Chapter 70 Envy

After the meal, the younger ones were full again. They walked to the door of the main room with bulging bellies and sat in a row on the straw benches on both sides of the door.

Zhou Jiakang said to Zhou Huaian, who was lazily leaning on the recliner, "Dad, why don't you go out earlier to dig herbs and make money?"

Zhou Huaian narrowed his eyes, "If your aunt hadn't come earlier, your father wouldn't have been able to identify the herbs!"

Zhou Jiaming sat down in front of him and asked, "Dad, do you make money digging herbs?"

Before Zhou Huaian could say anything, Zhou Jiakang took over the conversation, "It must be profitable. Look, every time dad sells herbs, he gives us meat!"

Zhou Huaian laughed when he heard this. "If you want to eat meat, just keep your mouth shut. If people outside knew that we were digging herbs to sell for meat, they would have nothing to sell for meat after we had dug all the herbs."

"Got it. We won't go out and tell anyone." Several people responded in unison.

Zhou Xiaoqian thought about buying candy, "Dad, where are the mints you bought for us?"

"Dad's hands and feet hurt, call your aunt to get it for you!"

"Oh!" Several children ran to find Yang Chunyan.

Zhou Huaijun came out of the main room and looked at Zhou Huaian enviously, "Youngest, you got rich today!"

Zhou Huaian glanced at him and said slowly, "Second brother, Chunyan was lucky this time. She picked up a lot of high-quality purple Ganoderma lucidum and made a little profit when the price of Magnolia officinalis increased. Good things like this don't happen every day."

Zhou Huaijun said sourly: "We can recognize Lingzhi too. We have been in the forest every day these days, but why don't we have such good luck!"

Zhang Xiuxiang glanced at him and said, "It's a good thing that the youngest one is lucky. I hope they have good luck every day so that we can get more money."

Zhou Huaijun thought of the money his family had shared and said awkwardly, "Youngest, I don't mean anything special. I'm just a little envious!"

Zhou Huaian glanced at him calmly and said, "Second brother, I have you as my brother in my heart, so I told you the truth, took out the money and shared it with you, and I am willing to take you to dig herbs and sell them."

"Otherwise, I can sit at home and collect herbs for a penny a pound, and many people will bring the herbs to me. I can sit at home and earn money more comfortably!"

Zhou Huaijun blushed after hearing this: "..."

"The youngest brother did the right thing this time!" Father Zhou walked out from behind Zhou Huaijun and glanced at the brothers. "You must remember that we are brothers in this life only, not in the next. If the brothers are in harmony, outsiders will not bully us!"

"Got it!" The four brothers responded in unison.

At this time, Li Qiuyue came out with the money from selling eels: "Old Third, we sold eels for about ten yuan today, and each of us got more than two yuan."

Zhou Huaishan took the money she handed over with surprise, "Come on, let's pay the money and go catch the eels again."

Zhou Huaian looked at Zhou Huaishan, "Third brother, I'll only be gone for one night. You, the eldest brother, and the second brother will share the money. Go catch some yellow eels and I'll help you send them to Ning An to sell!"

Zhou Huaishan smiled and gave him two yuan. "You made a lot of money today, so I'll give you a few cents less!"

Zhou Huaian returned the one dollar to him and said with a smile: "Give me the change of a few dimes. It will be just right for your family to share three dollars!"

"Okay!" After Zhou Huaishan changed it, he gave the money to Zhou Huaijun and went to find Zhou Huairong.

After a while, Zhou Huairong came back with three dollars and said, "Let's go and catch the eels!"

"Boss, wait until you're done with your work these few days!" Father Zhou called him, "You've been tired all day, go to bed early, or you'll fall asleep on the mountain!"

Old Master Zhou came out of the main room holding his pipe, "That's right, you can't make all the money in a day. If you get sick from working too hard, all the extra money will be spent."

Seeing that the old man and grandfather had spoken, Zhou Huairong had no choice but to nod and said, "Then let's finish these few days of work and then go take care of the eels!"

Father Zhou said again: "Youngest, don't lie here anymore, go to bed early."

"Oh!" Zhou Huaian walked towards the room with footsteps, and saw several children running out of the room with peppermint candies in their hands, so he quickly stood aside.

When Yang Chunyan saw him coming back, she handed him 31.5 yuan and said, "Give it to grandpa!"

"Okay!" Zhou Huaian took the money and looked at her darkened eyes. "You should also take a shower and go to bed."

Yang Chunyan smiled and said, "Aren't you going to the toilet?"

"I'll ask the old man to go with me." Zhou Huaian took the money and went to the main hall door, "Master, I'll give you the money from selling the Poria cocos."

The old man waved at him, asked him to sit next to him, and whispered: "I said I gave it to you, why are you giving it to me?"

Zhou Huaian stuffed the money into his pocket, "I have money now, and those honeys sold for more than a hundred!"

The old man joked with a big smile on his face, "Oh, you've become a rich man in an instant!"

Zhou Huaian shrugged, "I don't have any in my pocket, I gave them all to Chunyan!"

The old man patted his hands and said, "It's right to give it to your wife. There is a money grabber outside and a money bucket in the house, so the money can be accumulated."

"Well! I'm going to bed, you should go to bed early too!"

"Go!" The old man waved his hand with relief.

Zhou Huaian went to get some water and washed himself, then thought about it and scooped a basin of boiling water from the pot. He brought it back to the door and saw that it was closed. "Yan'er, I've got a basin of water at the door. You can take it in and soak your feet."

"Okay!" Yang Chunyan responded, changed into a vest and pants and walked to the door. Seeing that Zhou Huaian was no longer at the door, she brought the foot basin into the room and began to soak her feet.

Yang Chunyan poured the water for washing her feet and just lay down on the bed, Zhou Huaian came running back, "Yan'er, I will be back from Ning'an tomorrow, so I won't go out in the afternoon. Make the mosquito coil you mentioned."

"I'll also make a bee hat for you!" Yang Chunyan saw him scratching his butt non-stop and said with a smile, "Go pick some Panax notoginseng from the vegetable garden and wipe it with it."

"Forget it!" Zhou Huaian kicked off his shoes and wanted to go to bed.

Yang Chunyan hurriedly called him, "You'd better go get a basin of hot water to soak your feet so you can sleep well!"

"Trouble!" Zhou Huaian put on his shoes, took the foot basin and walked towards the kitchen.

Yang Chunyan lay down on the pillow and fell asleep in just a dozen breaths.

Zhou Huaian carried the basin back to the room. Hearing the snoring coming from the mosquito net, he swallowed the words that were about to come out of his mouth and slowed down his movements involuntarily.

In Zhou's father and mother's room, the two elders were talking in a low voice, "Old man, Chunyan gave the money to Huifang three and gave me twenty, and Huifang also gave me ten. I think Huifang and Xiuxiang are really happy, and Qiuyue's expression is as sour as the second brother's."

"That's just the way the second oldest is. Qiuyue has a strong personality. Seeing the youngest making hundreds of dollars a day, she got jealous."

"People are so greedy! When Ba Chunyan took her there, she said she would be satisfied with two dollars a day. Now she's been given more than a hundred dollars a day and she's getting jealous. I think she wants others to give it out and split it equally."

"Tomorrow when the youngest and the others are not around, you can knock on Qiuyue."

"Well! You're tired after a day, go to sleep!"

In Zhou Huaishan's room, Li Qiuyue saw that both children were asleep, so she pushed Zhou Huaishan who was snoring, and asked, "Do you know how much the youngest child's family earned today?"

(End of this chapter)