After harvesting the mushrooms, they need to be dried in the sun. However, the weather has been bad recently. The sun seems to be covered with a layer of fog, and it has been neither sunny nor cloudy.
Upon seeing this, Jiang Sanlang quickly asked the villagers to light the stove and dry all the golden ears in the house.
If we delay any longer, the golden ears we harvest will probably go moldy.
Once it becomes moldy and black, Fu Ruifeng Trading Company will definitely not accept it.
If Fu Ruifeng Trading Company does not accept them, the mushrooms they have worked so hard to grow will be left in their hands.
If time goes by too long and it is not stored properly, all the anticipation of a month will be in vain.
Many people had the same idea as Jiang Sanlang, so many villagers started to burn furnaces and dry mushrooms.
But there are also some people who don't care at all, thinking that Jiang Sanlang can't handle the situation and makes a fuss about everything.
The villagers still placed the golden ears outside to dry, but did not bake them in the oven.
Among these people were Chen Yin’s eldest brother and fourth brother, as well as the eldest son and second son of the clan leader Chen Fu.
Chen Fu's eldest son Chen Jiaxing and second son Chen Jiazhen still live in the old village, while Chen Fu lives in the new home in Nanpo with his youngest son Chen Zhu.
Seeing that every household in Nanpo had started to light the oven and roast golden ears, Chen Fu and his younger brother Chen Sanyou wandered to the old village to see if his eldest son's family was roasting them.
When I got home, I saw that the 300 golden ears from my eldest son's family and those from my second son's family were all hanging outside.
The eldest daughter-in-law, Ms. Sun, was sitting under the eaves spinning, while the second daughter-in-law, Ms. Han, and Xicun Chen Changping's wife, Ms. Han, were chatting on the other side.
"Where is the eldest son?" Chen Fu asked his eldest daughter-in-law.
When Sun saw her father-in-law coming back, she immediately stood up and said, "He took Dalang to the town for a medical consultation."
Ever since his eldest son Chen Boyuan had his leg injured by the young lady of the Wen family, he has not been able to walk very well and often has to go see a doctor and get some medicine.
"Go to town for treatment?" Chen Fu said unhappily, "Haven't I told you many times to let Bo Yuan go to Nanpo to see Ying Bao? She even cured Zhu Er, so why can't she cure Bo Yuan?"
Sun lowered her head and said nothing.
It's not that she didn't want to, but her husband simply didn't believe that a child of a few years old could treat patients.
Seeing his eldest daughter-in-law acting like this again, Chen Fu was too lazy to talk nonsense with her and asked his second daughter-in-law, Han Miaoniang, "Where's the second daughter-in-law?"
Han Miaoniang said, "Erlang went to the shop and didn't come back today."
Chen Jiazhen runs a cloth shop in the town and her business is pretty good. Her two children help out in the shop and rarely come back on weekdays.
Chen Fu pointed at the golden ears drying in the yard and said, "Since they are not at home, you two can take these to Lao Si and ask him to help bake them."
Han Miaoniang rolled her eyes secretly: "Dad, why send it to bake? It's not like it can't be dried."
Chen Fu pointed to the sky and said, "Look at the weather. There's not even any sun, what are you hanging out to dry?"
Han Miaoniang pouted: "Dad, you said it was easy, but how can I get there when it's such a long way?"
"You..." Chen Fu angrily flicked his sleeves and left.
Forget it. Since they are not in a hurry, why should I be anxious? If they just refuse to listen to advice, just let them be.
Chen Fu came to the next door and saw his eldest nephew being scolded by Chen Sanyou. He asked him to quickly collect the golden ears at home, send them to Nanpo, and ask someone to help roast them.
The eldest nephew was scolded by his father and had no choice but to pack up the golden ears and carry them to Nanpo, asking his second brother Chen Yin to help dry them.
Chen Fu sighed and waited for his brother Chen Sanyou to finish scolding the child before going back together.
Now Chen Sanyou has almost recovered. Except for a slightly crooked mouth, there is nothing wrong with him.
Yingbao asked him to exercise more when he had nothing to do, so he often ran around with his elder brother Chen Fu, taking a stroll everywhere, which was quite pleasant.
At the Chen family next door, Han Miaoniang was complaining in a low voice to her cousin Han Juniang.
"Look at our family. It's true that if there is a stepmother, there will be a stepfather. After the family was divided, he didn't live with the eldest son, nor with the second son, but with the bastard raised by the stepmother. Tsk! It would be fine if he went to live in Nanpo, but he has to take care of our family affairs."
