Mother Zhou looked at the happy people and asked, "Youngest, did you really buy it?"
Zhou Huaian looked at her with a smile, "I bought it, but I didn't dare tell you because I was afraid you would be worried!"
Zhou's mother gave him a cold look and said, "..." If you don't want to say anything, just shut up. I already know it now!
The old man looked at the mother and son and said, "Guilan, the land at home cannot be plowed by a cow. It would be good for the youngest to buy a tractor so that he can help plow the land at home and earn money."
Zhou Huaian nodded repeatedly, "That's right, when the weather gets cold, many people are repairing their houses, and I can also make money by doing transportation."
Zhou's mother rolled her eyes at him and said to the old man, "Old man, buying a tractor is good, but I think it's too eye-catching to buy a tractor when we are preparing to build a new house."
Zhou Huaishan interrupted, "Mom, I think the youngest is right. We make money to live a better life. We can't hide the money we earn just because we're afraid of others getting jealous!"
Zhou Huaijun also said: "Before we were ready to burn the kiln and repair the house, we could not even speak loudly when we went out. Now, when the villagers see us, they greet us from a distance."
Li Qiuyue: "That's right. Those gossipy women in the village would ask when they met, 'Qiuyue, your youngest child is married, why don't your parents-in-law build a new house for you and divide the family property for you?"
After hearing this, Zhou's mother thought about it and it made sense. When she went out in the past, those in the village who were slightly better off would look down on her. From when she started burning kilns at home to prepare for building a new house, to when she later collected herbs, those people looked at her with a different look.
This is how the world works. Even a rich person's fart smells good, but when a poor person speaks outside, his voice is three inches lower...
"Just buy it. We'll have an easier time in the future." Mother Zhou looked at the old man, "Look, you and Dasong, as well as the eldest and second oldest, have all lost a lot of weight in this period of time."
The old man smiled and said, "What's the harm in being thin? If you're happy, then suffering is not suffering!"
Zhou Huaijun replied, "That's right. As long as I think about living in a big tiled house in the future, I'll be happy no matter how hard life is!"
Zhou Jiaming outside said, "Grandma, I also like living in the new house. I don't have to live in the same room with my mom and husband anymore."
Zhou Jiakang also nodded, "I want to live with my mother, so that my old man won't get up in the middle of the night and beat my mother..."
Zhang Xiuxiang's face instantly turned red as if blood was sprayed out of it!
"You idiot!" Zhou Huaijun glared at him, "Hurry up and eat!"
The adults laughed silently and lowered their heads to put rice into their bowls.
After dinner, the kids went to the well to fetch water to wash their faces, while the old man sat at the door rolling tobacco leaves.
Zhou Huaian and his brother helped Zhou's mother pack the vegetables to be taken to Ning'an tomorrow.
During this period, green beans, bitter gourd, cowpeas, and green beans in the mountains have all come out.
The Zhou family grows a lot of these beans, and with the eggs and vegetables bought from the first and third branches of the Zhou family, they only need to occasionally buy some vegetables that are not available at home in the village and send them to Ning An.
Mother Zhou came out carrying two bunches of bananas. "You told me last time that our bananas are delicious. I went to pick some chinaberry leaves to cover them. You can take some to Huang and Dr. Wang's house."
Zhou Huaian said with a smile: "Mom, everyone says our bananas are delicious, you should plant a few more nests next year."
Mother Zhou smiled and nodded, "We've divided out three nests this year, and we'll divide out more next year so I can plant them in your new house!"
Yang Chunyan suddenly remembered the pheasant eggs from last time, "Mom, did the pheasant eggs I gave you last time hatch chicks?"
Mother Zhou: "I put four in there, two hatched, one survived, and now it's grown into a handful."
Zhou Huaian asked excitedly: "Rooster or hen?"
Zhou's mother: "It has gray fur and looks like a hen. It's very small but very aggressive. It always likes to peck at other chicks."
