With both parents deceased, Yu Tingwan lived under others' roofs, diligently working from dawn till dusk. Her maternal aunt was cruel, intending to sell her to a lecherous gentryman well past s...
Chapter 228 The delicate little girl has grown into a graceful young lady.
It was dark, and the two lanterns at the door shone softly and warmly. There were no passers-by on the street, and the hustle and bustle of the day had gradually faded away.
The shock in her heart was about to break out.
She looked at the man's hand.
It was large, slender, and had a shallow scar on it.
Yu Tingwan's eyes were filled with mist, her nose was dry, and her vision became blurred.
For a moment, she couldn't tell the difference between reality and illusion, and was afraid that it was a dream, and everything would be gone when she woke up.
She tried to raise her hand.
Before it fell into Wei Zhao's palm, he grabbed it tightly in one step.
Yu Tingwan was taken off the carriage by him, followed him up three or two steps, and was pulled over the threshold by him.
Pushing the door and entering, there was a screen wall in front of her. After going around the wall, the view suddenly opened up, and the courtyard was lush and green, with faint fragrance of flowers.
The Yu family is not small.
The yard is spacious, with a total of four guest rooms in the main house, a kitchen, and a utility room.
On the right is a flower garden.
Yu Tingwan remembered that her mother loved to take care of these things.
When she was young, she followed behind to help...
well, she was more of a hindrance than a help.
When Hu Yu Niang was weeding, she was playing in the mud behind.
When Hu Yu Niang was watering, she slipped and fell. This old girl had tender skin and slight scratches on her arms.
She couldn't stand steadily and was sobbing.
But Hu Yu Niang was scared. She quickly dropped the work in her hands and picked up the little girl without caring about the dirt on her body.
["What's wrong? Did you fall and hurt? Let your mother take a look."]
She cried aggrievedly and became a tearful cat.
["It's no use to take a look."]
["Then your mother blows."]
The little girl spoke in a muffled voice. Even in this state, she still didn't forget to sob and act like a spoiled child.
["I need new clothes, and Yaoyao will get better."]
Hu Yu Niang was heartbroken. Let alone new clothes, she would not give the little girl anything she wanted.
【“Okay, mother will make new clothes for Yaoyao.”】
The memories that have been buried for years came flooding back.
Many of them were stranded.
But when I returned to my hometown, they all rolled out.
On the left is a vine rack, where the family of three often sat to enjoy the cool on hot days.
So there are stone tables and stone benches, as well as swings.
Once a little girl sat on it and spoke softly to the tall man behind her, her voice unable to hide her joy.
【“Daddy, higher, Yaoyao needs to be higher.”】
【“Be careful not to fall.”】
【“Then daddy, catch me, you have such a precious daughter, you have to take good care of her.”】
Things have changed, and the old people are no longer there.
But every little detail is replayed in my mind.
There was a clang from next door, followed by scolding.
"You can even break a basin of water. What's the point of marrying a wife like you? I told you not to work and just lie down in the house, but you can't sit still. What? Are
you destined to work hard?" "It's okay if the basin is broken. You're four months pregnant. If something happens to the child, how can I explain to Sanlang?"
"You are so worrying."
"Wait, go to the kitchen and eat the eggs. Don't feed them to Dalang and Erlang's children in the future. Do you think they are cooked for you? They are for the baby in your belly."
"Go, go, go. I get angry just looking at you. You're like a clay man. You don't have any temper at all."
The woman scolded her third daughter-in-law. She turned around and picked up the wash basin on the ground, looking at the people in the yard with a gloomy face.
Several children hid in fear.
She sneered: "Now you know you are wrong?"
"You are really good at coaxing her into giving you an egg every day for a month. I was wondering why she started bleeding a while ago. It turns out that she didn't eat well and was malnourished, and all the blood went into your stomach."
"Is the family short of food or water for you? Do you want to snatch it from your aunt?"
The two daughters-in-law beside her stepped forward: "Mom, the child is ignorant, you..."
"Don't say the child is ignorant, I think the mother doesn't know how to teach."
"Listen to me, eldest daughter-in-law and second daughter-in-law, when you got pregnant, eggs never stopped at home, right? Did you treat you unfairly? Now that the third daughter-in-law is pregnant, you don't feel comfortable? You coaxed the child to ask for it? Ah? Are you bullying her because she is a new daughter-in-law with a thin face? Just live your life as usual? But just separate the family, so that you don't scheme and play tricks under my nose?"
She scolded him without stopping.
The two daughters-in-law and the younger one were so scared that they dared not say a word.
But! Yu Tingwan dared not.
She said to Wei Zhao: "That's Aunt He next door. She is fierce, but she is tough on the outside and soft on the inside. She is fair in everything she does."
There are three sons in the family, and none of them had married when she left.
Another voice came from next door, trying to smooth things over.
"Okay, just talk about it. Why make such a fuss about a few mouthfuls of food? The children want to eat, so you can cook more tomorrow to satisfy their cravings. The sons are all doing business outside, so why divide the family?"
He said to the two daughters-in-law again.
"Your mother is just angry. Go and get busy. Cook the meal and rest early after eating."
Everyone dared not breathe. When they heard this, they all breathed a sigh of relief.
Aunt He snorted coldly and looked at her husband: "You are the only one who knows how to be a good person."
"Cook more, there are so many people in the family, so many mouths to feed. Can I afford to let the half-grown children eat me out of poverty?"
Besides.
There are always a few days a month when the family cuts meat, and the children have fat in their stomachs.
She was not a vicious grandmother who would mistreat her grandchildren.
"Do I care about the eggs? If they want to eat them, just tell me and I'll cook them for them. I can't afford them for a long time, so how can I be stingy if they can only eat them for a day or two? Is it necessary to ask the third daughter-in-law for them?"
"Keep your voice down, don't let the neighbors hear."
Aunt He spat, "You are afraid of embarrassment, but I am not. If they dare to do it, they must admit it. If they are laughed at outside and know they are wrong, they will be down-to-earth."
"Besides, the neighbors have moved away."
"A few days ago, I saw Granny Li's daughter-in-law coming in and out. I don't know which relative of hers is going to move in."
Aunt He stopped scolding and began to sigh.
"I hope they are easy to get along with. The family that moved away gossiped all day long and said behind my back that I was sarcastic and foul-mouthed. It's a good thing they left, otherwise I would have rolled up my sleeves and picked up a broom to beat them up."
"It would be best if they were like the Yu family."
"Yuniang is so easy to talk to and pretty. Every time she smiles, my heart melts."
"Jingcheng is not bad either. He looks fierce and doesn't talk much, but he came to help us when something happened in our family before."
Aunt He's voice was a little older than it was nine years ago.
But she is still the same person.
There was a moment when the past and the present collided.
But the delicate little girl has grown into a graceful young lady.
The noise next door revealed the most ordinary human fireworks in the market.
Yu Tingwan's erratic heart gradually settled down.
It was not a dream.
She was really home.
The home that Wei Zhao gave her.
Yu Tingwan wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes and smiled lightly.