Chapter 28: Make a manhole cover just for her
The pickled fish is tender, refreshing and appetizing; the garlic-crusted shrimp has a strong aroma of garlic and is sweet and delicious. Because the sides are open, there is no need to peel the shells. , just bite into it and spit out the shell; the little red squid is delicious and chewy, and even the meat of the mud fish is more tender and smooth than usual.
In the end, the whole family was full!
Zhou Chenglei and Zhou's father also mixed a bowl of rice with pickled fish soup.
It’s so delicious that I can’t even throw away the soup.
Zhou Zhou has never been so satisfied with food. She couldn't compete with her brothers before. How could she have never eaten so much shrimp and fish in one meal in one day?
Her belly was round, and she couldn't help but pat it, and then she looked into her aunt's smiling eyes. She was so frightened that she retracted her hand and her face turned red.
Jiang Xia smiled.
Zhou's mother's cooking skills are mediocre. She only needs to cook the fish well, no matter whether the fish is overcooked or not.
However, fresh seafood is inherently sweet and delicious. It can be steamed or boiled and it won’t taste too bad. But just because it doesn’t taste bad doesn’t mean it’s delicious.
Jiang Xia’s food is delicious! Super delicious! The kind that makes people unable to stop eating even though they are full, and the kind that makes people want to eat until they are full but cannot hold it anymore.
Mother Zhou also admires her daughter-in-law’s cooking skills.
After Jiang Xia finished eating, Zhou's mother smiled and said: "Xiao Xia, you are tired after going to sea for a day and cooking again. I will wash the dishes. You go take a bath and rest."
Zhou Chenglei said: "You go to the yard to sit or take a walk first, and I will help you fetch water later."
It's not good to take a shower just after eating. There was no way before. There were so many people at home, but now There is no need for her to rush to take a bath.
Jiang Xia didn't like washing dishes either, so she took Zhou Zhou out for a walk in the yard. She was full.
After Zhou's mother cleaned up the dishes and kitchen, Jiang Xia went to wash her hair and take a shower. After that, she dried her hair in the yard.
Zhou Chenglei used an iron bucket truck to pull back a few old wooden boards and some iron supports from somewhere.
Jiang Xia saw him placing wooden boards on the wellhead piece by piece, and tracing the shape of the wellhead with a pencil.
Zhou Zhou squatted aside and asked curiously: "Uncle, what are you doing?"
"Make a manhole cover." Zhou Chenglei replied to his niece's question.
Zhou's mother was washing the clothes that Zhou's father and Zhou Zhou had changed in the courtyard beside the well. When she heard this, she said, "What's the point of getting a manhole cover? Zhou Zhou has grown up, and he knew not to get close in the past two years. Wellhead."
Zhou Zhou nodded and said, "Yes, uncle, I won't go near the well. I know the danger."
Jiang Xia couldn't help but think: Zhou Chenglei made this manhole cover. Isn't it to prevent her from falling into the well?
“I plan to install a water pump.”
Mother Zhou: “Why install a water pump? It’s superfluous! The terrain here is not as high as the new house, and the water well is shallow. You can just use a bucket to pump the water. It's easy and fast to get it up."
Zhou Chenglei: "It will be convenient for Zhou Zhou and Jiang Xia to fetch water."
"Oh, that's right, then install it!" He knew it was for Jiang Xia. Without saying anything, he called Zhou Zhou back to the house to sleep after washing the clothes.
Jiang Xia watched Zhou Chenglei busy in the yard with interest.
After Zhou Chenglei drew the shape of the wellhead, he took out the saw and sawed off the excess wood, then nailed the wooden boards into a circle piece by piece, and then nailed a circle of wooden boards around the edge of the circle to make it. A large round holder.
Then Jiang Xia saw that he took out some iron supports, placed them in a crisscross pattern inside the round bracket, and tied them with iron wires.
Then he used the leftover sand and cement used in building the house, mixed it into concrete, poured it into the round tray, and used a small shovel to level it to prevent the iron supports from being exposed.
After two days, when the concrete dries and hardens, a simple cement board manhole cover is ready.
Jiang Xia took a look at the yard. Except for a patio near the wellhead, the rest of the yard was filled with mud. When it wasn't raining, there was a lot of dust. When it was raining, there was mud on it.
She said: "Tomorrow is my eldest brother's trip to the sea. We don't have to go to the sea. How about we go to the river to pick up some pebbles and come back and pave a path in the yard?"
Jiang Xia also said that there is such a big yard. , it’s a waste if it’s empty, why not plant some fruit trees and flowers?
