Quick Wear: Men Farming and Women Weaving

Chapter 161 Yi Zhonghai's Son 16

Aunt Yi, who was drying clothes at the doorstep, saw Qin Huairu walking towards her with a bulging belly and a hint of weakness.

"Aunt Yi, I just came here and I'm not familiar with it yet."

"I know Uncle Yi is my husband's master, so I came over to say hello."

Qin Huairu was very perceptive and stepped forward to help.

"We all live in the same courtyard, so we'll become familiar with each other after a while," Aunt Yi said in a very calm tone. She didn't like the woman in front of her.

Qin Huairu seemed not to notice anything and tried to find other topics to talk about.

Yi Yongkang, on the other side, felt helpless with his own hands and feet.

Yi Zhonghai and his wife were unwilling to let him leave the courtyard alone.

"Xiaobao, my dad caught three fish yesterday, let's go and take a look"

Yan Jiedi ran over and took his hand, and the two of them ran to Yan's house in the front yard to look at the fish.

The two older brothers in the family followed Yan Bugui to school in the morning, and the third brother, who was one year older than her, ran outside to play.

Aunt Yan was tidying up and cleaning at home. When she saw her daughter running over, she continued to wipe the table without paying any attention.

There was a basin of water on the floor of the small kitchen, which was very narrow. The small fish in it were about the size of a palm, and they were swimming and blowing bubbles. They were three grass carps.

Yan Jiedi took a small wooden stick and poked it here and there.

"Jie Di, here's yours to eat."

Yi Yongkang took out a candy from his pocket and gave it to her.

Yan Jiedi stared at the candy in his hand with shining eyes, and her tongue licked her lips involuntarily several times.

Yi Yongkang simply opened the candy's packaging and stuffed it directly into her mouth.

"Eat quickly, or you will have nothing to eat when your brothers come back in the evening." Yi Yongkang knew their character very well. As long as the food was available, they could not eat it all by themselves.

"Uh-huh"

Yan Jiedi tasted the sweet candy and felt very happy. She smiled at him happily without speaking clearly.

I didn't notice that two of the fish in the basin had started to turn over.

When she saw that two fish were dead, she thought she had stabbed them to death and screamed in fear.

"Jie Di, it's okay. The fish died on its own," Yi Yongkang comforted her.

When Aunt Yan heard her daughter's voice, she ran in and thought something had happened. But when she saw that the fish was dead, she felt relieved.

"Xiaobao, take a fish back and make fish soup later."

"Drinking fish soup in winter is very nutritious." Aunt Yan generously gave him a fish.

No one in the courtyard could get anything from the stingy Yan family, and the Yan couple had a very good impression of Yi Yongkang.

Yi Yongkang looked at the smallest of the two dead fish, and with a twitching eye he looked at Aunt Yan in front of him who looked very smug.

When he walked out of the Yan family's gate, he was holding a dead fish in his right hand and walked back home very embarrassedly.

"Why are you carrying a fish?" Aunt Yi was very curious about where the fish in her son's hand came from.

"It was given by Jie Di's family."

"Then you have to thank them. They can make fish soup for you."

In those days, every household was short of food and clothing, so this little fish was very precious, and it could also serve as a way to get some meat.

"Mom, why is that daughter-in-law from the Jia family here?" Yi Yongkang saw that the house was empty.

"What else can I do?"

“Neighbors come over to hang out.”

Aunt Yi hates anyone or anything related to the Jia family, especially Zhang.

At noon, Aunt Yi steamed more than ten steamed buns with corn flour, boiled half a pot of fish soup in an iron pot, added onions, ginger and garlic to remove the fishy smell, and cooked the tofu she bought at Chaoyang Vegetable Market a few days ago for an hour.

Yi Yongkang's mouth kept watering as he smelled the fragrance.

Aunt Yi found the child's greedy look a little funny, and seeing that the time was almost up, she served the buns out and let them cool.

The fish soup was also served in a soup bowl, and a small bowl was specially given to the son, asking him to drink slowly.

Yi Zhonghai usually had lunch at the factory and seldom came back, so it was just the two of them at mealtime.

After lunch, Yi Yongkang ran to the next room.

When I pushed open the door, I saw that the room was clean and tidy. It was obvious that since she bought the house next door, Aunt Yi often cleaned here.

Some furniture was also added inside. Against the wall was a double wooden bed made of rosewood, surrounded by carved auspicious clouds and a unicorn delivering a child. Yi Zhonghai had deliberately bought it back from the second-hand furniture section of the Pigeon Market. The seller was an old resident of the city. It was his grandmother's dowry, and he spent 50 old currency dollars on it.

Next to it is a large double-layer wardrobe made of rosewood. When the upper layer is opened, it is divided into three compartments where different clothes can be stored. The bottom layer has two drawers where some small items can be stored.

There are only two compartments in the bottom wardrobe, which can be used to store some heavy winter clothes or quilts.

There was a desk and a chair with an armchair near the window, but they were made of camphor wood, and Yi Zhonghai paid the carpenter to paint them.

Yi Zhonghai had a very good eye and picked out two complete pieces of furniture in the flea market, and the wood used was very precious.

Yi Yongkang looked at the bedroom that had been prepared. It only needed a few small things before he could move in.

He planned to wait for his father to come back in the evening and ask them to agree to let him move next door.

At this time, Aunt Yi came over and saw her son in the next room.

"This room is almost ready. You will live in it in two years when you turn six and go to school."

"Mom, I want to move in now," Yi Yongkang said coquettishly, holding Aunt Yi's hand.

"You are too young. It's not safe to live alone," Aunt Yi said hesitantly. She was worried about her son living alone.

"I'm grown up now and can live alone." Yi Yongkang followed his mother without giving up.

"If your father agrees, I have no objection." Aunt Yi made a soft-hearted request to her son, hoping that the head of the family would reject her son's request.

“Dad will definitely agree.”

Yi Yongkang firmly believed that his father spoiled him on a daily basis and would definitely not object.

I went back to the living room and played with the stuffed tiger, looking at the door longingly.

Aunt Yi looked at her son like this, and helplessly poured him a cup of hot water, put it aside and went about her own business.

At this time, Yi Zhonghai was busy in the factory, making delicate parts with his hands. The whole workshop was noisy and the machines were making loud noises.

He wiped the sweat off his face with a towel and breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that the parts were made perfectly.

He thought that he would have a good chance of being promoted to level seven fitter next time, and his salary would increase by ten or twenty yuan. In two years, his son would go to school, and the expenses would be even higher. However, he was willing to do so. He felt happy whenever he thought of his little treasure.

"Master, it's almost time to get off work"

Jia Dongxu, who was standing next to him, packed up his things and came to his master.

"Okay, I got it," Yi Zhonghai responded, put the parts away, checked the machine and turned off the power with confidence.

Other workers also began to put on the finishing touches.