Chapter 95 94: Our Second House Has Changed
The four sisters-in-law returned home and scraped the mud off their boots by the well. They turned around and saw Zhou Huaian and the old man sitting at the door of the main room talking.
One of the father and son had his leg wrapped in gauze, and the other had a big bruise on his forehead.
"Grandpa, you and Huai'an look like you came down from the battlefield!"
"Alas!" the old man sighed, "I am old and useless. When it rains, I can't see the road clearly."
Yang Chunyan looked at the old man's gray eyes and said, "Grandpa, next time I'll take you to Ning'an to ask Doctor Wang to take a look. What's wrong with your eyes?"
"No need." The old man waved his hand. "When people get old, they will have blindfolds. It's useless to see. Why spend that money?"
Father Zhou came out of the house with a pipe in his hand. "Old man, I heard that chickens have blurry eyes because people in the past didn't have enough to eat and didn't have enough nutrition, so they couldn't see when it got dark. Your eyes are also blurry during the day, so it's probably an eye disease. Next time, go with Huai'an and the others to have a look."
Zhou Huaian: "Yes, Brother Wang and I have agreed to send him yellow eels. I will go to Ning'an often in the future, and I will take you to see it then."
The old man nodded happily, "Yes, I haven't been to Ning'an for more than ten years. I'll go and take a look too."
Several children ran over and gathered around them, "We want to go, too."
Zhou Huairong coaxed, "During the New Year, I'll take you there during the New Year."
Zhou Jiaming curled his lips, "You adults are the most boring. When you didn't want to take us there, you said you would take us there during the New Year. Do you think I don't know?"
Zhou Huairong smiled and patted him, "Go away, you're everywhere, hurry up and finish your homework and eat."
"You only know how to ask me to do my homework!" Zhou Jialiang muttered and walked away.
Zhou Huaian remembered that the money had not been divided yet, "Yan'er, go and take out the money from selling the eels and give it to my brother and the others."
"Okay, here's the money from selling the herbs." After saying that, Yang Chunyan went back to her room to change her shoes, took out the money and went to the main room.
Zhou's mother came out of the kitchen carrying a pottery bowl. Seeing that everyone was in the main room, she went into the room and took out her bag. She looked at them with a smile and said, "There is also money for selling wild boar meat. I counted it and it's only 40 cents short of 170 yuan."
Zhou Huaishan said to his mother, "Mom, let me tell you, the youngest is the best at selling things. If he hadn't called Huang from the guesthouse to buy wild boar meat, we would have more than three or four pounds of meat left today."
Mother Zhou glanced at Zhou Huaian in a reproachful manner, "Your smooth talk finally came in handy."
Zhou Huaian was speechless, "Mom, why can't you say anything nicer?"
Zhou's mother rolled her eyes at him and said, "Isn't it good for you to be good at talking?" Then she took the money out of her bag and put it on the table.
Li Qiuyue said: "Mom, the money from selling corn is also in it."
Zhou's mother said, "It's just over 50 kilograms of corn, and the maximum is only 6 yuan."
Zhou Huaian picked up the money and counted out six yuan. "Take this money. We will share the rest." His mind raced. "There are 163.6 yuan left. Each family will get 32.72 yuan."
Zhang Xiuxiang looked at him embarrassedly, "Youngest brother, you and Chunyan fought the wild boar, and your legs are injured. I think it's the same as before. You keep half and then divide it!"
Zhao Huifang: "That's it..."
"Sister-in-law, we are one family and we should keep separate opinions!" Zhou Huaian interrupted her with a smile, "This is the money from selling pork, you can take it first, and there is also money from selling eels and herbs!"
Zhou Huaijun looked at the money in Zhang Xiuxiang's hand and smiled so hard that his teeth were exposed. "Youngest brother, I will follow you to get rich in the future!"
Zhou Huaian turned his head and looked at him, "Second brother, after dinner, go see which of your friends has yellow eels, and we will pay the town to buy them."
The three older ones nodded, "Yes!"
