Chapter 324 Chapter 325: How to Divide
Yang Chunyan dug up a tree and took a look. There were many horizontal root suckers on the roots of the stinking peony. She shook off the mud on them and put them aside.
"Chunyan, how do I plant the seeds of the stinking peony?"
"I read in a book that you can mix the seeds in the sand and sow them next spring. You can also cut the horizontal roots and plant them in the sand. They will take root and sprout in one or two weeks."
"I remember there are still quite a few at the foot of the mountain on the way to the forest farm. How about we try digging them up next year?"
"That's fine! These two months are the best time to dig up stinking peonies. You can dig them up whenever you see them."
The four of them were all experienced at the job, and they dug up all the stinking peonies in just half an hour.
Break off the stems and shake off the mud on the roots. It took a large piece to fill two halves of the backpack.
Yang Chunyan picked up the vegetable basket and said with a smile, "I am now better off than Jiaming and the others. I can just go up the mountain and carry the vegetable basket home."
Zhao Huifang smiled and touched her face, "Look how white and tender you are. If I don't feel sorry for you, who else would I feel sorry for?"
Li Qiuyue also joined in the fun, "That's right, our Chunyan is fair and tender, and she's very attractive at first sight."
Yang Chunyan wanted to squeak the two of them, but thinking of her current situation, she didn't dare to make a scene, so she could only say harshly, "I'll settle the score with you after I give birth."
"Okay, whatever you want to do."
The sisters-in-law were walking back carrying the things on their backs. Yang Chunyan suddenly thought that it was time to plant some herbal seeds.
There are more than a dozen kinds of seeds collected by several people these days, plus those sent by the herbal medicine seller in the village.
Before taking the three big families to collect herbs, we had agreed that if we split up, we would each do our own thing. The new house will be completed in a month at most, and then we will split up and work on our own.
But the money for buying the herb seeds came from the money that the four families earned from buying the herbs together, so these seeds had to be distributed.
I will discuss with Huai'an later on how to divide the seeds. Also, should we collect the red mushrooms and do it ourselves, or should we separate them and do our own business?
The four sisters-in-law arrived at the backyard and found the gate open. Mother Zhou was chopping pig food in the yard. Zhou Xiaolin grabbed a handful of choy sum and made some clucking sounds to call the chickens to eat.
Seeing Li Qiuyue coming in, she threw away the pachysandra, ran over and hugged her legs, "Mom, you're back!"
Li Qiuyue smiled and rubbed her head, "Let go of mom, there are delicious fruits at Aunt Yao's place."
Zhou Xiaolin immediately let her go and reached out to Yang Chunyan, "Aunt, I want to eat some fruit."
Yang Chunyan smiled and nodded, "Okay, go wash your hands before eating."
"Greedy cat!" Zhou's mother looked at them happily, "What good things did you find?"
Yang Chunyan: "I dug some Platycodon grandiflorum and a few Ganoderma lucidum..."
Mother Zhou nodded happily, "A few Ganoderma lucidum are worth some money."
Yang Chunyan took Zhou Xiaolin back to the front yard, washed her hands, and handed her a wax gourd. "Xiaolin, you have to spit out the black seeds inside, otherwise it will be bitter."
Li Qiuyue waved at her, "Come, let me teach you."
"Wow~ August melon!" Zhou Jiakang shouted in surprise, and they all gathered around, "Aunt, I want to eat it."
Yang Chunyan smiled and said, "It's in the basket, take it yourself."
Zhou Xiaoru pulled Li Qiuyue and said, "Mom, when the old man was riding his bike to send my uncle back home, he fell on the bridge and threw my uncle into the river."
Li Qiuyue asked worriedly, "Is your husband okay?"
Zhou Xiaoru shook her head, "My husband is fine, and I even fished my uncle out."
Yang Chunyan and her sisters-in-law looked at each other and said, "It's probably because Third Brother did this on purpose."
