Chapter 376 Chapter 377: My Mother
Yang Chunyan went out to check on the bean paste drying in the yard. Just as she put on the bamboo cover and was about to go to the kitchen to help, she saw Zhou's mother coming in carrying two pots and bowls.
She hurried over to take the bowls and plates, "Mom, why did you buy these?"
"I bought it for Qiuyue." Zhou's mother put down the basket, pulled the handkerchief down from the bamboo pole, and wiped her sweat. "Pour me a bowl of water. I'm dying of thirst."
"Oh!" Yang Chunyan understood immediately after hearing this, and hurried to the main room to pour her a glass of water, "Third sister-in-law will be very happy to see these things."
"Chunyan, what are you talking about?" Li Qiuyue came out of the kitchen upon hearing the voice and saw two iron pots, one large and one small, tied to a backpack, and sand pots in the pots.
She looked at Zhou's mother and her eyes turned red. "Mom, is this for me?"
"If I didn't buy it for you, who else would I buy it for?" Zhou's mother looked at her in disapproval, "Live a down-to-earth life from now on. If you dare to be stubborn again, I will ignore you."
Li Qiuyue kept nodding and wiping her tears, saying, "Yeah! Wuwu...wuwu...Mom, you are my real mom!"
"Ouch!" Zhou's mother patted her uncomfortably, "You're crying, aren't you afraid that Chunyan will laugh at you!"
"Don't be afraid!" Li Qiuyue wiped her tears embarrassedly, and felt more at ease knowing that Yang Chunyan was no longer there.
Zhou's mother pointed at the bowls, iron pots, and sand pots and said, "Don't move these over yet. Wait until the second day of the Chinese New Year."
Li Qiuyue touched things here and there happily, "I see, the third brother said he would move after he comes back."
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After lunch, Yang Chunyan and her partner rested for a while, then went out to Yang's house with the things Zhou Huaishan had helped bring back, as well as the sweet potato starch and vermicelli prepared by Zhou's mother.
As soon as Yang's mother saw them, she knew what they were here for. "Set a date for moving!"
Yang Chunyan smiled and nodded, "We moved early on the second day of the Chinese New Year!" Then she asked, "Where are my old man and my brother and his wife?"
Yang's mother said cheerfully, "Your husband is in the brigade clinic, and your elder brother and sister-in-law went to the mountain to pick jujubes. You came just in time to bring some back."
The Yang family has two jujube trees on the mountain. Every year, the jujubes they pick are not only eaten by the children, but also used to make jujube wine. People in the town even come to buy the jujube wine made by Yang's father.
Zhou Huaian took the backpack off the bicycle and said, "My mother brought sweet potato starch and vermicelli, and there was also a jar of honey in it. I found it when I went up the mountain."
Yang's mother said angrily, "Repairing the house requires money everywhere, why do you bring so many things?"
"My mother was pretending." Zhou Huaian said with a smile, "Isn't the jujube tree on the mountain across the river?"
Mother Yang smiled and nodded, "That's it, you rest at home for a while, they should be back soon."
Yang Chunyan smiled and said, "Mom, let Huai'an help pick them. He can climb trees as fast as a monkey!"
Zhou's mother smiled and patted her, "You are so old, but you still don't pay attention to what you say."
Zhou Huaian took the opportunity to complain, "Mom, she always bullies me!"
Mother Yang glared at Yang Chunyan and said soothingly, "Mom is talking to her!"
"Just say a few words." Zhou Huaian proudly put the backpack in the main room, turned around and walked out.
Yang Chunyan and her mother took out the things from the backpack together, "We settled the accounts and divided the property last night."
Mother Yang looked up at her worriedly, "No problem, right? Do you owe any money?"
"Nothing!" Yang Chunyan put the noodles on the eight-immortal table. "The family divided it amicably. After breakfast this morning, my eldest and second brothers went home to report the news."
Mother Yang nodded happily after hearing this. "When he promised you and Huai'an, your husband said that your family has a good tradition, and there is no conflict between the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, and the sisters-in-law. You won't be bullied if you go there. It seems that he was right."
