Chapter 28: Make a manhole cover for her

The sauerkraut fish is tender, smooth, refreshing and appetizing; the garlic shrimps have a strong garlic flavor and are sweet and delicious. Because they are shelled, you don’t have to peel them, you can just bite them and spit out the shells; the red squid is refreshing and chewy, and even the mud fish is more tender than usual.

In the end, the whole family was full!

Zhou Chenglei and his father also mixed a bowl of rice with the broth from the pickled fish.

It was so delicious that I couldn’t even throw away the soup.

Zhou Zhou had never felt so satisfied with a meal before. In the past, she couldn't compete with her brothers. How could she have eaten so much shrimp and fish in one day?

Her belly was so round that she couldn't help but pat it. Then she met her aunt's smiling eyes and retracted her hand in fright, her little face flushed.

Jiang Xia smiled.

Zhou's mother's cooking skills are average. She only focuses on cooking the fish until it's done, regardless of whether the fish is overcooked.

However, fresh seafood is naturally sweet and will not be too bad if you steam or boil it. But not bad does not mean it will be delicious.

The dishes cooked by Jiang Xia are delicious! So delicious! Even when you are full, you still can't stop eating. You keep wanting to eat until you are full.

Zhou's mother also admired her daughter-in-law's cooking skills.

After Jiang Xia finished her meal, Zhou's mother smiled and said, "Xiao Xia, you must be tired after coming back from a day out at sea and cooking again. I'll wash the dishes, and you go take a shower and take a rest."

Zhou Chenglei said, "Go sit in the yard or take a walk first, I'll help you fetch water later."

It’s not good to take a bath right after a meal. There was no other way before because there were many people at home. Now she doesn’t need to rush to take a bath.

Jiang Xia also didn't like washing dishes, so she pulled Zhou Zhou out for a walk in the yard. She was also full.

After Zhou's mother cleaned up the dishes and the kitchen, Jiang Xia went to wash her hair and take a shower. After that, she blow-dried her hair in the yard.

Zhou Chenglei brought back a few old wooden boards and some iron rods from somewhere using an iron cart.

Jiang Xia saw him place pieces of wood on the wellhead one by one, and use a pencil to trace the shape of the wellhead.

Zhou Zhou squatted aside and asked curiously: "Uncle, what are you doing?"

"Make a manhole cover." Zhou Chenglei answered his niece's question.

Zhou's mother was washing the clothes that Zhou's father and Zhou Zhou had changed out of in the courtyard near the well. When she heard this, she asked, "Why do you need a manhole cover? Zhou Zhou is already grown up. He knew not to get close to the well in the past two years."

Zhou Zhou nodded and said, "Yes, uncle, I won't go near the well. I know it's dangerous."

Jiang Xia couldn't help but think: Maybe Zhou Chenglei installed this manhole cover to prevent her from falling into the well?

"I'm going to install a water pump."

Zhou's mother: "Why install a water pump? It's unnecessary! The terrain here is not as high as the new house, and the well is shallow. We can just use a bucket to pump water up. It's easy and fast."

Zhou Chenglei: "It will be convenient to get water from Zhouzhou and Jiangxia after installing a water pump."

"Oh, that's right, then pretend it!" As soon as Zhou's mother heard it, she knew it was for Jiang Xia. She didn't say anything else. After washing the clothes, she told Zhou Zhou to go back to the room and sleep.

Jiang Xia watched Zhou Chenglei busying himself in the yard with great interest.

After Zhou Chenglei drew the shape of the wellhead, he took out a saw to cut off the excess wood, then nailed the wooden boards into a circle, and then nailed a circle of wooden boards around the edge of the circle to make a large round support.

Then Jiang Xia saw him take out some iron rods, place them crisscrossly in the round tray, and tie them up with iron wire.

Then he used the leftover sand and cement from repairing the house, mixed it into concrete, poured it into the round tray, and used a small iron shovel to flatten it so that the iron support would not be exposed.

After two days, when the concrete has dried and hardened, a simple cement board manhole cover is ready.

Jiang Xia took a look at the yard. Except for a patio near the well, the rest of the yard was mud. When it was not raining, it was dusty, and when it rained, it was muddy.

She said, "My eldest brother is going out to sea tomorrow, so we don't have to go out to sea. How about we go to the river to pick up some pebbles and bring them back to pave a path in the yard?"

