Zhou's mother said gratefully, "Thank you for accompanying my youngest son. If he goes out alone, not to mention that he won't make much money, even if he makes a fortune, I won't allow him to go."
Xu Hongbing: "The youngest one paid us. We could earn five yuan for each trip with him. When he shouted in the village, at least a whole row of people would rush to join him."
Qian Chunhua also smiled and said, "Yes, it's all thanks to your youngest brother for helping me out over the past six months!"
Yang Chunyan, mother-in-law and daughter-in-law exchanged a few polite words with them, then said goodbye and walked back carrying the eggs and hens.
The more Zhou's mother thought about it, the more scared she became. "This youngest child, after such a big incident, came back without even a word."
"He might be afraid that we'll worry. Let's go back and ask him later. If it doesn't work, we'd better not go there again."
Yang Chunyan recalled that he had encountered a robbery in Ning'an before. It was only after Zhou Yiding let it slip that she realized that this man was like this. He looked like a ruffian on the surface, but in fact, he cared the most about his family's feelings.
"Alas!" Zhou's mother sighed, "Our family is doing OK now, there's no need to take risks. Even if we have to eat coarse food, we can't do anything unstable. No matter how much money we make, we still need people to be around!"
"Just like a few days ago, when Doctor Xiao Wang came to sell truffle wine, there were many people in the village who were jealous and said sour things. They only saw the thief eating the meat, but didn't see the thief being beaten!"
"Don't worry, we'll find out when we go back and ask."
When the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law got home, they saw the old man holding little Jiuer at the door of the main room listening to the radio, "Old man, where is the youngest?"
"I'm going to the old house with the second son to pick some vegetables." The old man handed the child to Yang Chunyan, turned off the radio, and went to wash up and rest.
"Yan'er, you stay at home, I'll go to the old house to find him." After saying this, Zhou's mother left in a hurry.
Yang Chunyan put Xiao Jiuer in the cradle, ran some hot water to change his diaper and wash his butt, then she cleaned up and started feeding the child. Only then did Zhou Huaian and Zhou Huaijun come back carrying the vegetables.
After they washed up and went back to the house, Zhou Huaian told her what happened on the road today.
Yang Chunyan looked at him, "If Xu Hongbing doesn't say it today, are you not going to tell me?"
Seeing her uneasy look, Zhou Huaian hurriedly hugged her and said softly: "Yan'er, don't worry, I always carry a gun with me when I go out. Look how smart your man is! When he saw something was wrong ahead, he immediately stopped and picked up his weapon..."
Yang Chunyan felt sour in her heart, "Huaian, why don't you stop going to Baicaoping to collect herbs, and wait for them to deliver the goods like you did in Huangqinggou."
Zhou Huaian comforted him, "It's different over there than in Huangqinggou. If they really want to send it here to sell, they might as well send it to Ning'an. Don't worry, I know what's going on. If there's any danger, of course my life is more important.
The villagers in Baicaoping were worried that I would not go to collect the herbs. They said that the price I offered was fair, and if it didn’t work out, they would just deliver the herbs to me at the intersection. When I left, Secretary Zhang said that he would pick us up at the intersection the day after tomorrow. If you don’t believe me, come with me and see.”
After hearing this, Yang Chunyan thought that she was worried if she didn't go to see it with her own eyes, so she nodded and said, "Okay, I'll go with you the day after tomorrow. If it's true that Secretary Zhang and the others are waiting for you at the intersection as you said, you can go there later."
Zhou Huaian smiled and kissed her, "Yan'er, I now feel that collecting herbs to make money is a very meaningful thing. Every time I look at a herb, I have to think about how much I can make by collecting it? Will I lose money?
Just like the herbs I collected today, I can earn a hundred yuan if I send them to Ning An to sell tomorrow morning. I won’t go there!”
Yang Chunyan smiled and patted him, "From now on, I'll just call you Zhou Caimi!"
She is now completely relieved and no longer has to worry like before that he will feel that their family conditions are better than others and become the same as before.
"Then you are Zhou Huaian's wife!" Zhou Huaian said as he picked her up and walked towards the bed.
The next morning, Zhou Huaian went to Ning'an to deliver vegetables and sell herbs, while Yang Chunyan followed Zhao Huifang and others to the back mountain to cut Magnolia officinalis.
Before I got there, I noticed two Magnolia officinalis flowers blooming sporadically on the top of the tree. When I got there, I saw that new bark had grown where I had cut off the Magnolia officinalis bark last year. After cutting off the old bark left over from last year, I would have to wait a few years before I could cut it again.
After Zhou Huaian arrived at noon, Yang Chunyan went with him to carry the harvested Magnolia officinalis bark back home.
After feeding their son, the couple carried their son on their backs, took eggs, a hen, and clothes prepared for Yang Xiaoxue's child, went to the grove and called Yang Hui and Xu Erchun to go to Fangtian together.
When they arrived at Fangtian, they saw from afar that the entrance to Yang Xiaoxue's house was crowded with people. The four thought that the Fang family was sending postpartum gifts, but when they got closer they heard Fang's mother yelling and cursing.
"...I worked so hard to raise my son, but it turns out that he was raised by your Yang family. You Yangs are eating meat and drinking wine here, and even an old woman can't bring me some eggs. There is no such a peaceful life in this world..."
Yang Xiaoxue's mother is not someone who can be easily messed with. "Look everyone, we are all people who give birth to children. My daughter gave birth to a child, but the mother-in-law didn't serve her, so the son-in-law had no choice but to call me, the mother, to serve her.
Early this morning, she came with a basket. I thought she was a mother-in-law who came to give her daughter-in-law some supplements after she gave birth to a baby. I didn't know that she was here to pick up eggs to take home and eat.
