When Yang Chunyan came back from Ning'an, she saw that the old man and Zhou's father had all three ovens in her backyard lit up, saying that they would try to dry all the truffles and store them in the warehouse by the afternoon of New Year's Eve so that they could have a good rest for a few days during the New Year.
Uncle Chen brought the villagers to deliver the last batch of truffles, which totaled only 700 to 800 kilograms. They said that some of them could not be graded after being dug up, so they buried them all back.
In the evening, Zhou Huaian excitedly asked her to show him the bracelet and necklace she had just made. Yang Chunyan took out the necklace and bracelet from the cabinet and put them on. "It's more than two thousand in total!"
Zhou Huaian glared, "What's more than 2,000? I only earned more than 2,000 this time. Don't learn from me and the others. The money you earn is not to be spent when you get home, but to be counted when you have nothing to do.
We earn money to eat well, dress well, and use good things. If you like to buy a set every year, you will have a box of gold and you can wear whatever you want. "
Even if a person lives to be a hundred years old, there are only more than 30,000 days in his life. If he doesn't use the money he earns, the person will be gone but the money will still be there. The money left behind will go to this little scoundrel for good. He is not that stupid!
Yang Chunyan smiled and nodded, "Then I'll make you one too, with a row of gold inlays on your teeth, so that they can blind people when the sun comes out!"
"You're naughty!" Zhou Huaian laughed and hit her, "That's something only an idiot would do. Is your man an idiot?"
Yang Chunyan glanced at him and said, "Very similar!"
"Okay, you want a beating!" The couple laughed and almost woke up their son.
At noon on the 29th day of the twelfth lunar month, Secretary Xu and Zhou Datian came back. Seeing that both sides were burning in the ovens, they stayed to help.
In the afternoon, Zhou Daqing brought Zhao Meina and her sister, as well as Xu Hongbing and his party, and pushed the chicken bus down the mountain from the forest farm. Several people helped Yang Chunyan to select the truffles and weigh them.
Yang Chunyan picked up the abacus and calculated, saying, "This time the total is 1,468 yuan, plus the total of the previous times of 10,035.7 yuan, the total is 11,503.7 yuan."
Zhou Daqing and the others were so happy that they couldn't close their mouths. "Chunyan, help me calculate, how much will each of the six people get?"
"Okay!" Yang Chunyan helped the six people to calculate, "1917.16 yuan per person. Wait a minute, I'll go get the money for you."
"Let's share the money!" Xu Hongbing rubbed Zhao Xiuna's head, "Girl, we can finally sleep in tomorrow. Uncle will sleep until the sun goes up the mountain."
"I'm going to sleep until the afternoon." Zhao Xiu Na felt that she hadn't woken up in the past two months, and she wanted to go home immediately and lie in bed and sleep till the end of the day.
Zhou Huaigang rubbed his hair that looked like a chicken coop. "I have to go to town and get my hair shaved. I have to go on a blind date after the New Year!"
Zhou's mother smiled and joked, "Huaigang, your mother bought you two new sets of clothes. Get dressed well and go on a blind date to charm your mother-in-law and father-in-law!"
Xu Hongbing said happily: "Auntie, what's the point of charming the mother-in-law and father-in-law? You have to charm the girl!"
Mother Zhou: "If my mother-in-law and father-in-law don't agree, can you marry her daughter?"
Xu Erchun: "Auntie is right. It's useless if the girl agrees but her mother-in-law and father-in-law disagree!"
Yang Chunyan took out the money, divided it among them, and handed it to Zhao Meina, "You two are the youngest, so you should get it first."
"Thank you, Aunt Yang!" Sister Zhao Meina took the money and smiled happily, "It's a lot of money!"
Zhou Daqing smiled and said, "Save it up, it will cost a lot of money to study."
The two sisters nodded heavily, "Grandpa Zhou, we understand. Let's put it at Aunt's house first and help us store it after the New Year."
"We'll go back first and come to the youngest one's place to fish tomorrow." Xu Hongbing and his friends put the money in their pockets and happily pushed the chicken cart away.
When they reached the grove, they met Zhao Xiaochuan, who was running towards them breathlessly. When he learned that his sister was at Yang Chunyan's house, his legs, which had been sore and weak, suddenly regained their strength and he rushed over.
Yang Chunyan was giving the two sisters bacon, candies, and new clothes for the New Year. "Yesterday, I went to Ning'an to buy new clothes for the children. I thought that the stalls you set up would have closed when you came back, so I bought some for you."
Zhao Meina took out thirty yuan and stuffed it into Yang Chunyan's hand. "Aunt, we'll take the bacon and candy, but you have to take the money for the clothes. You've helped us enough, and we can't let you spend any more money!"
Seeing this, Yang Chunyan took out ten yuan and looked at her with a smile, "That's enough."
Zhao Meina looked at her and said, "Aunt, how can ten yuan be enough for three sets of clothes..."
"Big sister, second sister!" Just then Zhao Xiaochuan ran in and grabbed the two sisters, jumping for joy, "Hehe, you're back!"
Sister Zhao Meina reached out and hugged him, "Brother, we are back!"
Mother Zhou came in carrying radishes, green vegetables, and garlic sprouts for the children. Seeing the siblings hugging each other happily, she smiled and said, "Xiaochuan, next year, raise a few more chickens and send them over so that Grandma Chen can help you sell them!"
The chickens his family raised were collected by Zhou's mother and sent to Ning An to sell. There were also a few hens that laid eggs, so Zhao Xiaochuan would send some to Zhou's house every few days.
Zhao Xiaochuan nodded repeatedly, "That's right, Grandma Chen, the twisted chicken also laid eggs yesterday."
Mother Zhou rubbed his head and said, "You capable boy, just play here for a while and have dinner together."
