Chapter 108 Chronicles (6)
Chu Yun couldn't go to the fields, so Chu Daqiang didn't let him follow him and just let him peel corn at home.
Chu Yang still followed Chu Daqiang to work in the fields. Chu Yun was also very tired at home. He and Wang Guifang were peeling corns one by one in the pile of corn at the door. They peeled off the husks of the corn, dried them and used them for burning, leaving the yellow corn aside.
Chu Yun is really bad at work, not even as fast as Wang Guifang, because every time he peels corn, it is like opening a blind box, with a one in five chance of getting a big gift pack of insects. Chu Yun was so scared that he had to take a while to recover.
Wang Guifang also asked to pick out the caterpillars and feed them to the chickens so that they could get more nutrition and lay more eggs.
A wine bottle was filled with a collection of wriggling caterpillars.
Chu Yun was so claustrophobic that he almost had a trypophobia attack. He had goose bumps all over his body and dared not look at it.
Wang Guifang peeled the corn and looked for tenderer ones, planning to cook them for her two children. City people said that corn is a coarse grain and is healthy to eat.
"Mother……"
When Wang Guifang heard Chu Yun calling her, she knew she had to go to the bathroom again:
"Hurry up, kid, do you have a stomachache? Why do you keep going to the bathroom?"
Chu Yun didn't have a stomachache, but he felt nauseous when he saw the bugs. He had to drink some mung bean soup to suppress it. He drank too much mung bean soup and had to go to the toilet frequently.
The toilet was a dry toilet. Chu Yun ran in holding his breath and immediately came out gasping for air.
"mom……"
"What happened again?"
Wang Guifang kept working without looking up.
"My hand hurts, look..."
Chu Yun's hands were red and rubbed. The blisters from yesterday hadn't gone away, and today there were blood marks.
Wang Guifang immediately asked him to stop. Looking at Chu Yun's hands, Wang Guifang was surprised. Are her son's hands so tender?
After all, he was her biological son. She had a sharp tongue but a soft heart. She muttered something about Young Master Chu Yun's fate, went into the house to find a white pill, crushed it with a rolling pin, and applied it on Chu Yun's hand.
This is the leftover medicine from the last time she had a sore throat. It's for inflammation. Anyway, it's inflammation, so it can be used on the hands as well.
After doing all this, Wang Guifang continued to work. Chu Yun was a little hungry. He had no appetite in the morning and just ate an egg. It was almost noon and Wang Guifang had no intention of cooking.
He wants to eat snacks and something sweet.
There were no snacks at home, but their family was not poor. Wang Guifang was so frugal in order to save money for them to build a house and get married.
Although Chu Yang was not her biological mother, she had sincerely called her mother. It was only after Chu Yun got upset and made a fuss that she changed her name to Aunt Fang.
Wang Guifang treated Chuyang as her own son, and provided him with food, clothing and other necessities no worse than Chuyun.
The eldest child is old enough now, and the second child is also old enough to stop going to school and start looking for a wife.
Chu Yun searched everywhere but couldn't find anything edible, so he went to the cupboard and broke off a piece of bread to satisfy his craving, but it tasted terrible and dry.
Even eating steamed buns is a luxury.
The original owner had no private money at all, and Wang Guifang refused to give him a penny for fear that he would learn bad things. He once stole Chu Yang's money, and they even had a fight over it.
Chu Yun walked into the yard again. Wang Guifang planted tomatoes. They were green with a hint of red. They didn't look very good, but they were sandy and sweet when you bite them. They were pure green vegetables without any pesticides.
Chu Yun ate two in a row.
Wang Guifang saw it and said: "Just eat something to fill your stomach, are you going to eat later?"
"oh"
Wang Guifang wiped the sweat from her forehead, and Chu Yun came over with a large palm-leaf fan to fan her.
"Mom, is it cool?"
It's not cool, it's hot. The wind from the fan blows my hair and makes it stick to my forehead, making it itchy.
"Yeah, it's pretty cool."
Chu Yun became even more energetic, using his only ability to fan the air.
Just a moment later, Chu Daqiang came back driving a donkey cart.
"Dad! Brother!"