Jiang Xia also said that it would be a waste to leave such a large yard empty, so why not plant some fruit trees and flowers? Zhou Chenglei replied, "I will go to the market in town to buy a water pump tomorrow morning, and I will pick it up again in the afternoon."

There was nothing planted in the yard because fish needed to be dried frequently and Zhou's mother was too lazy to plant anything, but Zhou Chenglei didn't tell her.

Going to the market? Jiang Xia immediately said, "I'll go to the market with you."

Zhou Chenglei looked her over. On the second day after she got married, he asked her if she wanted to go to the market, but she refused with a look of disgust.

"There are many stalls selling fish, chickens, geese and ducks in the market, and they stink."

The rural market was messy and dirty, and he had to remind her because he was afraid she couldn't stand it.

"I'm not afraid."

Zhou Chenglei didn't say anything else. "It's getting late. Go to bed! You have to get up at six tomorrow to go to the market."

Father Zhou, Mother Zhou and Zhou Zhou all took a bath and went back to their room to sleep.

Jiang Xia returned to the room.

Zhou Chenglei washed his hands and walked in. He took out a large stack of big unity bills and gave them to Jiang Xia.

Jiang Xia looked at him in surprise.

"I'll give you one thousand dollars from today's trip to the sea."

There is such a good thing? After all, she was just riding the boat out to sea.

Jiang Xia: "I didn't contribute much, but I still get so much money?"

Zhou Chenglei: "If you hadn't heard the gurgling sound and seen the garoupa, you wouldn't have made so much money today. This is what you should take, remember to put it away."

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Zhou Chenglei put the money in the cabinet of the dressing table, and he also put his share in an iron box in the closet in front of Jiang Xia.

Then he found some clothes and went to take a shower without turning off the lights, fearing that she would be scared alone.

Jiang Xia counted the stack of money and found it was exactly one thousand yuan. She put the money away without hesitation.

Jiang Xia had made a decision in his mind and planned to wait for Zhou Chenglei to come back from taking a shower and tell him about it.

She put the money away, went out to wash her hands, and then went back to bed.

She originally wanted to wait for Zhou Chenglei to come back and talk about things, but she was too tired and had gotten up early today, so she fell asleep as soon as she lay down on the bed and didn't think about the snake at all.

When Zhou Chenglei came back from taking a shower, Jiang Xia was already asleep. Her sleeping face was peaceful and beautiful.

Seeing a little bit of sweat on her forehead, Zhou Chenglei took a clean cloth, went back to the bed, wiped the sweat off her forehead, applied medicine to her hands, then turned off the lights, went back to the bed and lay down, closing his eyes and gently fanning himself with a large sunflower fan until he gradually fell asleep.

The next day, Zhou Chenglei woke up at five o'clock, and Jiang Xia's hands and feet were on him again.

He took his pillow and used it to prop her up, then carefully got up and went out for a run.

On days when he doesn't have to go out to sea, he would run for an hour every day.

It was already six o'clock when Zhou Chenglei came back from running, and Jiang Xia was still asleep.

The living room at home was empty with only a dining table. Zhou Chenglei wanted to go to the market to buy some bamboo beds and stools.

Those who sell bamboo beds at the market usually only carry one. After all, they are too big to carry, and if you go too late, they may be sold out.

He had no choice but to wake Jiang Xia up.

Jiang Xia woke up as soon as he was called and quickly got up to wash.

Zhou's mother had already prepared breakfast, sweet potato porridge with pickles and two boiled eggs.

Zhou's mother gave one to Zhou Zhou and one to Jiangxia.

On days when they don't have to go out to sea, Zhou's father and Zhou Chenglei don't have eggs to eat! There are not many eggs at home. Except for occasionally giving one to their grandson and Zhou Zhou, they are reluctant to eat them on weekdays. They are saved for Zhou's father and his son to take on the boat when they go out to sea. Zhou's mother thought of the misunderstanding with Jiang Xia yesterday, so she cooked an extra one.

After the couple had breakfast, Zhou Chenglei and Jiang Xia went to the village committee to borrow a tractor.

Then the two of them drove the tractor to the town to attend the market.

It was the same road as last time, and at the same intersection I met the heroine in a white dress.

But this time Wen Wan was not herding sheep. Instead, she was pushing an iron cart with a large wooden board on it and a slaughtered sheep on the board.

Wen Wan reached out and stopped Zhou Chenglei's tractor.

I wish adults and children a happy Children's Day!

Today (June 1st) the update has been advanced to midnight, and will be updated as usual at 9 am on June 2nd.

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