Zhou Yumei said with a heart-warming smile: "My family is so busy, it would take up so much time for him to come here!"
Luo Haili smiled and said, "They are worried, and they said they would come to check on us when they go to Yi Dingzhang's house to get food this afternoon."
Zhou Yumei turned around and saw He Jianjun standing there, gesticulating at the craftsmen. She turned her head away in disgust, "You didn't tell him about the beast over there, did you?"
Luo Haili confessed: "I didn't tell the youngest brother and my aunt, but I told Chunyan."
Zhou Yumei didn't blame her after hearing this, "Chunyan is a steady person, it's okay to tell her."
"Yumei, which Fangtian team does Comrade Fang belong to?"
"His family is from Fangtian Team 3."
"He hasn't got a family yet?"
"It's not suitable!" Zhou Yumei looked at her, "Cousin, don't think too much. It's impossible for him and I to be together."
Luo Haili looked at her with a smile, "How can it be impossible? Look, you look better now than before. You don't look like you've been married at all."
"Cousin," Zhou Yumei looked at her and said seriously, "Whether it looks like it or not, it is a fact that I am married and have Xiaoxi. Let's not talk about whether she is willing to be my stepfather. The main thing is that I feel that life is good now without having to look at other people's faces or bother to serve others."
She thought to herself that they were no longer the same as before, and some fate was missed and it was missed forever.
"If you don't want to find one, it's good that I don't want to find one either. We cousins will have companions in the future." After hearing her words, Luo Haili felt that Fang Dongming would have to put in some effort to get her to agree.
"Yumei, you're done with your work!" Before she finished speaking, Aunt Li walked in holding Zhou Xiaoxi.
"Mom, hug me, hug me!" Zhou Xiaoxi reached out and waved his hands at Zhou Yumei.
Zhou Yumei took the child with a smile and fanned her with a palm leaf fan. "Little idiot, you can only speak one word at a time!"
Aunt Li smiled and said, "Our Xiaoxi is already very smart. Many children who are a little over one year old still can't speak!"
Luo Haili agreed, "That's right. Qiaoling didn't learn to speak until she was two years old. She could speak when she was a little over one year old, and you're still not satisfied."
"Satisfied, satisfied!" Zhou Yumei said to Luo Haili, "Cousin, give Aunt Li a bowl of ice jelly to cool down."
"Okay, Aunt Li likes fermented glutinous rice, so I'll put more in for her."
Aunt Li smiled so much that the fine lines on her face bloomed like chrysanthemums. "Thanks, I always make you spend money every time I come here!"
Zhou Yumei smiled in a reproachful manner and said, "I did everything myself."
"Your family is willing to use fermented glutinous rice and brown sugar water, no wonder people are willing to come to your house to eat." Aunt Li pointed to the He family across the street, "You don't know yet? My family next door is also going to sell yours, and we have hired a carpenter to make tables, chairs and benches at home!"
Zhou Yumei smiled bitterly, "Who cares? We should just do our own business. Just don't do anything shady behind my back."
Aunt Li curled her lips, "Why didn't you use any dirty tricks? People living nearby are saying behind your back that the urine splashed in front of your house must have been done by his family. Who else would do such a thing?"
"Alas!" Zhou Yumei sighed, "We can't do anything if we don't catch him!"
Aunt Li: "That's true. As the old saying goes, you have to catch the thief before you can talk to him."
Luo Haili brought some ice jelly over and placed it in front of her, "Aunt Li, I added some boiled water from the well for you. It's very cool and delicious to drink."
"Thanks!" Aunt Li took a sip, "Well water is cool to drink."
"If you like, come over and drink!" Zhou Yumei felt that as long as she helped take care of the child, it would be worthwhile to give him some food.
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Zhou Huaian and Zhou Yiding came back from picking corn and drove the tractor to Fangtian intersection, where a large tractor was already waiting.
"Brother Huang, have you been waiting for a long time?"
Huang Yongcai leaned over and smiled, "Just arrived a while ago, less than ten minutes!"
Zhou Yiding pointed to the front and said, "We will lead the way, and you guys follow behind!"
"Okay!"
Zhou Yiding started the tractor and drove forward. Half an hour later, he arrived at his father-in-law's house. The villagers who were selling grain nearby had already carried the loaded grain to the Wan family's yard and were waiting there.
Boss Wan said to Zhou Yiding, "Take a look at the grains. Let's use a large scale to weigh them."
Zhou Huaian untied the sack, pointed at the golden grains inside and said to Huang Yongcai, "Brother Huang, take a look and check the goods!"
"Good!" Huang Yongcai grabbed a handful and took a look. It smelled of the fresh fragrance of rice, which was nothing like the old grain he bought at the grain station before. It smelled of mold. "It's okay."
The old farmer who was selling millet said, "Boss Huang, don't worry, all the millet was harvested this year and dried well. If you bite it, it's as crispy as roasted beans. We dried all the millet according to the tax revenue we paid to the government."
"The grain of an old farmer is worthless! Look, 2,000 kilograms of millet only sells for more than 200 yuan. If you buy a bicycle, there will be nothing left."
Huang Yongcai looked at the old farmer's dark face and felt that it was indeed much harder for them to make money than he did. "To be honest, although your millet is a few cents more expensive than the grain station, it is indeed better than theirs.
Yiding told you, right? I run a restaurant, and the two restaurants need a lot of food. As long as the rice you make is delicious, I will come to your place every year!"
