Chapter 546 Chapter 547: Bully at Home
Zhou Huaian drove the tractor and soon arrived outside Zhao Meina's house, only to find that the gate was still closed.
He looked at his watch and saw that it was just four o'clock. "Old Xu, there's still an hour before school ends. Go ask her where her land is."
Xu Hongbing jumped off the tractor and said, "I'll go to the Su family next door and ask if the field in front of the door belongs to Mina."
Soon, Mrs. Su followed Xu Hongbing out and pointed to the field in front of the door and said, "This large field belongs to them."
Xu Hongbing smiled and nodded, "Okay! Thank you very much!"
Mrs. Su smiled and said, "Thank you very much. If you plow and harrow this large field for them, it will save them a lot of trouble."
Zhou Huaian nodded at her, drove the tractor into the field and started plowing.
Xu Hongbing carried a bamboo basket and followed the furrows plowed by the tractor to pick up loaches and eels. After a while, he grabbed one and put it into the basket.
Zhao Meina came back first. Seeing Zhou Huaian driving a tractor and harrowing the fields, she ran over in surprise, "Uncle Huaian!"
Zhou Huaian nodded at her, "It will be ready in a while."
"Mina is back?" Xu Hongbing, who was squatting by the field watching the plowing, stood up and asked with a smile.
"Uncle Hongbing, when did you come?"
"I've been here for an hour, and I only have two more rounds to go." Xu Hongbing looked at her with a smile, "Is studying fun?"
I haven't seen the little girl for a month or two. She has grown taller, gained weight, and become more lively!
Zhao Meina nodded happily, "What fun!"
Xu Hongbing patted the bamboo basket and said, "Go find a wooden board and a knife to cut the eel. I'll cut the eel first, and you guys can cook it later."
Zhao Meina didn't bother to be polite with him. She took out the key and opened the door with a smile, "Uncle Xu, please come in and sit down. Aunt Su has wooden boards and saw blades. I'll go get them!"
"Go! Your Uncle Huai'an will be raking the fields soon." As soon as Xu Hongbing entered the yard, he saw the roses blooming in the corner and the chickens in the chicken coop.
Some small vegetables were planted in the yard, and the bean and melon vines had begun to climb up the bamboo poles that were inserted diagonally against the wall.
He put down the basket and drew a bucket of water from the well. Then Zhao Meina came back with a wooden board and a saw blade.
Xu Hongbing put the wooden board against the edge of the well and looked up at her. "Mina, is anyone in the team bullying you?"
Zhao Meina: "Last time, that old woman came to my house to peel our garlic shoots. After Uncle Huaishan saw her and scolded her, no one bullied us anymore. Aunt Su and the uncle next door will also help us."
"If someone bullies you in the future, come to Fu Niu and find a few uncles. We will help you vent your anger!"
“I remember.”
Xu Hongbing had just cut open two eels when Zhao Xiaochuan and Zhao Xiuna came back and shouted with joy when they saw them.
"Second sister, look at how fast Uncle Huai'an's tractor is. When we got home from school, he had already plowed the field."
"Silly boy, that's a tractor, of course it's fast! Last time Uncle Huaishan helped us plow the fields over there, and it took less than an hour to finish the plowing and harrowing."
Zhao Meina heard the shouting and walked to the gate of the courtyard, "Xiuna, Xiaochuan, Uncle Hongbing is here too, and he caught some eels and loaches for us!"
Zhao Xiaochuan quickly ran to the yard, "Wow! I love eating eels the most, but I don't know how to cut one open!"
Xu Hongbing stabbed the eel from the neck to the tail with a knife with a "swish". "The saw blade is very sharp. You are still young, it is easy to cut your hand!"
"When I grow up, Uncle Hongbing will teach me how to perform cesarean section!"
"Okay, uncle will teach you in two years."
After Zhou Huaian harrowed the land, he drove the tractor to the mechanized farming road outside, then turned back to the yard and fetched water to wash his face which was blackened by the tractor.
Zhao Meina: "Uncle Huai'an, Jiaming said that my aunt gave birth to a younger brother. We will go to see him and my aunt on Sunday."
"Okay, come early on Sunday." Zhou Huaian said to her, "After we have plowed this field, is there any other field that needs to be plowed?"
Zhao Meina shook her head and said gratefully, "Uncle Huaishan helped us cultivate the other fields last time, and we have already planted rapeseed."
"How's your study going? Are you keeping up with your classmates?"
"I can keep up!"
"Uncle Huai'an!" Zhao Xiaochuan pulled him, "The teacher said that if my sister works hard, she will have no problem getting into the county middle school."
Zhou Huaian: "Okay! Then work harder and get into the county junior high school!"
Zhao Meina said embarrassedly: "I think my performance in the county middle school is still a little bit lower, so I'd better try to get into the town middle school."
She felt that the tuition in the county was too high and that she would not be able to take care of her family if she lived too far away from home, so it was better for her to study in the town. She felt that as long as she worked hard, it would be the same wherever she studied.
Zhou Huaian smiled and said, "It's okay to take it slow and steady!"
Xu Hongbing finished cutting open the last yellow eel and washed his hands in a basin of water. "Okay, you can peel some garlic and cook them, or add some lettuce to it."
Zhao Xiu Na pointed at the garlic braids hanging on the column head and said, "Of course, we grow our own garlic and even peel the garlic shoots and stir-fry them with bacon!"
Zhao Xiaochuan took his hand and said, "Uncle Hongbing, Uncle Huai'an, have dinner here before you leave!"
Zhou Huaian smiled and shook his head, "Aunt is still waiting for us at home, come over early on Sunday to play!"
The three siblings said reluctantly, "You guys are always like this every time you come, you finish the work and leave."
