After Chu Jie was transported back to the educated youth house , Li Zhiqing kindly shared his porridge with Chu Jie. After Chu Jie drank two bowls of porridge, his stomach felt much better and he gained strength. But what he was thinking about was the unknown thing he ate just now. It tastes like candy, but what kind of candy can you chew?
Although the conditions in Chu Jie’s family were not bad in the early years, his father was strict, and he hardly ate any good food. Most during Chinese New Year, mother would give a piece of rock candy, which was the best thing in Chu Jie’s childhood. Lying on the bed after eating, Chu Jie kept thinking about this matter.
Li Zhiqing came in after washing his face, and saw that Chu Jie was still not asleep, so he told him, “Why aren’t you sleeping? Rest early, the captain said, I can give you more food tomorrow, so don’t worry.”
Before this incident, the relationship between Chu Jie and Li Zhiqing was actually not very close. He was used to being a loner, and he didn’t like noisy voices, and he didn’t like forming cliques. But today Li Zhiqing was obviously kind to him, and Chu Jie knew how to repay him, so naturally he couldn’t put on a bad face like before.
Chu Jie said: “I will sleep, there is something I haven’t figured out yet.” Li Zhiqing was curious, “What’s so important.”
Chu Jie frowned, recalling the scene he saw by the river today, “Today I When I was drowsy by the river, I seemed to see a fairy…”
“Fairy?” Li Zhiqing thought for a while and then understood, “Oh, you are talking about Yu Tong, right? What kind of fairy, that little girl helped you today she have done you a great favor, and she found water for you and helped to bring you back hence you have to go and thank her later.”
Chu Jie frowned even deeper. Although he usually seldom cares about these trivial matters, he still has an impression of Yu Tong. There is no other reason. The little girl Yu Tong looks so iconic. Don’t mention Chu Jie, a big living person. Chu Jie recalled the scene he saw when he was awake, and then thought of Yu Tong, his heart suddenly beat twice. He shook his head quickly, trying to get rid of his unhealthy thoughts. The little girl was born in a decent family, she wasn’t look like him, who has a problem with his composition, so what else do you think. sleep!
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Chu Jie on the other end was rescued, but Yu Tong on the other end was in trouble. As soon as she got home, she found that the atmosphere was not right. The whole family gathered in the yard, not knowing what to do. Mrs. Yu has three sons and one daughter. The eldest son, Yu Changzhi, is a big black-faced man with strength like a cow, and ordinary people dare not mess with him. The second son, Yu Changdong, is thin and small, completely different from Yu Changzhi. And third is Yu tong father The youngest daughter, Yu Ying, married into the wealthiest family in the same village
Li Xiu stood in the middle of the courtyard, with an imposing manner: “Mom, look! Look at your good daughter-in-law, she’s selling the dowry! Since the siblings have already married into our old Yu’s family, the dowry has to be handed over.” Well, she’s fine, she’ll exchange it for money, maybe she’s secretly buying something!”
Although Li Xiu yelled loudly, she actually didn’t pay much of her own dowry, and she quietly kept all the valuable things. But Lin Xianglian only left those few pieces of fabric, which she originally planned to keep to make clothes for her future children. The mess at home has been going on all day long, even the old lady Yu, who can bear her temper, is also a little unhappy at the moment. She glanced at Lin Xianglian calmly, and asked, “Xianglian, tell me, where is your dowry?” At this moment, Lin Xianglian’s eyes were already red, she shrank her neck obediently, shook her head and said, “Mom, I didn’t waste money…”
“Look! She admitted it!” Li Xiu’s sharp voice seemed to be able to cut through the sky, without giving Lin Xianglian a chance to argue, “She admitted to selling the dowry! Tell me, what did you do? Where did the dowry go?!” Seeing Li Xiu’s aggressive posture, those who didn’t know thought that Lin Xianglian had sold Li Xiu’s dowry.
As soon as Li Xiu cried, Lin Xianglian’s tongue began to get knotted. She stumbled and tried to explain, but she couldn’t explain clearly.
Seeing Lin Xianglian’s indescribable appearance, Mrs. Yu sighed. She knew the character of these two daughters-in-law, and she believed that Lin Xianglian would not spend money recklessly, but this daughter-in-law was not good at it, and could not speak a word at a critical moment.