After picking up thirty eggs and putting them in a basket, he wanted to catch a chicken, but his son-in-law stopped him. Then his mother got angry and scratched Zhiqiang's face. There are still mothers-in-law in the world who would snatch food from Yue and her son. I am an old woman, but today I have finally opened my eyes!"
Fang's mother jumped up and cursed, "Fang Zhiqiang, you are a disobedient and unfilial thing. If I had known you were such a thing, I would have thrown you into the dung bucket..."
"Mom, are you going to give me a chance to live or not? If not, you might as well go buy a bag of rat poison and kill all the rats in my family!" After Fang Zhiqiang yelled, he squatted on the ground with his head in his hands.
Granny Fang was stunned by his sudden roar. She rushed forward and grabbed him with a cry of "Ouch", "You disobedient, short-lived ghost..."
Fang Zhiqiang couldn't bear it any longer, he grabbed her hands, and roared with red eyes, "Mom, do you really want me to die? Just tell me, and I'll die right away!"
He had really been tortured enough by his unreasonable mother. If he didn't have a wife and children, he would have wanted to jump into the Xinhe River and end it all. If he could give his flesh back to his mother and his bones back to his father like Nezha did, he would give them back to them...
Fang's mother was so frightened by his appearance that she stood there in a daze, her lips trembling and unable to speak.
Yang Xiaoxue's mother also shut up.
The villagers who were watching the fun saw the three bloody scratches on his face and neck and started talking about it among themselves.
"Is Granny Fang possessed by evil spirits?"
"Yes, if it were another family, the daughter-in-law would be so happy when she gave birth to a grandson that she would save the food for Yue and her son. There's no reason to rush to eat it!"
"Let's go find the master. Mrs. Fang has really become more and more out of tune in the past two years..."
Yang Chunyan and others walked forward, and Zhou Huaian and Xu Erchun shouted in front: "Make way, please make way!"
"Hey! Look, Xiaoxue's family is here to send her postpartum gifts!"
"Look at all these eggs, two chickens, and children's clothes..."
The villagers who knew her hurriedly moved aside and asked, "Zhou Laoyao, is she your aunt or your younger aunt?"
"My aunt!"
Zhou Huaian and Xu Erchun pushed their bicycles into the yard and parked them. They walked up to Fang Zhiqiang and shook his hand. "Brother-in-law Fang, the guests are here. It's time to cook some yin rice eggs to entertain them."
“You’re here!” Fang Zhiqiang forced out a smile that was uglier than crying, loosened his grip on Fang’s mother’s hand, and said in a hoarse voice, “Thank you!”
After he let go of Fang's mother, she stopped throwing a tantrum and turned around and ran outside.
Yang Chunyan carried Xiao Jiuer to Yang Erniang and said, "Xiao Jiuer, come and see Erjia Po!"
She wiped away her tears and said, "Little Jiu, be good. Second family grandmother will take you to see your brother!" Then she welcomed Yang Chunyan and Yang Hui into the room, "Xiaoxue, your mother Hui and Chunyan are here to see you."
When Yang Chunyan and the other person entered, they saw her sitting against the bedside crying, so they hurried to the bed and pulled a quilt around her waist.
"You are such a loser, crying for such an unreasonable old woman, crying your eyes out, it's all your own bad luck!"
"..." Yang Xiaoxue sniffed, "I didn't want to cry either. When I heard the noise outside, my tears just started to fall."
Yang Hui said: "Next time you come, find a piece of cotton to plug your ears and call her like a night owl."
"That's right!" Yang Chunyan held Xiao Jiuer and sat on the edge of the bed, "Xiao Jiuer wants to see his brother, bring him out and let him see!"
"Yeah!" Yang Xiaoxue picked up the handkerchief to wipe away her tears and picked up her son who was lying inside. "Your face is as red as a monkey's butt. It's so ugly!"
Yang Chunyan thought of the same thing she had thought when she first saw Xiaojiu. "All babies are like this when they are born. It will be fine in a few days."
Yang Hui: "Oh! The two little girls have grown little tails behind their buttocks. From now on, we won't be able to watch the movies in peace in the team."
Yang Chunyan smiled and said, "You're already married, how long will it take for you to have a baby? I don't think you can be carefree for long."
Yang Xiaoxue nodded, "Yes, maybe she already has it in her stomach."
"Don't worry, my relatives just arrived!" Yang Hui smiled and held Xiao Jiuer in her arms, "Come, let your aunt take you out for a walk!"
Yang Chunyan handed the child to her, then took the baby from Yang Xiaoxue's family and held it in her arms. "Have you named the child?"
"Not yet! Zhiqiang has thought of several names, but he doesn't know which one is the best. My mother said that she will ask a fortune teller to calculate the missing five elements of the child in a few days, and then give the child a name."
"Then just like our little Jiuer, give her a nickname first." Yang Chunyan remembered that in her previous life, Mrs. Fang despised her for giving birth to a girl and did not take care of her during the confinement period. In this life, she gave birth to a son, but she still treated her like this. That old woman was really evil.
"Let the old man get up later." Yang Xiaoxue looked at her enviously and said, "They say that if you eat your mother-in-law's food, you should grow up for her. Look, you haven't changed at all after giving birth to Jiuer. You're even prettier than before."
Yang Chunyan pinched the fat on her waist and said, "I ate too much during the confinement period, and the fat has stretched my skin!"
"I had just given birth to a son and felt empty inside. My mom cooked six fried eggs with rice and I ate them all."
At this time, Yang Erniang came in and said, "Chunyan, go and have some fried rice and eggs."
"Okay!" Yang Chunyan put the child on the bed, "You should have a good rest and don't ruin your health for irrelevant people."
"Yes!" Yang Xiaoxue nodded heavily. (End of this chapter)
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