Chapter 333 334: I'll accompany you wherever you go
"Alas!" Zhao Huifang sighed, "I am over 40 years old, but I feel that this year is the most hassle-free year. The work that takes us ten days can be completed in just over a day with a tractor."
"Yes, in previous years, people were still digging and hoeing in the fields at this time to prepare for sowing rapeseed!"
Zhou's mother wiped her hands and came to help. Seeing the pile of white hyacinths on the steps, she smiled and said, "Wow~ I haven't found so many herbs in a long time."
"Yes!" Yang Chunyan put the selected tubers into the bamboo basket, "We found them over at Fangtian. It will take us most of the day tomorrow to dig them all up."
Mother Zhou picked them up and looked at them. "Are you going to send these to Ning An to sell tomorrow?"
Yang Chunyan said: "These are kept for seeding, and the rest will be sent to Ning An to sell for money."
Mother Zhou thought about it and asked again: "Do you know how to plant it?"
Yang Chunyan has planted it before. "I think it's similar to planting potatoes. Just dip it in wood ash and you can plant it."
Zhao Huifang: "Yes, this thing is similar to potatoes and taro. Why don't we just plant taro and potatoes the same way?"
"I told you, it's similar to growing vegetables." Mother Zhou added, "I'm going to visit Yumei in town tomorrow and ask Jianjun if he has told his mother about having a second child."
Zhao Huifang comforted her, "Mom, don't worry, my aunt will be fine!"
"Oh!" Zhou's mother sighed, "I had a nightmare last night. I dreamed that Yumei really gave birth to a girl, and that old hag from the He family didn't even let her finish her confinement and sent her to plant rice seedlings. I was so angry that I felt uncomfortable all day."
Yang Chunyan advised, "Don't worry, Mom. They say dreams are the opposite of reality. Besides, we are here. If that old hag from the He family dares to do that, we will bring Sister Yumei back."
Li Qiuyue nodded, "That's right, if she dares to do that, we will take Yumei back. This is not the old society anymore, why should we be afraid of the He family?"
Mother Zhou looked at them with relief, "I feel relieved when you say this."
Seeing that her daughters-in-law were all protecting Yumei, she made up her mind that if the He family really treated Yumei badly, she would bring her back to live with them, the old people.
Zhou Huaian brought food back to Gouzi and saw that several people had already started to clean up. He looked around and found Yang Chunyan in the kitchen. "Yan'er, what are you doing?"
Yang Chunyan lifted the lid of the pot and said, "I steamed those pieces of Gastrodia elata and put them up to dry."
"Grandpa hasn't come back yet?"
Yang Chunyan picked up the Gastrodia elata with chopsticks and put it into the basket. "The old man took him back home, soaked his feet and went to sleep."
Zhou Huaian took the basket, and the two walked out together. "Tomorrow I will help plant the white hyacinth at home, and the day after tomorrow we will go to the forest farm and dig up the Paris polyphylla we left behind last time."
Yang Chunyan nodded, "Yes! The white hyacinths we dug up this time can be used to plant several acres of land. When the land on the top of the mountain is opened up next year, we will go to the mountain to dig up the seedlings and plant them."
"My third brother and I just went to see the well behind my eldest brother's house. The pipes have been buried and they started to build the well wall this afternoon. My eldest brother said that the well digger also said that his family would build one in the future."
"Of course this is good. You can get water when you turn on the tap, and you don't have to pay for water."
“My wife is so smart!”
Yang Chunyan couldn't help but blush and glared at him angrily, "If someone hears you later, they will laugh at you."
"Third brother went to the backyard to take a shower, so he can't hear me." Zhou Huaian threw away his cigarette butt and said, "I'll go get you some hot water."
"You should soak your feet too. It will make you feel more comfortable."
“Yes.”
After they washed up and returned to the house, Zhou Huaian yawned and climbed onto the bed, lying on his back, "I'm so tired. When can I have a good, peaceful and comfortable sleep?"
"Once we move over, we'll take a good rest for two days."
"Um!"
"There are many herbs ripening in the mountains these days. I think we should go into the mountains and find some more herb seeds before I get pregnant. What do you think?"
