Yang Chuxia even started to think that this mischievous child must be Ye Zi’an’s biological brother.
Once Yang Dachuan saw the two children enter the house and close the door, he also closed the door and returned to sleep.
A night without words.
"Xiaxia, watch the house today. Your father and I are going to the fields," Ms.Wang said after preparing an early breakfast.
She was mulling over how her daughter had been working too hard in the fields these past few days and it made her feel sorry.
"Mom, I don’t want to. I am too lazy to cook. You should stay at home to watch over Yunyun and prevent her from running around aimlessly."
Ms.Wang was determined to go to the field today and said, "You are not expected to cook every day. Just rest at home today and cook for a day. Stop gathering seafood and just wait for it to be delivered." After she finished saying that, she stopped paying her attention. She picked up a shovel and went to the field with some food.
Seeing her mother’s preparations, Yang Chuxia realized she was to stay at home today. She first went to the kitchen to make something to eat, and after eating, she just sat blankly in the house. Wasn’t it incredibly boring not to go to the field?
A few days ago, when Yang Dachuan went to town to buy seafood, he had arranged for fresh supplies to be delivered to Yangshu Village. The arrangements were paused due to the busy harvest season, but now that things were relatively calm at home, the deliveries would resume from today. The deliveryman was due later on. What was she expected to do till then, just sit around waiting?
That’s right, she wondered what Ye Zi’an was doing at home. He wasn’t going to the tavern today. After thinking that, she locked the door, took Yang Xiayun, and went to Ye Zi’an’s house.
At that time, Ye Zi’an was washing clothes at home.
"Eh, didn’t my mom ask you to give her your clothes for washing? Why are you washing them yourself?"
"It’s just a few clothes I can wash on my own, no need to trouble your mom," replied Ye Zi’an as he changed the water in the basin.
Yang Chuxia offers to help, "Let me help you."
"No need. It’s just a few clothes, I’ll get them washed in no time."
"I’m free anyway. Let’s finish it faster. Once the crab delivery is here, you can help me marinate pickled crabs."
So, the two of them washed clothes together. After that Yang Chuxia asked, "Does your bedding need washing? The weather is good today."
Ye Zi’an thought his bedding hadn’t been washed in a while, so he disassembled it and took it outside. Yang Chuxia took his sheet and they both cooperated in washing the bedding.
"By the way, Xiaxia, Shopkeeper Li said he has bought about 300 pounds of broad bean seeds. Do you think that’s enough?"
"That much? I think it should be enough. I’ll ask my father when he returns."
"Hmm, you should ask Uncle about it," nodded Ye Zi’an. He was not quite knowledgeable about growing broad beans, although he was familiar with growing common crops like corn and rice.
"Sister, someone’s at our door," interrupted Yunyun while they were having their conversation.
Yang Chuxia looked at their door and indeed, there was an ox cart parked outside.
"It looks like the seafood delivery is here. I need to check on it."
"Go ahead. Once I finish hanging these to dry, I’ll go too."