selling chili peppers in chronology

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In the small hall, Chen Jianye sat on a bench, maybe he didn't know what to say, so he just sat there without opening his mouth; Liu Dongxue and Zhou Pingan sat on a bench, Liu Dongxue's gentle face was dyed Some slight melancholy, while dealing with his daughter-in-law Zhang Guihua who was sitting alone on a bench eating melon seeds and talking, while staring at Zhou Pingshun who was hugging the child and coaxing him, the situation should be almost unbearable; Ping An, sitting quietly next to Liu Dongxue, silently peeling melon seeds, with the timidity and restraint on his face when he first came to Chen's house.

Chen Chen, who entered the small hall after hearing some news from Chen Bei, saw such a scene as soon as he entered the hall.

how to say……

Chen Chen felt that the atmosphere was weird and suffocating.

As soon as the door was pushed open, everyone looked over in unison, and Zhang Guihua had the quickest reaction, "Oh, Uncle Chen is back."

Uncle Chen...

Chen Chen almost couldn't hold back the expression on his face.

Chen Chen took a light breath before greeting, "Brother Shun and sister-in-law are here."

Zhang Osmanthus responded quickly, "Yes, let's wish everyone a New Year."

Chen Chen nodded, walked to Chen Jianye and sat next to each other. Zhou Pingan had been carefully watching Chen Chen's movements, feeling a little apprehensive.

Chen Chen glanced at him, Zhou Ping'an froze, his face was still a little pale.

Chen Chen didn't say anything about it, but looked at the thin and yellow-faced child held by Zhou Pingshun opposite, and asked, "I heard crying when I entered the yard, what's wrong with the child?"

Zhou Pingshun coaxed the child and was about to speak when Zhang Guihua spoke first, "Yuan Yuan is like this, she is timid, and will cry when there is any movement outside."

Chen Chen asked: "Did you go to the hospital?"

Zhang Guihua said: "I went to the medical center before, and the doctor said nothing happened."

Chen Chen remembered that Zhou Yuan should be two years old, but just looking at this naked face, it can be said that he was not well-nourished, but some sickly yellow cheeks showed that there was something wrong with his body.

Chen Chen thought for a while and asked, "Have you visited the county?"

"I've seen it." Zhang Guihua glanced at Liu Dongxue and Zhou Ping'an, "I went to see it last year."

Chen Chen instinctively felt that something was wrong here, but seeing Liu Dongxue's forced smile and Zhou Pingshun coaxing the child without raising his head, he suddenly lost the mood to continue asking.

They don't worry about it themselves, so what's the matter with him as an outsider?

Chen Chen turned to look at Zhou Pingan, who had been fidgeting since he entered the house without even peeling melon seeds, and asked, "Ping An, did you catch a cold? You look so bad."

Zhou Ping'an panicked, with a heart hanging, "No."

Chen Chen raised his hand to touch his forehead, "Maybe it's raining and it's a bit cold, so go into the house to add some clothes, or be wrapped up in bed like Xiaobei and not come out."

Zhou Ping'an's eyes showed hesitation.

Chen Chen urged him, "Go, or you'll have to get an injection if you really have a cold."

There was nothing unusual about the expression on Chen Chen's face, it was the way he spoke normally, and the reason was just right, Zhou Ping'an suddenly thought that he really had a tendency to catch a cold.At this time, Zhou Pingan couldn't tell whether what Chen Chen said was true or not, but he had been suffering here for a long time, and he really wanted to escape. Now that he had a valid reason, he answered and got up and went back to the house.

Of course, Chen Chen sent him away on purpose, the baby was so restless that he was about to cry, he was even more scared than when he first came to Chen's house.

Chen Chen knew that there must be something wrong with the Zhou family, otherwise Zhou Pingan's cute temper would not have made Chen Bei say that Zhou Pingan didn't like Zhang Guihua, maybe he was bullied when he was at the Zhou family.

Of course, these are just Chen Chen's speculations.

Zhang Guihua saw that Zhou Ping'an had really gone out, her face froze, and she said: "The coal stove here is warm, and it's not cold if you don't open the door."

Chen Chen said in a flat tone: "It may be that I just came in from the outside, walked all the way in the rain, my bones hurt from the cold, and when I touched Ping'an's forehead with cold hands, I felt a little hot, and there were signs of a fever."

Zhang Guihua sneered, "Maybe it is, it's okay if it doesn't rain, but it will be cold when it rains."

