Chapter 83: Grow old together with many children and grandchildren
Zhang Guifang chuckled: "Mom will help you mend the bag."
Li Caiyun nodded with a smile, and the mother and daughter each picked up a cloth bag.
Zhang Guifang was mending the bag while she said, "It's dangerous in the mountains. Don't run around alone. Follow Zhou Yong and the others closely..."
No matter how old Li Caiyun is, in Zhang Guifang's eyes, she will always be a child.
Li Caiyun smiled and said, "Mom, don't worry, I won't cause any trouble for them..."
The mother and daughter chatted with each other while they mended the five cloth bags.
Li Caiyun went to the warehouse again and rummaged around, and took out the snow sled.
Zhang Guifang wanted to say something but stopped herself, and swallowed the words back when they reached her lips.
Li Caiyun cleaned the dust off the sled and said to herself: "With the sled, I can bring home as many mountain products as possible..."
Zhang Guifang smiled and said, "I wonder how much mountain produce you can collect. You don't mind the trouble of using bags and sleds."
Li Caiyun looked at her mother and said, "Mom, usually few people go to the mountains. There are many mountain products in the mountains..."
Zhang Guifang nodded: "That's right, but the further you go in, the harder it is to walk. Don't bring too many things, or you'll become a burden..."
Li Caiyun said nice things, then turned around and went to the warehouse to find a backpack, and then took out two large baskets.
Zhang Guifang didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Caiyun, you brought too many things."
Is it a lot?
Even Li Caiyun thinks it’s not enough!
Placing the items in the corner of the outer room, Li Caiyun prepared some insect repellent powder, which was essential for going up the mountain.
The rain stopped around ten o'clock. Zhang Guifang went to the front garden to pick vegetables. Li Caiyun was also busy, washing the pot and cooking some rice.
The mother and daughter were busy and happy at home. At around eleven o'clock, Li Baotian came back by himself.
"Dad, where's Zhou Yong?"
"He went to your eldest brother's house."
"Will he come back for lunch?"
Li Baotian didn't ask, he just shook his head, and Li Caiyun didn't say anything else.
"Why did the sled get into the house?"
Zhang Guifang, who was standing by the stove washing basins, took over the conversation. When Li Baotian learned that Li Caiyun was going up the mountain with Zhou Yong and his party, his first words were "nonsense."
Zhang Guifang glared at Li Baotian, who scolded her daughter without asking why, and said without thinking: "In your eyes, everything we do is nonsense."
Li Baotian glared at her and said, "Caiyun, why are you talking about yourself?"
Zhang Guifang put the washed vegetable basin away and poured water on it. She said, "Isn't it? Every time I want to do something, you say it's nonsense. You also say nonsense when it comes to the girl. I wonder, are we mother and daughter useless in your eyes?"
Li Baotian rubbed his eyes, looked at his wife's unhappy face, and frowned slightly: "I didn't provoke you, did I?"
Zhang Guifang picked up a rag to wipe the pot lid and started to look into the intestines: "Li Baotian, I must have been blind to marry you..."
Li Baotian: “…?”
He just said that his daughter was playing tricks, and it was like stirring up a hornet's nest, and Zhang Guifang dug up all the old things.
She talked about the hardships and sufferings she had endured in the early years, and also talked about the difficulties she had faced over the years.
The more Li Baotian listened, the darker his face became. The more Zhang Guifang talked, the angrier she became. He threw the rag on the stove, sniffed, wiped his eyes, and went back to the east room.
Li Caiyun bit her lip. She sat on a small stool in front of the stove door without saying a word. Li Baotian's brows were furrowed so much that he could pretend to kill a fly. He had no intention of following her into the house.
Zhang Guifang sat on the edge of the kang, twisting her body and wiping her tears. Li Baotian pursed his lips and asked, "What's wrong with you?"
The couple have been together through thick and thin until now, and Li Baotian knows Zhang Guifang's character better than anyone else.
