The old woman looked at her with a smile and said that the white flour buns were for her daughter-in-law who was about to give birth. They were just out of the pot today. Seeing that she enjoyed the meal, she asked the little girl to pour Ye Yun a bowl of warm water.

The little girl gently held a bowl of warm water and placed it on the stone table in front of her.

Ye Yun said thank you politely.

"How old is the little girl?" She broke off a small piece of steamed bun and handed it to the little girl.

The little girl looked pale and thin, and it was obvious that she had never eaten anything good. But when faced with the white flour bun in her hand, the little girl shook her head.

"This is for you to eat." The little girl said politely and crisply.

The old woman was pleased with the little girl's understanding. She smiled and took the little girl's hand, pointed at Ye Yun's belly, and made a gesture as if she was holding a child.

The little girl smiled and turned to Ye Yun and said, "Grandma said that you are pregnant, is the baby in your belly also a little brother?"

Um?

Ye Yun was slightly surprised and smiled softly, "I don't know if the baby in my aunt's belly is a brother or a sister."

The little girl said happily: "My mother is carrying a little brother in her belly. It will come out in a few days!"

"Yeah, bless you."

"Thank you, sister!" The little girl was very polite and reminded Ye Yun to drink water.

From beginning to end, the old woman looked at the little girl with a smile and did not interrupt the communication between the little girl and Ye Yun. Although she was a mute and old, she was a very sensible elder.

Maybe it was because of the new environment that made her feel happy, but Ye Yun ate a steamed bun without realizing it.

The old woman smiled and gestured to ask her if she wanted more.

Qin Zheng also looked at her. He was happier than anyone else that his wife could eat, and asked her if she wanted another steamed bun.

Ye Yun quickly waved her hands, if she ate any more she would be too full.

Qin Zheng also knew that she had almost finished eating today, so he asked the old woman to get a small jar and fill it with half a jar of fermented bean curd. He handed the jar and the money for the steamed buns to the old woman.

He gave a lot, and when the old woman saw that there was several dollars, she quickly pushed his hand back.

Qin Zheng told her to just keep it. This amount of money was far less than the white flour bun that Ye Yun had just eaten. To outsiders, it was just a bun, but to him it was a timely rain.

The old woman took the money Qin Zheng handed over and nodded to him with a smile.

She patted the little girl's shoulder again and gestured to her, and the little girl immediately ran back to the house.

When she came out again, she had a beautiful red bellyband in her hand.

"Sister, this is what my grandma made for my little brother. I'm giving it to you!" The little girl smiled shyly and handed the baby bellyband to Ye Yun with her little hand.

The small bellyband is red, with a peace pattern embroidered on it with yellow thread.

Ye Yun took it with a surprised look on her face, and stroked the embroidery on it, and couldn't help but sigh: "Auntie, your embroidery is so good?"

The old woman smiled shyly.

She couldn't speak, so she waved her hand and told Ye Yun to put on her bellyband quickly.

Ye Yun smiled and nodded, folded the bellyband and held it in her hand. An idea came to her mind and she looked at the old lady, "Auntie, who makes the tofu on weekdays?"

The old woman shook the little girl's hand.

The little girl said, "My grandfather and my father made it, but they went out for something. Sister, do you still want to eat stinky tofu? I'll ask my grandfather when he comes back. My grandfather can make a lot of tofu. He taught my father all of them!"

Ye Yun smiled, gently touched her little head and said, "Okay, then you must remember to ask your grandfather for me."

"good……"

Before the little girl finished her words, she suddenly looked behind Ye Yun, her eyes lit up, and pointed behind Ye Yun and said, "Look! My grandfather and my father are back!"

Ye Yun couldn't help but turn her head.

Qin Zheng also supported her and looked out the door along with her.

I saw three people walking in from the door.

A pockmarked old man wearing his mother-in-law's headscarf, a dark-skinned farmer of medium height, and a young girl with pigtails, all three of them entered the house with sad faces and an unfriendly atmosphere.

When the old woman saw this, her face changed and she hurried over worriedly.

“Ah…ah?”

The old woman pulled the pockmarked old man and babbled something, then pointed at the girl, her face full of anxiety.

The old man understood what she meant, sighed heavily, and did not answer. After walking into the yard, he sat on the bench next to him and smoked his pipe alone.

The old woman looked anxious and grabbed the farmer's arm, "Ah..."

The farmer also sighed heavily and said bitterly: "This old Guo family is too much! That damn old woman actually started to look down on our family now, saying that our family... Anyway, she is afraid that our Xiu'er will give birth to a mute. She said that at most she will give us two chickens, and she won't give us any other betrothal gifts!"

"ah?"

The old woman was so surprised when she heard this that she could hardly speak.

She anxiously patted the farmer's arm, and suddenly, as if she remembered something, she went to hit her disappointing daughter next to her.

Her daughter's eyes suddenly turned red after being beaten. She wiped her tears and stamped her feet, saying, "How can you blame me for this! When Guo Youcai was dating me, he never said that his mother was so stingy! He said it was so nice, saying how good and rich their family was! He also said that his family had two jars of grain alone! Who knew his mother was like this!"

The older girl felt more and more aggrieved as she spoke. She covered her face with her hands and ran into the house crying.

The little girl felt sorry for her aunt, so she hurried into the house, muttering, "Aunt! Aunt! Don't cry!"

The old woman sighed heavily.

Perhaps the words of the mute hurt her, her eyes turned red and she couldn't help wiping away her tears in grievance.

She felt that it was because of her, an old mute, that her children's marriages were hindered.

The family members were sulking, some were wiping their tears, and Ye Yun sat on a stool, feeling very uncomfortable. She held Qin Zheng's hand and exchanged glances with him silently.

Ye Yun: How embarrassing.

Qin Zheng: ...

You can hear news about the Guo family everywhere you go. It's as if the Guo family has been unlucky for eight lifetimes and their ghosts will haunt them. What bad luck!

"Huh? Why are there two more people here?"

Only then did the old man with pockmarks notice Ye Yun and Qin Zheng, and a look of surprise appeared on his sulky face.

The farmer also noticed them. He looked up and looked at Ye Yun and Qin Zheng, with a look of scrutiny and vigilance in his eyes. "What do you do?"

The old woman quickly patted the farmer again and stopped his rude behavior with her eyes.

She walked forward and pointed at the bowl in front of Ye Yun, made a gesture as big as a steamed bun, then pointed at the jar of fermented tofu in Qin Zheng's hand, and finally took out a few dollars from her pocket and showed them to the two of them.

The farmer looked surprised.

He opened his mouth and asked, "Beggar? You ate a big steamed bun from our house? And you want to take it away? And you dare to ask you for money?"

The old woman was confused: "..."

Ye Yun: “…”

Qin Zheng: “…”

Ye Yun couldn't help but hold her forehead and said, "No, I just mean, is there such an outrageous interpretation as yours?"