As the aroma wafting from the big pot became stronger and stronger, Zhou Huaian and others came back. The tractor drove into the yard and a fresh and fragrant smell filled his nose. He smacked his lips and his stomach growled.

“I feel like I could eat a whole cow!”

Zhou Yumei got off the tractor holding her child in her arms. "I smelled it, too. The fragrance is so delicious that it makes your tongue tingle."

"Hmm! It smells delicious!" Luo Haili jumped down, carried Luo Qiaoling off the tractor, and the three of them walked towards the backyard together.

Zhou Huairong and his brothers came over from the backyard upon hearing the noise. Seeing the sacks in the truck bed, they said, "Youngest brother, should we carry the grain into the barn?"

"Pour it all in, and then you have to copy the contents of the sack and give it back to Yiding."

Zhou Huaian went to the corner house of the west wing and took down the barn boards. The barn that was full of millet at this time last year was now empty. However, there was still a lot of corn and sorghum in the barn next to it.

Zhou Huairong came in carrying a bag of grain, "Youngest, sweep out the old grain first, don't let it get piled up underneath."

"Oh!" Zhou Huaian hurriedly took the dustpan and basket, swept up the millet at the bottom of the barn, scooped it out and poured it into the basket. It didn't look like much, but after sweeping it out, it filled the entire basket.

Zhou Huaishan came in carrying a bag of grain and saw the tree stumps in the corner next to the barn. "Youngest, when did you get so many tree stumps?"

Zhou Huaian turned his head and took a look. "Two of them are agarwood stumps that Yiding helped me dig up on the mountain, and the other is a camphor tree stump. Chunyan said to keep it for future use."

Zhou Huaishan: "They are all good wooden stakes. They may be useful in the future if we keep them."

Zhou Huaijun came in carrying a bag. "I see that the big trees in the forest farm that can be hugged by several people have almost been cut down. It will be difficult to find such big tree stumps in the future, let alone the stumps of agarwood and camphor trees."

Zhou Huaishan: "Youngest, we used camphor trees to make furniture. When we were making it, the carpenter said that this kind of wood would not breed bugs. After using it for a year, your sister-in-law said that both cabinets were free of bugs."

Zhou Huaian nodded after hearing this, "My family's isn't long either."

A sack of millet weighs 100 jin, and 3,000 jin of millet is made up of 30 sacks. The four brothers made several trips back and forth to carry all the millet and dump it into the barn.

Zhou Huaishan looked at the fine lines on his body from the corn leaves. "It's so itchy from the husk dust sticking to my body. I'll go back and take a shower before coming back."

Zhou Huaian, who was installing the warehouse board, said hurriedly, "Third brother, go and call Erchun and Yiding to come for dinner."

"Got it!" The three Zhou Huaishan brothers walked towards the gate of the courtyard.

Yang Chunyan came over from the backyard with a cooked corn cob, "Huaian, the mushrooms are ready, go call Yiding and Erchun to come and eat."

"I told my third brother!" Zhou Huaian took the corn from her hand and took a bite. "I bought 3,000 kilograms in total. There will be some left over until next year. If someone wants to buy corn or sorghum, I'll sell it if the price is right."

Yang Chunyan smiled and said, "Why do you need to ask? To make wine for Dong Ge's family, we need to buy corn and sorghum. When you go back during the Mid-Autumn Festival, tell him and ask him to come and get it."

"Okay!" Zhou Huaian took a few bites of corn and returned the remaining corn cobs to her. "How much did you harvest today?"

"Only over 3,000 pounds!"

"That's normal. The amount will decrease as we go along." Zhou Huaian scratched his arm. "I'll go rinse and then eat."

Yang Chunyan nodded and went to the kitchen. Zhang Xiuxiang was standing in front of the stove scooping mushroom soup. There were two porcelain-sized, golden copper basins beside them. "These two copper basins are good."

"It's a dowry from my parents. I only remembered it when you said you wanted to eat soup pots, so I dug them out." Zhang Xiuxiang said as she recalled something, "The last time I went back to my parents' home, I saw a copper hot pot for sale in Yimen. I'll go check it out again when I go back to my parents' home during the Mid-Autumn Festival, and buy one if it's suitable."

"Buy one for me too, for hot pot when it gets cold."

"I'll buy you one when I see it when I get back."

Yang Chunyan waited for her to fill a basin, then took a rag and carried the copper basin to the backyard. The table was filled with cold-boiled cowpeas, salt-fried green beans, braised goose, fried meat with black fungus, and a large basin of mushroom soup.

Zhou's mother was holding Xiao Jiuer and sitting there talking with Zhou Yumei. Zhao Huifang was frying corn cakes in front of the stove outside the oven. She added old pumpkin and eggs to the corn cakes in the evening and kneaded them together. The corn cakes fried in this way were soft and not rough.

Luo Haili squatted in front of the ashes in front of the stove, using wooden chopsticks to dig out the slightly burnt green peppers in the ashes. "Chunyan, take it and chop it up and mix it. I'll peel the preserved eggs."

"Okay!" Yang Chunyan stepped forward to wipe off the ash on the surface of the roasted chili peppers, tore them into thin strips, chopped them on the chopping board, added soy sauce, vinegar, sugar, minced garlic, pepper oil and sesame seeds to marinate and set aside.

Luo Haili came over with a porcelain bowl, "The preserved eggs are ready."

Yang Chunyan nodded. "I'll scoop the chili peppers onto the plate, and you just cut the preserved eggs and place them in a circle along the edges."

"Hmm!" Luo Haili looked at the preserved eggs made by Songhua. "There are people in this town who specialize in wrapping preserved eggs for others. They just deliver the eggs and are paid 1.3 cents. There are quite a lot of people who send eggs to be wrapped."

