Chapter 128 127: A little subsidy
Father Zhou said to Secretary Xu and Captain Zhou, "Secretary Xu, Captain Zhou, please come over and have a drink at my house today!"
"Dasong, why are you being so polite!" Secretary Xu said with a smile, "Forget about it today. When your new house is finished, we will have nine big bowls of food!"
"Secretary Xu, nine big bowls are nine big bowls!" The old man also said, "The youngest went to Ning'an to buy eels today, and bought a pair of pig's feet and a set of pig intestines. Guilan's stewed pig's feet and braised pig intestines are quite delicious. If you don't mind, you two can stay and have a drink!"
Secretary Xu had no choice but to nod when he heard him say that. "Okay, since the old man has spoken, we won't be polite. Stay and have a drink!"
Captain Zhou also agreed.
Father Zhou smiled and said, "Please, please sit in the main hall!" Several people walked towards the main hall together.
Mother Zhou said to Zhou Huaizhong and his brother, "You guys stay and eat together."
Zhou Huaizhong waved his hand, "Second Mother, we can't. The pigs at home haven't been fed yet, and the baby is still waiting at home!"
Father Zhou turned around and said, "If your second mother tells you to stay, then stay!"
"good!"
Chen Ping felt embarrassed to stay, so she made the excuse that she was going back to see her children and left in a hurry.
The old man turned to Zhao Huifang and said, "The kids are still at the kiln, go and get them back."
"Okay, if Grandpa hadn't told me, I would have forgotten it."
The men went to the main room to talk, and the women began to serve the dishes and set the table. Fortunately, the food was all in the steamer and was still hot.
Pig's trotters stewed with chanterelles, steamed pig's trotters, braised pork intestines, stir-fried mushrooms, and a few side dishes were soon served on the table.
Yang Chunyan, Zhou's mother and some other children ate on the steps.
Zhou Huairong came out with a wine can and filled it up, "Secretary Xu, Captain Zhou, please!"
"please!"
After three rounds of drinking, Zhou's father raised his glass and said, "Secretary Xu, Captain Zhou, thank you for taking care of my family over the years!"
"You're welcome. We are the team leaders and it's our job to take care of the members in the team!"
Secretary Xu looked at Zhou Huaian and said with a smile: "Old man, you are really good at educating children. The older ones are hardworking and filial. Now even the useless youngest has changed his character. You can just wait to enjoy the good life in the future!"
The old man nodded cheerfully, "The youngest was a little lazy before, but he is as filial as the others. Now that he earns money, he gives me leaf tobacco, shoes, and fabrics."
Zhou Huaian ate uncomfortably.
Captain Zhou patted him on the shoulder and said, "Youngest brother, a prodigal son who returns to his roots is worth more than gold. Work hard in the future!"
Zhou Huaian nodded repeatedly, "Got it, thank you uncle!"
While people in the main room were talking lively, the food at the table outside had already been eaten and the adults were busy doing things.
Zhou Jiaming and others surrounded Zhou Xiaoqian and Zhou Jialiang, listening to them talk about the fight that took place in the afternoon.
Yang Chunyan, Zhao Huifang and others were in the backyard, lighting torches, cutting the washed herbs and spreading them out in a winnowing basket to dry.
Zhao Huifang thought about it and said, "Chunyan, that bitch Ye Xiaoshuang said publicly today that she could earn 10 to 20 yuan per trip by sending eels to Ning'an. I think it will take less than two days for the news to spread to several nearby brigades."
Yang Chunyan nodded and said, "In the future, there will be more and more people buying and selling eels. This business will probably not last long."
Li Qiuyue said to Yang Chunyan, "It's better to dig herbs and sell them. The villagers only know a few local herbs. We are different from them because you can find rare herbs to sell, but they can't."
Zhang Xiuxiang suddenly had an idea, "Chunyan, I think if someone in the village digs up local herbs and doesn't want to send them to the city to sell, we can also collect them, dry them, and then send them to Ning'an to sell!"
