Zhou Huaian put down the phone, gave Zhou Yiding a thumbs up and said with a smile: "Wang Zhen's production is invincible!"
Zhou Yiding wondered, "Why did that bastard surnamed Zhao end up in the police station with diarrhea?"
"His bag was stolen..."
"Fuck! A man beating a woman, even men in our mountainous area can't do that, and you still have the nerve to say you're from a big city!"
"There's no shortage of animals anywhere!" Zhou Huaian took a look at the amount of goods he had received in the past few days. "Not bad. If this continues, everyone will have to work overtime!"
"I've been to Baicaoping, Baicaopao and Bailing Mountain. Every household has grown the vegetables we want. The maturity period over there is a little later. Once we finish our work here, they will start delivering the goods. You don't have to worry about the supply."
"I am worried when business is good, and I am worried when business is bad. It is more comfortable than before!"
"Comfortable as hell! It's so comfortable now. I don't have to go out. Orders are flying into my house like snowflakes." Zhou Yiding picked up the straw hat and said, "Let's go pick a few bunches of bananas over there and bring them back to the forest farm to eat tomorrow."
"That's great!" Zhou Huaian put the account book away, picked up the straw hat and closed it, and the two of them went to the sauce drying dam in front.
Banana trees and osmanthus trees are planted under the high walls, and in the dam are rows of jars of bean paste and soy sauce. Most of the ingredients in the factory are self-produced.
Zhou Huaian also invited two retired masters from the county brewery to come back and guide the brewing process.
Old Shrimp was holding a sickle and cutting a bunch of ripe bananas. Xiaomier and Xiaozhou had already started eating them.
Zhou Huaian stepped forward to catch the banana, "Uncle Xia, let's go up and eat tofu fish later. The kids said they wanted to eat barbecue and go fishing by the fish pond!"
Old Shrimp smiled and shook his head, "I'm old now, I don't dare eat greasy food at night, I saw the cowpea porridge cooked in the cafeteria, I'll eat it here at night."
Zhou Huaian nodded, "Okay, let's go back first."
"Cut all the ripe bananas off these bunches. Jiuer likes to eat the ripe ones on the trees." Old Xiazi still prefers little Jiuer. The little guy likes to eat millet bananas. These banana trees were planted by him for his children.
"Uncle Xia, let me do it!" Zhou Huaian picked up the sickle, and Zhou Yiding helped. The two of them cut several bunches of ripe bananas in a few strokes.
Lao Xiazi brought over the backpack and loaded it. Zhou Yiding took it on his back, and Zhou Huaian walked back with the two children.
As soon as I walked out of the factory, I met Xu Hongbing, who was exhausted and came over with a luggage bag. "Youngest, I'm back."
"How's it going? Have you found a few farmers who can supply you with spices this time?"
"Fifteen." Xu Hongbing said happily, "The mountain people there have opened up a lot of mountain land, and the star anise, cardamom, and grass banditry on the mountain... can't be sold. Seeing that we are buying a large amount, they are very happy.
They even slaughtered sheep for me to eat. The families I found were all large-scale growers. After going to the mountains with them, I ordered all their main ingredients for this year.”
"Thank you for your hard work!" Zhou Huaian took the list and samples he handed over, "Go back and wash up first, and come to my house to eat tofu fish in the evening."
"That's right!" Xu Hongbing said with a smile, "I found that even though the Yun Province and we are next door, the dishes they cook there are not as delicious as ours. No wonder people say we are good eaters."
Zhou Yiding laughed and said, "In life, food and clothing are the two things that matter. Don't you think that food comes first? How can we not make something delicious?"
Zhou Huaian took out a bunch of bananas and said, "They are freshly cut. Take a bunch back for Brother Xiao Ming to eat."
"Okay!" Xu Hongbing took out two bags of biscuits from his bag and gave them to Xiaomier and Xiaozhou. "The biscuits there are pretty good."
Xiaomier and Xiaozhou took it and said obediently, "Thank you, Uncle Hongbing."
Xu Hongbing squatted down with a smile and touched Xiaomier's little hair. "Two little darlings, do you want to go to Uncle Hongbing's house and play with your brother?"
"Wolf mother-in-law!" Zhou Yiding pointed at him with a smile, "You've been trying to lure our Mi'er to your house every day!"
Xu Hongbing: "Hehe! I like Xiaomier when I see her!"
Zhou Huaian rolled his eyes at him, "You're sweaty and smelly, go back and take a shower and bring the kids with you, my kids said we're going to have a barbecue tonight!"
"Okay, I'll go first!" Xu Hongbing waved to the two of them and strode towards home.
Zhou Huaian put the samples and lists in a backpack, took his two children and strolled to Zhou Yiding's house. He called Wan Xuejiao and they walked back together.
When he got home and put his things away, Yang Chunyan came to call him for dinner. He told Yang Chunyan about the call from the police station, "That son of a bitch, he should be beaten up."
"Why would you beat up such a person? Now that he has lost his money, he still has to pay for the damages." Yang Chunyan paused, "The two three-handed people in the guesthouse are too fast, aren't they? They succeeded not long after the person moved in."
"With three hands, how can you be fast?" Zhou Huaian said with a wicked smile, "I heard that he can't stop the diarrhea even if he has to hang up a drip. When he finds out that his little brother is weak, he will probably be scared to death."
Yang Chunyan slapped him in a reproachful manner, "You naughty boy, I think the idea of making this medicine was probably yours."
