The next morning, Xu Yin peeled off a few cabbage leaves, cut them into shreds, cooked rice with last night's leftovers, and cracked an egg into Cheng Shaojin's bowl.
The eggs were delivered by Mrs. Xu early in the morning.
After she went back last night, she chatted with Boss Xu for half a night, and the couple rarely agreed: they felt that the younger sister was rich, married a Haicheng native, and her parents-in-law were both working in a power plant, so their life after marriage was destined to be prosperous. The key is that the younger sister will also be from the city in the future, which makes them envious.
"I have to be polite to my little sister from now on. If our Dabao wants to live in the city in the future, he will have to rely on his sister-in-law to help him!"
So, Sister-in-law Xu endured the pain and took out two of the ten eggs that her brothers had given her for the New Year, and gave them to Xu Yin with great reluctance.
"Little sister, these are the eggs my brother-in-law gave us to eat. Now that you are married, you will be a guest when you return to your mother's house. I will give you two eggs, and you and your brother-in-law will take one to replenish your health."
Before Xu Yin could say anything, Mrs. Xu quickly ran back to the next door.
The main reason was that Xu Cui was still sleeping in the back room, and she was reluctant to take out the third egg.
But Xu Cui still heard it. She opened the door with a clang and came out. She chased her to the east corner of the eaves and said angrily to the neighbor next door: "Either take nothing, or just two eggs. Who are you going to give them to?"
There was silence next door.
Xu Yin tossed the eggs in her hand: "Sister, didn't you listen to what my sister-in-law said? These eggs are for me and Shaojin to replenish our health."
"You!" Xu Cui was so angry that she turned to Xu's mother to complain about her grievances. "My sister-in-law is very good at picking out the dishes. When she saw that my younger sister married well, she started to flatter her."
Xu Yin shrugged: "How about saying that marriage is a woman's second reincarnation? My second reincarnation went well, my sister-in-law is happy for me, isn't it?"
"..."
Xu Cui suddenly felt like her failed marriage was being whipped to death. She was so angry that she threw the washbasin and ran back to the back room without washing her face or eating. She covered her face and cried.
Xu Yin: "..."
Why can't you resist so much?
Xu's mother was so worried that she sighed: "We don't want to make noise during the Chinese New Year, so you can't stop saying a few words."
"She told me first." Xu Yin spread her hands and handed an egg to Xu's mother, "Give this one to my father. He has been working in the fields for many years, so he can make up for it."
Xu's mother pursed her lips, said nothing, took the eggs and went to cook for the old man.
When Cheng Shaojin saw that only his bowl had eggs, he immediately wanted to give them to her.
Xu Yin covered the bowl with her hand: "Sister-in-law gave you something to eat, so don't pick it up."
He cut it in half with chopsticks and shared half with her.
Xu Yin smiled at him: "How about sharing an egg?"
"Whatever I have, you must have too."
Seeing this scene, Xu's mother returned to the kitchen and complained to the old man who was busy eating breakfast: "Look at your son-in-law, and then look at you. You can eat whatever you have, and it doesn't matter whether you are the only one who has it."
"..."
What happened to the old woman?
Even a meal is unsettling.
…
Xu Yin and the two had breakfast and proposed to leave.
Xu's mother was surprised and couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief: "Why don't you stay a few more days?"
"We still have to go to his house. It will take a lot of time on the way."
After hearing what she said, Xu's mother stopped trying to stay.
When Xu Yin came, she only had a small baggage. Apart from food rations and some New Year's goods, there wasn't much in the baggage, and it didn't weigh much in her hand.
Xu's mother opened her mouth, wanting to find something for her to take with her. But when I think about my younger daughter marrying so far away, and now working in Beiguan, she can't go back home a few times a year, and she won't be able to stay for long. I'm afraid she won't be able to count on her future, so it's better to leave it to the eldest daughter in the back room. In the end, he said nothing and watched Xu Yin and his wife go out with bare hands.
