Chapter 697 702: Letter of Guarantee Released
Wangcai, who was guarding the gate of the yard, saw him come out, wagged his tail and lay back down. Outside the yard, Lin Wu and the Lai brothers were still unloading the goods, and Zhou's father was also there helping to move the bamboo baskets inside.
"Old man, where's grandpa?"
"He didn't sleep during the day today, so I let him go to bed."
"When the Lingzhi wine is ready, drink a small cup before going to bed!"
"Yes! Your mother told me." Zhou's father was very happy. He was willing to make wine with the Ganoderma lucidum which cost dozens of yuan per pound for the children.
No wonder the old man often said that all the children in the family were filial, but the most caring ones were the youngest and his wife.
Zhou Huaian walked forward, picked up a basket and walked towards the baking room. "Woof woof~" Lai Fu, who was lying at the door, saw him coming back, wagged his tail and came to greet him, circling around his feet affectionately.
"Stop turning!" Zhou Huaian kicked it gently, "Just stay here and don't let the thieves in."
"Woof woof~Woof woof" Lai Fu seemed to understand and lay down obediently.
Zhou Huaian carried a bamboo basket into the warehouse. Dim light shone through the yellowed lantern shade, and he saw that there were still quite a few bamboo baskets piled up in the warehouse.
He put down the bamboo baskets and roughly counted them. There were still two or three hundred baskets that had not been washed. Together with those brought back this time, there were more than four hundred baskets and more than 20,000 kilograms. It would take a dozen people a whole morning to clean them all.
The acquisition points he chose this year were really great. Now he is a little impressed with himself. His brain is really useful.
Looking at the dim lantern, I feel that the only shortcoming of the village now is the lack of electricity. It seems that I have to ask someone if there is any way to get electricity in the village as soon as possible?
Father Zhou came in and put away the bamboo baskets. He looked at the baskets piled up like a mountain and said cheerfully, "Xu Laosan said that there are a lot of villagers from Chuancheng coming over to Bailing Mountain to sell truffles today. He and Yiding went to sell them on the lawn. You three must go there early tomorrow morning."
"What time did they say they were leaving?"
"Yiding said we'll leave at five."
"Okay!" Zhou Huaian turned and walked out of the yard. The few of them ran back and forth several times before unloading the goods. They went home to wash up and waited until they returned to the house to record the accounts. It was already past twelve o'clock when they went to bed.
The next morning, Zhou Huaian, who felt he had not had enough sleep for a while, set out to Baicaoping with Zhou Yiding and Xu Laosan.
The tractor was driving on the asphalt road, and he felt that even the air was icy cold after the winter rain.
A big Dongfeng whizzed by on the other side, and he looked at it with envy, "It would be nice to get one like this to transport goods."
The three of them arrived at Baicaoping and saw that the yard outside Zhang Laoer's house was already filled with bamboo baskets. Zhou Jiakang and Zhang Dajun were standing there beating cardboard.
"Mom, old man, my dad and his friends are here." Zhou Jiakang yelled into the yard, then turned and ran towards Zhou Huaian, "Dad, are we going to kill the New Year pig tomorrow?"
"It will be killed tomorrow!" Zhou Huaian pinched his red nose, "When will this little pig be ready for slaughter?"
Zhou Jiakang pushed his hand away in dissatisfaction, "Dad, I am a human being, not a piglet."
Zhou Yiding rubbed him and said, "Xiaokang, Uncle Yiding's family will also be slaughtered tomorrow, come to my house to eat soup and wine!"
"I'm not going to your house to eat!" Zhou Jiakang said proudly, "My family is also going to kill a pig for the New Year! We are going back to see my grandparents and ancestors. I miss them so much."
Zhou Huaian: "Xiao Ru and Xiao Lin have both gone back. If you want to go back, pack your things quickly and you can leave later."
"I'm going back to find my sister!" Zhou Jiakang ran away.
Zhou Yiding looked at the pile of goods and said, "There are still 400 baskets here, right?"
"Four hundred and five baskets, you can't finish them in one trip." Zhou Huaijun walked out of the yard, "Come inside and eat something first."
Zhou Huaian smiled and said, "What delicious food did the second sister-in-law make?"
"Someone in the village killed a wild boar yesterday, so we bought some pork belly and made some steamed meat buns."
"I like buns." Zhou Huaian and the other two followed him into the yard. Zhang Xiuxiang had already placed the buns and porridge on the table, so they sat down and started eating.
I ate the soft buns and a big bowl of sweet potato porridge while it was still hot, and my body, which had been chilled by the wind, instantly warmed up.
Zhang Xiuxiang brought out a pile of pickled radishes mixed with red oil and chili peppers. "It's freshly pickled. Not too sour. It tastes just right."
"Pickled radish is delicious!" After Zhou Huaian grabbed a piece and tasted it, he found that the sour and crispy pickled radish was really delicious when eaten with rice porridge and steamed buns.
At this time, all the strong laborers in the village went up the mountain to dig truffles, and they had to load the bamboo baskets themselves. After eating three buns with kimchi and sweet potato porridge, they went out to load the goods.
Zhou Huaian and Zhou Yiding stood in the truck bed. Zhou Huaijun and Xu Laosan picked up the bamboo baskets and handed them to the two men, then put them in the truck bed.
Zhang Xiuxiang came to help after she had packed up, "Youngest, Xiaoqian and Jiakang will go back with you later."
"Okay!" Zhou Huaian thought about it and said, "Second sister-in-law, how about we talk to Secretary Lin later and ask them to deliver the goods the day after tomorrow? We can go back with Yi Ding tonight and come back tomorrow after having soup and wine?"
