【Quick Wear】My Years as a Mother-in-law

Fishermen make a living from the sea, and catching fish depends entirely on fate. If they get good catches, they will make a fortune, but if they don’t, it’s fate.

The sea bass, prawns and some miscellaneous fish and shrimps sold for a total of 500 yuan, which was a good profit after deducting the cost of oil.

"Dad and Guanxue have worked hard enough to earn this much in just one day."

Yun Xi was stunned for a moment. "Don't worry, we have hired people on the boat. Let's go home. We can make stir-fried squid with these little squids. You caught some chicks and raise them to supplement everyone's health."

Yun Xi collected some small fish and shrimps that were really worthless and took them home to eat.

Twice-cooked pork, stir-fried squid, fried small fish, dried shrimps and stir-fried wild vegetables, and the staple food is millet porridge and white flour steamed buns.

It was a good dinner.

After watching TV for a while after dinner, the family washed up and went to bed. The second wife lived in the house on the north side, and Yun Xi and her husband lived in the house on the south side with the first wife. They lived quite comfortably there.

The weather is regular, sometimes sunny and sometimes rainy.

In the middle of the night, the sound of rain gradually increased. Yun Xi felt Zhou Fu get up, so she turned over and continued to sleep. The next day, it continued to drizzle, and the sea breeze was blowing. It was quiet and lively.

Wang Lili got up early and prepared breakfast.

"Guanxue, you put on raincoats and rain boots for the four older children, then ride your bike to take them to school after dinner. The kindergarten will pick up the two younger ones."

"it is good."

It was past six o'clock when Zhou Guanxue went to the suppliers and brought back vegetables, meat and eggs. After breakfast, it was exactly half past six. He asked his children and nephews and nieces to get in the car quickly and he would give them a ride. The main road was a gravel road and was not muddy on rainy days, so he could ride his bike to make it in time for morning reading.

For breakfast, each person had a bowl of brown sugar egg tea, two scallion pancakes and some pickles, which made my stomach feel warm after eating.

After finishing the meal and cleaning up the meat, eggs, and vegetables, Yun Xi looked at the vegetable patch and asked, "System, will it rain again?"

"No, it rained all night last night, and the drizzle will stop at noon."

Yun Xi understood and found some cabbage and radish seeds and scattered them on the ground. The seedlings of peppers, eggplants, tomatoes, cucumbers and beans were given by neighbors. The seeds of coriander and green onions were scattered on the edge of the ground at the end of March and were now growing lushly.

Radishes and cabbages can be braised. Planting more will save you money and you don’t have to buy more.

“Let’s keep this year’s sweet potatoes.”

In the hazy drizzle, Yun Xi clapped her hands and said to Zhou Fu.

Zhou Fu paused, "Why keep it?"

"I don't make much money, so I save it to make sweet potato vermicelli. It's delicious when made into hot and sour noodles, or I stew it, it tastes good." Yun Xi explained, "I only grow one crop of sweet potatoes every year, so the difference between income and expenditure is not much. I also affect the fertility of the soil. Making sweet potato vermicelli can help me recover some of the cost."

If it weren't for the negative impact of leaving the land abandoned, Yun Xi really didn't want to go through the trouble. The labor costs, fertilizer and pesticide costs, and machine tillage costs all added up to thousands of yuan. Weeding was very troublesome. The harvested sweet potatoes weighed almost 9,000 kilograms. The grain dealers paid a few cents per kilogram, and she could earn more than 3,000 yuan. The net profit was only 2,000 yuan, not enough for a year's food expenses.

If I had this much time, I might as well expand my braised meat business or go out to sea more often. Can I get rich by farming these days? The answer is yes, but it's very hard work, and there's not much good land nearby.

"Next year I plan to plant all watermelons. I heard that watermelons sell well in the summer, but sweet potato vermicelli is also good." Zhou Fu is very confident when talking about farming. "After the sweet potatoes are ripe this year, I will plant soybeans for a season to nourish the land. Next year, I will plant half sweet potatoes and half watermelons."

