roccoschili Chapter 424
Chapter 424
When the bride returned home, she learned that her son-in-law was going to hire someone to help build a new house in half a month. Chen's mother was very happy and nodded in praise: "Okay, okay! When the new house is built, you can move out. If the parents-in-law are willing, you can live together!"
Xiaoxue's cheeks flushed slightly as she talked about some things that happened in the Zhao family in the past few days. "My father-in-law and mother-in-law are easy to get along with. The children of my eldest and second sister-in-law are very sensible. My brother and sister-in-law are easy to talk to. Xiaozheng and Xiaozheng are also very good to me."
Keeping her daughter until she was 20 before marrying her off, Chen's mother certainly hoped that her husband's family would treat her better. Not to mention treating her like their own daughter, but at least they should be able to live a normal life with her, right? Otherwise, what would it mean to have so many quarrels all day?
Of course, Chen's mother still prefers to see her daughter and son-in-law live their own lives. Living with parents-in-law and brother-in-law will always lead to conflicts of this and that, and over time, the relationship between the couple will also deteriorate.
However, she still knew a little about the characters of Zhao's father and mother. His two daughters-in-law worked in the workshop, and Ruyi often praised them for being meticulous, capable and efficient.
By marrying into such a family, she felt relieved.
So when her daughter-in-law came to ask her and Xiaoman to move in a few days later, although she did not agree at that time, she agreed after discussing it with her youngest son in the evening.
After getting the OK, Zhong Ruyi sent Miaomiao to her third sister-in-law's house the next day and asked Aunt Huang to help take care of her. She and Chen Dongzhi went to Chen's mother's house to get all the things they needed.
Of course, it doesn't mean that the entire house has to be emptied out. After all, maybe Chen's mother wants to go back and stay for a few days in the future, and there is no need to go through all this again. She can just bring clothes and other things over.
"...Mom, shall we move these books over there as well?" Zhong Ruyi pointed to a large box in Xiaoman's room. When she opened it, there were more than a dozen books inside. They were well preserved and it was obvious that Xiaoman put a lot of effort into them.
Mother Chen also pulled out a box from under the bed. Inside was all the shoes that Xiaoman had worn since he was a child. Now that they were no longer wearable, he stuffed all of them into the box, regardless of whether they were good or bad.
Hearing this, she glanced at the box next to her daughter-in-law and said, "Okay, let Dongzhi move it. This box is heavy!"
As she spoke, she repeatedly called Chen Dongzhi's name, asking him to come in and move things.
Chen Dongzhi was blocking several stoves, fearing that the house would be infested with rats when no one was living in it, so it would be better to block them in advance.
Just when Chen's mother called him, it was already done. He went over and put the box of books on the cart.
Chen's mother packed a few pieces of clothes for Xiaoman and left the rest as they were. At noon, the three of them pulled the cart back home and locked the house.
Chen Dongzhi was cooking in the kitchen. He had been so busy this morning that he had no time to eat. He just had two bites of breakfast. Now he had to have a good meal, right?
By the time he brought out the food, Zhong Ruyi had already gone to Zhong Laosan's house to pick up Miaomiao.
The little girl was played with her brother Kang Kang for the whole day today. Although they did not speak the same language and there was a several year age difference between them, it did not prevent Miao Miao from being coaxed into being very happy. When she came back, she was holding the clay doll that Kang Kang gave her.
"Da da da!" Miaomiao was so happy when she came back and saw her grandma that the clay doll in her hand almost fell to the ground. It was Zhong Ruyi who caught it to prevent it from breaking.
Mother Chen took her granddaughter with a smile on her face, and the family sat down to eat.
With Miaomiao being taken care of by Chen's mother, Zhong Ruyi has more time to do her own things during the day. She runs back and forth between the workshop, orchard and restaurants in town.
Even Chen Dongzhi had to take Miaomiao with him when he went to work in the fields. There was no other way because his wife also had things to do and the child was his, so he couldn't just leave it to her.
Now, I stay in the orchard all day, helping Ji Jiang prune branches and drive away birds.
