Chapter 316 Chapter 317: Give him a good beating
Zhou Huaian arrived at the river and saw the second and third brothers still working hard by the river, sweat constantly dripping from their oily bronze skin.
He parked his bike and opened the tractor's tailgate, "Brother, fill it with sand first so I can haul it back."
"Yes." Zhou Huaijun and his companion picked up a crowbar, and the three brothers loaded the sand into the truck bed.
Zhou Huaian: "Second brother, there is a yellow mud road over there by the new house. How about we get some more sand and gravel and pave the road in front of the door after the house is built?"
Zhou Huaishan: "Even if we lay a layer of gravel on top, it will still be washed away when it rains heavily, and we will still be stepping on yellow mud."
Zhou Huaijun nodded, "That's right, is it possible to buy a cement paving? How much would that cost?"
"It's cement!" Zhou Huaian picked up a pry, "lime, yellow mud, fine sand, and then go to the brigade to pull the stone roller over. Hook it to the tractor and roll it a few times, and the road will be compacted."
Zhou Huaijun sneered: "You make it sound so easy, lime doesn't cost money?"
Zhou Huaian picked up a stone and said, "This kind of stone is called limestone. Second brother, do you know what limestone is?"
"How could I not know? I've watched the Guanyin Brigade burn lime before." Zhou Huaijun picked up a piece and said, "It's true!"
Zhou Huaishan looked at the two of them happily, "Then we don't need to buy lime to whitewash the walls!"
Zhou Huaian looked very proud, "Why would I need to buy it if I can make it myself?"
"When did you find out?
"I found it two days ago. I remembered that the road in front of the new house was full of mud when it rained, so I picked it up and piled it here."
"You still have a good brain." Zhou Huaijun patted his shoulder with a smile, "No wonder your second sister-in-law said that it would be a good idea to follow you and Chunyan."
Zhou Huaian glanced at him and said, "That's right, don't you see who I am?"
Zhou Huaishan rolled his eyes, "I told you you were fat and you gasped!"
Zhou Huaijun agreed, "That's right!"
Zhou Huaian stopped what he was doing, leaned on his crowbar and looked at the two of them, "If I hadn't discovered limestone, we would have to buy lime to whitewash the walls at home, right? Now that I've discovered limestone, we can save some money and also pave the road outside the door. Am I not awesome?"
"Okay, okay, you're awesome! You're awesome, okay?"
"Perfunctory!" Zhou Huaian picked up the crowbar and started to work. Thinking of Yang Chunyan's dream, his heart was heavy. "Second brother, what if that bastard He Jianjun does something to let my sister down in the future?"
"What are you talking about?" Zhou Huaijun stared at him. "Did you hear any rumors about paying taxes today?"
Zhou Huaishan shouted, "Tell me! Did He Jianjun do something to offend Yumei?"
Zhou Huaian shook his head, "No, I just saw that my sister didn't seem very happy, and I was worried that the He family would treat her badly."
Yan'er was right. What happened a few years later was just a dream. No one would believe me if I told them. Not only would people think I was crazy, but I would also be wrong.
Zhou Huaijun frowned, "I've said before that Yumei is a soft-hearted person, so marrying her nearby will give her someone to take care of her. But mom insisted that life in the mountains is hard, so it's better for her to marry someone in town."
Zhou Huaishan nodded, "That's right. I don't think life in town is that good. Every time mom goes to town, she either brings sweet potato flour or eggs and mountain products to the He family. Mrs. He never even invites mom to have a meal."
"The He family didn't invite mom to dinner because they think our family is poor and they're afraid we'll go out to get money." Zhou Huaian said in a deep voice, "The He guy who came to give me a gift during the Mid-Autumn Festival must be punished. We gave him too much face in the past."
"Yes, I scared him. Let's see if he dares to let Yumei down in the future."
Zhou Huaishan looked at the two of them, "You guys also want to send festival gifts, but there's no place to stay at home. He Jianjun will definitely leave after lunch, so how are Qiuyue and I going to deal with him?"
Zhou Huaijun thought for a moment, "My eldest brother and I are both old sons-in-law. It's okay for us to deliver the gifts to my father-in-law's house early tomorrow morning and come back. The youngest is a new son-in-law and must have lunch at my mother-in-law's house."
