In fact, by this time, Zhang Yu'er in her previous life was already dead. She didn't know what happened after that. Chu Yunli only guessed that there would be an epidemic, and also deliberately prevented Zhou Cuiliu from coming down the mountain again.
Zhang Yuer didn't know anything else, but she still knew that her daughter-in-law was pregnant.
In short, Chu Yunli helped her protect her two children, helped Zhao Cai get a wife and have children, and took care of the Zhou family by the way. That should be enough.
The village chief's wife expressed her intention to get married as soon as possible. You know, this year, many families don't have enough food to feed their idle people.
The village chief's family has more food than most families, but with a house full of children and grandchildren, no matter how much food there is, it is not enough. If the village chief's wife keeps her niece for a long time, she will probably complain about it.
Chu Yunli agreed to the marriage. At this time, the wedding was simple, the betrothal gift and dowry were free, and everyone was treated to a meal.
The total number of people on the mountain was only two tables, and if there were people who came back from other places, there were four tables in total.
Chu Yunli's banquet was just ordinary, and he gave He Hua a piece of red cloth to make her wedding dress.
You know, even last year, many families got married, and the newlyweds may not necessarily know how to make wedding dresses. Go to the embroidery shop in the town to rent one, or ask someone of the same clan to borrow one. So, don’t look at just a piece of red cloth.
In the eyes of everyone, it is enough to express the Zhao family's feelings for He Hua.
The wedding went smoothly. The newlyweds were taken directly to the small courtyard belonging to Zhao Cai. The four-table banquet seemed ordinary, but now that they can host a banquet, they are already a wealthy family. Especially many people have not yet completed their new houses. The Zhao family
This comfort seems particularly rare when you have settled down and are living a normal life.
To be honest, those who did not bother to move the food into the cave have already begun to eat grass. Not only eating, but also cutting some back to dry for eating in the winter. Looking at the Zhao family's new yard and the food on the table
, many people were a little bit sour. The young girls were a little jealous of He Hua, who moved so quickly. The women secretly muttered in their hearts: As expected of the village chief's wife, she has a quick mind.
It is worth mentioning that Zhou’s mother also came. She didn’t bring any congratulatory gifts.
To be honest, every family is not rich now. When Chu Yunli invited her, she did say that no gifts were needed. Otherwise, wouldn’t those who really couldn’t afford it not be able to come?
But there is really no one who is so careless. Even if the person who came today only has a pound of whole grains, he did not come in vain. Zhou's mother is like this...it makes people speechless.
Chu Yunli didn't care, anyway, it wasn't her who was embarrassed.
After the meal is finished, the wedding is over. Each family helps to clear away the dishes, tables and chairs, and takes them back when they leave later.
Zhou's mother was far away, and she didn't even have tables, chairs, bowls or chopsticks to borrow from her, or in other words, there were no tables or chairs in her home at all. After dinner, she followed Zhou Cuiliu, muttering something in a low voice.
Zhou Cuiliu was a little embarrassed, frowning, and looked quietly towards Chu Yunli. Chu Yunli pretended not to know, and cleaned up with everyone, then thanked the guests with a smile at the door, and sent the guests away.
Not long after the guests had left, He Hua and Zhao began to clean the yard. Zhou Cuiliu came over and said, "Mom, my mother has something to discuss with you."
Chu Yunli was finally free. She was in a very happy mood at the moment. This was Zhang Yuer's mood. It was understandable that her son's marriage was indeed a happy event.
"Say it."
Zhou's mother secretly glared at her daughter, feeling a little resentful that iron could not become steel. She smiled at Chu Yunli and said, "My mother-in-law, congratulations."
Chu Yunli adjusted her clothes without looking at her at all, "Same joy."
Mother Zhou was not angry, "That's right. The cave is damp and not suitable for recovering from injuries. I thought that after Cuiliu's house is built, our family will move in first. After the father and son have recovered from their injuries, we will move in after our family builds a house."
Get out...my mother-in-law, I really have no choice. You must help us this time..."
"Want to move in?" Chu Yunli finally looked up at the mother and daughter, frowning, "What is Cuiliu's house?"