Chen Fu divided the family property among his three sons, and also distributed the family land and shops.
The eldest son, Chen Jiaxing, is the eldest son and will inherit the position of clan leader in the future, so he got the most land and most of the old house also belonged to him.
After the second son, Chen Jiazhen, gave up part of his land, he got a cloth shop in the town and three rooms in the side yard of the old house, which was what he had wished for.
The youngest son, Chen Zhu, received the least land, but he took all the fields on the south slope, built a big house there at his own expense, and brought his mother over to take care of Xiao Yaoer and his pregnant wife.
When Tang went to live with her youngest son, Chen Fu naturally wanted to go with them, and he shamelessly occupied a room all to himself.
But although he lived with his youngest son in Nanpo, he actually still hoped that his eldest son would see him off to the end of his life, so he would come down from time to time to take a look at the longevity items he had placed in the old house.
Of course, Chen Fu's eldest son and daughter-in-law didn't dare to say anything about his actions, but they couldn't help but complain in private.
Han Ju Niang agreed, "Yes, it was probably instigated by outsiders."
Han Miao Niang said while sewing the soles of her shoes, "I know what you mean. It's the outsider from the Jiang family who took away the position of village chief from our Chen family. Now they are acting arrogantly and asked our entire village to move to Nanpo to keep up with their family."
Han Ju Niang sneered and patted her son in the arms, saying, "That's right. The Jiang family is such a piece of shit. They do whatever they want just because they have some money. If he hadn't used some dirty tricks, how could Third Uncle let him be the village chief?"
She glanced at Chen's wife, Sun, and said, "Even if Uncle San's Chen Shu can't take the position, we still have Brother Chen here. It won't be Jiang Sanlang's turn anyway."
Chen's wife, Sun, paused, then turned to look at Han: "Second aunt, that's not right. My Dalang doesn't want to be a village chief. Don't say that next time. If someone hears it, they will laugh at our wishful thinking."
Humph! This Han is not a good person. She comes to her house every day these days, either instigating this or that, and always mentions the Jiang family. It seems that she wishes the whole Jiang family would die. She doesn't want to get involved with such a woman.
Sun was really fed up with Han Ju'niang. Whenever she saw her carrying the child into the yard, she would quickly tell her little daughter to go back to the room and close the door, not allowing her to come out.
A woman who has been released from prison will bring bad luck to anyone who comes into contact with her.
Han saw that Chen Dasao was scolding her, but she was not angry. Instead, she smiled and said, "Why are you so wishful thinking? Brother Chen is highly respected and capable. Not to mention being a village chief, he can also be a village chief."
Sun was so disgusted by her words that if she was not Han Miaoniang's distant cousin, she would have wanted to hit her in the face with a ball of thread.
No matter how good her man is, it is not her place as a prisoner to speak for him.
Sun stood up suddenly, picked up the spun thread and went into the house.
When Han Ju'niang saw this, she knew that Sun also looked down on her, and she felt sad and angry.
She was sad that after she was released from prison, her husband Chen Changping sometimes didn't say a word to her all day, and never slept with her. Even when she gave birth to a son, he just gave him a name and didn't even hold him.
What made her angry was that everyone avoided her.
Even the poor guy next door would quickly take a detour when he saw me, as if I were some kind of monster.
So she had to come and talk to her distant cousin Han Miaoniang.
Unexpectedly, even my cousin's sister-in-law, Ms. Sun, gave me the cold shoulder.
Han Miaoniang saw that her cousin was unhappy and whispered, "Why do you care about her? Her son has a lame leg and she is in a bad mood."
Han smiled, holding her son and standing up, "It's getting late. We've stayed here for so long, it's time to go back."
Han Miaoniang also smiled: "It just so happens that I also want to go to the vegetable garden to pick some vegetables. Let's go together."
As he said this, he picked up a basket of vegetables and walked out of the yard with Han.
Halfway through the journey, Han Miaoniang suddenly remembered something and whispered, "Oh, I almost forgot to tell you. My husband came back yesterday and said that the Jiang family's child saw your Chen Wan in the county town."
Han was stunned. "Wan'er? Where did you see it?"
"It is said that she was a dancer in Wa City, dancing on the stage." Han Miaoniang secretly observed the expression of her cousin as she spoke.
Han held her son's hand tightly and said coldly: "Maybe they are mistaken. How could my daughter be a dancer?"