Zhao Xiaochuan: "No, grandma. Aunt Su and I went to town to buy New Year's goods. I also cooked meat today and will eat it when my sister comes back."
Zhao Meina: "Grandma Chen, Auntie, we still have to go back and pack up, and then we will come to wish you a happy new year."
Yang Chunyan: "Okay, keep the door closed at night and be more alert."
"Hey!" The three siblings happily carried the New Year's goods given by Yang Chunyan and the vegetables and radishes given by Zhou's mother, and happily said goodbye and went home.
When night fell, Zhou Huaian and his two children also returned with Zhou Huairong and his family. As soon as the children got off the tractor, they ran into the yard, "Grandpa, grandma, auntie, we are back."
The old man looked at his great-grandchildren happily and said, "Your grandma has made some steamed buns. Go wash them and come over to eat."
"Oh!" Zhou Jiakang pulled his mother, "Grandma, what delicious New Year's goods did you buy?"
"Peanuts, melon seed candies... there are so many delicious things." Zhou's mother pointed happily at Yang Chunyan who was picking vegetables nearby, "Your aunt also bought you new clothes, dozens of picture books, and Xiaoqian and the others also got butterfly hairpins, hair flowers, and beautiful scarves."
Zhao Huifang, who came out with the porcelain basin, said to Zhou Jialiang, "Did you hear me? I told you guys that you'll have new clothes to wear for the New Year. Hurry up and thank Auntie!"
"Thank you, Auntie!" The children were not paying attention to the clothes at all. Zhou Xiaoqian pulled Yang Chunyan and asked, "Auntie, did you buy us butterfly hairpins? My teacher's daughter has one, it's sparkling and very pretty!"
Zhou Jialiang nodded, "I saw it too, she wears it every day, like a fairy!"
"Hateful!" Zhou Xiaoqian hit him, "You are more like a goblin."
Zhou Jialiang looked at her proudly, "I'm a man, men don't have goblins!"
"Stop making noise!" Zhou Jiaming knocked him and squeezed in front of Yang Chunyan, "Aunt, what comic books did you buy for us?"
Yang Chunyan looked at the chattering children and said with a smile, "Xiao Qian and the others have butterfly hairpins and Generals of the Yang Family... Ten Thousand Whys. They are in my living room. I'll go back and get them for you after dinner."
Zhou Jiaming looked at her with sparkling eyes, "Aunt, are Generals of the Yang Family and Romance of the Three Kingdoms a complete set?"
Yang Chunyan smiled and nodded, "It's a complete set, there are dozens of books!"
"Wow! Aunt Yao is so awesome! Long live Aunt Yao! Long live Aunt Yao!" Several children jumped for joy.
Zhou Xiaolin took Yang Chunyan's hand and said, "Aunt, I want to wear a pretty butterfly hairpin!"
Zhou Jiakang pulled her hair and said, "Little sister, you have so little hair, your hairpin will fall off!"
"You can wear it!" Zhou Xiaolin slapped him in dissatisfaction, "Xiaokang's pot is broken, Xiaolin won't play with you anymore."
“Lululu!” Zhou Jiakang made a face at her, “You’re just a little kid, I won’t play with you!”
Zhou Xiaolin turned around and threw herself into her mother's arms, saying aggrievedly: "Grandma, Xiaokang Guo said I was just a tiny kid!"
Mother Zhou hugged her and said, "Yaoyao, ignore him. Grandma will wash your hands for you and go eat some buns."
Zhou Xiaolin touched her little bun and said, "I'm wearing a butterfly hairpin after eating a bun!"
"Okay!" Zhou's mother urged the children surrounding Yang Chunyan to wash their faces and hands, and the goods outside were also unloaded.
Zhou Yiding drove the tractor to the side of the courtyard wall and parked it. He got out and locked the door, then said to Zhou Huaian who was talking to Secretary Xu and Zhou Datian, "Youngest, I'm going home first!"
Zhou Huaian nodded, "Okay, let's go fishing tomorrow morning, we'll weigh the dry goods in the warehouse, and then we'll do the accounting and share the profits!"
Zhou Datian smiled and said, "Youngest, how much do you think each family can get?"
Zhou Huaian looked at him with a smile, "Uncle Datian, everyone will definitely be a millionaire this year!"
"We already had 10,000-yuan households last year!" Zhou Datian said with a smile as he looked at the others. "If our village were to be reported, it would probably be the village with the most 10,000-yuan households in the nearby towns. We would definitely take first place."
Secretary Xu smiled and waved his hands, "Datian, there's nothing special about the award certificate. Making money quietly is the hard truth!"
"The old secretary is right. We should make money quietly!" Zhou Datian picked up the jacket hanging on the tractor bucket and said, "Let's go home, eat, and have a good rest for a few days."
"Youngest, we're leaving!" Secretary Xu waved his hands.
Zhou Huaian: "Uncle, you don't have to go buy fish tomorrow, just come to me and get it."
"Yes, come tomorrow morning!"
When Zhou Huaian and his brothers returned to the baking room, Yang Chunyan and her sisters-in-law had already prepared the food, including fried bacon with garlic sprouts, shiny sausages, crispy pork and pea soup, beef bones stewed with radish, and beef buns. The whole family sat around in the yard and started to eat happily.
Zhou Huairong took a sip of wine and said to Zhou Huaian, "Youngest, there won't be many truffles left after the New Year. After the market closes in February, we'll start sorting out the back mountain that we just bought.
I heard from folks in Chuancheng and Bailing Mountain who sent me truffles that the most truffles grow under chestnut trees and Yunnan pine trees. How about we go to the forest and dig up some small chestnut and pine trees and plant them there? (End of this chapter)
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