Chapter 429 431: I passed it over and it was gone again
"Get out, all of you!" Xiong Dahai stood up with the help of a basket. In an instant, he seemed to have aged ten years and walked towards the main room tremblingly.
The youngest bear came out of the house, holding his stomach, and asked, "Old man, what is the second brother doing outside?"
Xiong Dahai glanced at him and said with all his strength, "Don't worry about him. He is a person who doesn't know what's what."
The youngest bear hesitated for a moment, then said, "Old man, I've been thinking these past few days that I haven't made much progress in the village. I want to try my luck outside after the New Year. Maybe I can find a way out."
Xiong Dahai frowned, looked at him and said softly: "You have to wait until your wedding is over before you go out and try your luck! Besides, we don't have any connections, so what can you do out there?"
The youngest Xiong looked at him, feeling a little sad. "It's better to leave after the wedding. I'll write to my comrades in the provincial capital to ask if they have any good connections there."
Xiong Dahai nodded and said, "Okay! You take a good rest. I won't go to the construction site because I'm not feeling well." Then he went into the room.
The youngest Xiong turned his head to look at Zhou Sufang who was standing outside with a worried look on her face, then walked out hunched over, "What's wrong with the second brother?"
Zhou Sufang hurriedly brought a bamboo chair over for him to sit on. "…The second brother had a fight with that bastard grandson of Zhou Laoyao, and he felt upset and said some unpleasant things."
The youngest Xiong frowned and said, "What on earth does Second Brother do outside every day? Have you asked Second Sister-in-law?"
Zhou Sufang curled her lips and said with disgust: "Ever since I beat her up for stealing cement last time, that bitch treats me like an outsider, so I don't bother to ask them."
"Have you gone to see if your second brother has returned?"
"I went back. I saw him go into the yard, and then I came back."
The youngest Xiong looked at her and wanted to advise her, but he didn't know where to start.
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As Zhou Huaian arrived outside Zhou Yiding's house on his bike, Yang Chunyan and several sisters-in-law heard the news and rushed over. They were shocked to see his red nose and streaks of mud and blood on his face.
"Huaian, where are you injured?"
Li Qiuyue also said worriedly: "Yes, there is blood on his face. Is he disfigured?"
Zhou Huaian said hurriedly: "No, I just caught a cold, and then I got hit by that bastard Xiong Lao Er, so I had a nosebleed."
Zhang Xiuxiang was so angry that she cursed, "... Damn Xiong family, there is not a single good person in them!"
Yang Chunyan was relieved to see that he was not injured, and stepped forward and said, "I'll do it! Go back and take a hot bath, and boil a bowl of ginger soup to get rid of the cold."
Zhao Huifang asked worriedly, "Youngest, why did Xiong Laoer stop you from fighting? Was it because of you selling medicine to his family?"
"He..." Zhou Huaian skipped the part where Zhou Datian came to remind him and recounted what happened.
Li Qiuyue stared in surprise, "You really returned the money to the Xiong family? That wouldn't be a waste for those bastards of the Xiong family!"
She thought that more than 200 yuan would be gone in her hand, so she might as well not give the medicine to the Xiong family and let them die. She really eats too much and can't find anything to do, so she looks for lice crawling on her head!
Zhou Huaian sniffed and said in a muffled voice, "I've never done business before, and I never thought there was such a thing. I would be so angry when I found out."
Zhang Xiuxiang added, "The youngest brother sold the medicine to the old Xiong family this time, which was equivalent to digging a hole for himself and almost burying himself!"
Yang Chunyan felt that her second sister-in-law’s summary was quite accurate. If she had not been born in this era, she might have been able to accomplish great things!
Zhao Huifang felt that what she said was absolutely right. "Yes, be careful in the future. What if something happens to Chunyan and the child?"
Zhou Huaian was extremely depressed, "Oh! I'm so angry, please stop criticizing me!"
Zhao Huifang looked at his painted face and laughed again, "Okay, I won't say any more."
Yang Chunyan and her partner got home, got some mugwort leaves and boiled a large pot of hot water, "Huai'an, go take a bath, I'll make you some ginger soup."
Zhou Huaian looked at the mugwort leaves in the pot and said with concern: "You only have a stuffy nose, but you still boiled mugwort leaves water."
"You'll get better faster after soaking." Yang Chunyan scooped water into the bucket. Zhou Huaian brought it to the bathroom and looked at her with a playful smile, "Wife, rub my back!"
Yang Chunyan glared at him and said, "Don't give me that! I'll go get you a spring and autumn shirt and a sweater. It's so cold, hurry up and get out of the bath."
"Oh!" Zhou Huaian poured the water into the bathtub, quickly stripped naked and stepped into the tub. The hot water with the scent of mugwort surrounded him, and he couldn't help but sigh comfortably.
Yang Chunyan put her clothes on the stool at the door, went back to wash the ginger, boiled ginger tea in a porcelain jar, and was just about to warm the pot when Zhou Huaian came in, wiping his hair.
He felt that after taking the mugwort bath, his nose was no longer blocked and it could breathe better.
"Yan'er, this time we are lucky to have Uncle Datian and Secretary Xu to help us. Otherwise, even if we give all our family assets to the Xiong family, they will not be satisfied."
Yang Chunyan handed him the ginger soup and said, "Once the truffle collection is settled, we will call Big Brother and the others together to sign the agreement, and then you can go find Uncle Datian and Secretary Xu to give them the shares."
"Hmm!" Zhou Huaian took it and drank it. "That bastard Xiong Laoer said he would deal with him when we were planting rapeseed last time. Yiding and I were on the mountain and didn't have time to come down. This time, we must deal with him properly."
