Chapter 884 Extra: Zhou Huaian's Chicken Bus
In the first rainy season of the millennium, the wealthy Zhou family became busy again.
Zhou's mother and father got up early in the morning and were busy preparing food, while the old man was leaning on his crutches and giving orders at the top of his voice.
"Gui Lan, Jiu Er likes the pumpkin buns you steamed, remember to cook one and knead the dough!"
The old man's hearing is a little poor and his legs and feet are not as agile as before.
Mother Zhou turned around and answered loudly: "I know! Don't worry, your precious Jiuer won't starve!"
"Ah! You don't know how to do it? Then I'll go call Huifang!"
As the old man was about to walk out, Zhou's father hurried forward to support him, "Old man, put on the hearing aid Chunyan bought for you."
The old man shook his head, "No! It makes my ears uncomfortable!"
Father Zhou whispered in her ear: "If Chunyan doesn't wear it, she will worry that her hearing aid won't work. She will have to ask Wang Zhen to buy another one."
"It works! Who said it doesn't work? I'll go back to the house and put it on!"
The old man walked towards his room, muttering to Zhou's father, "Hearing aids are expensive, and the youngest is exhausted from earning money, so just use what you can, don't waste it!"
"I know! I didn't spend it indiscriminately!" Father Zhou looked at the gate of the courtyard and seemed to see Lao Lai Fu and Lao Wang Cai lying there on either side. Upon closer inspection, they were the two younger ones.
"Alas! These two little ones are always a little dumb, not as smart as Lai Fuwangcai at all."
"Don't talk about Lai Fu and Wang Cai. Only when they leave can they shed their animal skins and be reborn as humans."
Father Zhou looked at him in surprise, "Old man, did you hear that?"
The old man pricked up his ears, "What did you say?"
"It seems that you are smart when you want to listen, but not smart when you don't want to listen." After saying this, Zhou's father also shrugged his shoulders like the child.
"I wonder which university Xiao Jiuer got into. He's such a smart kid, just like the youngest one." The old man said as he leaned on his cane again, "He's a naughty boy. If he doesn't do well in the exam, I'll spank him!"
Father Zhou curled his lips, "I'd be surprised if you were willing to do that!"
"Old man, the youngest one is calling, why don't you answer?" Before she finished speaking, Li Qiuyue ran into the yard in a hurry.
"Ah! We were outside and didn't hear it!"
"Where's your cell phone? Why don't you put the cell phone I bought for you in your pocket?"
Li Qiuyue hurried to the main room, picked up the phone and said, "Chunyan, mom is preparing food, and the old man and grandpa are in the yard!"
Yang Chunyan breathed a sigh of relief. "That's good! Ask them to put their phones in their pockets. We'll set off after Wang Zhen and the others arrive."
Li Qiuyue asked hurriedly: "How did Jiuer do in the exam?"
"He just finished his exams, and his teacher said he'll be admitted to the best university in Kawauchi!"
"Jiu'er is still obedient. Xiaolong only knows how to eat! How embarrassing!" Li Qiuyue pouted and shook her head, "If this guy didn't exist, it would be great. Xiaoru and Xiaolin, one is in a normal university, and the other is taking the postgraduate entrance examination, how great it would be!"
"Qiuyue, your hair was curled with wood shavings yesterday, why isn't it curled today?" Zhou's mother came in and pulled her hair.
Li Qiuyue picked up a handful of hair and said, "They say straight hair is popular now. I went to get it straightened yesterday. Do you think it looks good?"
"This one looks better!" Zhou's mother said as she touched her skirt. "This skirt looks good!"
"It looks good, doesn't it?" Li Qiuyue happily lifted up the hem of her skirt. "The third brother bought it for me at Yumei's. He said it's a brand from Wanwan."
Mother Zhou looked at her daughter-in-law, who was grinning and showing her teeth, and nodded happily, "Yeah! She looks good! If she didn't draw her eyebrows like a broom, she would look like a star on TV!"
"Mom, it's trendy now. Yang Hui even got her eyebrows tattooed, and even her mouth tattooed. If the third child hadn't disapproved, I would have gotten one too."
"Why tattoo your eyebrows? Look at Yang Hui's eyebrows, they are like two pig worms stuck there, so ugly!" Zhou's mother laughed, "You are prettier than her, and you are going to spend money to make yourself ugly like a fool. I will scold you to death."