Or they would get up before dawn and help pick apples with Zhong Ruyi. The Fang family had someone send a batch of fruit boxes and asked them to pick the apples early and put them in the boxes. They would rush to deliver the apples to the capital overnight.
For the sake of this batch of fruits, the two got up early. Miaomiao was sent to Chen's mother's house to sleep with her these days, so as not to wake the child up with the noise of them getting up.
Butler Fang had just arrived at noon. The workers had already picked a batch of fruit and the fruit boxes were stacked up. He asked the servants who came with them to help move the fruit onto the carriage.
Actually, things like apple picking could be entrusted to Ji Jiang and Zhong Dabao, but she would always feel uneasy if she wasn't there to watch over them, so Zhong Ruyi had to come and watch over them every time they picked apples.
It was not until after noon that Grandma Ji and Ji Xiaoyu came to deliver the meal, and the 4,000 kilograms of apples were finally delivered.
Chen Dongzhi handed her a water bag and said, "Drink more water. Let's eat here first and then go back to rest."
Zhong Ruyi gulped down half of the water, and the remaining half went into Chen Dongzhi's stomach.
She shook her head and said, "Go back and eat. It's a good time to boil some water for a bath."
The others were also sweating profusely from exhaustion. It was still so hot working in July. Fortunately, Grandma Ji and her grandchildren brought up two melons. After dinner, everyone could eat two pieces of melon to cool down.
Butler Fang watched his men load the last box of fruit onto the carriage before coming over to greet them. He said with a smile, "Thank you for your hard work, Boss Zhong! Someone will deliver tomorrow's boxes of fruit later, the same number as today."
Zhong Ruyi couldn't help but ask, "Didn't they give it to Boss Wang and his family at this time last year? Why are they all being sent to Beijing today?"
"I'm not too sure about that." Butler Fang shook his head, "But I heard that the capital has come up with a new food that's related to apples, so they want more this year."
All right, she would sell it to anyone, but it was only these few days that Boss Wang and Boss Shen came over to show off their sympathy, so she couldn't help but ask more questions.
After picking today's fruits, the two returned home.
In the yard, Miaomiao was sitting on a wooden cart, while Zhong's father, Zhong's mother and Chen's mother were sitting under the grape trellis. The three of them were talking. From time to time, Chen's mother would glance at the kitchen, where the food was still hot in the pot. She was just waiting for her son and daughter-in-law to come back.
Miaomiao was the most excited when they came back. The little girl danced with joy and drooled all over her chin.
Mother Zhong took a handkerchief to wipe her, while Mother Chen went into the kitchen to prepare to serve the food.
"Dad, Mom, why are you here?" Zhong Ruyi put the water bag on the stone table and refused Miaomiao's request for a hug. Even though he was sweating all over, he had to eat and take a shower before he dared to hug her.
Mr. Zhong held his granddaughter in his arms to play with the wooden horse he had just made for her, leaving some space for them to talk.
"Didn't you hire someone? Why do you have to go on such a hard trip yourself?" Mother Zhong looked at the sweat on her daughter's face with some heartache. Seeing her eating so happily with big mouthfuls, she couldn't help but ask.
"After hiring someone, you have to go and check it out to feel at ease." Zhong Ruyi said after swallowing the food in his mouth.
Chen Dongzhi on the side remained silent. If possible, he hoped that his father-in-law and mother-in-law could persuade their daughter-in-law to let them get up early and go to the orchard every day. Why should she suffer this?
But Mr. and Mrs. Zhong were not worms in his stomach. They always respected their daughter's decision and did not say anything more even though they felt heartbroken.
Zhong Ruyi was a little surprised to learn that Mother Zhong came back to prepare for Huang Ying to give birth. Her sister-in-law was going to give birth so soon? Her belly didn't look like she was about to give birth.
"She isn't very obvious this time, but if you count the days, she'll be pregnant in eight or nine days this month." Zhong's mother calculated the time and said uncertainly. She came back from town early anyway, and the baby would have to be born sooner or later, so she might as well come back early to wait on her, so that she wouldn't be accused of not caring about her daughter-in-law.