Chapter 15 Growing Watermelon Seeds

After Fang Qing left with the hoe, Mr. Zhang took his grandson's hairpin bracelet to look at. "It's my brother Lin who is lucky to meet such a good wife."

Sitting on the stool, Zhang Zelin shyly turned his head to the other side when he heard Grandpa's words, "I said don't buy it and waste money, but she still insists on buying it?"

"Brother, it will be great if my wife wants my brother-in-law to love me in the future." Zhang Ze'an said enviously while eating the watermelon.

Xia Ye nodded his head, "You are not ashamed, little brother, what nonsense."

Mrs. Zhang put down the things in his hand and said, "Brother An is already 16 years old. We can help you to find out about Brother An's marriage. In the past, our family's conditions were not good and no one came to propose marriage. Brother Lin is now married to a young girl. He should be able to marry you." Someone came to inquire about Brother An's marriage."

"Father, I will pay attention to it during this time. If there is a suitable one, I will trouble my father and mother." Xia Ye was very sad. A few days ago, he was still worried about the marriage of the two sons. In a blink of an eye, the eldest son will get married and leave the house tomorrow. He believed that after the eldest son married Fang Qing, someone would definitely come to inquire about the second son's marriage.

Zhang Ze'an has a carefree personality. Seeing his family talk about his marriage, he smiled and said, "Grandpa, Dad, I don't ask to find someone like a sister-in-law. I just need to find someone who doesn't dislike our orphans and widows."

The old lady Zhang laughed loudly: "We, Brother An, will definitely find a wishful bride."

"Grandma..." Zhang Ze'an whispered.

The stone eats the watermelon and packs the watermelon seeds. "Grandma, grandpa, daddy, auntie, I'll take watermelon seeds to find my sister-in-law."

Seeing his younger sister running out, Zhang Zelin pulled his younger brother up and said, "Brother An will surely find a good wife. What about now? Brother An and I will go mow the grass with me!"

"Go...Brother, hurry up and take me to see the cow my sister-in-law bought for you." Zhang Ze'an patted his body, stood up and said to his brother.

Xia Ye looked at the three happy children. He had never seen the three children so happy in these years. After the death of the wife, his three children laughed so easily for the first time.

Mrs. Zhang saw his son-in-law thinking about it. He knew that his son-in-law was thinking of his dead daughter again. Xia Ye had been guarding his three grandchildren all these years. He was grateful that Xia Ye did not remarry and leave the three grandchildren, leaving the three grandchildren without their mothers. At least there is dad.

Unable to bear his wild thoughts, he said: "Second brother, pack up your things and go back to the room, the days from now on will be better and better."

"Daddy, I'll take it in right away." Xia Ye regained consciousness and took all the things her daughter-in-law brought back into the room.

After Fang Qing came back from Zhang's house, she carried a hoe to the vegetable garden in the backyard, found a piece of land, and brandished the hoe to dig the ground. She dug about one meter.

"Sister-in-law, where are you?" Shitou came to Fang Qing's house, but he didn't see her, so he called sister-in-law loudly.

Fang Qing heard the sound of the stone, she put down the hoe in her hand and went to the front yard.

"Stone, you're here."

"Sister-in-law, this is for you." Shito hurriedly took out the watermelon seeds and handed them to Fang Qing.

Fang Qing took the watermelon seeds with a smile, put the watermelon seeds in the seed soaking bowl, and went to the living room to get the cakes. She bought five catties of cakes. She didn’t take them when she brought them to Zhang’s house just now. Now Shishi came to give her snacks .

"Stone, eat this for you."

"Zhang Shitou took his sister-in-law and gave her cakes, tears streaming down his face."

Seeing her crying, Fang Qing hurriedly picked her up. "Why is Shitou crying? Who messed with Shitou?"

"No one messed with me, I just wanted to cry."

Fang Qing knew that this child might be thinking of her deceased mother, so she picked up the stone and said, "We Shitou are brave and don't cry. How about Shitou and sister-in-law go dig the ground?"

