After Zhou Li got divorced, he felt relieved. From now on, he would live with his two children and not plan to get married again.
The Zhou family returned to peace, and Zhou Chen's house began to be intensively prepared again.
In addition to going home and cooking with Zhou's mother every day when it's time for dinner, Xu Youyou and Zhou Yao run to the mountains during the rest of the day, and review and read books at night.
The weather is getting colder and colder, so the cabbage in the garden can be put away.
Xu Youyou didn't go up the mountain that day. She stayed at home and asked Zhou's mother to teach her how to store pickled vegetables.
It is relatively simple to accumulate sauerkraut here. Collect the Chinese cabbage and let it dry, then cut it in half, put it in boiling water (no fat) and blanch it for two minutes until the cabbage becomes soft.
Take it out and drain it, clean the pickling vat, and spread it layer by layer with a layer of cabbage, a layer of salt and peppercorns.
Finally, let the water used to blanch the cabbage cool, pour it in, and cover it with large rocks.
You can have sauerkraut in a month.
Xu Youyou and Zhou’s mother pickled a large vat full of cabbage from the garden. The rest will be dug into a vegetable cellar together with radish, potatoes and other vegetables and stored in it.
This way you won’t be afraid of being frozen if it snows.
Zhou Yao went out to sell wild boars in the evening and came back with some more things, including noodles made of white flour, rice, brown sugar, peach cakes, matches, peanut oil, salt, etc.
There was also a pocket of Guoguang apples, which made Xu Youyou happy.
This is the first time I’ve eaten apples since I’ve been here for so long!
Zhou Yao was eating dinner aside, while Xu Youyou put all kinds of supplies away.
Suddenly he kicked a basket of hard objects, pulled open the cloth on it and looked at it, Xu Youyou slapped his head.
Look at her memory. Isn’t this the iron statue of the twelve zodiac animals that she bought from the scrapyard?
I originally wanted to pry open the iron layer outside with Zhou Yao that night to see if it was gold, but Zhang Jingtian made a fuss and forgot about it. Later, when Zhou Chen was busy building a house, he completely forgot about it. .
Xu Youyou moved out the twelve iron statues excitedly.
Zhou Yao couldn't understand what she was going to do and asked doubtfully: "Daughter-in-law, what are you going to do? Is this what you found at the scrapyard?"
At that time, she was moving When he came back, he heard Zhang Jingtian nagging on the side, saying that his wife's hobbies were very strange. She loved to visit scrapyards and pick up rags.
He even rolled his eyes at him at that time!
"Zhou Yao, have you finished eating? Come over and help."
Zhou Yao nodded, put down the bowl and chopsticks, and walked over.
"Knock off the outer layer of iron." Xu Youyou handed him a small hammer.
Zhou Yao was suspicious, isn’t this just an iron statue? Even if the outer layer is knocked off, the inside is still iron.
Although doubtful,But he still obeyed and did as he was told.
After all, his wife said that if you listen to your wife, you will get rich!
He thinks this sentence is right!
Zhou Yao pried carefully and worked for a while. Sure enough, the outer layer of iron can be knocked off!
And what is exposed inside is golden...gold!
Zhou Yao was immediately dumbfounded, "Daughter-in-law, you are rich. How did you know there is gold in this?"
These gold statues were as big as a small watermelon. Zhou Yao weighed them After all, each weighs at least 15 kilograms!
"I had a premonition." Xu Youyou smiled, picked up the gold and couldn't put it down, smiled silly, and got rich!
Only a little corner was knocked out of the rest to confirm that the inside was iron covered with gold, but not all of it was knocked out.
The two looked at each other with big eyes and small eyes. You looked at me and I looked at you. Suddenly, they had so much gold that they didn’t know where to hide it.
Finally, Zhou Yao suggested that tomorrow he go to the brigade next door to buy some floor tiles, lay the floors of the two rooms, dig a hole underneath, put the gold statue in, cover it with floor tiles, and then put the cabinet If you move it up there, no one will notice.
He did as he was told. Early the next morning, Zhou Yao took the cart to the brigade next door and pulled several carts of floor tiles back.
The floor tiles at this time were all earthy red, small and square, somewhat similar to red bricks, but a little smoother.
During the day, Zhou Yao laid the west room first, and half of the east room was also paved.
Zhou Yao didn’t dig a hole until it was evening when there were only two of them at home.
