activa-t Chapter 165 The Woman Standing at the Front Line of Eating Watermelons
Chapter 165 The Woman Standing at the Front Line of Eating Watermelons
"Haha, Uncle Youcai, I often take him to eat grass and drink water, so he is very close to me."
"No wonder, this is how animals are. They will be close to whoever takes care of them the most. My dog is the same. He likes to hang around you, Dashan, and follow you wherever you go."
When Wang Youcai thought of his dog, a smile appeared on his face. The dog has been with them for several years and they are very close to it.
"Uncle Youcai, I like your dog very much too. If it has puppies someday, can you give me one?"
"Okay, of course I will. Your family is doing well now, and it's a blessing to live with you."
After Wang Youcai said this, the villagers nearby looked at Zhou Mingshu with envy in their eyes and spoke one after another.
"That's right. Every time I pass by Sanya's door, I can smell the fragrance. There are delicious foods at home every day."
"Yes, Sanya, your family has made a fortune. You can't eat like this even if you earn a little money. Isn't it a waste of money to eat meat every meal?"
"I heard that they had good food when they were building the donkey shed some time ago. There was a basin of lard residue, which means they boiled a lot of lard. This meal could sustain my family for a year."
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The neighbors kept talking more and more outrageously, and Zhou Mingshu felt a little unhappy.
"My dear uncles, aunts, the food and things we eat and use are all obtained through our own hard work. We didn't steal or rob, and we have paid off our debts before this. Why can't we eat better? Besides, my family is doing our best to entertain the uncles who came to help. How can you say that we are so good at entertaining them? When my grandfather was alive, we relied on your help. Now that he is gone and the family has recovered, we must repay the kindness and live a prosperous life."
"Oh, that's right, why are you talking about such sad things when you can say something else? San Ya's family lives a good life because they are capable. If you are envious and want to eat delicious food every day and live in a blue brick house, then work hard. You will never achieve anything if you always envy others."
Wang Youcai naturally spoke up for Zhou Mingshu. These old and young men had no sense of restraint when it came to their words and they just bullied a little girl.
"Oh no no, we are just chatting when we have nothing to do."
In fact, it was just because Zhou Mingshu was young, and they wanted to see if they could get anything out of him.
But the result disappointed them. They didn't get the information out of them and were even hated by others.
They lived at the entrance of the village and often saw carriages coming to Zhou's house, but they did not dare to go up and ask, for fear of disturbing some distinguished person.
Zhou Mingshu had not thought of this aspect, nor did he specifically tell Uncle Chen and Doctor Shen. As long as they were willing to inquire, they would naturally know what business the Zhou family was doing.
Who would have thought that he didn't even have the courage to do this and only knew how to bully children.
Wang Youcai looked at San Ya who was sitting next to him, his eyes darkened, he felt a little regretful that he should not have said so many words just now, which caused a round of attacks.
He knew what business San Ya's family was doing. The mugwort paste was very useful and the product was so well made that it should make money.
If the product is not good, no one will buy it.
People earn their money through their own abilities, so it's useless for others to be envious and jealous.
Those people also felt that it was boring to continue discussing this matter, so the topic was quickly changed.
Zhou Mingshu stopped talking. Although they were from the same village, the age gap between them was so big that she didn't even know their names.
They rarely see each other, and when they do, they just nod and say hello. They are not as close as their uncles and neighbors who live closer to them.
Knowing that his father was busy in the threshing ground, Wang Xiaodan came over with a bowl of wild strawberries.
"Hey~ Sanya, you're here too."
Wang Xiaodan blew on the wooden stake next to him and sat down next to Zhou Mingshu.
"Sister Xiaodan, how come your sister also has strawberries?" Zhou Mingshu's eyes flashed, as if she had discovered something.
"Hahaha, I didn't pick these on the mountain. Your eldest brother gave them to me this afternoon. Come, have a few. I've washed them."
The two little girls sat together, their eyes filled with gossip.
"Sister Xiaodan, has cousin Shanshan gone home yet?"
"Yeah, they went back. My cousin and his family went back. They brought back a lot of strawberries and the rabbit, too."
Wang Xiaodan was eating strawberries, but the smile on her face never stopped. She seemed even more excited than Zhou Mingshu.
She is indeed the woman standing at the forefront of the melon-eating crowd!
"Sister Xiaodan, let me ask you, is Sister Shanshan interested in my eldest brother?"
Zhou Mingshu covered his hands and whispered in Wang Xiaodan's ear.
Wang Xiaodan didn't say anything, but kept nodding.
"I got some strawberries from my cousin."
The love berries in this bowl are so sweet and sour~
"Sister Xiaodan, this is a great thing. I think my eldest brother is also interested in Sister Shanshan. How great would it be if they were together?"
"That's right. My mother likes my cousin the most. She hopes that she can marry someone closer to her. It would be great if she could have a companion. She originally wanted to give her to my brother, but my brother refused to agree. Otherwise, Dazhi would have no chance. Hahaha."
Zhou Mingshu also laughed, thinking of Brother Dashan's stubborn refusal, which must be very interesting.
"Then let's keep it a secret for now and see how they develop. We are all still young."
"Yeah, I think so too. My cousin won't be coming of age until another year later."
Zhou Mingshu didn't care about whether he was old enough to get married or not. She was still too young, so let's just stay like this for now.
The threshing ground in the village was very large. Even the wheat from her family's ten acres of land would only form a thin layer when spread out on the threshing ground.
The village chief's family also followed the Zhou family's example and tied a stone mill to a cow, letting the cow pull the round stone mill to press the wheat, so the Wang family's wheat was harvested very quickly, at least it was pressed once.
I didn't have time to go over it a second time so I just piled it aside and will deal with it later when I have time.
It was getting late today, so Wang Youcai pulled the donkey around the threshing ground twice, then unloaded the stones and let it rest.
"Xiao Dan, don't sit there anymore. Take the donkey and feed it. After it's full, let San Ya take it home."
Wang Youcai put the donkey rope into his daughter's hands and asked her to go to work.
"Okay, I get it, Dad. Here are the strawberries I washed for you. Remember to put away the bowl when you're done."
Wang Youcai looked at the few wilted strawberries left at the bottom of the bowl, then raised his head to look at his smiling daughter.
"You still know how to love your father, but is this how much you love him?"
"Hahaha, remember to collect your bowl after you finish eating. I'm going to feed the donkey."
Wang Xiaodan smiled and led the donkey towards the meadow.
"San Ya, let's put this stone here for now. I'll press it again tomorrow."
"Okay~"
Zhou Mingshu left with Wang Xiaodan.
The two found a place to sit down and watch the little donkey eat grass.
"Sister Xiaodan, if there is something wrong at home, you don't have to stay here. I can just look after the little donkey. I see Uncle Cai is turning the wheat. Why don't you go and help?"
Wang Youcai's family has been divided, and no matter how much work there is at home, it is done by the four of them.