Chapter 121 Can't Go Back Empty-Handed

Li Ruolan originally thought that three members of the Li family would be present together, but unexpectedly, only Li's mother, who had the strongest fighting power, came.

But it makes sense when you think about it. Train tickets are so expensive nowadays. If three of them come together, it will definitely be a huge sum of money. The Li family certainly cannot afford such a large amount of money now.

Li Ruolan has not been making clothes these days. Instead, she takes her children to the village entrance every day to sit and chat with the elderly people.

This was not the first time she had done this. Sometimes when she and Qin Wan were tired from making clothes, they would come out to get some fresh air and sit down and chat with these people.

After all, they can't go to work now because they have to take care of the children. If they stay at home with the door closed, there will definitely be rumors.

So Li Ruolan and her friends would come out for a walk every one or two days, show their faces, and go to the mountains from time to time to pick some mushrooms and firewood, so that these people could see them.

Li Ruolan looked particularly dazed today, frowning and sighing from time to time.

"Lan girl! What's wrong with you? I felt like something was wrong all day long. Why are you sighing?"

"I noticed it too. Did something happen?"

Li Ruolan and Qin Wan were able to chat with these people. Li Ruolan smiled at everyone she saw and was very generous. Sometimes she would ask them to help look after the children and would give them some small cakes, candies and other things.

So these old people quite like Li Ruolan.

Li Ruolan opened her mouth and was about to speak, but she didn't know what to say, so she sighed again: "Nothing."

Others looked at her expression but didn't believe it. Then they all looked at Qin Wan: "You two are usually together, you should know what happened to her, right?"

Qin Wan also sighed like Li Ruolan: "Alas! What else could it be? Isn't this just fear?"

"Afraid? Afraid of what?" a group of people asked in confusion.

Qin Wan said: "Do you know why Ruolan came to the countryside in the first place? It was to escape from her original home.

Her parents arranged a marriage for her. The man was in his thirties or forties. He had beaten two or three wives to death and had two or three children.

At that time, Ruolan was only seventeen or eighteen years old, and her parents wanted to marry her off. It was called marriage, but in fact it was selling their daughter.

Ruolan came to the countryside because she couldn't survive at home. Fortunately, she met her classmate Deng Zhiqing. After going to the countryside, the two started dating and got married.

After a few days of peace and quiet, her parents in the city couldn't make ends meet anymore and came to ask Ruolan for money."

Li Ruolan's eyes immediately turned red. She raised her hand to wipe away her tears, lowered her head and continued sighing without saying a word.

"Isn't this pushing your daughter into the fire? It's not impossible to marry a widower, but how can you marry a man who beat several wives to death?"

"I remember when Ruolan first came here, she was so skinny and small, with no flesh on her face or body. She was the thinnest among your group of female educated youth. You can tell what kind of life she had at home."

"Every family has its own problems!"

Li Ruolan wiped away her tears again, her eyes red: "I have been doing all the housework since I was a child, taking care of my younger brother and washing clothes.

These jobs are what I am supposed to do, so I naturally have no complaints. However, my parents are both working and there is some money at home, but they still want to sell me for money.

Now that I'm here, although my life is hard, at least I can have enough food to eat, unlike at home where I could only eat one steamed bun and half a bowl of porridge a day.

But now that I'm married and here, my parents still keep asking me for money, and I really can't afford it."

Li Ruolan gained some weight after giving birth, but because she needed to breastfeed, the two children eating together might have consumed too much, so no matter how much Li Ruolan ate, she just couldn't gain weight.

Later, when she was weaned, she gained some weight, but Li Ruolan felt that being too fat did not look good, so she lost weight on her own.

Therefore, her figure is still the same as before she gave birth to a child. Compared with other people in the village, she is considered quite thin.

In this era, being slightly plump is still the most popular, as it represents that a person is blessed. Most people look for daughters-in-law of this type, who can work and bear children.

Therefore, Li Ruolan and Qin Wan were often criticized by the villagers for being a little thin in order to maintain their figure.

It also proves that they are relatively poor and usually don't even have enough to eat, so they are so thin.

Coupled with today's miserable performance, within a day, Li Ruolan's affairs spread throughout the entire team.

Just like that, a day or two passed, and everyone would talk about Li Ruolan's matter during meals.

Just at this time, Li's mother finally came, carrying a tattered bag.

Li's mother rode a tractor and then a ox cart for most of the day. She was covered in dust and dirt, and looked like she was fleeing.

She didn't know where the educated youth point was, so when she walked to the village entrance and saw a lot of people sitting there chatting, she came over to ask.

"You look strange. You are not from our area, are you? Are you looking for someone at the Youth League Point?"

Mother Li walked away from these old men and women with some disdain and said, "I came here to look for my daughters. My daughters are Li Ruolan and Li Ruoju. They should be here, right?"

"Yes, if you hadn't mentioned it, I would have forgotten about it. There is a military wife. I heard that she is Ruolan's sister."

"Yes, I think I've heard someone say that."

The two old ladies started talking in front of Li's mother. Li's mother asked in surprise: "Who is the military wife? Is it Li Ruoju?"

An old lady looked up and said, "Don't you know that Li Ruoju is married? She is so lucky to have married a soldier from our village. She has already gone to the military district with her husband to enjoy a good life."

Mother Li's eyes suddenly brightened. She sat next to the old lady and said, "Really? This girl didn't even tell me, so I didn't know.

Is what you said true? Did my second child really marry a soldier? And even join the army? "

"How could this be false? They have been married for two or three years. We also attended their wedding banquet."

Mother Li immediately asked Li Ruolan: "What about my third child? Li Ruolan?"

Several old ladies immediately shook their heads and said, "Ruolan can't do that. She married Deng Zhiqing and stopped working after they had a child.

With no family to help her, she had to raise two children by herself and was often so busy that she couldn't even eat.

Deng Zhiqing was the only one working in her family. After working hard for a year, the food she got was not enough for her to eat. The couple lived a hard life.

Several old ladies nodded repeatedly and described Li Ruolan's life as being miserable, with no food to eat and going hungry every day.

Mother Li frowned immediately, but still patted her clothes and stood up. No matter how small a mosquito is, it is still meat. Since she was here, she must not go back empty-handed.