Upon hearing that Zhou Jing'an and Ning Huan were renovating their house, the village chief hurriedly led everyone over to ask, "Jing'an's wife, are you short of people to help with the house renovation?"
"Many of the villagers are very concerned about you and specifically asked me to ask if you need their help."
Ning Huan taught the villagers to identify medicinal herbs, giving them additional sources of income.
Previously, during the winter, every household was probably worried that they would not have enough to eat or wear, and that even celebrating the New Year would be a problem.
But because of Ning Huan, none of them have to worry about their New Year's Eve dinner this year.
So now they are all very grateful to Ning Huan.
Hearing that their house was going to be renovated, everyone naturally wanted to come and see if there was anything they could do to help.
Ning Huan smiled and said, "It would be great if the villagers could come and help. But we can't let them work for us for nothing."
“My husband and I have discussed it, and we will pay the villagers who come to work for us fifty coins a day.”
Upon hearing this, an elder next to the village chief asked in surprise, "Jing'an's wife, are you serious? My son does nothing all day long, I might as well call him over to do the work for you."
"It saves him from causing trouble all day long, and he can earn some wages here with you."
Before Ning Huan could speak, the village chief said from the side, "Who said she wanted to take wages? Jing An's wife has done so much for the village, and Jing An has also helped the villagers a lot."
"They need help with their home renovations right now. I'd like to see who dares to take advantage of their misfortune!"
Although the village chief meant well, Zhou Jing'an and Ning Huan knew that this matter could not be confused. Zhou Jing'an said, "Village chief, I know what you mean, but one thing is one thing. I can't let the villagers help for nothing."
Seeing Zhou Jing'an's firm attitude, the village chief didn't say anything more and nodded, saying, "Alright, just tell me how many people you need, and I'll bring them over."
After agreeing on the matter, the village chief explained his purpose to the elders. They had heard that Zhou Jing'an's health had improved considerably recently and wanted to ask when he would be able to walk again.
Ning Huan calculated the days and said to the village chief and the others, "Actually, it's time to start trying to walk around. I just had the stitches removed and fixed in my leg a few days ago, so I can try it now that they're off."
Zhou Jing'an was somewhat incredulous upon hearing this: "Are you serious?"
Is it possible that his leg will be able to put weight on it so quickly?
Ning Huan nodded at Zhou Jing'an: "You can't walk for long periods of time. Your leg is still in the recovery period. Just be careful. Letting you walk is just to exercise the muscles in your leg."
"Over time, this can easily lead to muscle weakness, so you need to exercise occasionally and walk around. Once you recover, you can walk normally again."
Zhou Jing'an couldn't understand what Ning Huan was saying, but he noticed that she said she could now try to walk.
He tried to stand up by using his legs and then supporting himself with his hands on the wheelchair. Ning Huan supported his arm to prevent him from falling.
When they saw Zhou Jing'an stand up, the village chief and the others said happily, "That's great! Jing'an can finally stand up and walk!"
"He's recovering so quickly! He can already walk! Great! Excellent!"
Villagers who heard the noise came to watch, and when they saw that Zhou Jing'an could stand up, they exclaimed, "Wow, Jing'an can actually walk now! That's wonderful!"
"The doctor who treated him is really amazing. Which clinic in town was it again?"
"I've been to Renjitang several times already, how come I still can't remember him?"
Even the four little ones were overjoyed, circling around Zhou Jing'an and saying, "Great! Daddy can stand up! Daddy can walk!"
"Father, you've recovered! That's wonderful!"
"Father can go to school in town again, just like before, and he can even take the exam next year!"
"We can go to town with Daddy! That's wonderful!"
Cheers echoed through the courtyard, but Ning Huan didn't react too excitedly. After all, she already knew that Zhou Jing'an's leg would get better, so she wasn't surprised.
Soon the news that Zhou Jing'an could stand up and walk reached the Zhou family's ears. Zhou Dashan was extremely excited when he heard that Zhou Jing'an could stand up and walk.
He had pinned all his hopes on this third son, and now that he had recovered, how could he, as his father, not be overjoyed!
So he hurriedly brought his family to visit Zhou Jing'an, and saw him with a big smile on his face, asking Zhou Jing'an about his well-being.
Zhou Yan, standing behind her, looked extremely displeased. When Yao was in charge of the household, she was the one who was most pampered and never had to do anything.
But ever since Yao was divorced by Zhou Dashan and became the housekeeper of her sister-in-law Liu, she was always being called upon by Liu to do things.
This morning, while she was still asleep, Liu woke her up to go up the mountain to collect dry branches for firewood. The weather was already freezing cold after the snowfall, and now she had to go up the mountain to gather firewood.
Liu Feng, however, did far less work because Zhou Dashan often protected her. In order to please her father-in-law and make Zhou Dashan happy, Liu rarely made things difficult for Liu Feng.
All the housework fell on Zhou Yan's shoulders. Having never done much housework before, Zhou Yan couldn't stand it and her eyes turned sinister as she looked at Liu Shi every day.
Zhou Dashan knew that Zhou Yan had some unpleasantness with Lao San's family, so he originally didn't want her to come. But she insisted on coming along from home.
After all, she was his own flesh and blood, so Zhou Dashan didn't say anything and let her come along.
Zhou Yan, who had previously been harsh, suddenly became very attentive and inquired about Zhou Jing'an's health. She even went so far as to ask Ning Huan if she needed any help.
She has come to a realization recently. In this family, she could live recklessly and do whatever she wanted before because of Yao Shi.
Now that Yao is gone, she can no longer act the way she used to.
It seems like the eldest sister-in-law, Liu, is in charge of the family now, but in reality, the one who truly makes the decisions is her third brother.
And there's her third brother's wife, whom she's always disliked.
Although she didn't want to admit it, it was indeed the truth. Having thought it through, Zhou Yan decided to try and win over her third brother's family.
Although they could no longer live like before, at least they no longer had to be ordered around by Liu Shi to do chores.
Zhou Dasheng, however, was somewhat disdainful. Looking at Zhou Jing'an sitting there, not at all like the person people had said who could stand up and walk, he asked in a feigned friendly manner, "Third brother, why are you sitting down?"
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