She is here alone now and no one will take care of her.

You have to eat, otherwise you will get sick, which will be troublesome.

The noodles had no taste, but she finished them anyway.

…

After dinner, the woman left the table first, while the man was still at the table drinking and chatting.

Ye Xiaozhen went back to close the doors and windows. Grandma Liu joined her and chatted about Sun Lan.

Ever since she knew that Sun Lan had another family outside, with a husband and a son, Ye Xiaozhen felt that Sun Lan's purpose of coming back was not as simple as looking for them to take care of her in her old age, but there must be something else.

She told Grandma Liu her guesses and concerns.

Grandma Liu agreed, "I think so too. She left because she felt that life was hard, and she was young and had other options, so she didn't want to suffer. Since she got married and had children, why did she come back? I heard that places like Dongcheng are richer than here, and she doesn't look like she's short of money from the way she's dressed."

Yeh Coco nodded.

It’s not easy to say…Ye Xiaozhen asked again: "How old is she?"

Grandma Liu thought for a moment and said, "I'm afraid he's not even fifty yet."

Um?

"Not yet fifty? I remember my eldest sister was already thirty-two."

"Yes, but she was only a teenager when she gave birth to Xiaoli."

Ye Xiaozhen: "..."

"Oh, it wasn't that particular in the past. It was normal to get married in your teens. In the past, the legal age for marriage was only ten. Look at Ma Xiu'er, she was a child bride."

“Ah?” Grandma Ma was a child bride?

"Her family had many sisters and they couldn't support so many people, so she was sent here when she was only six years old. She grew up with her husband's family. When her period came, her mother-in-law urged them to have the wedding night. She was only fourteen when her eldest daughter was born."

Ye Xiaozhen sighed after hearing this. This... this is too much, right?

"Now you think it's pitiful for a girl to have a baby at such a young age, right? This was too normal in the past. Not to mention child brides, even if they were raised by their parents, who didn't get married at the age of teens? Look, someone like Zhang Yuanyuan, even now she would be called an old maid who can't get married."

Ugh! Okay.

So, Sun Lan was actually only in her twenties when her father-in-law died.

Although she has four children, she is only in her twenties. No wonder she is unwilling to be a widow.

And with four children, three of whom are sons, it is impossible for her to remarry under these conditions. Otherwise, she can find an old bachelor who wants to take advantage of him, but she certainly won't like old bachelors, so she abandoned the children and went to look for one elsewhere.

Ah? Could this be the truth?

But that's not right. The marks on her neck must mean she was wearing a dog collar, and not just a few.

It is probably true that she was betrayed, and part of what she said is probably true.

The truth is…it’s unknown how many of them are fake and which ones are fake.

"Just go back and rest assured. I'll keep an eye on her and see what she wants to do."

"Okay, Grandma Liu, thank you."

"Why are you being polite? It's just a matter of convenience."

After lunch, they chatted for a while before driving away.

When Lin Xinghua asked about these things after returning home, he thanked Lin An for not telling him and said, "Didn't you promise me that you wouldn't care?"

"I don't care. Why can't I ask? Can she tell me where she went? Can she tell me why she didn't come back?"

Xie Linan waved his hands and said unhappily, "Are you still thinking about her? Where could she go? She got married while she was still young, and at least gave birth to a son later."

"Ah? She...she got married?"

"Yes, I got married."

"Alas!" Lin Xinghua sighed and said, "When your father died, your mother was still young, so it's normal for her to want to find someone else to live with. But even if she got married, she couldn't have cut off contact, right? She's been gone for so long, and she hasn't come back to see you."

"Why would they come back? If they come back, they have to spend money to support us. You are so beautiful."

Lin Xinghua: “…”

Ye Xiaozhen glared at him and said, "Stop talking and go upstairs quickly."

After he came upstairs, Ye Xiaozhen said, "Grandpa, he has a foul mouth and likes to bully people."

"I know, what's going on with his mother? She got married and had a child. Is that true?"

Ye Xiaozhen nodded, "It's true."

"Oh! If she wanted to remarry, she should have told me straight away, I would definitely agree. There's no need for her to leave without saying a word. This is such a sin, oh!" Lin Xinghua sighed continuously.

Ye Xiaozhen thought, I can tell you about this, but if she doesn't tell you, can you give her all the money?

The four children were crying with hunger, could she just ignore them after she got married?

Of course not.

So it is crystal clear what Sun Lan was thinking.

"Grandpa, don't think about these things. She has a family outside. She must have some purpose for coming back suddenly. She will probably come to see us again. You are soft-hearted. Just be careful and don't be fooled by her."

Lin Xinghua was stunned. "You also think I'm soft-hearted?"

Ye Xiaozhen: "..." Isn't this something everyone knows?

"Don't worry, no matter how soft-hearted I am, I can't harm you."

"Um."

…

After Xie Lin An went back and solved Sun Lan's problem, she calmed down.

Grandma Liu told me that Sun Lan and her friends were very well behaved in the village and seldom went out. Every day they would pick up a hoe and clean up the vacant lots around the house, as if they were going to live there permanently and farm there.

The vacant land was originally for Grandma Liu's family to cultivate, but Sun Lan went to the village to check and found out that they had a share of her land. So she took her share of the land back to cultivate it herself, and they gave it to her.

When I talked about these things with Zhang Yuanyuan, she also found it very strange.

"No, Jin'er, your mother-in-law doesn't seem like a quiet person. It's strange that she can calm down and spend her days farming. She must be holding back some big moves."

"Who knows? Anyway, she didn't cause any trouble these few days. Grandma Liu said she was farming."

"Then let her plant it and see what she can do."

"Um."

"By the way, didn't you say last time that you promised Ye Xiaochun to intercede for her, but?"

Ye Xiaozhen said, "Yes, I didn't call the Qian family. It was Qian Jian's mother who answered the phone. They scolded me and hung up the phone, saying they would not accept mediation."

"Qian Jian came and asked about this matter."

Um?

Ye Xiaozhen: "Why is he here? Is he here to see me just for this?"

"No, the trial for his intentional injury case against Ye Xiaochun has begun, and he came here with his lawyer."

Oh, the ultimate problem has been solved.

"My husband is back, and he's in a soft spot. He said he wanted to invite Qian Jian to dinner and say a few words for Ye Xiaochun, after all, Ye Xiaochun is his sister."

Well!

This sister...