The weather in August was extremely hot and as stuffy as a furnace. The chicken farm was full of chickens, all clucking in unison, making a noisy sound that made people feel upset.
Qian Shulan sat under the awning and fanned Xiao Min with a palm leaf fan. She had been playing since morning and now she was exhausted and was sleeping on the mat.
Several women were also sitting under the awning, because the county department store was coming to deliver eggs today, so they couldn't go home to enjoy the cool air like everyone else.
Everyone was fanning themselves with a palm-leaf fan and occasionally gossiping.
As they were talking, someone saw a truck coming from a distance and jumped up in surprise, "Finally here."
Others also stood up.
The trees in this area were newly planted and provide almost no shade.
There was no wind at all. They fanned themselves for more than an hour and their hands were sore.
Qian Shulan put down her fan and stood up.
The truck slowly drove towards this side from the path at the entrance of the village, then turned left and drove in.
Because the road was too narrow to turn in further ahead, the truck stopped halfway.
A man got out from the passenger seat of the truck. He was tall and had long legs, a buzz cut, and wheat-colored skin. From a distance, I could see that he had white teeth and was smiling brightly.
Qian Shulan smiled at him unconsciously, pointing at the boiled water on the table, "Is it hot? Drink some water quickly."
Fang Yonglin immediately called out with a smile, "Mom, I'm not thirsty."
Qian Shulan nodded, then waved to the others, "Hurry up and weigh and pack the eggs!"
Others sprang into action.
Fang Yonglin came up to Qian Shulan and whispered, "Mom, Zhengguo's wife has given birth."
Qian Shulan calculated the date and found that the baby was still more than half a month away. She asked curiously, "Is it a boy or a girl?"
Fang Yonglin smiled and said, "Just like my wife, they are twins, a boy and a girl."
Qian Shulan's eyes immediately lit up, and she secretly praised the Wang family's twins for having such good genes. This was the fourth pair of twins.
Sun Daqin, who had been keeping accounts, saw the two chatting and approached them with a smile, as if afraid of missing any news, "Mom, what were you talking about just now?"
Looking at her gossipy eyes, Qian Shulan glanced at her and said, "Congratulations, you have another grandchild."
Sun Daqin was stunned for a moment, then she reacted immediately. She slapped her thigh and was so happy, "Oh my god, Zhengguo actually gave birth to twins, a boy and a girl."
Her shout startled everyone who was picking eggs.
Everyone congratulated her. Seeing Sun Daqin's complacency, Qian Shulan immediately poured cold water on her. "Zhengguo is still working in the provincial capital, and Lizhen's child is still in the hospital. Why are you standing here instead of taking care of her?"
Sun Daqin was reminded by her mother-in-law and immediately reacted. She said to Fang Yonglin, "His uncle, can you give me a ride?"
Fang Yonglin nodded immediately, "Okay!"
Sun Daqin handed the account book to Qian Shulan and said, "Mom, you can keep today's accounts." Then she quickly ran home to pack her things.
After weighing, Qian Shulan was responsible for keeping accounts and then asked everyone to load the eggs into the car.
After Fang Yonglin paid the bill, Xiao Min woke up and said, "Grandma, I'm hungry."
Qian Shulan didn't bother to wait for Sun Daqin anymore and said to Fang Yonglin, "I'm going home to eat first."
Fang Yonglin was about to return to the county town, so it was naturally impossible for him to go back with her for dinner.
Fang Yonglin nodded, "Mom, you don't have to worry about me."
The others also left, leaving only one person to look after the chicken farm.
When they got home, Qian Shulan immediately cooked some food. After she and Xiaomin had eaten, they took a nap in the house. When they woke up again, it was already past one in the afternoon.
She was sitting in the main room braiding Xiao Min's hair again when someone suddenly rushed in from outside and said anxiously, "Third Aunt, go and have a look. Did your Fengchan get into a fight with someone?"
