The whole family travels through time and space, and the three of them struggle together

After listening to Zhou Dajiang, Chen Xiuying teased him, "My daughter secretly told me during the day that you suggested she buy a shop. How come you can't make up your mind now that it's your turn?"

Zhou Dajiang said sheepishly, "It's all because of the lack of money that I'm in trouble."

Chen Xiuying: "If that's the case, then the other people who don't make money probably won't be able to survive." She is also good at arguing.

Zhou Dajiang immediately admitted his mistake, "I was wrong. I shouldn't have said that. But seriously, I really haven't made up my mind. I don't know what we should buy."

"What's there to think about? Food is the most important thing for people. Just buy land! If you have first-class land, buy first-class land and farm it. If you don't have first-class land, buy sloping land and plant fruit trees." Chen Xiuying's idea is much simpler than Zhou Dajiang's. People who farm and study should farm and study. What else can they buy but land?

"Well, okay, let's buy the land! I'll ask the village head tomorrow to see if anyone has land for sale."

The next day, after breakfast, Zhou Dajiang went to the home of Zhang the head of the village to inquire about the land.

Lou Ji and the others also went up the mountain early in the morning. They couldn't go up the mountain to chop firewood in the first month of the year, so they took advantage of the two days when the children were on vacation to go up the mountain to chop more firewood and save some firewood.

Chen Xiuying ignored them. Tomorrow was New Year's Eve, and there was still a lot of work waiting for her.

She dragged Zhou Sisi and An Ge'er out of bed, told them not to sleep anymore and to make room for them as she wanted to do a thorough cleaning.

Anger was a little grumpy at first, but when he heard that his aunt was going to clean up, he stopped sleeping, got dressed, and started to help his aunt with the work.

Chen Xiuying didn't need him at all. She pinched his little nose and said, "Whose child is this? You haven't combed your hair, washed your face, or eaten your meal, but you want to help your aunt with work? Your aunt likes clean children the most. Go find your sister to wash your face and brush your teeth." Then she pushed Anger out of the room.

As An Ge'er walked away, he turned back and said, "Auntie, I'll come to see you after I wash my face and brush my teeth."

"Come see me after you finish your meal." Chen Xiuying responded.

By the time the two children finished their meal, Chen Xiuying had already finished sweeping the dust from the roof. It was a newly built house, so how much dust could there be? Naturally, sweeping was quick.

Anger pulled his sister over and came to look for his aunt. Chen Xiuying was so annoyed that she handed each of them a feather duster and said, "Go and dust the dust in the room for me."

Then the two little men left, each carrying a feather duster. It was finally quiet.

After sweeping the dust, she took down the sheets and quilt covers, washed them early and hung them up early, and they were dry by the evening.

Fortunately, Lou Ji's room was no longer needed, as he had already cleaned it himself. She only had to clean the room for the four of them.

As for her mother-in-law and parents' rooms, she had already cleaned them before they'd even stayed for two nights. The same thing happened with the guest room: just dust it and air the quilt.

Soon after she finished washing the sheets, Zhou Dajiang also returned from the headman's house.

Each of them twisted the sheets while talking, "Are there any for sale?"

"There's no first-class land, but Dazhu Niang wants to sell the sloping land next to ours."

"Why does her family suddenly want to sell the land?" Chen Xiuying didn't like their family very much because of what happened before.

"Dazhu hasn't been feeling well this winter, and the family has almost spent all their money. How can we survive if we don't sell the land? However, Dazhu's mother hasn't sold all of it. I heard they still have a few acres of first-class land, so they won't starve."

After Zhou Dajiang finished speaking, he thought Chen Xiuying would continue asking questions, but after hanging up the sheets, she turned around and left.

Zhou Dajiang, ...

"I say, why don't you say something!" Zhou Dajiang couldn't help it and chased into the house to ask.

"What are you talking about? No, I don't want to deal with people like that. If you ask and don't buy, who knows what they'll do to you later."

