Chapter 59 Emptying the Enemy's House and Marrying the Bully 15
Fan Dahu flipped over and pinned the man beneath him, his fierce eyes fixed on the person beneath him. "Why don't you go out? All I do is mess with you... can you handle it?"
Ning Yan playfully kicked him on the back, "You big pervert, keep bragging!"
"Hey, tonight I'll show you if I'm just bragging."
That's good. Now that they've behaved themselves, we won't be making any plans to go up the mountain tomorrow.
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The next day, her three sisters-in-law knocked on the door. Ning Yan changed into some old clothes, picked up the things she had prepared in advance, and left.
Fan Dahu was questioning his life. The little woman had begged for mercy that morning, so where did she get the strength to get up from the bed?
Little did he know, his wife possessed a magical spring water. A single cup of it would instantly dispel all her fatigue; without it, she would never have been able to get up, no matter what.
The four sisters-in-law didn't come down from the mountain until noon, just in time to run into the workers who were leaving work.
Xu Xuejuan immediately noticed Ning Yan's full basket.
"Ning Yan, what's all that stuff in your basket?"
Ning Yan kindly put down the basket and showed it to her one by one, "Look, this is a walnut, this is a wild chestnut, and some mushrooms, persimmons, and I also caught a pheasant."
"Ugh, this thing is so heavy, it's making my shoulders hurt."
Actually, her basket was the smallest among the four sisters-in-law, but it still contained seventy or eighty pounds of things. There were many things on the mountain, so she collected a lot and put them into her space. She only came down from the mountain when it was almost noon and she was about to finish work.
"Can you get so many good things by going up the mountain? I'll go this afternoon too, Ning Yan, can you take me with you?"
Ning Yan: "I can't take you, you should focus on your work. I'm leaving now."
Xu Xuejuan stomped her foot in anger, and as soon as she saw Ning Yan walk away, she immediately started talking badly about Ning Yan to the other two female educated youths, "Look how selfish she is, even though she's a good friend, she really won't let me get any advantage!"
Tian Dandan laughed and said, "Isn't this normal? If she takes you with her, she'll have less of her own. What's the difference between this and giving it to you for free? These days, everyone's struggling financially. Who wants to give things away for free?"
Zhou Xiaomian nodded quietly, agreeing. Anyone can pick things on the mountain, but it depends on their own abilities. Xu Xuejuan is openly asking for things, and it would be crazy for Ning Yan to agree!
The grain has all been distributed, and now the team is doing odd jobs. It's relatively easy to ask for leave. After all, if we don't gather the things on the mountain quickly, we won't be able to do it once it snows.
Xu Xuejuan didn't go to work in the afternoon. She carried a basket and kept an eye on Ning Yan from a distance. Ning Yan had expected this to happen, so she didn't care at all and went up the mountain as if she hadn't noticed her.
"Second sister-in-law, you guys pick them here first. I'll turn to the right and see if there's anything else I can pick."
"Then sister-in-law, don't go too far. Brother told you to cook less so you don't tire yourself out."
Ning Yan waved and left.
After walking around for a while, Ning Yan finally found a jujube tree. Using the tree as cover, she sprinkled a lot of spiritual spring water around it, then picked a handful of jujubes, put them in a basket, and headed back.
Xu Xuejuan, who had been following her, immediately ran over after she left and started picking the bright red dates from the tree.
The jujube tree must have been quite old; it's very large. You can't shake it by hand, so you have to use a pole to knock it down and then pick it up.
Just as Xu Xuejuan was bending over picking dates, several wild wolves suddenly rushed out from the mountain.
The wolves were initially attracted by the spiritual spring water, but when they saw that there were still people present, they immediately growled and pounced on Xu Xuejuan.
The three women who were busy picking wild walnuts saw Ning Yan return and hurriedly asked, "Sister-in-law, did you find anything good?"
Ning Yan shook her head, "I didn't see anything good, so I came back because I was afraid you'd worry."
“That’s right, hurry up and pick them, sister-in-law. After we finish picking these hickory nuts, let’s walk a little further in. I remember there are a few wild apple trees around here.”
In just one afternoon, they not only picked a lot of wild apples, but Ning Yan also found a field of wild sweet potatoes. There were signs that the ground had been dug up by animals. The sisters-in-law guessed that it was probably the work of wild boars, so they all got to work and quickly dug up the sweet potatoes in the field. They not only filled their baskets, but also filled more than half a bag.
They didn't stay on the mountain any longer and went straight down. They got home at 4:30.
Ning Yan had just entered the yard when Fan Dahu rode back on his bicycle. Looking at the extra things in the yard, he couldn't help but say, "You're really something, bringing back so much stuff in just one day! Let me see if your shoulders are swollen."
I thought she was just going up the mountain to join in the fun, but who knew she was serious!
That basket must have weighed dozens of kilograms, but it was nothing to him. It was really hard on his wife, with her small frame, to carry it back.
Ning Yan was about to tidy up the sweet potatoes when the man dragged her into the house.
As soon as the door closed, Fan Dahu quickly ripped off her top, leaving her only in a bra, exposing a large expanse of white skin. The man felt his blood boil.
But the next second he lost that romantic thought. "Look, this whole area is red."
He washed his hands, took out the ointment from his pocket, and applied it to Ning Yan little by little.
"Can't you go tomorrow?"
Ning Yan winced in pain, hoping things would go as she expected that afternoon. She didn't want to go up the mountain again. "Go ahead, there are really good things up there. Take whatever you can."
"Do I need what you've done?"
Ning Yan thought to herself: She has more than enough, okay?
It's a pity. Knowing that he would have to wait more than two years to take leave to go home and visit his family, Xu Yong could have enjoyed another two years of carefree life.
But things in this world are sometimes really hard to predict.
The Fan family had just finished dinner and were chatting in the yard when the fourth son's wife asked, "Third Uncle said that the grain will be distributed the day after tomorrow. Does our family really have to eat separately?"
Li Xiuhua laughed and said, "What, you're not willing anymore?"
Actually, she had no objection, but it was fine for a short time. In the long run, people in the team would definitely gossip. Of course, her family wasn't afraid of what others said, but there was no need for it.
While other families lack vegetables and land, his family split up and got a plot of land for their homestead. I heard that a couple of days ago, Aunt Pang was also going to get land for her sons to divide up their property, but she was scolded and kicked out by the brigade leader.
In her family, only the eldest son is married. I've never heard of any family separating their unmarried sons and then applying for land.
Of course, some families successfully separated, but obtaining approval for the land foundation was not so easy. It wasn't that the brigade leader wouldn't approve it, but the procedures required a stamp from higher authorities, and if the higher authorities didn't approve it, there was nothing he could do.
Therefore, so far, only three households in the entire brigade have successfully obtained approval for their land foundations.
"I just feel that it's fun when the whole family is together."
Li Xiuhua: "No way! You're making a scene, but it's giving me a headache. There are only fifteen people in our family now. The third son's wife is due to give birth next April or May, and your two families might get pregnant too. We won't be able to fit everyone at the two tables then, and I'm not going to squeeze in with you."
She figured that the eldest son's wife should be pregnant by now. After all, cough cough, those two make quite a racket every night, it's only a matter of time before she gets pregnant.
(End of this chapter)
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