Chapter 65 Let the Li Family Give Benefits to the Villagers
Mrs. Zhou Chen thought it was ridiculous and retorted, "Farmers start working at the age of five or six, but your eldest brother's golden and wooden oxen are more than ten years old and have never done any work. I have never heard you say a word to them.
All the work in the fields at home is done by our second family. My eldest brother runs out all day, and my eldest sister-in-law stays in the house and never goes out, and you never say a word.
Isn't Erquan your son? Is that why you are so disgusted with our second family?"
"This is outrageous! How dare you talk back to your mother-in-law?" Mrs. Zhou slapped her thigh and cried in a shrill voice.
"It's so unfair that a daughter-in-law dares to teach her mother-in-law a lesson. Why am I so miserable? Second brother, why are you still standing there? You're just watching your wife bully me."
Zhou Erquan frowned and stepped forward to persuade her: "Mom, Cuihua just loves her child and was impulsive. Don't get angry and hurt yourself."
Turning to look at Chen Cuihua: "Cuihua, quickly apologize to your mother."
Chen Cuihua looked at Zhou Erquan with disappointment. It was always like this. The old woman deliberately made trouble and he tried to smooth things over.
The old woman cried and he asked her to apologize.
He was completely blind to the grievances she and her child suffered.
He would just say that it was his mother and ask her to just bear with it.
She had had enough.
Seeing that Wanyue was living better and better these days, she began to think about divorce.
But Yue Yatou has no children to tie her down, she has two more children.
My mother's family is different from the Li family. They will not accept their divorced daughter to come home.
But she has neither money nor ability.
With a sigh, she carried Zhou Xiaomiao straight back to the house.
Mother Zhou pointed at the door and said, "Look, Second Brother, your wife dared to turn her face away from me in front of you, and you don't want to teach her a lesson?"
Zhou Erquan sighed: "Mom, Cuihua has been tired all day. The seedlings are so small, you can ask her to dig wild vegetables, but how can she cook?
The two oxen in my eldest brother's house are tall and strong. If you had asked them to help carry water to irrigate the fields, the work would have been done long ago."
"Well, you've also been led astray by that woman. The golden and silver bulls will have to set up their own households in the future. How can that money-losing thing compare to them?"
Zhou Erquan also knew his mother's temper, so he didn't argue with her and just said, "I'll go cook."
When Mrs. Zhou heard this, she was furious: "You are a grown man, why are you cooking? Let Chen do it."
Tuesday ignored it all and went straight to the kitchen.
"A bunch of debt collectors." Mrs. Zhou snorted and went back to the house.
On the other side, the Li family’s food was already on the table.
Stir-fried shredded potatoes, steamed sweet potatoes, stewed pork ribs, steamed locust flowers, scallion pancakes, and bone soup.
The children sipped their saliva, wow, the food was not so sumptuous even during the Chinese New Year.
Li Wanyue pointed at the shredded potatoes on the table and said, "Try these two dishes. They are imported from foreign countries. This one is called sweet potato, and this one is called foreign potato."
Li Youshan picked up a piece of potato shreds with chopsticks, and his eyes lit up: "Delicious, crisp and refreshing."
Zhao Suying picked up a piece of steamed sweet potato and said, "Oh, this is really delicious, sweet and sticky."
When Li Sandong thought about the eighty cents per pound, he immediately started to chew slowly. It was so expensive that he had to eat slowly.
Li Wanyue looked at the family eating. She wondered if it was because they no longer had to worry about money and could eat well every meal, or because she often reminded them that eating too fast could cause stomach problems, so everyone ate slower.
I also have the habit of chewing with my mouth closed.
The whole family enjoyed the meal very much and their stomachs were full.
After dinner, Li Wanyue washed the other half of the moldy broad beans and soaked them in white wine.
After washing, apply facial cream and have a good sleep.
Because of the new clothes, the whole family has happy dreams.
