Yao Xiujuan turned her head inadvertently and saw a small cloth bag on the kang. She quickly took it and handed it to Chu Tian. "I forgot to tell you, this is what Weiguo sent this morning. He said it was something you asked him to bring."
Chu Tian held the small cloth bag, stunned for a moment, then remembered that he had told Sun Weiguo this morning to buy him some stationery and envelopes when he came back, as he wanted to write a letter.
Back here, in the Chu family home, Mrs. Chu slapped Chu Jie, who had just come back from the fields and was completely defenseless, on the back and asked, "Did you send a letter to your brother? It's been half a month, why is there no reply yet?"
"Ouch."
Chu Jie cried out in pain. Turning back, he saw his grandmother glaring at him. He quickly coaxed her in a low voice, "Grandma, don't be so anxious! Xinjiang is so far away. It takes nearly ten days to get there by train. Wouldn't this letter arrive even later than the train? Just wait and don't worry. Brother Chu Tian will definitely reply when he receives it..."
Mrs. Chu paused as she stretched out her hand to slap him for the second time. She looked at Chu Jie hesitantly, her eyes full of disbelief, "Are you telling the truth?"
Chu Jie nodded hurriedly, "Really, really, it's more real than real gold!"
Old Madam Chu said "Pah!" and said, "You little bastard, have you ever seen real gold?"
Chu Jie approached Old Lady Chu with a playful smile, "Hehe, even if my grandson hasn't seen it, it's enough for me to have seen it..."
Old Madam Chu pushed Chu Jie's face away in disgust, "Get out, get out, get out of here right now, I'm annoyed just by seeing you!"
Chu Jie was not angry, but continued to chatter with Old Lady Chu, "Oh, I'm so sad, grandson, I'm just a weed by the roadside, my father doesn't love me, my mother doesn't love me, and my grandma hates me... Only little Chu Tian in our family is the treasure in grandma's hands, the apple of my eye, even if I can't see him, he is still the best..."
Old Madam Chu grabbed Chu Jie's arm with one hand and beat him on the back, scolding him with a smile, "You bastard, what are you talking about? When did your father stop loving you and your mother stop loving you? If you keep talking nonsense, I will beat you to death..."
Chu Jie's wife, who was burning the fire behind the stove in the kitchen, heard the fighting outside and looked at her mother-in-law worriedly, "Mom, why does grandma hit Chu Jie like this..."
Chu Ren's wife glanced at her daughter-in-law and said calmly, "What are you worried about? How strong can the old lady's hands be? Chu Jie is the old lady's grandson, so what if he lets the old lady hit him a few times?"
After a pause, he continued, "Besides, you heard Lao Ba yelling loudly, but did the old lady really hit him hard? He was just yelling on purpose to divert the old lady's attention!"
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Chu Jie's wife felt wronged. What was wrong with her feeling sorry for her husband? Every time the old lady slapped Chu Jie, it made a slapping sound. How could it not hurt?
Chu Ren's wife instructed, "Eldest wife, go to the chicken coop and feel around to see if the chickens laid eggs today. If they did, bring them to make steamed egg custard for your grandma at noon."
"Hey, Mom, I'm going right away."
Chu Xing's wife took a look at her third brother's wife who was cooking in front of the stove, and her face changed instantly. She shook her hands and walked out of the kitchen.
Chu Jie's wife looked at Chu Xing's wife with envy as she brought back two eggs, her saliva almost flowing out of her mouth.
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Chu Ren's wife saw it and turned away from her youngest daughter-in-law with disdain. She personally selected the wives of the three sons, the eldest and the second. Both were very efficient and decisive in their work, talking and doing things. As for the youngest son's wife, he chose her himself. She looked better than the other two daughters-in-law, but her temper...
Oh, I can’t say!
Chu Min handed the receipt for the four hundred yuan worth of bricks to his wife Zhang Ping and instructed her, "Keep this receipt safe. I paid a four hundred yuan deposit today. Once all the bricks are delivered, I'll have to pay the remaining four hundred and forty yuan!"
Zhang Ping was surprised. "Why is it so much? We didn't calculate that much at the time! Has the price of bricks increased?"
Chu Min shook his head, "No, the price hasn't increased. I'm planning to build seven brick houses!"
Zhang Ping's mouth dropped open in shock. "What?"
Chu Min explained casually, "Today... this is what happened. I was planning to build the kitchen with bricks. I thought about it and realized we'd have to build it with bricks sooner or later anyway, so we might as well build it directly with bricks to avoid having to tear it down later!"
Zhang Ping nodded. "Well, that makes sense, but weren't we supposed to have six rooms, including the kitchen? Why is there one more?"
Chu Min was silent for a moment after hearing this. After a while, he spoke with a firm look, "Grandma may come in the future. I plan to take care of her in her old age..."
Zhang Ping was confused. She wanted to ask, "Why should I let you raise her?" Aren't the old lady's eldest son and grandson all in her hometown? What's the point of running to Xinjiang and letting her late son's second son raise her? Even if he did, it would be Chu Jun, the eldest brother, who would raise her!
But seeing Chu Min's determined eyes, Zhang Ping finally shut her mouth and thought, forget it, as long as the man is happy, she doesn't care. How much food can an old lady eat? At most, when the farming season is busy, she can work harder and earn more work points...
Here, Chu Tian also told Yao Xiujuan that Old Lady Chu wanted to come to Xinjiang to support him. Upon hearing this, Yao Xiujuan said, "Brother Tian, since grandma loved you so much when you were a child, when grandma really comes to Xinjiang, let her live with us..."
Chu Tian suddenly laughed evilly when he heard this. "Your mother-in-law is a wicked mother-in-law who has abused you for three or four years. Aren't you afraid that your great-grandmother is also bad? Will she come and continue to abuse you?"
Yao Xiujuan was stunned for a moment, then said hesitantly, "But, but wasn't that what you said, Brother Tian?"
Chu Tian asked back, "What did you say?"
Yao Xiujuan put her hands on her hips and said confidently, "You said it. Grandma loves you very much. Among the ten grandchildren in the family, you are the one I love the most. Since Grandma loves you so much, she will definitely love you and your family as well. She will not be too bad to me!"
Looking at Yao Xiujuan's confident look, Chu Tian couldn't help but laugh, "Okay, okay, you are right."
As he spoke, he moved closer to Yao Xiujuan's belly and gently stroked it. He just felt a bulge in the belly, as if responding to Chu Tian.
Chu Tian raised his head in surprise and looked at Yao Xiujuan, "Oh, the little one is very active today? Usually, I touch his belly ten times and he doesn't move once..."
Yao Xiujuan gently touched the small bulge on her belly. "He is quiet. I think he will be a quiet child when he is born. Unlike Wu Ya, he was noisy when I was pregnant with her. He tossed and turned in my belly every day. I thought he was a naughty boy at that time, but who knew it would be a girl..."
Chu Tian paused touching his belly when he heard that. "Noisy? Is it good to be noisy? Girls are good! It's better to be lively! Boys should be steady, otherwise they will make people angry when they act naughty!"
As she spoke, she touched her belly and warned, "Son, you must be quiet and steady in the future. Don't be naughty! In our family, only your sister is allowed to be naughty. If you dare to be naughty, I will beat you!"
Yao Xiujuan just smiled and didn't say anything, because she knew that Brother Tian favored girls over boys, and he would be unhappy if anyone said anything bad about Wu Ya.
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