Chen Chen hummed.

The room fell into silence, the bamboo plate on the table was almost full, there were no candies, dried fruits and peanuts, only a few melon seeds left.There are quite a lot of peanut shells on the table, pushed in the middle, it is hard to see who ate them, but right now Zhang Guihua is eating sunflower seeds alone, so it is not difficult to guess the peanuts.

Zhang Guihua didn't intend to coax the children, so she just wanted to chat, "I heard that you planted a lot of peppers last year, and sold them in the county, so the business must be good."

Chen Chen drank water, "It's okay."

"Be humble." Zhang Guihua said vividly: "Lijiagou and Pingba Village are only a few miles away, and trucks have come here several times. Isn't that a big business? Everyone has known these things for ten miles. No one in Eight Townships knows."

Chen Chen said flatly, "It's just rumors."

"Then why is it a rumor?" Zhang Guihua said that she was excited, "It was spread from your Pingba village, so there is no fake..."

"Osmanthus!" Liu Dongxue suddenly said.

Zhang Guihua's voice was suffocated, "Mom, look at you, we just chatter casually. I didn't say what everyone is talking about. Why are you still talking about it and getting angry?"

Liu Dongxue's face was not good-looking, "Don't listen to other people's talk more, as the rumor spreads, it turns sour. It's not my own business. What do they know?"

Zhang Guihua went up along the slope, "That's not right. Isn't this your business? Since the rumors outside are false, then you can talk about it yourself? I think I have opened my eyes."

Liu Dongxue was choked, and then said: "It's like selling eggs, there is nothing to talk about."

Zhang Guihua curled her lips, "How can this be the same as selling eggs, Mom, you don't want to talk about it, do you?"

Liu Dongxue frowned, wanting to get angry but worried, especially in front of Chen Jianye and Chen Chen, fearing that the scene would be ugly and everyone would be ashamed.

Chen Chen laughed suddenly, the laughter was a bit weird, before everyone could hear the specific feeling, Chen Chen said slowly: "Doing business requires cost, not to mention that we partner with uncles, uncles and others. It’s almost enough to earn a little in your own hands after excluding the cost.”

"This..." Zhang Guihua spat out the melon seeds in her mouth, "Isn't it possible?"

"Why not?" Chen Chen asked back: "I don't know more about the business I do than others?"

Zhang Guihua was a little at a loss by Chen Chen's nonchalant attitude, and felt that the other party might be angry, so she replied dryly, "That's true."

Chen Chen hummed, looked at Zhou Pingshun who was still coaxing the child, got up and said, "I'll go and see the two of them, the coal stove in the back room is not burning, I don't know if they are sitting or under the quilt. "

Zhang Guihua immediately said: "The coal stove is burning, call them to warm up, it's not that there is no room here."

Chen Chen responded casually, "Let me see."

Chen Chen went out, Liu Dongxue was a little flustered looking at Chen Chen's back.

Zhang Guihua didn't think there was anything wrong, she reached out and grabbed a handful of melon seeds, and said, "Go into the house even though the coal stove is burning, I don't think it's cold in the house."

Unbearable Liu Dongxue choked, "They can stay where they like."

Zhang Guihua opened her mouth and said, "Aren't I afraid that they will catch a cold in the rainy day? Wouldn't it cost money to take medicine and injections?"

Liu Dongxue wanted to say, "Did you spend your money?" But before she could say it, Chen Chen outside the house shouted, "Dad, where did you put my pen after you used it last time? I'm writing something. did not find."

Chen Jianye, who had never used Chen Chenpen before: "???"

Liu Dongxue turned to Chen Jianye, who hadn't reacted yet, and said, "Jianye, go and look for Xiaochen."

Seeing Liu Dongxue's wink, Chen Jianye came to his senses, "It should have let our house go, I'll look for it."

Liu Dongxue responded.

Chen Jianye went out, and in an instant, only Liu Dongxue, Zhang Guihua, Zhou Pingshun who had been coaxing the children, and Zhou Yuan who was being coaxed were left in the small hall.

Zhang Guihua first boasted, "I didn't expect Uncle Chen to be able to read and write. Mom, you are really a good pair after getting married. Now the food is delicious and easy to wear. Uncle Chen has a good temper. Xiao Chen and Xiao Bei seem to get along well. Mom You will be blessed in the future."

