After Zhou finished following Chen Kai's instructions, she prepared to attend to other matters.
Just then, Daya ran over with a bamboo basket on her back and said, "Uncle, we're going to dig for wild vegetables, do you want to come?"
Zhou said, "My good son, go play! Daya, keep an eye on your uncle, and you two be careful!"
Daya said, "Mom, I will take good care of Uncle." As she spoke, Daya carried Chen Kai out.
After leaving the courtyard, Chen Kai saw Er Ya, Chen Nong, and several children from the village.
A boy said with a smile, "Uncle Chen, we'd like to go with you to the mountains to dig for wild vegetables, is that alright?"
Chen Kai nodded and said, "No problem, you can come along if you want!"
Once they reached the mountain, Daya and the others found a patch of wild vegetables and put Chen Kai aside, saying, "Uncle, you can play here! Call us if you need anything."
Chen Kai said with a smile, "Okay!"
After a while, Daya and the others dug up a lot of wild vegetables, filling their bamboo baskets to the brim.
Daya ran towards Chen Kai and shouted, "Uncle, our bamboo baskets are all full, let's go home!"
Chen Kai stood up, stretched, and said, "Alright! I'm a little sleepy too. Da Ya, what wild vegetables did you guys dig up?"
Daya replied happily, "We were lucky today. We dug up a lot of delicious wild vegetables, including dandelion, dandelion, bracken, and lamb's quarters."
Chen Kai asked, "Da Ya, besides eating, do you have any other uses for dandelions?"
Daya picked Chen Kai up and said, "When we have a sore throat, we usually boil dandelion in water and drink it."
Chen Kai nodded and said nothing more. Dandelion is a traditional Chinese medicine, a perennial herb of the Asteraceae family. It contains vitamins, carbohydrates, trace elements, and other components. It tastes bitter and sweet, and is cold in nature. After being used medicinally, it enters the liver and stomach meridians. It has the effects of clearing heat and detoxifying, clearing the liver and improving eyesight, removing dampness and promoting diuresis, anti-inflammatory and antibacterial, and beautifying the skin.
Dandelion leaves are highly nutritious and can eliminate bacteria such as Staphylococcus aureus and Salmonella typhi in the body. They can also be crushed and juiced and applied to the affected area to help reduce bacterial growth and have a certain anti-inflammatory effect.
Seeing that her uncle was alright, Da Ya hugged Chen Kai and joined the others before going home.
As they turned onto the road home, Chen Kai saw the oxcart parked outside their yard from afar and muttered to himself, "Who's come to our house?"
Da Ya heard Chen Kai's whisper and replied, "Uncle, it must be Auntie who's back!"
Er Ya also said, "Yes, Auntie comes back often. Didn't our family send Auntie's family a cow and an oxcart a while ago? It looks just like this oxcart to me."
Before long, Chen Kai and the others arrived home. When Chen Lao Er saw them return, he happily said, "Little brother, third sister is back."
After Chen Kai put down the small basket he was carrying, his sister came out. Chen Xiaohua walked to Chen Kai's side, picked him up in one go, and said, "Little brother, I bought meat for you. We'll have meat for lunch."
Chen Xiaohua said to Da Ya and the others, "Da Ya, I also bought you some candy. It's in the hall. Go and take some!" As she spoke, Chen Xiaohua took out a handful of candy from her pocket and put it in Chen Kai's hand.
Daya said happily, "Thank you, Auntie! You're the best! Let's go get some candy."
At this moment, Sanya came out of the hall with a candy in her mouth and said indistinctly, "My aunt also gave us more than a dozen eggs, so we will have eggs for lunch."
Chen Lao Er also said, "Third Sister also brought five chicks, so we have more chicks now!"
Chen Kai smiled and said, "Sis, you've finished all the work at your house!"
Those eggs and chicks must have been secretly hidden by his sister. Her mother-in-law was probably going to take them to town to sell, but they ended up in the Chen family's pockets again. It's true what they say, you can guard against thieves within your own family, but it's hard to guard against them! The Wu family is really having a tough time!
Chen Xiaohua said happily, "That's right! My mother-in-law's family doesn't have much land either, and they finished their work a few days ago."
"Thanks to the ox and new sled that our family sent, it's so much easier to work with the ox and the new sled. My second brother even made a new oxcart. We drove the oxcart over today, and it's so safe to ride in it!"
Chen Kai asked with a smile, "Auntie, did your parents-in-law and nephews come?"
Chen Xiaohua said happily, "That's right! My parents-in-law are helping to make cold drinks in the backyard. Now that we have a business, I brought them here to earn some money. My parents-in-law were initially reluctant to come, but I insisted on bringing them. This is my home too, so of course we should save good things for our own family."
As she walked along, Daya, munching on candy, said, "That's right, that's right! It doesn't matter who does it! It's better to let my aunt's in-laws earn this money than outsiders!"
Chen Xiaohua continued, "Little brother, your nephews are all in the kitchen. With so much delicious food at home, they're eating cold noodles and drinking cold drinks in the kitchen!"
Chen Kai asked, "Sis, have you eaten? It was delicious, wasn't it!"
Chen Xiaohua put Chen Kai down and said, "I've already eaten, it was delicious! Little brother, do you want to go play with your nephew?"
Chen Kai shook his head and said with a smile, "No need, sis."
Chen Kai then asked, "Sister, is your husband still working at the tavern in town? Why don't you come and help us with the work? The pay might be higher than what he's making now!"
"Don't let the good stuff go to outsiders," he thought. "Their cold drink business is sure to boom, with demand exceeding supply. They need a lot of manpower!" Besides, if his nephews all stayed with them, he would prefer someone to look after them. With so many children at such a lively and active age, he couldn't keep an eye on them all, and he also wanted to prevent his nephews from being led astray by his sister.
Chen Xiaohua said, "When your brother-in-law came home last time, I already discussed it with him and asked him to come work for our family. He said he would talk to his boss about it, but there has been no news yet."
Standing to the side, Xiao Tian said, "Auntie, why don't you go to the restaurant where Uncle works tomorrow and tell him to quit that job and bring him back!"
Daya also said, "Yes, Aunt, we have plenty of work to do at home, and the wages are more than over there."
Chen Kai nodded and said, "That's right! Sis, let your husband come and help us with the chores!"
Chen Xiaohua thought for a moment and said, "Okay, I'll go over tomorrow and have your brother-in-law quit his job. It would be best if we could also get this month's wages."
As they were talking, Chen Lao Er's wife returned in the oxcart.
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