Zhou Huaian said with a smile: "When you get admitted to the university and hold your wedding banquet, we will definitely come to your house early to help and spend a good day at your house."
Xu Hongbing: "That's right. Fangtian, Funiu and Guanyin villages have not had any college students yet. When you pass the exam, you will be the first among the three villages. Then Uncle Hongbing will buy two 10,000-shot red envelopes and set them off."
Zhao Xiaochuan nodded heavily, "Yes! I will definitely work hard to get into university!"
Zhou Huaian stroked his head and looked at the two sisters with a smile, "My brother has expressed his opinion, Mina and Xiuna should work hard!"
The two sisters also nodded, "We will try our best!"
Zhou Huaian and Xu Hongbing got on the tractor and waved to the three siblings who were reluctant to leave. "Let's go back. The night owls will take the eels and loaches away later."
Zhao Xiaochuan also waved his hand, "Uncle Huai'an, Uncle Hongbing, slow down!"
The tractor drove away with black smoke coming out.
Xu Hongbing looked back at the three children walking back and said, "Oh! I wish I had these three obedient and sensible children!"
Zhou Huaian: "It is indeed rare. For a child of this age, without a mother and an old man to take care of her, it is already very good that she has not learned bad things. My grandfather always said that a child of three can tell what he will be like when he is eighty, and a child of seven can determine his whole life. It seems that Mina's mother and old man also spent a lot of effort to teach her."
Xu Hongbing: "Once we make some money, we will go to the big cities and see how good they are. How can they be so cruel as to abandon their children and not care about them?"
Zhou Huaian: "Shanghai, where Mena's mother and her husband live, is a big city. The novel says that it was very prosperous in the old society. At that time, there were wars everywhere and people couldn't even afford to eat, but there was still singing and dancing every day as usual..."
"When I make money, I will definitely bring my mother, wife and children to see it."
"Work hard, and you'll be able to go see it in a few years."
When they arrived at the brigade's drying dam, Xu Hongbing jumped off the tractor and left. Zhou Huaian returned home and saw Yang Chunyan and the children were still sleeping, so he went to the kitchen and saw Zhou's mother and Zhao Huifang heating up rice, and the old man listening to the radio in the backyard.
After Yang Chunyan gave birth, the old man was worried that listening to the radio at the door of the main room would disturb the mother and son, so he changed to listening to the radio in the backyard.
Zhou Huaian pulled a chair and sat down next to him, helping him roll leaf cigarettes. "Grandpa, Chunyan said she doesn't like those milk powders and malted milk. I asked you, mom, and the old man to make some to drink, so as not to waste them after they expire."
The old man said happily: "Every meal is white rice, and at most every other meal we eat meat. Why do we need to eat those things? You can put them in to make a drink for Chunyan. You can also make some when you are tired after going up the mountain."
Zhou Huaian knew that it was useless to tell them, "I won't tell you anymore. If you don't want to drink it, I'll open it all and wait for it to expire."
"Stupid boy!" The old man patted him, "Don't open it. If you open it and eat it for a while, it will become lumpy and go bad. Those things are very expensive. You will be punished by God if you waste food."
Zhou Huaian said with a smile: "Then remember to drink it. It would be a waste if you don't drink it!"
"I got it!" The old man deliberately put on a fierce face, but he was very happy in his heart. None of the old guys of the same age lived as comfortably as he did.
Not only are the grandsons filial, but the grandsons' wives are also filial. I don't have to worry about their food and clothing, and I even give them pocket money every month, because I'm afraid that I don't have money to buy candy for my great-grandsons.
After a while, Zhou Huairong and his friends also came. When Zhou Jiaming and his friends saw Zhou's mother, they asked, "Grandma, can't your little brother come out yet?"
Zhou's mother: "You can come out tomorrow. Hurry up and put the stools in place. It's time to eat."
As usual, adults and children sat at the same table. It had been a while since the grandparents had a good gathering together. Father Zhou poured out some wine, and the three generations happily drank a few glasses.
Zhou Huairong thought of the wine jars stored at home, "Youngest, how long do we need to soak those truffle wines?"
They later bought more than 2,000 yuan worth of sorghum wine, and Zhou Huairong's family and the old house stored some of it.
Zhou Huaian thought for a moment, "My eldest brother-in-law said that it's best to soak it for half a year or a year, but it's not even half a year yet!"
Zhou Huaijun said, "The ones in your room are the first to be soaked. They will be half a year in just over a month. When the time comes, open a tank and send it to Doctor Xiao Wang to the provincial capital to see if you can sell it for a good price."
Zhou Huaian: "Okay, tell me when the time is up."
The next morning, Zhou Huaian and Zhou Yiding went to the mountain, moved the beehives back from the hive, and placed them in the forest on the mountain that had not yet been opened.
When he got home, he happily told Yang Chunyan, "Both beehives are now inhabited by wild bees, and Ding Ding Mao and I have harvested several kilograms of honey combs.
I walked around the medicinal fields on the back mountain. The Magnolia officinalis, Eucommia ulmoides, Ziziphus jujuba, Ilex oleifera, Gardenia jasminoides, and Myrtle that I planted in February are all alive. "
"Great! At least grandpa and the old man's efforts were not wasted."
"When I came back, Grandpa was furious. Who pissed him off?"
"The eldest wife came to deliver the confinement gift this afternoon. Mom said she only brought ten eggs. Grandpa scolded the eldest wife and left in disgrace."
"Serves you right! This kind of person is only good at bullying others at home, but acts like a pug in front of others."
"Don't mention this to Grandpa, or he might feel uncomfortable."
"Got it!"
(End of this chapter)
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