Chapter 109 There is something important to say
Chen Chengcai was stared at for no apparent reason and became furious. Just as he was about to kick Chen Xiaojuan, he heard Zhou Cuihua's voice from inside.
"Stop dilly-dallying! I told you to pour some water for your dad so slowly! He's bleeding again, are you fucking having a baby out there?!"
Chen Chengcai keenly captured the two key words in it: "pour water for dad" and "bleeding is flowing again."
"Mom! What's wrong with my dad?!" He suddenly lifted the door curtain and rushed in.
On the kang in the east room, Chen Changshui's face was pale, he leaned against the pile of quilts with his eyes closed. The bandage on his left knee was loose, revealing the bloody wound inside. Even his kneecap was broken, which was very horrifying.
Chen Chengcai's heart skipped a beat and he staggered back a few steps.
"Mom, mom...what happened to dad?"
Zhou Cuihua was feeling irritated, but when she saw him coming in, she took a deep breath and put on a smile: "Chengcai is back. Well, your father is fine, just a minor injury."
How could this be okay? Although Chen Chengcai was uneducated, he was neither a fool nor a blind man.
Seeing Chen Changshui like this, Chen Chengcai began to feel nervous.
Their family's income basically depends on Chen Changshui. If there is work in the fields, he will go to work there. If there is no work, he will go to the town to do odd jobs to earn some money.
Now that Chen Changshui is broke, who's going to make money for his family? His mother who only knows how to order things around all day?
At this time, Chen Xiaojuan came in from outside with a basin of hot water. Zhou Cuihua took the basin and put it on the edge of the kang. She gave Chen Xiaojuan a wink, and Chen Xiaojuan went out silently.
Zhou Cuihua soaked a hot towel and cleaned Chen Changshui's wound. Chen Chengcai also came over to help. She breathed a sigh of relief.
But before he could completely relax, Chen Chengcai said while applying medicine to Chen Changshui: "Mom, what about my monthly allowance..."
Zhou Cuihua felt dizzy after hearing this, but she still forced a smile and said, "Here, how much do you want? Mother will give it to you..."
Before he could finish his words, Chen Changshui, who was lying on the bed, coughed and spoke: "Cuihua, you give it to him? What are you going to give him?!"
Zhou Cuihua was choked by his words, and immediately glared at him, "What do you care about me? You should just take good care of your injuries now and don't worry about the family affairs!"
"Ahem," Chen Changshui coughed a few times, his voice a little weak, "I don't care about you... I, how can I care about you."
"Then shut up! Lie down quietly!" Zhou Cuihua cursed again and buried her head in applying medicine to him.
Chen Changshui stopped talking, sighed and closed his eyes.
The next morning, after Zhao Zhilan sent away Xiaodouzi who came to pick up the goods, she saw Zhou Cuihua, wearing a headscarf, knocking on the door of Old Man Zhang's house next door.
I don’t know what they said, but after a while, Old Man Zhang’s wife waved a broom and beat the man out.
Zhou Cuihua staggered a few steps, spat at the Zhang family's door, and limped away.
The old man’s wife was not a coward either. She scolded her from behind and turned around to see Zhao Zhilan sitting diagonally across from her.
I smiled and greeted her: "Old sister, you are up so early."
Nowadays, almost every family in the village has benefited from the Yun family, so naturally they don’t have a good attitude towards the Chen family, especially the shameless Zhou Cuihua.
"Well, what is she doing now?" Zhao Zhilan asked casually.
Old man Zhang's wife curled her lips and said, "What the hell is this guy doing? He came to me to borrow money! I don't know what he was thinking!"
"Alas," Zhao Zhilan sighed, "Now that the man in her family has fallen, she's in a lot of trouble. You see, it really is true that there's always something hateful about a pitiful person."
"That's right," Zhang's wife echoed, "If I had known this earlier, why didn't I listen to your advice?"
The two sighed and lamented for a while, then went back to their own business.
Yun Chengfu has three days off this month and can stay at home. His four children rarely see him back, so they are very happy and surround him, asking him to teach them how to read and study.
What surprised Yun Chengfu the most was that his useless brother actually came to his senses!
Although it’s still slow to learn, my attitude is finally there.
After breakfast, Wang Cailian and Li Rongyue cleaned up the main room. He Chunxiu spread a clean linen cloth on the table, and several people gathered around the table to practice calligraphy with Yun Chengfu.
Yun Chengfu had taught them "Hundred Family Surnames" before, and the four children had almost learned it. This time they continued to learn "Three Character Classic" together.
We studied until noon for lunch, then stopped to rest.
Baoya took Yun Chengfu to see the big river clams she raised.
In the east wing, five children were gathered around several large wooden basins, and four large river clams were slowly opening and closing their shells, as if they were swallowing and spitting.
"Brother, take a look at how the pearls of the gang are doing?" Baoya blinked her bright eyes and looked at Yun Chengfu, seeming to be particularly confident.
Yun Chengfu also wanted to know. In fact, he was already very relieved to see that the big river clam was alive and well.
After all, if you plant the cores yourself and don't take good care of them afterwards, the clams are likely to die.
"Okay, then let me take a look." Yun Chengfu nodded.
As he was about to reach out to pick up the clams, Baoya stretched out her little hand and gently touched each clam.
He muttered, "Great, it's time for you to show off!"
Yun Chengfu thought the little baby was cute and burst out laughing.
I was just looking at the clams, why is it like you are testing a student?
But in the end, before he could even retract the smile on his face, the four large river clams that Baoya had touched one by one actually opened their shells on their own!
Yun Chengfu: ...
Yun Chengfu was shocked, but Yun Chenglu, Yun Hua and Yun Yue were all used to the big river clam being well-behaved and obedient.
The three children urged together, "Brother, what are you still standing there for? Come and see if the pearl is ready!"
Yun Chengfu came to his senses, stood up and went outside to wash his hands, then squatted down again and put his fingers in to touch one by one.
He frowned slightly as he touched it, which made Yun Chenglu look worried.
"Brother, what's going on? How long do we have to wait?"
Yun Chengfu frowned and shook his head: "Something's wrong."
"What's wrong?" Yun Yue was also startled. "Brother, please don't scare us. We have raised these clams very carefully!"
Yun Chengfu took his finger out of the last clam shell and said, "The pearls are growing so well. They feel quite big. If I'm not mistaken, they should be almost ready by the New Year."
"So fast!" Yunhua was also surprised. "Didn't big brother say before that it would take at least a year?"
"But they grow very well." Yun Chengfu smiled slightly and spread his hands.
Yunhua and Yunyue were surprised and happy. Baoya secretly glanced at her second brother opposite her, and they both stuck out their tongues in tacit understanding.
How could it not be growing well? This is the spiritual spring water they got from Nan Xuan! And every time they go up the mountain, they carry some back to replace it.
The five children looked at the clams for a while, and then it was time for lunch.
After lunch, both adults and children have to rest for about half an hour before going back to their own business. This has become an ironclad rule in the Yun family.
At noon that day, after Baoya woke up, she was about to pack up her writing brush, ink, paper and inkstone to go to the main room to practice calligraphy with her elder brother when she saw Yunyue standing at the door calling her.
"Baoya, come quickly. Grandma wants everyone to come over. She said she has something important to tell you!"
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