"I'll go into the mountains more often and hunt for money. After I help your family, I'll start making adobe bricks. I can just chop the beams on the mountain. I estimate that we'll be able to live here in less than a month.
How about I build you a big wardrobe after the house is built?"
The women in the team all like big wardrobes, and she will definitely like it too.
Ye Qing smiled and nodded, "Okay, but this is too hard for you. Just take your time. Don't be anxious. Do a little bit every day and you will eventually build the house."
Xiang Changlin boldly held her hand and said anxiously, "But I want to marry you home as soon as possible."
Ye Qing raised the corners of her mouth slightly, and leaned gently into his arms, "Then you have to take care of your health. I don't want to tire you out before we get married."
Xiang Changlin put his arm around her and smiled, "Don't worry, I'm in good health!"
The two chatted in whispers for a while. There were more and more mosquitoes around them. Xiang Changlin couldn't beat them all, so he let her go back first.
Ye Qing looked at him reluctantly, thought for a while, raised her head and kissed him on the mouth before turning around and going home.
Xiang Changlin touched his mouth and smiled like a flower, no one knew what he was thinking.
Early the next morning, Ye Qing and her sisters got up and busied themselves with making some cornmeal pancakes, planning to take them to the hospital to eat.
Until they were about to go to the hospital, Ye Qing didn't wait for Gu Wenqing to come back to pay the money. She curled her lips in disdain and took her three sisters to the hospital. There were many things to do at home now, and she couldn't spare the time to deal with him. When the family was settled, he would be in trouble!
"Dad, I made some pancakes for you to eat before you go back."
"Okay. After you finish eating, go to the cafeteria and buy your mother a bowl of porridge. I'll go back to repair the house."
"Um."
Wang Juan's parents' home was in the Wangjiawan production team next door. As soon as Ye Erzhu came out of the hospital, he went straight to Wangjiawan to report the good news to his wife's parents.
"His uncle is here!"
Wang Juan's sister-in-law Jiang Dafeng stopped what she was doing and greeted him when she saw him coming.
Ye Erzhu nodded at her, "Sister-in-law."
"Come into the house."
"Mom, my family and his uncle are here!"
Wang Juan's mother, Li Baohua, was sitting on the kang mending patches. When she heard her shout, she stopped what she was doing and looked towards the door.
"How come you have time to come here? How's Juan? Is she going to give birth soon?"
Ye Erzhu smiled and said, "Mom, Juan has given birth. She gave birth the day before yesterday morning. I came to tell you the good news. She gave birth to a big fat boy!"
"A baby boy? Oh, that's great news. You two have finally waited so long!"
My daughter has been married for almost twenty years, but has never given birth to a son for her husband's family. She feels very sorry for her son-in-law. Now that she hears that he has given birth to a boy, the heavy stone that has been weighing on her heart for so many years has finally fallen to the ground.
"Then I'll go back with you to see her and the child. Big brother's wife, please bring all the eggs and brown sugar that we have saved to give to Juan to nourish her body."
"Okay, I'll go right away."
Although Jiang Dafeng was reluctant, she did not dare to disobey her mother-in-law's words and could only nod and agree.
"Sister-in-law, don't bother me, we have them at home."
Eggs and brown sugar are both precious things. He usually doesn't have anything to give to the elderly, so he was embarrassed to ask for them.
"There's definitely not enough food at home. Take it. Juan's health is important. Give her some good nourishment."
"She gave birth the day before yesterday. Why are you telling us now?"
"Mom, Juan had a difficult labor and had to undergo surgery in the hospital. She had to be hospitalized. I have been busy taking care of her in the hospital these two days."
"What? Juan had a difficult birth? How is she now?"
When Li Baohua heard that her daughter had a difficult labor, she was horrified and extremely worried.
"I'm fine now, but I have to stay in the hospital for a week."
"Oh, why is it a difficult birth? Weren't the first four babies born easily?"
Li Baohua sighed deeply and said, "I have to go to the hospital to see them. Otherwise, I will feel uneasy."
Just at this moment, Jiang Dafeng came in carrying ten eggs and a pound of brown sugar. She looked at Jiang Dafeng and said,
"Eldest son's wife, go call the second son's wife, and let's go to the hospital to see your sister."
"Go to the hospital? What happened to my elder sister?"
"Caesarean section, what? Anyway, it was a difficult birth. I had surgery and now I'm lying in the hospital."
"Oh, why did you use a knife? I'll go call his second aunt now."
Jiang Dafeng put down her things and ran out. Their family had split up a few years ago. The second branch built a house not far away and they did not live in the same courtyard.
"Mom, I won't be going to the hospital with you guys later. My house needs to be repaired and I have to go and take care of it."
"Repair the house? Wasn't your house still in good condition a few days ago? What happened?"
"It's not that house. It's the new one I bought."
Ye Erzhu told her again about yesterday's division of the family and the purchase of the house. Li Baohua thought that the division was a good one. She knew Zhou Shuimei well. Her daughter had been bullied by her over the years, so it would be good to stay away from her.
"Okay, after the family is divided, you will be the mainstay of the family. Juan has given you a son at such an old age, which is considered to be a great favor to you. You must love them well."
She is very satisfied with this son-in-law. He is capable and caring.
Ye Erzhu nodded, "Don't worry, mother. I will work hard in the future and won't make them suffer."
Li Baohua nodded with satisfaction.
After Jiang Dafeng brought Qian Sanying over, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law went to the hospital to visit Wang Juan and her son.
As soon as Ye Erzhu returned to the brigade, he went straight to Han Tiansheng and told him about repairing the house today. Now was the slack season for farming, so Han Tiansheng agreed and then found the team leader of their team and told him about it, and then found several strong laborers from the team to help him repair the house.
In this day and age, you don't have to worry about food or anything when you help out, it's all free, because everyone will help when someone's house is being repaired or built. Ye Erzhu also helps other families a lot, so when everyone hears that their family is going to repair their house, as long as they have nothing to do at home, they will volunteer to come and help.
If there was any new news in the village, it would spread throughout the entire brigade in less than half a day, so the Ye family soon knew about their purchase of a house.
"Mom, my second son is really rich. He bought it for 20 yuan!"
Even though the family had split up, Sun Erni still disliked the second branch and bore a grudge against Ye Qing. Whenever she got the chance, she would try to offend Zhou Shuimei.
Zhou Shuimei was also very angry about Ye Erzhu's squandering behavior. He had a nice house at home but didn't want to live in it and insisted on buying one outside. It was obvious that he wanted to stay away from her and didn't want to care about her as his mother!
The more Zhou Shuimei thought about it, the angrier she became. She got off the bed, put on her shoes, and went to look for Ye Erzhu.
"Mom, what are you doing?"
"Go find the second one!"
"I'm going too!"
When Sun Erni heard this, she hurriedly followed. She would never miss such an event.
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