Return to the small mountain village in 1981

Chapter 28 28 Big Daddy Comes to the Door
After dinner, Father Zhou remembered digging for herbs and looked at Yang Chunyan, "What herbs did you dig up in the mountain?"

Yang Chunyan pointed to the bamboo basket placed under the eaves of the corridor outside the house, "Motherwort, Polygonum multiflorum, Ligusticum chuanxiong... without Huai'an's help, I wouldn't be able to dig them back by myself!"

Li Qiuyue took a look and saw that the two back bamboo baskets were fully filled. She looked at Yang Chunyan with envy, "Are there so many herbs in the mountains?"

Yang Chunyan smiled and said: "They are all worthless herbs."

Seeing Father Zhou asking about herbal medicine, Zhou Huaian came over to show off his newly learned knowledge of herbal medicine to Father Zhou, "Old man, let me tell you, mountain whip is also a herbal medicine. The name of the medicine is Scutellaria barbata, and Patchouli is also a herbal medicine... …”

Father Zhou hummed and looked at him with a slightly better expression, "Learn from Chunyan and work hard. Don't fish for three days and dry the net for two days."

It was rare for Zhou Huaian to see his old man look good for once, and he didn't hesitate to say, "I know." After saying that, he thought of the bet with Yang Chunyan and walked to Yang Chunyan, "Yan'er, pack up the herbs quickly so that you can go to the county town to sell them for money tomorrow. .”

Yang Chunyan nodded, and the two began to unpack the sacks tied to their backs.

Zhou Huairong looked at him in surprise, "Look, the youngest has really changed his gender!"

Zhou Huaijun curled his lips and said, "Brother, I bet that he can last for three days at most. If he exceeds three days, I lose. I bet on a pack of Da Chong Jiu, will he come?"

Zhou Huaishan even more said, "It's been three days, I bet he can last for two days at most."

Zhou Huaian saw several brothers bet in front of him that he had no perseverance in doing things. He felt that he was looking down on others. He put down the hemp rope in his hand and looked at Zhou Huairong, "Brother, you bet with them, I guarantee you will win!"

Zhou Huairong thought for a moment and had no confidence in this young brother with a long criminal record. Da Chongjiu required a triangular May [-] pack, and if he switched to spring plowing, he would have to buy several packs. He shook his head, "Forget it, I don't believe what you say."

It hits people too much.

Zhou Huaian was so angry that he couldn't even speak, "Second, second brother, third brother, I'll bet with you."

I bet you, I'm more of a fool!

The brothers shook their heads without hesitation, "No."

"Forget it if you don't come." Zhou Huaian angrily went to help Yang Chunyan sort out the herbs.

"Huai'an, are you sorting out these herbs at home or going to the ditch to wash the ears?"

Zhou Huaian glanced at him and said, "I'll wash my ears."

Yang Chunyan poured the Zheer roots out of the sack and said, "Wash the yellow mud clean and be gentle when rubbing. Don't rub it into pieces."

"I know, it's embarrassing!" Zhou Huaian put the broken ears into the basket and walked outside with it.

Yang Chunyan shook the soil off the motherwort rhizomes and spread them out to dry in a large dustpan.

Zhou Jiaming and others looked at her curiously, "Auntie, do you still recognize herbal medicine?"

Yang Chunyan smiled and said, "I know some of them."

Zhou Xiaoqian looked at her, "Then do you know how to see a doctor and take medicine?"

"No, only those who have studied medicine can do it." Yang Chunyan glanced at a few people and said, "You must study hard."

Zhou Jialiang asked strangely: "The teacher still teaches us how to treat diseases? Then why doesn't our teacher teach us?"

"Only university teachers teach people how to treat patients. You should study hard, go to the provincial capital to study at university when you grow up, and then live in the city to treat people."

Zhou Jiakang ran to Zhou Huaishan and said, "Dad, I want to go to the provincial capital to study."

Zhou Huaishan slapped him on the butt, "Gungun, you are not good at studying!" "I sue my mother, you beat me." Zhou Jiakang pursed his lips and ran away covering his butt.

