【Quick Wear】My Years as a Mother-in-law

Chapter 145 The Impoverished Mother-in-Law in the Period Literature 25

In the tenth month of the lunar calendar, the cold wind came quietly, and fewer people went out to sea. Last month, Zhou Fu hired people to dig sweet potatoes in the fields. Dagouzi and his family also had land, and they had to go back to harvest in autumn. Zhou Fu hired people from the village who had less land to do the work, paying them fifteen yuan a day. After three days of hard work, all the sweet potatoes were stored in the warehouse. Then, they took advantage of the rainy days to make sweet potato vermicelli, because they couldn't go out to sea on rainy days.

Each autumn rain brings a chill, and we have to put on more autumn clothes. When the next autumn rain falls, the mother-in-law and father-in-law from the Wang family come to the Zhou family.

"My dear relatives, you are here. Come inside and warm up." Yun Xi politely pulled the two of them into the house. "The weather has changed so quickly recently. It's getting colder and colder."

Sometimes it is quite hot here in October of the lunar calendar, and sometimes it is very cold in October. It all depends on how early the cold air comes. This year the cold air came early.

"My dear relatives, I'm sorry to bother you. It's getting colder at home. I want to install the radiator before it snows so that we can have a good winter." Li Xiufen said embarrassedly.

"It's nothing, you're welcome. My family is also preparing to turn on the heating. The weather is getting colder." Yun Xi said with a smile.

At this time, Wang Lili brought hot water and Zhou Guanxue brought peanuts and melon seeds candy.

"Dad and Mom, please sit down and rest for a while. Drink some hot water and don't catch a cold."

The king's father nodded. "I've always wanted to come and see this, but I haven't had the time to go out to sea. It's been getting colder lately, so I just stopped fishing."

Unlike the Zhou family, which has a braised meat business, the Wang family relies entirely on fishing to make money. They cannot go out to sea from October to February of the following year and have no income during this period. Fortunately, their family has a lot of land, which is cultivated by Li Xiufen and her daughters-in-law. The grain they grow is enough to eat for a year and can also afford the children's education, so fishing is not too stressful.

But the weather has been too cold recently. I can’t stay on the boat, and it’s also cold when I get home. I want to spend money on a radiator.

After drinking hot water and chatting for a while, Yun Xi took them to visit the boiler and heated up the boiler to demonstrate its working principle to them.

Li Xiufen asked with a smile, "Isn't this set cheap?"

"Yes, it costs over ten thousand. I have the company's contact information here. You can discuss whether to buy it. Although it is expensive, it is really comfortable in winter. You can take a shower, cook, do housework, and let the children do their homework without having to worry about freezing your hands." Yun Xi handed over a piece of paper and turned to her son and said, "Second son, go prepare a few more dishes and have a few drinks with your father-in-law at noon."

"Lili, go check the boiler and pipes. If there's no problem, light the boiler."

"it is good."

"My dear, to be honest, this radiator is really convenient. I have installed it in every room of my house. However, for rooms that are not in use, you can turn off the valves individually to save firewood. Moreover, the radiators in the living rooms on the first and second floors are enough to warm up other rooms. Therefore, you can turn off the valve in the bedroom during the day and the valve in the living room at night and open the valve in the bedroom." Yun Xi showed her the location of the valve, which was very convenient.

In order to burn the boiler in winter, Yun Xi bought four tons of coal and a lot of firewood in the yard. From now on, it can be burned until March next year. As she said, if it is saved, it can be used until April.

"It's the gas stove you use at home."

"Yes."

"There are so many kettles and the sofa is nice too. After seeing your bathroom, I want to redecorate my own bathroom. It's so convenient."

"Haha, I'm lazy, so I just try to save myself some energy. Want to go check out the second room? It's built the same way."

"Let's go see where my daughter lives."

"No problem, let's go!"

Soon, heat began to gather in the room. Li Xiufen was shown around the house by Yun Xi, and when she returned to the first floor, she actually broke out in a slight sweat.

"This heater is really good! I'm sweating! I must have one at home. It's really cold in this building without a kang."

Wang Lili advised: "Mom, install one. It's really useful. Otherwise, it's cold in winter and you can only cover yourself with multiple layers of quilts, but quilts are too heavy."

"Then install it. It will last for many years, and it won't be a big deal if the children always get frostbite in the winter."

Wang's father took off his coat and felt really hot.

Li Xiufen made up her mind, "Then pretend!"

At noon, Wang Lili helped her husband prepare a large table of delicious food. Everyone sat together to eat, chat and watch TV until the afternoon, when the Wang couple left holding umbrellas.

At this time, several children came back from school and staggered by each other. Niuniu said excitedly, "Grandpa and grandma, we have exams in the middle of next month. After the exams, we will have winter vacation, from December 18th to February 3rd."

"It's been more than a month. Okay, I get it. Are you cold at school? Are your clothes thick enough?" Yun Xi took her granddaughter back to the house. "The heater is on at home. Go and warm up."

"Grandma, it's cold at school. My feet are numb and painful from sitting for so long. No matter how many clothes I put on, I still can't feel warm." Erni raised her hand and said, "I don't want to go to school at all. It's so nice to have heating at home. I really don't want to go to school."

"Second brother, tell your brother to go deliver the goods tomorrow and buy any leather goods you see. I will make some leather boots for the children." Yun Xi frowned, "It is indeed cold this year. I will discuss it with your father."

Zhou Guanxue picked up her little daughter and touched her feet. "It seems that the kindergarten is not too cold. The child is not cold."

Wang Lili took the kettle to make ginger tea and explained, "In the winter, the kindergarten teachers take the children to play indoors. There are kangs in the rooms, so they won't be cold."

"That's it."

After letting the children drink ginger tea, Yun Xi discussed with Zhou Fu about donating thermoses to the school.

"We don't want to donate radiators, they're too high-profile, but donating one or two kettles to each classroom is still okay, at least the children have to have hot water to drink." Yun Xi was worried, "I don't know if the schools in the county have heating or anything like that. Sigh! It's really hard for the children."

Zhou Fu thought she was making a big deal out of nothing. "It's nothing. Isn't it said that if you endure more hardships, you can become a superior person?"

"There's no need to force yourself to do that. You have the heater at home so of course you won't feel anything." Yun Xi rolled her eyes at him.

The next day, I went to the countryside with my son and daughter-in-law and bought a few rabbit skins, but it was not enough.

The stall owner looked at her and said, "Five isn't enough?"

"Yes, I have many children at home, and I want to make a pair of rabbit leather boots for each of them. Boss, do you have any rabbit leather at home?"

"We don't have any rabbit skins, but we have a deerskin. Do you want one?"

"I want it!"

"I'll bring it over tomorrow."

After deciding on the leather, Yun Xi took her daughter-in-law to the grocery store to buy a thermos.

"You want twenty-four thermoses?"

The grocery store owner sat up straight, a big customer.

Yun Xi looked at the things in the store and responded casually, "Yeah, do you have any?"

The grocery store owner stared at her closely. "Yes, yes, yes! Are you sure? If you are, I will get it."

"Sure, give me a good quality one with a squeaky inner liner."

"no problem!"