Zhang Guifang wiped her tears carelessly: "When I married you, I thought I would have no worries about food and clothing for the rest of my life, but I ended up suffering with you..."
Li Baotian looked guilty: "Haven't we survived the hard times? Now I am the one who is lacking food and clothes for you?"
It would have been better if he hadn't said this. Zhang Guifang became extremely angry when he said this.
"You know that I have enough to eat and wear, but what do I eat? What do I wear? Don't you know?"
Li Baotian frowned, feeling that Zhang Guifang was being a little unreasonable today.
"What the hell is wrong with you?"
The reason why Zhang Guifang had a quarrel with Li Baotian was because of Li Caiyun.
She thought that the couple were incompetent. If she could save more money for her daughter, would Li Caiyun go up the mountain to collect products?
When Li Baotian learned the cause of the incident, he was filled with self-blame.
Zhang Guifang's eyes were dull as she muttered to herself: "Caiyun only cares about the family and our old age. But you, without asking why, just say she is making trouble. How can there be such a person as you..."
Li Baotian felt bad because Zhang Guifang scolded her man like he was her grandson!
Zhou Yong came back at 12:10. Without waiting for him to enter the house, Zhang Guifang hurried to wash her face.
Li Baotian was sighing alone in the room. After Zhou Yong came in, the three members of the Li family returned to normal.
Zhou Yong sat at the table on the kang, looked at his mother-in-law, and then looked at his father-in-law.
Although Zhang Guifang washed her face, she could not hide the traces of her crying.
He didn't ask anything at the table, and everyone finished their lunch with their own thoughts.
Zhou Yong helped to pick up the dishes and chopsticks, Li Caiyun washed the dishes, and Zhang Guifang fed the chickens and ducks.
After tidying up, Zhou Yong and Li Caiyun returned to the west room one after another.
"Did Mom and Dad have a fight?"
Li Caiyun glanced at Zhou Yong, nodded and shook her head.
Zhou Yong couldn't help but raise his eyebrows and thought: Are they having a quarrel? Still no quarrel?
Li Caiyun quickly cleared up his doubts. After hearing what she said, Zhou Yong felt very uneasy.
"What are you thinking about?"
Only then did Zhou Yong realize that he had overlooked many problems.
For example, Li Caiyun’s thoughts, because Zhou Yong is not the only one in her world, she has her own dreams and pursuits.
However, Zhou Yong ignored this matter, mistakenly thinking that since he had provided her with a life without worries about food and clothing, she would live happily throughout her life.
Now it seems that this is not the case at all. As Li Caiyun said, the home belongs to both of them, so she has to fight, not only for themselves, but also for her parents and unborn child...
The corners of Zhou Yong's mouth were tightened into a straight line. He glanced at Li Caiyun and found that this girl was far from being as simple as he had imagined.
"Nothing."
Li Caiyun glanced at him, then stood up and took down two pillows from the pile of quilts.
Zhou Yong looked at Li Caiyun who was lying down and stretching: "Xiaoyun, what kind of life do you want?"
They had never talked about these things, and Zhou Yong knew nothing about Li Caiyun's dream.
Li Caiyun smiled sweetly: "The life I have now is what I want."
This promise is as good as nothing!
Zhou Yong lay down next to her: "So what do you wish for?"
desire?
Li Caiyun began to ponder, frowning and biting her lips. Her rich expressions were so cute that Zhou Yong couldn't help but hold back his laughter.
"A wish? Does having enough food and clothing count?"
In fact, Li Caiyun’s wish is very simple: to have enough food and clothing, to respect her parents, to grow old with Zhou Yong, to have a harmonious family and many children and grandchildren.
Zhou Yong nodded: "Okay, then do you have any other pursuits?"
Li Caiyun looked at him, her face red before she spoke: "Grow old together with you, and have many children and grandchildren."
Zhou Yong looked at Li Caiyun with a sincere face: "Anything else?"
Zhou Yong can realize her wish of having enough food and clothing, growing old together, and having many children and grandchildren...
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