If she deliberately wanted to help Lin Xianglian, Lin Xianglian had no confidence, what else could she do? She also has to take care of the whole family. Granny Yu shook her head helplessly, and was about to end the war with a few words, when a clear and pleasant voice suddenly sounded at the gate, “Auntie, I was sick a while ago, and my mother didn’t want me to suffer, so took the cloth to exchange for medicine .” Yu Tong walked into the crowd slowly, looked at Li Xiu from the corner of the eye, “I have to thank you for this matter, if you didn’t say that I am not sick, and stopped grandma from giving me money for medical treatment, as for my mother selling dowry Besides, my mother only left those pieces of fabric, Auntie, didn’t you leave several bracelets behind? Sister Lele showed it to me two days ago.” Li Xiu didn’t expect to The silent Yu Tong dared to talk back, what kind of shameless is she, a little girl? But now their mother and daughter live off of Lao Yu’s family, how dare she talk back without a father? !
Li Xiu immediately yelled, “Okay, you still dare to talk about me, I’m your elder! How dare you talk back!”
Yu Tong said, “My mother and you are still of the same generation, don’t you just point your nose and scold her?” Besides, only those who are respected can be called elders, and you are at most old.”
In the past, Yu Tong was always silent, and dared not speak back when bullied. How could Li Xiu see her so eloquent and Pass a few words and thesefew words made Li Xiu speechless. Just as she was about to cry and pretend to make the old lady feel sorry for her, Yu Tong walked up to Lin Xianglian and said loudly: “Mom, you traded your own dowry for my life, you didn’t steal it or snatch it, what’s so shameful?” What? In the future, we can say whatever we want, grandma knows how to tell right from wrong, so I won’t blame you.” Yu Tong knew that in Lao Yu’s house, Mrs. Yu was the pillar, and she was not stupid enough to offend the “supreme leader”, so by the way Praise Mrs. Yu. Besides, Mrs. Yu taught Yu Lele a lesson just now, and Yu Tong felt that Mrs. Yu was not the rigid old lady in the original owner’s impression.
Before Old Madam Yu could speak, Li Xiu had already started crying. She has been domineering for so many years, and she knows the truth of quarreling in the street best, the miserable one is king.
“Well, Yu Tong, your father left so early. If our family hadn’t been helping your mother and daughter, would you have survived until now?! Now that you have grown up, you will turn your face and deny anyone. It’s really wolf-hearted!”
Li Xiu cried in a serious manner, as if Yu Tong had really received a lot of favors from her family.
Yu Tong was not polite: “Since the eldest aunt said so, let’s calculate how much work points each family has earned, and see who is helping whom?”
Now, Li Xiu even forgot to cry, and stared blankly. With Yu Tong. This little girl…how can she even speak out the words of work points?
In the past, both Lin Xianglian’s mother and daughter couldn’t keep their heads clear, and it was Li Xiu who did what she said. What’s wrong today… Li Xiu was really guilty.
Old Madam Yu said coldly: “Isn’t it because Xianglian sold some cloth, what does it look like to make such a big fuss?! Yu Tong, no matter what Li Xiu is, she is your eldest aunt, and you should have the proper measure.”
Yes!” Yu Tong was immediately happy when she heard this. Although these words seem to be teaching her a lesson, but after careful consideration, it doesn’t make sense. What do you mean no matter how Li Xiu is? Doesn’t that mean… Li Xiu naturally understood another meaning in the words. She blushed and turned pale, and said unwillingly: “Mom…”
“Okay, you.” Show face, “I know how much dowry you have left, so don’t shout here. Instead of making trouble here, why don’t you go back and think about how to have children!”
It’s not easy to talk about having children in public, but All the people present today were my own family members, and Mrs. Yu was really annoyed, so she said this directly. Speaking of which, Lao Yu’s family was also unlucky. None of the three daughters-in-law gave birth to a son. Although Lin Xianglian had an eldest son, the son had been missing for so long, and it was probably gone. Although the youngest daughter, Yu Ying, also has a son, but this son belongs to her husband’s family, not Lao Yu’s family after all. This is also the reason why Li Xiu dared to rely on Yu Changzhi as the boss to play prestige even though he had no son.