This hole is not very big, just big enough to put all the gold statues in.
Xu Youyou wrapped the golden statues with a big piece of cloth, and Zhou Yao put them into the hole, covered them with soil, and stepped on them with his feet.
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By the light of the kerosene lamp, I finished laying the remaining floor tiles, and finally moved the wardrobe back to its original location.
The soil dug out of the hole was mixed into the vegetable patch.
After everything was done, Xu Youyou hugged Zhou Yao and lay down on the kang.
Zhou Yao felt that his wife was laughing in her dreams tonight.
Zhou Yao kissed the top of Xu Youyou's fragrant hair lovingly, and fell asleep holding his wife in his arms.
Early the next morning, Zhou Yao made breakfast while Xu Youyou was still sleeping in the room.
Zhou Yao came back from carrying water, chopped the firewood he brought back, and stacked them in the shed built in the corner.
I went to the chicken coop and picked up four eggs and came back. I mixed some rice bran and vegetable leaves to feed the chickens and geese.
Xu Youyou was still sleeping in the room and did not wake up.
Zhou Yao frowned slightly, feeling a little worried.
I usually have nothing to do., Xu Youyou likes to stay in bed, but she can't afford to stay in bed for so long like today.
"Yuyou...Yuyou..." Zhou Yao patted Xu Youyou gently and shouted twice.
Only then did Xu Youyou wake up, rubbed his sleepy eyes and asked, "Zhou Yao, what time is it?"
"It's almost noon, were you tired yesterday? "Really?" Zhou Yao asked nervously.
Xu Youyou got up and stretched, "So late? No, you were basically the one doing the work yesterday. I'm not tired, I'm just a little sleepy."
After getting up and washing up, Zhou's mother had already prepared lunch. Zhou Yao and Zhou Li carried the meals to the construction site.
Xu Youyou ate breakfast and lunch together.
Looking at Xu Youyou's tired look, Mother Zhou thought it was because her second son had made a fuss last night. She felt guilty and gave Xu Youyou a piece of fish and advised:
"Yuyou, eat more, you've lost weight these days."
"Thank you, Mom!" Xu Youyou looked up and smiled.
Mother Zhou couldn't hold it back anymore and said again: "Yuyou, these days you help with cooking, run up the mountain to gather firewood, catch prey, and come back in the evening to read again. When you are tired, you have to read again." Take a break.
You can’t be too doting on a man. You have to learn to say no when the time comes. Your health is important.
I won’t need you to cook anymore. I can take care of it myself. Just take a break. , studying is also very hard."
Xu Youyou and Zhou Yao raised their heads while picking up the rice.
"Mom, I'm not tired, I can do it." Xu Youyou quickly explained, but then regretted it.
She seemed to get darker and darker the more she explained...
Zhou Yao choked and coughed, and Xu Youyou quickly poured him a glass of water.
Mother Zhou saw it, Xu Youyou doted on her second daughter, and her second son loved to torment her second daughter-in-law, it was real!
"Second brother, I just want to remind you that young people should also be more restrained." Mother Zhou said with a serious face.
Zhou Yao was about to swallow a mouthful of water when he choked again.
Fortunately, Zhou Li and Zhou Chen were eating at the construction site, otherwise this scene would have made people dig their toes into the ground.
The two of them didn't dare to say anything this time. They nodded and quickly finished their meal.
Xu Youyou started to feel sleepy again after eating, so she went back to her room to take a nap.
As soon as Zhou Yao approached the door, he was pulled by Zhou's mother.
"Um... my second brother, the door to my house is broken, go and help me repair it."
Mother Zhou found an excuse to pull Zhou Yao away. After a long night of work last night, why can't you let your second daughter-in-law have a good rest at noon?
Zhou Yao looked puzzled. He just wanted to go back to his room to find a coat.
Also, wasn’t his mother’s door repaired for her a few days ago?
Zhou MuAfter taking Zhou Yao away, Xu Youyou woke up from sleep and vaguely heard someone knocking on the door outside.
After knocking for a while, no one opened the door. Xu Youyou was awakened from her deep sleep. She got up irritably, put on her coat and went out.
Xu Youyou opened the door and saw Xu Jianguo and Xu Jianshe with cold and bored expressions: "What's the matter?"
"Xu... Cousin, there is someone at the brigade headquarters. Your phone number." Xu Jianshe said with a smile.