Chapter 81: Birthday
Mrs. Zhou was still a little dissatisfied after some screening, and felt that this did not show her attention to the children of the Qian family. In the end, she came up with an idea to separate the white melon seeds from the black melon seeds, so that the grandchildren would definitely like the two piles!
Therefore, when the Zhou family came back from work, they had to pick a bunch of melon seeds to eat. You have to pick under Mrs. Zhou's nose, otherwise what if you steal food?
Zhou Jun took advantage of the fact that people were not paying attention, secretly grabbed a small handful, and just about to put it in his pocket, he was whipped on his head by Zhou Hongying with a broomstick, and a big purlin rose in his head.
Zhou Jun stared at Zhou Hongying several times, and was twitched hard by Zhou Hongying, he was about to lose his temper when he threw the handful of melon seeds in his hand on the kang, but was pulled by Wang Fengying, "If you don't want to do it, go do something else!" Help you stack firewood! ”
Zhou Jun was scolded and pushed out by Wang Fengying, and Zhou Hongying rolled her eyes at their mother and son a few times before she was satisfied and continued to supervise everyone's work.
Recently, Zhou Hongying's temper has become more unreasonable, and no one dares to approach her. Especially Wang Fengying's mother and son, offending Zhou Hongying is offending Mrs. Zhou, and they are still counting on Mrs. Zhou to support them in the matter of changing relatives. Zhou Ping has been pressing harder and tighter recently, and without Mrs. Zhou in front, they can't cope with it.
The melon seeds were finally picked, one black and one white, clean and clean, and Mrs. Zhou looked very satisfied. Zhou Chunxi and Zhou Chunliang were sent to the county seat again, and this time they brought a lot of things, sweet potatoes, dried vegetables, melon seeds, mushrooms, and peppers......
Almost all the things that the Zhou family has brought Mrs. Zhou to Zhou Hongxiang, just like that, Mrs. Zhou is not satisfied, Zhou Hongxiang's work needs gifts, and I don't know if this thing is enough to give. The unobtrusive Shen Guodong said that he would not come, or he would be more satisfied if he sent some pheasants and rabbits.
Zhou Wanwan didn't have the heart to pay attention to what Mrs. Zhou was busy with, and all her attention in the past few days was focused on celebrating Zhou Yang's birthday. Zhou Yang's birthday is the third day of the tenth month of the lunar calendar, just in time for the busiest time to play, sometimes in order to catch up with the work, the production team picks up the lights and fights at night, and he can only sleep for half a night for several days, which is very hard.
In such an environment, it is impossible for Zhou Wanwan to make Zhou Yang's birthday more grand, but fortunately, they have enough food to eat now.
The grass nest found in Tunxitou and Zhou Chen can pick up dozens of eggs every few days, and they can often catch rabbits and pheasants nearby, so the three of them are not short of meat and eggs at all. Although the melons, watermelons, tomatoes, and cucumbers in the firewood stacks do not grow as well as before after frost, they can still be fed. Zhou Yang guessed that it was the small empty leeward and firewood to keep it warm, so he didn't suffer from the cold.
Zhou Wanwan discussed it with Zhou Chen, and began to prepare several days in advance.
Zhou Chen first put a few sets in the woods in the west to see if he could catch rabbits, although they used to be able to catch rabbits and pheasants around here, but they were all lucky, he wanted to catch one in advance this time, so that he could eat it on Zhou Yang's birthday.
Of course, Zhou Wanwan had to let Zhou Chen put on it, and she also put two on it, planning to let the two brothers go for a meal on Zhou Yang's birthday.
Then Zhou Chen took out twenty more hidden eggs, and prepared to change a few white-flour steamed buns for Zhou Yang.
Although dozens of eggs in the grass nest can be picked up every few days, Zhou Chen didn't dare to eat them all. After Futian came out, the eggs could be put down, so he saved some of them in a very planned way, preparing for his sister to eat when the chickens didn't lay many eggs in the winter.
Now at least one egg a day every night, plus a little fruit, you can still eat a meal of meat every few days, and the little face is tender and powdery, which is more energetic than when you eat malt cream. The anxious hearts of the Zhou Yang brothers finally let go, looking at their smart, healthy and lively and beautiful sister full of a sense of accomplishment, and they also paid more attention to eating.
On Zhou Yang's birthday, Zhou Chen secretly took two hours off and came back early. Zhou Wanwan waited for Zhou Chen at the back door of Zhou's house according to the prior agreement.
The brother and sister converged and went straight to the windbreak to the west, where Zhou Yang's birthday was celebrated today.
Zhou Chen took Zhou Wanwan to Grandma Sun's house in the west of the village, and he had already agreed with Grandma Sun that he would exchange twenty eggs for ten black-flour steamed buns and a small handful of noodles.
The source of the eggs Zhou Chen had already explained, they picked them up in Dongdagou, fortunately, in order to let the two brothers eat eggs with peace of mind, the eggs in the grass nest were all spatially improved wild eggs, as big as native eggs, but there were some patterns on the eggshell. This is also her to prevent accidents, in case anyone knows that they have eggs in their hands, and they can't be falsely accused, not to mention Sanjiatun, even the domestic chickens in the whole world have not laid this kind of eggs.
