, "Fry half of them and braise the other half later."

Yang Chunyan: "Do you need my help?"

Mrs. Yang thought for a moment and said, "Go to the vegetable garden, pick a handful of coriander, pull out two scallions, and peel the garlic cloves."

"Yes!" Yang Chunyan came back from the vegetable garden, and Zhou Huaian and Yang's father also came back.

When Dashuang and Xiaoshuang saw Yang Chunyan, they stepped forward and held her, "Auntie, where is your little brother?"

Yang Chunyan: “…”

Sister Yang laughed, "Mom told them you were pregnant with a little brother, and they started clamoring for a little brother."

"Oh! Little brother won't be able to see you until next year!" Yang Chunyan smiled and rubbed their heads, "Auntie will give you some candy."

"Have some candy!" The two brothers pulled her towards the main room.

Father Yang happily watched the three aunts and nephews leave, and smiled as he asked Zhou Huaian to sit down. "After the division of the family, are you going to farm the land by yourselves, or are you going to farm it together with your brother and his family?"

Zhou Huaian: "We are still working together this year. My mother and husband said that we can do it next year. Chunyan and I often go up the mountain to look for herbs. My brother and his friends help to work on the mountain land that my family has contracted."

Father Yang nodded, "That's how brothers should behave. Don't be too calculating."

"Got it." Zhou Huaian remembered that he hadn't visited Yang Chunyan for a while, "Old man, please check Chunyan's pulse!"

"Yes!" Father Yang got up and went to the main hall, and called Yang Chunyan to feel her pulse. "The pulse is good. This is the period when the child is growing. Eating more eggs and fish is good for the child."

Yang Chunyan nodded, "I remember it."

After hearing this, Zhou Huaian thought about going back to fish with a trap, and remember to buy a fishing net next time he goes to Ning'an.

After taking Yang Chunyan's pulse, she went to the kitchen to help. Zhou Huaian and Yang's father picked jujubes together. After they finished picking the jujubes in the basket, Yang's mother and others started to set the table.

After boiling and raking the taro stalks, rinse them with cold water, filter out excess water, and stew them with pickled peppers and pickled ginger. It tastes refreshing and goes well with rice.

The fried loach is made by wrapping it with a paste made of sweet potato starch and eggs and sprinkled with some pepper and salt. It tastes crispy and delicious.

The loach braised with garlic, sauerkraut and bean paste is fresh, fragrant and spicy. There is also a large bowl of sauerkraut fish in the porcelain bowl, and roast duck with taro and cold shredded radish in the ceramic bowl.

Yang Chunyan felt that everything was very much to her liking, and her appetite was whetted. "Delicious, next time we will go catch some loaches and braise them at home."

Zhou Huaian nodded, "There are some in the ditch over there by the pond, let's go home and catch them there."

Yang's father said: "Doctor Wang once said that loach is more nutritious than pork."

Mother Yang laughed and said, "Where would we get so much oil and seasoning for braising? We just caught them and fried them in a pan, added some pickled cabbage and cooked them with potatoes."

Da Shuang looked up after hearing this and said, "Grandma, I like to eat roasted potatoes."

Mother Yang gave him a piece of fish meat from the belly of the fish and said, "Be good and eat the fish. Grandma will cook it for you tomorrow."

Zhou Huaian looked at the big and small twins and said enviously, "Big brother is still the best. He came with two at once."

Yang Weiguo: "Except for your eldest sister-in-law's second brother, all the others gave birth to twins."

Father Yang took over the conversation, "Yes! Doctor Wang said it's hereditary. Eating rabbit meat to develop a three-lobed mouth and epilepsy are also caused by heredity."

"Nonsense!" Yang's mother glared at him. "No one in the Lin family has a three-lobed mouth. His mother said that he grew up like that because she ate rabbit meat when she was pregnant with him."

She then looked at Yang Chunyan and said, "Don't listen to your old man. You must avoid the foods that you should avoid."

Yang Chunyan smiled and nodded, "Don't worry, I haven't eaten it."

Mother Yang: "Yes, that's what the older generation said. Who knows whether your old man's words are true or not? It's always better to be careful."

"Uh-huh!"

Father Yang smiled and changed the subject, "Are you guys staying here for two days before leaving?"

Yang Chunyan: "We will go back tomorrow. We still have things to do at home. We will come back to play after we are settled."

Mother Yang nodded. "I hatched a nest of chicks for you. They are all big enough. You can take them back when you leave. Did your mother-in-law help you look after the piglets?"

Yang Chunyan: "I've checked it out and decided on three."

Mrs. Yang laughed and said, "We have already raised the piglets and chickens, and you want to raise a few cows. Then you will have even less time to come and stay here!" She also has her parents-in-law to help her, so she can only stay for one night at most when she goes back to her parents' home.

Yang Chunyan looked at her with a smile, "You can come live with me!"

Mother Yang smiled and nodded, "Okay, we'll come visit you later."

After dinner, the family chatted for a while and then went back to their rooms to sleep.

After breakfast the next day, Yang's mother put the chicks into the chicken coop, and filled the cage with jujubes, crispy sweet potato, dried sweet potato, and two iron pots.

Mother Yang said to Yang Chunyan: "There are only four roosters among the twelve chicks. The others are all hens. They will be just enough for you to eat when you give birth next year."

Yang Chunyan looked at the chickens in the cage and asked, "Are there many?"

Sister Yang smiled and said, "Not many. We have another litter at home for you to raise. I'll send it to you after you're in confinement."

Mother Yang: "That's right. We didn't have the conditions before. Now we can take care of the baby at home. We have to take good care of the baby during the confinement period."

Zhou Huaian remembered that his mother also raised more than a dozen chickens. When the guesthouse needed chickens, she would rather go to Third Aunt's house to buy some for Ning An than sell the ones she raised herself. It turned out that she was waiting to give them to Yumei during her confinement period.

Mrs. Yang added, “There is a door under the chicken coop. Remember to put the chickens higher after they are locked in the coop at night.”

“I remember.”

Zhou Huaian hung the backpack on the back seat of the car. Seeing Yang's mother go back into the house, he hurriedly said, "Mom, there are too many. We can't carry them anymore."

"There is also a jar of sorghum wine. Take it back for your grandfather to drink." Mother Yang took a jar of wine from the main room and put it in the iron pot. "Go slowly. We will go early on the second day of the New Year."

Yang Chunyan and the other person nodded repeatedly, "Yes!"

Zhou Huaian carried Dashuang and Xiaoshuang to the big bar and sat them down. "Let's go home with uncle."

Xiao Shuang waved happily, "Oh, let's take the bus."

Da Shuang looked at him, "Mom, are you going to your uncle's house?"

Zhou Huaian said with a smile: "Little smart boy, mom will be there in two days."

"We'll also go there in two days." Da Shuang said as he was about to get off the car, and Zhou Huaian hurriedly carried him out of the car.

After the two men said goodbye to their brother and sister-in-law, Yang's father picked up the chicken coop and walked them out with Yang's mother.

When they reached the village entrance, she gave some more instructions before picking up the two children. She watched them walk away before turning around and walking back.

(End of this chapter)