Chapter 740 756: Too many kids,
"My eldest and second sisters didn't go back, only my youngest sister went back." Li Qiuyue was too embarrassed to talk about the attempt of Li Laoer's family to steal his bicycle. "My youngest sister's family is doing well... I want them to grow some herbs to sell, so I can help them out."
"Alas!" Zhou's mother sighed after hearing this. "When people are poor, they can't even speak louder, not to mention your brother-in-law. It's right to lend a hand to them. Think about it, didn't we also want someone who was more capable than us to lend a hand to help us?"
Yang Chunyan's sisters-in-law all thought the same. Zhao Huifang said, "The clothes Jiaming and his friends made last year are a lot shorter this year. I'll find them when I get home. Qiuyue will go to Ning'an tomorrow and bring them to them."
Zhang Xiuxiang also said, "Her eldest son, who is well-off, should be able to wear it. I'll find it and bring it to you."
"That's great, that's great!" Li Qiuyue said happily, "I'll find a few of the clothes Xiaolin made last year for her second sister. Now there will be clothes for both big and small girls, so she won't have to look like a little beggar."
Zhou's mother said, "It's true that you should take some of your corn, sorghum and millet to them. It's a time of scarcity, and filling their stomachs is important."
Li Qiuyue nodded repeatedly, "Mom is really thoughtful. I will get them a sack tomorrow as well."
Zhou's mother patted her hands and said, "From what you said, your youngest sister's in-laws are not easy to get along with. As the saying goes, good people are often bullied and good horses are often ridden. If they can't stand up on their own, no one can help them for the rest of their lives."
Zhang Xiuxiang: "Mom is right. My family has such biased parents-in-law. They only know how to take things from the children they don't like and give them to the children they like."
Li Qiuyue smiled bitterly and said, "It's just like in my family, the elders like sons, and daughters should serve them like slaves." She felt that whoever married someone like Li Hongxing would be unlucky.
It would be best for him to marry a particularly capable woman to take care of Li Laoer and his wife. Only then might their family have a way out. Otherwise, Li Hongxing might as well remain single to avoid bringing harm to others.
"Now even having children requires quotas. Whether it's a boy or a girl, there's only one child. There's not much for the child to choose from, whether they like it or not!"
Yang Chunyan thought about the young people in the future, their parents would ask for the same thing just to have one child, and they would treasure it no matter it was a boy or a girl. These biased people were because they were allowed to have too many children in the past.
Zhou's mother: "That's right. You have to spend money to buy the baby in your belly, and you may not even get it. You still want to be picky? Dream on!"
The mother-in-law and the daughter-in-law were chatting while the food was served on the table. After everyone finished eating, Gouzi came back. Lai Fu went out for a walk and came back looking much more energetic. Wangcai had a pheasant feather hanging from his mouth.
Zhou Huaian scooped up some leftover rice and vegetables and mixed a small bowl of soup for them. The two dogs licked up the soup and left all the rice. "Not bad, I'll take you for a run tomorrow. From now on, you can go to our forest for a patrol in the morning and evening and come back."
The old man came over with his hands behind his back, "Youngest, your third father told me today that he went to the vegetable garden yesterday and saw a lot of wild bees on the slope. He asked you to bring a beehive over and collect the wild bees so that you don't have to worry about being stung every time you go to the vegetable garden."
"Okay, I'll go take a look tomorrow." Zhou Huaian carried the soup bowl and walked back with him, "Huaigang went on a blind date today. Did he find love?"
"Your father said that the girl's family has a good reputation in the village, and her husband and mother are reasonable. Their family is also satisfied with Huai Gang. The girl is pretty, but she is a little short, only up to his shoulders."
Zhou Huaian thought that such a family was not bad, "Does Huaigang like it?"
The old man laughed, "That idiot, it seems like he likes it. When I asked him, he just laughed."
Zhou Huaian smiled and said, "That's almost it. If things go well, you'll be the ancestor again next year!"
"Well!" the old man sighed, "You guys have all become successful now, and now only Huaixing, that idiot, is left. I just get a headache every time I see him.
He has no talent for playing basketball and only wants to make a lot of money. Even a few-year-old kid knows to go up the mountain to dig truffles and sell them. He is already in his thirties, but he doesn't learn his lesson. Not only does he go to gamble, he was almost arrested by the police and put in jail.
Your father lied to me, saying that his son Huaixing went to his mother-in-law's house to dig truffles. I think it would be better to arrest him and lock him up for a few days. He will behave himself when he comes out..."
Zhou Huaian looked at him in surprise, "You know everything about Huaixing?"
"How could I not know?" The old man rolled his eyes at him. "So many people come to sell things every day, and I'm not deaf."
Zhou Huaian laughed wryly, "Before the New Year, we were afraid that you would know about it, so we didn't dare to tell you about Huai Xing, for fear that you would get sick from anger."
"What's the point of getting angry to death!" The old man sighed, "If the kid doesn't listen, he should be beaten or locked up. It's better than being useless all his life. I'm old now and I know what's important."
"That's right, think about it. You have several great-grandsons and great-granddaughters who are so well-behaved. It's normal for one to be disobedient!"
"...Go take a shower. I'm too lazy to talk to you." The old man glanced at him, put his hands behind his back, and went to the front yard.
Zhou Huaian came out of the shower, and Zhou Huairong and his brothers went back to their homes to sleep.