Yang Chunyan smiled and said, "The hen is good. We won't have to worry about it flying away in the future."
Zhou Huaian: "I wonder what the hybrid chicken will look like in the future?"
The old man laughed and said, "Ha, no matter what it looks like, it's still a chicken!"
Yang Chunyan and Zhao Huifang cleaned up the pots and pans, and went to the backyard to find some herbs for Zhang Xiuxiang, asking her to boil water for soaking her feet.
The two of them went to the door of the main hall and helped Li Qiuyue pick the herbs. After washing and drying them, they began to pick Ganoderma lucidum.
Country people these days are like this, with their eyes open they keep spinning like a top.
Zhou Huaian watched Yang Chunyan picking out the Ganoderma lucidum. "Yan'er, is the one with blood-red on the back the blood Ganoderma lucidum?"
"Well! Fragrant Blood Ganoderma is not easy to find, and the price is higher than Purple Ganoderma!"
"Oh! Then we can sell it for quite a bit of money this time!"
"We should be able to sell quite a lot." Yang Chunyan thought for a moment, "When we go back tomorrow afternoon, all the meat stalls in town will be closed. Buy two strips of meat from Ning'an."
“Yes!”
Zhao Huifang, who was standing by, also said, "Youngest, go to Ning'an tomorrow and help me buy the things for my mother's home."
"I want to buy one too." Zhang Xiuxiang, who was sitting on a straw bench soaking her feet, also said.
Zhou Huaian smiled and said, "Okay, what good things do you want to buy?"
Zhao Huifang: "What are you buying? Meat, noodles, and cakes!"
Zhou Huaian looked at the two of them, "Then I'll buy you the ones from my house?"
The two nodded and said, "You can buy it as it is!"
Yang Chunyan looked at Zhang Xiuxiang's feet and said, "I'll crush some clover and apply it on you overnight. You should be almost healed by tomorrow."
Zhang Xiuxiang nodded, "Yeah! It doesn't hurt much now."
Zhou Huaian said to them, "The forest over there is still a little far away. I think it would be better for me to let my third brother go with you guys tomorrow morning."
After hearing this, the old man also said, "Let the third son go with us. You don't know, in the old society, a golden cat was caught in the back mountain of Fangtian. That thing is really powerful."
Li Qiuyue nodded, "I'll ask the third brother to go out with me tomorrow morning."
After saying goodbye, everyone went back to wash up and prepare to rest.
Yang Chunyan returned to the room after washing up and saw Zhou Huaian leaning against the quilt with his legs crossed. "Are you not going to sleep yet?"
Zhou Huaian picked up the ticket that was placed aside and handed it to her with a smile, "I'll put the ticket away for you when you come back. If you lose it, it will be more than a thousand yuan!"
Yang Chunyan happily took it and looked at it, "Finally, I don't have to dig the ground with a hoe anymore."
"Yes! There are plows and harrows. Once installed, you can plow and harrow the land. When removed, you can haul goods."
Zhou Huaian sat up and looked at her with sparkling eyes, "Yan'er, when we have electricity, let's go buy a TV like the one Dr. Wang has."
Yang Chunyan thought for a moment and said, "If we want to have electricity here, it will probably take another two or three years, right?"
"It's still better in the city. Water is convenient, and the house is bright once the electric light is turned on. Compared with the electric light, the kerosene lamp is like a firefly."
“It’s easy to have water just by turning on the tap like in the city. Last time I told you that after the new house is built, we will dig a well in the back mountain.
When digging a well, a water pipe is buried deep down the mountain and connected to the bottom of the mountain. A tap is installed so that water is available anytime and anywhere. "
Zhou Huaian moved next to her and said, "Okay, when the time comes, invite the well diggers over and you tell them what to do."
Yang Chunyan propped his head open and said, "You're sweating, why are you getting so close to me?"
"What do you think I should do?" Zhou Huaian smiled and held her in his arms... (End of this chapter)
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