Chapter 321 Unfair

The pier is busy in the early morning and evening.

Today happens to be Sunday, and many people from nearby villagers and even from the town came to buy fish.

The big ship's arrival attracted many people's attention.

Zhou's mother knew that they would come back today, so she waited at the dock early in the morning. When she saw the big ship docking, her eyes lit up.

Not only Zhou's mother, but also Tian Caihua, Zhou Chengsen, Li Xiuxian and several children came.

Only Zhou Chengxin went out to sea as usual and was not there.

Zhou Chengsen and Li Xiuxian happened to take their children home to visit their parents last night. When they heard that Zhou's father and Zhou Chenglei's boat had docked this morning, they came to see if there was any fish to be moved.

Familiar villagers saw Zhou's family waiting for the big boat and said enviously: "Alei is really capable. It has only been a short time since he was demobilized! He bought such a big boat and built such a big house as soon as he said so."

Zhou's mother said modestly, "What kind of ability do I have? I got a great bargain by buying this boat. I put all of Xiaoxia's dowry into it. It's also because Xiaoxia is good at shipping. Every time I take her out to sea, I make more money. Otherwise, I wouldn't be able to make money on this boat."

Every time a large ship docked, someone would come to Zhou's mother and say similar things, and usually her mother would be very happy to hear that.

But, the other two daughters-in-law are here today!

Last night, when the second son’s wife came back and saw the three-story house, she barely spoke during dinner.

Zhou's mother was afraid that her two daughters-in-law would think that they were secretly subsidizing the fourth child, but no one believed her.

Tian Caihua was fully aware of how lucky Jiang Xia was. She couldn't help but say, "Xiao Xia is so lucky!"

After being away for almost a month, I’m finally back!

Without Jiang Xia this month, our income has dropped drastically! The one who misses Jiang Xia the most is Tian Caihua!

Li Xiuxian didn't say anything.

The two elders must have received subsidies, but my mother-in-law just doesn’t dare to admit it.

The villagers said, "I heard that you can see the town from the roof of your three-and-a-half-story house. Did you build a water tank on the top half of the building? When the time comes, you can pump water from the well and turn on the tap like in the city. Is that true?"

Zhou's mother laughed and said, "Alei seems to have designed it this way. I don't understand it either."

The house has been completely built, the stone exterior walls have also been completed, and now the exterior wall tiles are being affixed to the eaves and other edges.

It’s almost finished and the shed fence can be removed tomorrow afternoon.

Then it was time to decorate the interior. Great-grandfather said it would take about another month to complete.

We can move in just before the Chinese New Year.

She has found a date.

"I heard that there are toilets on every floor. We don't have to go out to the toilet at night. They are built just like the suites in the town and the city, right?"

"It's different from the suites in the city. The suites in the city have kitchens and bathrooms, but ours don't. The kitchen is built outside, and there is only a bathroom in the room for taking a shower and going to the toilet."

"That's about the same as in the city. It's really comfortable to live in!"

Zhou's mother smiled and replied, "I don't know whether it's comfortable or not. Anyway, as long as the children like it, it's fine. They will live here in the future. I, an old woman, can only live here for a few years."

The boat stopped, and Zhou's mother said, "I'm going to get busy now! We'll talk next time!"

"good."

The children had already gathered under the big boat, shouting happily: "Grandpa, little aunt! Little uncle!"

Jiang Xia smiled and responded: "Aunt bought you some delicious food. I'll give it to you when we get to the old house."

Then Jiang Xia greeted Zhou's father, Zhou Chengsen, Tian Caihua and Li Xiuxian.

The boat is a bit high, and this pier is not a formal pier. It just became a pier because there were so many boats docked here.

It’s not as formal as the one in Guangzhou.

Zhou Chenglei jumped off the boat first, asked his nephews and nieces to stay away to prevent them from bumping into Jiang Xia, and then he reached out to hug Jiang Xia.

Father Zhou warned: "Be careful, hold on tight."

Zhou Chenglei didn't say anything. When had he failed to hold her tightly? He was more nervous than his father.