"Hehe! Listen to my mom!" Li Qiuyue took her arm, "I bought you a set of facial wipes and a facial mask. I'll put them on you after I finish cooking for you!"
Mother Zhou touched her face and said, "I'm old now, with a face full of old loofahs. Why am I still applying a facial mask?"
"Nonsense, you're not old at all." Li Qiuyue took her arm and walked towards the kitchen. "Mom, Xiaoru said that Xiaolin and Xiaochuan seem to be dating."
"Really?" Zhou's mother's voice was raised by two decibels with joy. "It's a good thing to be dating Xiaochuan. They know each other well. If they can succeed, it will be the best thing!"
"Jia Ming is chasing after Mei Na, Jia Liang and Xiu Na just had their wedding, and with Xiao Lin and Xiao Chuan, will people say that our family exchanged marriages with the Zhao family?"
"It's someone else's mouth, why do you care?" Zhou's mother rolled her eyes. "You should stay out of the way of those gossipy women. They flatter you in public but envy, hate, and hate you in private. I'm telling you, stay out of their business!"
"Oh! I'll do whatever you say!"
"It's alright, sisters-in-law, go out for a walk, and call your sisters along. Stop hanging out with those nosy women who talk about building the Great Wall or playing poker all day long. If you keep doing this, I'll show you how I'll deal with you!"
Several children from the second wife went to college, and even Jiaming and Jialiang, who were the worst students, graduated from high school.
After graduation, Jiaming served in the army for several years and then retired to work in the traffic police brigade.
I don't know when that guy fell in love with Mina. There is such a big difference in their educational level. Mina is busy with the pickle factory and flies back and forth every day. I don't know if it will work?
Alas! Good things take time to come!
As for Ieyasu, when he was in school, he had to look for a partner in secret. Now that he has graduated from university and is working, he doesn't want to look for one even if he is asked to.
The pharmaceutical factory is so busy, we have to tell the youngest son to give him some vacation time. He is in his twenties now and it is time for him to find a wife.
Xiaoqian is the best student in the family. She was admitted to a medical university as she wished, and now she has passed the entrance examination for graduate school.
Xiaoru and Xiaowen studied at a normal college. Xiaolin is also doing well. She has graduated from university and is preparing to take the postgraduate entrance exam!
Xiaojiuer is now a college student again, so Xiaomier doesn't have to worry. It all depends on Xiaolong.
All the children in the family are good at studying. People in the village say behind their backs that it is true that helping others is helping yourself. If it were not for the Zhao siblings, how could the Zhou family's second branch have so many college students?
There are also Xu Hongbing, Li Wu and others who followed the youngest one at the beginning.
Li Wujia's Xiaoping has also made great progress and is now a state official. Everyone is living a prosperous life.
The second branch of the Zhou family has now become a family that everyone envy. This is something they never thought of in their dreams!
"No, I'm just a player partner, I only play with my own people."
"That's more like it!" Zhou's mother took the pumpkin out of the steamer. "When did Chunyan say they would arrive?"
"It is said that Wang Zhen's family is coming as well. They said they will stay in Baihua Forest for a while to rest."
A few years ago, they built two courtyards in Baihualin, and their family members would occasionally come back to live there.
The medicinal fields in the woods and on the back mountain are now equipped with surveillance cameras. Several kinds of medicinal herbs are difficult to find in the wild, and there are still many in their medicinal fields, the Baihua forest, and the big pits.
We also caught a few thieves who came to steal herbs.
"Now that Mr. Wang has passed away, Wang Zhen feels sad. It would be good for him to go out and relax."
Mother Zhou sighed and said, "Mom can't watch you for the rest of your life. You are good in every way except that you are easily influenced. When I am gone, you should listen to your sister-in-law and Chunyan more..."
"Mom~" Li Qiuyue stamped her feet and shouted, "Don't say such things. You and this old man will both live as long as grandpa!"
"Living a hundred years is a lie. Your grandfather's health has deteriorated recently. Your husband and I have been watching him every day, fearing that he would fall. Old people are afraid of falling. Look, your uncle Xia fell and died!"