The old farmer smiled and said, "Don't worry, Boss Huang. My family and the others all have new millet this year. I'm an old farmer and I don't say nice things. If you take it back and it doesn't taste good, it's fine to bring it back to me."
Huang Yongcai said after hearing this: "Brother, you are a straightforward person. I won't say much. Let's weigh it!"
"Okay!" Boss Wan and another young man came over with a large beam scale, hung the scale hook on a rope, lifted it up and started weighing.
The millet Zhou Huaian bought was from the Wan family's uncles and aunts, while the millet bought by Huang Yongcai and Wang Zhen was from their neighbors next door. The three families bought a total of more than 10,000 kilograms of millet. After weighing, it would take some time to load it onto the tractor, so the three of them sat on the steps and chatted for a while.
After all the sacks were loaded onto the tractor, Zhou Huaian said to Huang Yongcai, "You and the driver will go back the same way later. My sister has something to do in town, so I need to go over there to see her. We have to take a detour there."
Huang Yongcai nodded, "Then we will go back first."
"Okay!" Zhou Huaian sent him out and watched the tractor go southeast. Then he went back to say goodbye to Brother Wan and drove the tractor towards the town.
It was only about ten minutes' walk from Wan's house to the town. It was almost six o'clock when they arrived there. Zhou Huaian parked the tractor and looked across. He saw that the walls of the He family had been demolished and they had already started building a new wall. The layout looked exactly the same as this side.
Seeing the two standing there without coming in, Zhou Yumei came out with a smile, "Xiaoxi, call your uncle. Uncle Yiding, come in and sit down."
Zhou Huaian turned around and clapped his hands at Zhou Xiaoxi, "Come, let your uncle hold you!"
Zhou Xiaoxi looked at the two of them and shyly leaned on Zhou Yumei's shoulder.
The three of them entered the shop. Luo Qiaoling, who was sitting upright at the table doing her homework, greeted them obediently.
Zhou Huaian walked over to take a look at her homework. Seeing that it was written neatly, he nodded with satisfaction and asked, "Qiaoling, how did you do on the unit test?"
Luo Qiaoling touched the red hairpin on her braid and said, "I got 100 points in math and Chinese. My mom and aunt rewarded me with a pencil case and a hairpin."
Zhou Huaian smiled and said, "Not bad, work hard, and if you do well in the exam, your uncle will also give you a reward."
"Yes! I will try my best." Luo Qiaoling sat down and started writing seriously.
"This child is very obedient. He does his homework without us telling him to. After finishing, he helps with housework and takes care of his younger sister. He is more sensible than Xiaoqian and the others."
"Yumei, stop praising her. Watch out for her getting cocky!" Luo Haili smiled as she brought over two bowls of ice jelly. "Youngest, Yiding, have a bowl of ice jelly to cool down first!"
"Thank you, cousin Luo!" Zhou Yiding sat down with a smile.
"We are just thirsty." Zhou Huaian took a big sip, "It's so comfortable to drink it slowly and coolly."
"It would be even better if it were frozen!" Zhou Yiding said to Zhou Yumei, "Sis, if they really want to sell the same thing as you, you can ask Dr. Xiao Wang to buy you a freezer. I guarantee that all the ice jelly business will come to you this summer."
Zhou Yumei smiled and said, "Chunyan also said this before. I felt that if I spent more than a thousand yuan to buy a freezer, I didn't know how much ice jelly I would have to sell to make a profit, so I didn't buy it."
Zhou Huaian recalled what Huang Yongcai said when he bought the refrigerator and freezer, "A freezer can be used for many years. With a freezer, the extra food can be stored for two more days. In the long run, it is not a loss."
Zhou Yumei: "What you said makes sense. We only have two months left to sell ice jelly this year. Let's wait until next year!"
"Okay, if you want to buy it next year, tell me earlier!" Zhou Huaian finished the ice jelly in the bowl in two or three gulps. "Someone peed in front of the shop. What's going on?"
Zhou Yumei said: "It started about half a month ago. When I woke up that morning and opened the door to sweep the floor, I smelled a strong stench outside. It was pouring in the door and even on the door panels. We washed for a long time but the smell was still there. I sprinkled some floral water on the door panels to suppress it."
"I woke up the next morning and smelled it again. My cousin and I slept on the floor in the shop, thinking we would get up and catch the person if we heard any noise. But maybe we were too tired during the day, so we fell asleep when we heard the noise. When we woke up, it was already daybreak. When we opened the door, we saw urine spilled on the door again."
"My cousin and I cursed and swore at the door, then took turns to guard it at night. We watched for two nights in a row but no one came. On the third night, we couldn't stand it anymore and fell asleep. When I woke up the next day, the door still smelled of urine, so I asked someone to buy two bags of cement and gravel to cover the door, which made it much easier to flush."
Zhou Huaian stood up and went to the door to look at the paved cement. "Sister, if you have any problems in the future, please go back and tell us. If you don't have time, please ask the villagers to bring a message and we will come."
Zhou Yumei said gently, "I know you and my brother are all very kind to me, but I am already an adult, I can't just call you when something happens. I have to do what I can do myself."
Zhou Yiding smiled and said, "Sister Yumei, brothers are there to be relied on. If anything happens, come back and call us. We'll stand in that row and scare that bastard into peeing his pants without even doing anything!" (End of this chapter)
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