"Yes, we do need to hire people to clean the fish." Mother Zhou quickly answered, then stood up and said to the family, "Take your time eating. The people cleaning the fish have arrived."
After saying that, she carried her bowl out of the courtyard.
Jiang Xia recognized the female lead's voice and instinctively glanced at Zhou Chenglei.
Seeing her look at him, Zhou Chenglei thought she could not finish eating and said, "Try to eat a little more. Give me whatever you can't finish."
Jiang Xia lowered her head and continued eating. Going out to sea was hard physical labor, and she was exhausted and hungry now.
More and more voices came from outside the courtyard. It seemed that all the people Mother Zhou had hired to clean the fish had arrived.
Father Zhou put down his bowl after eating his fill and went outside.
Zhou Chenglei had eaten his fill too, but he did not go out. Instead, he stayed with Jiang Xia.
After Jiang Xia and Zhou Zhou had eaten their fill, he said to Jiang Xia, "Rest for a while, then take a bath."
Jiang Xia acknowledged him.
Zhou Chenglei gathered up the bowls and chopsticks and took them outside to wash.
There were seven or eight people cleaning fish in the courtyard, so Zhou Chenglei went to the kitchen to wash the dishes.
Everyone was astonished to see that Zhou Chenglei was washing the dishes.
Wen Wan was also astonished, and she felt even more strongly that Zhou Chenglei was a good husband.
Someone strongly disagreed. Why should a man wash dishes? She asked Mother Zhou, "Where's your younger daughter-in-law? She won't wash the dishes and makes A'Lei do it? Aren't you going to manage her? She's already riding on A'Lei's head!"
Mother Zhou said,