But in the Li family's old house, someone couldn't sleep.
In the darkness, Li Youfu and his wife Liu Jinhua lay in bed, but they were not sleepy.
"Boss, you don't know that Li Wanyue and Sandong bought a cart full of things. Humph, the first family is really selfish. They bought so many things and didn't even mention giving some to their parents and nephews. Their family can be considered to have a good life."
Li Youfu frowned: "Okay, it's not like I don't know."
"Then is there really no way to deal with bamboo shoots? Our son-in-law came here today and said that the owner of Ruifulou asked him to find the method, otherwise he would let him go."
Li Youfu snorted coldly: "If we really know the method, who would tell the shopkeeper? We can keep it and make money, more than five taels of silver.
Look at the eldest family. They owed so much money, but it has only been a short time. They paid it back by selling bamboo shoots. What is the five taels of silver? "
"But the problem is, we can't figure out a solution. Even my parents' intervention didn't work, and they almost got sick from anger. What else can we do?"
"If it doesn't work, I'll get a few people to go to the eldest wife's house and make trouble, and ask him to teach everyone the method. The bamboo mountain belongs to our village, not his family. If he wants to make money with the bamboo shoots, he has to give benefits to everyone."
Liu Jinhua's eyes lit up: "You are still the one who is in charge."
"Hmph, let him hide it. There are more than one or two people in our village who have objections. Why should he make money with the village's things?"
The more Li Youfu thought about it, the more feasible it seemed. He was thinking about who to find to cause trouble, and fell asleep while thinking about it.
The next day, Li Wanyue got up and went to the kitchen to pour a few spoonfuls of soy sauce into the soaked broad beans.
Then I picked up the backpack and prepared to go to the mountain with my family to pick bamboo shoots. It was tiring to do this every day.
She thought that if it didn't work, she could just spend money to buy bamboo shoots, but seeing that her parents and her brothers looked like they had endless energy, she didn't dare to mention it.
It's only about a hundred pounds, so it won't take much effort.
Sun Xiuqin rushed over and grabbed the backpack: "Little sister, you must be very tired during this period. You can rest at home. I will go with my parents to pick bamboo shoots."
Li Wanyue raised her eyebrows and handed her the backpack: "Thank you for your hard work, sister-in-law."
“It’s not hard.”
The others had different expressions, but Gan said nothing and walked out the door.
When everyone came back, Li Wanyue had already prepared breakfast.
Breakfast is simple: corn porridge, stir-fried vegetables with oil residue, pickled vegetables, and egg pancakes.
Li Wanyue drank the porridge and looked at Li Dachuan: "Brother, if you have nothing to do today, can you turn over the other empty vegetable plot behind the house? I can use it."
"Okay, I'll go look for it after I finish my meal."
They all heard her talk about growing those foreign vegetables, and her father agreed, so they decided to grow them.
How do you know if you can grow it if you don’t try?
After dinner, Li Dachuan went to the backyard to turn the soil, Li Erhu went to deliver bamboo shoots, and Li Wanyue finished teaching the children and prepared to take Li Xiaolan and others to the mountain.
Before leaving, she looked at Wang Guixiang and said, "Sister-in-law, could you please wash and chop the peppers for me?"
Before Wang Guixiang could speak, Sun Xiuqin immediately took over the conversation: "Don't worry, little sister, my sister-in-law wants to make clothes, I will do it."
Li Wanyue looked at her and said politely, "Thank you, second sister-in-law."
"We're a family, why be polite?"
Li Wanyue picked up the backpack and walked away.
When they arrived at the foot of the mountain, she asked the children to dig wild vegetables. There were many snakes, insects, rats and ants on the mountain, so she was worried about the children going up.
She climbed up for the time it took to stick of incense and finally found the flower she wanted.
A field of wild roses with crystal dewdrops on the petals.
The fragrance of flowers fills your nose, making you intoxicated.
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