It was the first time Zhou Huaian heard of a tumor in the brain. He frowned and looked at him, "Is it serious?"
Zhou Yiding looked heavy-hearted. "The doctor at the hospital said that if it is a brain tumor, we need to see whether it is in the early or late stages. If it is late, it will spread very quickly."
Zhou Huaian was stunned for a moment before he understood what he meant, "Then don't tell Xuejiao yet. Wait until we get the film tomorrow. If there are no major problems, that would be best.
If there is a problem, I think you should go find your brother-in-law first, and then come back to tell Xuejiao and mother-in-law. "
"Um!"
When Zhou Huaian returned home, he saw Yang Chunyan and her mother-in-law washing jujubes. They planned to dry them, steam them in a steamer, and then make jujube wine.
Yesterday, we picked all the jujubes from the three jujube trees except those on the tops of the trees. We picked all the others and divided a basket among several families. Most of the fruits were sent to his home.
When Zhou's mother saw him coming back with the meat, she said, "Eat at your eldest brother's house at noon. Hang the meat up and eat it tomorrow."
"Okay!" After Zhou Huaian finished hanging the jujubes, he picked up a bunch of jujubes and started eating them. "There are so many, I can make a lot of wine, right?"
"I don't know either. I'll go back and ask my husband after they're steamed and dried." Yang Chunyan put the washed jujubes into the dustpan. "What does my husband Xuejiao think of them?"
Zhou Huaian shook his head, "Not very well, the doctor suspects he has a tumor in his brain... Ding Ding Cat is worried to death."
Yang Chunyan thought that in 30 or 40 years, there would be no way to treat brain tumors, let alone now. "I can only wait and see what the doctor says tomorrow."
Zhou's mother sighed and said, "When people get old, they are afraid of getting strange diseases, living a half-dead life, and eventually losing both their money and their lives."
Zhou Huaian was also worried that something might happen to the elderly in his family. "The doctor told him to smoke less leaf tobacco, so I told grandpa and the old man to smoke less in the future."
Zhou's mother glared at him and said, "You said to smoke less. It would be good if you bought less to store at home."
"I will buy them less tobacco leaves and more food in the future." Zhou Huaian said, picked up the bamboo basket and walked upstairs.
Yang Chunyan followed him upstairs with a basket and hung the jujubes on the wire. "Don't worry, grandpa and the old man will be fine."
Zhou Huaian recalled that in her dream, her grandfather fell and died while herding sheep. After being blamed by Zhou Dachun and several sisters, the old man became so angry that he fell seriously ill and died.
Thinking that these things did not happen in reality, I felt a little relieved and told her what Wang Zhen said.
"It's a long list of equipment, and it seems troublesome to me. And it will cost a lot of money after it's done."
"Of course it costs money to run a factory. Look at the hydroelectric power station. Don't you know that it can't generate electricity on New Year's Day to save energy?"
"My second brother said that they have already started debugging the equipment. Once the transformers are installed, it should be officially launched on New Year's Day."
"It's good to start it up, so there won't be power outages every other day." Yang Chunyan picked up the bamboo basket, "Wang Zhen asked us to wait for him to come back, what should we do about the house in the brigade?"
"I heard from Wang Zhen that if the house in the brigade can't be used, it's better to buy land in the city to build a factory. When the land price goes up in the future, we can make some money."
"He's right. Find a better location. The land alone will be worth a lot of money in the future."
Zhou Huaian nodded and said, "After dinner, I will go to Uncle Xu and Uncle Datian to tell them about the situation. We can talk about the rest after Wang Zhen comes back."
After Yang Chunyan and her partner dried all the jujubes, Zhao Huifang came to call them to eat. Before they even left the house, Xu Hongbing came over with a big smile on his face, "It's born, it's born, eat some red eggs!"
"Congratulations! Congratulations!" Zhou Huaian and others were happy for him, "Son or daughter?"
Xu Hongbing said proudly: "He has a penis. From now on, my family will not be the only child anymore."
Then he clasped his fists towards Zhou Huaian and said, "Brother, I will work harder to make money in the future. If you have any way to make money or need any work, please call me anytime!"
Zhou Huaian responded readily: "Okay, I'll call you as long as there is a way!"
"Thank you! Thank you!" Xu Hongbing picked up the basket and said, "I'm going to Secretary Datian's house now to ask about Aunt He's fine."
Zhou Huaian said with a smile: "Aren't you planning to wait for them to help you demolish the house? What's wrong, you don't want to wait?"
Xu Hongbing laughed, "After I started to show my pregnancy, I asked Xiaofang to hide at home. Maybe it's because my home is at the end of the village and Xiaofang doesn't like to go out. She never came to visit me. The plan I had in mind has not come in handy until now."
"It's a good thing that it's useless!"
Yang Chunyan took the red eggs into the house and put them away. She said to Zhou's mother, "Catch two hens and pick up thirty eggs as a confinement gift. Is that enough for the return gift?"
Mother Zhou thought for a moment and nodded, "That's enough! Send it over after dinner."
When they arrived at Zhao Huifang's house, Xiao Jiuer brought a red egg to Yang Chunyan, "Red egg!"
"Uncle Hongbing's family gave it to me when they had a little brother." Yang Chunyan took it and said, "Mom will peel it for you."
Xiao Jiuer hurriedly pulled Xiao Doudou away, "No, let Doudou go."
Mother Zhou smiled and touched his head, "My dear grandson, you like the red eggs so much that you can't even bear to eat them."
After the family had a nice lunch, Yang Chunyan and Zhou's mother took a hen and eggs to Xu Hongbing's house as a gift for the confinement period.