Qian Shulan was stunned for a moment. Good yield? Wasn't he taken to the county town by Sun Daqin
Qian Shulan immediately tied up the braids in her hands, grabbed Xiao Min's hand and rushed out.
Fengchan was fighting with someone in the threshing ground.
The other party was Wang Ligui’s grandson, nicknamed Qiangzi, and at this moment he looked very angry.
The man who produced abundant crops was short in stature, and was forced to retreat step by step after being poked by him, and he kept wiping away his tears.
Qian Shulan walked up to them, pulled them apart and asked, "Why did you two fight?"
When Qiangzi saw her coming, he immediately pointed at Fengchan and complained, "He stole my things."
Qian Shulan looked around and found that there was no one from Lao Wang's family. She immediately became anxious and looked at Fengchan and asked, "Have you eaten?"
Fengchan was crying so hard that his shoulders were shaking. When he heard Qian Shulan's voice, he immediately wiped his eyes, shook his head quickly, and yelled with a pursed mouth, "Grandma, I didn't eat. I'm hungry."
This pitiful thing, Qian Shulan was so soft-hearted that she couldn't stand it. She bent down and picked him up, "Why didn't you go to the county town with your grandma?"
Fengchan hugged Qian Shulan's neck, sobbing and hiccuping, his eyes swollen, "I want my grandma, I want my grandma!"
Qian Shulan tilted her head and asked, "You're hungry, so you steal other people's food?"
Fengchan tilted his head and said nothing, but that didn't stop him from crying.
Qian Shulan straightened his face, made him look at her, and said righteously, "Don't do this again in the future. This is wrong. I say you are wrong!"
Fengchan pursed his lips and said nothing. Under Qian Shulan's repeated stares, he pursed his lips and said, "I will never steal other people's food again."
Qian Shulan was finally satisfied.
Fengchan pointed at Qiangzi and started to complain, "But he hit me."
Qian Shulan frowned slightly, "You were the one who stole his things first. Why don't you apologize to him first?"
Fengchan looked at his grandmother in disbelief. Under her gaze, he walked up to Qiangzi and whispered, "I'm sorry. I shouldn't have taken your things."
Qiangzi's face flushed red, and he stammered, "No... It's okay."
Qian Shulan looked at Qiangzi and said, "You are already eight years old. You shouldn't hit others so carelessly. Look at how you poked Fengchan's face. There are red marks on it."
Qiangzi was about to cry, "I didn't mean it!"
Qian Shulan touched his head and said, "Be more careful next time! Go home quickly!"
Qiangzi immediately ran away.
Qian Shulan bent down and taught Fengchan, "If you are hungry, you can go to your grandma, your great-grandma, your third grandma, your fourth grandma, and your third uncle."
Zhengjun should be at the health station, right? She turned her head and saw that the door was locked. She thought he must have gone home to eat. But why didn't he see Fengchan here
Qian Shulan carried Fengchan and Xiaomin home.
Qian Shulan thought that Sun Daqin was inconvenient to take care of Fengchan, so she left him at home. She should have asked someone to help take care of him, either Li Chunhua or Zhou Xuemei, or at least Zhengjun.
But who would have thought that after she asked everyone around, they all shook their heads. It turned out that she had left Zhengjun behind.
Qian Shulan was so angry. If Fengchan got lost, there would be no way to find him.
Originally Fengchan was playing at home, but who would have thought that he would open the gate and sneak over to the threshing ground.
In the evening, when Zhengkang came home from get off work, his son kept asking him for his grandmother.
Zhengkang asked and found out that his mother had gone to take care of Zhengguo's wife. He touched his son's little face and felt distressed.
Fengchan was usually taken care of by Sun Daqin, and he couldn't stand being away from his grandmother. He cried all night, making it impossible for the family to sleep.
Zhengkang had no choice but to hand the child over to Qian Shulan.
Zhou Xuemei is responsible for raising chickens and Li Chunhua is responsible for making clothes, so they have no time to take care of the children.