"Oh!" Li Qiuyue felt uncomfortable after hearing this, and rolled up her sleeves and walked forward, "I'll knead the dough!"
"Okay, I'll go chop the mushrooms."
When the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law finished steaming the mushroom meat buns and pumpkin steamed buns, the sound of a motorcycle horn was heard outside.
"Grandpa, grandma, I, Hu Hansan, am back again!"
The old man happily stood up with his crutches, and looked at the handsome young man running towards him, with such joy that he couldn't stop smiling.
"Yaoyao is back! Where are your mom, husband, and sister?"
"In the back, I came back on a motorcycle." Xiao Jiuer put down his helmet and hugged him with open arms, "Grandmaster, did you miss me?"
"I do. I do every day!" The old man looked at him cheerfully, "Did you do well in the exam? It's okay if you didn't. Let's repeat the year and I'll pay for you!"
Father Zhou, who came out of the house, was stunned after hearing this. "Old man, didn't you just say that Jiuer didn't do well in the exam and you were going to give him a good beating?"
"When did I say that?" The old man turned around and patted Xiao Jiuer, "Don't listen to your grandfather. He's just jealous that I like you and not him."
Xiao Jiuer winked at Father Zhou and took the old man's arm to sit down, "I know! You sit down, I'll go get their things."
“Okay, okay!”
When Xiao Jiuer left, Zhou Huaian opened the car door and got out, "Go to the back and help your uncle move things."
"Okay!" Xiao Jiuer grabbed the beautiful girl who just got off the car, "Xiao Mier, help your brother!"
Xiaomier took his arm and said, "Brother, let me ride your motorcycle for a spin."
"No! Why would a girl ride a motorcycle? It's not ladylike at all!"
"Look at Sister Mina riding a motorcycle, it's so cool, I want to ride one too!"
"When you turn eighteen, I'll let you ride me!"
"It's only three years away, you're just trying to fool me."
"You still know there are still three years to go? Even one day less won't do!" Xiao Jiuer looked at her and waved her hands, "There are no conditions to talk about!"
"Mom!" Xiaomier turned around and called Yang Chunyan, "Look, my brother is bullying me again!"
"I won't comment on your affairs. Just talk to your brother!" Yang Chunyan and Zhou Huaian left with the things they bought for the elderly people.
The little girl in her family obeys her brother, just like Xiaoqian takes care of Xiaokang, it's a complete bloodline suppression.
Wang Zhen and Yang Dongmei got out of the car, looked at the brother and sister and said with a smile: "What's wrong with Mi'er? Your mouth is so pouty that you can hang a teapot on it."
"She wanted to ride a motorcycle, but I said you have to be 18 years old. She then said I was bullying her." Xiao Jiuer said as she walked towards the rear of the car.
"Aunt, we have to wait another three years. My brother is just bullying me."
"Little girl, be good!" Yang Dongmei held her hand, "Brother is right, you are too young to ride a motorcycle now, it's not safe, if you get hurt they will be heartbroken. When you are eighteen, your aunt and uncle will take you to the provincial capital to buy one, you can pick whatever you like."
"Okay!" Xiaomier didn't want to get hurt and make them feel bad, so she agreed readily, "When will Brother Xiaonan and Sister Yueyue arrive?"
"The day after tomorrow, you and Jiuer will go to pick them up." Yang Dongmei took her hand and walked towards the gate.
Xiao Jiuer took the things out of the trunk and asked, "Uncle, how long will we stay this time?"
Wang Zhen picked up his luggage and said, "I'll stay here until August."
"Okay! My parents have wanted to come back and live here for a while." Xiao Jiuer looked at Wang Zhen, who had lost weight, put down her luggage, and walked over to hug him, "Uncle, you still have us to accompany you!"
Wang Zhen patted him on the back, "Thank you!"
"You're welcome! We are a family." Xiao Jiuer said, picking up her luggage a little embarrassedly, "I'm leaving first!"
Wang Zhen looked at the awkward boy and burst into laughter.
After Zhou Huaian and his group arrived, others also arrived one after another. Zhou's mother, father and old man looked at the house full of children and grandchildren with their mouths wide open.
At dusk, Zhou Huaian held Yang Chunyan's hand, followed by his children, and the family went to the old house to pick bananas.
