Chu Tian didn't see Chu Jie until the next day. He blinked at Chu Jie and asked in confusion.

"Brother Jie, what's wrong?"

Chu Jie said in an apologetic tone, "Xiao Shi, yesterday..."

Chu Tian waved his hand and said, "Brother Jie, to be honest, Xiujuan and I didn't take it to heart. After all, she just said it, and it didn't cause any substantial harm to us."

"But, for you..."

Chu Tian didn't finish his words, but for the smart Chu Jie, it was obvious that he understood what he meant. He smiled bitterly and said, "I know, but my two children are still young. I really can't bear it..."

"Besides being a little petty and selfish, she's been very kind to me and the children..."

Chu Tian just smiled when he heard this. He was not surprised by this result at all. After all, Wang Meihua did not abuse the child, nor did she cheat like Ma Cuihua...

By the way, when talking about Ma Cuihua, we have to mention her two children with Wu Dafa, Erzhu and Erya.

Regardless of how she is now, she has become shameless and does not care about the ridicule of the women in the team. However, the two children have suffered. They are now the targets of the children's shouting and killing in the team. Whenever the two children go out, they will be surrounded and insulted by a group of children. It would be fine if they don't fight back, but if they fight back, they will be hit with small stones.

Chu Tian had seen it twice, but he did not intervene. He was not a saint and could not repay evil with kindness. However, he was not the kind of cold-blooded person who would go up and insult.

Therefore, Chu Tian, ​​who saw what happened, always turned around and walked away, not asking any questions and not showing any mercy...

Chu Jie saw Chu Tian's smile, but he didn't get angry. Instead, he said, "Even if I'm thinking about the two children, I can't really divorce Wang Meihua, so..."

Chu Tian raised an eyebrow, "So?"

Chu Jie sighed, "So I plan to give her another chance. If she does it again, I won't be lenient anymore."

After a pause, Chu Jie continued, "I have already told my parents that they will live with me after the family splits up."

Chu Tian was surprised, "Just to look after my sister-in-law?"

Chu Jie nodded, "With my parents around, she can be more restrained. Besides, with my parents around, the child won't be influenced by her to develop a bad temper..."

"Um."

Chu Tian nodded, thought for a moment, looked Chu Jie up and down, saw the tendons on his arms, thought about it and said casually.

"Brother Jie, I think I told you that our transport team goes to the coal mine to haul coal every year, right?"

Chu Jie blinked, "Ah, yes, you said, what's wrong?"

Chu Tian smiled and said, "Yesterday morning when I went back to the transport team to collect my salary, my team leader told me that when he was leading the second team to the coal mine to haul coal, he heard from the people in the mine that they were hiring..."

After a pause, he continued, "It's not a formal job, just a temporary job..."

Originally, when Captain Meng talked about it yesterday, he also asked Chu Tian if anyone was willing to go. If they wanted to go, he could go and help ask. At that time, Chu Tian did not say whether anyone would go, because temporary workers in the coal mine are not good jobs, and they don’t earn much per month...

Chu Jie understood what Chu Tian meant and immediately asked, "Can I go?"

Chu Tian thought for a moment and said, "The temporary workers in the coal mine do the work of going down into the mine, which is not so easy..."

"It's okay, I don't care. Besides, can spring plowing and autumn harvest be harder than that?"

Chu Jie really doesn't care. He is now eager to be rich and make money. He doesn't make much money by reselling things during the two ethnic minority festivals every year.

Chu Tian sighed inwardly, nodded, and said, "Okay, I just happened to have nothing to do. I'll go to Captain Meng's house and ask."

Chu Jie thought for a moment and said, "Shall I go with you?"

Chu Tian looked at Chu Jie, thought about it and nodded, "Okay."

Yao Xiujuan is pregnant now and has not been working in the fields, but she is not idle either. She was standing by the vegetable garden at this time and found that many cowpeas in the garden had grown again. After thinking about it, she took a basket and went in to pick them.

When Old Lady Chu and Yao Xiuli came back from cutting grass for the pigs, they saw Yao Xiujuan standing in the vegetable garden picking cowpeas. Yao Xiuli hurried forward to help carry the basket.

Looking at the basket full of cowpeas, Yao Xiuli was amazed. "Sister, why did you pick so many? We can't eat so much in one meal."

Yao Xiujuan kept moving her hands and said with a smile, "Ah, I think a lot of them can be picked. If we don't pick them soon, they will get old. Besides, doesn't your brother-in-law like to eat dried cowpea stewed with meat?"

"I just wanted to pick them, blanch them in water and dry them in the sun..."

"Then I'll help pick them too."

As she spoke, Yao Xiuli started picking the fruits. She finally understood that at her eldest sister's house, as long as it was something her eldest brother-in-law liked to eat, her eldest sister would always keep it in mind and it would always be ranked first.

Yao Xiujuan pursed her lips and smiled, then glanced sideways at Yao Xiuli's face. After a moment's thought, she said, "Xiuli, I heard mother say she wants to find someone for you, but you're not willing? What's the matter? Do you have anyone you like? Or what type do you like?"

Yao Xiuli's face flushed, "I, I..."

Yao Xiujuan didn't take it seriously after hesitating for a long time and continued, "In my opinion, character and personality are the most important. Then there's the character of the man's parents, as well as his siblings, and finally, appearance."

"Of course, the appearance doesn't have to be great, but it can't be too bad either. As long as it's acceptable to go out, that's fine."

"Just like your brother-in-law."

Yao Xiuli had blushed at first, but when she heard the last sentence, her eyes widened and she shouted in disbelief, "Sister, is my brother-in-law just good-looking enough to be taken out? If that's the case, then there wouldn't be many people in this brigade who are good-looking enough to be taken out!"

Yao Xiujuan, “…”

On this side, Old Mrs. Chu changed into clean clothes and came out. She saw the two sisters standing face to face in the vegetable garden without saying a word, and she didn't know what they were thinking.

"Xiujuan, Xiuli, what are you two doing?"

"Where are Xinxin and Pingping?"

Yao Xiujuan reacted quickly and answered loudly, "Grandma, Daya took Xinxin and Pingping to the second brother's house next door to teach the fourth girl and the others how to read."

Old Mrs. Chu said "Oh" and saw Yao Xiuli carrying a basket of cowpeas and walking towards the kitchen. Without asking anything, she turned around and followed her back to the kitchen and sat down in front of the stove to prepare the fire.

Yao Xiuli scooped a few spoonfuls of water into the big pot and covered it with a lid. Then she poured all the cowpeas in the basket into the big basin and washed them. When the water in the pot boiled, she put the cowpeas in batches to blanch them. When they were almost done, she took them out and let them dry. Finally, when everything was done, Yao Xiuli was about to move the wooden ladder made by Uncle Chu and was about to go to the roof to take the cowpeas up to dry when Chu Tian came back.