As the night got darker, Zhou Ruiyuan gradually began to feel sleepy. He held the table with both hands, straightened his waist, and got on the bed with his legs that could not move.
Although his legs are disabled, he has developed a good waist. He can do simple things like getting in and out of bed by himself.
If you take off his clothes, you can still see his strong abdominal muscles, which is completely different from the frail appearance he looks in front of outsiders.
After Zhou Ruiyuan went to bed, he sat against the wall and turned his head to look at the sleeping Du Wanchun. A touch of tenderness unknowingly appeared in his bottomless eyes.
The person in front of me is like a rare treasure that suddenly breaks in, lighting up the whole room, but it is so bright that people dare not approach.
He looked at it for a long time. Du Wanchun suddenly turned over and the quilt on his body was kicked away, revealing a small section of his thin arm.
Zhou Ruiyuan watched as pity gradually appeared on his face. He bent down and picked up the quilt and covered her carefully.
The flickering candlelight, the small orchid window, the dilapidated wooden bed, the bright red quilt, and the slow breathing sound of the girl sleeping soundly made the originally dark and cold cabin become inexplicably warm.
Zhou Ruiyuan lay on the bed with his clothes on and couldn't fall asleep for a long time.
Early the next morning.
The Zhou family was awakened by Mr. Jiang's scolding next door.
When Du Wanchun woke up, she found that Zhou Ruiyuan was no longer in the house. She got dressed and got out of bed, only to see Aunt Zhou leading Zhou Zhao and Zhou Feng to watch a play at the door of the house.
"Mom, what happened at my aunt's house?" Du Wanchun looked in the direction next door.
With a smile on her face, Aunt Zhou said, "Jiang Qiuju next door, all the chickens in the backyard were killed by weasels yesterday afternoon. When we came together this morning, we found that the little piglet we just bought ran away."
Jiang stood at the gate of the courtyard, pointed at Chen Tieniu and scolded, "I told you to lock the pigsty, but you didn't listen. Look, this little piglet ran away. What kind of meat will we eat this year!"
The Chen family buys a piglet every year, and during the Chinese New Year, they kill the New Year pig and eat bacon.
Every time Jiang killed a pig, he would bring a basin of leftover pig bones and dump them at the door of the Zhou family to humiliate them.
Over time, those bones would stink in the ground, and Mrs. Zhou would have to take her sons to remove them.
The Jiang family lost their little piglet. I'm afraid they won't be able to kill the New Year pig this year. Buying a little piglet will cost a lot of money.
Aunt Zhou felt comfortable when she saw it. She turned around and went into the kitchen to greet the children for breakfast, "Wang Chun, Mom has made steamed duck eggs, you can try them."
Du Wanchun looked back and saw a bowl of yellow, soft steamed eggs. She had not eaten like this for several years.
Aunt Zhou put the bowl on the table with a smile on her face, "The two skinny ducks laid several more duck eggs last night. Not only are they enough to eat, but they can also be sold."
As she spoke, she took out twenty copper coins from her pocket and continued: "It's good luck. Just when I went to the Hu family in the west of the village to borrow rice, their daughter-in-law was pregnant with fetal poison and failed to eat duck eggs. In order to get the fire, I sold them all the remaining duck eggs from my family and got these copper coins, and then his family gave us a bowl of rice."
There are rice, eggs and copper coins, which is a great blessing for the Zhou family who are too poor to cook.
Du Wanchun became happy, picked up the bowl, and ate the eggs inside.
The whole duck egg melts in your mouth. Although there is no salt, it still has a faint salty aroma.
Zhou Zhao and Zhou Feng also came over to have breakfast. They respected this sister-in-law very much and gave her everything. They only dared to eat themselves after seeing her eat first.
At this time, Zhou Ruiyuan came back, pushing the chair in his hand slowly towards the table.
After Zhou Zhao saw it, he quickly stepped forward to help push the chair and asked, "Brother, why did you come out?"
Zhou Ruiyuan took out some roasted sweet potatoes from his arms and said, "I roasted the sweet potatoes that my third aunt sent me a few days ago."
Du Wanchun smelled the aroma and quickly looked at the roasted sweet potato in his hand. He was very surprised. The juicy big sweet potato roasted like this in the farmer's house is a delicacy in the world.
Zhou Ruiyuan gave one to Zhou Feng and Zhou Zhao, then picked the best-looking one and patiently peeled off the still-steaming skin.
His hands are beautiful, unlike those of a peasant man. They are white and slender, but they are not feminine at all. His broad palms are full of strength.
Du Wanchun watched him peeling sweet potatoes quietly, feeling a little lost for a moment.
After a while, Zhou Ruiyuan handed the peeled sweet potato to her, "Here."
"Thank you, sir." Du Wanchun took the sweet potato and found that it was a little hot. He looked at Zhou Ruiyuan and found that his fingertips were slightly red.
She was slightly surprised, and she didn't know how Zhou Ruiyuan endured the burning and pretended to peel the sweet potatoes as if nothing had happened.
She bit into the sweet potato. It was soft and glutinous, sweeter than anything she had ever eaten.
After breakfast, Aunt Zhou took Zhou Zhao and Du Wanchun to the Chen family's land.
Zhou Feng and Zhou Ruiyuan originally wanted to go with them, but they couldn't resist with Aunt Zhou and Du Wanchun, so they had to stay at home.
Since Zhou Zhao's ears healed, he has become much smarter. Coupled with his height, he is also a good hand when going out.
When Mrs. Jiang saw the Zhou family coming, she was furious. She put her hands on her hips and scolded them arrogantly: "Chen Yue'e, what are you doing here?! Do you want to see our family's jokes?!"
Aunt Zhou was too lazy to talk nonsense to her and said bluntly: "Jiang Qiuju, your family has occupied our land for two years. It's time to return it to us."
