Chapter 241: Conflict between Mother-in-law and Daughter-in-law
As soon as Fang Zhiqiang saw him, he said happily: "The things I found yesterday were really good. They cost me as much as I earned from selling them for several days!"
Zhou Huaian nodded, "Lucky was good that day."
Fang Zhiqiang also nodded repeatedly, "Yes, no wonder people used to say that there is no idle grass in the mountains, and knowledge is a treasure!"
Zhou Huaian looked at him with a smile, "Old Fang, we are all lucky to be able to marry a girl from the Yang family!"
Fang Zhiqiang was stunned for a moment, "That's right, other girls can't recognize herbs."
As they were talking, the two arrived at the meat stall in the vegetable market. Zhou Huaian went straight to the one he often bought from, cut a few large pieces of fat meat, and bought some pig liver, pig intestines, and two large pig trotters.
Fang Zhiqiang looked at him in surprise, "Youngest, you bought so much, can you finish it?"
"My family harvested rapeseed, and my mother asked us to go to my father-in-law's house and give him some rapeseed oil."
"Oh!" Fang Zhiqiang pointed at the offal, "It's not good for you to buy those things at your father-in-law's house, right?"
"Of course I can't give this away. Buy it and eat it yourself. Would you like to buy one too?"
"Okay, I'll buy one too."
After coming out of the vegetable market, Zhou Huaian went to buy cakes, noodles and candy, and then the two of them rode their bicycles back.
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Over there, when Yang Chunyan and the others arrived at Fang's house, they saw Yang Xiaoxue, Fang's mother, and another woman coming out of the yard carrying baskets on their backs.
Yang Xiaoxue looked unhappy. Seeing Yang Chunyan, she forced a smile and said, "My mother said it was too early and she was worried about me going up the mountain alone, so she asked my sister-in-law to accompany us."
Yang Chunyan smiled faintly, "We thought it was too early, so we called the third brother as well."
Mother Fang glanced at the few people and said with a smile, "It's not very bright on the mountain right now, so it would be good to have a strong laborer to give you courage."
Zhao Huifang also said politely: "Yes, women are timid and not as strong as men."
As they talked, they walked up the mountain. The eldest sister-in-law of the Fang family was quite tactful and just followed them along the way.
Just as the sky was getting light, birds were jumping around on the branches. The squirrel stood on the tree branch with its two front paws holding up, curiously looking at these uninvited guests. When it saw people approaching, it jumped up to the treetops in a few leaps.
Yang Xiaoxue used the excuse of going to the bathroom halfway and pulled Yang Chunyan aside, saying angrily, "It's all because Zhiqiang told his mother that the price of Ganoderma lucidum was good, and that we had to go up the mountain to look for Ganoderma lucidum this morning.
After hearing this, his mother said it was unsafe to go to the mountains so early and wanted to accompany me. I thought about it and agreed. But when I woke up this morning, she called my sister-in-law over.
Yang Chunyan advised: "Don't be angry, they are here now, there is nothing you can do."
Yang Xiaoxue was furious when she thought of the anger she had suffered in the past. "Just this time, if she follows me next time, I won't come out."
"Look, she didn't say a word the whole way. If you keep harping on this, it will only make you look petty. Next time, if she wants to follow you, just go up the mountain to cut grass. She's no longer interested after following you twice."
"You're right, I'll do it this way next time." Yang Xiaoxue held her arm, "Let me tell you, my mother-in-law has been saying to Zhiqiang these days,
Your sister-in-law has apologized to Xiaoxue, but she still refuses to take your sister-in-law with her. It is so petty for a family to still hold a grudge against each other."
“……” Yang Chunyan didn’t know what to say after hearing this.
When the two of them came out, Fang's mother looked at Yang Chunyan and the other two and said, "You see, two sisters are different. They have endless things to talk about when they are together."
Yang Chunyan smiled and said, "This is the good thing about marrying close to you."
Yang Xiaoxue took over the conversation, "Mom, I saw Chunyan and her three sisters-in-law yesterday, and they were as close as sisters. When they were going down the mountain, the eldest sister-in-law said that she was very strong and rushed to put the herbs into her backpack."
Zhao Huifang said embarrassedly: "Among my sisters-in-law, I am the strongest one. Also, we sisters-in-law get along well and have always had a good relationship. My brothers and sisters-in-law are also very nice to me!"
Yang Chunyan and Li Qiuyue smiled and said, "Sister-in-law, you are also good to us!"
Fang's mother glanced at Sister Fang and said, "It's only right. A family should live in harmony."
Seeing that Yang Xiaoxue wanted to say something, Yang Chunyan pulled her and said, "Hurry up, the sun is out, and it's too hot in the forest."
"oh!"
The few of them rested twice along the way without any delay. When they reached the stream, the sun had come out. The lush forest seemed to be covered with a layer of golden light.
Yang Chunyan said to the others, "After we go up the mountain today, just like yesterday, don't walk too far apart. Call out to each other after a while!"
Fang's mother smiled and said, "We were afraid of wild animals before daybreak. Now that the sun is out, there's no need to worry even if we get separated. We'll meet up here when we get down the mountain."
Hearing her say this, Yang Chunyan nodded and said, "Okay, we will go down the mountain before noon and wait for you here."
Yang Xiaoxue thought that they were still in a hurry to go back to her parents' home, "If we hadn't come down the mountain, you should have gone first."
“Yes.”
Yang Chunyan stepped on the stones in the stream and crossed the stream.
After going up the mountain, the few people stayed together at first, but gradually dispersed.
Several of us went around many places yesterday, but didn't find any Ganoderma lucidum, so we picked some Selaginella and some Bletilla striata from rocks and trees.
Li Qiuyue also found a few wild yam plants. She dug out two of them, each weighing five or six kilograms. She also dug out half of another one, and the rest grew into the cracks in the rocks.
After walking for a while, Yang Chunyan found a dead tree with more than a dozen Ganoderma lucidum growing on it. Some of the big ones were as big as the palm-leaf fans at home, while some of the small ones were only the size of a bowl.
Zhao Huifang tried to break it several times but failed, so Zhou Huaishan stepped forward and said, "I'll do it!"
He took a sickle and cut along the bark, and finally got a tree tongue Ganoderma lucidum off.
Yang Chunyan pointed to the right side and said, "Third brother, I'll break off the tree tongue for you. Let's go to the side and take a look."
“Yes!”
Zhao Huifang and Li Qiuyue followed, "Chunyan, I think Xiaoxue's relationship with her mother-in-law and sister-in-law is not very good."
Li Qiuyue: "It's just weird, it's different from our family."
"My sister and her eldest sister-in-law don't have a good relationship. After the family split up, the two stopped communicating. Now she sees that my sister is looking for herbs to sell and is trying to curry favor with her, but my sister has been ignoring her. Yesterday we picked up some Ganoderma lucidum and brought it back..."
Zhao Huifang suddenly realized, "Oh! No wonder, if it were me, I wouldn't want to do it either."
Li Qiuyue felt a little guilty after hearing this, "That's right, who would take care of such a person!"
Yang Chunyan smiled and said, "Yes, now she doesn't want to take her with her. Today, it was her mother-in-law who took the initiative to call her here."
Zhao Huifang: "If it were me, I probably wouldn't come. How embarrassing!"
"Sister-in-law, you can't do such a thing!" Yang Chunyan said as she walked to a big tree in two or three steps and pulled up a purple Ganoderma lucidum. "Go this way, it feels right!"
"Oh~ You must have sharp eyes. I looked over there just now, how come I didn't see it?"
(End of this chapter)
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