Chapter 259 Yi Ke's Gossiping Mind
"Yike, if I hadn't seen the car at your door, I wouldn't have known you were back." Wang Tietou's wife Zhang Xiuying walked into Yike's yard carrying a basket of vegetables.
"Auntie, long time no see. You are getting more and more beautiful." Yi Ke praised.
"You're making fun of me again, but I feel stronger this year than before." Zhang Xiuying handed the basket to Yike, "I grew these vegetables myself, have some."
"Aunt, save it for my brothers and sisters. I brought some dried vegetables from the mountains."
"These vegetables are fresh. I have more at home. Don't be polite to me." Zhang Xiuying went to the kitchen and poured all the vegetables into Yi Ke's basket.
"Thank you, auntie!" Yike quickly poured a cup of sugar water for Zhang Xiuying to drink.
"Does the car at the door belong to your relative?" Zhang Xiuying asked curiously.
"Ziyi's friends, they went to the back mountain to look for game." Yike glanced at the group of children circling the car outside, went into the room, took out a handful of candy and distributed it to the children.
“Thank you, sister-in-law!”
“Thank you, sister-in-law!”
"Thank you, auntie!"
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The children held the candies and thanked her in a flurry. Some called her sister-in-law, and some called her aunt. But they were only a few years older than the children outside, and they touched their noses awkwardly.
"Aunt, take the rest home and give them to your brothers and sisters." Yike distributed the candies and returned to the main room, putting half a bag of candies into Zhang Xiuyun's basket.
"No, no." Zhang Xiuyun hurried to take it out.
"Aunt, you are being too polite. I haven't been back for so long. I gave my brothers and sisters some candies when I came back. It's a little gift from my sister-in-law. Besides, these are leftovers from the children outside. They are not here, so I asked you to take them back." Yike stuffed the candy back.
"That's too much. I'll just take a few."
Zhang Xiuyun still wanted to refuse.
"Hey, auntie, it's just a little snack for a kid, don't refuse it anymore." Yike hurriedly put the candy back into the basket, "Auntie, is there anything exciting happening in the village after we leave? Tell me about it, and have some fun."
"You know what, there were so many things. The secretary's eldest daughter-in-law said she could cut clothes, but since you didn't do it, the secretary wanted to give it to her, so everyone beat her up. In the end, she had to stay in the hospital for two days, and she paid for the medicine herself. Many people attacked her and surrounded her, so she didn't see who beat her. No one admitted it, so she had to pay for it herself. Our team leader said this is called stealing a chicken and losing the rice." Zhang Xiuying said sarcastically.
"Wow, there is such a thing. This is really unlucky." Yi Ke laughed in his heart.
Zhang Xiuying continued, "After you left, we stopped making this bag not long ago. The main reason was that we didn't make any money and we almost lost money. But if you and Ziyi were here, the factory wouldn't have collapsed so quickly." Zhang Xiuying said regretfully.
"But it's a good thing that we made some money before, so everyone's life is a little better. This year isn't as slack as before," Zhang Xiuying said thankfully.
"That's good. No wonder your aunt looks much better than before." Yi Ke also nodded in praise.
"Yes. Hey, Yike, why don't you want the calf in your family? Why don't you want the work points for the adult cow? That's a lot of work points." Zhang Xiuying said regretfully.
"Aunt, you know my family's situation. We often have to take care of my uncle and don't have time to work here every day, so it's better not to do it." Yike explained.
Zhang Xiuying added, "The cow is yours, you can do whatever you want. But my son Huzi cried when he heard about it."
"Ah, why?" Yi Ke asked in surprise.
Zhang Xiuying said with a smile: "It means that since you don't raise the calf anymore, he can't exchange the grass for money, er, for candy."
"Oh, this is true. He must be very sad." Yi Ke held his forehead with his hand. He really didn't expect that this would cut off the little friend's sweet journey.
"That's right. But it will be over after his father scolds him." Zhang Xiuying found it funny when she thought about it.
"There's more," Zhang Xiuying talked about other gossip, "a few 'bad elements' came to the village, saying they were here to be reformed by the working people..."
"Aunt, you can't say that, be careful not to be heard by others." Yi Ke hurriedly stopped her.
"Yeah, I know. I'm just complaining to you."
"It's better to say less in the future, mainly because I'm afraid the walls may have ears."
Yike chatted with Zhang Xiuying and learned a lot of gossip in the village, which added a little fun to Yike's boring days without computers or mobile phones.
In the evening, the captain's wife and the director of women's affairs came together to talk to Yi Ke.
"Ziyi's wife, whose car is at the door?" asked the women's director.
"Ziyi's friend. Before dinner, Ziyi went to see my husband and told him that he would stay here tonight." Without waiting for anyone to answer, the captain's wife spoke.
"Yes, two aunts, you can just come here empty-handed. Why do you bring so many things? Don't do this next time."
The women's director took a basket of beans, and the team leader's wife took half a basket of eggs.
"Director, aunties, please try these raisins, they are delicious." Yike brought out a plate of raisins and invited the two aunts to eat.
The raisins were brought from the mountains. Yi Ke planted a large grape field in the mountains. She not only dried the raisins, but also made wine. Of course, she was just the planner, and the actual grape planting was done by her godfather Du Qingcang and his people.
"Ziyi's wife, your raisins are so sweet." The women's director ate a few and praised.
"Ziyi's wife, we came here tonight to discuss something with you." said the captain's wife.
"Yes, we have to work during the day and don't have time to talk to you. If we talk to you about something right after you come back, it will disturb your rest. But we are afraid that you will leave after staying for one day, and then we don't know when we can see you again." The director of women's affairs explained.
"It's okay. I won't be leaving for several days this time. If you have anything to do, you can take your time. There's no rush." Yi Ke said with a smile.
"Xiuyun, you speak, you speak clearly. I can't speak well, my words are confusing and unclear." The captain's wife pushed the women's director and said.
"I'll tell you what I want to say. Ziyi's wife, this is it. Last time you talked about the method of artificially hatching chicks and distinguishing roosters and hens. Can you teach us? We want to learn." The women's director looked at Yi Ke eagerly.
"Okay, if you want to learn, you can. Do you have eggs to hatch? If so, I can teach you anytime." Yi Ke said without hesitation.
"Yes, yes, we are always ready, just thinking that if you come back one day, we will have eggs to hatch." The captain's wife said excitedly.
The captain's wife and the women's director were very excited when they saw Yi Ke agreed to teach them...
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