"I'll go to town to deliver food and festival gifts to my mother-in-law's family tomorrow morning and then come back." Zhou Huai said, "There's one more thing. Chunyan heard from her mother last time that the He family only has one son, He Jianjun. If my sister gave birth to a daughter, they would probably ask her to have another child."
"Yes! Now we are only allowed to have one child. If Yumei gives birth to a daughter, the He family will definitely call her an extra child."
"How can we control this? If you stop us, people will accuse us of cutting off the He family's lineage."
"It's difficult for us to stop his family from having a second child, but we have to stop them and wait for my sister to recover before having a second child."
"That's right. It will be troublesome if Yumei gets sick." Zhou Huaijun thought for a moment, "When they come, I have to ask He Jianjun, if Yumei gives birth to a daughter, when will his family have a second child?"
"Yes, ask clearly." Zhou Huaishan turned his head and looked at Zhou Huaian, "Youngest, think of another way to deal with him!"
"What can I do? The most I can do is get drunk and beat him up."
"The old man will definitely beat you!"
"Why don't you come!" Zhou Huaian pulled Zhou Huaishan, "I think it's best for you to come, Third Brother. Everyone in your family knows that you're a local, so you'll be more credible this way."
"Don't come on, don't try to fool me, your identity as a second-rate guy is more suitable."
"Hello, second brother. He has a gloomy face every day, which makes him more scary." The three brothers were in a mess.
After the tractor was full of sand, Zhou Huaian drove it and the three brothers went to the construction site to unload the truck and go home for dinner.
The three told Zhou Huairong their plan.
He said in a deep voice: "What the youngest said is right. You have seen it too. When we were planting rice and threshing grain, the sons-in-law of the girls from the village who were married to the town came to help, not to mention something as important as repairing the house. There is not even a single person in our family until now."
"I think the He family is just unkind. We used to think that we should be polite to He Jianjun, and that his family should be nicer to Yumei, but who knew that the He family would be so arrogant that they thought we were trying to curry favor with him, so why should we be too polite to him?"
Zhou Huaian nodded, "That's right, when he comes, he'll be treated like a cow. Look at my brother-in-law, he used to be so indifferent to me, but I still flattered him anyway!"
"Your eldest brother-in-law is so polite to you now!"
"That's because I'm a good person, I deserve that."
"Tsk! It's not against the law to brag, just go ahead!"
"Talk nicely." Zhou Huairong continued, "My mother and husband also said the other day that they were worried about the daughter Yumei gave birth to this time, and the He family would definitely ask her to have an extra child. I'm not afraid of anything else, but I'm afraid that they would force Yumei to have more children, which would harm her health."
Zhou Huaijun frowned, "What should we do?"
Zhou Huaian thought of what Yang Chunyan said, "Now that He Jianjun is here, we must make him promise that even if he wants to have an extra child, he has to wait for Yumei to raise the child for two years."
Zhou Huairong nodded, "Okay, you can tell him then."
The brothers discussed it again before going home.
After dinner, Zhou Huaian told Yang Chunyan about what his brothers had discussed, and then said, "Tomorrow we will rush to my mother-in-law's house to have lunch and leave. Why don't I go to my father-in-law's house first to give him a gift, and then go home together the day after tomorrow? What do you think?"
Yang Chunyan thought it would be a good idea to stay home for one night before leaving, "Okay!"
"Yiding said Xuejiao's uncle wanted to sell 1,500 kilograms of millet, so I told Yiding to buy all the grain. I just thought that if we can eat well, we can bring grandpa and the old man to our house to eat together."
"Okay, otherwise when we divide them up, the three old people will definitely eat sweet potatoes and sorghum every meal. Then we will invite them to our house for a meal every few days."
"Bo~" Zhou Huaian hugged her and gave her a loud kiss, "Yan'er, you are so nice!"
Yang Chunyan couldn't help but blush, "Slick mouth! Why don't you go out and eat!"
"Yeah! Let's eat." Zhou Huaian said, but he was reluctant to let go of his hands. "Ding Ding Mao said that the traps he set yesterday have not been collected yet. He will go to the river dam to sift sand later. I will collect them and bring them back."
"I took half of the fish I brought in the morning and cooked it with pickled cabbage, and the other half I fried and stewed with browned radish. The stewed radish soup was milky white and very fresh."
"I'm salivating when I hear you say that. Let's go eat."
"Um!"
Yang Chunyan looked up at him, and the couple looked at each other with smiles in their eyes.
(End of this chapter)
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