Chapter 358 Chapter 359: The Butterfly Effect
Yang Chunyan and Wan Xuejiao went down the mountain only after daybreak.
Wan Xuejiao put all the herbs into her backpack, Yang Chunyan carried a basket of golden thread vine, and the Trichosanthes and Amomum villosum were left in the forest farm and would be brought down the mountain when Zhou Huaian led people up to dig Amomum villosum.
After arriving home, I found that the gates of the front and back yards were tightly closed. I had to go to Zhou Yiding's house, put the herbs there, and walked towards the new house.
As Yang Chunyan walked through the grove, she saw the roadside was full of wood and branches.
Xu Erchun saw her coming and walked to the side of the road with a smile, "Sister-in-law, has the youngest come down the mountain?"
Yang Chunyan nodded, "He went to Ning'an and should be back before noon." Then she asked, "Have you taken over this contract?"
Xu Erchun smiled and shook his head, "I have allocated a piece of land here."
Yang Chunyan looked at him in surprise. Seeing that all the trees along the road had been cut down, she asked, "Has this whole area been approved as a housing site?"
She remembered this grove in her previous life. It was still there when she left. Every time the mushroom collectors came to Funiu, they would wait here for the mushroom pickers to come down the mountain. But now it has been approved to be used as a residential plot.
She found that many things had changed after she came back. It seemed that this was the butterfly effect they saw on TV.
Xu Erchun: "This area has been allocated homesteads for three families. My family used to be the Lin family, and then the accountant Ye. They were all approved to live here."
Yang Chunyan was surprised to hear this and asked, "Accountant Ye, how many of his family members are here?"
Xu Erchun smiled and said, "He is the youngest in the family. He probably thought this place has good feng shui, so he decided to plant it here."
After hearing this, Yang Chunyan smiled and shook her head, "You go ahead and do your work, I'll go over and take a look!" In the previous life, the Zhou family also built a house here, but no one thought that the feng shui here was good.
Xu Erchun nodded and said, "Sister-in-law, tell the youngest brother that I will go to see him this afternoon."
Yang Chunyan walked to Zhou Huairong's new house and saw that all the tiles on the roof had been covered, a few days faster than she expected.
When I walked to the front door, I saw Zhou's mother watching the carpenter installing the door to the main room. The wooden door, painted light red, was shiny and looked festive and grand.
The floor of the courtyard has not been paved yet, but the floor on the steps has been completed, and it seems that the surface has been smoothed with cement.
Yang Chunyan walked into the yard and asked, "Mom, is the house ready?"
Mother Zhou looked back at her and smiled, "We paved all the floors in the rooms yesterday, and painted the second floor slabs as well. We'll level the backyard today, and pave the front yard and gate tomorrow. Once the yard is dry, we'll install the gate."
The carpenter took it and said, "It's almost done. It will be finished in two or three more days. It will be convenient for you to dry the grain in the future."
Zhou's mother nodded happily, "This is the good thing about cement floors."
"Mom, let's go to my house." Yang Chunyan stepped forward and took Zhou's mother's hand. The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law walked out. "Is the earthen kiln sealed?"
"It's closed." Zhou's mother said cheerfully, "After your grandfather closed the kiln, he took your old man to the big pit to install a wooden fence, saying that it would prevent the cows from running up there and destroying the herbs."
"They cut a lot of thatch for your family these past two days and used it to cover the pigsty roof and dry it in the sun. They had breakfast early this morning and went to Fangtian Brigade to look after the cattle."
Yang Chunyan said with concern: "Did you cut it to feed the cows?"
Mother Zhou nodded, "Yes! The old man said that you are not feeling well, Huai'an is busy all day, if they don't help you, who will?"
"Once the work is finished and the bills are settled, you can move your things in first. I won't interfere with the days of burning the pot bottom. You can decide for yourself."
Yang Chunyan could tell that Zhou's mother was happy but also a little disappointed, so she looked at her with a smile, "You can't just ignore it. Huai'an and I don't know anything, so you have to help me pick a date."
Mother Zhou glared at her in reproach, "You just can't stand seeing me having nothing to do."
Yang Chunyan held her hand tightly, "Why are you so idle? I have another baby in my belly waiting for you!"
Mother Zhou smiled and nodded, "That's true. I raised Jiaming and the others with my own hands. It would be unreasonable for you not to take care of your family."
Yang Chunyan nodded repeatedly, "Yes, yes! Everyone in the village says that you take good care of the children. Other children have snot all over their faces and their pants smell like urine, but Xiaolin and her children are clean and tidy without any smell!"
Zhou's mother raised her lips, and the wrinkles around her eyes were denser than spider webs. "You've learned bad things from the youngest brother day by day. You're so slick and smooth-talking, and you've been telling me lies."
Yang Chunyan smiled and said, "No, I'm telling the truth."
The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law walked into the courtyard while talking. Zhou Huairong, who was helping to install the main room door, turned around and saw the two of them, "My sister-in-law is coming down the mountain!"
Yang Chunyan smiled and nodded. "I came back and saw that no one was home, so I left my things at Yiding's house. Where are my sister-in-law and the others?"
Mother Zhou whispered, "They said they found a lot of white hyacinth somewhere, so they went there early in the morning."
"Oh!" Yang Chunyan and Zhou's mother walked towards the kitchen.
The layouts of the brothers' houses were exactly the same. Each family's kitchen was located in the north wing, with an earthen stove near the back door. The empty space at the entrance was used to place a table for eating.
It is still a double stove. The large iron pot is placed on the stove eye against the wall. Pig food and other things are usually cooked in that pot. The small pot is placed on the stove eye outside for cooking rice and frying vegetables.
There is no hanging kettle in front of the stove this time. A round stove eye is left at the junction of the two stove eyes, which is used to place a sand pot or a steel pot. Hot water is usually taken from there.
Two brick pools were built where the water tank was originally placed against the wall at the back door, and faucets were also installed on them, making it much more convenient to use water in the future.
Zhou's mother smiled and said to Yang Chunyan: "The kitchen here is big and bright, it looks comfortable."
"Yes! The most convenient thing is that you don't have to carry water anymore. You can just turn on the tap and there will be water." Yang Chunyan turned her head and looked at her, "Why don't you move in with us? The house here is spacious and it will be more lively if you come over."
Mother Zhou looked at her with relief, "Mom knows you are filial, we still want to stay in the old house. Don't worry, I will come and stay for a month while you are in confinement."
After hearing this, Yang Chunyan could only nod, "Yes!"
The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law walked to the back door and opened it, only to see Zhou Huaishan, two helpers, and a bricklayer laying concrete in the backyard. After exchanging a few words, they returned to the front yard.
The main room door has been installed, and the carpenter is installing the room doors.
Zhou's mother said, "There is still some wood left. The Chinese toon we cut down last time was divided among the families. Each family gets one. That kind of wood can ward off evil spirits, and it is perfect for making the top of the Eight Immortals Table."
Yang Chunyan nodded, "Yes! We need to make two more beds, so it will be convenient for you to stay for a few days."
She thought of Zhou Yiding who was helping to make furniture, so she had to ask him which ones he had made to avoid making the same ones twice.
Zhou's mother: "Why do you need so many beds? The floor upstairs is covered. We can just lay down a quilt and sleep on it when we come here."
Yang Chunyan smiled and did not refute her. She felt that at least two beds should be put in the house so that when guests from her parents' home came, there would have to be a place to stay.
The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law took a look around, and when they returned to the old house, they went to Zhou Yiding's house and took the herbs home to dry them.
(End of this chapter)
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