Several large pigs were being led beside the donkey cart, and there were five or six piglets on the cart.
Hearing the noise, the people in the courtyard opened the gate and came out to greet them.
The moonlight in the sky was cold and clear, casting a pale glow on the ground, which was barely visible.
"Honey, how's the house tidying up?" Mrs. Hu asked as she stepped out.
They have been staying at their daughter's house for so long, and their son-in-law has treated them very well. However, he has been providing good food and drink for the bride's family. I'm afraid Qing'er's mother-in-law will have some objections if she finds out.
Before, when the floodwaters hadn't receded, there was still an excuse. Now that the floodwaters have receded, they can tidy up the house, help Qing'er plant the he shou wu cuttings on the back hill, and then they should go back.
"We were originally thinking of packing up and moving back home, but who would have thought..." Butcher Hu sighed.
The look in his eyes as he looked at his wife made it clear that he would be staying with Qing'er for a while longer.
Hu's mother looked at her son.
Hu Wenhua described the situation inside the house: "The roof above the kitchen collapsed, probably caused by the heavy rain."
The house was covered in a thick layer of mud, and there was a foul smell of feces. I asked Aunt Wang next door, and she said that the flood brought in the feces from the septic tank, which reached waist-high. It took her several days to clean her house.
"And even if we clean it thoroughly, it won't help," said Aunt Wang. "Niutou Town has been quite unsettled lately. The disaster victims first begged, and when they couldn't get food, they resorted to stealing. Our door lock is broken; it was probably pried open by those disaster victims, especially in the last two days, there's been a trend of robbery."
Aunt Wang said she didn't know which relative her family should stay with.
This isn't a short stay; they don't know how long they'll be staying. Which relative would take in their whole family for an extended period?
Grandma Wang and her family were very worried, and they were extremely envious of those who had a place to live.
After hearing this, Hu's mother felt a chill run down her spine.
"Father, Mother, do you want to go back because you're not comfortable living here?" Fan Jin thought his father-in-law and brother-in-law were just going back to bring things over, but he didn't expect them to want to move back to their hometown.
Mother Hu quickly shook her head and laughed, "It's not that I'm not comfortable, it's that I'm too comfortable! I've been eating, drinking and living well every day without taking any money. I've been eating your food for so long for free, how could I possibly accept that after the flood recedes?"
Fan Jin was relieved to hear that he was not dissatisfied, and gently advised, "Our parents help us with chores every day, how can you say that they are just eating and drinking for free?"
If we calculate it from an outsider's perspective, we should also pay the parents for their labor.
Upon hearing that her son-in-law wanted to pay her for his help, Mrs. Hu immediately stopped talking about eating and drinking for free, saying, "No, no, we're family, why should we pay anyone for our help!"
Hu Wenhua chuckled to himself.
He said his parents were just being unreasonable. What did it matter if his sister stayed at her house? As long as his sister and brother-in-law didn't mind, that was all that mattered.
Besides, my sister and brother-in-law's family is short of people to do the work. The three of them are idle anyway, so they can help out here. It's a win-win situation for both sides, isn't it?
Fan Jin's gaze fell on the pig.
Hu Wenhua explained: "Dad was thinking of you trading pork for mushrooms, and he was worried that there wouldn't be enough pork to eat later, so he went to a family he knew to buy piglets."
Unexpectedly, that family was hit by floods. Although it wasn't serious, they couldn't raise that many pigs. They not only had to sell piglets, but also three sows and one boar.
We figured our brother-in-law's pigsty was big enough to house them, so we brought them back with us.
It was because of buying these pigs, and the slow pace of walking with them, that I arrived home at this hour.
"You've thought of everything very thoroughly," Fan Jin said approvingly.
Having gained his son-in-law's approval, Butcher Hu grinned and said casually, "You guys go in and eat first, I'll put the pigs in the pigpen and be right there!"
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