Zhou Cuiliu turned pale.
Chu Yunli pointed at the new house, "If I remember correctly, the food used to build these houses was bought with the money Ah Cai used to marry his wife. Because of this, He Hua didn't have a betrothal gift, so why did he become yours?"
room?"
Zhou Cuiliu's eyes were red and she took a step back.
"Don't cry." Chu Yunli said with a serious face, "You have a child in your belly, so it's best not to cry. Being too angry is not good for the child."
"Boss and you are just taking advantage of Ah Cai. After all, we are brothers. How can we tell the difference so clearly? But if you bring your mother's family to live here, it won't make sense, right?" Zhou's mother next to her wanted to speak, but Chu Yunli
Turning to look at her, "I know what you want to say, isn't it that this year of disaster, everyone should support each other, our family has no food, what will you and your family eat when you move in?"
The Zhou family didn't have much food to begin with, but after eating it for so long, they hired a doctor. Farewell to the province, it was gone now. Not only did they want to live in the house, but they also needed Zhao Cheng and his wife to support them.
Even though they were able to do such things in their previous lives, Chu Yunli didn't think there was anything they couldn't do in this world.
Although Zhou's mother had the idea of asking the Zhao family to help her, she still couldn't say it openly. She only looked embarrassed and said, "The cave is damp..."
Chu Yunli interrupted her, "When it gets wet, just find a way. How can you expect others to survive?"
She waved her hand, "Anyway, if you dare to move in, I won't want Cuiliu as my daughter-in-law."
As soon as these words came out, the mother and daughter of the Zhou family looked at each other.
Zhou Cuiliu wants to help her mother's family, but it is just a matter of convenience. If she is asked to leave the current Zhao family, it is simply impossible. Those who have not yet built a house in the cave over there don't know how to spend this winter.
"Mom, in this case, you should go back first."
Zhou's mother was furious, "You have no conscience."
But I didn’t dare to mention moving in again.
Originally, the small courtyard with three houses was spacious enough for a couple and a child. If the Zhou family was added, it would be too crowded, and eating would be a problem.
Maybe Zhou Cuiliu wanted to refuse in her heart, but she didn't want to say it, so she brought her to Chu Yunli.
Chu Yunli would not keep blocking these things for her. After the yard was cleaned, she called the two brothers to the main room, "Now that we are married, we should divide the family. From now on, we will still eat the chaff of the delicacies of mountains and seas."
You earn the food by yourself and fill your stomach with your own hands."
The two brothers were stunned.
Growing up, their mother had protected them like a mountain. Now that the mountain was no longer there, they felt at a loss and nervous for a while.
Seeing that the two brothers were about to talk, Chu Yunli didn't bother to listen to them saying things like "When parents are apart, outsiders will gossip." He raised his hand to stop the two of them, "I have made up my mind. From now on, I will
I will live with Ah Cai. I didn’t give He Hua the dowry gift earlier, so I have to help with the work to make up for it.”
She looked at Zhao Cheng and said, "From today on, you are in charge of your own affairs. You have to support your children. No one else can step on you and take advantage of you."
This statement had a certain meaning, and it was obviously referring to the Zhou family.
Zhou Cuiliu's face was a little red, out of embarrassment. But she was also a little excited about being the master of her own business.
Chu Yunli counted on her fingers, "There are still two pigs and five chickens. Tomorrow we will kill the pigs and send them to the town to sell. Each of you will have two chickens. Give the remaining one to me. I will use the pots and pans at home."
, you all share it equally."
Hearing this, several people's eyes lit up.
There is not much food now, and even less meat.
The reason why there is not much food is compared to ordinary people. The wealthy households in the town should have hidden a lot of food and things when they heard the rumors. They can still take it out even though others cannot take it out.
Zhao Cheng ran to find the butcher, and slowly drove the two pigs to the town in the middle of the night. When they arrived in the town, just before dawn, he killed the pigs and stripped them of their hair in front of everyone.
The main thing was to exchange grain and money. The two pigs were all exchanged in less than half a day. Chu Yunli kept dozens of kilograms of meat and many bones to bring back to make soup.
