"Okay, remember to call me when you get there. I've given you my phone number. Just have the lady on the phone pass on a message."
"Okay, I understand. You're even more worried than my mom."
"You brat, who are you calling your mother! You don't appreciate kindness." Xu Mingwan pretended to be angry and punched her on the back.
"Okay, okay, Sister Xiaowan is the best. I misspoke," Xu Tiantian said with a smile, admitting her mistake.
"That's more like it. Okay, I'm going home now, it's almost evening."
After parting ways with Xu Tiantian, Xu Mingwan headed straight home. On the way, she ran into Sister-in-law Qingping. She wanted to greet her with a smile, but the woman acted as if she hadn't seen her and walked away.
Is it really that serious? It's just that she didn't agree to meet her brother, is that all there is to it?
Xu Mingwan returned home with a belly full of questions.
When Granny Liu saw her youngest daughter return, she carefully observed her expression and saw that she wasn't unhappy. It seemed that Chen Chunfeng, that woman, knew a thing or two.
"Mom, I ran into Sister-in-law Qingping on the way here. She didn't seem very happy. I wanted to say hello, but she ignored me."
Granny Liu immediately knew what was going on. She hadn't even gone to see her yet, and she still dared to give Xiao Wan a hard time.
If it weren't for the matchmaking she discussed with Chen Chunfeng, Chen Chunfeng wouldn't have been spouting nonsense like that!
"Don't worry about her, it'll be fine. You're leaving on the seventh day of the Lunar New Year. Tell Mom what you want to eat, and I'll make it for you."
"Mom, I love everything you cook. By the way, where's my third sister-in-law?"
"Linlin's awake, I took her out to play. What's up? Do you need your third sister-in-law's help?"
"No, just asking. Mom, how many preserved ducks do we have left? Can you take a few with us when we get there?" Xu Mingwan really craved the preserved ducks made at home. It tasted so good when she couldn't have them. To exaggerate a bit, sometimes she could eat a whole one by herself!
"Mom knows you all too well. I've already prepared them. There are five more left, and you can take them all with you."
Aren't you and Dad going to eat?
"You can eat as much as the two of us can eat!"
"Hehe, thank you, Mom." Xu Ming went up and massaged Granny Liu's shoulders a few times. It was still her mother who cared for her the most.
Zhang Xuemei returned with her child and ran into her sister-in-law Zhou Nianmei coming down the mountain behind them.
"Sister-in-law, what did you dig up? It looks like cowhide, doesn't it?" Zhang Xuemei asked, pointing to the contents of Zhou Nianmei's basket.
"Hmm, Dingwen has been eating too many melon seeds and peanuts, and he's been coughing a bit these past few days. I'll dig up some cowhide grass and boil it into a decoction for him to drink."
Zhou Nianmei originally intended to go straight home to wash and boil the herbs, but she happened to run into her third sister-in-law, so she wasn't in a hurry anymore. She followed her to the old house and squatted down by the pond in the yard to wash and chat.
"Don't underestimate this cowhide grass. When we were kids, we would drink it when we had a cough, and it would be effective after a few days."
"Me too. We grew up in the village, who hasn't drunk these things? Sometimes old folk remedies just work."
Zhang Xuemei believed this, because in her previous life, her little granddaughter had a cough that lasted for a long time, and no matter what the hospital did, it didn't work.
Originally, my daughter Panpan scoffed at these herbs, thinking they were bad for children and dared not give them to her.
Since her granddaughter had been coughing for more than half a year without getting better, she had no choice but to boil some medicine and try to get her to drink it.
You know what, it really worked after drinking it for three or four days. Before, I would cough on and off every day, but after drinking it, I stopped coughing. Isn't that amazing?
The funniest thing is that whenever the child coughs, the daughter brews it for him to drink, but it doesn't always work, so you can't really say whether it works or not. Anyway, it doesn't do any harm.
"Hey, Xuemei, when are you planning to build your new house?"
Zhang Xuemei raised an eyebrow. "Sister-in-law, why are you suddenly asking this? We just finished paying off our debts, where would we get the money to build a house!"
Zhang Xuemei knew that the matter of repaying the money couldn't be kept secret, and she didn't intend to hide it.
Zhou Nianmei nodded and said with a smile, "Yes, I know. I just wanted to make an appointment with you in advance. You see, your older brothers also do this kind of work. When you build houses, could you contract them out? It's good to keep the profits in the family!"
Upon hearing this, Zhang Xuemei immediately agreed.
She trusted her brother-in-law's skills; in her past life, they had built the house for her family with their help, saving both money and effort—how wonderful!
"Look at what you're saying, sister-in-law. We wouldn't do it for outsiders, we'd definitely hand it over to our eldest and second brothers. It's just that it might not be so quick, and this money isn't easy to earn!"
"That's alright, sister-in-law. I wish you all a prosperous year and that you can build a new house next year." Zhou Nianmei's words became sweet at this moment.
It's pitiful to think about Xuemei. She escaped with such difficulty and only had a daughter. I wonder if she will have any more children in the future.
Holding the child, Zhang Xuemei felt a little drowsy again, so she said something to Zhou Nianmei and went back to her room.
Put the child directly on the bed where your mother-in-law and the others sleep outside, so that they can notice the child as soon as they wake up.
"Mom, I saw that my sister-in-law just went up the mountain to dig up some cowhide grass. There's still some left at home that hasn't been dried yet. Let's take some back with us when we go back."
Zhang Xuemei thought about it and decided to bring some as a backup, but of course she wouldn't give it to Linlin, who was so young.
As long as it's not serious, adults can drink it even if they have a cough, saving them the trouble of going to the hospital.
"Yes, your dad still has some left to dry. You can take them with you!"
Just as Zhang Xuemei was about to say something, she felt a sudden discomfort in her stomach. Without even going to the outhouse outside, she went straight to the inner room to sit on the toilet.
I released the urge as soon as I sat down, and my stomach felt much better instantly.
Hey, why does my butt feel itchy, like something is crawling on it?
Zhang Xuemei subconsciously reached down and touched her buttocks, just in time to grab something. When she looked at it, although it was dark in the room and she couldn't see anything, the feel in her hand couldn't lie. She jumped up from the toilet.
Ah~
"What's wrong? What's wrong?" Xu Mingwan was standing at the dining table when she heard her sister-in-law's voice from inside the room. She rushed in and turned on the light.
Zhang Xuemei, naked from the waist down, looked at her sister-in-law who rushed in with a white, tender worm crawling in her palm.
Xu Mingwan glanced at his third sister-in-law and then at the toilet, and immediately understood what was going on.
"Third Sister-in-law, pull up your pants first. I'll have Third Brother empty the bucket and wash it clean later. I'm going out now."
That shout just now startled my little niece, and Mom is trying to soothe her now!
Zhang Xuemei snapped out of her daze, quickly threw the bugs in her hand on the ground and stomped on them a few times. Then she picked up the toilet paper next to her, wiped her bottom a few times, and pulled up her pants.
It's disgusting, absolutely disgusting. She feels terrible, and her whole body is itchy.
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