Chapter 144 - 141 Brother Qi, Brother Gao, and Brother Qi Arrive
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Zhang Shan Ni certainly had no intention of staying to supervise. If they couldn’t even handle such simple exercises to limber up, it wasn’t worth her time to stick around.
She first went to the front courtyard and saw that her fifth younger brother and sister-in-law were already there, and even her fourth sister was a few steps ahead of her into the kitchen. Zhang Shan Ni greeted everyone with a "Good morning~", nodded, and buried herself in her own tasks.
With more people around, she recently had to fetch more water, and the water in the tank was depleting too quickly.
Fortunately, the distance wasn’t far, as there was a well with clear water right in her own front courtyard, which Xie Tiesheng later covered with wooden boards for safety after the children increased in number, leaving only the crank for drawing water.
In Zhang Shan Ni’s view, using the crank was of course both safe and convenient.
When the four daughters-in-law of the Xie Family had gradually finished their tasks at hand, breakfast was ready, and Xie Jingzi also arrived, puffing and panting with several "radish heads". Perhaps because she had been engaged in high-energy activity for over an hour, Xie Jingzi’s face was flushed, and Zhou Xiuhua, upon seeing this, finally allowed herself a heartily relieved laugh.
Because of what happened to Xie Jingzi yesterday, she had excused herself from going out, citing ’discomfort’. Even her meals were delivered to her room by Zhang Shan Ni. The little aunt had cried herself hoarse, her eyes and nose both swollen. If Zhou Xiuhua had seen it, she would have been heartbroken.