Yang Chunyan leaned against the head of the bed, helplessly looking at Xiao Jiuer who was crawling from one end of the bed to the other and then rolling over, "Look, it's already this late, and he still doesn't want to sleep, you go and coax him yourself!"
Zhou Huaian went to bed and picked him up, lifting him up, "Little boy, if you don't go to sleep, mom will be angry!"
Xiao Jiuer's feet swung back and forth like paddling in the water, and he lowered his head to look at his belly, "Ma Ma, Ma Ma..."
Zhou Huaian understood immediately, "Okay, ride the horse and then go to sleep!" Then he put him down, "Climb up by yourself!"
Little Jiuer climbed onto his belly and sat astride it, holding his hands with her little hands, bouncing her little butt up and down, grinning and drooling, laughing loudly.
Zhou Huaian said with a smile: "You idiot, be gentle, or you'll squeeze out my poop and it'll be troublesome!"
Yang Chunyan quickly took a handkerchief to wipe his saliva. "He has two small teeth and is about to grow teeth next to them. His saliva keeps flowing."
Zhou Huaian steadied him and took a look, "The gums are all white, it looks like they are about to grow."
"Daddy, Mama..." Little Jiuer danced with joy. After he let her go, she lay on his stomach and took a bite of his chest.
"Ouch!" Zhou Huaian was bitten by his little dog teeth and cried out in pain. He picked him up and spanked him on the butt, "Son of a bitch, your dog teeth are itchy, why are you biting me? I don't have any milk to give you!"
Little Jiuer got hit on the butt and pouted in grievance, "Nanny, you're bad!" He turned around and went to look for his mother.
Zhou Huaian seemed to have discovered a new world, "Oh~ my youngest is really capable, he can tell when something is broken as soon as he is a little bit older."
Yang Chunyan smiled and said, "He didn't learn to say it on his own. His mother taught him."
Zhou Huaian became even more excited. He picked up the child and put him on his stomach. "Oh my, my youngest son is just like you, old man. He is very smart and remembers everything after I tell him once."
"Ah, ah, ah..." Little Jiuer followed him and laughed foolishly with his little mouth wide open.
After hearing this, Yang Chunyan rolled her eyes at him with amusement, "He was already lying down just now, but you teased him and he immediately became energetic. He is acting crazy and doesn't want to sleep, so you have to comfort him yourself!"
"Then you take a nap first." Zhou Huaian winked at her, "I'll coax him to sleep and put him to sleep on the crib."
"I'm too lazy to talk to you." Yang Chunyan turned away and ignored him. She listened to the two of them chattering and fell asleep after a while.
The next morning, Zhou Huaian got up and took Lai Fu and Wang Cai to the back mountain for a run. While running, he told the dogs that wherever they went, it was all theirs.
Next time you go out for a walk, come and patrol the mountains, and also keep an eye on the wild beehives at home to make sure they are not stolen by thieves.
When he came down the mountain, he saw Yang Chunyan washing clothes and Xiao Jiuer being taken away by the old man. He walked up to her and said, "Yan'er, before the New Year, we were afraid that Grandpa would know about Zhou Huaixing's affairs, but who knew that people already knew about it..."
"No wonder the old man didn't even ask." Yang Chunyan finally understood why the old man didn't respond when the villagers who sold truffles were discussing the issue of catching gambling.
Zhou Huaian smiled and said, "It's good that the old man has come to terms with it. Wang Zhen also said that old people are afraid of getting angry and falling down. As long as he doesn't get angry and doesn't fall down, he still has a long life ahead of him given his current spirit!"
"Mom said the soles of his rubber shoes are all worn out. Go buy him two pairs tomorrow so that his shoes won't slip when he walks on the ridges of the fields."
"Hmm!" Zhou Huaian thought for a moment, "I've told Ding Ding Mao that we'll go up the mountain tomorrow. I'll go there this afternoon."
Sichuanese people can't say anything. Before he finished speaking, Zhou Yiding came over and said, "Youngest, Second Grandpa said there is a beehive on Third Uncle's vegetable garden. Let's go take a look while the sun is not too strong now?"
"Okay!" Zhou Huaian agreed, packed up the beehive, beehive hat, and medicine hoe, said hello to Yang Chunyan, and walked out, "Where did your kid go yesterday?"
Zhou Yiding rolled his eyes at him and said, "You think I'm as easy to fool as you? I went to the rapeseed field yesterday and pulled weeds all day. My hands and claws are all bald.
Xiao Wan was naughty again last night. I was sleeping comfortably late at night, but I had to get up to help coax the child. Damn, I almost died from exhaustion!"
Zhou Huaian smiled proudly, "My mom and the others also went to pull grass yesterday. My eldest brother and second brother went this morning. I was just being lazy at home."
"Get lost!" Zhou Yiding was so angry when he saw his smug look that he punched him. "Stop showing off in front of me!"
"You came to me on your own and you still blame me for showing off!" Zhou Huaian hugged him with a smile, "Your wife is about to have her first month celebration. When will you hold the banquet?"
"My mother-in-law sent a letter saying that we'll have it on the 16th of the first lunar month. There won't be many truffles after the New Year, so how about we take a break on the 15th and 16th?"
"Of course you have to take a day off on the 15th day of the lunar year, and another day off on the 16th day, drink the full moon wine, and then start working again."
"Remember to tell your eldest brother and the others to come over early to drink." Zhou Yiding said, "There is one more thing. Yesterday, I was in the rapeseed field and heard your aunt and your father whispering that they were targeting your family!"
(End of this chapter)
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