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Chapter 429: Clearing Skies
Chapter 429: Clearing Skies
After leaving the employee housing, Zhou Chenglei and Jiang Xia went to purchase a sofa, bed, wardrobe, coffee table, and other furniture for the entire house.
Although they didn't buy as much as last time, they still spent over six thousand yuan, all at cost price.
After the purchase, they arranged for the delivery the next day and headed home.
Upon returning to town, Zhou Chenglei went to the post office to collect parcels, and there were seven or eight of them, each in a large burlap sack.
There were too many parcels and List) to fit in the car, so Zhou Chenglei only took one bag, planning to collect the rest when he returned from the city tomorrow.
Jiang Xia, aware that he had received several calls, saw him carrying only one bag and assumed he had packed them all together, especially since this bag was particularly large: "Will it fit in the back? Do you want to bring some things to my place?"
"No need, it'll fit," Zhou Chenglei replied, rearranging the items in the back and placing the parcel inside before returning to the driver's seat and driving off.
As soon as they arrived home, the children rushed into the house, eager to continue playing games, not even bothering to take their new clothes.
Only Zhou Zhou remembered to help with the luggage.
Zhou Chenglei called out, "Come and help with the luggage, and take your own clothes!"
The others hurriedly assisted with the luggage, grabbed their clothes, and then rushed back to their games.
Zhou Zhou, Zhou Wenzong, and Zhou Wenguang all had swimming machines, and Zhou Wenyao, Zhou Xie, and Zhou Guohua each had one of the three of them, each clinging to one of them, begging them to let them play a round, signing away land and reparations, agreeing to any unequal treaties!
Jiang Xia glanced at them, seeing that they were getting along well without any arguments, and left them be.
Tian Caixia, who often spent her free time knitting sweaters here, noticed that Jiang Xia had bought clothes for her brothers. She decided to knit a few more sweaters for Jiang Xia and her unborn child.
Zhou Chenglei took out a bag of local specialties sent by his comrade. It contained a large Jinhua ham, two preserved ducks, and plenty of tea, lotus starch, and dried radish.
Zhou Chenglei spent the entire evening packing various dried seafood items, including flavorful fish fry, dried oysters, dried abalone, shrimp meat, dried sweet potatoes, sweet potato starch, and tea leaves. He filled another large burlap sack, organizing a total of ten items.
The next morning, Zhou Chenglei used a tractor to transport over a thousand pounds of fish fry to the city post office for mailing.
On his return, he brought back several more large burlap sacks filled with yellow wine, ginseng wine, various other wines, chestnuts, black fungus, mushrooms, silver ear fungus, golden needles, cordyceps, smoked rabbit, smoked duck, pine nuts, sunflower seeds, dates, sweet potato starch, kudzu starch, tea seed oil, dried fruit, fried dough twists, apples, various teas, dried vegetables... They had thought of everything!
Jiang Xia and Zhou Chenglei carefully stored the items, worried that improper storage might lead to spoilage and waste.
"I was thinking of going to the market to buy New Year's goods at the end of the year, but now I don't need to," Jiang Xia said, looking at Zhou Chenglei. This took away her joy of preparing for the New Year.
In her past life, even when she was alone, she would still buy a lot of New Year's goods and decorate the house festively.
Zhou Chenglei packed the tea leaves and placed them in the tea jar: "When the time comes, I'll accompany you. Buy whatever you want."
"Buy more meat later, but the refrigerator won't be able to fit it all. For the New Year, I want to eat stewed goose and braised bones."
"I'll stew the goose tonight."
Tomorrow morning, he would go and buy the bones to make braised bones.
There was no need to wait for the New Year.
The rain had been falling for six consecutive days, but finally, on Saturday afternoon, the skies cleared.
Jiang Xia woke up from her afternoon nap at 3 pm. As soon as she opened her eyes, she saw the sunlight outside the window and immediately spoke to the translator sitting at the desk: "I want to go to the beach, get some sunshine."