Zhou Huaian stretched out his hand and held her in his arms, "Okay, I will accompany you wherever you want to go, and I will accompany you for the rest of your life. When you are old, you can see the most beautiful old woman in my family."
Yang Chunyan's heart seemed to be hit by something, and she couldn't help but turn sideways and hug him back, "Yeah!"
Zhou Huaian rubbed her head, pushed her away and said with a smile: "Let's go to sleep! Let's go to sleep! Your man is so tired these days, don't tease me!"
"Fuck you, who flirted with you?"
Yang Chunyan turned around and lay down, ignoring him. She felt a little strange. She felt that he had been more considerate to her recently, unlike the past few days when he would pester her from time to time...
After a long while, Zhou Huaian turned his head and saw that she was already asleep. He got up quietly, went to the well to fetch water and took a shower, then went back to his room to sleep.
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The next morning, Yang Chunyan woke up and saw Zhou Huaian had already gotten up. She went out and saw that the courtyard was wet. "Did it rain last night?"
Zhou's mother nodded, "It rained for a while after the first cockcrow."
Zhao Huifang smiled and said, "Let's eat. After eating, let's go into the mountains to dig white hyacinth and pick mushrooms."
"Okay!"
After dinner, Yang Chunyan and a few others went to the mountains to plant the white hyacinths.
After finishing her housework, Zhou's mother dried the red mushrooms and herbs, asked Zhou Xiaoru and the others to look after Zhou Xiaolin at home, and then she carried the vegetable basket and left the village to go to the He family in town.
It was past nine when I arrived in town. I walked to the gate of the He family's courtyard and saw Zhou Yumei in the yard. "Yumei, why are you picking rice seedlings these days?"
"Mom, you're here!" Zhou Yumei stood up awkwardly and busied herself bringing her a chair.
Zhou's mother hurriedly stepped forward to take the bamboo chair and said, "You sit down, I'll come." She looked at her and saw that she looked a little pale. She asked worriedly, "Why do you look so pale? Are you feeling unwell?"
"I'm not feeling uncomfortable, but I have trouble sleeping at night. My legs are always cramping and I can't sleep well."
"Why don't you ask Jianjun to massage you?" Zhou's mother pointed at the basket and said, "There are twenty eggs in it. You can steam them to nourish yourself."
At this time, He's mother came out from the side room and said with a warm smile: "Mother-in-law is here!"
Mother Zhou smiled politely, "My mother-in-law is here! I went to the street to buy some things and came to see Yumei by the way."
He's mother is not tall, has small eyes, slightly buck teeth, and looks a bit mean.
She patted her chest and said, "Mother-in-law, don't worry. Yumei is my daughter-in-law. I treat her better than my own daughter."
Zhou's mother smiled politely and said, "Thank you, mother-in-law." What she said was better than singing. You are willing to give away your own child, but you don't dare to ask you to be so nice to her.
He's mother pulled a stool and sat down, looking at her with a smile, "Mother-in-law, I haven't congratulated you yet! Jianjun came back and said that he was very envious of his brothers-in-law's new houses. They must have cost a lot of money, right?"
"There's not much else in the mountains except mud. We worked hard for several months. We made our own bricks and tiles, and the wood was cut from the mountains. It didn't cost much."
"Last time I heard someone say your youngest son bought a tractor, I didn't believe it. This time I heard Jianjun say it and I believe it. In the future, I hope his uncle can help his brother-in-law more."
"Don't worry, mother-in-law. As the old saying goes, a son-in-law is half a son. If you don't help him, who else can you help?"
He's mother smiled with wrinkles all over her face after hearing this. "Please sit down. I'll go get some meat. Mother-in-law, please have lunch here before you leave."
Mother Zhou quickly stood up and said, "No need, mother-in-law. My family is waiting for me to buy something. I asked Yumei to go with me and then left."
"Is that so?" Mother He looked at Zhou Yumei with a smile, "Yumei, hurry up and accompany your mother there, I'll take care of it."
"Yeah!" Zhou Yumei took off her apron and patted the grass debris on her body, then walked out of the yard with Zhou's mother and took her hand.
(End of this chapter)
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