He turned his head and said to the handsome young man who was carrying a backpack with an awkward look on his face: "Xiaojiu, let me tell you, the backpack is a good thing. It is the cradle of your mother and I's wealth."
"I know. The first time you went to dig herbs with my mom, she coaxed you into going with her by offering you money!" Xiao Jiuer stepped forward and held Yang Chunyan's arm. "Mom, I was right, wasn't I?"
"Well! You old man don't want to leave after you walk under the bitter orange tree." Yang Chunyan thought of the past and glared at Zhou Huaian in reproach, "You are so lazy!"
Zhou Huaian looked at her with a smile, "Hehe! I'm lucky! I have a good wife who is willing to follow me and push the chicken cart to Ning'an to sell herbs every day."
"Old man, where's your chicken bus?" The beautiful girl who caught up from behind took it and asked.
Zhou Huaian thought for a moment, "Your grandma said it was in the old house!"
The old house had been renovated, and Zhou's mother had all the things in the house that she was reluctant to throw away sent to the old house.
Xiao Jiuer became interested after hearing this, "Old man, I'll try it when I get back later."
"I'll teach you how to push!" Zhou Huaian smiled and took Yang Chunyan's hand. "When I was selling herbs, I often pushed your mother when she got tired."
Xiaomier became interested after hearing this, and stepped forward to hold Xiaojiuer's arm, "Brother, I want to take the chicken bus!"
"I am willing to serve you!" Xiao Jiuer smiled and pulled her hair. "My little beauty, do you want to take the chicken bus to Ning'an or the flower market?"
Xiaomier patted his arm and said, "Look at your small arms and legs. You're lucky enough to be able to push your sister around the village!"
"You look down on me!" Xiao Jiuer put down the basket and said, "Come on, come in, I'll carry you to the old house!"
Xiaomier thought it was unreliable. "I weigh more than 90 kilograms. What if the basket leaks when I go in?"
"Don't listen to your brother!" Yang Chunyan turned around, "What's the point of a grown-up girl sitting in a backpack?"
Xiaomier left her brother behind and went up to hold her arm, "Mom, you have to control your brother. You see, he likes to play tricks on me."
Yang Chunyan glared at her in reproach, "It's all your fault. You follow him around all day long. When he goes to college, who will you follow?"
"When he gets the admission letter, I will work hard to get into his school and follow him there."
"Oh my god!" Xiao Jiuer lamented, "No wonder my classmates say you are my little tail!"
Xiaomier waved her little fist, "Who said that? Beat the shit out of him?"
"Puchi!" Yang Chunyan and Zhou Huaian laughed out loud, "Who shouted this slogan first?"
Xiao Jiuer: "Brother Jialiang, I learned the Mizong Fist and shouted it! Now it has become the slogan of our family."
"Everyone, big and small, shouts like that! Even Xiaozhou and the others have learned it."
"We're here!" Zhou Huaian took out the key and opened the gate. "The chicken bus is in the backyard warehouse. Let's move it out. Jiuer and her sister will go cut bananas."
"Okay!"
The family went to the backyard and went their separate ways.
Zhou Huaian pushed out the dusty chicken bus, and Yang Chunyan wiped it with water, "It's still well preserved!"
"Yes!" Zhou Huaian smiled at her and said, "Wife, sit on it and I'll push you around!"
"And me!" Xiaomier ran in, "I'll sit on each side with mom!"
Zhou Huaian smiled and nodded, "Get in the car!"
The mother and daughter sat on one side, smiling. Xiaomier held Yang Chunyan's hand and said, "Mom, grandma said that young wives used to go back to their parents' home like this! Do you also go to your mother-in-law's house like this?"
"I never sat on it once. At that time, your father was too lazy to dry snakes for food!"
Zhou Huaian put on the shoulder straps and said, "Don't smear me!"
"Oh my, the driver is here!" Xiao Jiuer ran in with Xiao Xiaojiao on his back, "Dad, give it to me!"
"I'll show you how to avoid dropping our two goddesses!"
"Yes, yes, yes!" Xiao Jiuer looked at him seriously, "Come on!"
Zhou Huaian lifted the handlebars, and a familiar creaking sound was heard. "Hold the handlebars firmly, and keep your lower body steady..."
(End of this chapter)
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