CH 30

MASS UPDATE (7/10)

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After receiving Wei Jianwei's gift, He Xiaoyun slandered him, but couldn't help but count with her fingers how many gifts that man had sent her.

So far, the other party has given her a book, a pair of shoes, and a silk scarf, but she has only given him an old book, which she bought with his money, which seems a bit unkind.

But she couldn't think of what she could give away. Go to the store to buy things? The money belongs to him. Without her sincerity in it, her own pocket would be cleaner than her face if she didn't spend his money.

She's been thinking about this issue for a day or two, but fortunately, the photos in the photo studio have not yet been sent, so she's not in a hurry to write back to Wei Jianwei.

This morning, she had finished the pig, and on the way back, she saw a peach tree in the yard of a family. The low-growing peaches had been picked, and there were a few left on the top with fluffy peaches in the middle. 

He Xiaoyun suddenly remembered that once she went up the mountain with Wei Jianwei, they saw one or two wild peaches in the forest on the top of the mountain. At that time, the green peaches were only the size of a finger, but they should be mature now. She doesn't know how many are left.

He Xiaoyun decided to try her luck at the moment. After having dinner at noon, she said to Wang Chunhua: "Mom, I'll go up the mountain to pick some peaches, Xiaoyuan, you can help me take a look."

"It's so hot. If you want to eat peaches, I'll go to someone else's house and pick two for you. Don't go up to the mountain."

He Xiaoyun hesitated for a moment, and said, "I want to pick more and send some dried peaches to Jianwei."

When Wang Chunhua heard that it was for her son, she couldn't say anything else: "Then you should be careful. If you can't find it, come back quickly."

"Okay." He Xiaoyun nodded in response, wearing a straw hat and carrying a basket, she set off.

In the summer afternoon, the sun was shining brightly in the sky. The excessively bright sunlight almost made the vegetation on the ground become a little dazzling. Not only was the wind blowing not refreshing, but it was also a little dry.

He Xiaoyun looked up. Although there's no cloud at this time, there is likely to be thunderstorms in the afternoon, and she hastened her pace.

Hurrying all the way, she finally climbed to the top of the mountain. The shade of the forest became the best refuge from the heat. While Xiaoyun took off her straw hat and fanned herself, she pushed aside the lush weeds and found the two peaches trees based on her memory.

Not surprisingly, the peach tree has been patronized, and there are not many fruits left, and their appearance is not very good. Fortunately, what she will do is dry peaches, which will have to be peeled and sliced. It doesn't matter whether the peaches look good or not.

He Xiaoyun picked the lowest circle of peaches first, then climbed up to the tree to pick the taller one. The top one was gently tapped with a bamboo pole. After the two trees were picked, the harvest turned out to be pretty good. She packed half a basket and estimated it to be one or twenty catties.

At this time, there were some dark clouds in the sky, and after the sun hid behind the clouds, the weather became even hotter.

He Xiaoyun hurriedly descended the mountain without stopping. When she reached the bottom of the mountain, she was relieved to see her house and the little kid playing in front of the door from a distance.

"Xiaoyuan!" Xiaoyun shouted.

Wei Yuanhang looked up and saw her, and immediately ran over, "Mom! Mom!"

The chubby boy run like a little penguin, He Xiaoyun thought it looked funny, but just when she was about to show a smile, she heard a loud "boom", and the big raindrops followed.

"..." The smile froze at the corner of her mouth.

He Xiaoyun hurried to the house, and shouted to Wei Yuanhang as she ran, "Go back, don't come over!"

She don't know whether the child heard it or not, but he still ran towards her. He tried to cover his head with his hands. Unfortunately, his head was so big that his small palms couldn't cover it.

The mother and son met halfway, and the little kid happily yelled to his mother. He Xiaoyun didn't know what to say, so she had the child rush to the house.

The distance is not too far, but the rain came hurriedly and violently. When they finally stepped into the house, they had become a big wet one and a small wet one. Not only was there water dripping on their bodies but there were also raindrops on the brim of He Xiaoyun's straw hat, pouring like a  water curtain.

She looked at herself, and then at Wei Yuanhang. The little kid didn't know why, so he looked back and forth, the rain on his hair flicked with his movements, becoming more and more like a little chicken cub shaking his hair.

He Xiaoyun finally couldn't help but laugh out loud.

Seeing her smile, Wei Yuanhang also grinned. When He Xiaoyun saw it, she couldn't stop smiling. The mother and son stood under the eaves, all wet, facing the heavy rain outside.

Wang Chunhua heard the movement outside and saw the two of them being embarrassing and stupid. She felt angry and funny: "Don't look at the rain, take a towel and wipe your hair. I will boil the water. You two will take a bath in a while."

"En, okay." He Xiaoyun put down the basket and led Wei Yuanhang back to their room.

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In summer, the rain came and went quickly. After the rain passed and the sky cleared, although the sun came out again, the previous heat was gone.

