Chapter 53: Ready to Go

More than 300 pounds of fish, after frying, shrank a lot.

But with all the spices, it was actually more than before frying.

Li Xinyue had already heard from Sanhu that the biggest factory in the county was the plywood factory, and the richest factory was the bearing factory.

“Let’s go to the bearing factory, the people there have money, and there are a lot of people!”

“We’ll sell it by the bowl, one yuan per bowl, and bring some lotus leaves.”

In case someone didn’t bring a lunchbox, we could wrap it in lotus leaves.

There were many lotus leaves in the lotus pond behind the house, which was convenient.

Li Xinyue told him: “Go pick some quietly later, it’s best not to let anyone see you!”

Sanhu immediately nodded: “Guaranteed to complete the mission!”

They had to go in the afternoon, so they had to hurry.

The fish was fried, but it wasn’t done yet.

The whole family started to work again.

In the morning, it was the aunt who was doing the frying, but now that it was time to make the fish, they had to do it themselves.

But as soon as Li Xinyue stood in front of the stove, Chen Mingchuan pulled her away, took the apron and put it on himself.

“You direct, I’ll do it.”

Li Xinyue: “…”

Wang Cuimiao was cutting the ingredients, this needed someone with knife skills.

Seeing this, she smiled and said: “Xinyue, let Chuanzi do it, he can do everything since he was little.”

“And he’s so smart, he’ll definitely do a good job.”

Since someone was vying to do the work, Li Xinyue was naturally happy.

After two pots, Chen Mingchuan was already familiar with it.

The weather was already hot, and working by the stove made it even hotter.

Li Xinyue was sweating profusely, and when she looked up, she realized that Chen Mingchuan’s whole back was wet…

“This is the last pot, I’ll do it, go wash your face.”

Chen Mingchuan looked at her: “Go wash your face, don’t let your sweat drip into the pot.”

What kind of person is this?

He doesn’t even know how to care for people?

Li Xinyue rolled her eyes: “Is your sweat smaller than mine?”

Chen Mingchuan took the towel from his neck and wiped it: “I’m fast, when I sweat, I wipe it off.”

Saying she’s slow?

Li Xinyue rolled her eyes again, took the towel from his neck and walked out…

“Hehe, Chuanzi, I told you, Xinyue is really good, right?”

Good what?

She’s rolling her eyes all day long!

Chen Mingchuan thought.

“What my aunt said is right, she is really good, I was wrong before.”

Whew~~~

The aunt took a deep breath, after all, she knew about what happened before.

“Your parents did a good thing this time, Xinyue is a cultured, beautiful, and hardworking wife, it’s actually hard to find in the countryside.”

“Chuanzi, when you go to the army later, you must live a good life.”

Chen Mingchuan nodded: “Aunt, don’t worry, we will.”

Around two in the afternoon, all the spicy fish was done.

“Rest for a while, I’m going out, we’ll leave at 2:30.”

Li Xinyue was curious: “What are you going to do?”

“Borrow a bicycle.”

Okay.

She didn’t expect that.

Li Xinyue washed her face with cold water again, then lay down on the bamboo chair under the big tree in the yard…

At 2:30, everyone was ready.

Chen Mingchuan had already borrowed two Flying Pigeon bicycles and was waiting at the gate.

This wasn’t illegal, Chen Mingchuan went with them personally.

Wang Cuimiao was full of gratitude: “Chuanzi, thank you both for your hard work.”

“No problem.”

When they got to town, Chen Mingchuan’s comrade-in-arms took them to the city by tractor, because he had been sending red bricks to the city these days.

When they finished selling, they could catch a ride back.

It was convenient to have a dedicated car.

Although this dedicated car wasn’t high-end at all, everyone was sitting on red bricks, making their butts dusty.

But it was convenient!

Before four o’clock, Chen Mingchuan, Li Xinyue, Erhu and Sanhu, the four of them arrived at the bearing factory.

“Mingchuan, I’ll be there around 5:30.”

Chen Mingchuan nodded to his comrade Sun Qianglin, “Okay, they get off work at 5 here, and it’ll be almost 6 o’clock when they finish.”

“No matter if we sell out or not, we’ll leave then.”

Sun Qianglin tasted a piece of fish. Chen Mingchuan had given him a large lunch box, at least two pounds in one box.

The taste was amazing!

“It’s definitely going to sell out. I’m even worried there won’t be enough! This skill is amazing!”

“I hope so!”

After they unloaded everything, Sun Qianglin left.

Chen Mingchuan had a watch on his wrist, a gift from the military district for his meritorious service. It wasn’t expensive, but it was unique, something you couldn’t buy outside.

He looked at his watch, “It’s still more than an hour before they get off work. Let’s go sit over there for a while.”

There was a big tree not far away, with a circle of stone slabs under it, perfect for sitting.

They immediately went over, carrying, carrying, only Li Xinyue was empty-handed…

“Drink some water, you’ll be very busy later.”

Li Xinyue glanced at Chen Mingchuan, said nothing, and took the army water bottle he brought…

The weather was quite hot.

Just after finishing the water, a gentle breeze blew over, and a folding fan came into view.

“It’s very hot now, and you’ll be relying on you later, have a good rest.”

“Thank you.”

Chen Mingchuan breathed a sigh of relief, he was worried about being rejected.

The more he interacted with Li Xinyue, the more surprised Chen Mingchuan was.

These past two days, he had been thinking, perhaps he was too stubborn back then.

If he hadn’t insisted on breaking off the engagement, the Li family wouldn’t have acted so rashly.

Moreover, he knew very well that the reason he had insisted on breaking off the engagement back then was because he was furious that his parents had used him to repay a favor.

He had blamed his parents for all his resentment, and he had placed it all on this Li Xinyue.

Now that he had a child, he wouldn’t divorce. As a soldier, he constantly reminded himself to be responsible.

If he wasn’t going to divorce, then he couldn’t live under the same roof like strangers. If she could accept his good side, then that was good.

Thinking about it, Chen Mingchuan waved the fan in his hand faster, even forgetting to wave it for himself.

This interaction was noticed by Erhu and Sanhu, the two brothers exchanged glances: It seemed like the third brother’s attitude had changed a lot!

However, the two brothers didn’t say anything.

Seeing without saying, that’s how you avoid making the third brother feel awkward.

Although this third sister-in-law had a bad reputation for being forced to marry into the family, she was diligent and honest all these years, and the two brothers didn’t think she was bad.

Now that they both had sons, Erhu and Sanhu naturally hoped that their brother and sister-in-law would live in harmony.

The factory was some distance from the road, so apart from the chirping of cicadas, there was only the sound of birds, and Li Xinyue felt a little sleepy in the gentle breeze…

Leaning against the big tree, she lowered her head.

Li Xinyue didn’t know that a shoulder had quietly moved closer, supporting her head.

They all rested for a while, and soon it was 4:50, immediately getting up to prepare to open for business.

“Third sister-in-law, I’m a little excited, what should I do?”

Erhu laughed and scolded first, “Look at you, you haven’t even started the business yet, what are you excited about?”

Sanhu disagreed, “Second brother, this is the first time I’ve come out to do business, how can I not be excited!”

As soon as he said this, Li Xinyue also laughed, “Don’t be excited, what if you’re so excited you forget to collect money, we’ll be losing money!”

Sanhu: “…”

In the third sister-in-law’s eyes, am I so useless?

I can forget everything, but I absolutely can’t forget to collect money!