"It's unfair!" Zhou Huaian hugged her with a playful smile, "With my limited knowledge of pharmacology, I couldn't have thought of that. It was all Wang Zhen, the black sesame filling, who came up with it. That guy is the real bad guy."
"The old man said that Wang Zhen was led astray by you. Dongmei used to think he was like an old scholar, too serious, but now he is so slick."
"I'm very honest now. If you don't believe me, try it. I'm not at all..."
"Mom, the old man is eating!" Xiao Jiuer ran in and saw the two of them hugging each other. She quickly covered her eyes and looked at them through her fingers, "Oh no! I'm going to have a needle."
Yang Chunyan's face was as red as a ripe tomato. "You little rascal, you came in without knocking?"
"You didn't close the door, I could see it when I knocked!" Xiao Jiuer said righteously to the two of them.
Zhou Huaian knocked him on the forehead and carried him up, "Let's go. You have more excuses every day."
Xiao Jiuer hurriedly hugged his neck and said, "My dear old man, be careful. The banana in your stomach has fallen out."
"Just pour it out!" Yang Chunyan slapped his butt, "You're getting more and more naughty."
Xiao Jiuer giggled, "Why don't you give me another brother who's not naughty to play with."
Yang Chunyan laughed in reproach: "I asked you to take care of your sister, but you didn't do it properly and you still miss your brother!"
Xiao Jiuer held her hand and said, "Look, Mom, there are three children in our family and in our third father's family, but only two in our family and in our second father's family. We lose so much New Year's money every year!"
Yang Chunyan: "You shouldn't be named Zhou Jiatao. You should be named Zhou Jiaqian."
Xiao Jiuer shook her head repeatedly, "Zhou Jiaqian is not a good name, it smells too much of money, I still like Zhou Jiatao!"
"Hey~ Let me see!" Zhou Huaian smiled and turned his head to hold his face, "Whose kid is this? He's only a little kid, but he already knows the smell of money!"
"What's the big deal? They say everything on TV. They even kiss and make out in the video!" Xiao Jiuer looked as if you were making a fuss.
"You're such a naughty kid!" Zhou Huaian thought about how there were videotapes everywhere on North Street, showing all kinds of crap, so he raised his hand and patted him on the butt. "Tell me the truth, when did you go to North Street to watch the video?"
Xiao Jiuer answered honestly, "I went to see it once with Brother Kang before I came back. I won't go there again. It stinks and smells terrible."
"Not only is it smelly in there, there are kidnappers!" Zhou Huaian looked at him seriously, "Let me make it clear to you first. If I find out that you still go to the video room, you can order fried pork slices or shredded pork with yellow broom sticks!"
Xiao Jiuer looked at him and nodded seriously, "I understand!" The fried shredded pork and sliced meat were so painful when they hit his butt that he didn't want to eat them a second time after having eaten them once.
I have a VCR at home, and the movies like Donald Duck and the clever Ikkiu... are much better than the martial arts movies in the video hall, and they don’t cost money and they don’t stink!
Zhou Huaian patted his head, and Yang Chunyan held his hand, "Let's go! Let's go eat."
"Yeah!" Xiao Jiuer began to worry about Zhou Jiakang. When she reached the door, she looked up and said to Zhou Huaian, "Dad, when Brother Kang and I went to the video room, we were passing by from outside. We heard some intense boxing going on inside, so we went in to watch for a while. Can you please talk to Brother Kang nicely and not punish him?"
Zhou Huaian nodded and said, "Since you have a good attitude in admitting your mistakes, I will punish him by making him carry food on his back when he goes up the mountain tomorrow."
"Okay, then punish him by making him carry food on his back!" Xiao Jiuer looked at him with a smile, "I thought you were going to punish him with his reward again!"
"You two are the same, you're obsessed with money!" Yang Chunyan was a little confused as to what was wrong with her son. He would put all the money he had into the piggy bank. Apart from Xiaomier, which he would use to buy things, he never bought any snacks for himself.
After arriving at Zhao Huifang's house, Zhou Huaian glanced at Zhou Jiakang and said, "You will carry the food for your family up the mountain tomorrow!"
Zhou Jiakang pointed at himself and said, "I'm going to carry it alone?"
Zhou Huaian touched his head and said, "You are alone!"
Zhou Jiakang felt a little uneasy when he saw his eyes. He thought about what bad things he had done during this period. Suddenly he remembered something and turned to look at Xiao Jiuer. Seeing him blink, he nodded obediently and said, "I'll recite it tomorrow!"
Zhou Huaian nodded, "This won't happen again!"
Zhou Jiakang nodded quickly, "I promise!"
There were four tables in the yard. The adults sat at the round tables and the children sat at the low square tables. Zhou Xiaoqian sat next to him and said, "Go home and tell the truth!"
"Sister!" Zhou Jiakang smiled and raised two fingers, pinching a little, "We just made such a small mistake, you see, Dad didn't investigate further, so please be merciful!"
Zhao Xiuna looked at his plump body and said, "Xiaokang, do you know how long it takes to get to the forest farm?"
Zhou Jiakang: "I know, it will take a whole morning!"
Zhou Jialiang added, "Then calculate how many of us will go up the mountain tomorrow morning and how much stuff we will have to carry?"
"There are ten brothers and sisters in my family, including Sister Mina's family, Uncle Yiding's family..." Zhou Jiakang's shoulders slumped, and he suddenly felt that the tofu fish and fried fish were not delicious anymore. (End of this chapter)
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