Huang Mei was sitting on a stone pier in front of the yard chatting with someone. When she looked up, she saw her son and daughter-in-law coming back. She immediately stood up happily.
"Why are you back at this time?"
"After we finish our work, the factory has given us two days off. We will be back soon." Zhu Youliang first carried Tongtong down from the front bar and said.
"What are you buying? I've told you so many times, we don't need anything at home, you need to be frugal," Huang Mei said, looking at the bags hanging from the handlebars. "These are all things you need," Zhu Youliang explained.
The big dog lady next door said with envy, "Mei, don't even mention having grain. I don't even have it if I want it. If my son could be as successful as Youliang, I would wake up laughing in my dreams."
Liang Yuan said, "Grandma Chen, everyone in the village knows that my brother Da Gou is the most capable and filial. You are not fair to him by saying that."
Grandma Chen said happily: "Hey, your big dog brother is not bad, but he is not good at studying."
"I would rather eat less and use less than let them work so hard. Look at this one, his eyes are all black and blue. You can tell he didn't sleep well. Money is so easy to make." Huang Mei looked at her son with concern.
"Mom, it's okay. You'll be fine after a few days of rest." Zhu Youliang said as he pushed his bicycle into the yard.
Grandma Chen looked at the snakeskin bag tied to the back seat of the car and was wondering what was inside when she heard her son calling her to eat. She then slowly turned around and walked into her yard.
"Dad, what delicious food did you bring me?" Tongtong asked while eating.
Zhu Youliang replied, "There are your favorite fried dough twists, pot cakes, and instant noodles."
Tongtong was so happy when he heard that, "I know instant noodles. I heard Sister Xiaofang say it tastes really good."
"Is there any meat left?" Huang Mei laughed at him.
Tongtong nodded quickly: "It tastes much better than meat."
"Then I want to see what tastes better than meat."
Zhu Youliang took out a bag of instant noodles from his bag and said, "Here."
Tongtong opened the bag, pinched a piece of dough and stuffed it into his mouth, then pinched another piece and handed it to Huangmei.
Huang Mei took a bite and said, "Isn't this just fried noodles?"
Liang Yuan smiled and said, "It's just fried noodles."
Zhu Youliang smiled without saying anything, took out the meat he bought, and prepared to take it to the kitchen. Huang Mei snatched the meat from his hand and said, "No need for you, I'll do it."
"Mom, I'll help you light the fire." Liang Yuan followed her. Huang Mei waved her hand: "You don't need to, your dad will be home soon. Tongtong, go out and shout, why hasn't your grandfather come home yet? He must be chatting at someone's door again."
"Oh." Tongtong said and rushed out.
As they were packing up, Tongtong came running back from outside, saying loudly, "Grandma, Grandpa asked you to come over quickly. He said that my uncle is back with his girlfriend."
"What? What partner? Where is he?" Huang Mei ran out of the kitchen and asked.
"I just got home and am sitting at my uncle's house."
Zhu Youliang and Liang Yuan heard it, came out and asked Huang Mei to go back and check while they cooked.
"When did it happen? How could this kid bring someone back without even saying hello?" Huang Mei said as she walked out.
Tongtong was about to go back to the old house with her, but Liang Yuan stopped her, "Tongtong, don't you miss your mother?"
"think."
"Then can you stay at home and spend more time with your mother?"
"But I want to see what Fourth Aunt looks like?"
"You're just a kid, and you're already just watching the fun. Okay, go ahead. But if anyone asks you about your fourth uncle's girlfriend, just say you don't know, okay?"
"Oh. Mom, I'm leaving now."
"Go ahead, and remember to come back for dinner later. We've stewed meat at home."
"I understand." Tongtong said and jumped out.
Liang Yuan returned to the kitchen and said to Zhu Youliang, "Do you think we should transfer Tongtong to the factory primary school?"
"Let's wait until next year." As he was speaking, Dunzi suddenly ran in, pulling Tongtong with him. "Sixth Uncle, grandma asked you to bring the meat to my house. She said we'll have dinner there tonight."
"Okay. We'll go over when the meat is cooked." Zhu Youliang nodded.
As soon as Huang Mei entered the Zhu family's old house, she looked at Zhang Yanyan. She saw that the girl was fair-skinned, wearing a bright yellow blouse and a pair of small leather shoes. She looked like a girl from the city.
Zhang Yanyan stood up quickly when she saw her come in, "Hello, auntie."
Zhu Youjie also stood up and said, "Mom, this is my girlfriend, Zhang Yanyan."
"Okay, come and sit down. Youjie, have you used the moxa leaves? There are a lot of mosquitoes in the room, don't let them bite Yanyan." Huang Mei said as she sat opposite the two of them.
Old Zhu stood up and said, "Youjie, you sit with Lingling, I'll go." After that, he went out.
Zhang Yanyan had several bites on her legs, and when she heard about fumigating with moxa leaves, she thought it was something like mosquito coils. Only when Old Zhu came in with a pile of burning grass leaves did she realize her mistake.
Zhu Youjie was afraid that the smoke would make her feel uncomfortable, so he suggested, "Mom, let's go sit outside and come back in when the smoke is a little lighter."
Huang Mei nodded: "Okay, it's cooler outside."
As soon as he stood up, he slapped his head and said, "Look, how could I forget? Why don't you go to your sixth brother's house to get some mosquito coils? They're easier to use, the smoke isn't so strong, and the smell isn't so pungent."
"Okay." Zhu Youjie agreed immediately after hearing about the mosquito coils. He was worried about how he would get through the night without mosquito coils.
After he left, Huang Mei pulled Zhang Yanyan aside to chat so that she wouldn't feel uncomfortable.
Zhang Yanyan was a little nervous at first, but when she saw that Huang Mei was not difficult to deal with, she felt a lot more relieved. The reason why she suddenly followed Zhu Youjie to the Zhu family was because her mother saw Zhu Youjie sending her home. Her mother didn't say anything in front of Zhu Youjie, but she didn't look good either. After Zhu Youjie left, she started to talk about Zhu Youjie and said a lot of bad things about rural people. She felt that her mother was too much, and in a fit of anger, she packed up a few clothes and went out to catch up with Zhu Youjie. She followed him to the old Zhu family's house, wanting to see what the old Zhu family was like. Fortunately, after arriving here, except for the toilet, which she really couldn't accept, everything else was barely acceptable.
Zhu Youjie ran into his sixth brother halfway through his journey. Hearing that he wanted mosquito coils, Zhu Youliang gave him the vegetable bowl while he went home to get it.
Zhang Yanyan was talking to Huang Mei when she saw Zhu Youjie and Liang Yuan coming in. She knew they must be his sixth sister-in-law, so she stood up quickly and said, "Hello, sister-in-law."
"Okay, Yanyan, right? There aren't many vegetables at home, so you can just make do with what you have later. I'll ask Youjie to go to town to buy vegetables tomorrow, and then I'll let you try our farm dishes." Liang Yuan responded with a smile.
"Thank you, sister-in-law. This dish is very good." Zhang Yanyan said hurriedly.
"Sit down. Yuanyuan, put the dishes on the stove and come over to talk to Yanyan. You young people also have something to say. I'll go make Yanyan's bed." Huang Mei said and winked at Zhu Youjie.
Zhu Youjie nodded helplessly. After Liang Yuan talked to Zhang Yanyan, he went to Zhu Youxian's house. Zhang Yanyan was living in this house today.
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