They are all people who have seen quarrels, and the forced smile on Liu Dongxue's face finally disappeared, "What does it matter to you whether I live well or not?"

Zhang Guihua smiled on her face, "Mom, it hurts us too much if you say that? We can't bear to drag you down. We think Uncle Chen is capable, so we keep persuading you to marry Uncle Chen. We all I plan for you. Look, you need to eat, eat, and wear at home now, and you can even wear silver hairpins. Don’t worry about it when you get old. They will definitely not ignore you...Then here It’s not because of me and Shun Shun.”

Liu Dongxue took a deep breath, and said with a sneer, "I have raised my son for more than 20 years. My daughter-in-law married him, and my son took care of him. In the end, I have to rely on others to take care of me. Your contribution is indeed great. "

Zhou Pingshun, who had been coaxing the children, finally raised his head, but Zhang Guihua preempted what he wanted to say, "Mom, look at what you said, Pingshun is your son, isn't Ping'an also your son? I have worked at home, and Ping An is still in junior high school."

"Is it my fault?" Liu Dongxue trembled angrily, "If Pingshun can read well, won't I send him off?"

"I couldn't afford to eat back then, so what books do I still read?" Zhang Guihua muttered and said, "Besides, Yuan Yuan's health has always been poor, and the family planning inspection is strict. How can we leave him alone?”

Liu Dongxue was indifferent, "That's why everyone came to force me."

Seeing Liu Dongxue's desolate appearance, Zhou Pingshun frowned, and said, "Mom, I have never seen a family who would rather send their son to study than treat their grandson. Since you don't want to take care of it, Then I, a father, can't ignore it."

Liu Dongxue remembered how hard she had worked to raise her son after her ex-husband died. Zhou Pingshun fell in love with Zhang Guihua when they talked about their marriage, but the Zhang family’s betrothal gift was higher than the average family’s, so she was not willing to eat an egg for half a year for the money. The food was exchanged for money, just to marry Zhou Pingshun to the girl he liked, and later married and gave birth to Zhou Yuan. After Zhou Yuan grew up, he needed to go to the medical center for injections and medicines from time to time, and he tightened his belt to work to earn work points. In the end, the words "I would rather send my son to study than to treat my grandson" made me completely cold-hearted.

All kinds of good and bad, she heard Zhou Pingshun and Zhang Guihua say it countless times when she was still in the Zhou family, but today it still sounds out of breath.

After all these years, what kind of son has she raised? !

Zhang Guihua saw Liu Dongxue's indifferent and pale face, and then looked at the silver hairpin on Liu Dongxue's head and the current situation of the Chen family. After all, Zhang Guihua did not dare to make a scene with Liu Dongxue, "Mom, Ping Shun is too worried about Yuan Yuan, you Don't worry about it."

"You don't need to say, I know what my son was like before he got married, and what he is like now." Liu Dongxue looked at Zhang Guihua and said, "I now regret that I married you back then."

Zhang Guihua's face turned gloomy, "Mom, what you said is too harsh."

Liu Dongxue said indifferently: "It's just this time whether it sounds bad or not."

Zhang Guihua frowned, "What do you mean?"

Liu Dongxue glanced at Zhou Pingshun who was also frowning at him, and said cruelly: "I mean, you don't have to leave my relatives anymore, just treat me as dead."

Zhou Pingshun was unwilling, "Ping'an is a child of our Zhou family! His surname is Zhou!"

Liu Dongxue asked back: "When you forced me to force him before, why didn't you remember that his surname is Zhou?"

Zhou Pingshun said anxiously: "This is different!"

"It's nothing different." Liu Dongxue said, "When I decided to marry Jianye last year, I said that half of my and Ping'an's land will be left to you. From then on, I will not be Zhou's daughter-in-law, nor will he be Zhou's son. In the future, you If you care about the shallow blood relationship, it is your business if you are willing to be called brothers. But when I marry into the Chen family, Ping An will have to be filial to Jianye from now on. There is a household registration book, and Ping An will have to do his best in the future Divided into Jianye pension for the end of life."

"And these..."

Liu Dongxue glanced at the pair of son and daughter-in-law who made her feel suffocated, took a deep breath to calm down the chaotic and painful emotions, and said slowly: "Now it has nothing to do with you Zhou Pingshun and Zhang Guihua."

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I came up to update and saw a message from the background saying that my previous chapter was locked. I wrote something that I couldn’t write and locked me... suffocation.