Chapter 359: Disbelief
The next day, because of the cold weather and the need to repaint the two newly purchased boats, the family did not go out to sea.
Zhou Chenglei ran back from the beach at six o'clock, soaking wet. He fetched two buckets of water from the well and went to take a shower.
He ran very fast, and his father and others were still behind him.
The four of them, father and son, went to the beach early in the morning to find a dozen or twenty villagers for help. Together they lifted the boat ashore and set it up for easy painting.
After he finished his shower, he carefully opened the door and entered the room. Then he saw that Jiang Xia was already awake. He closed the door and said in surprise, "Why did you wake up so early?"
It’s not even half past six now.
"Well, I'm hungry. Let's get up and eat." Jiang Xia hid in the quilt and put on his inner clothes before sitting up.
She was awakened by Li Xiuxian's loud voice outside.
Just then, Li Xiuxian in the hall urged loudly again: "Yingying, why don't you get up? You will be late for school!"
Zhou Chenglei frowned, took out the sweater from under the quilt and put it on Jiang Xia: "Have breakfast and sleep for a while."
Jiang Xia was still sleepy, so she leaned her head on his shoulder and let him help her put on her clothes: "You're so cold."
"I just finished taking a shower." Zhou Chenglei's hands were still cold. He tried his best not to touch Jiang Xia's skin and helped her pull her clothes up.
"Let me warm you up." Jiang Xia pulled his hand and put it against her face.
The two big palms were as cold as popsicles. Jiang Xia shuddered and woke up completely.
Zhou Chenglei wanted to pull his hand back, but she held it tightly.
Zhou Chenglei's palms were rough and he didn't dare to pull them back forcefully, for fear of rubbing her skin and hurting her.
He simply lowered his head and kissed her lips.
This way his body temperature will rise faster.
…
The two of them left the room together ten minutes later.
Jiang Xia left the room. Li Xiuxian was bringing a bowl of porridge back into the room. Seeing Jiang Xia, she couldn't help but ask, "Xiao Xia, why did you get up so early today?"
Weird.
Jiang Xia rolled his eyes at her.
Zhou Chenglei has already spoken: "It's really too early. Second sister-in-law, please be quieter next time in the morning. Xia Xia is pregnant and has been sleepy recently. I want her to sleep later."
Li Xiuxian: “…”
After Zhou Chenglei finished speaking, he pulled Jiang Xia out.
Li Xiuxian looked at the two people walking out and burst into laughter out of anger.
What’s so great about being pregnant?
Which woman can't get pregnant and give birth? Zhou Chenglei pumped water from the well for Jiang Xia to rinse her mouth.
The well water flows out from the outlet, and after a while you can see steam coming out of the water.
The water drawn from the well in winter is warm, perfect for gargling, but it cools down quickly.
After Jiang Xia got a cup of water, Zhou Chenglei went to get the enamel basin and Jiang Xia's face towel. After washing them clean, he went to the kitchen to get hot water for her to wash her face.
Hot water is boiling in the honeycomb coal stove.
Mother Zhou was still cooking sweet potatoes, so she said to Zhou Chenglei, "Xiao Xia's bird's nest is ready, you can bring it in."
"Yeah." Zhou Chenglei responded.
He took out the bird's nest after Jiang Xia finished washing his face.
The family started to eat breakfast.
"Eat faster, you're going to be late!" Li Xiuxian was unhappy after hearing what Zhou Chenglei said to her, and kept urging Zhou Ying to eat faster.
Zhou Ying felt a little aggrieved: "The porridge is hot!"
Zhou Chengsen also went to move the boat early in the morning. He was soaked all over. He came back and took a hot bath. He didn't know what could be wrong with her. He glanced at the porridge in his daughter's bowl and said, "The porridge is hot. Why are you rushing her? What if she gets burned?"
Jiang Xia was about to enter the house, but upon hearing this, he turned around and went to the kitchen cupboard to get two large enamel bowls filled with two half bowls of cold water. Then he said, "Put the porridge in the water to cool it down."