Yang Chunyan thought that it was almost 82 years ago. "Huaian, I thought about it carefully today. In another year, we will clean up those petty thieves, gambling and hooliganism in society."
"Also, there are those scoundrels who were stopped at the bridgehead last time to rob money. If they are caught, they will not only be sent to labor camp for a few months, but they may also be sentenced to death for robbery or other crimes."
Zhou Huaian looked at her in surprise, "Is it really that strict?"
Yang Chunyan nodded, "Very strict! By then, those second-rate people with afros and weird clothes in Ning'an City won't even be seen."
Zhou Huaian said happily: "That's great! Then I don't have to worry about being robbed when I go to the city to sell things."
"Yeah! You just had a fight with Xiong Lao Er. If you go there again, people will immediately think it's you."
"Then wait and go."
"Okay!" Yang Chunyan agreed and went to the vegetable basket to get two white radishes to cook radish porridge.
She remembered the old man saying that radish has the function of regulating qi, strengthening the spleen and ventilating the body. Eating radish porridge several times can help alleviate the symptoms and get better faster, especially in winter when eating radish porridge can help cure colds faster.
It is best to avoid certain foods when you have a cold, and avoid eating oily and greasy foods, otherwise the condition will be intermittent, sometimes better and sometimes worse.
Zhou Huaian cleaned up the bathroom and came out. Seeing her washing radishes, he thought she wanted pork. "Yan'er, stew that pig's trotter and eat it."
Yang Chunyan shook her head. "You have a cold. Let's have a vegetarian lunch. I'll cook some radish porridge, mix some spinach, and pickle some vegetables."
"Hey!" Zhou Huaian said with a bitter face, "I am a poor man with a poor stomach, but I just want to eat some fat meat."
Yang Chunyan refused decisively, "No! Eating big fatty meat is bad for your stomach. After you eat two meals, I will stew pig's trotters for you to eat."
"Oh!" Zhou Huaian sighed, took the towel to the steps and hung it on the basin rack, "Okay, I'll help you wash the spinach."
"Thanks!" Yang Chunyan cut the radish into thin strips, scooped some rice, washed it and put it into the pot, covered it with a lid, brought it to a boil and then simmered it over low heat.
At noon, the two of them had a vegetarian meal without any oil or meat.
Zhou Huaian finished his bowl of radish porridge and put it aside. "The radish has been cooked and melted. It tastes a bit sweet. After drinking one bowl, my hair is sweating."
Yang Chunyan thought it was not bad to have a meal like this occasionally. "Take the leaves you picked and feed them to the chickens in the pen in the woods. After a walk, cover yourself with a blanket and have a good sleep. You will feel much better when you wake up."
Zhou Huaian nodded, "Yes! Tomorrow it will be the third brother's turn to deliver the vegetables to Ning'an. I wonder how many truffles they have dug up in the mountains?"
"There are a lot of pine trees in the pine forest. Besides, my second brother and his friends have their own nest, so the harvest should be good."
Yang Chunyan recalled Li Qiuyue's story, "My third sister-in-law is pregnant. She wants to have another child but is afraid it won't be a boy."
"Ah!" Zhou Huaian stared, "When did it happen?"
"It's been two months, and she came to ask me what to do? And she asked me to..."
"In other families, the mother-in-law and the husband force their daughters to have sons." Zhou Huaian said, shaking his head. "Third sister-in-law keeps saying that her grandmother favors boys over girls. I think if she marries into another family, her idea of favoring boys over girls will be not much different from her grandmother's!"
"Someone once said that people tend to become the people they hate the most as they go along."
Zhou Huaian thought for a moment and looked at her with a smile, "My wife's speaking skills are getting better and better."
"I told you someone else said that." Yang Chunyan put away her bowl and chopsticks, "Take the vegetable leaves and feed the chickens."
Zhou Huaian picked up the basket and said, "Yes."
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Each of Zhou Huairong's three brothers dug 20 to 30 kilograms of truffles, and Zhou Yiding also filled his bamboo basket.
The four of them built a fire, put the cakes on sticks to heat them up, threw two pieces to Gouzi, and then started eating.
Zhou Yiding took a bite of the pancake and said, "This is the first time I have stayed in the mountains for half a day and didn't even see a pheasant or rabbit."
Zhou Huaishan said: "If you want to hunt, you can only go to Fangtian or Guanyin. The wild animals here have been scared away."
Zhou Yiding leaned against his backpack and said with a smile, "I dug dozens of kilograms in the morning, and chopped firewood in the afternoon."
"Great!" Zhou Huaijun kicked the basket. "Look, most of what I have here are the size of a child's fist. I buried the smaller ones and let them grow for a while before digging them up again."
Zhou Huaishan took a look and said, "There are some in my backpack too!"
"Just like the red mushrooms, we have to pick the best quality ones to sell them at a high price!" Zhou Huairong thought about it and said, "I remember when I was a kid, I dug up a few pieces that were bigger than an old man's fist. I'm afraid each one weighed a pound."
Zhou Yiding heard this and said, "I don't know how much it weighs. How much can it be sold for?"
Zhou Huaijun drank two sips of water, wiped his hands and smiled: "No matter how much per pound, it's better than feeding it to pigs."
"Let's go!" Zhou Huairong stood up, "Let's go back and chop down all the small trees on the back hill, so we don't have to hire people to do the work in the future."
Zhou Yiding: "Let's cut some first. Next time we go to the forest farm and get the chainsaw. The firewood we cut in two days will be enough for us to use for the whole winter."
Zhou Huaijun nodded happily, "That's the best."
Zhou Yiding put the gun on his back, patted the dog, and said, "Let's go home!"
(End of this chapter)
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