He Xiaoyun cleaned herself and her child and kept the clothes she changed, before washing in the evening, she first need to deal with the picked peaches.

The peaches were soaked in salt water for a while, then picked up, peeled, and cut in half, dig out the peach pits, and put them in a clean basin. Feng Qiuyue also came to help and cut the peeled peaches into slices.

Aunt Zhang brought her granddaughter to visit, and when they saw the two of them busy, she asked, "What are you two doing?"

"Drying some dried peaches for fun." He Xiaoyun said with a smile, and when she saw Yanyan approaching curiously, she took a piece of peach meat to give to her.

Feng Qiuyue said to Aunt Zhang: "Xiaoyun is not doing this for fun, the peaches that she picked were specifically for Jianwei. She was covered in the rain just now because of that."

Aunt Zhang listened and said happily: "The young couple has a good relationship. If you, the sister-in-law helped, how can Jianwei feel bad for his wife?"

Feng Qiuyue also laughed, "Two days ago, Jianwei sent a few silk scarves back. I was soaked in Xiaoyun's light and was also allocated one. This is not a bad deal."

"What kind of silk scarf?" Aunt Zhang was curious.

"It's similar in style to a scarf, but it's thin and light, and the color is beautiful. The city is very fashionable, my mother has one too."

Aunt Zhang went into the house and went to see Wang Chunhua's silk scarf.

"Here, that's it." Wang Chunhua took it out from the closet.

Aunt Zhang took it, carefully shook it away, looked at it, and touched it with her hand, and said, "It looks good, but it's so light and thin. It can't be used in cold season"

Wang Chunhua said: "I don't need to wear it every day, just once a year"

"This silk scarf, I haven't seen anyone on the team wear it. When you have a guest, you can take it out. It will definitely arouse everyone's eyes."

Wang Chunhua said, "Hmph. That child of mine, he didn't buy me a scarf before but because he wanted to gift something to his wife, he sent something to me." 

Aunt Zhang couldn't help smiling, "Your tone sounds sour. If your son and daughter-in-law are noisy(arguing) all day, will you be happy?"

Wang Chunhua sighed, "How can I be? I was thinking, if I could give birth to a girl in the past, it would be great. From childhood to adulthood, how can it be that I only had these stinky boys who have married daughters-in-law?"

"Don't stand while talking, it hurts your back," Aunt Zhang patted her and scolded with a smile: "You are so lucky to have three sons. If you have three daughters, I watch you cry then!"

Wang Chunhua also laughed. If her juniors are all fine, it was enough.

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All the peaches are cut, steamed in a pot, and then dried to the sun.

The peach itself is sour. After drying, it becomes sweet and sour, which is both delicious and appetizing.

Wei Yuanhang knew that He Xiaoyun made it for Wei Jianwei. But still, when he tried to eat it several times, he was always caught.

He Xiaoyun caught him on the spot again and poked the child's puffed cheek, and said, "Do you know that if you eat too much, you will get sick? By then, your throat will be so swollen that you can't even speak."

The child was so scared that he touched his neck, then turned his back, tilted his head, and snorted, looking rebellious, "Who makes mother to only made it for father? Mother is being bad."

He Xiaoyun laughed at him, and she squeezed his chubby face before saying: "Who said I will only feed it to your Dad? You originally had a share, but you kept stealing it. Now, you have eaten that share."

When Wei Yuanhang heard this, he was immediately anxious, "No! I haven't finished eating, there's still a lot!"

"Didn't you call me bad?" He Xiaoyun squinted at him.

The little kid immediately hugged her legs and spouted rainbow farts, "Mom is the best, Mom's not bad at all."

He Xiaoyun shook her head, "Okay, go in, you still can't eat."

"I want to watch the little bird here, I can't let it eat the dry peaches!" Because he has his own share, the kid has a different mentality and volunteered to take care of the dry peaches.

He Xiaoyun also went with him. Anyway, apart from this kid, there are basically no other small animals that can steal the food. After two days of drying, the peaches finally dried and the photos from the photo studio were also sent.

Looking at the photo, Feng Qiuyue couldn't help but say to Wang Chunhua: "Mom, look. Xiaoyun looks better than the people on the movie screen."

Wang Chunhua also nodded. Her second daughter-in-law is indeed beautiful, and no one has a better look than her.

He Xiaoyun was so embarrassed that she hid in her room and wrote a letter. With the experience of the last time, she wrote about the current situation at home, some embarrassing things about the child, and also included the funny scenes of her and the child in the rain last time. 

Since Wei Jianhua was not at home this time and Wang Chunhua has no ghostwriter, He Xiaoyun became the writer for now. Finally, she added the wrapped dried peaches and a photo. He Xiaoyun took the time to go to the commune and sent it out.

Therefore, the scene where Wei Jianwei calculated to receive two letters didn't appear, and he still received only one mail.