Chapter 509-510: Good at studying
Yang Chunyan nodded, "If we don't want to buy anything, let's go home!"
Zhou Huaian carried the backpack on his back and said, "Let's go buy some Yeerba across the street, and then we'll be back."
"Yeah!" Zhou Yiding also picked up the bag. The group bought some Yeerba, went to where the tractor was parked, and drove the tractor back.
When we arrived at Guanyin Mountain, we first sent the three siblings back to the Guanyin Brigade.
Zhao Meina jumped off the tractor with her brother and sister-in-law, carrying the snacks they bought, and waved happily to the few people, "Uncle Huai'an, Aunt Yang, Uncle Yiding, take care."
"Wait a moment." Yang Chunyan carried the schoolbags she bought for the siblings and walked forward and hung them on the shoulders of the three children.
"It looks great! I was wondering what you were buying over there! It turned out you bought this!" Zhou Huaian thought of the past, "When I was in school, Ding Ding Cat had a schoolbag like this. I was so envious."
He went back and insisted on buying a military backpack, but was beaten up and then cried in his mother's arms. In the end, he didn't buy one until he graduated...
"Xiaochuan needs to shorten the straps!" Zhou Yiding stepped forward to help tighten the straps a little, "Okay! It looks pretty good when I carry it!"
Zhao Meina's eyes suddenly turned red as she carried a heavy schoolbag filled with many things. "Auntie..."
Yang Chunyan stepped forward and put her hands on her shoulders. "This is a New Year gift from your uncle and aunt. I hope you will study hard and try to get into a good school."
Zhao Meina felt as if there was cotton in her throat. She wiped away her tears, nodded heavily, and pulled her sister-in-law to say to her: "Aunt Yang, Uncle Huai'an, we will try our best."
Yang Chunyan patted the shoulders of the three siblings and said, "Only by studying hard can you have the ability to go to the places you want to go and see a wider world in the future."
Zhao Meina touched the canvas bag and felt that Aunt Yang was right. If she wanted to see how good the place they talked about was, she must study hard and get admitted to the school there. Then she would be able to see it when she went to school there.
Zhou Huaian also said: "That's right. If you study hard, you don't have to work in the fields to make a living. The government will give you a house and a salary, and you can get medical treatment if you are sick or in pain."
Zhou Yiding nodded, "Uncle Huai'an is right. Uncle Yiding will take over after the Chinese New Year." He said a little embarrassedly, "Uncle has no ability and can only rely on me. You have no one to rely on. You can only study hard and find a job in the future!"
"We'll remember it." The three siblings said in unison.
Zhao Xiuna touched the canvas bag lovingly, "Aunt Yang, only students in our class whose family members are in the army carry such a schoolbag."
Zhao Xiaochuan puffed out his chest and said, "Aunt Yang, I want to be a member of the People's Liberation Army in the future."
Zhou Yiding recalled his own time and said with a smile: "Youngest brother, we also talked about joining the People's Liberation Army every day!"
Zhou Huaian spread his hands and said, "There's no chance in this life! Let's wait for the next life!"
"No need to wait for the next life, let my son go later!" Zhou Yiding held Zhou Huaian's arm and walked towards the tractor on the side of the road.
Yang Chunyan said to the three siblings, "You can go back. You don't have to see us off. If you have any problems, come to Funiu to find us."
"Got it!" The three siblings watched the tractor drive away before turning around and walking back.
After Yang Chunyan and the other two entered the village, they stopped at Zhou Yiding's house. He got off the tractor carrying his backpack and said, "I'm going home."
"Ding Ding Cat, I have something to do later!" Zhou Huaian told him that the provincial capital wanted winter honey. "A pound of winter honey is two yuan higher than summer honey. Let's finish the work in the first month first!"
Zhou Yiding said excitedly, "I only remember the nests in the forest farm. We dug under the big rock early, so we should be able to get some. There is also the nest in the forest by the river. Do you remember the locations of the nests in the back mountain?"
Zhou Huaian looked at him proudly, "My memory is so good, of course I remember! My wife Chunyan and I went to harvest Magnolia officinalis and found a nest. That nest was harvested the earliest, so there will probably be some this time. There is also the big nest of honey hanging on the tree... There are more than a dozen nests."
Zhou Yiding: "Where are the nests we cut before?"
Zhou Huaian: "Cai Ermei goes there from time to time, and there is food for you!"
Zhou Yiding recalled the time when they went up the mountain together to look for wild bees. "That's true. That bastard was the most ruthless in cutting the honey. He didn't even leave any food for the little bees. He also said that if he didn't cut the honey, someone else would find it and cut it."
Zhou Huaian also recalled some past events. "I felt it was a bit harsh when I heard him say that at the time, but then I thought about it and felt that what he said seemed to be right. Now that I think about it, we are not the same kind of people."
"That's right!" Zhou Yiding took two steps and turned back, "When will we go up the mountain after the New Year?"
Zhou Huaian thought for a moment, "We'll go up the mountain when Chunyan and I come back from my mother-in-law's house!"
"Okay!" Zhou Yiding waved his hand and walked into the yard.
"Yan'er, sit tight." After Zhou Huaian said that, he pulled the brake and the tractor rumbled towards home.
Before the tractor entered the yard, Wangcai and Lai Fu came out wagging their tails to greet them and took the two of them home.
