After the banquet, Zhou Sanba, Zhou Datian, Secretary Xu, Yang Xiaoxue and others who lived nearby said goodbye and left one after another.
When Zhou Yumei and Luo Haili left, Yang Chunyan asked Zhou Huaian to take a can of malted milk and milk powder back for them.
After visiting the child, Father Yang checked Yang Chunyan's pulse and nodded with relief, "Don't worry, Yan'er and Xiao Jiu'er are both fine."
Yang Chunyan smiled at Zhou Huaian and said, "The old man checked your pulse and said it's fine. Are you relieved now?"
"Relax!" Zhou Huaian agreed with a smile and took Yang's father and Yang Weiguo to the back mountain to see the medicinal fields.
Dashuang looked at the sleeping baby and asked, "Why is my little brother sleeping all the time?"
Xiao Shuang took a look and said, "My brother is a lazy pig."
Mother Yang smiled and said, "My brother is not even one month old yet. He will play with you when he is."
Mrs. Yang wanted to keep Yang's mother to talk to Yang Chunyan alone, so she took Yang Dongmei and the children to go for a walk near Yang Chunyan.
Seeing that her mother-in-law and son-in-law treated her daughter well, Yang's mother was relieved but also felt guilty. She held Yang Chunyan's hand and said, "You should have been here to take care of you for a while during your confinement. Your eldest brother hired a craftsman to make bricks and tiles, so I can only come later."
Yang Chunyan smiled and said, "It's okay. Huai'an and my mother-in-law are very considerate. You can just stay at home and help my brother and his family. When the house is repaired, we will harvest red mushrooms. After that, the house in the county town will also be under construction. We will be busy this year."
"Thanks to you and Huai'an, our family wouldn't be in its current state otherwise." Mother Yang said, thinking of the house in the city. "The last time we went to Ning'an, Dongmei took us to see your house. The first and second floors have been repaired, and they've started work on the third floor."
Yang Chunyan smiled and said, "The house in the city is all taken care of by Doctor Xiao Wang. Huai'an just takes a walk and leaves every time he goes there."
After hearing this, Yang's mother hesitated for a moment and said to her, "Mom has something else I want to discuss with you."
Yang Chunyan looked at her, "Is it about Dongmei?"
Mother Yang nodded. "Half a month ago, Dongmei's former classmate from the town invited a matchmaker to propose marriage. The man's family conditions are quite good. I asked Dongmei, but she didn't agree, saying that she already has someone she likes."
"She and Dr. Xiao Wang are looking for a partner?"
"It should be."
"Doctor Xiao Wang is a good person in every aspect, why don't you like him?"
"It's not that I don't like him!" Yang's mother said worriedly, "Of course Doctor Xiao Wang is very good, but our family is not a good match for them. I'm worried that Dongmei will suffer if she marries him."
Yang Chunyan: "Are you worried that Dongmei will go to the provincial capital after marrying him and it will be difficult to get along with people there?"
Mother Yang nodded and said, "Yes! She is from a wealthy family, not my biological mother. That woman couldn't even tolerate the young Wang Zhen, let alone Dongmei."
Yang Chunyan thought about how Wang Zhen had lived in Ning'an City instead of returning to the provincial capital in his previous life. "I heard from Huai'an that Dr. Wang doesn't plan to return to the provincial capital in the future and wants to develop here. If that's the case, we don't have to worry."
"If that's the case, then there's nothing to worry about." Mother Yang thought about it but still felt uneasy. "Wait a minute and ask Dongmei how far she and Doctor Xiao Wang have come. We asked her, but that damn girl just wouldn't say anything!"
"Okay! I'll ask her later."
Yang's mother taught her some things to pay attention to when raising a child, and reminded her of some things between husband and wife during the confinement period. Yang's father and others also came back from the back mountain.
Mother Yang winked at her and went to the kitchen to talk to Mother Zhou who was cooking rice eggs.
Yang Dongmei hugged Xiao Jiuer and kissed her again and again, "Xiaoyaoyao, auntie is leaving. I will come back to see you when you are one month old!"
Yang Chunyan looked at her aunt and nephew with a smile on her face, "Got it, aunt, come and see our little Jiuer as soon as possible."
"Sister, Xiao Jiuer is really good at growing up. He has been picking the good points of you and brother-in-law." Yang Dongmei sat next to her and pointed at Xiao Jiuer's small nose. "Look, his face shape and chin are like brother-in-law, and his eyebrows and nose are like you."
"Your brother-in-law said his nose and mouth look like his."
"Hehe! Wang Zhen often laughs at my brother-in-law, saying that he is the most conceited!"
"Your brother-in-law likes to talk to Dr. Xiao Wang the most, and he even wants to be a burden bearer with him!"
"Sister!" Yang Dongmei turned her head and looked at her, "Tell me the truth, were you sent by mom to get information?"
Yang Chunyan laughed, "You figured it out!"
Yang Dongmei rolled her eyes, "I know it without even looking! Every time my mom sees me, she says that Wang Zhen's family is from a wealthy and powerful family, and that our family is not a good match for his.
It would be better to find a family similar to ours, so that they can help me if I get into trouble in my husband’s family. The more she said this, the less I wanted to tell her about my affairs.
"Mom said that because she's worried about you."
"I know some people think they are superior and like to look down on others. But you should know that Wang Zhen is not that kind of person at all."
"You're already doing maintenance. It seems like you and Doctor Xiao Wang are really..." Yang Chunyan looked at her, raised her two thumbs face to face, and bent them downwards.
