Chapter 48: Being a Stepmother 15
Huang Lamei became angrier and angrier as she thought about it. She felt that she had raised her granddaughter for nothing when she didn't help her parents. She couldn't even call her to come back to her parents' home. It wasn't too much for her to take some good things home when she came to visit her granddaughter.
Ye Zhiqiu had been on guard against her, so how could he let her eat and take away everything at the same time? All the valuable food and things were placed in the space. If you want to stay and eat, you can. Steamed sweet potatoes and potatoes are available, if you want, they are large enough to fill you up. In addition to this, there are pickles, and nothing else.
How could Huang Lamei be happy to eat sweet potatoes? She had eaten enough at home. She would fart every day if she ate too much. After searching around and not finding anything good, she went to Ye Zhiqiu to ask for it. If he didn't give it to her, she would make a fuss.
Ye Zhiqiu sneered and reminded: "I heard that the girl Ye Rong is dating has a very wealthy family. If he knew that she has a grandmother who likes to come to her house to ask for money, I wonder if he would still agree to the marriage."
This marriage was kept secret, and only she and her husband knew about it. She didn't expect Ye Zhiqiu to know about it. Huang Lamei didn't like her granddaughter who didn't grow up with her, but she liked her eldest son. She was afraid that Ye Daniu would blame her, so she gave up the idea of making a scene.
After sending his grandmother away, Ye Zhiqiu finally had time to go to his private plot to see how the wheat was growing. The first experiment looked good, and although the effect was unknown at present, at least the wheat was growing no worse than that on the collective land.
That was all. She didn't want to make a big show right away, but she also couldn't let the villagers laugh at her. She knew that many people privately said that she was fooling around, and that she should stay at home and take care of her children instead of messing around.
Is the child she raises worse than any other child in the village? Have you ever seen a pig run before? After all, she has raised children in the previous two worlds, and there are various parenting books provided by the system. If Han Yue goes out and says that the child is from the city, people will believe her.
The Chinese New Year is only a month away. Han Dalin had already sent a letter saying that he would not go home for the New Year. He also sent the tickets and money back long ago, asking her to arrange the New Year's goods on her own.
She looked down on the supplies in the supply and marketing cooperative, but she often followed the villagers to buy things. First, the things in the space had a source, and second, she didn't have to waste the tickets sent back by Han Dalin. As for the things she bought, she could give them away if she didn't want to use them herself.
At this time, she forgot that she had nowhere to go. Han Dalin had already told her not to worry about the old house of the Han family, and he would take care of it. She just wanted to stay away from the Ye family, so how could she take the initiative to go back? If outsiders gossiped about her, they would only say that she had nothing better to do.
Now that every family is hungry, she thought no one would meddle in her affairs. Unexpectedly, someone actually asked her in person why she didn't go back to her parents' home for the New Year.
Ye Zhiqiu remembered that this person was Han Dalin's aunt who was not yet five generations apart, and the two families did not have much contact. After all, Han Dalin was not at home, and she did not even know her. If she had not delivered something to Han's father today, she would not have met her aunt.
"Aunt, I also want to go back to my parents' home, but it's not good to go back empty-handed during the New Year. Can you lend me some money so I can buy something?"
The aunt's face immediately turned ugly, and she said to Han's father: "Hey, your Dalin is a wage earner outside, why did you borrow money from me? Didn't you give money to your daughter-in-law? You can't have a stepmother and a stepfather. Tell others that it will bring shame to the Han family."
Ye Zhiqiu was immediately amused, feeling that this person was attacking indiscriminately. Forget it, she was angry for nothing, and she would not bother with such a fool.
Even though he knew who this sister-in-law was, Han's father still looked happy. Who wants to hear spoilers during the Chinese New Year? It was the Chinese New Year that required attention. At another time, he would have kicked her out.
Ye Zhiqiu didn't want to continue chatting with the fool, so she put down her things and left, and went home to be comfortable behind closed doors. It was winter, and Han Yue didn't like to go out, so the two of them closed the door and sat on the kang to eat and drink, feeling so comfortable.
However, no matter how comfortable she was, she never forgot to study. She not only had to learn high school knowledge, but also knowledge related to agriculture. That is, the current high school textbooks are simple, but if she had to change to high school textbooks thirty years later, she definitely would not have the energy to learn all of them at the same time.
Han Yue was also a well-behaved girl. When she saw Ye Zhiqiu reading, she didn't make any noise. Instead, she took out a box of crayons and drew on paper for a long time.
After the Spring Festival, Ye Zhiqiu also started to get busy. She had no time to take care of the child during the day, and there was no kindergarten in the village, so she had to let Han Yue go to preschool in advance.
The teacher was reluctant to accept the girl at first, but fortunately she had taught Han Yue at home a long time ago. The little girl performed counting and reading comic strips in front of the teacher, and the teacher changed her mind and agreed to enroll her.
After her child went to school, she had more time to herself, but she still went to work as usual, slacking off to earn five or six work points every day, just enough to support herself. She saved all the money Han Dalin gave her as her own pocket money, which would be the start-up capital for buying a house in the future.
Spring passed and summer came, and the wheat in the field was harvested. Ye Zhiqiu was not very satisfied with the results, which were far from the ideal data. Fortunately, this was the first experiment and there was still room for improvement.
The system also comforted her not to rush, after all, the conditions were limited, and it was already very good to have this result. However, she didn't know how many eyes in the village were staring at her. Seeing that the wheat yield she planted was higher than that of the villagers, everyone wanted her good seeds.
Ye Zhiqiu didn't mind changing the seeds, but she couldn't suffer a loss. One kilogram of seeds had to be exchanged for at least two kilograms of wheat to be cost-effective. She didn't do it to make a profit, but just didn't want others to take advantage of her.
In fact, she didn't understand what the exchange was for. There was no land for each household, so how could they plant crops without land? They couldn't just leave it there and let it grow old, right?
The villagers have many years of farming experience, so they certainly won't save the seeds for the next year. They just watched Ye Zhiqiu plant wheat in his private plot, and when they were ready to plant in winter, they also tried it in their own plot. As for vegetables, they could plant them in any corner, and if that didn't work, they could also open up wasteland on the mountain.
The Ye family also heard the news, but unfortunately they were unwilling to exchange and just wanted to get the seeds for free. This time Ye Erniu learned his lesson. He didn't come alone, but brought the team leader with him. The dead girl didn't want to help her family, but it couldn't be that the whole village wouldn't help.
Ye Zhiqiu really didn't think she had any obligation to help, but the captain had kindly reminded her at the beginning, and the other party was very cooperative when it came to moving her household registration, so it was difficult for her to refuse outright.
But she was unwilling to let the Ye family benefit from it, so she came up with a bad idea. She could exchange the seeds with the villagers at a one-to-one ratio. It would be fine for each individual to exchange, as she didn't want to cause trouble.
"Why is it a problem? Can people from Hanjia Village also exchange it?" Ye Erniu was anxious. What's the point of exchanging it with the village? It's all collective property. Only when it is exchanged with one's own family can it be planted in the private plot.
"The people of Hanjia Village are not exchanged with me. If anyone dares to cause trouble, it has nothing to do with me." How could Ye Zhiqiu let herself get into trouble? She packed up all the good seeds and sent them to the old house of the Han family and left them there.
It is Mr. Han's freedom to exchange the money with anyone he wants. With him in the spotlight, everyone in Hanjia Village has the surname Han, so if they have different opinions, they can only keep them to themselves, because Mr. Han is of a higher generation.
The captain understood Ye Zhiqiu's thoughts to some extent. It was he who had the final say on where to plant the seeds, so this was not a bad idea.