Before the tractor entered the yard and parked, Zhou's mother came out of the kitchen and said, "Why did you come back just now? Village Chief Qu has been waiting for you for a while. Your grandfather took him to the back mountain to check on the herbs he had planted."
"The city is so crowded, and he was delayed because he was doing other things." Yang Chunyan got off the tractor. "What did he want to talk to us about?"
Mother Zhou shook her head. "No! The people who came with him put down the truffles and went to the town to buy things. Oh! He also brought two pheasants and two pieces of bacon to give to you, saying they were New Year gifts!"
Yang Chunyan was thinking about taking two strips of bacon and two bags of brown sugar as a return gift later, "How many truffles did they send down today?"
Zhou's mother: "There are more than 1,100 kilograms, and I heard that they are from two teams. He said that they will be delivered this time, and we will go up the mountain to find forests to dig after the Chinese New Year, on the fifth or sixth day of the first lunar month."
Yang Chunyan nodded and said, "It looks like they have almost finished digging over there."
Zhou Huaian: "Last time, Village Chief Qu said that it was too far and he didn't dare to take anyone there. There are many wild animals in the old forest. If something happens, no one can take responsibility."
Zhou's mother said, "That's right. You have to be careful when doing things. As the old saying goes, you have to have the life to earn money and the life to spend it."
Zhou Huaian put the backpack on the steps and said, "If everyone thinks this way, no one will go to the old forest."
Zhou's mother nodded, and suddenly remembered that there was still rice cooking in the pot. "Oh! I have to filter the rice." After that, she left in a hurry.
Zhou Huaian thought that there must be more wild honey in Huangqinggou, so he said to Yang Chunyan, "I'll put my things away and go to the back mountain to take a look. What does Village Chief Qu want to see me about?"
"Yes!" Yang Chunyan followed him back to the room and took off the coat she wore when going out. "Huai'an, you can ask them to look for winter honey in the mountains. There are fewer people there, so there should be more than here."
"I have the same plan." Zhou Huaian took out the key and opened the door. "Yan'er, let's go to Baicaoping tomorrow and ask Brother Zhang and the others to go into the mountains to look for winter honey. How much do you think I should give them per pound?"
Yang Chunyan thought for a moment, "We sell old nest honey for 6.8 yuan per pound, and adding two yuan makes it 8.8 yuan. If we give them 7.8 yuan per pound, we can earn 1 yuan per pound by sitting at home. What do you think?"
"That's right!" Zhou Huaian said as he took off his purse. "I used some of the money from today's sales. This is the gold jewelry I bought for you. I'll give it to Grandpa and the others when I come back."
"No wonder you brought two purses!" Yang Chunyan took the waist bag and felt it was a bit heavy. "How much are you buying?"
Zhou Huaian put the money in his waist pocket away, turned his head and smiled, "Doctor Xiao Wang said 35 per gram, and here is almost 4,000 yuan. I bought you a bracelet, a necklace and earrings, and a pair of rings for us."
"Thirty-five per gram, nearly four thousand yuan means more than a hundred grams." Yang Chunyan glared at him in disapproval, "You are really willing to spend so much!"
"Money is earned to be spent, so why should we be reluctant to spend it?" Zhou Huaian smiled and held her in his arms. "Doctor Xiao Wang also said that it is a good idea to buy gold. He also said that gold is just like money and sometimes even more valuable than money."
Yang Chunyan found that he was most receptive to Wang Zhen's words, so she nodded and said, "Doctor Wang is well educated and has more experience than us. It's good to listen to his opinions when there is something!"
Zhou Huaian thought so too, "Alas! How could such a good person lose his mother so early!" He sighed and took out the things, "Yan'er, I bought a pair of earrings for my mother, but not for my mother-in-law, don't be angry!"
Yang Chunyan deliberately turned her body to the side, "Humph! You only think about your mom and not my mom!"
"I bought it!" Zhou Huaian explained to her hurriedly, "Grandpa and the old man bought rings, and so did my father-in-law and mother-in-law. I was thinking about earrings and will wait for my eldest brother-in-law to buy them for her." After saying that, he saw her looking at him with a smile, and he also laughed, "I thought you were angry!"
Yang Chunyan rolled her eyes at him, "Am I that stingy?"
"My wife is the best!" Zhou Huaian smiled and leaned forward to kiss her. "I bought it for my mother because I often heard her say that during the great famine, she exchanged the dowry jewelry given by her mother-in-law for food. She only got ten kilograms of corn flour with those few things. When natural disasters come, gold, silver and treasures are not as valuable as food."
Yang Chunyan: "Yes, only food can fill your stomach, eating gold will kill you!"
Zhou Huaian nodded, "Do you like it? I'll go up the mountain to take a look."
"Go!" Yang Chunyan sat on the edge of the bed, picked up a red velvet bag, opened it and saw the gold bracelet inside. The solid flat bracelet had dragon and phoenix patterns on it, and it sparkled like gold when she put it on her hand.
The necklace is fastened with a chain, and the pendant is a little golden pig, which is her zodiac sign. The earrings and ring are both smooth and look simple.
She looked at the other rings. The three seal patterns should be men's, the two polished women's rings, and a pair of polished earrings seemed to be bought for Zhou's mother.
Yang Chunyan admired them for a while, put the things back into the velvet bags, put them in the storage place in the closet, locked the door and left the room.
Wangcai and Lai Fu, who were lying at the gate of the yard, looked up at her and lay back down.
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