No one in the village knows how to pick Japanese melons. This really shows that the character of the Zhang family is not good enough.
Chen Dongsheng had no choice. "Okay, don't cry. Just know how they are. Where are your elder brother and the others?"
"They were all following my third aunt on the mountain. I was so angry that I ran down alone."
"Well, don't go. Let's do some work with your grandma."
"Master, I still want to go."
"Go ahead. If you can't find your third aunt, come down quickly."
Liang Caixia didn't want to say more. There were outsiders in the family, and the family scandal should not be made public.
Just as we were cooking, the third daughter-in-law came over with a cart.
Liang Caixia was too lazy to pay attention to her. Zhang Erya was indebted. "Mom, my mother's family really didn't know that this was a Japanese melon planted by the third girl. They thought it was ownerless."
“People in the village see it every day and no one picks it.”
Zhang Erya's face turned red, "Mom, these fifteen Japanese melons are here. Wait until the third girl comes back to give them to her."
"Don't leave me here."
"Mom, Comrade Luo won't accept it if I send it to Third Girl's house. I'm afraid. I'd better leave it with you until I send it to Third Girl in the evening."
"Now you know you're afraid?"
Zhang Erya lowered his head and said nothing. After thinking about it for a while, he turned around and ran away without pushing the cart.
Liang Caixia sighed, "If you marry a virtuous wife, your sons and grandsons will suffer from such an ignorant wife."
Chen Miao took them around to the other side. There were a lot of trees here. "We won't cut down trees anymore, let's cut firewood."
They all carry firewood knives, which is quite convenient.
They are all capable, and they all want to take it home themselves. Otherwise, it will be troublesome if someone else cuts it off.
When Chen Maolin went up the mountain, he didn't know where Sangu and the others were. He walked around and didn't find them. He was an obedient child, so he went home after thinking about his grandfather's instructions.
Chen Miao was very tired and had already cut several bundles. He simply sat aside and rested, thinking that he had to make a raft or else he couldn't carry it on his back.
A few young men were really capable. After resting for a while, they helped make the raft.
It was already dark when I got home, and my nephews helped poke the branches outside.
I saw Luo Bingyuan lighting a fire and feeding all the livestock at home.
Chen Miao was cooking porridge, and before eating, "Your third sister-in-law sent melons as a gift, saying that her parents' family picked them on the mountain. She knew they were yours and sent them to you. I didn't want them and asked her to send them to your parents' family."
Chen Miao sighed. "I gave them just a few Japanese melons. My third sister-in-law is really not good at it. Our family originally dug them up last year. She is harming the interests of the Chen family to supplement her parents' family."
The meal was not yet cooked when I heard a knock on the door.
Chen Tian followed Luo Bingyuan in angrily.
Chen Miao is cooking. "It will be out in a while."
Two children ran over and called Third Uncle and Third Sister.
Chen Miao asked them to eat first without moving.
"Third girl, your third sister-in-law is ignorant."
"It's okay, give it to them."
"Third girl, how can that be done?"
"Third brother, this matter is over. Let them take the pumpkin and yam back."
Chen Tian looked at the girl and sighed at the end. The relationship with the third sister was just a little better, but this prodigal woman messed up again.
"Third brother, I'm quite tired. It's not a big deal, but you just need to know. Also, I heard that the Japanese melon was sent to my mother. Go and push it back to them."
Chen Tian nodded and left, followed by Zhang Erya.
What frightened the Zhang family did not happen. The village chief did not come looking for him, and the Japanese melon was pushed back.
But looking at my uncle's face, he didn't say anything.
Chen Tian looked at the Zhang family and said, "When will you go back?"
"Are you attacking me?" Mother Zhang quit.
"My family doesn't have much food, so I have to sell it to buy livestock. I can't afford to feed you all here."
"I am your mother-in-law. How many days will I stay at your house before you kick me out?"
"I can't even raise my own children. My parents are both filial and unfilial. I can't afford to raise you. If you think your daughter should be raised by me, then take your daughter away."
This was the second time the Zhang family heard what their uncle said, and they felt unhappy, but they were the ones who were wronged.
Zhang Erya lowered his head and did not dare to speak.
In the early morning, the six members of the Zhang family took Japanese melons and yams and left.
Chen Tian looked at Zhang Erya and said, "This is the last time. If you continue to eat and drink, you will never stay in this house again."
Chen Miao really didn't take this matter to heart. But he definitely didn't like the character of the Zhang family, so it would be best not to have contact with them in the future.
After the twelfth lunar month, Chen Miao was busy moving things into the new house every day. Luo Bingyuan went up the mountain by himself and shot 20 wild rabbits and more than a dozen pheasants.
On the third day of junior high school, the last tables and chairs were delivered, and the furniture for the new house was finished.
Each of the four carpenters was given two rabbits and a pheasant. It was also a thank you for their help for so many days. Although they paid wages, they really paid attention to it.
The furniture is all arranged, so it feels like home.
The curtains and door curtains were also hung. The kang quilt was also made, and the new cotton quilts made by the third mother were sent in advance.
Both the Chen family and the Shen family knew that they were moving on the tenth day of the Lunar New Year, so they both sent house congratulatory gifts.
Chen Miao didn't accept a penny, but Shen Jianchun and his wife accepted the basket and cage.
"On the ninth day of the lunar month, come over and work for me."
"Okay. It's no problem to lay down your hands and light the fire."
Chen Miao laughed out loud. Even if he invited these families to have a meal, he was willing to share his happy event with them.
On the ninth day of the Lunar New Year, two women were stewing meat and fish at home. This was a call from Chen Dongsheng, saying how could He Fang not have fish?
"If I don't eat today, I will wait until tomorrow."
"Come on, let's eat meat later."
"I won't eat it anymore. It will be delicious when I eat it tomorrow."
Rabbit meat was stewed in one pot, pheasant was also stewed in one pot, braised pork was in another pot, beef was stewed for cold dishes, and there were four fish weighing two kilograms.
There were no scrambled eggs, but fried peanuts. Luo Bingyuan drove to the town and bought twenty kilograms of wine.
The other dishes will be stewed with dried beans in broth and dried eggplant with cabbage and tofu tomorrow.
In fact, nothing else matters, the main thing is that the meat is enough to eat.
Chen Miao steamed two pots of steamed buns in the evening and will steam sorghum rice tomorrow.
She was lying on the bed with a smile on her face. She was definitely tired, but she was happy.
Tomorrow I will move into a new house. It is spacious and the most important thing is that it has the same layout as my previous home.
The two children were also happy because they knew they had their own room. At about nine o'clock the next day, Luo Bingyuan took the two children outside to set off firecrackers.
The three mothers carried chopsticks and bowls into the new house through the front door, and then moved their luggage. They were neatly stacked on the kang.
"This is our home." Chen Miao said to her two children with a smile.
Today I made breakfast in the new house, including millet porridge, egg pancakes, stir-fried pork with cabbage and roasted chicken.
It was so rich in the morning. It was quite satisfying for four people.
After a while, Chen Dongsheng and his wife came over, also thinking of helping their daughter with something.