While exchanging food, I asked the two brothers to move home. Without anyone else, my family moved all the things home.
Four kilograms of grain for one kilogram of meat may seem expensive to the poor, but many wealthy households in the town are willing to trade dozens of kilograms of meat for it. Therefore, after exchanging two pigs for thousands of kilograms of grain, they still have some money.
In this way, there will be no problem eating it until next autumn.
After getting these things back, she took out one tael of silver and gave it to He Hua, "This is your betrothal gift. Although the circumstances are different, my bowl of water is the same as yours."
The rest of the grain and meat were divided equally between the two brothers, and he said, "This is the wealth I gave you. I hope you will save more and more. Instead of eating all the food, you will not finish the first meal."
Zhao Cai took a sneak peek and said, "Mom, many people know that our family sells meat. If someone borrows it from us..."
Chu Yunli didn't even raise her head, "That's your business. After this meal, you can each do your own thing tomorrow. Again, don't lose anything with your mouth. If your body is exhausted, buy medicine than
Food is much more expensive. Besides, if you have the money to buy medicine, it would be great to use it to buy meat and food, right?"
The two brothers nodded hurriedly.
That night, the candles in the main rooms of the two small courtyards were lit for most of the night.
The next morning, when Chu Yunli got up, He Hua had already prepared breakfast. Today she was dressed in common clothes, replacing yesterday's red clothes. Her eyebrows were still a little shy. When she saw her, she smiled and said, "Mom, it's time to eat."
"Where's Ah Cai?"
He Hua smiled shyly and said, "I'm going to fence off the backyard and plant some vegetables. I also want to build a pig pen and catch two piglets and feed them. The chickens will also need to find a place to pen them and lay their eggs."
It sounded like he was very good at arranging things. Chu Yunli nodded appreciatively, "Not bad."
He Hua was even happier.
Next door, Chu Yunli didn't go there directly, but in the afternoon, the Zhou family came.
You don't need to ask to know that he came here to borrow food after knowing about the separation of the family.
Not long after, Zhou's mother left.
Then there was a quarrel next door.
Zhou Cuiliu's voice was full of tears, "What can I do? Just twenty kilograms of grain? Those are my parents, can I watch them starve to death?"
"If it weren't for my mother, you would starve to death, how could you care about others?" Zhao Cheng's voice was full of exhaustion.
Zhou Cuiliu exploded, "Is that someone else? I knew you didn't regard my parents as family members..."
Chu Yunli stood in front of the fence yard. The two people arguing over there immediately noticed it. Zhou Cuiliu also lost the hysteria just now and did not dare to look here with a guilty conscience.
Chu Yunli smiled half-heartedly, "Family?"
In Zhou Cuiliu's ears, these two words felt a bit mocking.
After a pause, she continued, "Since that is your family, you can go back. Our family cannot afford you as our daughter-in-law."
Zhou Cuiliu was horrified, "Mom, I..."
At this time, Chu Yunli felt that there was something wrong with his method this time. He should not have separated Zhou Cuiliu from the Zhou family. After such a long separation, it had little effect.
They should love each other and live together. "It's not that I don't let you interact with your family. When they went to the town to pick up good things earlier, why didn't they think of sharing some with you? They didn't even ask Ah Cheng to come with us.
Whether they go or not is one thing. They have benefited from it, but they want to keep it for themselves instead of sharing even a little bit with your daughter. Our Zhao family cannot afford such a family. To put it harshly, I am willing to lend the food.
I don’t want to lend it to my neighbors, and I don’t want to lend it to the Zhou family. You can go back, and don’t let me drive you away.”
Zhao Cheng was a little nervous, "Mother..."
"Don't say anything. If you want to persuade me, get out of here." Chu Yunli said with a serious face, "I feel sorry for you and have worked hard to save food for you. You can give it to others if you want to stay.
Get out of here with her!"
As the eldest son, Zhao Cheng naturally did not dare to leave.
Zhou Cuiliu became angry with shame, turned around, ran out of the door, and quickly went down the mountain.
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