"If the old house doesn't have it, don't force it. Go to the captain's house and ask. We can borrow it."
"I don't worry about having too much debt. I owed the captain's family such a big favor yesterday, so I'm not afraid of owing more."
Captain Zhao Qianjin is a very responsible captain and also a kind elder.
If it weren't for him, Ye Zhoushan's erratic behavior would have caused trouble long ago.
After I got married, the house was poor and I didn’t have the stable life I have today.
Ye Zhoushan agreed, his face expressionless, and it was impossible to tell what he was thinking.
Xiao Fuman had a small appetite and was full after just a few minutes of eating. He smacked his lips and fell asleep in his mother's arms.
Lan Qingshuang was anxious, thinking that if he ate so little, how could he grow well?
Ye Zhoushan was also anxious, so he could only try his best to prepare good food for his wife, hoping that if she had enough milk, his daughter would also be better.
I used the temporary earthen stove outside to make breakfast for Lan Qingshuang.
These are the eggs that Aunt Deng asked her eldest daughter-in-law to bring yesterday.
I packed up simply and prepared to go out.
Aunt Deng happened to come with a few other women, each carrying something in their hands.
"Young man from the Ye family, are you going out?"
Ye Zhoushan hurriedly said, "I was just about to trouble Grandma Deng and you guys, and you guys just happened to be here."
Aunt Deng rolled her eyes at him and said, "What's the trouble? Just take the food and put it away and cook it for your wife."
Ye Zhoushan choked up in his throat but did not refuse.
The eggs, brown sugar, white flour, and other miscellaneous things that the few people took were all what they needed and urgently needed now, and they were also good things that they were reluctant to eat.
Everyone knows that his family suffered a disaster yesterday and that he had a baby who he didn't know if he could raise, so I thought I'd do whatever I could to help.
It’s not much, just a token of my appreciation.
Although the people in the village do not interact with the Ye family, Ye Zhoushan seems to be an outsider in the Ye family.
He has never felt that he is a member of the Ye family.
The Ye family did not have a good reputation in the past. They raised the rent for their tenant farmers every year and treated the family's long-term workers harshly.
They also often encroach on the land of surrounding farmers.
When they were beaten, the surrounding people did not hold back at all.
The Ye family hates the people around them, and the people around them look down on the Ye family, and they don't interact with each other.
Even the younger generations who were born later were taught not to have any contact with each other.
Only Ye Zhoushan didn't care about the villagers' cold eyes, nor did he care about the Ye family's exclusion because of his interactions with the villagers. He continued to do his own thing.
After a long time, the villagers no longer treated him as an outsider and they got along well with each other.
"Thank you, thank you Auntie Deng, thank you all the aunties and aunties, I will always remember your kindness."
The ladies are all from the countryside and are used to being rough. They are shy about expressing their feelings and what they can't stand the most is such sentimental scenes.
"Alright, alright, you are such a fool. Just forget about it. Your wife and children are more important. Don't do anything stupid again."
Ye Zhoushan wiped his eyes and grinned: "I know."
Auntie Deng really couldn't bear to see him being so stupid: "Your team leader uncle asked you to go over there. We need to find out the origins of those people yesterday. You have to decide how to deal with them."
"We'll be watching over here at home, so you can go without worry."
Speaking of the Zhou family, Ye Zhoushan's eyes turned cold: "Okay, thank you for your hard work, I will be back soon."
"Go, go," Aunt Deng waved her hand impatiently.
After Ye Zhoushan left, several people entered the house.
Lan Qingshuang hadn't slept yet. She saw a few people greeting her with smiles. They were the aunties who helped with the baby's delivery yesterday. Lan Qingshuang was very grateful.
"Grandma Deng, ladies and gentlemen, please take a seat. Thank you so much for yesterday."
"Thank you for nothing. How's the child? Has he eaten?"
Lan Qingshuang lifted a corner of the quilt to show them: "The child is fine. He didn't make a fuss all night. He just woke up, had his milk, and is now asleep again."
A few people looked at the naked baby and felt very distressed.
But it does look a lot better than yesterday, maybe it can really be fed.
"Is there enough milk?"
"It's enough for now. The child doesn't eat much."
"That's good," Auntie Deng opened the small bundle she was carrying and said, "This is the blanket used by the children at home. I saw that you didn't have anything, so I brought it here. You can use it as it is."
The others also took a small piece of clothing or a few diapers.
"They are all old things. Don't despise them. It's not a good thing for a child to be naked like this all the time."
Lan Qingshuang's nose was sour: "Don't mind, thank you all, my child's father and I were just wondering where to get these for the child, thank you so much."
Aunt Deng was impatient: "Stop thanking me. I've heard you two thanking me so much these past two days that my ears are getting calluses. Hurry up and change the clothes for the child so you can have some relief."
Lan Qingshuang smiled helplessly and swallowed the word "thank you". With the help of the aunts and sisters, she dressed little Fuman and wrapped him in a blanket.
She could also free her hands and move her body; sitting stiffly was indeed uncomfortable.
The aunties and sisters chatted for a while and were not idle either.
Help clean up the kitchen which is like a ruin, as we will have to rebuild it later.
The bowl and the jar were smashed, but fortunately the valuable big iron pot was fine.
Ye Zhoushan had spent a lot of effort to buy this pot from outside.
Many families don’t have such a big iron pot, which is worth a lot of money.
Apart from these, there was nothing else in the kitchen.
The limited food was stored in the cellar, and Lan Qingshuang was used to keeping the limited oil and salt in the room to prevent them from being harmed by wild cats.
His house is in a remote area, close to the mountains, and animals often come down, so he has to be on guard.
Lan Qingshuang listened to the busy voices of several people and felt a sense of heaviness and bitterness in her heart.
Brigade Village Committee.
Ye Zhoushan was pulled aside by Zhao Qianjin for questioning.
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