Chapter 302 Chapter 303: The most annoying person
"That's right!" Li Qiuyue took over the conversation, "Every time I go back to my parents' home, they say the second house is poor and still has the same old house after decades, and that my mother and husband are incompetent and have raised four sons in vain, all of whom are useless.
What the youngest one likes to say the most is, your grandmother feels sorry for you, but you don’t learn to be a good person and become a fool. You have brought shame to the Zhou family and still say that I am from the mountains.
So what if I came from the mountains? I didn’t eat the rice in her pot. The person I hate most in my life, besides my sister-in-law, is her…”
"Ahem~" Yang Chunyan kept winking at the people who had walked in, "Sister-in-law, stop talking."
"Who's coming?" Li Qiuyue turned around and almost bit her tongue...
"..." Miss Zhou San drooped her eyelids, stood there with a sullen face and said nothing.
Mother Zhou looked at Miss Zhou San, whose face turned red. She was secretly happy, but her expression was extremely embarrassed. She glared at Li Qiuyue, who was speechless and blushing, and said, "You are talking so hard. Who did you fight with on the mountain again?"
After hearing this, Li Qiuyue suddenly realized, "I met that stinky bitch Zhou Sufang..."
"Speak more!" Zhou's mother interrupted her again, "Hurry up and pack up the basket and set the table for dinner."
"Oh!" The sisters-in-law carried their baskets and walked towards the kitchen.
Mother Zhou looked at Miss Zhou San who had a gloomy face, "Third sister, please sit down for a while. I will wash the cats."
"Hmm!" Miss Zhou San snorted.
The old man walked to the bamboo chair on the steps and sat down. He looked at Miss Zhou San who was standing there with a gloomy face and asked, "When will Xiangyang Brigade pay the public grain?"
I don't know what's wrong with this little one. Not only does he treat his brothers and sisters-in-law unfairly, but he also despises the poor and loves the rich. People often say that you can be rich and poor three times a day until you grow old. Even the emperor has several poor relatives. This is a slap in the face!
"I haven't been notified yet. I heard that it will be our turn once you guys hand it in." Miss Zhou San said while picking up the duck eggs beside the small square table, "Old man, I'll ask my second sister-in-law to soak these eggs in salt and cook them for you to eat."
The old man gave her a glare and said, "What do you mean by cooking for me? Your second brother's family and I don't eat separately. You are in your forties and can't even speak."
"Yes, I can't speak!" Miss Zhou glanced at Zhou's mother who was washing Zhou Xiaolin and the others by the well, and whispered, "Old man, ask your second brother to lend me some money to buy herbs to sell, do you want it?"
The old man frowned at her and said, "You can't even recognize herbs, so why did you think of borrowing money to buy herbs? Who gave you the idea?"
"No one can give me any advice." Miss Zhou San moved to the straw bench and approached, "I don't know if I can recognize the youngest son's wife. Let her teach me for a few days and I'll be able to recognize her! The youngest son listens to you. As long as you ask him, he will definitely agree."
The old man said angrily: "If you have something to do, don't burn incense. If you have something to do, go to Lao Zhang. I tell you, you should do what you can do. Don't just think about good things all day long!"
Miss Zhou San blushed as she looked at the old man. "My second son is old enough to get married, but we don't have a house and don't even have a matchmaker. I'm really at a loss, so I want to borrow some money to buy herbs to sell!"
The old man felt a little sorry after seeing this, "Your second brother has no money to lend you to collect herbs. If you want to dig herbs to sell, you can earn one or two dollars a day by digging and delivering them to me."
"The youngest wife is collecting red mushrooms these days, fifty cents a pound. Go and see the fresh mushrooms they collected today, and tomorrow go up the mountain with your third sister-in-law to collect them for half a day. When you learn how to do it, go back and collect them and bring them back to me."
After hearing this, Miss Zhou San thought of the red mushrooms in the dustpan in the backyard, "Is it the kind in the dustpan in the backyard?"
