Chapter 83: Fall

When Su's mother left, Su Qing'an discussed with Grandma Zhou and let her take the job of making feather dusters back home.

Now the store has been revived thanks to the business of the meat stall. Grandma Zhou can't take care of the job of making feather dusters. There are so many of them piled up in the backyard, and Su's father piled them up on a cart and transported them back to Qiaotou Village.

Although this thing is sold cheaply, only three or five cents a piece, it is like a broom, and every household has it. A family has three or five pieces, and each room has one, and it is also a consumable item.

It is not a problem for those who are quick to tie dozens of feathers a day. Although they can't make a lot of money, they can still make a few small profits.

Su Qing'an didn't know if they were willing to do it. Grandma Zhou was neat and tidy, and she cleaned the feathers very cleanly, and they were all rinsed and dried, so they were not dirty. Su's mother said that they didn't want to do it, so she kept it for herself.

So when Su Qing'an asked Su's father to send Su's mother back, they also took all the chicken feathers in the backyard back.

The next day, Su's father came to the town and said that they were all willing to do it. Yesterday, grandparents also helped to do two handfuls. When he came today, his father asked him to pick some fresh vegetables from the vegetable garden and bring them back.

Su Qing'an breathed a sigh of relief. Now there are many surplus laborers and few jobs. She looked around but couldn't find any suitable jobs for them. Male laborers are needed as long as they are willing to work hard.

Another month passed, and autumn came.

Su Qing'an went to the clinic to see a doctor. The doctor said that her pregnancy was stable, and she breathed a sigh of relief. During this period, everyone watched her closely, fearing that something might happen. She was sorry for Lu Bocheng. Although Su Qing'an wanted to complain, she also cooperated and only did some light work.

Autumn came, and the busy farming season began. Su's father went back to Qiaotou Village. For the first time, Aunt Su brought her eldest son-in-law to Qiaotou Village to help with the autumn harvest.

Step-grandmother Wang had always looked down on Su Dagu, the daughter of old Su's first wife. When she was young, she often forced her to work and married her to such a poor family. The money borrowed by the family to marry a daughter-in-law was not paid off until Su Dagu married for many years.

Later, Su Dagu would not return to Qiaotou Village. First, she was poor, and second, she looked down on Wang.

She was better than Su Ergu in every way, but she didn't expect that the most capable and caring daughter of the family would marry the worst.

Her life was not even a finger better than Su Ergu. When Su Ergu married, her husband's family had fields and shops, and there were clerks in the shop and hired workers at home. She didn't have to touch the water, and she had food and drink when she lay down.

As for Su Dagu, her stepmother sent her so far away, took so much betrothal silver from her, and didn't buy a few decent dowry. How could she not be angry?

This time, it was not for Wang's face, but for her brother Su Dahai's face, to go back to help him and his sister-in-law.

She received Su Qing'an's kindness, and her husband had money to treat his leg. Now the family can do some light work, making small things such as straw baskets and bamboo baskets to sell to Qing'an for some money. Her son also brings money back every month, which is more than his father used to earn. Aunt Su is relieved. Every sip and bite is destined.

Every year during the busy farming season, Wang said that the people left behind eat more and have less labor, and they are not as good as her children who have more people and do more work in the fields.

Aunt Su was holding back her anger. Anyway, her family's land was sold, so she took her son-in-law who had finished his work to Qiaotou Village to help. She just couldn't let Wang look down on the people left behind.

Old Su didn't expect that his eldest daughter, who had been married for so many years and rarely came back, would bring her grandson-in-law to help with the autumn harvest!

Some of them didn't react. I thought the one or two taels of silver he secretly gave to him worked. I felt very comforted.

Aunt Su didn't want to say much. She helped for three days, and when she saw that they were busy, she took her grandson-in-law to the town. She didn't say a few words to Old Su. Old Su was a little disappointed.

"Mom, why are you and brother-in-law here?" Zhou Dajiang was very happy to see his mother, and he held his mother and brother-in-law tightly.

"Mom, can't you come? You should stay in the village and stay at home and not go anywhere?"

"No, no, that's not what my son said." Scratching his head, afraid that her mother would be angry.

Zhou Chulan's husband patted his brother-in-law and looked at him for a while. He was very happy to see that he had changed so much.

Aunt Su looked at her son who was becoming more and more experienced, and saw that his whole temperament had changed. She was happy: "Where are your cousins?"

"In the backyard, I'll take you there, brother-in-law, let's go..."

"Hey."

When they arrived in the backyard, they were intimate again.

"Ah? Aunt, you went to help with the autumn harvest at home?" Su Qingliu was shocked and widened her eyes. This was going to change.

"What? Mother, you went to your grandparents' home? And you brought your brother-in-law with you?" Zhou Dajiang was also incredulous.

"That's not right. If I go alone, your grandmother will probably look down on me, saying that a woman like me can't do much work, and she thinks I'm going to eat for free. I'll take your brother-in-law with me, and see what she has to say. She left behind four laborers to help the family this year, and only two people eat at home. It's no worse than her own children."

Su Dagu still wanted to get angry with Wang.

"What about my grandfather? Wasn't he scared?"

"How could he not be scared? Your grandfather looked at me for a long time as if he didn't know me. I didn't pay much attention to him. Your father is an honest man, he doesn't fight or compete. If I hadn't reminded him, he probably wouldn't even remember that he had married a wife before."

Su Qingliu chuckled: "Aunt, you are really something. I guess my grandma is not very happy about your appearance."

"She is not happy that someone is helping her with the work? The family can rest after two more days of work. I heard from your mother that she had to work for a few more days in the past. Besides, I don't care whether she is happy or not. The more unhappy she is, the happier I am."

Looking at Aunt Su's arrogant look after getting rid of her anger, everyone laughed together.

Su Qingmei thought that this aunt was a woman who had lost her vitality due to the torture of life, but she was unexpectedly impetuous, with a clear distinction between love and hate, optimistic and kind.

Su Dagu took Qingmei to say a lot of good things, and thanked her for giving Dajiang work. Seeing that Dajiang was now like a different person compared to before, she was happy and kept talking to Su Qingmei. She also reminded her of many things to pay attention to during pregnancy.

After having lunch, she didn't want to stay any longer, and took her son-in-law back in a hurry.

Two days later, after finishing the work at home, Su's father was thinking about the vegetable planting in Xiahe Village, so he came to the town again, took the vegetable seeds, and took Zhou Dajiang to Xiahe Village together.

After a few days of busy work, he saw that the tenants in Xiahe Village had turned the land, applied fertilizer, and planted vegetable seeds in the fields, and then returned to the town. After returning, he followed Su Dahu to the countryside without stopping, busy collecting fruits everywhere.

Since Su Qing'an got pregnant, Su Dahu rarely saw him in the store. He was out almost every day, leaving early and returning late. Su Qing'an went back to Lu's house at night, and he would return to the store. The two often didn't see each other for a long time.

Sometimes Su Qing'an ran into him and wanted to talk to him, but he only talked about business and going to the countryside to collect fruits, and didn't say much else.

In the past, he would always tell him something else. When Su Qing'an asked him to go to the countryside, he was not very active. He always liked to stay in the store, and his eyes followed Su Qing'an's shadow.

Su Qing'an naturally noticed it. But she was not the Su Qing'an of the past, and she could not respond to his deep affection. Maybe finding someone to start a family with him would make him forget faster.

So Su Qing'an found Grandma Zhou.