Zhou Laosan was afraid that Tie Yuan would kick them again, so he said in a hurry:

"Well, niece, I'm here to ask on behalf of your grandparents. You finally made it back to the village. Do you want to go home for dinner later?"

What Boss Zhou was about to say was interrupted by the third brother, who immediately glared at him in dissatisfaction, and the third brother glared back.

The two brothers refused to give in to each other.

Zhou Lingling found it funny, but she didn't plan to waste any more time.

"No need, Uncle and Third Uncle should go down the mountain, otherwise I will have to send someone to take you down."

Zhou Lao Da and Zhou Lao San were unable to utter a single word of what they had originally intended to ask under Tie Yuan's fierce gaze.

Seeing that Tie Yuan was about to take action, the two of them turned around and ran down the hillside.

Tie Yuan frowned, looked at the two people fleeing in panic, and said:

"I think we shouldn't let Han You and the others live down there. Let's just build a wooden house here and let them live there!"

He just noticed that the thinner man behind him glanced at the potato field as he ran.

Hearing this, Zhou Lingling also started to think.

It used to be one acre of land, and the potato seedlings hadn’t grown tall, so it wasn’t noticeable in the back mountain. It was enough for Uncle Zhou Yong and others to come and take a look occasionally.

But the taller the seedlings grow, the more lush the corn and sweet potatoes will grow...

"Uncle Tie, what you said makes sense. Let's build a wooden house here. We just need to be careful and make sure it's rainproof and moisture-proof. Don't be afraid to spend money!"

What she has most are things that can be exchanged for money!

Tie Yuan was amused by her ostentatious appearance. "Okay, okay, I will definitely not save money for our Ling girl."

The others who were carrying hoes also laughed.

But in my heart, I thought, what hardships have they not suffered? Why are they so spoiled?

Why spend any money? You can just build a thatched hut and live in it.

**

Zhou Lao Da and Zhou Lao San returned empty-handed.

When Qian heard the noise of her husband returning, she quietly came out of the old couple's main room and took him back to the third room.

"How's it going? What did Second Uncle bring back this time?"

She had recently heard from villagers that her second uncle would come back and cut several kilograms of meat for the old patriarch!

My second sister-in-law’s family is a butcher. They used to get this kind of treatment several times a year, but now it’s been given to outsiders for free!

Zhou Laosan covered his aching chest with one hand, shook off Qian and said unhappily, "I don't know!"

Qian's eyes widened. "Why are you being so disrespectful to me?"

"If you don't even know what I told you to do, then what are you doing with those big eyes?"

"Have you forgotten that you have two sons to support? Do you really think you're some kind of scholar? Without Second Uncle, it's not certain whether he can continue his studies after the Lunar New Year!"

After being nagging by Qian, Zhou Laosan held his head in frustration and yelled:

"Then what can I do?"

"That damned girl from the second brother's family found a bunch of bandits from nowhere, and without a word, she kicked my brother and me ten feet away. If we continue to do that, not only will we not get any benefits, but we'll even lose our lives!"

When Qian heard this, she frowned and felt a little puzzled.

"Is that girl really so evil now?"

Zhou Laosan didn't say anything and just sat down on the tree stump in the house.

Last time, all their things were lost and they had no money to buy new ones. Even the stools they sat on were made by cutting old tree stumps they found in the mountains.

After calming down for a while, Zhou Laosan said:

"I just saw what those people were planting in the field on the back hill. I saw green sprouts on the field that my second brother planted last month. I wonder what they're planting."

The land over there is on the other side of the mountain behind the village. You have to go around a big circle to get there. Except for those whose family’s land is over there, generally no one goes there.

The Zhou family only has these three acres of land, so Zhou Laosan just discovered it.

Qian was a little puzzled: "It's strange. Most people in our village dared to plant things this autumn, but the water in the river is gone. Only the village chief and a few families who have some surplus food dare to scatter it..."

"Could it be that Second Uncle and his family have no food to eat in town, so they want to grow some?"

Zhou Laosan didn't say anything, but after a while he shook his head.

"Of course not. I've never seen anything like the seedlings in that field before. My second sister-in-law is doing business in town now. Who knows where she grows these rare and profitable things."

"Wait until they leave. I'll go back after dark and pull some out before coming back to take a look."

Qian nodded in agreement, but still felt a little unwilling: "So let's just let it go?"

"Second Uncle rarely comes home twice a year. It's a long way to go to town, and we might even have to spend money!"

The family has no income, and Qian is now wishing she could spend ten times a copper coin. Not only is the family struggling to make ends meet, but they are also trying to get some money from the old couple.

Qian also worked very hard for her two sons.

She said, "I just asked my parents, and they also want to meet my second uncle..."

Qian originally thought that if her husband could call her second uncle back, she would let her parents-in-law ask her second uncle for money, but she didn't expect that her husband didn't call him back.

Then-

"Why don't we take our parents to find our second uncle?"

Zhou Laosan looked up at his wife with a complicated look.

His mother is paralyzed in bed and can't move, how can he go find his second brother?

How to get there?

Of course, carry it.

Zhou Lingling went down the mountain and sat with the old patriarch for a while.

After politely declining Li Bo Niang's invitation to stay for dinner, she said to the old patriarch:

"Old man, your partnership has failed! No one will cook for you anymore."

"Uncle Han and his family are going to build two wooden houses on the mountain. They will still live there in the future, but they will have people come over every day. You can ask them to help you with anything, such as chopping wood and fetching water."

The old patriarch blew his beard and glared: "I don't have any sons! Do I need them to chop wood and fetch water for me?"

Zhou Laoer had just told him that these were all from the battlefield.

No wonder he felt that the aura of these people was different, and they were all missing limbs.

The old patriarch also felt sorry for these children who sacrificed their lives for the cause. If his eldest son were still alive, he might have joined the army too...

His son Zhou Yong didn't even dare to breathe.

The old patriarch has no shortage of people to cook, he just has been alone for too long and wants someone to talk to.

Zhou Yong suggested many times that the old patriarch live with him, but the old patriarch felt uncomfortable living in his youngest son's house.

As his father grew older, Zhou Yong came to see him every morning and evening, chopping wood and fetching water. Three meals a day were prepared by Li and delivered by the little grandson at home.

Zhou Lingling played a few more tricks, was very happy, and prepared to go back to town.

She said to Han You, "Uncle Han, I'll leave these three acres of land to you to take care of. I'll come to see you every two weeks. If you have any questions, feel free to come to town and find me."

Han You and the others nodded solemnly, "Don't worry, girl. We are here, and the food is here."

Although Zhou Lingling understood their emphasis on high-yield crops, she still couldn't help but say:

"Uncle Han, compared to these grains, you are more important to me."

Hearing this, several people were stunned for a moment, but Zhou Lingling turned around and walked away, climbing onto the ox cart driven by Tie Yuan with nimble movements.

"Uncle Tie, Dad, let's go!"

Tie Yuan flicked the whip in his hand, and the ox cart started moving slowly.

"and many more!"

"Wait a minute!"

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