"That's right. If you work hard, you can earn a few dollars a day. If you work hard for a year, it will be enough to repair the house." The old man thought about it and reminded, "They only want mushrooms that have not opened their umbrellas. Don't send the bad ones."
"Don't worry, I promise to deliver good things!" Miss Zhou San readily agreed, "Then you can talk to the youngest wife later. I don't think she is easy to talk to."
She calculated in her mind how much she could earn in a day. At least she could earn two or three hundred yuan!
The old man glanced at her and said, "Chunyan has the best temper, unless you, as an elder, are unreasonable! Wait, I'll show you something!"
He stood up and went to the main room to pick up the radio. "Look, this is what the youngest couple bought for me." He rolled up his sleeves and said, "The watch was bought for me by the eldest couple. It's automatic."
"Oh my god! What a foreign dish!" Miss Zhou San looked at her watch, touched the radio and exclaimed, "How could they be willing to buy you such an expensive thing?"
The second wife really made a lot of money and was willing to buy such a good thing for the old man. I must not offend them in the future. It takes us a long time to earn a little money from them.
The old man gave her a cold look and said, "Do they have a conscience?" Unlike you, you only come to see me once every six months and bring me ten duck eggs. Not even a few kids can buy a piece of candy.
Miss Zhou San looked at him awkwardly and said, "Old man, I'm going to go look for the mushrooms with my second sister-in-law."
"Go!" The old man started fiddling with the radio.
Miss Zhou San went to the kitchen to see Yang Chunyan's sisters-in-law. Some were cooking and some were picking mushrooms. "Oh~ The sisters-in-law are just like real sisters, talking and laughing!"
A few people smiled and didn't respond to her.
Seeing that Li Qiuyue and the others didn't move, Zhao Huifang politely stood up and pulled a stool for her, "Miss San, sit down!"
"Yes!" Miss Zhou San picked up a red mushroom and said, "Is this the red mushroom your grandfather was talking about?"
Zhao Huifang nodded, "Yes!"
Miss Zhou San looked at Yang Chunyan who was sitting on the stove. "Just now your grandfather praised the youngest couple, saying that they were filial and willing to spend money to buy him such an expensive radio."
After hearing this, Yang Chunyan smiled faintly and said, "Third Miss, didn't Grandpa show you the watch that Big Brother and the others bought for him?"
You must have been kicked in the head by a donkey! He is your dear old man, what's the point of trying to sow discord between you?
"I see, your grandfather has become more and more foreign as he gets older, and now he lives like an old man." Miss Zhou San smiled awkwardly and changed the subject, "Don't people say that red mushrooms are poisonous? Huifang, teach me, and Miss San will pick some up and sell them to you."
"I can recognize it but I can't say it. Let Chunyan teach you." Zhao Huifang said and looked at Yang Chunyan, "Master, please explain it to me."
"Sister-in-law, you are kidding me too!" Yang Chunyan stepped forward and picked up a red mushroom. "The non-toxic red mushroom cap is deep red on the front and dark red in the center, and it smells fragrant.
The poisonous red mushrooms smell pungent, the non-toxic ones have large caps and thick, solid stems… the poisonous ones have small caps and thin stems, and they feel hollow when you pinch them.”
"Oh!" Miss Zhou San nodded, "I'll remember that. I'll go pick it up on the mountain when I get back."
"Miss San, let me tell you what we want!" Yang Chunyan picked up a few flowers from her basket and said, "We only accept fresh flowers that haven't opened yet. We don't want flowers that have opened or are not fresh."
Miss Zhou San nodded repeatedly, "Don't worry, I've been picking mushrooms for decades, and I know that mushrooms have to be fresh to sell well."
Yang Chunyan thought about it and reminded him, "Be sure to identify them carefully and don't pick up poisonous mushrooms."
"I know, picking poisonous mushrooms is harmful to people!"
(End of this chapter)
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