Chapter 243: Returning to My Mother's Home (I)
When the three of them arrived outside Yang's house, the neighbors who were sitting outside the courtyard to enjoy the cool breeze all greeted them with smiles, "Chunyan is back!"
"Auntie, auntie..." Yang Chunyan greeted them one by one with a smile.
The auntie next door peeked at the contents of the bag and said enviously, "Xiuzhen, you are so lucky, these two big pieces of fat meat must weigh more than ten pounds."
"Oh~ Look, the back is full, there must be a lot of good stuff underneath, right?"
"Nothing, just some cloth and shoes!" Zhou Huaian looked at the people who were peeking around, smiled and pushed the bicycle into the yard.
He thought to himself, let's see which of you dares to say in the future that my Chunyan found a poor second-rate guy!
"Oh my! Just some cloth and shoes! Xiuzhen, your son-in-law is really generous!"
Mother Yang looked at them with a smile on her face. "My mother-in-law asked them to bring some freshly squeezed rapeseed oil. Look, it's so hot, and they're still busy firing up kilns and repairing houses at home!"
One by one, when they have nothing to do, they talk about my Chunyan. After careful selection, she finally chose a leaky lantern. There is nothing to say now, right?
At this time, the two nephews rushed out like cannonballs and grabbed Yang Chunyan's hand, "Auntie, why are you back?"
Yang Chunyan rubbed the tuft of hair left on the tops of their heads. "Auntie will buy some candy for you! Where are grandpa and the others?"
"Here we are!" Father Yang and eldest brother Yang, who were drying herbs in the backyard, came out after hearing the noise. "I heard your family is digging a kiln. How come you have time to come back?"
Zhou Huaian parked his bike and took the backpack off the bike. "I came to see you guys."
"Why buy so many things?" Brother Yang said as he stepped forward to catch the meat. "There's so much meat, hurry up and pump it into the well. It will go bad quickly in this hot weather."
Mother Yang took the meat and saw the cakes and noodles wrapped in red paper. She smiled so hard that her mouth couldn't close. "Yes, there are too many!"
If the girl gets married and lives a good life, they will also be proud.
"Da Shuang, Xiao Shuang, come and have some candy!" Yang Chunyan took two handfuls of candy and put them into her nephew's pocket.
Mrs. Yang's family has the gene for giving birth to twins. Her two twin nephews are over three years old this year. They chatter all the time and are very naughty.
"Grandma, Auntie gave us some candy!" The two kids happily covered their pockets and pulled her towards the main room.
After they entered the main room and sat down, Yang's mother brought some tea and took the two little rascals to the kitchen to cook some poached eggs.
Father Yang and elder brother Yang stayed to talk with Zhou Huaian.
Ask him where the new foundation is located? How many kilns have been fired since the kiln was opened? When will the construction start? How wide will the house be?
"We have a kiln now, and we plan to build a house with three rooms at both ends, and add two floors to the main house..." Zhou Huaian repeated everything, and then told the two people that they also rented a barren mountain, bought a tractor, and would pick up the goods in half a month.
Father Yang and eldest brother Yang looked at him as they listened to him talk. Father Yang felt that he looked much calmer than before, and he felt a little relieved.
Seeing the three people chatting, Yang Chunyan went out and walked towards the kitchen.
Father Yang asked again, "Your eldest brother came back and said that you guys also went to collect herbs. How was your harvest these days?"
"The harvest was good. We found some Magnolia officinalis, Ganoderma lucidum, Paris polyphylla... My uncles and I dug some old honey and even killed a musk deer..."
When Yang's father and elder brother Yang saw that he was very knowledgeable about the names of herbs, they were completely relieved.
"Don't be too greedy when you go into the mountains to collect herbs. If you come across rare herbs, don't dig them up by the roots. Leave some for seeds so you can dig more later."
