Chapter 182 – Filial Son-In-Law

It is getting cold now. The bok choy in the field were growing slowly, but Ji Jianyun didn’t touch them.

Recently, people in the village were digging sweet potatoes. *∞:｡.｡ ?????? ???? ?? ?????????.??? ｡.｡:∞*

Sweet potatoes were good, and many people knew that. However, many people in the village were really afraid of eating sweet potatoes, especially the older generation. Life was better, but they planted sweet potatoes so much that they didn’t want to grow them anymore. They wanted to grow something else.

And even if they did grow sweet potatoes, it was not very easy to sell.

However, Ji Jianyun promised that he would buy them and make sure they wouldn’t lose out if they planted them.

Thus, many families in the village planted them.

The sweet potatoes had a very high yield, especially since Ji Jianyun asked them to fertilize the soil with chicken dung before planting the sweet potatoes. In the future, they could exchange dung with several loads of sweet potato vines. Everyone was very happy about that.

Many people in the village planted sweet potatoes until they could harvest them up and weigh them on the mountain.

The sweet potatoes were delivered as soon as they were dug up. Good or bad, it was all delivered and paid.

Everyone could get money from sweet potatoes at last.

Some people got more than 70 yuan, which was really a lot of money. Some people got less money, only a dozen yuan. Most people get 30 or 40 yuan.

Those who got money were naturally happy. How long did it take to grow? Sweet potatoes usually did not need to be managed.

When a batch of sweet potatoes arrived, the pigs had a really good meal.

There were four workers on the neighboring mountain with Uncle Ji.

The fruit trees did not need to be cared for now, because they were growing well, and rarely needed to be watered. It was only occasionally watered in the evening, but the trees would be fine for a while.

So the workers were basically busy with the chicken coop and pig pen.

There were a lot of chickens in the chicken coop. More than 400 chickens had been raised for nearly half a year. About two months ago, many of them began to lay eggs. But the weather was getting colder, and the number of eggs they laid were not as much as before. Still, the number was a considerable amount.

The chicken coop was relatively stable. At present, they were busy taking care of 21 pigs.

Ji Jianyun said that he wanted to kill them before the New Years celebration, so it was natural to fatten these pigs during the next two months.

As time passed by, it became November.

After eating sweet potato vines and sweet potatoes for a month, the pig looked really good. Ji Jianyun was satisfied.

It’s November. It was cold earlier this year, and even colder now. The bok choy in the field was half grown, but couldn’t grow any more. Ji Jianyun took everyone to harvest them.

There were still a lot of sweet potatoes that everyone had to harvest last month. This time, the bok choy had to be harvested, and it was another delicious food for the pigs in the pig pen.

In particular, cooked bok choy was *snort* so delicious.

Even so, everyone was staring at the pigs from behind, hoping that they would grow well to be killed and bought.

Mother Su wanted to go to see her daughter and two grandchildren, but she was rarely free these days. If she went to visit, she didn’t know what to bring.

Eggs? Her son-in-law had a chicken farm, how was that a rarity? What about chicken? That was not uncommon. Other types of meat did not need to be mentioned. If she brought it over, her daughter would tell her to take it back.

Eldest Su sister-in-law saw that and was very jealous. Why didn’t she have a mother like that? The last time she went back, her mother said that she probably earned money by doing part-time work, so why didn’t she bring some back to be filial?

What was this called? Was it easy for her to earn some money in front of her mother-in-law? She didn’t keep all the money to herself. She worried about when she could save some money to build a new home. Yet, her mother wanted to ask for money. Her mother also said that Jinjun earned a lot of money every month, so she had to have money and asked her for some.

But eldest Su sister-in-law stood her ground and didn’t give her any.

She didn’t want to go back this New Year. After the New Year, her mother would definitely want more money.

After watching her mother-in-law debate over what to bring for a long time, eldest Su sister-in-law said, “Mother, you can just go there. What would sister-in-law want from you? She is just expecting you to come and see her.”

Although the words were nice to hear, Mother Su complained, “Did you think I am like your mother? To go visit my daughter and get stuff from her family? I have more dignity than that. How can I go to see my daughter and see my grandchildren empty-handed?”

Although eldest Su sister-in-law was always scolded, she was mentally strong and she didn’t care at all. She was much nicer than before like her mother-in-law in the past two years because of her brother-in-law’s filial acts.

In the past, would she have received half a cent from her mother-in-law? Don’t even think about it. But this year, her mother-in-law said that she did well, so she didn’t take any money from her part-time work. Compared to how things were like before, she was happy now.

“Mother, you can give some salted eggs to my sister-in-law. She likes to eat them,” eldest Su sister-in-law said very nicely. She was completely not worried about what her mother-in-law was going to bring.

Because her sister-in-law and brother-in-law would never let her mother-in-law come back empty-handed.

“Salted eggs are not that great,” Mother Su stated

“But sister-in-law likes them,” eldest Su sister-in-law said.

Mother Su thought about it for a while, and then brought over salted eggs.

Sure enough, Su Danhong liked them. She really liked salted eggs. Ji Jianyun liked it too, and Renren.

“Mother, you have to teach Jianyun how to make salted eggs. We are going to make salted eggs, too,” Su Danhong said with a smile.

Ji Jianyun’s latest idea was making some salted eggs to sell. After all, salted eggs would be a new product, right?

“Well, when Jianyun is free, let him come over, and I will teach him!” Mother Su said immediately after hearing her.

She knew that Mother Ji couldn’t make this. Father Ji also couldn’t do it, because Father Ji was a carpenter before even if he didn’t do it in recent years. Mother Ji had raised chicken before, but it wasn’t raised at home. If she did, she certainly would have made salted eggs. As for how to salt them, how to make them delicious, and how much oil to use, these were methods that ordinary people didn’t say.

As for Ji Jianyun, her son-in-law, she really treated him as a son now. He really made her proud. Moreover, he was really filial to her. This fruit season, she came to help. Danhong paid her, but he also gave her 100 yuan privately.

100 was too much. She certainly didn’t want it, but was forced to take it.

Aside from the money, from time to time, he would send her meat—sometimes her favorite fatty meat. That little action meant a lot to his mother-in-law.

Such a son-in-law was really found nowhere else.

More than once, she felt that the best thing her husband did in his life was to find a son-in-law like Ji Jianyun for their youngest daughter.