Chapter 19 Sheep Sheep Sheep
Hearing that Shen Hu had obtained the fabric, Zhang Chunxing didn't ask any more questions. She quickly locked the box and returned the key to Zhang Chunnuan.
The original owner only knew that Shen Hu was the number one person in the Peace Brigade, but he didn't know how capable a country man with no background or education could be in the mining transportation team.
It is not impossible for the transport team to travel all over the country and get some good undyed cotton cloth.
It was precisely because he knew Shen Hu's ability that Zhang Chunxing did not ask any more questions.
But if something needs to be said, she, as a sister, still has to say it.
"I'm just telling you that you can't hide two ounces of sesame oil in your dog's belly! You can't hide this thing better, so you think no one is jealous, right?!"
She held the cloth in one hand and helped Zhang Chunnuan to the bed with the other hand, and continued to ask: "Who else has seen those cloths in the box except me?"
Zhang Chunnuan shook his head: "No, I'm not stupid, how can I let others know!"
"You're not stupid, you're stupid!"
Zhang Chunxing put the cloth back on the bed and continued: "I don't know what Shen Hu left for you, but remember not to let anyone see it in the future. Even me, don't let me know!"
"Oh." Zhang Chunnuan picked up the needle and thread and continued making clothes.
Those fabrics are nothing to her. The things she puts outside can be given to people who are worthy of them.
Cheap Second Sister is one of them.
"Oh what? Did you hear what I said?"
Zhang Chunxing became very angry when she saw her attitude. She thought she was willing to be so verbose!
If this wasn't her own sister, she wouldn't bother to care!
"Yeah." Zhang Chunnuan responded repeatedly: "I understand, and I won't let others know."
After she finished speaking, she raised her head and glanced at Zhang Chunxing, "Second sister, I'm serious, please take a piece of cloth back and make clothes for my nephews."
Zhang Chunxing rolled her eyes at her. Nowadays, it doesn't take 7 feet of cloth to make an adult's clothes, and even less for children's clothes.
Besides, who doesn’t just pick up clothes that the older ones can’t fit into and wear them?
Three years of new life, three years of old life, and another three years of mending.
How can any family make a new daughter-in-law for the whole family at once!
Zhang Chunnuan made up her mind to force a piece of cloth to her second sister when she left, instead of crying to her!
"Sister, when you came in just now, I thought I heard the braying of cattle and sheep."
Only now did Zhang Chunxing have time to see the two children. When she heard this, she said without raising her head:
"Didn't you let your brother-in-law look for sheep and piglets? I caught two pairs of sheep for you and asked your brother-in-law to borrow the team's oxcart to bring them over. He is penning the sheep for you in the backyard!"
Unexpectedly, the sheep from Zhang Chunxing's side were delivered earlier than those from Wang Dongxue's side.
After hearing this, Zhang Chunnuan wanted to take a look, but she suppressed her impatience after looking at the cheap second sister who was concentrating on teasing the baby.
At night, when Father Shen fell asleep, she smuggled a pair of lambs into the farm.
The grass carp that Wang Dongxue sent last time also smuggled into the farm in this way. They bred in one night and were about the same size. She took two out to count.
When Wang Dongxue came to make fish soup the next day, she didn't expect that the two fish sent the day before were no longer in the basin.
Zhang Chunxing saw her sister giggling while making clothes, and asked strangely:
"What do you enjoy?"
"No!" Zhang Chunnuan shook his head in denial. When his eyes met the suspicious eyes of the other party, the conversation changed: "Oh, sister, I forgot to tell you, our twins have registered for household registration."
Zhang Chunxing nodded: "You're already half a month old, it's time to register for household registration. What's your name?"
"My brother's name is Shen Wenyu, and my sister's name is Shen Wenci." At this point, Zhang Chunnuan paused and added:
"The village chief uncle said that the name was too big and he was afraid that the baby would not be able to bear it, so I gave him two nicknames. My brother is called Shi Qi and my sister is called August."
