Chapter 563 Chapter 564: Guarding a Treasure Mountain but Not Finding Treasure
Zhou Huaian went home and told Yang Chunyan, Zhou Huairong and the others that the 50-degree truffle wine was three yuan per pound and that the 60-degree one was not needed for the time being because it was not as effective as the lower-degree one.
Zhou Huairong looked at him in surprise, "Great! I didn't expect it could really sell for money! These days, the bold ones die of overeating, while the timid ones die of starvation."
After hearing this, the brothers felt that this was indeed the case. If it weren’t for the youngest couple leading them, their family would have at most three thatched houses, and how could they have the bright brick houses and good life they have now!
Zhou Huaijun grinned at him, "Youngest, how many 60-degree and 50-degree ones do we have in total?" He wanted to calculate how much money he could make from his share.
Zhou Huaian thought for a moment, "I bought 600 kilograms of 60-degree milk and 3,200 kilograms of 50-degree milk."
"It's only 600 kilograms!" Zhou Huaishan said proudly, "Even if they don't want it, we can divide it among ourselves and drink it slowly."
Zhou Huaijun nodded, "The youngest will get half, and the three of us and Yi Ding will share the 300 kilograms. A family only has a few dozen kilograms, and it will be drunk up in a few years at most."
Zhou Huaian said with a smile: "Second brother, you are still young, drink less!"
Zhou Huaijun kicked him and said, "Go to hell, didn't you say over there that the effect of height is not good?"
Zhou Huaian smirked, "They said the effect wasn't as good as 50 degrees, but they didn't say it wasn't effective!"
Zhou Huaijun blushed, "Go away! Let's get down to business. We still have to go up the mountain to pull out all the weeds in the medicinal field."
Zhou Huaian stopped teasing him when he saw this. "Okay, it's settled then. I'll go to Hengshan this afternoon to replace the 60-degree ones with 45-degree ones, and then order some more 50-degree ones."
Zhou Huairong: "Youngest, our boss's wine is selling very well. You should order more now so that you won't be out of stock by the end of the year!"
"Okay!" Zhou Huaian thought about digging a wine cellar, "This time I'm going to ask Brother Weidong to help me hire a master to dig a wine cellar in the back mountain to store the wine."
"Just do whatever you want. We'll come and help when the master comes." Zhou Huairong said and stood up. "Let's go. Let's finish the work while it's still cloudy."
"Okay!" Zhou Huaijun and Zhou Huaishan also followed him to the backyard.
Yang Chunyan: "Huaian, my brother and sister-in-law are helping to weed and dig ditches in our medicinal fields. Ask mom to plant some more rice at noon, and we can eat together here."
Zhou Huaian nodded, "I'll go talk to them."
After lunch, Zhou Huaian went to Hengshan. The foundation of Yang Weiguo's house had been laid, and there were busy figures everywhere on the construction site.
He first went to Yang Weidong's house to discuss the matter of ordering wine and hiring a master to dig a wine cellar, and Yang Weidong readily agreed.
When he came out of Yang Weidong's house, he met Yang Weiguo who came to look for him, and the two went back to Yang's house together.
Mother Yang said to him, "The baby will be one month old in about ten days. Have you discussed with Chunyan what to do for the one-month-old banquet?"
Zhou Huaian nodded, "Chunyan said that we have already held a big three-day banquet, so we won't hold a full-month banquet. We will prepare some delicious dishes and invite you to have a meal with our family to celebrate the banquet."
Mother Yang: "That's fine. On the day of the full moon, your husband and I will come together. Your eldest brother and the others will be too busy to come."
"Yeah!" Zhou Huaian saw that the sky was getting darker and darker, "It looks like it's going to rain soon, so I'll leave first."
"We'll take you out." Mother and father Yang took him to the village entrance and turned to their spouse, "Huaian, your husband wants to tell you something!"
"Oh!" Zhou Huaian stopped, "What's the matter?"
Father Yang said somewhat embarrassedly: "Huaian, a woman's body is particularly at a disadvantage when giving birth. It is best to rest Chunyan for another half a month after she is one month old before you can have sex again!"
Zhou Huaian was stunned for a moment, then nodded quickly, "Don't worry, old man, I'll remember it."
"Okay!" Father Yang patted him on the shoulder, "It's going to rain, be careful on the road."
"Hmm!" Zhou Huaian got on his bicycle, thinking back to his father-in-law's words, scratching his head, "Damn it, another half month has passed, I have to find something to do..."
As soon as he got off the asphalt road, it started raining. This dirt road in Fangtian Brigade was all yellow mud. The bicycles ran over the mud and all stuck to the tires. He saw someone in front of him who took good care of his bike, so he simply got off and carried the bike.
This second-hand Golden Deer in my family is quite durable. I rarely even clean it after I bought it, but it can still run fast with more than 200 kilograms of vegetables on it.
The villager who was carrying the bicycle forward saw him riding past the yellow mud ditch in a flash, and the bicycle tires and body were covered with yellow mud.
Then I looked at my still-shiny bicycle and cursed him for wasting it...
Zhou Huaian curled his lips, "Haha, you idiot, a bicycle is bought to ride, not to be used as an ancestor!"
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In the blink of an eye, it is the ninth day of the fourth lunar month.
Two of the dahlias transplanted from Zhou Yiding's house in the yard have bloomed. The overlapping bright red petals look festive.
Gardenias and roses are also in bloom, and when you wake up in the morning, the yard is filled with a faint floral scent.
That day, Yang Chunyan got up early in the morning and was busy boiling water to wash her hair and take a bath. She hadn't washed her hair for a month, and she felt that she tasted like a piece of rotten pickled salted vegetable.