Before they could reach the door of the kitchen, they saw Zhou Xiaoqian and others coming out with sandbags. They immediately forgot to complain and went to make sandbags.

The corners of Yang Chunyan's lips twitched, feeling that children today are still thick-skinned, unlike some children 30 or [-] years later, who are so pampered that they will cry for a long time even if they are patted lightly.

"Dasong, have you eaten?" Before he finished speaking, Zhou Dachun and the old man walked in.

"Eat." Zhou Huairong glanced at him, "Why is daddy free to come to my house today?"

Zhou Dachun smiled and said, "Send your father over to sit down!"

Zhou Huaijun curled his lips and slandered: Xiong Dahai came to look for trouble, and none of your family members could be seen. As soon as they heard about the bezoar, they rushed over.

Father Zhou walked out of the main room, "Old man, brother, you are here!"

Mr. Zhou looked at him with a smile, and the two men began to show off their acting skills.

"There's a fuss in the village. They say your family made a fortune from a piece of bezoar weighing more than a pound. Is it true? If you really make a fortune, I can enjoy a few days of happiness with you."

"Old man!" Zhou's father looked at him with a bitter smile, "Do you think I look like a wealthy person now?"

Mr. Zhou glanced at him and said, "Looking at you, you don't look like someone who has made a fortune."

Zhou Huairong thought it was funny secretly, so he went to pick up three bamboo chairs and put them in the courtyard dam, "Grandpa, uncle, you guys sit down."

Zhou Dachun, who had been looking at his younger brother and the old man, took his father to the main room, "Second brother, tell me the truth, your family really didn't get bezoars?"

Father Zhou shook his head and smiled bitterly, "I wonder who is spreading rumors? Xiong Dahai came to me in the afternoon, and I realized that my family has become rich."

Uncle Zhou looked at him and felt that Zhou's father had not lied to him, but when he thought about what Xiong Dahai said about having a nose and eyes, he felt a little doubtful, "You really didn't find the bezoar?"

"It would be great if I could get bezoar." Zhou's father smiled bitterly and pulled Zhou Dachun, "Brother, last time I sent beef offal to your house, I wanted to talk to you about borrowing some money, but I was embarrassed to ask. Now I really I can’t find a way, do you think you can lend me 200 yuan?”

Zhou's mother also walked into the main room and said with a grimace: "Brother, look at Huairong's children. They are all grown up. Several people are still living in the same house. The money they originally saved to repair the house has to go to the youngest." Defeated."

"You lend two hundred to my family. We will build three thatched houses for the boss and the second brother first and divide them out. When we sell the big fat pig at the end of the year, we will pay you back the money."

"Haha," Zhou Dachun laughed dryly, "Where did I get the money! I wish you could get the bezoar, and I would like to ask you to lend me some money to buy a tractor for Huaixing!" He said as he got up and walked out.

Although Zhou's father said this deliberately, he still felt a little sad when he saw him avoiding him. He was so poor that even his brothers from the same mother would despise him!
Zhou Dachun left the main room and walked to the far dam. He said to Mr. Zhou: "Let's go, old man."

Mr. Zhou stood up and looked at Zhou's father, "You can pick me up early tomorrow." It's his turn to stay in the second room tomorrow.

Father Zhou thought for a moment, "Old man, there's no big difference between moving tomorrow and moving today. You've already come, so why don't you stay here and not leave? I'll go to his house with my eldest brother and move your things over." ?”

"That's fine." Mr. Zhou looked at the boss, "I won't go over there. You and the second brother can move my things over here."

Although the boss's house is a brick house and he is still filial, he doesn't like the behavior of the boss's wife and thinks she is petty and calculating.

In addition, the eldest brother has a bad ear and listens to his wife in everything. When the brothers are in trouble, they don’t want to help. If they have the advantage, they can run faster than anyone else.

"Okay." Zhou Dachun readily agreed and left with Zhou's father.

(End of this chapter)