"Mother knows, mother will never be confused again..." Leng wailed, "Huzi, my Huzi doesn't even recognize mother anymore."
She had seen Hu Zi once before and wanted to talk to him, but Hu Zi didn't recognize her at all and said that his mother was Lu Yanru, not an old grandmother like her.
Seeing that the mother and daughter still had something to say, Yingbao had no choice but to take Xiao Ma to deliver the meal first.
Arriving at the cotton field, he called out, "It's time to eat!"
People who were working came over one after another. "Hey! It's Sakura Bao who's here to deliver food today."
"Yes, I cooked fish today."
She brought out the dishes one by one, including braised fish, pork stewed with cabbage, cold cucumber with garlic, a bucket of leek and egg soup, and a large bucket of white rice.
He then took out a stack of earthenware bowls and served food to everyone.
More than a dozen hired workers gathered around, each holding a large bowl of white rice, and squatted at the edge of the field to eat.
Among these hired workers, there are also teenagers around fourteen or fifteen years old, all of whom are children from poor families in other villages. They come to Dongchen Village with their parents to earn some money.
Not only can you make money, but you can also get two meals a day, both of which include meat.
Soon, a large bucket of rice was eaten up by everyone, not a single dish was left, and even the leek and egg soup was drunk up.
After everyone had eaten and drunk their fill, they strolled around and continued to pull cotton stalks in the fields.
Yingbao packed up the food bucket and dishes and put them in the basket, and let the pony carry them back.
The edges of the fields were covered with all kinds of wild grasses and flowers, which in her eyes were all herbs.
Yingbao took out the small medicine hoe that she had prepared long ago and started digging. She picked out some that could be used as medicine and put them into the cave.
When they arrived at the place where Erni and Leng were meeting, Leng had already left. Erni squatted on the ground with her knees hugged and cried.
When she saw Yingbao, she wiped her tears, stood up, and followed him back silently.
"Yingbao, my mother is so pitiful. I want to bring her to our village." Erni said with tears in her eyes.
Yingbao was speechless.
It was not easy for her to comment on the matter.
Erni added, "I want to build a thatched hut over there in the wasteland, or a bamboo shed will do, and let her live there so that I can take care of her more easily."
Jiang Erlang also bought some wasteland, which was a bit far from the village, and he hadn't had time to tidy it up yet.
Yingbao turned around and asked, "If you get married, who will take care of her?"
Could it be possible to let Hu Zi take over
If that were the case, where would Second Aunt Yan Ru stand
Erni's tears fell, and after a pause, she said, "Then...then I won't get married in the future."
Yingbao sighed inwardly and stopped talking.
In fact, if Leng had not done such a thing, it would have been nice for her to live with a man named Zuo.
She already had two children with that man, one of whom was a boy. For the sake of his son, Zuo Cheng would never abandon Leng.
Walking to the pond, Erni took down the rice bucket, soup bucket, and bowls and chopsticks from the pony's back and squatted by the pond to wash them.
After washing, he washed his face with water again, and then went home with Yingbao.
In the following days, Erni often went out to meet Leng and gave her cloth and silver.
After Leng got the cloth, she would make clothes, shoes and socks for Erni and Huzi, but she herself always wore tattered clothes.
Sometimes, Yingbao would see the mother and daughter sitting on the rocks beside the orchard sewing and talking, and Erni would secretly bring delicious food from home to Leng.
In a blink of an eye, it is October and the last batch of mushrooms of this year has begun to be harvested.
The village became busy again, even Chuchu, who was pregnant, was busy drying mushrooms.
She and her husband also built a mushroom shed next to the house, in which they planted a lot of golden fungus. This is the third harvest, with a total of 400 flowers.
If all are dried, it is estimated that about ten kilograms of golden ears can be obtained. If sold to Manager Zhou, thirty taels of silver can be obtained.
Aunt Wang passed by Zhang Meng's house and saw Chuchu busy with work despite her big belly. She smiled and asked, "Oh, it's almost full term, right? Hurry up and ask your family to come over to take care of it."
Chuchu’s husband Zhang Meng is not a local, so it is impossible for her in-laws to come and take care of her during the confinement period.
Chuchu smiled: "I can do it myself."
She doesn't have any family.
Ever since my father started growing mushrooms and saved a lot of money, he soon married a second wife.
The second wife is young and was diagnosed with pregnancy last month, so how could she come to take care of herself
Aunt Wang clicked her tongue a few times, shook her head, and went to the pond with her basket to wash clothes.
Zhang Meng also heard what Aunt Wang said. He came out of the room and looked at his wife worriedly, "You should ask someone to accompany you."
He had to go to the martial arts training ground every day to teach his children martial arts, and he was busy for several hours, so he had no time to look after his wife.
Moreover, now is the most critical period. Even the midwife in the town said that someone must watch over her because Chuchu is approaching her due date and may give birth at any time and anywhere.
Chuchu shook her head: "No, Yingbao has been coming to check my pulse recently, so I'll be fine."
Yingbao did come to check her pulse every day, both in the morning and in the afternoon.
Seeing that she had a poor appetite, I brought her some juice.
So Chuchu was not worried about anything happening to her.
That day, Yingbao had just listened to Chuchu's fetal sounds when she heard someone outside calling, "Is Chuchu home?"
Chu Chu quickly put on her clothes, got up and walked out of the house.
Then I saw several women coming outside, including a prettyly dressed girl.
Chu Chu saw who was coming and frowned slightly.
Among these women were her young stepmother Xiao Sun, Chu Man’s biological mother Sun Erniang, and Chu Taipo, the wife of the Chu clan leader.
And that girl who was about eighteen or nineteen years old turned out to be Chu Man.
"Grandma, why are you here? Come in and sit down." Chu Chu asked them to enter the house.
Grandma Chu looked at Chu Chu with a smile and asked, "Are you going to give birth soon?"
"Well, the due date is October 9th." Chuchu asked everyone to sit down and then went to use the charcoal stove to make tea to entertain the guests.
Grandma Chu: "Don't bother, let's go take a look and go back soon."
The old lady looked around Chuchu's house and nodded: "Chuchu, you have found a good husband. Look at this family, there is nothing missing."
Sun Erniang echoed, "Yes, our Chuchu is like a chaff basket falling into a rice jar. She will never have to worry about food and clothing in her life. Oh, Chuchu, you have to thank your great grandfather. If they hadn't sent you here, how could you have married so smoothly?"
Chu Chu lowered her eyes and her expression gradually turned cold.
Yingbao picked up the receiver and prepared to go home, when she heard the old lady ask, "Who is this little girl?"
Chuchu took Yingbao's hand and said, "She is Jiang Cunzheng's daughter, and my godsister." Chuchu recognized Chunniang as her godmother and Jiang Sanlang as her godfather, so Yingbao was naturally her godsister.
"Oh, it turns out you are Jiang Cunzheng's daughter. What a pretty girl." Grandma Chu smiled and touched Yingbao's head.
Sun Erniang also smiled and said, "That's right." She looked a little embarrassed.
Stepmother Chuchu looked honest, dull and not good at speaking. She just smiled slightly at Yingbao.
Chu Man was different. She glanced at Ying Bao with an unfriendly look, sat down on a long bench, and looked around the room with disdain on her face.
Chu Chu felt a sense of resistance towards these people for no apparent reason, and whispered to Ying Bao: "Ying Bao, don't leave yet."
Yingbao nodded and sat down on a small stool.
These people obviously came with bad intentions, and she wanted to see what they wanted to do here at Chu Chu's place.