Zhou Chenglei replied: "Tomorrow morning I will go to the town market to buy a water pump, and I will pick it up when I come back in the afternoon."
The reason why there is nothing planted in the yard is because fish needs to be dried frequently, Zhou My mother was too lazy to plant it, but Zhou Chenglei didn't tell her.
Going to the market? When Jiang Xia heard this, he immediately said: "I'll go to the market with you."
Zhou Chenglei looked her over. The day after she got married, he asked her if she was going to the market, and she looked disgusted. refused.
"There are many stalls selling fish, chickens, geese, and ducks in the market, and it smells bad." The rural market was messy and dirty, and he had to remind her that he was afraid she wouldn't be able to bear it.
“I’m not afraid.”
Zhou Chenglei didn’t say anything else, “It’s getting late, go to bed! You have to get up at six o’clock tomorrow to go to the market.”
Zhou's father, Zhou's mother and Zhou Zhou all took a bath and went back to the house to sleep.
Jiang Xia returned to the room.
Zhou Chenglei washed his hands and walked in. He took out a large stack of unity and gave it to Jiang Xia.
Jiang Xia looked at him in surprise.
"You will be given a thousand yuan for today's trip to sea."
Is there such a good thing? After all, she just took the boat out to sea.
Jiang Xia: "I haven't done much, yet I still have so much money?"
Zhou Chenglei: "Without you hearing the cooing sound and seeing the fish, I wouldn't have made so much today. This is what you should If you take it, remember to put it away."
Zhou Chenglei put the money in the cabinet of the dressing table, and he also put his share in an iron box in the wardrobe in front of Jiang Xia.
Then he found a set of clothes and went to take a shower without turning off the light, fearing that she would be scared alone.
Jiang Xia counted the stack of money, it was exactly one thousand yuan, and she put the money away without politeness.
Jiang Xia had made a decision in her heart and planned to tell Zhou Chenglei when he came back from the shower.
She put the money away and went out to wash her hands before returning to the bed and lying down.
Originally, she wanted to wait for Zhou Chenglei to come back to talk about the matter, but she was too tired. She woke up early today and fell asleep while lying on the bed, not thinking about the snake at all.
When Zhou Chenglei came back from taking a bath, Jiang Xia was already asleep, her sleeping face was peaceful and beautiful.
Zhou Chenglei saw a little sweat on her forehead, took a clean cloth, returned to the bed, wiped her sweat, and applied medicine to her hands, then turned off the light and returned to the bed. Lie down, close your eyes and gently shake the big sunflower fan until you gradually fall asleep.
The next day, Zhou Chenglei woke up at five o'clock, and Jiang Xia's hands and feet were on him again.
He brought his pillow to rest on her, then carefully got up and went out for a run.
On days when he doesn’t have to go to sea, he runs for an hour every day.
It was already six o'clock when Zhou Chenglei came back from running, and Jiang Xia hadn't woken up yet.
The hall at home was empty, with only one dining table. Zhou Chenglei wanted to go to the market to buy some bamboo beds and bamboo stools.
Those who sell bamboo beds at the market usually only bring one. After all, it is too big to carry. If you arrive late, you might not have it anymore.
He had no choice but to wake Jiang Xia up.
Jiang Xia woke up as soon as she shouted and quickly got up to wash up.
Mother Zhou has already prepared breakfast, sweet potato porridge with pickles, and two boiled eggs.
Mother Zhou gave Zhou Zhou and Jiang Xia.
On days when they don’t have to go to sea, Zhou’s father and Zhou Chenglei don’t have any eggs to eat!
There are not many eggs in the house. Except for occasionally giving one to the grandson and Zhou Zhou, I would eat them on weekdays and save them for Zhou’s father and his son to take on the boat when they go to sea. Zhou’s mother thought that she had misunderstood Jiang Xia yesterday and cooked them too much. One.
After the couple had breakfast, Zhou Chenglei and Jiang Xia went to the village committee to borrow a tractor.
Then the two drove the tractor to the town market.
It was the same road as last time. At the same intersection, I met the heroine in a white skirt.
Only this time Wenwan did not herd the sheep, but pushed an iron bucket cart with a large wooden board on it, and a slaughtered sheep was placed on the wooden board.
Wen Wan reached out and stopped Zhou Chenglei's tractor.
Happy Children’s Day to all the adults and children!
Today (June 1st), the release date has been updated at 0:00 am. It will be updated at 9:00 am on June 2nd as usual.
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