Yang Chunyan: "What my second sister-in-law said is also a method. Let me try a few kilograms of wet goods and dry one kilogram of dry goods first."
"We don't understand what you say. It's still the same as before. We will do whatever you say!"
The sisters-in-law packed up and returned to the front yard, but Secretary Xu and Captain Zhou had already left.
Zhou Huaizhong said to his father: "Second Dad, tomorrow Huaigang and I will go to the coal mine to pick up coal. If there is anything at home, I will let Liping come to find you."
"Yes." Father Zhou patted him on the shoulder. "Carrying coal is hard work, don't work too hard. Your old man will ask the third son to deliver the eels to Ning'an tomorrow. I'll ask him to go and take a look."
Zhou Huaizhong said gratefully: "Thank you for your trouble. We will pay back the money that the youngest brother lent us when we come back."
"Not now, there's still time to pay after the house construction starts!"
After seeing off Zhou Huaizhong and his brother, Zhou Huaian took some iodine and active oil to clean Zhou Huaijun's wound.
Seeing that the Stretching Muscle Grass in the pot had boiled, Yang Chunyan scooped out a bowl of it and gave Zhou Huaian and his brother a drink, and then scooped two more basins of it for them to apply with hot towels to the places where they were beaten by the Ye family.
Several women in the Zhou family were injured to varying degrees. Li Qiuyue had several scratches on her neck, and Zhou's mother also had several bloody scratches on her chin and neck.
Yang Chunyan and the other two who were beaten with carrying poles and sticks all had bruises on their bodies.
After applying the medicine, Zhou's mother said to the others, "It has rained for several days in a row, and the grass in the field has grown a little too deep. Also, in the sweet potato field, the sweet potato vines that are growing too densely need to be evened out."
Zhao Huifang said: "We plan to go to the back mountain to dig herbs, or Chunyan and Huai'an can go, and we will do the work at home."
Mother Zhou looked at Yang Chunyan, "If it's nothing serious, just you and the youngest will go?"
Yang Chunyan: "It's nothing serious. Just go and check on those two small purple Ganoderma lucidums, and see if any new Ganoderma lucidums have grown from those Ganoderma lucidum spores last time?"
"Thank you, sister-in-law, for your hard work at home. Huai'an and I will go and take a look and find some valuable herbs."
Zhao Huifang said angrily, "Why are you so hard-working? You and the youngest brother can't even have a hot meal outside. You are suffering much more than us."
Mother Zhou looked at her sisters-in-law with relief, "You've all been tired all day, and your whole body aches. Go get some muscle-stretching herbal water and apply a hot compress back home, so the bruises will heal faster!"
"Okay!" Yang Chunyan put away the iodine and went back to the room to get the porcelain basin.
Zhou Huaian was lying on the bed. When he saw her coming in, he looked up at her and said, "Wife, rub my back with the active oil!"
Yang Chunyan glanced at him and asked, "Didn't my second brother rub it for you?"
Zhou Huaian looked at her flatteringly, "His hands and feet are rough, how can it be as comfortable as your rubbing!"
Yang Chunyan glared at him and said, "Wait, I'll go get some water to give you a hot compress."
"Yeah! Hurry up, I'll wait for you!"
Yang Chunyan was too lazy to answer him. She took the basin to the kitchen, scooped up the herbal water and brought it back to the room.
Just as she was about to close the door, Zhou's mother came and stuffed a roll of the Great Unity into Yang Chunyan's hand, "We will pay you back the money you lent to the third family first."
Yang Chunyan counted and found there were a hundred yuan. "Mom, that's too much. Huai'an only gave me eight..."
Mother Zhou waved her hands and whispered, "Just take it. You paid for the meat and vegetables at home these days. Your old man asked me to give you some money!"
She looked at Zhou Huaian again and said, "Your old man said that people like Cai Ermei should not be associated with, and told you not to associate with him anymore."
"We didn't have any contact in the first place."
Zhou's mother said angrily: "Can't you just say something nice? I tell you, those who steal chickens and dogs are not good people!"
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