The words about giving birth to a son hit Li Xiu sorely. Li Xiu shut her mouth tightly and stopped talking. She glared at Lin Xianglian bitterly, thinking that the old lady must probably be crazy to help Lin Xianglian, a woman in Kefu.
After the matter came to an end, Mrs. Yu went back to the room first, and Yu Tong also took Lin Xianglian back to the woodshed. The two of them originally had a decent room, but a few days ago Li Xiu was clamoring to get a separate room for Yu Lele and Yu Changdong’s daughter Yu Lin, so she tried every means to drive them out.
It stands to reason that Li Xiu can’t drive Lin Xianglian away. After all, Lin Xianglian is the elder, so how can the elder make room for the younger? However, Lin Xianglian didn’t want to make trouble, and after Li Xiu came to her again and again, she actually agreed. When Mrs. Yu found out about it, Li Xiu moved the girl’s things in.
Seeing the crowd disperse, Yu Lele reluctantly said: “Mom, you agreed to make me new clothes. How can I make them without fabric?”
Seeing that Yu Lele was still thinking about her clothes, she couldn’t help poking her head, “Damn girl, your mother is scolded, don’t you care?!”
“What are you talking about?” Yu LeLe rubbed her head painfully, “I think Yu Tong started this matter today. If she hadn’t talked so much, grandma would not have said such things? Mom, we have to be careful, don’t let grandma be caught by Yu Tong.”
“Of course,” Li Xiu glanced at Yu Lele,
“Is your mother a vegetarian? But I have to find helpers for this matter… Wait, I have to discuss it with your second aunt, I don’t believe it anymore, Can it turn Yu Tong into a fool?!”
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After returned to the room, Lin Xianglian’s eyes were still red. Yu Tong has been taken care of by Lin Xianglian for the past few days, and she already has feelings for her more or less. Seeing her disappointment, Yu Tong feels distressed and angry. She finally understood that the mother and the original owner had a bad life not only because they met the bad relatives, but to a large extent it was because they were too forbearing. Forbearance is not necessarily bad, but for things like today, what is there to bear? Yu Tong helped Lin Xianglian to sit down, and couldn’t help persuading: “Mom, you can say whatever you want in the future, and don’t let aunt bully you anymore. You sold those cloths for my medical treatment. It’s not something shameful. Besides, why did my aunt suddenly think of your dowry today? Isn’t it because grandma stopped letting Yu Lele make new clothes, she was thinking about your dowry!” Lin Xianglian’s hand that was still wiping tears stopped. She looked at Yu Tong in surprise, she didn’t know why she was able to speak so suddenly, just now Lin Xianglian was startled by Yu Tong’s aura in the yard, Yu Tong in the past was scolded so bloody even then she wouldn’t make a sound . But… Being able to speak is not necessarily a bad thing, at least being able to speak well will not suffer from being dumb.
If it had been put in the past, when Li Xiu came to find trouble, Mrs. Yu would have to give Lin Xianglian a few words. Today, Mrs. Yu didn’t say a word about Lin Xianglian, and even explained what Li Xiu did. Could it be that she was so useless before? Lin Xianglian’s eyes turned even redder when she thought that her daughter had suffered for so many years because of her cowardice. When Yu Tong stood in front of Lin Xianglian just now, Lin Xianglian wanted to cry. She is a mother, and she wants her daughter to stand up and speak for her. How has she lived for so many years? Of course, she was not entirely self-blame, but more moved. She just felt that after living alone for so many years, she finally had a backer, and she could rely on her daughter.
Seeing Lin Xianglian’s flushed eyes, Yu Tong was startled: “Mom, why are you crying? Did I say something wrong?”
Lin Xianglian shook her head quickly, and she said with tears in her eyes, “Tongtong, grandma didn’t complain about the dowry today and not Teach me, thanks to you, but mom is afraid of your eldest aunt…”
“What are you afraid of?” Yu Tong originally thought that Lin Xianglian was going to say something big, but when she heard that she was afraid of Li Xiu, she immediately felt relieved, ” The eldest aunt just let the parents talk about it, Mom, if this kind of thing happens again in the future, you can say what you have to say, I still don’t believe it, if she can win ?!”
