Chapter 51 Let the Second Brother Be the Manager
Zhou Zhao replied with a smile, "We fished them out of the pond next to the vegetable garden!"
Grandma Zhou was amazed. She picked up a large grass carp and examined it closely.
This grass carp looks about the size of an arm; it's big and strong, and I reckon it'll last us for several days.
"There are such big fish in that pond?!" Aunt Zhou said with a smile.
Zhou Zhao nodded in agreement, "Yes, Mother, look, there are still such small crucian carp."
Because they are wild crucian carp, they don't look very big, but they are all round and plump, which means they have a lot of meat.
Aunt Zhou was dazzled by the sight. "That's wonderful! I'll cook fish soup for you all later!"
After saying that, he picked up the big grass carp and headed towards the kitchen.
Zhou Zhao immediately stepped forward and grabbed her, saying, "Mother, there is another great piece of news."
"What great news is it?" Aunt Zhou asked hurriedly.
Zhou Zhao called Zhou Feng in, "Second brother, come in quickly."
Zhou Feng slowly walked into the house and smiled at Aunt Zhou, "Mother, my eyes are completely healed."
Aunt Zhou paused upon hearing the footsteps, and asked in a slightly trembling voice, "Can you see everything clearly now?"
Zhou Feng smiled and nodded, "Yes, Mother, not only can I see everything clearly, but I can see it even more clearly and further than before."
Upon hearing this, Aunt Zhou was overjoyed. She strode forward and looked him up and down, exclaiming, "That's wonderful, Feng'er! After three years, your eyes are finally healed!"
Zhou Feng felt a lump in his throat as he listened, and lowered his head to say to Aunt Zhou, "Thank you so much for taking care of me all these years, Mother, and my eldest and third brothers. Otherwise, my eyes wouldn't have recovered so quickly."
Aunt Zhou patted his shoulder, laughing and crying at the same time, and said, "It's nothing, it's only right for family members to take care of each other."
Zhou Feng then turned his head to look at Du Wanchun, who was standing to the side. This was the first time he had seen his sister-in-law clearly. "And sister-in-law, thank you for not minding."
Du Wanchun smiled and said, "That's good."
After she finished speaking, she suddenly remembered something and quickly said, "Second brother, now that your eyes are better, there's a job I'd like you to do?"
"What kind of job?" Zhou Feng asked.
Du Wanchun said slowly, "Doesn't my family run that incense shop together with the Fang family? I'd like you to be the manager of that shop."
Zhou Feng paused for a moment, then fell into thought.
Du Wanchun continued, "Originally, I wanted my third brother to go, but second brother, you are more composed than my third brother, so I think you are more suitable."
After thinking for a moment, Zhou Feng nodded and said, "Alright, sister-in-law, it just so happens that I can read and use an abacus, so it's better for me to go than for my third brother to go."
"You know how to use an abacus?" This surprised Du Wanchun.
Zhou Zhao smiled and continued, "Sister-in-law, you may not know, but my second brother is not only good at using an abacus, but he is also skilled in both literature and martial arts, and his skills are no less than those of my eldest brother."
Zhou Zhao's unintentional remark revealed a big secret.
Zhou Feng and Zhou Ruiyuan both learned martial arts from a young age.
However, judging from Zhou Ruiyuan's last horseback ride, Du Wanchun had already guessed it, but she didn't expect that Zhou Feng, who had been silent all along, would do the same.
Zhou Zhao continued, "Second brother, if you weren't blind, this wouldn't have happened."
He sighed regretfully as he spoke.
Aunt Zhou quickly stopped them from continuing the conversation, and said with a smile, "It's fine to let Feng'er go. I heard that the Fang family also has businesses in the capital."
She meant to tell Zhou Feng that doing business with the Fang family would also provide opportunities to go to the capital.
Zhou Feng immediately understood and replied, "Yes, Mother."
Aunt Zhou then picked up two crucian carp and said with a smile, "Since it's such a joyous occasion today, let's cook two more fish!"
Du Wanchun helped take a fish and said happily, "Great! Mother!"
The family was busy here killing fish and making fish soup.
The two men who had wet their pants, Meng Laosan and Meng Laosi, slunk back to the Meng family home.
When Aunt Meng heard that her son had been bullied by the two boys from the Zhou family, she was furious. "Look at them, the Zhou family is getting more and more arrogant. They even dare to bully my son!"
Grandpa Meng took a sip of his wine, twitched his beard, and said, "Isn't that because your son likes to court death? I've told them so many times not to act like kings in the village."
Meng Lao Si felt extremely aggrieved. Pointing to the wound on his neck, he cried out, "Father, look at this! My neck was injured by that Zhou family's second son!"
Grandpa Meng looked down and was shocked to see the wound.
The wound wasn't actually deep, but it was bleeding and looked rather frightening at first glance.
Aunt Meng, seeing this, suddenly stood up and said fiercely, "Oh my, injured like this, let's go find the Zhou family!"
Grandpa Meng quickly stopped her, "What are you going to do by going to their house? You'll only end up arguing with them. What good will that do you? Don't go looking for trouble!"
Aunt Meng was somewhat unwilling, "Are we just going to abandon this?"
Grandpa Meng took a sip of his wine and slowly said, "I just heard the third brother mention something about fish?"
Meng Laosan quickly said, "Zhou Zhao caught a lot of fish in the pond next to their fields!"
Grandpa Meng clapped his hands and said, "That's right, it's this fish! Why should they get to eat such good fish!"
Aunt Meng immediately understood what he meant, "Grandpa, you mean..."
Grandpa Meng stood up and said, "Let's kill all the fish in their pond and see what they eat!"
Aunt Meng smiled and said, "That's right. She's a married widow. Why should she occupy our village's land? If we can't have that pond, they shouldn't have it either."
They hit it off immediately and brought their two sons to the Zhou family's pond.
Grandpa Meng and Aunt Meng were stunned when they saw the pool of stinking water in front of them.
They glared at Meng Laosan and Meng Laosi and said fiercely, "Didn't you say there were fish? Where are there fish in this stinking ditch?!"
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