Chapter 406 - 395: Not Bad
Once Mother Fang was certain that the Zhou family wasn’t just putting on a show for them, but truly took such good care of pregnant women, she completely let her guard down and returned home with her son and daughter-in-law that very afternoon.
The next day, two baskets of chicken eggs were sent over. Ms. Qian was overjoyed, and Old Zhou even more so; he then waved his hand and had Zhou Silang, who had just finished working in the fields, take Wulang and Liulang to help with the Fang family’s farming, observing the proper courtesy of reciprocity.
The Zhou family’s efficiency this year was remarkable, not only were they the fastest to complete farming tasks in Qili Village, but they were also renowned for their speed in Dali Village.
In contrast, the Fang family worked much slower.
In the past years, the family had always lagged behind in finishing their fieldwork because the father and son had to run the business of selling meat as well as attend to the fieldwork, naturally slowing them down.
The fieldwork actually relied mainly on Mother Fang and Sister-in-law Fang, and previously on Ms. Fang as well.
Zhou Silang had helped the Fang family during the last autumn harvest, but actually, because of the poor harvest that year, everyone wasn’t that busy, so he didn’t feel it as much.
But now, at the critical moment for spring planting, Zhou Silang leading his three younger brothers to help was like lifting a huge weight off the Fang family’s shoulders.
Moreover, the three brothers’ efficiency in farming surpassed that of the older Fang family father and son. Not only the Fang family, but even the villagers of Dali Village were envious of their good fortune. Openly and secretly, people admired, "Ms. Fang’s second daughter married well. Half a son, half a son, she indeed got herself a half son."
Zhou Silang, listening to these praises, was smug. Zhou Wulang said to him, "Fourth Brother, now we’re following you to help your father-in-law. When we get married, you have to help us at our fathers-in-law’s homes too."
"You get a wife first, then we’ll talk," Silang replied.