Looking at the daughter confidently Lin Xianglian has a lot of determination in her heart. My daughter is right, if you keep silent, you can only let others bully you, even for her daughter, she has to be strong in the future!
After talking with Lin Xianglian, Yu Tong lay on the bed and began to think about the supermarket. Although there are still a lot of supplies in the supermarket, she will have to plan for the future when the supplies will run out. Thinking of this, Yu Tong closed her eyes and took the opportunity of going to bed at night to enter the supermarket again. Even at night, the small supermarket is still bright with lights on. The supermarket is the same as when Yu Tong left. The location of the items has not changed. Yu Tong turns on the air conditioner to enjoy the cool breeze first, then walks to the shelf and taps the quantity of the items. She only hated that her supermarket had just opened, and the goods she had ordered hadn’t arrived yet. Compared with other small supermarkets, the goods were half as small. If you have less food, don’t you eat slower? Although there were many things to worry about, Yu Tong breathed a sigh of relief after checking the stock. Although the scale of the supermarket is small, there are several bags of rice and white noodles, bread, biscuits and so on that can fill the stomach, and there are even a lot of snacks and drinks. What surprised Yu Tong the most was that there were two boxes of eggs in the supermarket. How wise she was to buy it! In the past, Yu Tong was tired of eating eggs, and had to make eggs into flowers to eat a few bites, but now Yu Tong only thinks that boiled eggs are delicious in the world. Yu Tong also found a small pot and an induction cooker from the storage room of the supermarket. These things were sent by her mother, in case Yu Tong would be hungry.
At that time, Yu Tong was still very speechless. She was sitting in a supermarket, but she was still hungry? But now it seems that the mother is still wise.Yu Tong boiled two eggs and put them in her pocket, planning to eat them tomorrow when she was hungry. At the same time, she had to start thinking about how to give Lin Xianglian an egg in a legitimate way.
Giving it to her rashly is afraid that it will arouse suspicion. In this day and age, one should be careful when doing things.
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Early the next morning, Yu Tong got up early. She didn’t call Lin Xianglian, and went directly to wash up. She knew that Mrs. Yu should be up by this time, so she deliberately took the basin to the yard to wash up, and Mrs. Yu was really wiping her face. Yu Tong immediately called out “Grandma” sweetly. As soon as Mrs. Yu turned her head, she saw Yu Tong’s bright smiling face, with crooked eyes, red lips and white skin. She looked very pleasing. Everyone loved smiling faces not to mention that Granny Yu and Yu Tong have no grievances or enmity, Granny Yu hesitated for a moment, then nodded solemnly, “Morning.”
In fact, it has always been on Granny Yu’s heart to kiss her granddaughter. Although Yu Lele’s small mouth can be eloquent, Granny Yu knows what she’s up to when she opened her mouth. The remaining two granddaughters, Yu Tong and Yu Lin, are not talkative. Tu lin is still better, so among the three granddaughters, Mrs. Yu and Yu Tong have the weakest relationship.
Now that Yu Tong greeted her with a smile, Mrs. Yu felt much better. Look, her granddaughter still wants to greet her. After Yu Tong finished washing, she purposely looked into Li Xiu’s room, and she said, “Grandma, did I get mad at my aunt yesterday? I was the one who went too far yesterday. I saw my mother being bullied, and when I was in a hurry, I… ”
Speaking of what happened yesterday, Mrs. Yu gave Yu Tong a reproachful look, “No matter how wrong your aunt is, she is also your elder, so you should be more careful when you speak in the future.”
Yu Tong nodded obediently, “I see, Grandma, how about this, I don’t think my aunt is up yet, why don’t you let me cook today’s breakfast, and lighten the burden on my aunt.”
Li Xiu has always been doing the cooking, and now Yu Tong has proposed to help, old lady Yu couldn’t help feeling a little comforted. It seems that Yu Tong has really grown up and knows how to love others. She will beat and beat Li Xiu more in the future, so she can’t bully others like this anymore. Old Madam Yu nodded and said, “Noodles and rice are in my room. You should cook some porridge. Don’t put too much rice. It will take a long time to eat that rice.”
