70: Raising a wife, the whole village is inhaling the aroma of stewed meat.

She swallowed hard: "We don't lend bicycles to people in our family."

When the eldest sister-in-law refused to lend the money, the second sister-in-law said, "My family lives closer, so there's no need to lend it to me."

After a family meeting, it was decided that Zhou Qingwen would buy a bicycle, but others could not use it freely.

The eldest and second eldest brothers naturally had no objections.

It's normal that they didn't spend money or ride bicycles.

If you're acting with the intention of taking advantage, then you don't deserve to be Zhou Qingwen's elder brother or second elder brother.

Fortunately, although the eldest and second sisters-in-law were slightly unhappy.

But when she thought about how their family's wealth came from the money Zhou Qingwen earned from the 25-year-old ginseng he discovered, she realized that it was all thanks to him.

Their slight displeasure vanished in an instant.

The family ate their meal in harmony and then cleaned up.

Yu Yalan was wiping the table, while Liu Yue'e went to wash Zhou Jinfeng's clothes.

The eldest sister-in-law is washing the dishes, and the second sister-in-law is scrubbing the pot.

The men were all wielding axes, chopping firewood!

The three grown men—eldest brother, second brother, and Zhou Qingwen—were all sweating profusely from the effort.

Zhou Feitian was the one sawing the tree on one side.

They were incredibly busy.

Even Zhou Jinfeng was doing something, which was to pour boiling water into everyone's cups and then take some honeysuckle to soak in them.

Stir it with chopsticks.

Zhou Qingwen chopped firewood quickly and well.

The eldest brother's is just as good.

Where is my second brother?

He's quite skilled too.

The three women came out and busied themselves gathering firewood to place under the eaves of the new house.

Afterwards, I took hot water and took a shower.

Zhou Qingwen pulled Yu Yalan into the shed early on, and well, let's get to work...

The next morning, Yu Yalan struggled to get out of bed; to her horror, her legs trembled.

If I hadn't pinched Zhou Qingwen late last night, he probably would have come again.

If he can't get out of bed for several days, people will laugh at him.

When Yu Yalan woke up in the morning, she found that her two sisters-in-law had come to the kitchen to help make breakfast.

Yu Yalan happily joined in as well.

It turns out it was the eldest brother. Both the second brother said that Yu Yalan is a city girl and isn't used to the rural way of cooking.

Ask your sister-in-law and second sister-in-law to help her more.

The eldest and second sisters-in-law naturally listen to their husbands.

They got up early to help.

Yu Yalan was grateful and took a few eggs from the egg container to make scrambled eggs with dried radish.

I also made a stir-fried pork liver with pickled green beans.

The two dishes for breakfast were both quite good and relatively low in oil.

Breakfast was corn porridge, made by my sister-in-law.

Second sister-in-law prepared steamed buns and flower rolls.

Soon everyone came over and took it out.

The family ate breakfast.

Zhou Feitian assigned everyone their tasks.

It's usually arranged according to habit.

After the arrangements were made, everyone rushed out. If they didn't earn enough work points in a day, they would receive less food later.

Zhou Qingwen's work points were all done by his eldest brother, while Yu Yalan's work points were mainly done by her second brother.

However, both the eldest and second eldest brothers worked diligently.

Because as long as Zhou Qingwen returned from hunting and sold the game, his eldest and second eldest brothers would have an income.

If there's no money to be made from selling it, then it's just meat to eat.

Everyone eats meat from the same pot.

Anyway, the eldest and second eldest brothers won't suffer any losses.

Zhou Qingwen also said that hunting can earn at least some money.

Later, when the brothers have saved enough money, we'll build houses. By then, the trees will have grown big and branched out, and everyone will have started their own families. Eventually, we'll all have to divide the family property.

Zhou Qingwen's words also made his eldest and second eldest brothers understand.

Now the three brothers live together.

That means everyone puts in their best effort.

With a division of labor, Zhou Qingwen was good at hunting, so the task of making money was left to him.

The eldest and second eldest brothers were both strong, so the work points in the fields were handled by the two of them.

My sister-in-law and second sister-in-law, please lend a hand.

Zhou Feitian was also earning his work points.

Liu Yue'e and others are the same; they work hard to earn work points.

Yu Yalan didn't have a bicycle today, so she carried a lot of clothes to the river to wash them.

That's a very strenuous task.

She was just doing laundry with a few other women who stayed home to take care of their children.

Those women all envied her.

Even after washing the clothes, they still had to do the work in the fields to earn points.

Yu Yalan only had one task: washing clothes.

Fortunately, everyone accepted Zhou Qingwen's wild boar meat.

Even if you don't respect the monk, you should respect the Buddha.

Although Yu Yalan's background was problematic, no one made things difficult for her.

A few women would occasionally ask a few questions.

Yu Yalan would only speak about what she knew, and would remain silent or say she didn't know what she didn't know.

Did you make any money selling wild boar meat?

Or does Zhou Qingwen do it several times a night?

Yu Yalan was extremely embarrassed.

How dare I utter any lewd words?

Several women thought that Yu Yalan was really fun.

She blushed shyly, a blush spreading across her fair face.

Several women watched with envy.

They are women too, and they also love beauty.

Look at them?

He was tanned dark, his skin was thin and dry.

And what about Yu Yalan?

The skin on her forearm was fair and tender.

The calves extend down to the knees, and when you step into the water, they are as white as lotus roots.

It's actually as white as flour.

However, the women in the countryside all thought that the whiteness of lotus root was extraordinary.

White flour?

They've never seen it before!

The flour used in those days was all ordinary flour.

Zhou Qingwen, who had traveled from the past, knew that in the modern world there was white flour, specifically used to make steamed buns and mantou, which was particularly white...

After the women finished washing their clothes, they went over to help Yu Yalan wash her clothes.

Yu Yalan thanked her repeatedly, saying she would bring some delicious food for her sisters-in-law and aunts next time.

That made them all extremely happy.

Everyone in the village knows that the Zhou family's favorite snack is sponge cake!

That's a very rare item!

The women were all very happy and kept saying that they didn't need to bring any food; they just wanted to wash clothes together, chat, and have fun.

However, Yu Yalan listened to Zhou Qingwen and repeatedly said, "Bring a bag of food next time, we have steamed egg cakes at home."

Although it wasn't served individually, it might have been cut into small pieces, but everyone should have a taste.

The sisters-in-law and aunts all became very friendly with Yu Yalan immediately.

The next day, Yu Yalan brought a bag of food early in the morning and went to wash clothes by the river.

Several sisters-in-law and aunts indeed arrived.

What if they don't want to eat?

How could it be so neat?

Everyone's here?

"Here, have some sponge cake."

Yu Yalan quickly became familiar with several women who stayed at home taking care of their children.

Everyone told Yu Yalan how to wash clothes to save effort.

How can I use less laundry detergent?

Those are one line after another.

Several of the women reached for the sponge cake, but they only tasted one piece themselves, giving the rest to their children.

At this moment, Yu Yalan secretly admired her man.

Zhou Qingwen was worried that she would be isolated if she washed clothes alone.

So, he preferred to spend money on sponge cakes so that she could have something to talk about with the other women.

They had a chance to speak.

Yu Yalan was deeply moved at that moment.

She has her own man helping her like this.

Her life is filled with sweetness.