Qian Shulan waved her hand and told him to go to work, "You go to work quickly, I'll take care of the child." What a headache!
Qian Shulan asked Xiaomin to play with Fengchan in the main room.
"Grandma, can I not take him with me? He keeps crying."
Normally these two children often play together, but he doesn't cry so much.
Fengchan kept crying his heart out and burping all the time.
Qian Shulan touched her face and said, "He is your nephew. You are the elder. You must take good care of him."
Xiao Min had a bitter face and could only talk to him reluctantly.
"Fengchan, do you know why rabbits have such long ears?"
Fengchan's voice stopped immediately and he looked at her with tears in his eyes.
Xiao Min said in a baby voice, "Because, once upon a time there was a little rabbit..."
Seeing Fengchan was attracted by Xiao Min, Qian Shulan immediately went to the kitchen to cook.
When she came out with the fragrant omelettes, she found two children already sitting on their sandals in the main room playing the guessing game.
"Come over and eat!"
The two children's eyes were sparkling.
Qian Shulan held one of them by the hand and said, "We should wash our hands before eating."
After washing their hands, Qian Shulan gave each student an egg pancake.
The fragrant omelette instantly attracted Fengchan’s taste buds.
Sunday soon arrived and Liu Fangming returned from the county town.
When she learned that her mother-in-law had actually left the harvest at home, she was so angry that her eyes turned red.
Zhengkang comforted her, "My mother must have forgotten. You know how much she loves Fengchan."
Liu Fangming didn't think so. The reason her mother-in-law loved Fengchan so much was because he was her only grandson.
Now that her mother-in-law's favorite son has given her a grandson, how can she expect a good birth
She told Zhengkang about this, but Zhengkang insisted that she was overthinking it.
"My mother is not that kind of person. Don't worry."
Unexpectedly, Sun Daqin came back in the afternoon.
After a long journey, he started to rummage through the boxes and cabinets when he got home. "Where is the fine cotton cloth I left behind? Where is it?"
Who would touch her cabinet? Of course no one.
Sun Daqin searched for a long time before she suddenly remembered that she had remembered the wrong place.
When she took the fine cotton cloth to the main room and asked Li Chunhua to help make baby clothes, Liu Fangming immediately stepped forward and said, "Mom, you almost lost Fengchan. Did you know that?"
Sun Daqin was stunned for a moment, "Lost? How did it get lost?"
"It was the day you left, and you didn't tell anyone."
Sun Daqin suddenly remembered and turned to look at Li Chunhua, "I told my third sister-in-law when I left. Didn't you help me take care of Fengchan?"
Li Chunhua was stunned for a moment, "Have you told me about this?"
Sun Daqin was so angry that she jumped up and down, "Why didn't you tell me? You even responded to me."
Li Chunhua had no recollection of it. "I was working hard that day, so I probably didn't hear it clearly and just agreed without thinking."
Sun Daqin couldn't do anything about Li Chunhua. "You can't blame me. How would I know she was working hard at the time?"
Liu Fangming saw the fine cotton cloth in her hand and asked, "Mother, why don't you use this cloth to make clothes for Fengchan?"
Sun Daqin snatched the cloth back with a cold face, "This is my cloth, I can give it to whoever I want, you don't have to care!"
Liu Fangming's face turned red after being scolded, but she still managed to say, "Fengchan is also your grandson."
Sun Daqin snorted, "He is my grandson, but he is not my only grandson."
This sentence successfully angered Liu Fangming, and he said to Zhengkang, "Look, she said it herself. She loves Zhengguo's son the most."
Sun Daqin curled her lips, "Who do I love the most? It's none of your business." She glanced at him, "Don't think I don't know what you are disliking. If you don't want me to take care of Fengchan, you can take care of it yourself."
As he put the cloth in front of Li Chunhua, told her the size, and ran out of the house excitedly.
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