Republic of China: Guandong Ginseng King

Chapter 288 Sisters-in-law
When winter just started this year, about ten of my friends in the family said they wanted to go back to their hometown.

That's because I didn't go back last year. This year I've saved enough money and plan to go home and get married.

Qu Shaoyang understood this group of bachelors, so he did not stop them. Instead, he gave them a lot of travel expenses.

Let these people go back and promote the event well, and try to recruit as many fellow villagers as possible to come to Guandong Mountain.

At the same time, Qu Shaoyang also entrusted them to bring back a lot of food and daily necessities for Qu Laokouer and his wife, and also gave them twenty taels of silver.

I used to give fifty taels, but the family ended up in a big quarrel over this silver.

Qu Shaoyang simply gave a little less, just enough for the old couple to spend.

Otherwise people would say that the son has become an official and rich, and is not filial to his parents.

"Ah, I'm afraid that the money and things you asked them to take would be taken away by those three brothers.

"My parents favor the eldest brother and the fifth brother. The second brother is very cunning. How can the three of them not play tricks when they see money and things?"

Qu Jiang shook his head and sighed.

Since Qu Jiang came here, he has come into contact with more things, and many things that he couldn't understand before have gradually become clear to him.

According to his guess, there must be something fishy about Qu He's marriage.

The second son's mind is as mean as the bottom of a sieve, and his wife is not that pretty. Why would he be willing to spend so much money to marry the girl from the Xu family?
It could be that the second brother is colluding with the Xu family and deliberately cheating the family out of money.

Later, the eldest and second brothers' wives' families came to make trouble and wanted to divide the family property. Maybe these two brothers were playing tricks on me.

His purpose is to occupy the house and divide the family property. He doesn't contribute to the family and doesn't want to help the third and fifth sons get married.

It was precisely because of the support from these two brothers that their wives’ families were so fearless in making such a fuss.

"Then I can't control it. The things and money are given to my parents. They belong to them. They can be given to whoever they want.

They themselves are willing to suffer from hunger and cold, but they insist on supporting the eldest and second brothers. What else can we do? Out of sight, out of mind. "

Qu Shaoyang shook his head. He had long figured out that something was wrong with the shit going on in his hometown, but he was just too lazy to expose it.

Anyway, as long as he has done his best and it is acceptable in terms of face, that's enough.

As for the others, they were far away and he had no control over them.

Qu Jiang thought about it and realized that was right. He had already run away from home, so why should he care so much?

"Yes, yes, you see through it. Come, let's drink."

Qu Jiang poured more wine for them, they clinked their glasses and started drinking again.

Chen Xiuyun and Yang Qionghua, sisters-in-law, listened to the two men chatting opposite them. They looked at each other and smiled.

For them, these days couldn't be better.

Since the parents-in-law are not around, you don’t have to worry about being controlled by the mother-in-law and setting rules, nor do you have to worry about the relationship with the sisters-in-law.

People say that three women make a drama. There are five sisters-in-law in the Qu family, plus a mother-in-law.

If we don't separate, it will cause a lot of trouble if we stir the ladle in the same pot.

Gensuo is a naughty boy. Chen Xiuyun is pregnant and doesn't dare to hug him.

So Yang Qionghua fed her nephew while eating.

Gensuo was also very well behaved. He sat in the arms of the third aunt, took a dumpling and stuffed it into his mouth, eating it with great relish.

While eating, Chen Xiuyun looked at her son and saw that he had eaten six dumplings in a row. She hurriedly stopped him and told him not to grab any more dumplings.

"Son, you've already eaten six. If you eat more, you'll feel full."

A child who is just over one year old can eat six dumplings in one meal, which is a very good appetite.

Chen Xiuyun was afraid that her child would eat too much and get hurt.

Gensuo hadn't eaten enough, and when he saw that his mother wouldn't let him eat, he pouted and struggled out of Yang Qionghua's arms, then climbed onto his mother's lap and rested his little head on her shoulder.

Which mother could bear to see her child behave like this? Chen Xiuyun could only surrender.

"Well, you can only eat half of it. Don't eat more."

As Chen Xiuyun spoke, she picked up a dumpling with chopsticks, gave half to her son and ate the other half herself.

When Gensuo saw half a dumpling, he immediately became happy. He grabbed the half dumpling with his chubby little hands and stuffed it all into his mouth at once.

"You, you're playing tricks on me at this young age. What will happen to you when you grow up?"

Seeing her son like this, Chen Xiuyun could only sigh helplessly.

Raising a child means constantly engaging in a battle of wits and courage with the child.

Gensuo is still young. When he grows up, he will probably be more difficult to deal with.

Xiao Gensuo didn't understand what was said, so he ate half of the dumpling, then climbed onto the kang contentedly and went to play with his wooden gun.

"Sister-in-law, Gensuo is a child who requires little worry.

How great! He doesn’t need to be fed. He can eat by himself. When he is full, he goes out to play and he is not clingy.

You don’t know, my brothers and sisters were very annoying when they were young, they were very noisy and would cry at any time.”

Yang Qionghua has only been married for half a month, and there has been no movement so far.

She likes children very much, so she often comes over to help Chen Xiuyun take care of Gensuo, and also to share in the good luck, hoping that she can get pregnant with a baby as soon as possible.

"I'm looking forward to having children with your third brother in the future, and they will be as obedient as Gensuo."

Yang Qionghua looked at Gensuo and said with a smile.

The two sisters-in-law chatted as they ate and soon were full. Then they sat there and watched the men drink.

The brothers Qu Shaoyang and Qu Jiang are not the kind of people who get drunk easily. They just drink a little to relax themselves. A few drinks are enough to keep their blood flowing.

Soon, the two brothers had eaten and drunk their fill. The maids came in, cleared the table, and then made tea and brought it up.

Chen Xiuyun was afraid that her son would eat too much tonight, so she asked Baizhi to find some mountain red apples to soak in water for Gensuo to drink.

Shanlihong is wild hawthorn. The fruit is smaller than hawthorn, the flesh is thinner and sour.

The climate here in Maoer Mountain is not suitable for the growth of hawthorn, but it is suitable for the growth of mountain red.

That year, Qu Shaoyang brought a lot of fruit trees from Kuandian and other places, including mountain red.

This year, the mountain red fruits have borne fruit, so Chen Xiuyun asked people to pick them and blanch them in boiling water.

Remove the navel at the front of the fruit and squeeze out the seeds inside, leaving only the flesh, which is then spread on a mat to dry.

The medicinal properties of Shanlihong are very similar to those of hawthorn, and it has the effects of stimulating appetite, digesting food, and relieving greasiness.

Dried mountain red apple peel, scald it with boiling water, add a little honey, and it is good for children to drink.

Even if you don't soak it in water, it's nice to grab a handful and eat it as a snack when you're free.

Baizhi quickly made the mountain red honey water. Little Gensuo didn't even need any coaxing. He took it and gulped down a lot of it.

Yang Qionghua was so beloved by his nephew that he kissed her several times when he brought her over.

"Why is he so well behaved and worry-free? Oh, please let Third Aunt love him."

Xiao Gensuo was not annoyed when someone hugged and kissed him.

After Yang Qionghua had kissed him enough, he gently broke away from Yang Qionghua's arms and ran back to play on the kang.

(End of this chapter)