"That's fine, watermelon is delicious."

At this time, Zhou Guanxue came back on a bicycle. When he left, the bicycle was full of children. When he came back, he felt much more relaxed. Zhou Fu turned around and went out to help load the bicycle.

"The meat, eggs and vegetables are all cleaned. Don't rush back when you arrive. Stay and help out. Come back this afternoon."

"it is good."

Wang Lili asked worriedly, "Will it be too tiring? How about I go?"

Yun Xi looked at her daughter-in-law in surprise. Zhou Fu looked at his son. Zhou Guanxue was stared at by so many people and said indifferently, "If you want to go, come with us."

"Let's go! Let's go together."

Ever since the second son came back, my daughter-in-law has become very clingy.

The braised meat stall opens early, but in the morning they usually sell more buns and braised eggs, so you just need to deliver the goods before eight o'clock. Today we didn't go out to sea, so there were many people, so the raw materials were cleaned out at seven o'clock.

Fortunately, time has passed.

"Old lady, do we need to hire someone at home? I see you're working very hard." Zhou Fu said, "The boss is asking for more and more goods."

"Who do you think would be more suitable to invite?"

Yun Xi is not very familiar with the villagers.

"How is Lin Xiaobei's wife next door? I heard that she takes good care of her family. His family has many children, so life is quite difficult." Zhou Fu pointed to his neighbor to the west.

"Indeed, the eldest son's wife said that his family lent her money when we were in trouble." Yun Xi had no objection, "You can ask. They come to help with the washing and cleaning at six o'clock every morning. They are busy for more than an hour and are paid ten yuan a day. They use hot water to wash things."

"Row."

Zhou Fu put his hands behind his back and prepared to go out.

"By the way, go ask the village chief's family and Zhou Laowu's family if the college students will be back for the summer vacation. They need to hire an English tutor. The salary is negotiable."

"Okay, I'll get down to business first."

Yun Xi also took out a bag of clothes for him. These were old clothes that Yun Xi had sorted out when she was free at home. The very torn ones were used as rags. These were bought by Yun Xi when she came here two years ago, and they were basically not torn.

"Lin Xiaobei's family has seven fairies, right? Take these clothes to them. They are all clean, especially the cotton inside the cotton-padded clothes, which is all in good condition."

"understood."

Zhou Fu walked to the door, then came back, picked up his bag and quickly slipped away, fearing that Yun Xi would order him to do something again.

There is a large area of ​​cement floor in the yard, which is slightly sloping and leads directly to the door. After the rain stops, the ground will dry quickly under the sun. Yun Xi tied a clothesline and started washing clothes.

The clothes of the two little ones are the hardest to wash. I don’t know if they rolled around in the mud. New clothes can basically only be worn three or four times before you have to give up on them because they can’t be washed clean.

Yun Xi was thinking about when she could go to the clothing factory in the south to wholesale some children's clothing and have them make it for her.

Not long after, Zhou Fu came back with a small bundle of green onions.

"Xiaobei gave it to me. His family planted the vegetables early. Do you want some pancakes for lunch?"

Yun Xi nodded, "If you want to eat, go ahead and make it. I'm doing the laundry. The two little ones wet the bed last night, so the bedding needs to be taken apart and washed."

"it is good."

In the original owner's memory, Zhou Fu was also a male chauvinist. After being stranded on a deserted island for several years, not to mention his male chauvinism, even his temper was almost worn out. He didn't get angry at all when Yun Xi ordered him into the kitchen.

On the other hand, the second wife went to the countryside and found that there were five families coming to the eldest brother to purchase goods every day.

"Brother, are you busy enough?"

Zhou Guanxue helped out for the whole morning and felt a little overwhelmed.

"It's okay. There are many new braised meat shops in the town and county, but none of them sell as well as ours. The ingredients are fresh and the taste is unique." Zhou Tingyu said calmly.