Chapter 9, Heavy Rain
"Grandma, I'm going to cook the corn and make the oil." As soon as she got home, Mei Xue took action immediately, as she was thinking about the corn.
Seeing her like this, what could Grandma He say: "Go ahead, I just happened to feed the chickens and pigs."
Life in the He family was very comfortable and relaxed, and Mei Xue also integrated herself into the He family.
Of course, she still felt a little uncomfortable with the title of granddaughter-in-law, but since the man didn't come back, it was no big deal.
The sky in June is like a child's face, sometimes sunny, sometimes rainy. The sky has learned to cry and laugh, just like a child.
It was raining heavily on the day of the market. Meixue was dumbfounded when she woke up in the morning. She and her grandmother had picked all the vegetables and brought them home yesterday, intending to sell them this morning.
It’s raining now, can I still sell it?
At this time, Grandma He opened the door and looked up at the sky, which was very gloomy. "Xiaoxue, don't go out with me today. I can sell these vegetables by myself."
How could Mei Xue agree: "No, it's raining so hard, grandma, you shouldn't go." Mei Xue was worried that the heavy rain would cause a landslide. She finally got someone who cherished her, so how could she let her grandma take the risk.
"But what if we don't remove these dishes?" If these dishes are left for a few days, they will really go bad.
The old lady couldn't bear to see the vegetables go to waste.
Mei Xue really wanted to eat it at home, but there was too much to eat.
Just like those green peppers, how can you ever finish eating them? They will rot if left for too long.
"How about this, I'll go. Grandma, didn't Aunt Meilian say yesterday that she would also go to the market today? Tell her and I'll go with her. You just wait for me at home."
She was worried about letting the old lady go alone.
Even if two people went, Mei Xue was still worried. What if they got sick from the rain in such heavy rain?
Grandma He wanted to disagree, but when she saw Xiaoxue's anxious look, the old lady smiled.
Xiaoxue is feeling sorry for herself. It has been so many years since anyone has felt sorry for her.
"Okay, I'll go tell your Aunt Meilian right away." The old lady was a person of action. She put on her straw raincoat and walked towards Aunt Meilian's house.
Mei Xue was also packing up the things she was going to sell at home. She took out a shoulder pole and tested the weight.
"Well, not bad. My strength has recovered about 30%. " Mei Xue was very happy about her recovered strength. She was a person who could move without getting into trouble.
If she lost her strength, she would not be able to get used to it.
He added the vegetables from the basket to the shoulder pole, placing them evenly on both sides. "Okay, then when there's no carriage, I can carry them out on my own." There is beauty in having strength.
Everything I do is fun.
"Meilian, Meilian, are you home?" Grandma He walked quickly to Meilian's house and shouted loudly as she reached the door.
It’s raining so hard that you can’t hear anything unless you make a loud noise.
The lights were on in the main room, and a man walked out: "Who is it?" He Zhengcai walked out with his head held high.
When he saw someone, he was surprised: "Aunt San, why are you here?" He immediately opened the door and let his aunt in.
Grandma He didn't hesitate and walked straight into the gate: "Where's Meilian? Is she going to the market today?" The villagers relied on the big market to sell some things and then buy some oil and salt.
"Go, Lixia has to send a letter to her husband's family and ask someone to come in and pick them up." The two of them quickly walked to the main room.
Grandma He didn't go in either, and was too lazy to take off her clothes: "It's time to go back. You can't stay back at your parents' home for a month or two." Grandma He smiled and lectured.
They are all family, otherwise she would not say such words, which would offend others.
He Zhengcai is also a man who loves his daughter, how could he not know this? "Of course, that girl just got married, how can she understand anything?"
Grandma He rolled her eyes. It was all because of your family that you spoiled her. "Okay, where's Meilian?"
"In the back." After saying that, she opened the back door of the main hall and shouted to Meilian who was doing something in the back, "Meilian, Meilian, come out quickly, Auntie San is here to see you."
Meilian is clearing the ditch at the back, otherwise the house would be flooded with such heavy rain.
"Here we go, Zhengcai, go clear the stones in the ditch over there, or the water will flow into the yard."
Meilian was half wet, and she came out immediately when she heard that her third aunt was looking for her.
"Well, I'll go right away. You go to the front. Auntie San refuses to come in. It's cold outside."
After saying that, He Zhengcai went to Tongshitougou.
"Aunt San, why are you here so early?" Meilian walked over quickly and asked when she saw Grandma He.
"Let me ask you, are you still going to the market?" Grandma He didn't say much, as she had a lot of things to do at home.
"Why not? The vegetables we picked yesterday won't last long if we don't sell them. It would be bad if they were all stuck in our hands, and we can't eat them at home."
The family depends on the production from this land to add some income.
"Okay, the rain is too heavy. My Xiaoxue will go with you. Please take care of her on the way." Grandma He said bluntly.
Meilian said, "Okay, I'll let Xiaoxue follow me then. Aunt San, you can go back soon. I'll be done packing here soon and will be leaving soon. Please let Xiaoxue come down."
"Okay, then I'll go back first. Remember to bring Xiaoxue back for me." Grandma He said with a serious look on her face.
"Okay, I will definitely bring Junqi's wife back." Meilian promised with a smile.
When Grandma He came back, Mei Xue had already heated up the food. She added two eggs and some pickles to the leftover rice from last night and mixed it up to satisfy her hunger.
"Grandma, are you back?" Hearing the sound, Mei Xue walked out of the kitchen and shouted.
"It's me, grandma is back."
After closing the door, Grandma He quickened her pace and walked under the eaves. "Your Aunt Meilian will be leaving soon. Go and fill your stomach. Then you can carry the food down."
The He family lives halfway up the mountain, so they have to go down the mountain to leave the village.
"Okay, the meal is ready, I'll eat some first." Mei Xue turned and went into the kitchen, picked up the bowl and started eating.
She could accept any kind of suffering, but she couldn't accept hunger.
No matter what you do, you have to fill your stomach first.
When Grandma He came in, she saw Xiaoxue eating there, and said worriedly, "Slow down."
After dinner, Mei Xue put on the straw raincoat that Grandma He had been wearing just now, carried the load on her shoulder and walked towards Aunt Meilian's house.
It just so happened that I had to pass by her house on my way down the mountain.
When Meixue arrived, Aunt Meilian also came out carrying a load on her shoulder: "Xiaoxue is here, I was just planning to call you."
"Good morning, Aunt Meilian. Grandma asked me to come over as soon as she went back." Mei Xue spoke much less to outsiders and always had a fake smile on her face.
But outsiders couldn't tell whether her smile was real or fake. "Okay, let's go."
Raining also has its advantages, which is that you don’t have to go too early because there aren’t many people in the morning anyway.
The contract has been mailed, please feel free to collect it.
(End of this chapter)
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