Chapter 46
Cheng Qiuya and Cheng Dongya are also good at reading.
In addition, their brother-in-law, Arihara Takuon, often gave them tutoring, so in just a few years, the sisters skipped grades one after another and have now graduated from junior high school.
By the way, it is worth mentioning that Yuan Zhuoyuan was fitted with a prosthetic leg three years ago.
Because of Cheng Chunya, the family has already grown into a household worth tens of thousands of dollars over the years without others knowing about it.
There was plenty of money in his pocket, so Cheng Chunya was naturally not stingy about spending some money on Yuan Zhuoyuan.
I went to the provincial hospital specifically and spent nearly a thousand yuan to install a prosthetic leg made of the best material.
Of course, it was impossible to tell the truth to the people in the village when I returned to the village. I only said that I spent more than 200 yuan on the cheapest prosthetic leg.
After all, we cannot ignore some people suffering from red disease.
But even so, some people in the village still suffer from pinkeye.
But most of them are envious of Yuan Zhuoyuan for finding a good wife.
Not only is he capable, but he also cares about men. He would rather live a harder life and let his man wear prosthetic limbs.
As for the source of Yuan Zhuoyuan’s money for prosthetic limbs, is there no one who doubts it?
After all, no matter how talented Cheng Chunya is, she is the only one who is the main labor force in the family. If she can live a good life, it is great, so how can she still have much money left.
But this doesn’t mean that we still have the original parents.
Therefore, people in the village naturally believe that Yuan Zhuoyuan's father and mother must have contributed at least half of the money for his prosthetic limbs.
In short, because of Yuan Zhuoyuan's prosthetic limb, the Yuan family's old house was very uneasy for a while.
The trouble was mainly caused by sisters-in-law Cuiying and Xiangxing.
"Mom, we have brought you water." Nine-year-old Xiaoqing took her two younger brothers to the fields to deliver water to their mother.
"Chunya, your daughter and two sons are so filial." Someone stopped cutting rice, stood up and beat his sore waist, looked at Cheng Chunya and said with a smile:
"That's it." Cheng Chunya also stopped cutting the rice in his hands, said with a smile on his face, and walked towards the bank of the field.
"Mom, take a drink! Take a sip of water quickly." Xiaoqing poured the water into the bowl and gave it to her mother to drink filially.
Cheng Chunya took off the cloth covering her face and drank a bowl of water before saying, "Okay, go back quickly! Don't get burned by the sun."
"Mom, can my eldest brother and I go to pick up rice ears?" Xiaoqing pouted and said, "My eldest brother can go to pick up rice ears, but my two younger brothers and I can't?"
"That's right, why can the eldest brother go pick up rice ears? But we and my sister can't." This was the voice of Xiaojun, the eldest twin son.
"Mom, mother," the younger twin son Xiaoming hugged his mother's thigh and said coquettishly, "just agree! Let us also go pick up rice ears, okay?"
"No," Cheng Chunya naturally refused cruelly, "The sun is so poisonous now and you are so young. What if you get sunstroke and get a heatstroke?"
"Especially you," Cheng Chunya looked at her cheap daughter, "your body is already weaker than ordinary people, and my mother doesn't want you to get sick just for a few ears of rice."
"And the most important thing is that little girls have the most delicate skin. Do you want to be like the other girls in the village and have a tanned face?"
After all, little girls still like to be beautiful. When Xiaoqing heard that her face would get tanned, Xiaoqing immediately backed down.
"Xiaoqing, mother knows that you are filial, but as long as you can help mother with the housework at home, you have done mother a great favor."
After speaking to his cheap daughter, Cheng Chunya looked at his two sons with a bluffing face: "As for you two, stop playing tricks in front of me. Your eldest brother went to pick up rice ears, mainly because he wanted to help with some work.
Unlike you, gleaning rice ears is just an excuse. It’s true that you want to have fun!”
Xiaochang is already thirteen years old.
Logically speaking, a young man like Xiaochang can already work in the fields to earn work points.
But how could Cheng Chunya and Yuan Zhuoyuan let Xiaochang work in the fields, even if they didn't go to school to do some work in the fields during the summer vacation.
After all, a thirteen-year-old child is at the time when his body is growing, so how can he let the child follow the adults to the fields to collect food, which will tire out his body and bones.
In this era, harvesting is very tiring. Cheng Chunya would be extremely tired every time she encountered harvesting, let alone Xiaochang, a thirteen-year-old child.
But she and Yuan Zhuoyuan did not agree to let Xiaochang work in the fields to earn work points, so his son had to work in the fields to glean rice ears.
No matter what they say, they won't listen, so Cheng Chunya and Yuan Zhuoyuan simply don't stop them. Gleaning rice ears is not a tiring job anyway, so they should let their children exercise more.
"Mom, you are too cruel." Xiao Junke felt aggrieved.
"Mom, just let me and my brother go pick up rice ears!" Xiaoming's eyes were red and he raised his head and looked pitifully at his mother.
Cheng Chunya couldn't help but feel a headache.
These two brats simply don’t know how to be blessed despite being blessed: “Okay, okay, if you want to go, just go! Just don’t regret it then.”
Actually, these two brats have to go pick up rice ears, so let them go! Anyway, they will be the only ones crying then.
As soon as Xiaojun and Xiaoming heard their mother agreed, they quickly ran away to find their brother.
Seeing the two sons running away happily, Cheng Chunya shook her head helplessly, then looked at her cheap daughter and said: "Xiaoqing, go back quickly! Don't get burned by the sun."
"Mom, it's not damaged by the sun. I'm wearing a straw hat. How could it be damaged by the sun after going out for such a short time?" As she said that, Xiaoqing put the clay pot filled with water into the small basket. "Dad, haven't you drank the water yet?"
I have to bring water to dad."
After Yuan Zhuoyuan got used to walking with prosthetic legs, he stopped herding cattle and went to work in the fields like Cheng Chunya.
"Then go ahead! After delivering the water to your father, you can go home as soon as possible, you know?" Cheng Chunya added worriedly.
"I got it, mother." Xiaoqing took the empty bowl from her mother's hand and walked towards the threshing floor with the basket in hand.
In this era, although threshing machines have appeared in some rural areas, most rural areas still do not have threshing machines.
Therefore, the rice harvested every year is done manually by throwing away the arms and knocking the rice off the rocks.
"Dad, Dad, I brought you some water."
When Yuan Zhuoyuan heard his daughter's voice, he raised his head and looked over with a smile, then put down the rice in his hand.
"Did you give it to your mother?" Taking the bowl handed over by his daughter, Yuan Zhuoyuan asked:
"Sent it away." Xiaoqing said:
Yuan Zhuoyuan drank a bowl of water, wiped his mouth casually with his sleeve, and then said again: "By the way, where are Xiaojun and Xiaoming? Why didn't they come out with you?"
The two younger sons are very naughty and can't stay at home, so it's a bit strange that they didn't go out with their daughter.
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Chapter completed!