Zhang Yuqing pointed to the field and said, "There are people there, right?" The cotton fields were not tall, but numerous and dense, so people could be seen in the middle at a glance.
"He's a villager, a farmhand working for me. Come on, let's sit in his house for a while."
They returned to the yard. Zhang Yuqing looked at her and said, "Chunxiao, your house has changed so much. I haven't been here for a long time. I can't even recognize you now. How long have you been back to the village?" The house and the wall in this yard were so big and well built. Comparing the two, she felt that she was inferior in every way.
Chunxiao asked Meiman to get food for the two children and then took them to catch chickens. She sat in the main hall with Zhang Yuqing and drank tea. "It was the winter of the year before last. We lived here at that time. They were all dilapidated thatched houses. My father and my brother helped to repair them and we lived here. Back then, everyone's living conditions were not good. Later, we started some small businesses and things gradually improved. We only started planting cotton last year."
Zhang Yuqing took the teacup somewhat nervously and looked around the room again. "That's great."
"Cousin, I also felt that the road ahead was bleak at that time, but I always believed that I could still live well without a man. Look, our family is getting better and better now. We must look forward. Maybe your parents didn't fulfill their parental responsibilities to you, but the most important thing for us is to rely on ourselves. You may think that I must have received help from my family. Yes, that's right, but they also received help from me. I still rely on myself, don't you understand?"
"I, I'm different from you. I don't know anything." She lowered her head.
"There are many things you can learn. I'm different from my parents. I like to speak clearly. I might as well tell you directly that my father brought you here because he saw that you were thinking about committing suicide." At this point, she clearly saw Zhang Yuqing tremble. "Let's not talk about whether his guess is right or not. Let me ask you, who will be happy if you die? Will it hurt your mother? Yes, your aunt is indeed wrong, but the fact that she feels sorry for you shows that she still cares about you. Will your brother and sister-in-law feel sorry for you? In the end, it's your two children who will suffer. Cousin, dying is easy, but living is not."
Chunxiao rarely spoke to people in such earnest words. She had always felt that she was not good at comforting others, but seeing Zhang Yuqing like this, she had to say a few words, "Anyway, think about it. Now that you are here, you should help us. You can see that there is so much cotton in my field, and the farms on both sides are also full of cotton. There is enough for you to be busy."
Zhang Yuqing didn't say anything for a long time. The two of them sat there for a long time. Finally, she raised her head and said, "Chunxiao, thank you. I'll remember what you said."
Soon the two children came back with the chicken in their arms, looking very excited. "Mom, aunt, look, we caught a chicken."
Seeing sweat on their foreheads, Zhang Yuqing hurriedly wiped them off and finally smiled for the first time since arriving. "Look at you guys, you caught such a big chicken. This must be your cousin's egg-laying chicken. Let it go quickly."
"But this aunt said we can catch it." Mu Ming pointed at Meiman behind him.
"You can catch it, you can catch it." Chunxiao took a hemp rope from the side and asked Meiman to help them tie the chicken feet. "You will be responsible for carrying it back to your aunt later and let her cook it for you."
"How can this be possible?" Zhang Yuqing stood up.
"Cousin, these are for the children. Look how skinny they are. I've raised these chickens for a long time. It's time to kill them."
"Cousin, can I go play outside in the yard with my brother? Your yard is so big.
"Go and play. There are two orange trees behind my house. They are full of fruit, but they are not ripe yet. You can go and take a look."
"Really? Then I'll go check it out."
Zhang Yuqing watched the two children jumping and running away.
"Cousin, look at them, they're so full of energy. If they're well educated, they'll definitely have great futures when they grow up." She looked at Zhang Yuqing, "We have a few acres of land at home now. What are you planting? Is it time to harvest it?"
"My family was originally allocated two mu of land, but now we only have one mu left. The rice we planted will be harvested in the next two days."
"Well, you have to tell Dad to go and harvest the rice. Only then can you work wholeheartedly at our house. We have a lot of work to do. Cousin, you can't be scared away."
Zhang Yuqing smiled, finally smiled.
"Come on, I'll show you around my place." Chunxiao showed her every room and then took her outside the yard.
"Chunxiao, you're really amazing, growing so much cotton. You must be making a lot of money!"
"Yes, you can make a lot of money. Our village is now growing cotton. We will know whether it is profitable after September."
"No one grows cotton where we are. This is the first time I've seen so much cotton. It must be difficult to grow cotton."
"It's very troublesome. You'll understand after you plant it."
It was hot at the moment, so we went to the chicken coop to rest. The two little ones came out of the house and went into the cotton field. After a while, they caught a few worms to feed the chickens.
"Don't run away, you two. You're all sweaty."
"That's probably the situation here. How about I take you to my second sister-in-law's house? She gave birth to a baby at the beginning of the year. Shuduo and Pan'er are about the same age as your two boys. We can play together and have company."
As she said that, she took people to Yan Dahe's house. Zhang was not there. Shuduo saw Chunxiao coming with people, called her "Auntie" and looked at the people behind her.
"Duo'er, she is your cousin, and these two are your cousins. Pan'er should call them cousins."
The two little girls stood up straight and called out to the others politely. The little boy was a little shy at first and hid behind his mother.
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