Zhou Chen coaxed Grandma Sun in a few words, not only promised to help them keep it secret, but also promised to borrow the enamel basin and two big bowls from last time to them.
When taking the steamed buns, Grandma Sun was a little embarrassed, and kept saying that when the bell left, let her give Zhou Chen a few more steamed buns, and twenty eggs were only exchanged for ten steamed buns, and Zhou Chen suffered a loss.
The production team deducted eight cents for a pound of wheat, and Grandma Sun's steamed bread was made very standard, basically two or two sides of one, and ten whole wheat steamed buns only used two catties of noodles. The supply and marketing cooperatives accept eggs for two cents each, and twenty eggs are four cents, which can buy five catties of wheat, five catties of wheat out of five catties of whole wheat noodles, and can make twenty-five steamed buns.
Zhou Chen excused himself and walked away with only ten steamed buns and a small handful of noodles. It's all been said, how can he temporarily increase the price, besides, he gave Grandma Sun a few more eggs, also to borrow her family's things, but also to keep her secret.
Although Grandma Sun and Sister Ling are not broken-mouthed people, and they have nothing to do with the Zhou family, if they tell others about it, sooner or later they will be known by the Zhou family. So Zhou Chen asked them to owe him something, so that even if they didn't keep it secret for themselves, they wouldn't talk about it casually, and it was not a nice thing to be told by the people in the village to take advantage of children, in case they were found by Mrs. Zhou, the trouble would be even greater.
took it out from Sister Ringing's house, and Zhou Chen hugged Zhou Wanwan and returned to the windbreak in the west. Outside the forest is the soybean field of the seventh team, and now the soybeans have long been cut and pulled away, and there is no one in the field, which is more convenient for them to act.
The things prepared by Zhou Chen today are very rich. One of the two fat rabbits is skewered with mushrooms and wild vegetables to roast on large skewers, and the other is wrapped in large leaves and dug into a pit and buried and burned. The steamed chicken cake was scattered in the egg enlargement bowl, and the enamel basin of Grandma Sun's house was used without a pot, and the experience of the last time showed that it was absolutely competent.
At the end of October, in the northeast, the outdoor grass and trees are dry, of course, there will be no mushrooms, wild vegetables and other accessories, but there are weeks and evenings, everything is not a problem.
Zhou Chen and Zhou Wanwan discussed and wanted to surprise Zhou Yang. So when Zhou Yang, who had no idea, came here as agreed in advance, Zhou Chen was ready. The barbecue meat is charred and fatty, the egg custard is golden and smooth, and it is sprinkled with minced wild celery and wild onions, plus crispy and fresh mixed wild vegetables, and soft steamed buns, and finally, Zhou Chen took out a bowl of noodles with the aroma of fresh wheat.
Zhou Yang held his face and smiled, the steaming heat made his eyes hot and painful, and tears flowed uncontrollably.
"Big brother, you eat noodles." Zhou Wanwan and Zhou Chen's dark eyes looked at Zhou Yang with a warm smile.
"Take a bite first." Zhou Yang picked up a little noodles and was about to feed Zhou Wanwan, but she turned her head and dodged it.
"Big brother, you eat first." At the repeated insistence of the two little guys, Zhou Yang could only eat a little first, and as soon as he took two bites, he found three poached eggs buried at the bottom of the bowl.
Zhou Chen and Zhou Wanwan looked at him and smiled, Zhou Yang blinked vigorously, blinked the tears in his eyes, and also looked at his younger brothers and sisters and laughed.
The rest of the noodles are three brothers and sisters, you eat them one bite at a time, and each poached egg is also one by one. When Zhou Chen made it, he knew that if he didn't prepare one for everyone, the eldest brother would never eat it by himself.
Next, they began to enjoy this sumptuous dinner in earnest. There is only a pair of chopsticks and a spoon, but it does not affect the three siblings to eat, they have long been accustomed to getting along with each other, and it is too common to share a pair of tableware.
The three brothers and sisters ate the prepared food cleanly, and after careful observation in Zhou Wanwan, they felt that the eldest brother and the second brother still hadn't eaten too much. In her previous life, she had seen Zhou Yang eat more than ten steamed buns at a time, and now although he has not grown that big, it should be no problem to eat seven, eight or even ten.
Thinking about the daily ration of things on the Zhou family's dinner table, Zhou Wanwan's heart ached for a while, she had to find a way to get more food for her brothers, at least to ensure that they could be fed.
"Big brother ......" Zhou Chen, who was cleaning up the dishes, carefully called Zhou Yang in a very soft voice, and then pointed to the grass nest where they usually picked up eggs with some disbelief.
The grass nest was only fifty or sixty meters away from the place where they were eating, and Zhou Yang looked in the direction of Zhou Chen's finger, and his mouth grew in surprise.
I don't know when a flock of colorful pheasants fell around the grass nest, and there were more than a dozen of them. The pheasants, both male and female, paced quietly in the meadow, and one hen came out of the nest and the other went in, and it was easy to guess that they were taking turns to lay eggs in the nest.
