Wang went to clean up the house for Zhang Hulan and her daughter. The house where Zhang Hulan used to live was now occupied by Zhang Dahua, and Zhang Xiaojun and Zhang Xiaobing, the son of the Zhang family's second wife, lived in the same house.

Zhang Hulan also remembered that she had a younger brother, but she didn't see him.

Zhang Hulan asked, "Mom, where is my younger brother?"

Wang said, "I am accompanying your sister-in-law back to her parents' home."

"Dad broke his leg, why isn't he at home? Did something happen at my sister-in-law's family?"

When Wang talked about her youngest son and his wife, her face fell. "She said that the second son's father-in-law was sick, so she went to take care of him."

Seeing that her mother-in-law looked unhappy, Li quickly changed the subject and said, "Mother, let Damei live in her original room. Dahua can sleep with me, and Xiaojun can sleep with his father."

Zhang Hulan glanced at Li, and it seemed that something was wrong at home, but it was not easy to ask now. She also saw that Wang's face was not good, so she decided to ask Li later.

So Zhang Hulan said, "Sister-in-law, I'm sorry to bother you. I'm sorry to bother Dahua and Xiaojun. But don't worry, I'll build a big house for our family when I make enough money."

Li smiled and said nothing. It was all she could do to get Dahua to give up the house.

Given the current situation at home, she really didn't want Zhang Hulan to stay.

With four more mouths to feed, she didn't know how to get through the rest of her life.

But her parents-in-law let her sister-in-law and her family stay, so what could she say?

Although Li didn't have a good impression of Zhang Hulan, she was also a woman and now had three children, so she still felt some sympathy for Zhang Hulan.

The brother and sister Zhang Dahua and Zhang Xiaojun didn't have any thoughts in their minds. They were not familiar with their aunt, and their grandparents asked their aunt to stay, so they had nothing to say.

In the evening, when cooking, the eldest, second and third daughters all rushed to help with the work. They all knew that they were now living with their grandfather's family under someone else's roof, so they had to be more diligent.

Li fetched water to wash the wild vegetables, and Daya hurried forward to help, "Aunt, you take a rest, I will wash it."

Zhang Dahua was just about to carry firewood to the kitchen to light the fire, but Erya took over the job.

Zhang Xiaojun took the broom and prepared to clean the yard. San Ya ran over and grabbed the broom to sweep the yard.

Zhang Dahua and Zhang Xiaojun looked at Li in a daze.

Li sighed. They were all poor children. How could she not see what the three girls were thinking?

In her heart, she accepted Zhang Hulan and her daughter to some extent. She was afraid that they were lazy and greedy, but now it seems that they are not. As long as people are diligent and the family works hard together, they can still make ends meet.

Dinner was rice porridge with cooked wild vegetables, half a bowl per person. Li had more, more than half a bowl.

Zhang Hulan poured some of the food in her bowl into Li's bowl, "Sister-in-law is pregnant, she needs to eat more, otherwise the baby won't have enough nutrition."

Li quickly blocked the bowl and said, "Big sister, you can eat it yourself. I've had enough."

The eldest, second and third girls looked left and right, and asked them to hold their bowls and pour the porridge into the bowls of Old Man Zhang and Wang.

Wang quickly stopped them, "You guys all eat by yourselves, you're still growing. With the current situation at home, everyone is just hanging on for dear life."

Although there was only half a bowl of porridge, Daya and the other three were very satisfied with the meal.

When he was at the Chen family, all the good things in the house were given to Chen Dabao. Now that every family is short of food, the Chen family will not let their eldest grandson starve.

The three sisters drank in small sips. If they drank in big gulps, it would be gone in two gulps.

Eating slowly will make your stomach feel like you have eaten a lot, so you should feel less hungry.

After dinner, Daya immediately cleaned up the dishes and washed them.

Wang and Li both noticed the performance of the three children.

Lying on the bed at night, Da Ya and Er Ya slept on one side, and Zhang Hulan and San Ya slept on the other side.

San Ya asked in a low voice: "Mom, are we going to live at grandma's house from now on?"

Zhang Hulan also asked in a low voice: "Why? Don't you want to live at grandma's house?"

San Ya shook her head. "No, as long as I am with my mother and have food to eat, it doesn't matter where I live."

Zhang Hulan asked Daya and Erya again, "Daya and Erya, what about you?"

Daya and Erya replied: "It's the same for us. As long as we are with mother, that's all."

"Don't worry, I won't let you down. When I make some money, if you don't want to live with grandma and uncle, I'll buy some land and build a house of your own."

"But I won't go too far, I'll stay in this village. I owe your grandparents too much, I will repay them for raising me."

Zhang Hulan paused, then continued, "Don't feel like you are living under someone else's roof. If anyone says anything, tell mother and I will take you away."

Wang was about to bring a fan to Zhang Hulan, and when she reached the door she overheard the conversation between the mother and daughter. She sighed, stepped back a few steps, and walked to the door again, saying, "Ni'er, I'll get you a fan."

Zhang Hulan immediately stood up, walked to the door and took the fan, "Thank you, mother!"

The room was dark, but Wang still stared at her daughter for a long time before turning and leaving.

Back in the inner room, Wang said, "Old man, please be more careful when you talk to Ni'er and the others in the future."

"What's wrong?"

Wang sighed softly, "Alas, this child has really changed. Perhaps it's because she's a mother now. She's more thoughtful. You've also seen that Daya and the other two are very careful in what they say and do. They're afraid of saying or doing the wrong thing. They're probably afraid of being driven away..."

"Okay, got it, go to sleep."

The next morning, Zhang Hujun carried a bucket to the old well in the village to fetch water.

Villagers now have to fetch water within a limited time, and there are regulations on which households can fetch water at what time.

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