Chapter 165 The filial child burns a small stove
Lin Guoqing & Chen Chunhua: ...
They were wrong. Why did they always think of the old lady as a normal person? She would rather live here for the rest of her life and never mentioned going back. How could she miss that place when she was old enough to have children and grandchildren?
Lin Guoqing still had a piece of steamed bun left in his hand, and he raised it to his mother embarrassedly to express his apology.
Liang Shengdi slapped him away and said, "Get lost!"
Then the third child took it away with his mouth and was rubbed by Lin Guoqing.
As the eldest sister, Lin Shuying sat there summarizing the experiences and lessons of her predecessors, looking at her younger brothers and sisters,
"So we must be united and friendly, brothers and sisters working together, so that our family can be harmonious, and a harmonious family can bring prosperity to everything. We must also respect the elderly and love the young, and be filial to our parents, so that our children will learn from us in the future."
Just now, Chen Chunhua herself said that she was not a filial daughter, but she did not feel guilty. However, her grandmother said that her mother was filial enough. If it were Mrs. Liang herself, she would be making paper dolls every day.
Seeing the big picture from the small details, Lin Shuying felt that her siblings' lives were really very good, but they were not filial enough.
She clenched her fists, stood up, and looked at her parents. "Mom and Dad, I'm going to study! When I get into university and get a good job, I will definitely take you to the city to live a good life!"
Chen Chunhua and Lin Guoqing were both stunned. They didn't react for a moment. How did this matter relate to studying again? But this didn't stop them from pretending to understand.
"Okay, Mom and Dad believe you, but isn't it a little too late today?" Chen Chunhua looked at the alarm clock on the cabinet in the main room. It was almost half past nine. Why not go to bed?
Lin Shuying shook her head. "In ancient times, Zu Ti rose to dance upon hearing the cock-crow, and Kuang Heng chiseled a hole in the wall to steal light. We have such good conditions now, we even have electric lights. Shouldn't we cherish them? I'm going to read a book!"
After saying that, she turned around resolutely and went into the room she and Liang Shengdi were in, leaving her younger brothers and sisters who still wanted to listen to stories in the main room.
Lin Shugan suddenly felt ashamed of his lack of ambition, but he had been reading all day, so... He glanced at the table, stood up and stacked the plates on it.
"I'm going to wash the dishes. Mom and Dad, you've been tired all day. Just wash up and go to bed. If you have any work to do, tell me and I'll do it."
There are so many things that filial piety can do, not just studying hard. Sharing more of the housework should also count... I guess.
The third and youngest children's brains were a bit out of sorts. They didn't feel like reading, and they couldn't find anything to do. Lin Shumei looked at her hands clinging to Liang Shengdi, her little brain racing.
"Grandma! Don't worry, I will definitely make sure that my parents make a small stove for you from now on! Even if they are unwilling to pay, I will work hard to earn money to make a small stove for you! I will also buy you the most expensive box!"
Liang Shengdi: "...Then thank you so much!"
Lin Shuchao's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he turned to Lin Guoqing and Shen Chunhua,
"Dad! Mom! I will definitely make it for you in the future..."
"Shut up!"
"Shut up!"
The two parents scolded the third child in unison, and Lin Guoqing slapped him on the butt.
How could this damn kid be so stupid!
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The autumn harvest is almost here, and it’s time to start catching fish in the rice fields again. You can catch as many as you want within your own fields, so this time everyone takes turns catching fish.
The sun had just risen in the morning when Grandma Liang rushed out with her tools. The third and fourth children, relying on their proximity to school, also followed their grandmother to the fields, leaving the couple behind, shouting at them to pay attention to the time and come back to change clothes before going to school.
Lin Shugan waited for his fifth and sixth cousins and his mother to finish their work at the farm before going to school together.
Chen Chunhua rode a tricycle out of the village carrying more and heavier eggs. There were also a few chickens and ducks with their feet tied hanging on the side of the tricycle. They were all ordered the day before and were to be delivered today.
Lin Guoqing went to work at the factory as usual. Lin Shuying had not returned since she went back home after the National Day holiday and would have to wait until at least next weekend.
After Chen Chunhua delivered the eggs, she rushed home to cook. Lin Guoqing and Liang Shengdi also had to go home for lunch. Old Mrs. Liang had already caught several baskets of fish that morning. She brought them home and dumped them into the large red plastic basin she had bought last time. After her nap, she asked her son and daughter-in-law to help carry them onto the boat.
In the afternoon, she paddled the boat to sell her goods, while Chen Chunhua went to the fields to take over the fishing job after visiting the farm.
"Mom, you should go out later." Chen Chunhua said while eating, "I think those mushrooms are almost done growing. This stuff can't wait. I'll go pick some after dinner. Do you want to sell them together?"
Liang Shengdi nodded. "Okay, do you want me to go with you to collect them?"
Chen Chunhua shook her head. "You should go get some sleep. The sun is quite strong today. Your waist will be hurt if you stay bent over in the paddy field all morning."
Liang Shengdi felt okay. Today she used a cage and scooped up half a basket with a dustpan. She didn't feel tired at all. But she suddenly remembered that when she went out yesterday, someone asked her for the goods.
"I'm not going to sleep anymore. You don't need a tricycle to go mushroom picking, right? Lend it to me, I'm going to go up the mountain."
"Why are you going to the mountain in the middle of the day?" Lin Guoqing asked with a puzzled look on his face, still stuffing his mouth with food.
"Digging for bamboo shoots! Yesterday I stopped at the county market and several people asked me if I had any bamboo shoots. Unfortunately, I haven't been digging for them recently. There was only one boat that had bamboo shoots, and they were selling them for 15 cents a pound!
Autumn bamboo shoots are bigger and heavier than spring ones. One can be worth almost a dollar! I'll see how many I can dig up and sell them with the fish!"
"What's so delicious about autumn bamboo shoots?" Lin Guoqing said, taking another mouthful of pickled mustard greens. "It's so tiring to chew, and I have to spit out the residue at the end."
Lin Guoqing has always felt that eating food just for the sake of tasting it without being able to swallow it to fill your stomach is just a hooligan act. It's okay to eat it for free, but if you have to pay for it, then he really can't understand the city people.
Chen Chunhua rolled her eyes at him and asked, "You didn't swallow the braised pork with dried bamboo shoots from the day before yesterday?"
Autumn bamboo shoots are tougher than spring and winter ones, but they're the best for making dried and shredded bamboo shoots. When Lin Guoqing ate it the day before yesterday, he barely ate any meat and ate all the dried bamboo shoots.
Lin Guoqing was stumped. "Hasn't it already turned into dried bamboo shoots?"
"Then why don't you let people buy them and make dried bamboo shoots to eat?" Liang Shengdi retorted, "People in the city don't have time to go up the mountain, so they can only buy them. If they buy dried bamboo shoots directly, it will be more expensive, so it's better to buy bamboo shoots."
As he spoke, he glanced up and down at him.
"I think you've been out of farm work for so long that you're almost exhausted. Do you have anything to do this afternoon? If not, go work in the fields. Chunhua will go mushroom picking and I'll go to the mountains to dig bamboo shoots. If you don't have anything else, just lie down at home and take a nap.
Look at any man who is as lazy as you."
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