Zhang Xiuxiang smiled and said, "No, it's just that Mom and Chunyan have to work hard. There's so much pork to make sausages, pickle bacon, fry meat in oil... They'll be busy."
Zhou Huaian: "That's nothing. My sister said that the school is on holiday and the business in the store is slow. She will come back to help tomorrow. Sister Hai Li is also at my place."
"That's good. Otherwise, they would have to work for days to finish the job."
After the four wheels were filled, there were still about a hundred baskets left. Zhou Huaian asked Zhou Yiding to go back alone, and he and Xu Laosan went to Bailing Mountain first.
"Ding Ding Cat, you have to deliver the goods at home to Ning An when you go back, and then go to Uncle Xu and Uncle Datian to get the goods."
"You don't even need to tell me that!" Zhou Yiding opened the car door and waved to Zhou Jiakang and Zhou Xiaoqian who were waiting there with their schoolbags on their backs, "Get in, we're off."
"Hey!" The brother and sister climbed into the cab happily and waved to their mother and husband standing on the side of the road.
The busy time passed very quickly. It was already past ten o'clock when Zhou Huaian, Xu Laosan, Grandpa Zhou, and Zhou Huaijun got home.
As the unloading just started, Zhou Yiding also drove a four-wheel drive to the grove.
Li Qiuyue held the child and looked anxiously in the direction of her home. Thinking of how Zhou Huaishan got up this morning and saw that she had not left, he asked her if she had thought it through.
She thought about it all night, from marrying into the Zhou family to giving birth to Xiaoru, Xiaolin, and then Xiaolong, she didn't know why she was following the same path that the Li family took with their children?
Why do people forget the sufferings they endured in their childhood and youth when they get older?
How did I slowly become the kind of person I hate the most?
"We're here!" Zhou Yiding glanced at the two of them, braked the tractor, turned off the engine, opened the door and jumped out. The air pressure inside was too low, and the past two or three hours had been too painful.
Zhou Huaishan also got off the tractor and helped to pick up the child. After waiting for Li Qiuyue to come down, he gave the child to her and then went to unload the goods.
Li Qiuyue stood at the door of Yang Chunyan's house for a while holding the child before she mustered up the courage to go in.
Yang Chunyan and Luo Haili came out with bedding in their arms and saw her come in. "Third sister-in-law, Mom is cooking noodles for Jiaming and the others in the kitchen. Do you want to eat some?"
"I ate before I came back." Li Qiuyue looked at the quilt they were hugging, "Will Xiaoru and Xiaolin sleep at your house or at home tonight?"
"She slept with Sister Haili and Qiaoling at my house. Today the kids are back, so we'll go upstairs and make two beds for Jiaming and the others to sleep in."
After the children left, all the bed covers and quilts over there were put away. This time they came back to stay for a few days, so they didn't plan to make the beds there.
Li Qiuyue nodded and went to the kitchen, "Mom, I'm back."
Zhou's mother, who was fishing for noodles in front of the stove, looked up at her and said calmly, "Go call the third child. I have something to tell you."
"Mom," Li Qiuyue walked quickly to her and knelt down, "I promised the third brother that I would change in the future. From today on, you can see how I behave. If I am still the same as before, I will return to Baicaopao the same way I came to the Zhou family."
Mother Zhou concealed her surprise, looked at her and said, "As the old saying goes, it's easy to change a country but hard to change one's nature. Do you think you can really change it?"
Li Qiuyue looked at her firmly, "Mom, I've made up my mind. I have to change it even if I can't."
Zhou's mother looked at her and felt that she was different this time and seemed to really want to change. "Get up first and call the third child. I have something to say to him."
As long as Li Qiuyue didn't cheat on her, didn't abuse Xiaoru and Xiaolin, and didn't betray her, she would not let Zhou Huaishan divorce her.
Because no matter what, the original wife is better. If the two really get divorced, there will be a stepmother and a stepfather, and the children's lives may not be as good as they are now.
But you have to scare her. Don't expect her to change completely. She will be satisfied if she changes half of it.
"Yeah!" Li Qiuyue stood up and walked outside. After a while, she walked in with Zhou Huaishan and saw Zhou's mother standing on the steps.
"Mom, call me!"
"Come in!" Mother Zhou turned and walked into the room, sat on a chair and looked at Zhou Huaishan, "Have you thought about it? Do you want to continue to quarrel with Qiuyue in the future?"
Zhou Huaishan looked at her and said, "I don't want to argue. I told Qiuyue my request yesterday..."
He took out a piece of paper from his pocket and handed it to her. "This is her letter of guarantee, with her fingerprints on it. She would rather give up half of the family property and the land in Ning'an, and she wants me to give her another chance to correct her behavior. If she still can't change in the end, it's not too late to leave."
Mother Zhou took it and only understood the two red handprints. She looked up at Zhou Huaishan and the others and said, "Since you are determined to change, and the third brother is willing to give you a chance, I will not say more. I only have a few questions for you."
Li Qiuyue said gratefully: "Mom, you tell me, I will definitely change."
"I don't listen to your promises, I only look at what you do!" Zhou's mother looked at her, "Do you remember what you said when you wanted Laoyao and Chunyan to take you to dig herbs and sell them?"
Li Qiuyue thought back to when she first said this to Yang Chunyan, and her face turned red. "I told Chunyan that as long as she gave us two yuan a day, I would be happy."
(End of this chapter)
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