Zhou Huaian handed the money to his mother, "Mom, this money is for you to buy more oil from the street. Put more oil in cooking. Don't be stingy."
Zhou's mother took the money and slapped him in the face, "Where would you get the money if you don't save money? You're shaking with just two dollars." Then she looked at Yang Chunyan, "Don't give the money you earn to the youngest, or he will squander it all sooner or later."
Zhou Huaian was depressed after hearing this. He had been working harder than an ox these days, so why couldn't his mother see him?
Yang Chunyan hurriedly said, "Mom, don't worry. Huai'an only has a few dollars on him. Now he even buys cigarettes at Ning'an. He buys two packs of spring farming every time, and it's still two cents cheaper than the brigade."
"That's more like it!"
Yang Chunyan took out the money from selling herbs and shared it with her three sisters-in-law. "This is the money from selling eels. Divide it among you."
Zhou Huairong took the money and calculated it. "The youngest brother took out all the money from the pork and divided it equally. We also divided the money from the eel sales equally. Each family has exactly 3.3 yuan."
Zhou Huaishan nodded repeatedly, "Yes, yes!"
Zhou Huaijun's mouth was cracked to his ears. "I found that since Chunyan found that thing, our family has been like the God of Wealth, and we have been making money every day."
Zhou Huaian nodded proudly, "Yeah, I think so too!"
Zhao Huifang smiled and said, "Grandpa said that our second branch's fortune has changed."
Father Zhou and the old man looked at the four brothers with smiles of relief and pride on their faces.
In many families in the village, brothers had their heads beaten into pigs for money. The brothers in his family discussed and divided the money.
As the saying goes, "A good daughter-in-law will bring good children and grandchildren for three generations." Marrying a daughter-in-law is really crucial. If you get a bad daughter-in-law, she will instigate the brothers to fight against each other, and brothers will become enemies.
There are also those families who beat their daughters-in-law at every turn. The family lives in chaos and no matter how rich they are, they will not live a comfortable life.
My daughters-in-law are all kind-hearted and sensible. If things continue like this, there's no need to worry about the prosperity of our family business!
After dinner, Zhou Huairong and his two brothers went out to talk to the good families in the village and told them that they would buy eels at the price in town.
Yang Chunyan and her mother-in-law began to pack up the kudzu roots and herbs they had brought back.
Wash the Polygonum multiflorum vines and hang them on bamboo poles under the eaves to dry. Use bamboo strips to scrape off excess dirt from the kudzu roots and stack them against the wall.
Zhou Huairong and his two brothers came back carrying wooden barrels. "We went to several stores and they were all willing to sell to us. We collected more than 30 kilograms in one round."
"I can earn 8 cents per pound, so I can earn more than 2 yuan for more than 30 pounds." After calculating, Zhou's mother looked at the people happily and said, "I will go to the brigade's dam tomorrow to talk to them."
Zhao Huifang and the others also said, "Let's talk to the people who can make the connection."
By the time everyone had packed up, the rain had stopped.
Yang Chunyan returned to her room after washing up. Zhou Huaian was lying on the bed with his hands under his head, looking at her. "Yan'er, are you going to pick mushrooms with your sister-in-law and the others tomorrow?"
"Well! You've been tired for a few days, so just take a good rest for two days." Yang Chunyan took out iodine and said, "I'll disinfect your wound so it will heal faster."
Zhou Huaian stretched his legs and pulled up his pants, "Yan'er, I go into the mountains with you every day. I feel a little uncomfortable if I don't go."
Yang Chunyan smiled and glanced at him, "Then you should stay at home and take good care of your injuries for the next two days. Let's go into the mountains together in a few days to see how big the two purple Ganoderma lucidum we left behind last time have grown."
"I'm afraid new ones have grown too! Go get some leaves to cover them when you have time."
"Yes." Yang Chunyan bandaged his leg and said, "Go to sleep. We have to get up early tomorrow to pick mushrooms."
(End of this chapter)
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