"Yeah! My mother-in-law is really nice. My third sister-in-law's mother and husband are both gone, and she has cut off contact with my brother and sister-in-law. My mother-in-law went to the street to buy her something to burn the bottom of the pot."
"Oh~ Then your mother-in-law is really thoughtful."
"Yeah! My third sister-in-law cried when she saw it."
After hearing this, Yang's mother felt more relieved. "If the family members are not harmonious, they will be bullied by outsiders. If the family is not harmonious, everyone will bully them. It is better to live in harmony."
"Everything is fine now. The new house has been built, and Huai'an has become more and more stable. You can give birth to the baby safely and raise him well."
"Um!"
Mother Yang pointed to the dining table against the wall and said, "Pots, bowls, spoons, an eight-person table, a small dining table, and stools are all ready for you. Your brother even made a cupboard for you."
Yang Chunyan looked at the tables and chairs stacked in the corner and asked, "Why did you make so many?"
"Put the eight-immortal table in the main room, and the small dining table you two can use in the kitchen." Mother Yang said with a smile, "Your husband has already prepared the wood for you two sisters."
After hearing this, Yang Chunyan thought about how she hadn't seen her sister since she came back, and asked, "When will Dongmei come back?"
Mother Yang smiled and said, "I came back on Sunday. I heard that you were going to move into a new house soon. She said she would come back to visit you in Funiu on New Year's Day."
Yang Chunyan smiled and nodded, "It's good to come on New Year's Day, and we'll have a place to stay then."
The mother and daughter packed up their things, and Yang's mother went to get the vegetable basket. "Da Shuang, Xiao Shuang and your old man have gone to the brigade. Let's go dig two nests of taro and bring them back."
Yang Chunyan thought of the taro stems and said, "Let's make some taro stems and stew them with pickled peppers."
"I dried some taro stalks and will bring some to you on the second day of the new year." Yang's mother said as she remembered something, "Yang Hui and Xu Erchun from your team are getting engaged. I heard that he is close to Huai'an. Is that true?"
"Yes! The foundation of his new house is in the grove in front of my house. He has been digging tree stumps at home these days. His eldest and second brothers are helping him pick up yellow mud and preparing to burn two kilns of bricks and tiles to build the main house first."
"How are they?"
"I heard from Huai'an that it's a good idea. I've saved some money over the years. Even if I owe some debt after the house is repaired, it shouldn't be much."
"Your aunt asked someone to find out, and they said your mother is very difficult to deal with, and her relationships with her two daughters-in-law are not good. I heard that the young man is not bad, and they thought that you and Xiaoxue are both there, so if you marry over there, you will have someone to take care of you, so they agreed."
"As long as the young man is fine, that's all! When the new house is built, it will be much farther away from the old house, and we don't have to live with Aunt Xu anymore."
"From what you said, you are more down-to-earth than Huai'an was at that time."
After hearing this, Yang Chunyan thought about it and realized it was true. "Huai'an doesn't know how to save money. He spends all the money he earns."
Mother Yang said with relief: "It's all right now. I was so worried about you that I couldn't sleep for the first few months after you got married."
Yang Chunyan felt sour after hearing this, "Well! He has really changed now. Stay at my house for a few days after the second year of the Chinese New Year and see how he behaves. Then you can put your mind at ease."
"You can stay for two days at most. There's a lot of work to do at home, and your sister-in-law can't handle it all by herself."
"Okay, I'll stay for two days. You guys can go together on the second day of the Chinese New Year!"
"Let's go together."
The mother and daughter went to the vegetable garden behind the house. Most of the taro stalks in the taro field had been harvested.
Mother Yang pointed to the row of taro stalks at the edge of the field and said, "It's cold and the taro stalks grow slowly. Cut all the taro stalks in this row and break off the old stalks outside to cook pig feed."
"Okay!"
Yang Chunyan picked up a sickle and cut off a few plants and put them aside. Yang's mother peeled off the old stems on the outside and put them in the backpack, leaving only a little tender core.
(End of this chapter)
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