Dreaming of Lion Rock: Recipe in Hand

Chapter 340 Sister Sun

The blasting work was completed without any danger, and heavy road construction activities began all over Lion Rock.

When they learned that Shizi Township would be exempted from this year's grain tax, everyone worked even harder to build roads!

They have to walk their own path and put in some effort. But the government has not forgotten them and knows their hard work. Exempting them from public grain is the icing on the cake!

While the villagers of Shizishan rolled up their sleeves and worked hard, Chunni's family welcomed a group of special women.

This group of women, headed by Li Shuhua, were the first group of female workers in Shichun. They went to Yangcheng to get pregnant and have children.

Li Shuhua was holding a one-month-old baby in her arms.

It's sad to think about how Mrs. Wen scolded Mrs. Li. She said that her son had given birth to a bunch of granddaughters. Even the mosquitoes and rats in the house were female. Those words hit the heart and almost pissed Mrs. Li off to death.

Now it seems that the four brothers of the Wen family, except for the third brother Wen who has married into the Li family, all gave birth to girls after marriage. It has become a family where even mosquitoes and mice in the house are all female.

Uh, that’s not right. There is also Wen Laosi who ran away from home, and he is still a bachelor.

We have gone too far. Let's go back to Li Shuhua! She gave birth to a son as her second child, which made Mrs. Wen and her son stare with delight and drool!

Li Shuhua was a generous person. When she heard that her biological father was still trying to have a baby with her stepmother, she smiled calmly. She already had a son with her surname, so she gave the second son the surname Wen.

This moved the Wen family so much that they burst into tears of joy! They said that since the third son and his wife both had to go to work, they could help take care of the baby.

Li Shuhua would definitely not do it! She was worried.

"Even if they want to take care of the baby, I dare not let them. I still remember the lesson of Wenrou before! But you also know my mother. She can't even take care of the first child. Taking care of the second child may cost her her life."

It is indeed difficult to take care of a baby who has just come out of confinement.

Chunni had no other choice but to gently touch the baby's face and sighed: "This little face is so tender! You can even pinch it to make water come out!"

The little kid was fine. Li Shuhua was not happy. She moved her body to let her little son escape from Chunni's clutches. "Be careful, the kid is still young!"

"You're protecting me right now!" Chunni laughed, "Have you chosen a name?"

"Wen Lei, three stones, the Lei. His father wants him to be an upright man in the future."

"Old Third Wen has made great progress. This is a good name!"

The two of them chatted idly and half a day had passed.

After seeing Li Shuhua off, Chunni prepared to go to the construction site to take a look as there were guests at home again.

Sun Damei’s condition was not as good as Li Shuhua’s. Her eyes were red and she was carrying a small swaddling cloth with a cat-like baby wrapped inside.

Chunni muttered to herself, when Sun Damei left, her belly was much bigger than Li Shuhua's, so why does this baby look smaller than Wen Lei's?

Sun Damei handed the dried goods in her hand to Chunni, "I don't have anything good to take, Director Yang, these are the dried goods that were dried in the sun at my aunt's house. If you don't mind, try some."

Even though she is already a mother of two children, Sun Damei is still as shy as ever.

Chunni quickly declined, "I'm here now, why would you bring anything?"

"It's not a good thing, just take it."

"No, no."

"Take it!"

"..."

The two of them refused for a long time before Chunni finally accepted the useful information.

Some people ask, can't the gift giver and the gift receiver be more straightforward? No, this is the gift-giving culture in the countryside, it's very particular!

As the two were pushing and shoving, the baby on Sun Damei's back woke up and started crying.

Sun Damei was about to untie the baby carrier, but Chunni took the child in her hands.

"How old is this baby?" she asked.

"She's more than two months old. She must be hungry, Director Yang, let me feed her first." Sun Damei was not ashamed at all. She lifted up her clothes and started feeding her.

Chunni...with this bold posture, is she still the shy and timid Sun Damei?

She turned her back, picked up the rag beside the table and started wiping the table and chairs.

"Where did you give birth to your baby?" she tried to find a topic.

"My aunt's house." Looking at the baby's sallow face, Sun Damei suddenly felt a little regretful.

If only she hadn't wanted a second child.

"What?" Chunni was shocked. She said she didn't hear it clearly.

"Nothing." Sun Damei quickly changed the subject. "Director Yang, I wonder if Shichun needs anyone else?"

"What's the matter? The baby is only two months old, and you are willing to leave her behind to go to work?"

Sun Damei's face was gloomy, but when she thought of the words of that damn man, she seemed to have gained some courage.

"My family is all farmers. You know what kind of income you can get from farming. It's just barely enough to keep from starving!"

"I don't have much milk anyway, and I can't feed her, so I might as well go out and earn some money so she can have a few more bites of meat!"

This baby can eat meat at just over two months old?

Chunni shook her head and gathered her thoughts, "Why don't you have any milk?"

She should be more concerned with practical issues.

This time, Sun Damei lowered her head completely. "My aunt's family lives in the mountains. They are already poor, and now they have to feed me. It's good that she didn't kick me out! How good can the food be? It's good enough that I don't starve to death."

Chunni finally understood why Sun Damei and her daughter became so thin.

"Why didn't your in-laws take any food?"

"I took two months' worth of food. Then they said their family was in financial difficulty and never sent me any more food."

Chunni was about to blurt out "MMP".

This was his wife, and she was pregnant with Zhang's child, yet he just handed the baby over to her aunt so calmly.

Chunni felt that she had to stay calm. In this era, people tended to persuade people to reconcile rather than to break up, and people preferred to demolish ten temples rather than destroy a marriage. She was a person of integrity, and she must not...

"This man has no responsibility and no ability. The beggars on the street are more promising than him. Are you stupid? Why do you still keep a man like this? Keep him for the New Year!" Chunni said she really couldn't help it!

"Ah!" Sun Damei was confused. She probably didn't expect Chunni to react so strongly.

"You may have misunderstood. Although I am called Auntie, my biological mother sent me to my Auntie's house to be raised since I was a child. Auntie is my mother, and my Auntie's house is my mother's home."

Chunni...what did she misunderstand!

"Your aunt treats you well?"

Sun Damei smiled brightly, showing her white teeth. "My aunt gave birth to three brothers and she wanted a girl. Although my family was poor, they didn't treat me badly."

No wonder Sun Damei has become such a simple-minded person.

Chunni sighed and asked again: "What does your aunt say?"

"She told me and Brother Zhang to live a good life. It's not easy for us to become husband and wife. But..."

"But what?"

"My brothers looked unhappy, and my uncle said some inexplicable things."

Chunni was curious. "What are you talking about?"

"He said that life is for yourself. Don't care too much about what others think."

Chunni... This uncle of Sun Damei seems to be a good man and he cares about Damei!

"If I can get into Shichun and work as a female worker, I believe everything will be fine." Sun Damei stared at Chunni with burning eyes, wanting her to give a satisfactory reply.

Chunni had no choice but to nod.

Then, Sun Damei left with a worried look on her face.