After leaving Xu's house, Cheng Shaojin immediately turned to look at his wife.
Originally, he wanted to leave some money for his two elders, but his wife said that he didn't need to give it to her, and she couldn't keep it if she did. According to her mother's usual practice, she would supplement her son's money if she had some money.
"It's a rare trip, so it doesn't mean anything bad, right?" Anyway, he had prepared a red paper envelope before coming.
Xu Yin thought for a while and said, "We'll see what happens later. If my mother asks us to carry things away, we will give her the red envelope."
As a result, the mother-in-law didn't even give her a cabbage.
He couldn't help but feel sorry for his wife. Living in such a family, even a strong man would be hurt, right?
"Do you feel sad?"
He squeezed the back of her hand comfortingly.
Xu Yin shook her head: "Why am I uncomfortable?"
She was thinking about her three nephews.
It wasn't that she regretted joining the reclamation team, but that the triplets being given up for adoption was beyond her expectation.
I thought that if she left, Xu Cui would take care of the children by herself and not go into the city. Unexpectedly, Xu Cui, who underestimated Xu Cui's stubbornness and cruelty, left the triplets alone and went to work in the city.
At this point, Xu Yin was not sure whether it was good or bad for a while.
Fortunately, she remembered the addresses of the three adoptive families in her mind. The two of them took a detour and took a look. Seeing that the adoptive families were really okay with the triplets, they were no different from their own sons, so Xu Yin stopped worrying about them.
In the original text, the tragic fate of the bitter aunt has been reversed, and the triplets have begun a new life with a father and a mother. Isn't this another kind of perfection?
Before setting off for Haicheng, she went to Aunt Xiaojin's house to retrieve her luggage and left a few kilograms of food for each of the three families, but did not disturb them.
I hope they will treat their three children well, and at the same time, I also pray that the three children will have kind thoughts when they grow up and will not let down the family who raised them.
The train to Haicheng also left Yuanshan County, and the adoptive family of the triplets found food under the roof.
"Who brought this?"
"Look, it's still this year's new rice. I'm afraid this bag must weigh three kilograms. Who is so rich? Three kilograms for free?"
"How about we move into the house first? Scoop some for the dog to make a bowl of rice porridge. The new rice porridge is so soft and fragrant. It tastes much better than the brown rice porridge. The child can eat more! As long as the dog grows up. If it's white and strong, I'll be satisfied! When I find out who gave it to me, I'll go back to the old days and do the same thing."
But they couldn't get back the favor.
Because no matter how much I inquired, I never found the kind person who sent them food.
Mainly, I didn’t dare to make any big announcements, I just kept secretly inquiring.
If you ask openly about who gave their family three kilograms of new rice, you will find that all the adoptive families of the triplets received such a bag of rice, and it is difficult not to think of the old Xu family. After further investigation, who else could be there besides Xu Yin?
But luckily I didn't find out, otherwise Xu's mother would probably be furious——
The youngest daughter only carried three kilograms of food rations when she returned to her parents' home, and she and her son-in-law ate three meals back, which was far less than the New Year's goods the three children received.
On the train to Haicheng, Cheng Shaojin was happy when he saw that his daughter-in-law could not come in time. He was worried that her mother-in-law would be heartbroken, so he racked his brains and told her a few jokes to make her laugh.
He breathed a sigh of relief and adjusted her loose scarf: "If you are worried about your three nephews, why don't you take them over and let us raise them?"
"Don't!"
Xu Yin quickly refused.
"They can be considered as having a father and a mother now. If you have time to come back in the future, just go see them and intervene. After all, I am just their aunt. Besides, I still have the task of reclaiming wasteland." Xu Yin said, "The captain asked us to I don’t know if I can complete the challenge of Three Thousand Acres.”
Cheng Shaojin nodded: "That's right! You and I have no experience in raising children."
"..."
She has experience, but can she say this?
(End of chapter)