Zhou's mother also came to the front yard, "That idiot of the third brother did it on purpose. The bridge is so wide, and he rides across it every day. He wouldn't fall even if he closed his eyes. But why did he throw Jianjun into the river?"
Zhang Xiuxiang looked at her with a smile, "Don't feel bad, old lady. It's time to teach him a lesson and make him sober up. My Zhou family is not a soft persimmon that can be squeezed whenever you want!"
Mother Zhou looked at them with relief. "I am happy that you are helping Yumei. It's just that the volcano stick used by the third child is too scary. If something goes wrong..."
Zhou Huaian walked in with a smile, "No, my second brother and I were waiting at the dam. We pulled him up after he drank two sips of water."
"Pa~, pa~" Zhou's mother stepped forward and slapped him twice. "I told you that the third child wasn't that unreasonable. It turned out that it was you, a little turtle, who came up with the idea."
Zhou Huaian rubbed his shoulders and looked at her with a playful smile, "Mom, I'm a turtle son, then what are you?"
"I know, grandma is a bitch!" Zhou Jiakang shouted.
Several people in the yard burst out laughing.
"Haha..." Zhou Huaian held his stomach and laughed so hard that he fell down.
Zhang Xiuxiang glared at him and said, "You are becoming more and more unruly. You even have to answer back when adults are talking!"
Seeing this, Zhou Jiakang immediately begged for mercy, "Not next time."
Mother Zhou looked at her grandson, neither angry nor amused, and patted him lightly, "Stinky boy, if you talk back next time, go to the main hall and kneel down."
Zhou Jiakang nodded repeatedly, "Got it."
At this time, Zhou Huairong's three brothers and the old man also came back, "Is the meal ready? My stomach is growling."
"Okay, let's serve the meal now." Mother Zhou took her daughter-in-law to the kitchen.
Zhou Jiaming and a few others hurriedly set up the small dining table and pulled the straw stools to the table.
Zhou Huaian diligently fetched some water to wipe the old man's sweat, "Grandpa, you'll be on the main beam soon, are you happy?"
The old man glanced at him and said, "I'm not going to live in the new house, so what's there to be happy about?"
Zhou Huaian said with a smile: "Grandpa, my place is so spacious, how about you all move in and live with us?"
"Forget it! I'd rather live here and feel more comfortable." The old man looked at him cheerfully, "We'll live here. If you don't mind my clumsy hands and feet, I'll go and help you when you're too busy."
"Yes, yes, I can't wait to have it!" Zhou Huaian smiled and helped him walk towards the main room. "At noon, my mother also left a steamed pig's trotter for you. The bones and meat are all steamed, and the taste is guaranteed to be delicious."
The old man smiled with wrinkles all over his face, "Steamed pig's trotters are only fragrant and tasty when you eat them for the second time."
After the family had dinner, the old man leaned back in a recliner and listened to the radio on the steps with several great-grandchildren.
Yang Chunyan cleaned up the kitchen and came out. Seeing Zhou Huaian in the room, she wiped her hands and went back to her room.
"I was just about to ask you to go to the toilet with me."
"Let's go. I have something to tell you when we get back."
Zhou Huaian put down the flashlight and said, "You talk first. I'll be fine later."
Yang Chunyan sat on the edge of the bed and said, "It's time to plant several kinds of herbs. I have to find time to sow the seeds."
Zhou Huaian patted his head and said, "Dr. Xiao Wang reminded me last time I went to Ning'an, but I was so busy these days that I completely forgot about it."
"How can we not be busy now that we are all together?" Yang Chunyan said, "We will separate in a month at most. I plan to spread the seeds behind the new house so that it will be more convenient to weed in the future. How do you think we should divide the seeds?"
"Yes! We have to share the seeds too." Zhou Huaian frowned as he spoke, "I see that my eldest brother and the others are planning to work together with us after the division. What do you think?"
(End of this chapter)
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