Chapter 32: A Single Tree Can’t Support It

Human living is inseparable from water sources, and Zhoujia Village was also the same.
Zhoujia Village had abundant water sources, and there were much small fish and shrimp.
Zhulan stood by the stream and fiddled with the aquatic plants, and there was a nest of small river shrimps.

Zhou Shuren put the fishing basket away, “Small River shrimp have high requirements on water quality, and it is rarely seen in modern times.”

Zhulan said with emotion, “It’s caused by environmental pollution.”

Zhou Shuren was a little greedy, “There are a lot of small river prawns here.
I will ask the boss to come over to fish some.
The fried river prawns with chives are a perfect match.”

When Zhulan heard this, “Hearing you say this, you must have been very good at cooking!”

“Well, I’ve been cooking by myself since I left the orphanage.
It wasn’t delicious at the beginning, but I gradually mastered the word “appropriate amount”, and then only could eat the dishes I made.”

Zhulan’s mouth twitched slightly.
She knew what it was like to be tormented by this task.
“Wow, you’re really amazing.
I’ve never been able to do it, and I don’t have your persistence.
I always give up before I can do it properly.”

“I can’t do anything about it.
I did it myself to save money.
Later, when I had money, I had already developed this as a habit, and I also found cooking to be very interesting.”

Zhulan reflected on herself, this was the difference between having a way out and not having a way out.
Zhou Shuren will either starve or eat unpalatable food if he can’t learn.
On the other hand, she had a way out, if she couldn’t cook, there were many restaurants to order from, and she had money anyway.

Zhou Shuren tilted his head, “What are you thinking?”

Zhulan smiled, “I just learned some truths about life.
Adversity makes people grow, while comfort leads to decline.”

Zhou Shuren’s eyes flickered, and he looked forward to his teammates more and more, “It’s cold, let’s go back!”

“En.”

When they were coming back, they passed by Wang’s house and could hear Wang Zhang shi’s abusive voice from far away.
They could also hear the sound of crying and begging for mercy intermittently.
There were many theatregoers at the door of Wang’s house.

Zhulan was surprised, there was no such scene in the plot, she laughed again, and said in a low voice, ” Wang Zhangshi can’t ruin the Zhou family’s show, so she’s focusing all her energy on tormenting her own family.”

Zhou Shuren understood, “The moment Wuchun’s fate changed, everything that follows cannot be inferred from the plot; it can only be used as a reference.”

“I understand, let’s go, let’s go around.”

Zhou Shuren turned his head sideways, “You don’t want to watch this drama?”

Zhu Lan rolled her eyes, “The protagonist’s play is not good-looking, I won’t let my daughter go in front of her to raise hatred, why would I go?”

“Smart.”

The corners of Zhulan’s mouth twitched.
She found it interesting to get along with Zhou Shuren, “Let’s go, you’ll be able to eat small river prawns at noon.”

When they got home, Zhulan didn’t see Li shi.
Li shi was a gossip, so she must be at Wang’s house.
“I’m going to cut the leeks.”

Zhou Shuren pulled Zhulan and lowered his voice, “Do you have a lot of flour at home?”

Zhulan, “Huh? Why do you ask this?”

Zhou Shuren said in a low voice: “It’s a problem for the third and fourth to be hungry every day.
The original’s idea was wrong, they can’t concentrate on an empty stomach.
I thought about buying some flour if there isn’t enough at home.
In the morning add some cornmeal to it to steam some steamed buns.
Let them take these simple steamed buns with them when they go to school.”

Zhulan knew that Zhou Shuren was speaking from experience, but still asked, “Are you very optimistic about these two children?”

Zhou Shuren nodded, “The third child has a lot of thoughts.
As long as it is used in the right place, it can be promising.
The fourth child is indeed a good material for reading, and his IQ is not low.”

Zhulan knew that Zhou Shuren checked out the two children yesterday.
This was his opinion, not the memory left by the original body.
“Okay, I see, the family has enough flour.”

The smile in Zhou Shuren’s eyes grew stronger.
This was just too much mutual understanding.
They knew what each other meant without having to explain it.
He knew very well how difficult it was to support a family alone.
If it weren’t for the fact that the eldest and second sons were really incapable, he wouldn’t have to bear the burden alone.
He wanted to make use of all the male members of the family.

Zhulan went to the backyard to cut chives, and in her heart, she was thinking about what filling to use for the buns tomorrow.
The third and fourth child can handle spicy food, so maybe a combination of spicy peppers and cabbage would be good.
She also thought of kimchi, but she didn’t dare suggest it and could only wait for Wang Ru to make it.

“Mother, mother.”

“What are you shouting for? Are you calling a soul?” (1)

It is said that when grim reapers come for you, they call your soul three times.