If she didn't get some sun soon, Jiang Xia felt like she was about to grow mold! It was cold and damp!
Even drying clothes was a challenge, and it was only thanks to Zhou Chenglei's idea of using a rack over a charcoal grill that they managed to dry their clothes.
Zhou Chenglei closed his fountain pen and took out some clothes for her to wear before accompanying her.
Jiang Xia looked out the window and noticed the receding tide, "The tide is going out."
Zhou Chenglei took the fishing net and beachcombing tools and headed out. He would cast the net and retrieve it in the evening, ensuring a fresh catch for dinner.
The two left together.
Wen Wan, tired from reading in her room, dozed off at her desk and even had a dream.
It was all because Jiang Xia had taken all the books that the publishing house needed to be translated, leaving Wen Wan with nothing to do but read, unable to earn any money.
Stretching lazily, Wen Wan glanced out the balcony and spotted Zhou Chenglei and Jiang Xia carrying tools and leaving the courtyard for the beach.
She immediately looked out to the sea and confirmed that the tide was indeed receding.
Although the tide hadn't gone out much yet, after days of heavy rain, many people were already on the beach, eager to collect seashells and shellfish.
There were also several people setting out nets.
Wen Wan recalled her recent dream.
She promptly woke up Zhou Guohua, who was still snoring, "The sun is out, and the tide is going out! Hurry up and get up to go beachcombing!"
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Zhou Guohua reluctantly frowned, "Okay, let me rest a bit more. My head hurts a little; feel my forehead to see if I have a fever."
He felt dizzy, having set out the net daily to catch fresh fish for Xia Wan to nourish her body. After being caught in the rain, he likely caught a cold, feeling dizzy and congested.
Wen Wan, slightly disgusted, touched his forehead and quickly withdrew her hand. "It's probably because you got drunk with your brother last night. Get up! If you don't go, I'll go myself!"
Zhou Guohua had no choice but to endure his discomfort and get up, "I'll wash my face first."
Wen Wan gave him a disapproving look.
She woke up at 7 a.m. every day, reading in her room, and could see Zhou Chenglei returning with a bucket of fish.
He braved the rain and wind to set out the net daily, providing fresh fish for Jiang Xia to nourish her body.
Sometimes, she could even see him preparing late-night snacks in the kitchen.
As for Zhou Guohua? He only went to set out the net when she urged him! And his mother criticized her for not caring for her man!
Pregnant with Zhou Guohua's child, she had been nauseous for two months, only recently regaining her appetite. Zhou Guohua didn't even think of buying lamb to nourish her; he had to be reminded to set out the net and bring back fish for her to supplement her body.
He spent his days hiding under the covers, reluctant to get up.
With the recent rainy days, the family had been eating dried fish, and Wen Wan felt like vomiting again!
Looking at the neighboring courtyard, Zhou Chenglei woke up early every day, carrying a fishing net and returning with a bucket of seafood. He went out again around noon and once more in the evening, ensuring Jiang Xia had fresh fish for every meal.
Zhou Mu killed chickens, geese, and ducks every two to three days! The aroma of the meat wafted into Wen Wan's room, making her mouth water.
Comparing herself to others, she felt envious and frustrated.
Seeing how Jiang Xia was cherished and loved by Zhou Chenglei and the Zhou family, Wen Wan deeply regretted not immediately helping Jiang Xia elope with Mr. Wu after her rebirth.
Even her dream hinted that she would marry Zhou Chenglei!
And when she saw Jiang Xia elope with Mr. Wu, it was probably meant to prompt her to facilitate their elopement.
But she had missed the opportunity.
These days, she kept thinking that if given another chance, she wouldn't let it slip by.
Especially when it came to making money!
She had missed many opportunities, all because Jiang Xia had always been one step ahead. This time, she would not make the same mistake again!
(End of Chapter)
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