Parents are busy farming

Not long after Zi Zifen entered the village, Liu Jiancai stood at the door of the Zhang family.

It happened that Old Man Zhang and Mrs. Zhang Wang were rubbing corn kernels in the yard.

Zhang Gaowu sat on the corn pile and played, raising a handful of corn kernels from time to time and giggling non-stop.

"Mom and dad, are you busy?" Liu Jiancai greeted him quickly after entering the Zhang family gate.

"Why are you here at this time?" Old Man Zhang asked with a frown when he saw him coming.

Later I thought, 'If he comes at this time, it must be Chunyue's birth. ’

He quickly threw down the half-rubbed corn hammer and asked excitedly: "Boys and girls, how about the spring moon?"

Liu Jiancai chuckled: "Girl, Chunyue is very good. She didn't suffer much and gave birth very quickly."

As long as the mother and child were safe, they would be relieved. As for the girl... He squinted at Liu Jiancai's joy and felt even more relieved.

"Girl! It's good to be a girl! It blooms first and then bears fruit!" Mrs. Zhang Wang said quickly.

"Yes, yes! My girl is a little lucky star. As soon as she was born, the fifth girl from the Ye family in our village came to our door and placed many orders!"

He could associate two things that were originally unrelated to each other.

Old man Zhang also followed his words and said: "Well! She is a lucky girl who brings wealth. You must love this girl more in the future."

Old man Zhang beat him in disguise.

Liu Jiancai nodded as if he was talking, and couldn't even look at it.

Old man Zhang said to Mrs. Zhang Wang again: "Hurry up and pack a few clothes, and follow Jiancai to take care of Chunyue. He can't do it without an elderly person to take care of him at home. Come back after confinement."

Mrs. Zhang Wang thought that her daughter-in-law would give birth in a few months. If she wanted to take care of her confinement child then, she would have to behave well now.

So I happily agreed, "Okay, second girl can also cook recently, I don't worry. It's just Gaowu..."

Old man Zhang waved his hand and said: "Gao Wu is not young anymore if he stays at home. I will just take him with him at night."

Upon hearing this, Mrs. Zhang Wang patted the corn cob crumbs that fell on her body from rubbing the corn kernels, and went into the house to pack her clothes.

Old man Zhang also entered the house, took out a money bag from his arms, and counted a hundred coins.

He took it out and handed it to Liu Jiancai, "Chunyue just gave birth to a baby. Buy her some good things to make up for it."

It was the first time Liu Jiancai saw his father-in-law being so generous, and he was a little uncomfortable with it.

Old man Zhang was afraid that Mrs. Zhang and Wang would see it, so he quickly stuffed it into Liu Jiancai's hand, "Hurry and put it away. I will go pick up the eggs and bring them to you later."

As he said that, he took a basket and went into the house to pick up eggs. He took twenty eggs first, but he felt they were a little less. Then he went into the chicken coop and picked out a few.

"These are the only eggs we have left at home now. It's getting really cold. You take them first, and I'll bring you some more on the twelfth day."

Liu Jiancai quickly took it.

Mrs. Zhang Wang came out and was a little unhappy when she saw the basket Liu Jiancai was holding, but she knew how many eggs there were in the house.

I thought to myself: 'Fortunately, the head of the house knows how to leave some food for Gao Wu, otherwise... Humph! ’

Then he put on a smile and said to Liu Jiancai: "Let's go!"

Liu Jiancai agreed, said something to old man Zhang and left.

The sun was almost setting by now, and we would have to walk at night if we didn't hurry up.

After Liu Jiancai left, Zhang Xiayue came back with Zhang Qiuyue not long after.

"Dad, has my mother prepared cooking?" she asked as soon as she entered the door.

"Your eldest sister has given birth, and your mother will take care of her. From today on, you will take Qiuyue to cook together." Old man Zhang continued to rub the corn in his hands without raising his head.

"What? My eldest sister gave birth, why didn't mother take me with her?" Zhang Xiayue complained.

When Old Man Zhang heard this, he immediately reprimanded: "How old are you and you still go with me? Hurry up and cook!"

Zhang Qiuyue saw that her father was angry and tugged on her sister's sleeve.

Zhang Xiayue was scolded by Old Man Zhang, so she did not dare to lose her temper anymore and took Zhang Qiuyue to the kitchen.

I simply made cornmeal porridge and picked out two pickles.

When Old Man Zhang was eating, he was a little angry when he found that Zhang Xiayue didn't steam the egg custard for Zhang Gaowu.

But instead of lecturing her again, he went to the kitchen and cooked an egg.

"Come on, Gaowu, let's eat the eggs!" Old man Zhang took Zhang Gaowu over, put him on his lap, and peeled off the eggs.

Zhang Gaowu kept staring at Old Man Zhang's hand, almost drooling.

Zhang Xiayue and Zhang Qiuyue also stared.

Old man Zhang couldn't bear to see it. After peeling the eggs, he broke off half of the egg whites, split them in half in the middle, and handed them to the two sisters.

He said: "The rest are from Gaowu. Let's go to the mountains tomorrow and see if we can get some game back."

The two Zhang Xiayue sisters were still greedy, but it was good to have a bite, so they quickly put the eggs in their hands into their mouths.

*

Zhang Chunyue was full of surprise when she saw her stepmother coming with her.

Even to death, she couldn't believe that her stepmother could come to take care of her during her confinement period.

"What's that look in your eyes? Have a good rest, I'll take care of everything!" Mrs. Zhang Wang rolled her eyes at Zhang Chunyue.

Because it was already dark when the two of them got home, Zhang Wang took two eggs from the basket and started to go to the kitchen to prepare dinner.

Originally, this dinner was supposed to be prepared by Liu Chengcai's daughter-in-law, but because she was unhappy in the afternoon, she kept hiding in her room and did not come out.

She didn't panic until she heard some movement outside. When she entered the kitchen, she was still confused when she saw a busy old lady.

Asked: "Who are you?"

Mrs. Zhang originally wanted to give her a smile, but seeing the disgust in the girl's eyes, she immediately changed her expression.

He said angrily: "I am your sister-in-law's mother, and I am here to take care of her during her confinement period. If I didn't come, I guess this silly girl wouldn't even be able to eat hot food."

After saying that, he stopped looking at her and continued chopping vegetables.

Now the pot was boiling with polenta. She washed the two eggs and put them in the pot to cook together.

After the meal was ready, Mrs. Zhang Wang took out two sets of bowls and chopsticks alone.

He served Zhang Chunyue food and brought two eggs into the house.

I came back again, served myself a bowl of porridge, and took two steamed buns with two noodles to eat with Zhang Chunyue.

As for other people, she doesn't care!

While he was cooking just now, Liu Chengcai's daughter-in-law came back to the house again, and she was still angry!

While Zhang Wang was cooking, Zhang Chunyue stood up, locked the purse given by Ye Zifen into the box, and then lay down again.

Don't test human nature casually, otherwise you will get the results you imagined.

Mrs. Zhang Wang helped Zhang Chunyue stand up and placed a quilt behind her.

He urged: "Eat quickly. Eat two eggs first. It's good for your health. Then drink a bowl of porridge. I'll ask your man to buy some millet and brown sugar tomorrow. Use that to make porridge to make up for it."

Zhang Chunyue thought about the money in her box, and she felt confident and nodded accordingly.

"I think you're a pretty good man. Although he gave birth to a girl, he's very jealous of her. He also said that this girl is your little lucky star. You don't have to think too much. Taking good care of your body is the most important thing."

Zhang Chunyue never expected that Mrs. Zhang Wang would say such things, it simply overturned her understanding of her.