Zhou Huaian hurriedly helped to carry the hot water to the bathroom. Thinking that he would have to hold it in for another half a month, he decided to wait until Xiaojiuer was older to have a second child and enjoy a few more years of good life.
Mother Zhou came out holding little Jiuer in her arms, "Youngest, take little Jiuer to the brigade to find Liu the barber to shave Jiuer's hair."
Zhou Huaian took his son with a smile, "Chunyan said the child is still young, so wait until he is a hundred days old before taking him to get a haircut."
"Okay, let's shave it after his fontanelle has grown better!" After saying that, Zhou's mother mixed some hot water and gave the child a bath. She changed into new clothes inside and out, and then gave the child to Zhou Huaian.
"You hold me, I'll go pick some vegetables and come back to cook. Your father-in-law and mother-in-law should be here soon."
After taking a shower, Yang Chunyan felt a lot more relaxed. She held her newly dressed son and sat at the door of the main room to bask in the sun for a while. Yang's father and mother also came.
After a few polite greetings, Yang's mother and father went to see their grandson. This time, they brought some clothes for the child and two cans of baby milk powder, saying that Wang Zhenrang had brought them.
After a while, Zhou Yumei came back, and she and Luo Haili made two more sets of clothes for the child.
Zhou's mother, Zhao Huifang and Zhang Xiuxiang all worked efficiently and quickly prepared the wine and food.
The two families had a simple lunch. Father and Mother Yang held the child for a while and then said goodbye and left.
Yang Chunyan held the child and together with Zhou Huaian sent the old couple to the grove before turning around and walking back.
The next day, shortly after lunch, a large Dongfeng car slowly drove from the brigade's drying dam towards the foot of the mountain.
A group of children followed behind, "Big car, look at the big car..."
"It looks like it's heading towards Zhou Laoyao's house. What kind of business is he doing?"
"Maybe he's here to get some herbs. A lot of people have been sending herbs to his house recently!"
"That should be it?"
The youngest bear was driving the cattle to plow the field. When he saw the big east wind slowly stop at the door of Zhou Huaian's house, jealousy almost overflowed from his eyes.
Yang Chunyan and Zhou Huaian smiled and welcomed Wang Zhen and the driver out of the car, "I thought you would need two more days!"
"We came here as soon as they arrived." Wang Zhen said to Zhou Huaian, "Brother Zhou, we still need to hurry back. Let someone unload the cartons first, and you can take the people to load the wine."
"I'll go call my eldest brother and the others!" Zhou Huaian ran towards the back mountain, and soon Zhou Huairong and the others all came.
Zhou Huaian's brothers, Wang Zhen and the driver were unloading the goods outside, while Yang Chunyan took Zhou's mother and two sisters-in-law to load the wine.
After a while, Xu Erchun, Li Wu and Xu Hongbing also came to help, and the villagers who came to watch the fun also helped move the cardboard boxes into Zhou Huaijun's yard.
"Zhou Laoyao, what business is your family doing now? Don't forget to give everyone some!" Everyone tasted the sweetness of truffles last year, and they all hope to be able to dig truffles and sell them this year so that they can have another prosperous year.
Zhou Huaian smiled and said, "Don't worry, everyone. As soon as there is news from over there, I will notify everyone immediately."
He did not intend to tell the villagers about the plan so early, for he was worried that they would go there too early to occupy the land and dig truffles, which would affect the future harvest.
Strength lies in numbers, and it didn't take long to unload a full truck of cartons. Over there, Yang Chunyan and Zhou's mother were still busy filling truffle wine.
Zhou Huaian took the cigarette and walked around, thanked the villagers who helped, and then went with Zhou Huairong and his brothers to help fill the glasses with wine.
The driver came from the provincial capital. He looked at the row of houses of the Zhou family and said with a smile, "Every time I come here, after passing Liangshan, I take off my clothes while walking. We still wear jackets over there, but some of you are already wearing shirts. The temperature difference is so big in the same province."
Wang Zhen: "We are in the subtropics, with long summers and unclear seasons. The dry season and the rainy season are distinct. This year, it rained twice in a row in the past two days. If it rains again, it will be in June. We have never had rainy weather for ten days or half a month like in the provincial capital."
The driver turned around and pointed at the yard of Zhou Huaian and his brothers, "This family should be the best in the village, right?"
Wang Zhen smiled and said, "They are not the best family, but they are probably the most hardworking and harmonious one."
Driver: "These days, as long as you work hard and the whole family pulls together and works together, it's only a matter of time before you become rich!"
Wang Zhen thought about his own family's situation and thought to himself, "People's hearts are complicated and fickle. It's easy to say that a family should be united and work together, but it's really hard to do it."
At this time, Zhou's mother came out with some tea and invited the two of them into the yard to drink tea.
The driver saw that the cup contained golden thread lotus and said to Wang Zhen with envy, "They say that people in the mountains are poor, but look at how they just use such an expensive thing to make tea."
Wang Zhen: "There are many good things in the mountains, but they cannot be given away. They themselves say that the people in the mountains are like those who guard a treasure mountain but cannot get any treasure, and they are like those who go out to beg for food with golden bowls and silver chopsticks."
The driver thought about the truckloads of truffles he had pulled out, "It will get better and better."
At dusk, the Zhou family finally loaded all the bottled wine onto the car, and also used several sacks of prepared straw.
After Wang Zhen gave the agreement to Zhou Huaian to sign, he asked him to go to Ning'an to collect the payment for the goods tomorrow. When the two came out, the noodles cooked by Yang Chunyan for him and the driver were ready. After eating, the two drove away.
After seeing Wang Zhen off, Zhou Huaian and the others were so tired that they slumped in their chairs. They felt happy at the thought of making money again.
(End of this chapter)
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