Finally, the month was over. Yu Yin was like a chick that had just been released from its coop and rushed out to have some fun.

For the past month, ever since Lu Shurui started working, Yu Yin has taken every opportunity to bring the bathtub into her space and soak in it. After soaking, she uses the water to water the vegetables in the yard, making them seem to have been given a second spring and become vibrant again.

Fortunately, they were just a little more energetic; there was no miraculous growth that could be seen with the naked eye. Yu Yin discovered that the spiritual spring water was the kind of thing that nourished things subtly and quietly, without being abrupt.

Now, she can take a good look around the place where she will be living from now on.

The yard covers a large area, and the wooden fence around it is covered with thorns. Among the unknown thorn bushes, a few small red flowers bloom, hidden in the green, creating a scene of red amidst a sea of ​​green.

What's most eye-catching is that two-story stilted house, with its sturdy walls and roof tiles, a sight to behold.

Stepping into the first floor, you find a large, open space without any partitions, completely empty.

We need to make some partitions to store things, and also build some shelves, otherwise it will easily get moldy.

Yu Yin made a plan after looking around. However, she and her child were still in relatively weak health and didn't have the energy to do these things. They needed to rest and recuperate to look like healthy people.

After looking around, I could describe her family in one word: "poor." They had no extra food or supplies. The kitchen was alright; at least they had an iron pot and a stove like those used by Han Chinese, but they didn't have many things to eat.

Yu Yin felt that the first thing she needed to do was to enrich her meals. As a child, she lived a life of dependence on others, and often she couldn't even ask for food. As a result, as an adult, no matter how busy she was, she had to eat on time and at least one meat dish and one vegetable dish at every meal.

Yu Yin knew it was an illness, but it was incurable. Like an addiction, she had vivid memories of what she lacked in her childhood and unconsciously wanted to get it back.

She once studied desperately to get her parents' attention. Her teachers called her parents to praise her for being so excellent and doing so well in her studies, but her parents simply said, "It's just so-so," negating all her hard work. That's when she realized that some things can't be obtained just by trying hard.

Alright, let's forget about this old stuff. I shouldn't think about it anymore. My job is to raise my two kids well.

It's almost noon, Lu Shurui will be back soon, let's start cooking.

Pick some vegetables, chop them up, add some cornmeal and wheat flour to make a paste, spread it into vegetable pancakes, and you have both rice and vegetables. Then cook some rice porridge in a soup pot, eat it with the pancakes, and you won't choke.

Even a skilled cook can't cook without rice, so let's just leave it at that.

When Lu Shurui returned, a little boy followed behind him. Upon closer inspection, he realized it was his adopted younger brother.

"Sister, I've finally met you!"

This child, how can you talk like that?

"Who tied your feet and wouldn't let you come? What are you wailing about?"

“Your mother tied me up and wouldn’t let me come. She said if I bothered you before you finished your postpartum confinement, she would break my legs. Your mother, you know, she’s capable of killing her own child, my goodness.”

"Stop, wash your hands and eat."

Lu Shurui stared wide-eyed at the siblings' performance, truly amazed.

My brother-in-law had come before, but he didn't say much. Every time he left, he would glare at me.

"What are you daydreaming about? Wash your hands and eat."

Lunch was plentiful, with some food prepared by Yu Yin and some bought by Lu Shurui from the cafeteria. The three of them ate until they were stuffed.

After seeing her brother-in-law and brother-in-law off, Yu Yin fed the baby and took a nap. Her health still wasn't good; she got tired easily and needed to rest.

After dinner, the little one fell asleep, and Yu Yin called Lu Shurui over.

"Let's have an open and honest talk."

What should we talk about?

"Let's talk about the children, our future life, our future development, and our relationship."

Although a series of unexpected events brought the two together, they couldn't just drift through life aimlessly.

"you say."

"First of all, let's be clear, you're going to raise the child with me, right? No objections."

"Yes, let's raise them together."

"Secondly, we are a legally married couple, so we need to be more honest with each other, right?"

"right."

"Finally, before you get a divorce, you need to support your family, and you have to take care of your social obligations, relationships with relatives and friends, right?"

"What divorce?"

Since the birth of her child, Lu Shurui hadn't thought about returning to the city for a long time.

“I said before that if you have the chance to return to the city, I will divorce you and never hold you back. Now, those words still hold true. But before that, I hope you can be a good father and a good husband as much as possible and provide a healthy environment for our child to grow up in.”

Yu Yin had thought about it. There were still two or three years before educated youth could apply to return to the city, whether it was 1972 or 1973, she couldn't remember. But there were still seven years until the college entrance examination. Even if Lu Shurui still chose to return to the city at that time, she would let go. The children would be sensible by then, and she was confident that she could raise them well on her own.

"I wanted to go back to the city, but I didn't want to leave you all behind."

Lu Shurui stated definitively that he could not abandon his wife and children and leave alone. Although marriage was not his intention, it was not Yu Yin's fault either, and he could not let her bear all the consequences alone.

"That's for later, let's talk about the present."

Yu Yin doesn't believe in any verbal promises. She's been disappointed too many times. "Dad will be back soon, Dad will take you to the amusement park, Mom will take you to live with us..." None of them have been kept.

After returning from the hospital, Yu Yin changed. She was no longer silent and always kept her head down. Instead, she spoke with reason and evidence, or rather, she argued her case logically, making her impossible to ignore. Her reactions also became quicker.

Unaware that she was being suspected, Yu Yin continued to talk eloquently.

"Tell me about your family situation first, as well as our wedding, the birth of our child, and the social interactions your family has. Although we may not be able to meet in person, we cannot neglect the proper etiquette."

This strange feeling is back again. Is this still the same Yu Yin?

"Besides my parents, I have an older brother, two older sisters, and a younger brother. Except for my youngest brother, everyone else is married and has children. When I got married, my mother gave me 500 yuan and a bicycle ticket, my brother gave me 50 yuan, my eldest sister gave me 20 yuan, my second sister gave me 100 yuan, and she also sent some other things. After my child was born, I wrote home to tell my family after I finished my work."

Who sent the baby bottle that the child is using?

“It was sent by my second sister, along with other things that the children might need.”

Yu Yin sorted things out: his parents had fulfilled their obligations by giving money for the wedding; his eldest brother had maintained the proper etiquette of an adult by giving a gift; his eldest sister was more interested in him; and his second sister, with whom he had the best relationship, genuinely cared about him and, by extension, his children.

His mother probably didn't like her as her daughter-in-law, and by extension, she didn't like her grandson either. Otherwise, how could the grandmother not have thought of all the things her aunt had sent? Yu Yin had already figured out how to maintain contact in the future.