Some people deserve sympathy, like Quan Dali. Some don't, like Dazhu Niang. She'd been accusing the whole village of slandering me because I didn't use her. People like that don't deserve sympathy. Whoever wants to buy her can buy her. She doesn't want it anyway.

Seeing that his wife disagreed, Zhou Dajiang immediately gave up the idea. He decided to talk about it after the New Year. There was no need to rush.

After washing the sheets, Chen Xiuying handed over the remaining chores like sweeping the yard and tidying up the greenhouse to Zhou Dajiang. She needed to make some dough and steam some buns. Although Zhou Dajiang had given her a box from the factory, he had more to do since he had so many people in his family.

After the dough was fermented, she started frying things while waiting.

A total of five items were fried: fried knife fish, fried lotus root boxes, fried tofu puffs, shredded radish meatballs and fried peanuts.

As the oil foamed, the whole yard was filled with the aroma of fried food, which made the two little guys come over every now and then. When the food was finally fried, it was time to make lunch.

Chen Xiuying was a spoiled child. After a morning of savory cooking, how could anyone resist? She fried everything generously, so she picked out a little for each of the children. Seeing this, Zhou Dajiang joined in.

While eating, he asked, "Wife, where did we get the lotus roots and peanuts? I don't think I bought any."

Chen Xiuying rolled her eyes at him and said, "It's a return gift from Aunt Zhang." Really? Not only does he compete with the children for food, but the key is that even after eating, he can't stop eating.

"Well, after you fry these peanuts with the dough, they are crispy and delicious!" Zhou Dajiang gave a positive evaluation. He didn't eat the lotus root boxes, but gave a few to the children, and they didn't fight over them.

"Eat less. That's a snack for the children. Come here and light the fire for me." Chen Xiuying couldn't help herself.

After lunch, we continued working in the afternoon.

Zhou Dajiang didn't have much work to do, so Chen Xiuying asked him to help.

Steam the buns. Chop the spareribs and blanch them. Chop all the chicken except the thighs into small pieces and blanch them as well. This will make it quicker tomorrow.

Zhou Dajiang was smart this time. While he was making a fire, he asked, "Who gave me this chicken as a return gift? And it's already been cleaned."

"Uncle Zhou Jiu's house. Pang Dong's wife sent it here yesterday."

"What did Mrs. Tian's family and Carpenter Tian's family give back?"

"Mrs. Tian Er brought back a basket of eggs. I counted them and there were exactly 100 of them. I guess she gave us all the eggs she had saved up all winter."

"What about Carpenter Tian?"

"Mrs. Tian's eldest sister-in-law sent over two pounds of mutton and gave each child a small pocket-sized wooden sword. Ang'er loved it so much that he even cuddled it in his bed at night. I only discovered it this morning when I went to fold the quilt. If it were a little taller, he could have danced with it with you!"

"This kid didn't tell me. Wife, you watch the fire. I'm going to find Carpenter Tian and order a longer one from him. I'll be back soon." After saying this, he left in a hurry without waiting for Chen Xiuying to reply.

Chen Xiuying couldn't do anything about him and just let him go.

Unexpectedly, he came back in less than two quarters of an hour, holding a longer peach wood sword in his hand.

Chen Xiuying was surprised, "This thing was made so quickly?"

"No, this is the peach wood sword that Tian's eldest sister-in-law found and gave to me by her son when he was a child." Zhou Dajiang explained.

"You are really something. Can't the peach wood sword be made at any time? Why do you have to run to someone else to make it during the Chinese New Year? You can just talk about it after the New Year! Carpenter Tian can't run away." Really, you don't have any common sense. Who wouldn't be busy at this time?

Chen Xiuying didn't know at this time. Fortunately, Zhou Dajiang heard the rumor and went to Carpenter Tian's house. Otherwise, the child would not be able to play with the peach wood sword prepared by his uncle.