Zhou Huaian was going to Secretary Xu's house, so he picked up his son who was running on the road and sat him on his shoulders. The little guy giggled with joy, grabbed his hair, and shouted "Gee, Gee".
When they arrived outside Secretary Xu's house, Yang Chunyan took the child, and three generations of the family went to Xu Hongbing's house.
Qian Chunhua, whose eyes were wrinkled with laughter, came out happily to greet them. Zhou's mother smiled and said, "Are you happy? Your wish has come true!"
"Yes!" Qian Chunhua took the things from Zhou's mother with a smile and whispered, "I never dreamed that it would be so fast. She said she felt a little uncomfortable in the morning, so I helped her back to the room and asked Hongbing to invite Lao Chen.
I had just helped Xiaofang into the house and laid her down, and the rice eggs were not yet cooked, when I heard her shouting. I went in and saw that the child's head had already appeared. I was so scared that my legs went weak. Fortunately, Lao Chen arrived and both mother and child were safe!"
"That's great! The baby was born without any hardship." Zhou's mother looked at her yard with a smile, "After paying the fine, the house will be demolished and a new one will be built, right?"
"Once we finish digging this season's truffles, we will start the repairs. When the time comes, we will also ask your third son to help with the bricks, tiles, sand and gravel."
"Just say it."
"Thank you in advance!" Qian Chunhua put down her things, went into the house and took out the red eggs for Xiao Jiuer. "Hongbing went to her house to announce the good news. Xiaofang is awake. You guys go in and sit for a while. I'll go scoop out the Yin rice eggs for you."
"No, we just put the bowl out."
Seeing the two being polite, Yang Chunyan took Xiao Jiuer into the room. Lin Xiaofang turned around when she heard the footsteps and looked at the mother and son with a smile, "Maomao, Aunt Chunyan and Brother Jiuer are here to see you."
Yang Chunyan smiled and went forward to look at the child. She saw that the child had red skin and looked a bit like Lin Xiaofang. "More like you."
Lin Xiaofang nodded with a smile in her eyes, "Hong Bing also said so."
Xiao Jiuer quickly poked the child on the face, "Brother Jue Jue!"
Yang Chunyan quickly picked him up and said, "Don't poke your brother. He will cry if you hurt him!"
"It's okay!" Lin Xiaofang touched Xiao Jiu'er's face and smiled, "The eldest brother saw Maomao and said that his younger brother was very ugly and he didn't like him. He asked me if I could change him to a better-looking one?"
"What does that kid know!" Qian Chunhua came in with a smile and invited the mother and son to go out and eat rice eggs.
Looking at the full bowl of rice eggs, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law who had just finished their meal were worried. Fortunately, someone came to bring a confinement gift, so the two of them took out a bowl and shared it in half.
Coming out of Xu Hongbing's house, Zhou's mother happily held Yang Chunyan's arm and whispered, "Look, since Xiaofang became pregnant, no one has even asked about her.
When Jiuer is older, you two can have your second child. It doesn’t matter if it’s a boy or a girl, you’ll want two.”
Yang Chunyan smiled and nodded, "Let's talk about it when Jiuer is three years old!"
When three generations arrived home, Zhou Huaian had already returned from Secretary Xu's house. Father and son went to the back mountain and carried the fermented fertilizer from the fertilizer pit to the field and piled it up.
When transplanting the rapeseed seedlings tomorrow, scatter a handful in each seedling hole and then plant the rapeseed seedlings.
The father and son worked until the sun went down before they piled soil and fertilizer in the corners of each field. After returning home and having dinner, Zhou Huaian brought a straw stool and sat next to the old man to help him wrap tobacco leaves.
"Grandpa, please smoke less leaf tobacco in the future. The doctor said it's bad for your health and it can cause headaches if you smoke too much."
"I smoke less now. I cough a lot when I smoke too much." The old man pointed at the tobacco leaves. "This bundle is from the one you bought last time. Together with the ones you bought a few days ago, your husband and I can't finish smoking them until the New Year. Don't buy blindly in the future."
"I'll buy you less tobacco leaves in the future and more other things. Are you still coughing? How about I ask Yiding to bring back a bottle of cough syrup tomorrow?"
The old man said cheerfully, "Who would take medicine all the time? I'm not that delicate."
Zhou Huaian put the wrapped cigarette into the pipe and said, "If you feel uncomfortable, tell me."
"I'm fine." The old man patted his hands happily, "Grandpa knows you are filial. I'm fine, don't worry."
Seeing the old man's happy expression, Zhou Huaian felt relieved.
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The next morning, Yang Chunyan and her family got up early. Zhou Huaian put the bamboo baskets containing chickens and ducks on the tractor, and then Zhou Yiding came.
Zhou Huaian handed him the list and saw that his eyes were dark. He must have not slept well last night. "Did your father-in-law have a headache last night?"
"It didn't hurt last night!" Zhou Yiding said happily. "He said this morning that it was worth it to take an X-ray. Even his head doesn't hurt anymore."
"That's good, I hope everything is alright!"
"I hope so too. Otherwise, I don't know how Xuejiao will cry."
"Alas!" Zhou Huaian sighed, not knowing what to say. "Go! Get the results sooner so that everyone can feel relieved."
"Yeah!" Zhou Yiding started the tractor with the crank and drove away.
Seeing him walking away, Zhou Huaian couldn't help but sigh again, and then went back to eat.
After dinner, the family waited for the dew to dissipate, then carried their baskets to the rapeseed field. There were still dewdrops rolling on some of the rapeseed leaves.
Wan Xuejiao and her mother and husband also came with baskets. Yang Chunyan looked at Wan's father and saw that he looked fine. He didn't look like someone with a brain tumor at all. (End of this chapter)
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