"If you can't make them well at home, you can spend some money to hire someone to make them. It also saves you from damaging the eggs." Yang Chunyan brought the plate to the table, "Let's eat!"

"It's time to eat, it's time to eat!" Hearing the shouting, several children playing nearby cheered and rushed to the sink to wash their hands.

Zhou's mother turned her head and looked around. "Why aren't your husband and the eldest brother here?"

"Brother and the others went back to take a shower." Zhou Huaian came out of the bathroom while wiping his hair. "Ding Ding Mao and Er Chun are not here either?"

"Here you are!" Zhou Yiding patted him from behind, "Why are you taking such a nice shower?"

"You scared me!" Zhou Huaian turned his head and slapped him, "You are really a cat. You walk without making any sound."

Xu Erchun laughed and said, "There is no Ding Ding cat in the twelve Chinese zodiac signs!"

Yang Chunyan said to them, "Why didn't Xuejiao and Xiaohui come?"

Zhou Yiding: "Xuejiao said she felt uncomfortable in her stomach and was afraid to eat oily or meaty food. She drank a bowl of white porridge at home and went to rest."

Zhou Huaian looked at Xu Erchun, "Where's yours?"

Xu Erchun grinned, his teeth showing, his eyes invisible. "Xiaohui is not feeling well, she feels uncomfortable when she sees greasy and meaty things, so she eats porridge at home!"

As soon as everyone heard it, they understood that she was pregnant, and they all smiled and said, "Congratulations on your upgrade!"

After Zhou Huairong and his two brothers came over, the old man and Zhou's father also came back from the back mountain. Zhou's mother hurriedly scooped hot water for the two to wash their faces, and everyone sat around together to eat.

Yang Chunyan felt that the mushroom soup tonight was the most delicious mushroom soup she had ever tasted. Even if she didn’t eat anything else, she could feel full just by drinking the soup.

The foodie Zhou Jiakang took a big sip of the soup, smacked his lips in satisfaction, and said to Zhou Xiaoqian, "Sister, drink the soup. This soup is so delicious. I have never tasted such delicious soup in my life."

“Hahaha!” The old man laughed after hearing this. “Look, this little kid who hasn’t even fully grown his hair has never had such a delicious soup in his life!”

Zhou Jiakang said seriously: "Old Ancestor, it's really delicious. If you don't believe me, drink a bowl."

The old man smiled and nodded, "Okay, if you like to drink, drink one more bowl, but don't drink too much, or you'll get beaten if you draw a map at night."

"..." Zhou Jiakang thought to himself, the ancestor was the same, the maps he drew were all outdated, it would be embarrassing to tell so many people about it.

Father Zhou ate two corn cakes and drank a bowl of soup, then said to Zhou Yumei, "Don't worry about anything in the future. Come back and tell us. There are so many people at home, and we can't protect you two!"

Zhou Huairong took over and said, "That's right, we don't cause trouble, but we're not afraid of it either."

The old man also said: "If you can do business, do it. If you can't, come back. There are so many things to do at home, and we are still short of manpower!"

Zhou Yumei looked at them lovingly, "I understand, Grandpa. Mom just told me that I will come back if I have any problems in the future."

The old man nodded, "Just keep an eye on it."

It was already past seven o'clock when we finished eating. We sat and chatted for a while. Zhou Yumei was worried that no one was home and that the cigarettes in the shop had been stolen, so she hurried back.

Zhou Huaian took the dog leash and tied up Lai Fu, stroked Wang Cai who was looking at him curiously, patted his head and said, "I'll take Lai Fu to the town to live for a few days to help Big Sister catch the bad guys. You just stay at home and I'll buy you and Lai Fu some big bones when I come back."

"Woof woof!" Wangcai circled around him and Lai Fu, then lay on the ground and watched him put the leash on Lai Fu.

As Zhou Huaian tied the rope, he kept muttering, "Laifu, when we get to town I'll tell you to be quiet, don't make any noise, you just keep quiet, do you hear me?"

"Woof woof!" Lai Fu rubbed his face and wagged his tail.

"Good boy!" Zhou Huaian patted the two dogs, led Lai Fu back, and looked at Zhou Yiding, "Have you told Xuejiao about going to town?"

"I told you." Zhou Yiding took the dog leash, "You have to carry the vegetables, I'll take care of Sister Yumei, and Cousin Luo can just ride one and follow us."

Seeing the three of them riding their bikes to town, Zhou's mother hurriedly said, "It's pitch black outside. The youngest son's flashlight is not enough. The eldest and second sons, go back and get your flashlights and tie them to the handlebars of their bikes."

"Great!" The two of them stood up and walked out.

"Youngest," the old man called Zhou Huaian and said to him, "If the person who did the bad thing tonight is really the He family, just beat him up and teach him a lesson. Don't take the blame for that kind of person. It's not worth it."

Zhou Huaian nodded and said, "Don't worry, Grandpa, I know what's going on."

Zhou Yiding also said: "Second Grandpa, don't worry, I'll be watching him!"

Seeing that the old man had given his instructions, Yang Chunyan said no more and followed him to the front yard. She gave the flashlight to Zhou Huaian and said, "Be careful on the road."

Zhou Huaian took it with a smile, "Don't worry, I can ride that road even with my eyes closed."

"Tsk tsk, my dad is bragging again." Zhou Jiakang exposed him mercilessly.

Zhou Huaian: “…”

"You have to interrupt whatever the adults say!" Zhang Xiuxiang grabbed Zhou Jiakang's ears, "Do you have a chicken chin?" (End of this chapter)