novelbest Chapter 420: Remarried Widow 13
Chapter 420: Remarried Widow 13
The next day, Yuan Chun woke up in high spirits and cooked a pot of two-rice porridge for the kids. The dishes were a bowl of steamed egg custard, some shredded potatoes, and a few pieces of pickled vegetables.
After breakfast, Da Qiang took Erqiang to school.
Da Qiang is in third grade, Erqiang is in first grade, previously they took a long leave from school because Chen Dagang suddenly passed away, and Yuan Chun was sickly.
After Yuan Chun recovered, she sent the kids back to school.
The little daughter and the little son were still too young, not old enough to start schooling, and Yuan Chun was worried about leaving them at home, so she took them to the mountains to gather pig grass, teaching them to recognize wild vegetables, mushrooms, and herbs along the way.
In one morning, the mother and the two children collected two baskets of pig grass and went down the mountain, only to find a group of elderly women sitting under a big tree in the team’s square, discussing something intensely.
When those people saw Yuan Chun, they waved at her, "Daqiang’s mother, come over here quickly, we have big news to tell you."
"Grandma Li, what’s the news?"
Yuan Chun asked knowingly, showing a curious expression on her face.
Grandma Li said, "Daqiang’s mother, Matchmaker Li has visited your house several times, we’ve all heard, she wants to propose you to the Cui Family in the Shunfeng Team. Oh dear, Daqiang’s mother, luckily you refused this marriage proposal, otherwise, you would have been in big trouble. You wouldn’t believe it, last night, the Cui Family was retaliated against, and all the adults in the family got their legs broken with sticks."
Yuan Chun, startled and fearful, patted her chest, "Oh my, how... how could such a thing happen? Is it true? What kind of heinous deeds did that Cui Family commit to provoke public outrage, ending up with the whole family’s legs broken, tsk tsk tsk, thank goodness, thank goodness, I didn’t agree to the marriage, otherwise, oh dear, wouldn’t I now be forced to take care of a family of disabled people."
"You, you should count your blessings." Grandma Li patted her hand, "Fortunately, you stood firm and are a good one, otherwise, you would cry."
There was also a kind-hearted old woman who reminded her, "Daqiang’s mother, you collected two baskets of pig grass this morning, the pig grass is really tender, but be careful not to go deep into the mountains with the two kids, there are lots of predators inside."
"Yes, your kids are young, they wouldn’t outrun the beasts if they encountered any."
Yuan Chun shook her head with a smile, "I won’t go into the deep mountains, just outside to gather some pig grass. Fortunately, my Sanqiang and Ya Ya are good kids, and they won’t run around in the mountains."
"I won’t chat with you anymore, I still need to deliver the pig grass, the kids will be down the mountain to deliver the pig grass in a while." Yuan Chun shifted the basket strap on her shoulder, then held her younger son’s hand in one hand and lifted a bundle of pig grass in the other.
Ya Ya held her brother’s hand and obediently followed their mother to the pig farm.
After delivering the pig grass and recording work points for the kids who came to deliver pig grass, Yuan Chun took her son and daughter to the village chief’s house.
The chicks she ordered would be fully hatched today, and the village chief’s wife sent a message asking her to come over after work at noon to pick them up.
When Yuan Chun arrived at the village chief’s house, the village chief’s wife was already prepared, each tiny chick crowded in a large basket.
The village chief’s wife handed the basket to Yuan Chun, saying, "I hatched a total of thirty-six eggs, and thirty-two chicks came out, you take them all."
"Let me give you the money."
Yuan Chun took two dimes out of her pocket and handed them to the village chief’s wife.
Eggs cost five cents each, chicks are ten cents each, the village chief’s wife makes half the profit from hatching chicks, the broken ones are her loss.
However, even broken eggs can be cooked and eaten, so the village chief’s wife doesn’t actually lose.