Zhang Guoqing and the others had just entered the house, and within half an hour, a group of young men and girls ran into the yard and screamed happily when they saw Xiao Ping'an.

Zhang's father and mother looked at the string of grandchildren in front of them, laughing so much that they even narrowed their eyes, and couldn't close their mouths.

Zhou Jiao watched them laugh and laugh together, pulled Zhang Guoqing, and the two quietly withdrew from the West House, first going to the kitchen to see what was missing.

There was not a single amount of leftover food in the two large pots in the kitchen. Zhou Jiao and the others were not surprised at all, with Zhang's mother's temperament, she would not waste a little food.

Zhang Guoqing opened the cellar door and left Zhou Jiao outside to guard. When he entered the room, he saw only about ten catties of flour and rice, and about two hundred catties of coarse grains left, and then he saw a few poor air-dried hares. Then I opened the box in the corner, and there was not much brown sugar left in it, and I sighed in my heart.

Zhou Jiao saw him coming out of it, "How is it?" ”

"There's not much left."

Zhou Jiao nodded. She won't worry about who her mother-in-law will subsidize her, and it is estimated that she will be exchanged for money tickets by the old couple. But if they are happy, they should be prepared.

"Don't worry, I'll add another opportunity this time."

Zhang Guoqing smiled speechlessly. Take out the flour and rice from the bag and put it in the rice jar in the kitchen, and the husband and wife didn't dare to put more, so they secretly took a few and put them on the bright side.

Zhang's mother stayed in the house for a while, remembered her old son, and also came to the kitchen, looked at the empty bags on the ground, quickly opened the cabinet, lifted the lid of the rice cylinder, and glared at them with hatred.

She looked out of the kitchen, lowered her voice and said, "Didn't my mother ask you not to bring anything back?" Your father and I have never been hungry, and we are afraid of being looked upon by others. The year before last, when the grain search team came to the village, I was so scared that I couldn't sleep for several nights. Forget it this time, don't buy it next time. You tell me that you bought it, and your father ran to sell it again, what a toss! ”

Zhang Guoqing nodded when he heard this.

"Obedient. My mother still has a lot of food stamps in her hand, and I want to send them to you. Your father can't sleep even when he earns money, needless to say that the big cities in the capital are more expensive, don't go to buy high-priced grain. ”

"Good. I don't buy it. ”

"Jiaojiao stares at him, don't give him money."

Zhou Jiao quickly replied obediently: "Okay." ”

"The east house is all clean. Go pack your clothes first, and leave it to me here. Zhang's mother pushed Zhou Jiao and her family out of the house, and when she saw them walking away, she closed the kitchen door.

For a while, Zhang's mother was very busy, and moved the things that Zhang Guoqing and the others put in the cellar in the same way. These two stupid children are still big-hearted. There are so many things outside, not to mention that outsiders can see them, can the two concubines still have any ideas when they see them?

After finishing her work, Zhang's mother hurriedly ordered two bowls of noodles, and two eggs were deliberately placed at the bottom of the bowl. After covering it, he went to the east room and saw that Zhang Guoqing was the only one, "What about Jiaojiao taking a bath?" You eat first. ”

"Mother, do you have anything with your father?"

"We just had dinner not long ago. You go to the bottom first. My mother prepared dinner immediately. ”

Zhang Guoqing quipped: "Mother, you won't be reluctant to eat, right?" ”

"Who said that. There is nothing at home. Zhang's mother won't admit it, "I've already given Ping'an stewed eggs, and he will be able to eat them later." ”

Zhang Guoqing saw that she was leaving, shook his head with a smile, picked up his chopsticks and found the eggs on the ground, and he was so happy that he snickered. His old son still eats picky food.

When Zhou Jiao came out of the shower, he hurriedly gave her chopsticks, "Eat quickly, full of love." ”

"What's wrong? None of them? ”

"Uh-huh."

Zhou Jiao flipped over the egg and smiled at him.

Zhang Guoqing hurriedly ate a few bites of noodles, even drank the soup, picked up the change of clothes around him and ran to take a shower. Next, I have to visit a few close elders, and I have to be busy.

Here Zhou Jiao walked out of the room with a bowl after eating, listening to her son giggling, it seemed that she was well adapted, and she was relieved to see this, and went to the kitchen.

Mother Zhang looked at her daughter-in-law with a smile, "Why don't you rest first?" ”

"I haven't chatted with my mother for a long time, I have to follow you."

Mother Zhang took the bowl in her hand and put it on the table, "Then you sit down." It just so happens that I have something to discuss with you. ”

"Whatever you discuss, you command."

"Haha...... Your aunt, they want to buy the yard in your village. ”

Zhou Jiao observed her face and asked in a low voice, "Did they mention it to you?" That's the ancestral business left to us by you and your father, and besides, our family is not short of money, how can we sell it. ”

Mother Zhang smiled, "I knew you wouldn't agree." Your uncle must have mentioned it to your father, but your father can't hide it from me. Your aunt and your sister-in-law also sang and said in front of me that they have many children, and it is a pity that your yard is empty and wasted. I didn't answer. If they mention it before you, do you know how to deal with it? ”

Zhou Jiao smiled: "Now the old man and the two of them live at home?" ”

"Yes. They live in the West Wing, thanks to your uncle who arranged for them to live in. ”

Zhou Jiao nodded. She knew that. She smiled: "If the eldest aunt mentions me, she will say that the ancestral business cannot be lost, and the loss of a yard is similar to the loss of roots." ”

Mother Zhang thought that she couldn't grudge with her daughter-in-law, and shook her head, "Forget it, I'll order them a few words." She won't be embarrassed to mention it when you go back for a few nights. ”

"Mother, will it make you embarrassed? Why don't you lend them money? ”

Mother Zhang glared, "Don't mention this." Where did you get the money? I tell others that you don't have any income from school, but don't talk to your mother. ”

Zhou Jiao hurriedly smiled flatteringly.

Mother Zhang scolded with a smile: "You stupid child." You can't open this opening. A relative borrowed it, your uncle's house, your aunt's house, it will be endless. ”

"If you don't say that there is an old man in the family, it is like a treasure. I listen to you! ”

Mother Zhang was amused by her. began to teach how to get along with people back to the village, and the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law talked happily and muttered for a long time.

When Lin Juhua and her sisters heard the news, they saw this scene and smiled.

"The eldest sister-in-law and the second sister-in-law are here. Come and sit. Zhou Jiao hurriedly pulled a bench forward and beckoned them to take a seat. If she had lived on her, she would not have bought this kind of folk bench, but she would have found that the house was particularly harmonious. Especially with the roosters in the yard, the whole courtyard is becoming more and more lively.

"Jiaojiao, it's so good to raise you two safely. White and tender and polite. ”

Huang Cuilan also then praised: "It's still very clean, it's no different from a little adult, and it can catch Xizi's words." ”

"How can it be so exaggerated, we are our own family and love our own children. Forget it at home, or you won't be able to make people laugh. It's been so long since I've seen a few children grow up so fast. ”

Zhang's mother sighed: "It's not! Life flies. In the past, the days passed slowly, but now they pass in the blink of an eye. ”

Lin Juhua smiled: "Mother, what are you worried about, others say that you are getting younger and younger." ”

Zhou Jiao looked at them with a smile. Not to mention that Zhang's mother is really getting younger and younger. The cousins of the two uncles seem to be in the appearance of their aunts.