dtnovels Chapter 316 Going Home
Chapter 316 Going Home
"Sister-in-law, what made you come here?"
"It's Dali. I saw Yuanshan yesterday and told him that he asked me to come and talk to you. He is very worried about you."
"Sister-in-law, thank you for coming." Shen Guyan touched her belly, "Since I got married, my father and mother have never come to see me."
Maybe her mother wanted to come, but couldn't because of her grandmother.
Ji Wenhe didn't respond to the conversation. He looked around the room and saw a small wooden bed in the corner: "This will be for the child to sleep on in the future."
"Well, Dali asked a carpenter to make one for him. The wooden bed is too small. When the child grows up, he won't be able to sleep on it. I should have asked him to make a bigger one."
"Not small, she can sleep until she's a teenager. If she's a girl, she'll have to sleep separately when she's five or six. If you have money, you can set aside a room for her."
What they have is a bed, not a kang. The house is not big, so they draw a curtain in the middle to make the space seem even smaller.
Shen Guyan nodded: "I have discussed with Dali brother that the utility room on the west side can be cleaned up and the child can live there when he grows up. There is no rush now, let's wait until the child is older."
"Yeah, that's true."
Ji Wenhe chatted with her in the house for a while, and then they went to the back of the house and walked slowly.
"Sister-in-law, is your house finished?"
"Not yet. The house in Yuanshan has been built, and we are now building the one in Wenshan. Our house may not be built until the end of September or mid-October."
"Build the house before the Descent of Frost and move to the new house. The cave is too cold. When you get down the mountain, will they still live with you?" Shen Guyan asked.
"No, they live in their own houses. The room to the west of my house is for Uncle Da Nian."
"I heard from Brother Dali that he happened to be in town that day, otherwise Brother Rongshan would have to carry me all the way to find the doctor."
Liu Dali came back late that day, and I thought something had happened to him in town, so I was worried all day.
"Yes, thanks to Dali."
Later they bought two kilograms of meat, some vegetables and eggs, and asked Shen Yuanshan to bring them over as a thank you.
Time passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye it was evening.
Shen Yuanshan drove a donkey cart to pick her up: "Sister-in-law, I'm here."
Ji Wenhe walked out of the house, motioned him to keep his voice down, and closed the door gently.
Shen Guyan usually takes a nap at noon every day, but today, because she came, he was forcing himself not to sleep, but he couldn't bear it any longer and just fell asleep.
Liu Dali went to the vegetable garden and picked some vegetables. He said, "Sister-in-law, Yuanshan, have dinner at my house tonight and then go back."
"No, Gu Yan is asleep. I just told her that I will go back soon. I will come back after she gives birth. I am so tired."
Shen Yuanshan waved the whip in his hand and said, "Brother Dali, let's go."
"Hey, walk slowly."
Ji Wenhe waved his hand: "Go back."
On the way back, he asked, "Yuanshan, have you sold all the goods today?"
"It's all sold out. There's nothing left today. Two families are going to have a wedding in a few days. There are many relatives at home, so they bought more than 20 kilograms of black flour."
"That's great. Let's go to town and buy a stone mill at the end of the month. Then we can grow our own crops."
She told him her thoughts and the matter of buying the land.
"When the house is finished, you and Wenshan will take turns selling the goods. You must learn the carpentry work carefully."
Ji Wenhe gave some more instructions.
However, whether they should work together as carpenters depends on the future. If their wives disagree, the two of them will have to separate.
When we returned to the village, Shen Rongshan and his colleagues were still busy.
"Sister-in-law, I'll go back and cook." Shen Yuanshan tied the donkey to the pillar.
"Okay, I'll get the eggs."
I took six eggs from the chicken coop. One of them was covered in chicken shit. I kept it at home and ate the clean one. I took it to town to sell.
The eggs were sent back, Ji Wenhe picked three loofahs, and will come to pick the beans tomorrow morning.
"Wen He, where did you go today? I haven't seen you all day." Miao Zhaodi went to the vegetable garden to pick tomatoes and asked her when she saw her.
"Aunt Miao, I'm going to see Gu Yan, and I'll bring some food over."
"She's about to give birth."
"Yes, next month. I don't know when the baby will be born."
"Your Aunt Qian wanted to go see her, but Mrs. Xie Fenglian disagreed, saying that there was plenty of time for her to live at home and that she would have to buy things if she went, so they wouldn't let her go."
Ji Wenhe walked to the ravine and lowered his voice: "After all, she is my granddaughter. Aunt Xie is too partial to her. Since Gu Yan married to Baiyun Mountain, no one in her family has visited her."
"A granddaughter is not as important as a grandson. Your Aunt Qian is afraid of her mother-in-law. How dare she disobey Xie Fenglian if she doesn't let her go?"
"Aunt Miao, why is Aunt Qian so afraid of Aunt Xie?"
Miao Zhaodi came out of the vegetable garden, stood beside her, and whispered back: "Your Aunt Xie is a powerful woman. When Hongjuan first got married, she had to cook for the whole family before dawn. If she was late, the whole village could hear her scolding."
"When she was pregnant with Gu Yan, Hong Juan always wanted to eat sour food, because sour boys and spicy girls are good. Your Aunt Xie and the others thought it was a grandson, and they told everyone in the village that a grandson had arrived."
"In the end, a granddaughter was born, and people laughed at her. They looked down on your Aunt Qian even more, and started scolding her without saying a word."
Ji Wenhe asked: "What about Uncle Erzhu? He didn't protect Aunt Qian and let Aunt Xie bully her."
"Your uncle Erzhu also thought it was a boy and was very happy. After giving birth to a daughter, your aunt Qian was useless and couldn't get pregnant with a boy."
"She is the only one who can bully the three of them in the family. Your Aunt Qian was always bullied in her mother's family. Now that she is here, her mother-in-law is not a pushover. How dare she talk back? She just has to bear it."
"After she gave birth to two sons, your Aunt Xie got better. She has been in your Aunt Xie's hands for the rest of her life and will never be able to turn things around."
The two grandsons of Xie Fenglian's family have been spoiled since childhood. Now they are thirteen or fourteen years old, and do nothing at home. They wander around here and there, which is a bit unpleasant.
Miao Zhaodi walked forward: "Fortunately, Gu Yan married a good woman, otherwise this child would have to suffer for the rest of his life."
He turned around and looked at her: "Wen He, I'm going back."
"Hey, I'm back too."
Ji Wenhe returned home, took out three eggs, and cooked some scrambled eggs with loofah in the evening.
Shen Yuanshan saw her come in and said, "Sister-in-law, Aunt Zhao just came to buy fifteen eggs and I asked for forty cents."
"I just sent eggs to their house a few days ago. They probably won't be eaten up so quickly. Is she going to buy some to give away?"
Shen Ping's family doesn't raise chickens, so it's impossible for them to eat one every day. Farmers are used to being frugal, so they would only eat one every few days.
"I didn't ask." Then he remembered something and asked, "Sister-in-law, does Aunt Lan want to send eggs?"
"Don't send it now. Wait until Xiaolian gives birth."
The two families often gave gifts to each other, and their relationship became better and better.
Now that Amelia Su is pregnant, Lan Qiuhua rarely comes out to talk to everyone and stays at home with her all day.