Chapter 319 320: This is my brother-in-law
The drizzle continued until midnight when it stopped.
The next morning, Zhou Huaian went to Ning'an to deliver red mushrooms and vegetables, and went to Yangjiaping to deliver holiday gifts.
As soon as Yang Chunyan got up, Zhao Huifang and her two sisters-in-law called her and asked, "Did the youngest one tell you what they were going to do during lunch?"
"What do they want to do?"
"The youngest one said that He Jianjun was not a good person and that they had been too polite to him before. When he came, they deliberately dragged him to work so that they could teach him a lesson."
Yang Chunyan recalled that when Zhou Huaian went to her mother's house before, her elder brother spoke coldly to him, but he also helped with the work honestly. "It's better to clean it up, so that he won't think that our family is trying to curry favor with his He family."
Zhang Xiuxiang laughed and said, "That's right. What new son-in-law doesn't work when he goes to his father-in-law's house? When I got engaged to the second son, he came to my house to help thresh the grain. During dinner, my brother warned him that if he dared to hit me in the future, they would come and break his hands."
Zhao Huifang nodded. "My brother and my old man first threatened the boss and got him drunk. When they saw him sleeping drunk, they said that such people are good and will not get drunk and beat people up in the future."
Li Qiuyue looked at the two of them with envy, "My brother doesn't have anything, so they just want me to bring more things back to my parents' home. I'm not that stupid."
Zhao Huifang nodded, "Brother's family is really in trouble. We should lend a hand if we have the ability. Your brother is really not worthy of help."
Li Qiuyue: "So now that my mother and husband are gone, I won't go back to my parents' home."
Yang Chunyan took the face towel and asked, "Today is a festival, are you still going to pick mushrooms today?"
Zhao Huifang: "Well! Let's go to the forest behind the mountain to see if there is anything there. We will come back around ten o'clock to help you cook."
"It might be a good idea to go for a walk. It just rained so there should be more mushrooms."
After dinner, Zhou Huairong and Zhou Huaijun went to their father-in-law’s house to give holiday gifts.
Zhou's mother asked Zhou Huaishan to pick up some millet and go to the rice room of Fangtian Brigade to grind the rice, so that she could prepare to entertain her son-in-law with white rice, good wine and delicious food at noon.
Zhou Huaishan said dissatisfiedly: "Mom, Grandpa can eat whole grain rice, why can't He Jianjun, who is so young, eat it?"
Zhou's mother glared at him in disapproval, "What's wrong with eating white rice? Besides, we haven't cooked white rice since the harvest this year, so we ate it together at noon."
"Other sons-in-law come to help with threshing grain and breaking corn, but in your family, there's no one even repairing the house." Zhou Huaishan muttered as he picked up the grain and left.
The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law finished their housework, moved the bamboo rack to the backyard, and dried the herbs they dug yesterday, and then the sun came out.
Yang Chunyan went to the back mountain to check on the planted Chuanxiong, lifted the straw covering it, and seeing that the soil underneath was not too wet, she covered it with straw again.
At around nine o'clock, Yang Chunyan and Zhou's mother were drying red mushrooms in the yard. He Jianjun walked into the yard alone carrying moon cakes, wine, and a piece of meat.
"Mom, you guys are busy!"
Zhou's mother greeted him happily, "Jianjun is here, come in and sit down."
He Jianjun put the gift on the table and said, "My mother said it rained last night and Yumei is pregnant and afraid the road would be slippery, so she left her at home."
"Yes, my mother-in-law is really thoughtful and considerate." Mother Zhou went to the main room to get a teapot and poured him a porcelain pot of tea. "Drink some water. Your husband and his friends are still busy at the construction site. They will be back soon."
He Jianjun said politely: "I should have come to see you earlier, but I was busy at home and never found the time."
Yang Chunyan took a look and saw that He Jianjun was still very thin and dark at that time. He was not as arrogant as he was in his previous life when he made money and went to his mother-in-law's house, where he couldn't stand this or that.