“I know,” Yu Tong nodded repeatedly
“Grandma has worked hard to take care of the family, I’ll cook first.” Yu Tong’s voice was clear and pleasant, and the last sentence really touched Old Madam Yu’s heart. She has been running the family for so many years, and she must be fair and careful. Everyone takes it for granted. Who cares whether she is working hard or not? Old Madam Yu never expected that the first person to say this to her was her granddaughter, whom she had always disliked. Granny Yu looked at Yu Tong with a softer gaze. Of course, Yu Tong, who had already gone to the kitchen, didn’t know the change in Granny Yu’s heart. She only knew that as long as she made breakfast, she could say that the eggs were boiled during breakfast, and then make up the source of the eggs. Let Lin Xianglian eat it! Yu Tong prepared breakfast with great interest, and served the porridge fairly, with a fixed amount for each person. Men put in more effort and work more, while women are all average. Unlike Li Xiu, who has to do something to serve a meal, she always puts dry food into Yu Lele’s bowl.
As soon as Li Xiu woke up, she heard the sound of ping-pong-pong in the kitchen. She muttered to herself, she put on her clothes and went to the kitchen before she could wash her face.
Seeing Yu Tong, Li Xiu immediately pulled her face down. She stepped forward and grabbed Yu Tong’s wrist, and said sternly, “Who told you to touch my spatula? Why are you so capable!”
Yu Tong was about to hold the spatula . The porridge went to the dining table, but was pulled by Li Xiu so much that the porridge in his hand almost spilled, Yu Tong frowned and said: “Auntie, be gentle, it doesn’t matter if it hurts me, don’t spill the porridge. We don’t have much rice Now, grandma still has to take care of the life of the whole family, so it can’t be wasted.”
“Don’t change the subject!” Li Xiu insisted, “I’ll just ask you, who let you into the kitchen?!”
The morning in the village was very exciting. It was clean, except for the chirping of birds and the occasional wind blowing, Li Xiu’s voice wasparticularly loud.
Her yelling woke up other people, and also surprised Mrs. Yu who was resting in her room. Mrs. Yu thought that Yu Tong had done something wrong, so she rushed to the kitchen. When she got closer, she found that it was Li Xiu who was blaming Yu Tong for coming into the kitchen to cook.
In the past two days, a lot of things happened in succession. Old Madam Yu was seeing them arguing with each other. Seeing that it was Li Xiu making trouble again, she felt even worse.” What’s wrong?!” Li Xiuyi subconsciously shivered when she heard Old Madam Yu’s voice, she was afraid of Old Madam Yu from the bottom of her heart. As soon as Mrs. Yu came, Li Xiu didn’t dare to be rampant anymore. She let go of Yu
Tong aggrieved, and said, “I usually do all the cooking, don’t I?”
“Your presence means that the kitchen is yours alone?!” Mrs. Yu was furious, “What’s the point of arguing with me here early in the morning?! Isn’t it just cooking a meal? One less cooking How can I get less money?!”
Seeing that Li Xiu was so scolded that she didn’t dare to say a word, Yu Tong burst into joy in his heart. That’s right, she is such a small person, she is happy to see Li Xiu being trained.
Yu Tong laughed for a moment, and said seriously: “Grandma, don’t blame Auntie, she may be afraid that I will steal food in the kitchen. Auntie, don’t worry, I will not do such a thing.” Granny Yu heard After saying this, she felt something was wrong in her heart, she said vigilantly: “Li Xiu, could it be that you have secretly eaten before cooking?”
Otherwise, how could she be so excited when she saw Yu Tong cooking?
Li Xiu was tripped up by Yu Tong one after another, and she couldn’t tell the pain in her heart. She could only stare at Yu Tong with hatred, and then went to please Mrs. Yu: “How can I? Is there something wrong with her? She is so young, how can she cook, besides, it is not a problem if the rice is ruined, the pot is so big, what if she gets hurt again?”
Hearing this, Mrs. Yu asked At last she was not so blocked, she snorted coldly: “In the future, do more things and quarrel less, I think you are the most noisy at home.”
Li Xiu smiled: “Yes, you are right.” Said After finishing, dhe did not forget to turn her head and stare at Yu Tong. Yu Tong looked at her with a smile, completely different from the righteous and awe-inspiring look just now. This time Li Xiu was even angrier. Damn girl, sooner or later, she wants her to look bad!
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