Forest Farm 1985: Raise a bear cub to climb the mountain

Chapter 136 Saccharin
It is said that children speak without restraint, but often what children say is the most truthful.

In the three years since Nan Qiumei got married, except for the routine visit to her parents' home for one night during the Chinese New Year, which she would do deliberately to avoid her younger sister Nan Chunwan, the Nan family had no chance of seeing Nan Qiumei at other times.

At this moment, Nan Qiumei's debt to her parents was exposed by her little nephew, and she could only touch her trouser pocket with embarrassment.

"Come here, nephew, I bought you some candy, take it and eat it!"

"Rascal!"

Nan's eyes lit up. He stretched out his two chubby little hands, took the fructose handed to him by Nan Qiumei, and stuffed it into his pocket as if he had found a treasure.

He immediately took out a piece, carefully peeled off the sugar coating, and ate the layer of glutinous rice paper inside. After just one lick, he shivered all over because of how delicious it was.

Then he rewrapped it, carefully put it in his other pocket, and said happily:
"Thank you, Second Aunt!"

"Eh~"

Nan Qiumei grinned, thinking that this little fat boy was really hard to serve, and followed her into the house.

Nan Guofu sat cross-legged on the kang with his back straight, his face serious.

The sister-in-law was busy pouring tea by the kang. Yan Pandi got on the kang and sat next to Nan Guofu in silence. The eldest brother just leaned half of his butt on the edge of the kang, frowning as if he was trying to think about how to start the conversation.

For a moment, the air was eerily quiet.

"Hey, Dad, uncle, smoking~"

Ren Daming bowed and handed over cigarettes.

"Oh, all right, let's smoke some cigarettes from this town and see what's so different about the village."

Nan Guofu took the cigarette expressionlessly, but refused the light. He took out a pack of matches from behind his butt, lit one with a crackling sound, and then considerately lit one for his son.

He took a deep puff of cigarette, his frown relaxed, and then he looked at Ren Daming and said,
"Sit down, son-in-law. It's so tiring to stand."

In the mist, Ren Daming replaced Nan Xia Ze's position, with half of his buttocks stuck on the edge of the kang. Although it was not very comfortable, at least he was sitting down.

"Today is not Chinese New Year, right? Son-in-law, has the project been going poorly lately?"

"no no!
It’s pretty good. I’ve been working with my uncle for so long and have learned a lot. Recently, my uncle came to the village to accompany my parents, so it’s a good opportunity for me to practice.”

Ren Daming took the tea from Wu Qiuyun with both hands, as stiff as a chicken, "Thank you, sister-in-law!"

The latter nodded slightly, and then took the opportunity to serve tea to Nan Qiumei and pulled her onto the kang.

"Oh~" Nan Guofu thought for a moment, winked at Yan Pandi, and continued,
“So you’re planning to buy a house?

Buying a house is a big deal. Normally, you and Qiumei are in town, and your mother and I can't take care of you. I will support you in this matter!"

Hearing this, Yan Pandi, without any hesitation in front of his eldest son and daughter-in-law, took out a red cloth package from the kang cabinet, opened the four corners, and inside was a thick stack of big unity notes.

"Here is 366 yuan, for good luck.

Daming, Qiumei, your parents have been away from home for these years and have taken less care of you. You've suffered a lot. But your orchard has been doing badly in the past two years, and the fruits this year haven't been sold yet. We can't take out much, and for now this is all we can give you to help you two buy a house.

After three years, I finally have my own home in town. It’s great, it’s great.”

As Yan Pandi spoke, his eyes turned red again.

When I saw the hand stretched out by my mother-in-law, although the surface was shiny, it was full of wrinkles. The fingertips of both hands were wrapped with a lot of cloth, and the knuckles were cracked, revealing the light pink tender flesh.

He couldn't help but feel a lump in his throat. He kept saying "Thank you, Mom" ​​and pushed the money to Nan Qiumei.

"Qiumei, mom gave us money to buy a house. Now we have enough money, we can go back and choose a house!"

"Ah."

Nan Qiumei nodded, took the money, and felt confused:

What has she been fighting with her family for all these years?
Looking at her aging parents, her heart felt like being stabbed by a chisel. She put the money in her arms, and her frown gradually relaxed.

"Thank you, Dad, Mom."

These words seemed to pull open the drain plug in my head, and tears immediately flowed out uncontrollably.

After being "lubricated" by the mother and daughter's tears, the originally awkward and depressing atmosphere was immediately relieved by a lot.

The brother-in-law who had been looking for an opportunity finally got it. "Oh, it's good to buy a house! We can decorate it ourselves and save money to buy a bigger house! Great! Great!

Bring me some wine! I must drink something today!"

Just like that, the food was served just as it was being cleaned up.

The food in everyone's stomach had not been digested yet, and now they were pulled to the dinner table. Even the little fat boy had a droopy face.
But when he saw that his stingy second aunt actually took out a bottle of orange juice and mixed it for everyone, he immediately became excited again, squeezed in between his grandparents, held up the enamel cup, and happily drank it down.

The meal lasted more than two hours, during which the food had to be reheated countless times, over and over again, as if Nan Qiumei was making up for the fact that she had returned home less frequently in the past three years in this unconventional way.

Nan Qiumei temporarily forgot about looking for Dai Song. After having a happy meal, she said she wanted to go see her sisters, and then went to Lu Yinhua's house alone.

Lu Yinhua was playing cards with Kuang Wenqiao and Jin Weili at home.

"Wenqiao, how could you tell others about Sister Qiumei's family affairs so easily?"