Then she put Zhou Zhou's porridge into the water.
Seeing this, Zhou Chengsen also put Zhou Ying into the water and said with a smile: "This is a good method. You are really careful."
Li Xiuxian almost rolled her eyes.
I was praised for doing just one thing in the morning!
She had been busy all morning, and was still complained about being noisy! Tian Caihua then came in with a large enamel bowl of radish cakes: "I made radish cakes today, everyone have some. Xiaoxia, try some, it's delicious!"
Jiang Xia smiled and thanked him: "Did you have breakfast, sister-in-law? Didn't you eat with us?"
"I ate it."
Zhou's mother brought in some steamed sweet potatoes and eggs. "I boiled some eggs. I don't have time for breakfast. I'll bring some eggs for Yingying on the way."
Zhou Ying ate very slowly because Li Xiuxian kept feeding her until she was seven years old before letting her learn to eat by herself.
The main reason is that she lives in town and does all the work by herself, so she doesn’t have the time or patience to feed the baby.
Jiang Xia sat down: "Mom, you should sit down and have breakfast too."
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"Eat, no need to wait." Zhou's mother took off her sleeves, sat down, took a sweet potato and started peeling it.
When Zhou's mother stretched out her hand, Li Xiuxian saw that there was a jade bracelet on her hand.
The color was very good, just like the one she had seen in the jewelry store in the city department store for over 1,800 yuan.
She looked at Jiang Xia's wrist again.
Jiang Xia didn't wear the bracelet again today.
Li Xiuxian asked, "Mom, did you buy the bracelet? How much was it?"
Tian Caihua also looked over when she heard this: "Mom, when did you buy the bracelet? This jade bracelet is so beautiful! How much is it?"
Mother Zhou glanced at the bracelet on her wrist and smiled, "I didn't buy it. Xiao Xia gave it to me. She found two pieces of jade and made a few jade bracelets from them. She brought two back and asked me to pick one."
Zhou's mother likes this colorful one. The glowing green one is a bit thin. She does a lot of farm work and has big hands, so she can't wear it.
This one also took a lot of soap to put on.
Tian Caihua excitedly grabbed Zhou's mother's hand and looked at the jade bracelet, unable to let it go: "Is this what was carved out of those two stones? It's so beautiful!"
"Yeah." Jiang Xia nodded.
Jiang Xia was afraid that Zhou's mother would be reluctant to wear it if she knew the price of the jade bracelet, so he said it was free and that it was made from a piece of jade he had picked up before.
Li Xiuxian didn't know what the stone was. "What stone? Did Xiaoxia pick up a jade?"
Tian Caihua: "Xiao Xia was lucky. She went out to sea and found a box with two stones in it. I didn't expect them to be jade. How much did Xiao Xia sell the two stones for?"
Li Xiuxian: “…”
Can you catch this? Li Xiuxian didn't even bother to eat breakfast. She stood up and looked at the jade bracelet in Zhou's mother's hand with Tian Caihua. The jade bracelet was really beautiful.
The more she watched, the more she liked it!
The quality is about the same as those sold in shopping malls for over a thousand yuan.
Just now Zhou's mother said that she found a few jade bracelets.
Since it’s caught by fishing, it doesn’t cost any money.
She couldn't help but look at Jiang Xia: "Xiao Xia, did you get several jade bracelets? I have always wanted to buy a jade bracelet, but I haven't found the right one. I think the two you brought back are very good. Can you bring another one back for me? I'll pay for it for you."
Tian Caihua hadn't thought of this, and hurriedly asked, "There's more? Then I want one too!"
Jiang Xia: "One piece of raw stone was sold as a whole, and only one piece of raw stone was made into a finished product. A total of only three jade bracelets were made, and they have been sold."
Li Xiuxian: “…”
She doesn't believe it!
I just can’t bear to let go!
She already said she would give money, and you still thought she was greedy?