"Yes!" Yang Dongmei nodded with a red face. "Wang Zhen told Grandpa Wang about us two days ago. Grandpa Wang called me over to talk for a while. He said that after Qingming Festival, he would ask a matchmaker to go to our house to propose marriage."
After hearing this, Yang Chunyan happily held her hand and said with a smile: "Doctor Xiao Wang is a good person, please don't bully him."
"Sister, you can't be like this!" Yang Dongmei looked at her dissatisfiedly, "When did I bully him? He always bullies me, okay? He always scolds me, saying that I am not regular here and I am sloppy there."
Yang Chunyan slapped her in an angry tone, "Good scolding! Don't you think about what industry you are studying? If I were teaching you, I would definitely spank you if I saw you were not following the rules and were careless!"
"I see. I've remembered it." Yang Dongmei looked at her with a smile. "Wang Zhen said that when Xiao Jiuer is one month old, we will come here to play, and go with my brother-in-law to hold lanterns and light up eels and loaches."
"Great! When we get here, there will be rice paddies everywhere, and we can catch eels and cicadas to eat."
Sister Yang came over and said, "Let's go, why do you two sisters have so many secrets to talk about?"
Da Shuang and Xiao Shuang ran in and grabbed Yang Dongmei, waving at Yang Chunyan, "Auntie, brother, we're leaving!"
Yang Chunyan touched her two little nephews and said, "Okay! Come and play with me again when your little brother is one month old!"
"Uh-huh!"
Yang Dongmei walked out with her two little nephews and Yang Dasao. Yang's mother came in again. When she learned that Dr. Wang had passed the Qingming Festival and asked a matchmaker to propose marriage, she smiled so hard that she couldn't stop.
"Take good care of yourself during the confinement period. Mom will come to see you when she is free!"
"Okay!" Yang Chunyan got up and walked her to the door, watching Zhou Huaian and Zhou's mother walk them out of the yard.
After a while, Zhou Huaian returned to the room. Yang Chunyan took out the small red silk bag that Wang Zhen had given her. "My younger sister brought this. Doctor Wang and Doctor Xiao Wang gave it to Xiao Jiuer."
"This silk bag is the same one that Dr. Wang used to buy gold jewelry for us last time!" Zhou Huaian untied the silk bag and saw a small gold lock and a pair of small bracelets inside. He said in surprise, "This is too valuable!"
Yang Chunyan didn't expect that they would actually give Xiao Jiuer such an expensive gift. She was stunned for a moment and said, "It's okay. When he and my sister get married and have a baby, we will buy a return gift!"
Zhou Huaian glared at her after hearing this, "Yan'er, do you mean that Doctor Xiao Wang and I will be sharing the same responsibilities from now on?"
"Well! I just asked my little sister, and she said..."
"I told you! Their personalities are just like you and me, one likes to be quiet and the other likes to be active, what a perfect match!"
Yang Chunyan smiled and glared at him, "No matter what you say, don't forget to praise yourself."
"I'm not wrong!" Zhou Huaian put the things away, "You've been tired all day, take a rest first, I'll bring you some chicken soup. I'll drive the tractor to Guanyin Mountain to help Mina and her brother plow the fields."
"Okay!" Yang Chunyan also felt a little tired. "You're going to plow the fields today, and go to Baicaoping to collect honey and herbs tomorrow?"
"The day after tomorrow. I plan to go to the woods with Ding Ding Cat to get the beehive back tomorrow." Zhou Huaian saw her lying down, closed the door and walked out.
He carried the plowshare out of the yard, called Zhou Huaishan to help him unload the trailer and install the plowshare.
"Third brother, tell the eldest and second brothers not to cook tonight. There are still a lot of leftovers at home. Let's eat them all."
"Yes, Mom has already told us."
People aren’t that particular these days, and since we’re all family, no one would mind eating leftovers. They would feel bad if they couldn’t finish the good meat and vegetables and they turned them bad.
Zhou Huaian drove the tractor to the brigade's drying dam, and Xu Hongbing ran over, "Youngest, what are you doing?"
"Would you like to go to Mina's house to help plow the fields and catch loaches and eels?"
"Then wait for me, I'll go get the basket!"
Zhou Huaian waved his hand, "Run faster!"
"That's great!" Xu Hongbing ran away as fast as he could.
Zhou Huaian turned off the fire, took out a cigarette, put it in his mouth, leaned back and smoked slowly.
Xu Hongbing jumped onto the tractor carrying a bamboo basket and sat next to him. "Why did you want to plow the fields at this time?"
"Tomorrow I have to go into the mountains to get the beehives, and the day after tomorrow I have to go to Baicaoping. I'm only free now!" Zhou Huaian said, thinking of hiring him and Li Wu to go collect herbs together. "After the busy farming season, do you have any work to do?"
"No, I want to ask you to help me find a job!"
"There is work, but sometimes I have to go out for a few days and only come back once. If you have lost anything at home, I will come and call you after the busy farming season!"
"After the busy farming season, my wife and mother can help take care of the rice fields. When the herbs grow well, I can sell them to you. I can leave anytime."
"Okay, it's settled then!"
Xu Hongbing suddenly remembered something, "Youngest, I went to my mother-in-law's house a few days ago and came back a little late. Just now when you were waiting for me, I saw Zhou Huaixing coming out of Youngest Xiong's house drunk."
Zhou Huaian sneered, "You know that Zhou Huaixing and I have never gotten along since we were young. He likes everything I hate, so it's normal for him to be good friends with the youngest Xiong."
"Pah~" Xu Hongbing spat, "I hate people who are ungrateful and take advantage of their own interests the most."
Zhou Huaian: "Don't bother with that kind of person!" (End of this chapter)
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