After Entering the Book, She Became Rich in the 1980s

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 off the shells, just bite and eat and spit out the shells; the small red squid is refreshing It's so elastic, even the fish meat of the mud fish is 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 was so delicious that I couldn’t even throw away the soup.

Zhou Zhou has never been so satisfied with food. In the past, she couldn't compete with her brothers. How could she have ever eaten so much shrimp and fish in one meal in one day?

Her belly was round, and she couldn't help but pat it. Then she looked into her aunt's smiling eyes, and was so frightened that she retracted her hand, her face flushed.

Jiang Xia smiled.

Zhou's mother's cooking skills are average. 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.

Zhou's mother 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 and sit or walk for a while. I will help you carry water later."

It's not good to take a shower right after eating. She couldn't help it before because there were so many people at home. Now she doesn't need to rush to take a shower.

Jiang Xia didn't like washing dishes either, so she took Zhou Zhou out for a walk in the yard, and 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 on the patio beside the well. When she heard this, she said, "Why do we need a manhole cover? Zhou Zhou has grown up, and he knew not to go near the wellhead in the past two years."

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: Did Zhou Chenglei build this manhole cover to prevent her from falling into the well?

"I'm going to put in a rocking 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 well is shallow. You can just pump the water up with a bucket, which is easy and fast."

Zhou Chenglei: "Installing a water pump will make it convenient for Zhou Zhou and Jiang Xia to fetch water."

"Oh, that's right, then just pretend!" Mother Zhou knew as soon as she heard that it was for Jiang Xia to pretend. Without saying anything else, she 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 a saw and sawed off the excess wood, then nailed the wooden boards piece by piece into a circle, and then nailed a circle of wooden boards around the edge of the circle to make a large round support.

Then Jiang Xia saw that he took out some iron supports, placed them in a criss-cross 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. It was very dusty when it wasn't raining, and when it rained there was mud on it.

She said: "Big brother is going to the sea tomorrow. 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 such a big yard would be a waste if left empty, so 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."

There was nothing planted in the yard because fish needed to be dried frequently, and Zhou’s 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, but she refused with a look of disgust.

"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 said nothing more, "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 shower 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.

"I'll give you 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 contributed much, but 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 take, remember to put it away."

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Zhou Chenglei put the money in the dresser cabinet, and he also put his share in an iron box in the closet in front of Jiang Xia.

Then he found some 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.

She originally 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 in bed without thinking about the snake at all.

When Zhou Chenglei came back from taking a shower, 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, went back to the bed, wiped her sweat, and applied medicine to her hands, then turned off the light, went back to the bed and lay down with her eyes closed. I gently shook the big sunflower fan until I gradually fell 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 go there too late, you might lose it.

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.

Zhou's mother has already prepared breakfast, sweet potato porridge with pickles, and two boiled eggs.

Mother Zhou gave one Zhou Zhou and another 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 at home. Except for occasionally giving one to her grandson and Zhou Zhou, she is reluctant to eat them on weekdays and saves 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 one more.

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, and I met the heroine in a white dress at the same intersection.

Only this time, Wen Wan did not herd the sheep. Instead, she pushed an iron cart with a large wooden board on top, 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!

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