"They're not human, are they?" Zhou Yang was shocked by the quiet and orderly way of laying eggs by this group of pheasants, and asked Zhou Chen gently.
"Can we catch it?" Zhou Chen's thoughts are much more practical.
Zhou Wanwan still sat in Zhou Yang's arms without saying a word, of course they don't have any special functions, these are all trained by her in the space, fortunately, the pheasants who drank the spiritual spring water are relatively smart, and they use special means to have today's effect.
"After I caught it, I didn't have any eggs for the girl to eat." Zhou Yang still wants to think long-term.
"The snow will fall in a few days, and the pheasants will definitely not lay eggs by then, and we won't have a few days to pick up eggs. It's not certain whether they will come next spring or not, it's better to catch a few now," Zhou Chen said, his eyes shining, "Let's hurry up, we can catch a few more, and we can sell them for dozens of dollars." ”
"Big brother, sell money, sell money!" Zhou Wanwan also encouraged Zhou Yang.
Zhou Yang was persuaded by his younger brothers and sisters, and gently put Zhou Wanwan aside, and just as he was about to tell her a few words, Zhou Wanwan covered his mouth with his chubby hand and promised in a small voice: "I don't speak, I don't run around, I just wait for the eldest brother and second brother here." ”
Zhou Chen smiled and rubbed Zhou Wanwan's small curly hair, and Zhou Yang also smiled.
Once the brothers had settled their sister, they cautiously approached the pheasants.
Zhou Wanwan sat on the haystack and waited for the two elder brothers, calculating how much income their small treasury could increase this time.
This can be regarded as a small birthday gift from her to Zhou Yang. The work of the production team is so busy these days, but Zhou Yang still plans with Zhou Chen to find time to go to Xiaohan Mountain again, wanting to grab some wild things and sell them for money.
Zhou Wanwan knew that the eldest brother had been planning to send the second brother to school, and she was also worried about saving her tuition. Before selling fish, Zhou Yang didn't know much about making money and the importance of money, but since they made money, Zhou Yang saw the hope of changing the lives of their brothers and sisters.
In this door, their brother and sister's life can have many possibilities, they can get what they want as long as they work hard, they can control their own lives, and they can live as they want without anyone's control.
This is too attractive for Zhou Yang, and it can be said that he is as eager for that kind of life as he is eager to make money.
These weeks and nights know, so she has been thinking about how to make her brothers earn another sum of money under the existing conditions. She has thought of this method for several days, and she has not had the opportunity to implement it, and today the conditions are suitable, so let her give her eldest brother a surprise as a birthday gift.
This gift is not just about catching a few pheasants to earn dozens of dollars, it is the hope and motivation for them to grasp their own lives, which is very important to the three brothers and sisters.
The Zhou Yang brothers caught seven pheasants this time, three males and four females, all alive.
Selling live chickens is Zhou Chen's proposal, since the last time he sold live fish at a price, he has been thinking about a lot of business, and now he has a little experience.
How good it is to give a live chicken gift, and if you are not afraid to put it for a few more days, it will definitely be popular.
Together, the brothers tied up seven pheasants and carefully hid them in the stacks of artemisia in the woods. I don't know who made this artemisia stack as a firewood stack here, and it can only be brought home after the snow falls, and it is no problem for pheasants to be put here for a night temporarily.
Before the pheasants were put in, Zhou Wanwan touched them one by one, and secretly fed them spiritual spring water and sleeping pills. Let them sleep until tomorrow morning, and then go to the village to meet the buyers.
The Zhou Yang brothers arranged everything before leaving the windbreak in a hurry. Zhou Yang went home with Zhou Wanwan, and Zhou Chen went to deliver pots and bowls to Grandma Sun.
Back at Zhou's house, Mrs. Zhou was making noodle soup for Zhou Hongying. Zhou Hongying's voice still can't speak, and she has a hard time eating, so she can only eat some liquid food, and she should have lost a lot of weight recently, which can not be seen from her pus-dripping, swollen and deformed face.
Zhou Wanwan didn't plan to let her go easily this time, let's suffer like this first, if you dare to be used as a gun, you must be prepared to be injured by the explosion.
Not to mention that she is being used, if she is not malicious to their brothers and sisters, how can she be used by Zhou Juan? She's a vicious, brainless fool who deserves to suffer these sins.
As for Zhou Juan, Zhou Wanwan can't let it go. Before this, Zhou Wanwan had noticed Zhou Juan's obvious malice towards their brothers and sisters. Zhou Wanwan didn't know where this malice came from, but she was nervous to guard against it.
Later, Zhou Wanwan figured out that instead of defending, it was better to attack. Since Zhou Juan has malicious intentions towards them, let her swallow all this viciousness back by herself, and want to hurt their brothers and sisters, Zhou Wanwan in this life will not give her a chance.
Although Zhou Juan didn't do anything evil to their brothers and sisters in her previous life, what she did in this life was enough for Zhou Wanwan to clean her up. Especially after listening to her calculating Zhou Ping's words, Zhou Wanwan felt that she was not innocent of what she did to her.
Therefore, these two people still have to suffer this sin. (To be continued.) )