After Shitou was picked up by his sister-in-law, he smiled and said, "Okay."

Fang Qing found some waste firewood, surrounded the dug ground, and then took a machete to the back mountain to cut some branches, which she will cover with the soil later.

Zhang Zelin took his younger brother to the field to mow cattle and grass. When the villagers saw the two brothers coming, they wondered curiously what the two brothers were doing mowing grass because they didn't have any livestock in their family.

"Brother Lin, Brother An, you brothers are here to mow the grass!"

"Yes, Uncle Li, my brother and I came to cut some grass and go home." Seeing Li's question, Zhang Zelin replied with a smile.

Zhang Ze'an and his elder brother mowed a basket of grass, and the two went to cut some hay. This scene made the villagers in the field extremely curious.

The two brothers talked and laughed and came back to the intersection of Fang Qing's house. They saw her and her younger sister working in the vegetable garden. Zhang Ze'an looked around and asked his brother in a low voice. "Brother, can the watermelon seeds my sister-in-law said really grow?"

Zhang Zelin pulled his younger brother and said in a low voice, "I don't know. Seeing her appearance, it is very likely that she can be planted. I will talk about it after planting." Zhang Zelin's subsequent words are self-evident.

While they were talking, they came to Fang Qing's house, and Zhang Zelin took his younger brother to the cowshed with the cow grass on his back. "Wow! Brother, this cow is growing really well. It has a really big belly. Does this cow have cubs?" Zhang Ze'an couldn't help but ask his brother curiously when he saw that the cow was fat and well-groomed, and his hair was shiny.

"Pfft! Zhang Zelin laughed out loud. There is no cub here. If there is a cub, how could the livestock dealer sell it to us at this price? The livestock dealer said it had a big skeleton."

"Brother, don't believe what I said. Look, this cow is a cow. Maybe it really has cubs, hehe!"

Fang Qing took the stones and covered the soil, and went back to the yard to see the two brothers muttering and laughing happily. She wondered why they were smiling so happily: "What are you two brothers talking about?"

"Sister-in-law, let me tell my eldest brother, does this cow in your family have cubs?" Seeing Fang Qing asking them, Zhang Ze'an beamed and told Fang Qing about the conversation between the two brothers.

"Hehe!" Fang Qing couldn't help laughing, "How could this cow get pregnant so soon after I bought it.

"That's not necessarily true. Sister-in-law, look at the cow's belly is so big, maybe it really has cubs?"

Fang Qing felt that it was impossible for such a great thing to happen to her. If the cow really had cubs, would the horse dealer still sell them to her at this price?

Zhang Zelin spread Niu Peng, and when he heard the voice of his younger brother talking about his future wife, he told his younger brother to go back with him first.

"Brother An, I'm busy here, let's go back first!"

Hearing his elder brother's voice, Zhang Zean picked up the pannier next to him, "Brother, let's go now."

Zhang Zelin and his younger brother were about to go back, but seeing his younger sister standing where Fang Qing was, he called out, "Third Sister, go home with Big Brother and Second Brother."

Zhang Shitou really cares about his sister-in-law's family. Besides, she also likes her future sister-in-law. Does she want to spend more time with her?
"Big Brother, you and Second Brother go back first, I'll come back later."

While several people were talking, Xia Ye came to ask Fang Qing to have dinner, and saw that his two sons and daughter were there.

"Girl Qing, your grandma made dinner over there, I'll ask you to come and have dinner."

Fang Qing originally planned to wait for Zhang Zelin and the others to leave. She was cooking and chose to see Xia Ye. She didn't know whether to go to Zhang's house.

Xia Ye guessed that Fang Qing might have just come to the village and didn't know them very well, and now he felt embarrassed to go to her mother-in-law's house for dinner.

"Young girl, don't be too polite, please close the door and have dinner with us!"

(End of this chapter)

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