"Why can't you tell me?"

Kuang Wenqiao dropped a 7.
"This isn't Qiumei's business. Everyone knows what kind of person Dai Song is!

It's not surprising, it just adds some fun to your after-dinner conversation."

"That's not good either, it will also affect Qiumei's family!
You said it was not Willy. "

Lu Yinhua waved her hands, indicating a pass.

Jin Weili took the next 8 points.
"I think, Xiaohua, you've gotten a little too deep. What do you want from everyone flattering Nan Qiumei?

Isn't it just thinking of getting some authentic fruit seedlings from the Nan family orchard from her? Those fruit seedlings are very hard to buy nowadays and are very expensive.

Pick a few plants from her house, grow them bigger and graft them, you can save a lot of money!
Have you forgotten how she ordered you around when you were in school?
Don’t you think about it, why? ! "

Lu Yinhua frowned, "What if the Nan family makes trouble? Wenqiao, what will you do if someone exposes you?"

"What should we do?" Kuang Wenqiao threw out a bigger card to suppress it.
"Dai Song did such a shameless thing. Even if the Nan family came to my door and made a scene, I wouldn't panic!

What the hell, your family's ugly deeds have been exposed, and you still care about others laughing at you?"

"That's right, Xiaohua, don't worry about it. Now that Nan Qiumei is here, just continue to coax her. In the past few years, at critical moments, you are the only one who can coax such a difficult person like Nan Qiumei into submission. You have worked so hard."

"I still feel uneasy, just in case..."

As Lu Yinhua was speaking, Nan Qiumei's voice came from outside the house.

"Xiaohua! Xiaohua! Here I come!"

"Say Cao Cao, Cao Cao is here!"

Kuang Wenqiao hooked his lips.
"Xiaohua, go open the door, we'll clean up here!"

"That's right, Xiaohua, you go!"

As Jin Weili spoke, she stuffed all the small cards on the kang table into a small jar.

Kuang Wenqiao got off the kang, ran quickly to the stove, took out two bottles of clearly separated juice, shook them vigorously, then opened them and placed them on the table.

The tea, fruit and snacks brought out by Jin Weili complement each other.

Lu Yinhua felt relieved, answered and opened the door.

"Sister Qiumei! You're finally here! I've been waiting for you for a long time! Come in, come in!"

"I'm sorry to have kept you waiting. I haven't been home for a long time. I wanted to spend more time with my family, so I'm a little late."

"It's okay! I understand! Come on to the bed quickly, Sister Qiumei! Try the apple juice I made and see if it smells as good as the one you smelled that day!"

"Okay, eh? You two are here too?"

When Nan Qiumei saw Kuang Wenqiao and Jin Weili, her expression suddenly changed.

"Well, I'm helping Xiaohua research apple juice!" Jin Weili explained.

"Yes, yes!" Kuang Wenqiao agreed.

"You two are quite enthusiastic. Why are you researching this? You don't have an orchard at home."

Nan Qiumei bent her legs and lay on the kang, her eyes full of suspicion.

She took to heart what her mother said before. The fruits at home have not been sold yet this year. The fruits on the market are probably from Lu Yinhua's family.

Xiaohua's family's production is not large, so it's okay if they sell their products a few days later than hers.

When she was in town, she passed by a fruit stall on her way to and from get off work and saw the cracked fruits left behind. It was obvious that they had been there for many days and no one wanted them.

This is indeed consistent with the situation of Xiaohua’s fruit.

The only strange thing is that these two people in front of me have been the kind of people who never do anything without profit since they were in school. Today they suddenly came to join in the fun. Do they want to get involved?
Thinking of this, Nan Qiumei didn't care how the two explained and just crossed her arms over her chest.

"Anything else between you two?

Xiaohua and I haven't seen each other for a long time. We have something to discuss in private. If it's convenient for you, please go back first."

The corners of Jin Weili's mouth twitched and the smile froze on her face.

Kuang Wenqiao's face flushed red, but after looking at Lu Yinhua and Jin Weili, she swallowed the anger in her heart and accompanied Jin Weili out of the house.

"What the hell! You really think you're an idiot! You can't even sell your own fruits, but you're still acting like you're worth two and a half million!"

"Oh, don't be angry. Let Xiaohua go and talk to her. We can plant two more fruit trees later. We will cultivate our own orchard now. Why would we have to bear her bad face?"

"Ah! I just don't have the money! Otherwise, when her family can't afford it anymore, I'll just buy out her orchard. She'll be furious!"

"It's only a matter of time! Think about it, Wenqiao. By then, the Nan family won't have the money to grow fruit trees, so they will have to sell the orchard! It's such a big orchard, I don't believe anyone can take it over right away!

As time goes by, Nan Guofu will definitely have to lower the price!

If we can’t surrender anymore, let’s take action again!”

"That makes sense! Let her drive me crazy! I can't stand her look of indifference towards others!"

At the same time, at Lu Yinhua's house.

"No, Xiaohua, how much water is needed? Apart from some very faint apple fragrance, there is no taste at all!"

"Ah? There's not a drop of water in it, Sister Qiumei!"

"Why is it tasteless? Is it made from fruit from my garden?"

"No, most of them are from my family. I only put one fruit from Sister Qiumei's family in there."

Nan Qiumei clapped her hands, "I thought so! If you use only fruits from my garden, the juice you squeeze out will be absolutely delicious!"

"What should we do now, Sister Qiumei? Your fruits have already been sold in town!"

Nan Qiumei held her chin in thought, and after a while, she suddenly asked,
"Do you know saccharin?"

(End of this chapter)