"I see. That's what Chunyan did." Zhou Huaian said and looked at Brother Yang again. "I'm going to Ning'an to pick up the goods on the 15th of next month. I'd like to ask you to go with me and teach me how to drive a tractor."
Brother Yang responded readily: "Okay, I'll go to Ning'an and wait for you at Desheng Hall on the 15th of next month. Learning to drive a tractor is easy, but the hard part is that you have to learn how to deal with minor malfunctions of the machine!"
Seeing his friendly expression, Zhou Huaian also relaxed, "Chunyan said that big brother knows it all, so I'll ask big brother to teach me when the time comes."
"Well! I've written down all the things you need to pay attention to at home these few days. When the tractor arrives, I'll tell you about it and you'll understand."
Yang Chunyan and her mother came over with two bowls of poached eggs. "I asked mom to cook fewer, so I cooked six for you!"
Father Yang said with a smile, "After such a long journey, it's nothing for a young man to eat six poached eggs! We used to have ten in one meal."
Brother Yang recalled the last time he was overfed at Zhou's house. "That's right, I went to my father-in-law's house and had a big bowl of noodles with a few poached eggs in it!"
"That's right, take your time eating!" Father Yang and eldest brother Yang stood up and left the main room.
Zhou Huaian and Yang Chunyan sat at the octagonal table, picked up their spoons and started eating.
The poached eggs were cooked with fermented glutinous rice and brown sugar. Both of them were sweating after eating them.
Mother Yang looked at the two of them lovingly, "I've boiled some hot water, go wash up and take a rest for a while."
Zhou Huaian said to Yang's mother, "Mom, didn't you just say you wanted to pick corn? Let us help you."
It was a rare visit for the two of them, so Mother Yang was reluctant to order them to work. She smiled and said, "There are still two plots of corn that have not been harvested. Your sister-in-law is in the field. I'll go take a look and be back soon."
Zhou Huaian smiled and said, "We have nothing to do at home, let's go together."
Seeing that the two men were determined to go, Yang's mother had no choice but to get a backpack and straw hat for them, then said goodbye to Yang's father and went out together.
She said to Yang Chunyan happily: "Let's pick some cantaloupe and watermelon to eat later.
This year, I tried to plant two acres of watermelons and cantaloupes on the sandy land by the river. I was thinking that I would send some to you when your elder brother sent herbs to Ning'an."
After saying this, Yang's mother looked at Yang Chunyan, wanting to ask how many days the two of them could stay before leaving. Then she thought that their family was firing a kiln, so it was unlikely that they would stay at home for long.
Yang Chunyan smiled and said, "The last time we went to Ning'an to sell herbs, Doctor Xiao Wang gave us some watermelons and mangoes!"
Yang's mother: "At the beginning of the spring, Doctor Xiao Wang gave your brother two mango seedlings, and both of them survived."
Yang Chunyan: "We also saved some seeds and plan to plant them next year."
"My younger sister came back a few days ago. You should have come back two days earlier." Mother Yang looked back at Zhou Huaian behind her. Seeing that he had caught up with her, she continued, "When she left, her classmates from Pulin Town came to ask her to go with them. I heard that boy likes your younger sister."
Yang Chunyan thought that her future brother-in-law's family was not from Pulin Town, "Do you like him too?"
Yang's mother said worriedly, "I asked her, and she said she's not in a hurry to find a partner now, and will wait until she graduates!"
Yang Chunyan nodded, "Don't worry, I have always had the right ideas since I was a child!"
Mother Yang smiled and said, "That's true. She has always been more opinionated than you. You two are obviously more than two years apart in age. Who wouldn't say you're her younger sister?"
There are rice fields along the road all the way. The altitude here is higher, so the rice is planted later and the rice ears are just beginning to fill with grain.
The Yang family's corn field is at the foot of the mountain across the river, and above it is the family's mountain land. Brother Yang and his wife are hardworking and have planted some white peaches, snow pears, loquats and cherries in the mountain land.
(End of this chapter)
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