Zhang Chunxing nodded again, "Seventeenth, August, pretty good, better than calling Goudan."
The two sisters chatted and time passed quickly for an hour.
Suddenly there was a knock on the door, and a deep male voice sounded:
"Xing'er, I've almost built the sheepfold, but there are still some stones missing. I'll go look for them on the mountain. The people working on the fields will be back in a while. Remember to cook."
Zhang Chunxing responded, and the footsteps outside the door gradually faded away.
"Sister, aren't your team going to collect today?" Zhang Chunnuan finally realized.
"He and I asked for leave." Zhang Chunxing helped with the cutting with scissors and continued:
"You also know that your brother-in-law's family has not been separated yet. I gave my mother-in-law two yuan of the money you gave me last time, but she didn't say anything."
"The lambs I caught for you are not worth much. People don't have enough to eat right now. How can there be so much food to feed livestock? The two pairs of lambs total 16 yuan. I gave my mother-in-law two yuan and another two yuan."
"I haven't seen anyone selling the piglets you want. The famine just ended. People starved to death last year. There aren't many people raising pigs this year. I'll tell you when I find them."
Zhang Chunnuan nodded after hearing this.
She originally planned to only have a pair of goats and a pair of piglets. Since she couldn't buy piglets, she could just raise two pairs of goats first.
Zhang Chunxing helped the two children cut their clothes and then went to the kitchen to make lunch.
As soon as lunch was ready, Father Shen came back.
After lunch, I didn’t even have time to take a break and rushed back to work.
Zhang Chunxing brought the food into the house, and the two sisters ate and chatted together.
Halfway through the meal, Zhang Chunxing looked at Zhang Chunnuan, hesitated for a while, and then said:
"Your brother-in-law and I only took one day off. We have to go to work tomorrow. It's not easy to take leave during the harvest. Can you handle it at home alone?"
Zhang Chunnuan swallowed the food in his mouth, then nodded and said: "You and your brother-in-law can go about your work without worries. The wound has almost recovered. You can see that I can even get out of bed and take a walk."
"I feel like you and Dongxue are gone. I can take care of myself and my baby's food and drink. My father-in-law will wash the used diapers after he gets off work."
With no one watching, she feels freer and more at ease, okay?
Zhang Chunxing saw that there was no sign of reluctance on her face, so she nodded to express her understanding.
After the meal, she helped Zhang Chunnuan sew the two children's small clothes. Just as she was about to sew the pants, brother-in-law Xiao had built the sheepfold.
Zhang Chunnuan looked at the pair of small crotchless pants and estimated that she could make them by herself tomorrow, so she asked her second sister to go home.
"Sister, please go back with your brother-in-law. I can do it alone! Do you think any of the other wives are more comfortable than me? If you are really worried, just come and see me after the robbery is over."
Zhang Chunxing hesitated for a few seconds, nodded and said: "Okay, I'll go back first. I made a lot of lunch just now. You can eat it when it's hot in the evening. Remember to ask someone to bring the message if you have anything."
"I know." Zhang Chunnuan followed with a small piece of cloth cut off, walked to the door, and stuffed the cloth into Zhang Chunxing's arms.
"Sister, take the cloth back and make clothes for my nephews. I won't send you out. Remember to close the courtyard door for me."
Before she finished speaking, she had already closed the door with a "pop" sound.
Zhang Chunxing looked at the closed door in front of her, sighed silently, looked at the heavy cloth in her arms, and felt that she couldn't refuse her sister's kindness, so she turned and left.
After the sound of the bullock cart could no longer be heard clearly, Zhang Chunnuan opened the door and walked from the kitchen to the sheep pen in the backyard.
In a sheepfold built with stones as high as one person, four lambs were bleating non-stop.
The sheepfold was covered with straw, and a small pile of fresh grass was piled in one corner.
Zhang Chunnuan opened the fence door and walked in. She waved two lambs, a male and a female, into the sheepfold set up in the farm's breeding area, and returned to the house with her hands behind her back proudly.
Chapter completed!