Jiang Xia jumped down holding the edge of the boat.

Zhou Chenglei caught her steadily, this time carrying her like a princess.

Zhou Chenglei put Jiang Xia down, turned back to look for the motorcycle, and asked Zhou's mother: "Mom, is there anyone driving a motorcycle here?"

When he saw the motorcycle, he said, "Give me the keys. I'll take Xiao Xia home first."

Jiang Xia: "No, I can just drive myself home slowly."

Zhou's mother gave him the motorcycle key and asked in surprise, "What's wrong?"

Zhou Chenglei didn't answer directly: "Mom, don't you know how to make soup to help the baby stay healthy? Make it for Jiang Xia later."

After Zhou Chenglei finished speaking, he pulled Jiang Xia towards the motorcycle, only carrying the bag containing money and documents, and ignoring everything else.

By the time Zhou's mother realized what the pregnancy-maintaining soup meant and wanted to ask for clarification, Zhou Chenglei had already pulled Jiang Xia away.

Zhou Chengsen smiled and said, "Mom, you are going to have another grandchild."

Tian Caihua was stunned for a moment and thought: Jiang Xia is pregnant, can she still go out to sea in the future? It feels like Zhou Chenglei treats her like porcelain!

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Mother Zhou was so happy that she burst into tears. Her youngest son, whom she loved the most, finally had a child. She wiped her tears and said, "I'll go back and find something to make soup."

Father Zhou called her and said, "Xiao Xia was in a wheelchair before she got on board. The doctor said she couldn't get too tired."

Zhou's mother was stunned for a moment. Is this a sign of miscarriage?

She was panicking. The first one had a miscarriage, and the next ones would either have difficulty getting pregnant or would easily have miscarriages.

I can't tell why, some people's physique is just like that.

"I'll go find some old pumpkins."

Zhou's mother didn't care about anything else and ran back.

Zhou's father asked his second son and two daughters-in-law to help move things.

**Dinner was prepared by Zhou's mother and her two daughters-in-law. Great-grandmother and He Xinghuan also came to help.

Jiangxia is now a key protected animal, and all you need to do is sit in the yard and distribute gifts to the children.

In addition to a variety of snacks, Jiang Xia also bought a new set of clothes for each of the children at the Guangzhou Trade Fair, and a toy car for each of the younger boys, and Zhou Jie was not left out.

Zhou Zhou and Zhou Ying each have a Barbie doll.

Because Zhou Wenguang was in junior high school and was no longer suitable for playing with toy cars, Jiang Xia bought him a pair of roller skates.

He had always wanted it, but Tian Caihua was the kind of person who wouldn't spend a penny on toys.

The children were so happy holding the gifts, they were even happier than during the Chinese New Year.

The boy immediately took off his old clothes, put on new clothes, and took the car to go to the village to play with his friends.

In the whole village, they are the only brothers and sisters who have cars, and each of them has one, of a different model.

When Tian Caihua saw this, she started to curse: "You are courting death! Wear such nice clothes now, take them off and save them for the New Year!"

Nowadays, children in the village may not be able to wear new clothes during the Spring Festival. Many children's pants have patches sewn around the buttocks.

Tian Caihua was reluctant to buy new clothes for her son every year, and she didn't have that much money anyway, so she always took Zhou Chengxin and Zhou Chenglei's old clothes and altered them for her eldest son.

The eldest son wore it, then the second son, then the third son, and then the youngest son.

Zhou Zhou used to pick up the leftover clothes from his brother and Zhou Ying.

Tian Caihua ran over and put away all her sons' new clothes and snacks: "It's almost time for dinner, why are you eating cookies! You are not allowed to eat them!"

There are so many delicious dishes today, wouldn’t it be a waste if you just eat snacks and get full?

Snacks can be left out and eaten slowly.

Li Xiuxian watched Tian Caihua pack clothes and snacks into two snakeskin bags.

In comparison, her daughter's clothes and a few snacks seemed pitifully small! Isn't it a bit unfair for Jiang Xia to divide things by number of people?

Shouldn't it be divided by family? (End of this chapter)