"It's okay. We've asked some people to help." Zhou's mother took out some mooncakes and put them on the table. "If you're hungry, fill your stomach. I'll go catch a chicken."
"You're busy, I'm not hungry."
Zhou's mother nodded and went to the bamboo forest behind to catch chickens.
As soon as Zhou's mother went to the backyard, Zhou Huaishan came back and said expressionlessly: "Jianjun is here!"
He Jianjun looked at Zhou Huaishan, who was sweating profusely, and smiled politely, "Third brother, are you still busy?"
"Yes!" Zhou Huaishan glanced at him. "Not counting the kiln firing, the operation has been going on for nearly two months. The whole family, including Jiaming, has been busy all the time, and grandpa has lost a lot of weight due to exhaustion."
"Building a new house is hard work." He Jianjun pretended not to understand, "Congratulations, Third Brother, you will soon have a brick and tile house to live in."
Zhou Huaishan took a few sips from the porcelain pot, "It's a rare visit for you, you don't know where our new house is being built, right?" Without waiting for his answer, he added, "My eldest brother and his men went out to deliver festival gifts today, and the construction site sent stone slabs to pave the pit toilet, you can just come over and help."
He Jianjun looked at his white shirt and police blue pants, "..."
Zhou Huaishan pretended not to see it, and grabbed him and walked away, "Let's go! The boss who delivered the slate is still waiting!"
"oh oh!"
Yang Chunyan glanced at He Jianjun who was dragged out of the door by Zhou Huaishan, and said to herself: He will suffer today.
Zhou's mother came back carrying a big rooster and saw that her son-in-law was gone from the steps. "Chunyan, where is Jianjun?"
"Third brother said that they were carrying stone slabs on the construction site. There were not enough people today, so he went along to help."
Zhou's mother said in surprise: "Oh my! The third brother is such a volcano. Jianjun rarely comes here, why don't you stop him!"
Yang Chunyan laughed grimly, "We really don't have enough manpower today. When Huai'an comes back, I'll ask him to replace Jianjun."
Zhou's mother nodded. "Take some of the red mushrooms you picked out and soak them. Then make some red mushroom soup. When Jianjun leaves, bring some back for him to stew for Yumei."
"Okay!" Yang Chunyan took the basket, picked up some red mushrooms and went to the kitchen.
After sharpening the kitchen knife, Zhou's mother came back and picked up the big rooster. Thinking of Yang Chunyan's pregnancy, she was worried that her presence would cause trouble. "Go and see if the youngest one is back. We're still waiting for the meat he bought!"
"Yeah!" Yang Chunyan just walked out of the door and onto the main road when she saw Zhou Huaian riding a bicycle towards her. She stopped when he walked in and asked, "Why are you so fast?"
Zhou Huaian pointed at the bamboo basket and said breathlessly, "I'm so tired. Fortunately, I took the car of Dr. Xiao Wang's friend when I went to Hengshan, so I came back so early."
"Wipe your sweat!" Yang Chunyan took out a handkerchief and handed it to him, then asked, "Did mom say anything?"
"Mom said that you should be careful in your early pregnancy and that you don't need to go back tomorrow and wait for them to come and have a drink."
"Yeah! Third brother just dragged He Jianjun to help get off the stone slab." Yang Chunyan thought about it and found it a little funny. "He had just arrived and sat down when Third brother came back and dragged him away without saying anything."
"Before the eldest brother left, he told Jiaming and the others to wait at the intersection. If they saw He coming, they should go and inform the third brother."
"No wonder several kids ran away so early in the morning."
"Push the bike back and I'll go take a look."
"Okay, I'll tell mom that he wanted to help on his own initiative. You can say the same thing later and give him a compliment."
"Yeah! Go back slowly."
"I see. I'm not made of paper."
Zhou Huaian waved and strode towards the construction site when he saw her pushing her bicycle onto the path.
(End of this chapter)
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