Chu Yang's forehead was covered in sweat, and Chu Yun hurried over to fan him. Chu Daqiang's back was also soaked with sweat. Summer was really unbearable.
"I'm going to take a shower first. It's so hot."
Chu Daqiang entered the simple bathroom first.
Chu Yang felt the hot wind and looked at Chu Yun who was fanning the field diligently beside him. He worked faster in the field today. There was no lazy bum, and his attention was focused only on the corn.
He pushed Chu Yun's fan away: "Okay, I'll go change my clothes."
He had just finished work and was dirty and smelly, and the wind would blow the stench onto Chu Yun.
He entered the house.
Chu Yun continued to fan Wang Guifang beside the stove. Wang Guifang began to cook, stewing again.
"Mom, add more oil, it tastes better."
"What will we eat tomorrow if we run out of food today? That's it."
There was only a little oil in the pot, so it definitely wouldn't taste good.
"Okay, light the fire, it will be cooked in a moment."
At this time, Chu Yang came out of the house after wiping himself and changing into clean clothes.
The dirty clothes were soaking in a big basin. He was rubbing his own clothes. Chu Yun saw that there were some clothes in the basin that he had taken off yesterday and had not had time to wash, so Chu Yang washed them as well.
After washing, Chu Yang took out Chu Yun's dirty quilt and pillow from the main room and also washed them.
"Brother... I'll wash it myself, it's so dirty..."
Chu Yang continued to work on the washboard, rubbing Chu Yun's thin quilt.
"It's okay, it's just a matter of convenience."
Wang Guifang is calling Chu Yunyun to bring dinner.
Chu Yun had no choice but to give up and go to help Wang Guifang, and next time she would wash her own clothes, she would also help him wash them.
After dinner, the village radio started playing movies. This is one of the few ways to entertain and relax in the countryside, and it only happens once a month.
Wang Guifang finished her meal early and took a pile of stools to reserve a place, and Chu Daqiang followed closely behind.
The movie being shown was Tunnel Warfare, which they loved very much. While eating, they kept complaining about how there were too many people and it was too noisy last time, so they couldn't hear the plot clearly at all.
Chu Yun didn't like old black-and-white movies, and there were a lot of mosquitoes in open air places. He attracted mosquitoes and his body was covered with mosquito bites after watching the movie.
Chu Yang wasn't interested either, he preferred to do his homework and read quietly.
But Wang Guifang had already ordered them to go and reserved space for them.
Chu Yun finished the last mouthful of mung bean soup and sat on the bench waiting for Chu Yang.
It was getting dark now, and Chu Yun couldn't see Chu Yang's face clearly.
"Brother, are you full?"
"Um."
"Let's go. It's a little dark on the road. I wonder if Mom has a flashlight..."
Chu Yun and Chu Yang went out side by side. Chu Yang was almost a head taller than Chu Yun. On the way, they saw many people bringing benches to watch a movie. At that time, no one in the village had installed a TV.
Chu Yun walked carefully, as if he was passing a checkpoint, avoiding the cow dung and sheep feces on the ground.
"Brother! Be careful, there's someone in front of you..."
Before Chu Yang could finish his words, he stepped on two balls of sheep dung.
Chu Yang's expression broke. He couldn't stand it anymore and turned around to go home.
"Brother, our parents are still waiting for us, just find a place to stay."
Chu Yang frowned and rubbed his shoes against the ground, until sparks were about to appear on the soles of his shoes.
"...Okay, brother, let's go."
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Chu Yang was sitting in the front row. He was in a low mood throughout the entire movie, which was out of tune with the cheers around him.
Wang Guifang thought Chu Yun was bullying his brother again and reached out to twist Chu Yun's ear, but he became smart, held Chu Yang's shoulders and hid behind Chu Yang.
"I didn't bully my brother!"
As soon as the crisp sound came out, Chu Yun felt the muscles under his hands tremble and then tense.
"Chu Yang! Do you think Chu Yun has bullied you? I'll take care of it for you!"
Chu Yang held the soft little hand on his shoulder, squeezed it gently, pulled it down and immediately let go. His voice was obscure:
"He...won't bully me."
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