After saying the same thing, he said to Wang Chunni, "Ni'er, help your grandmother back to rest."

At that moment, Old Mrs. Wang felt that she had done everything for the good of the family, but she was not understood and instead suffered betrayal and alienation from everyone.

She wanted to cry, but dared not cry out loud.

She feared that her usually dutiful son would later say that she had deliberately ruined Ya'er's joy by crying on such a joyous occasion, and that he would never care about her again.

So she was led away from the crowd, dejected.

It wasn't until she returned inside and heard the sounds of firecrackers and the festive strains of "The Eight Immortals Celebrate" from the suona horn that she finally burst into tears.

Qiaoya's father was a filial son and worried that his mother might overthink things, so he returned immediately after the newlyweds had gone far away.

Sure enough, as soon as he entered the courtyard, he heard suppressed sobbing coming from his mother's room.

This made him feel both heartbroken and helpless.

Old Mrs. Wang's room door wasn't closed, so Qiaoya's father went in and sat down on the edge of the kang (a heated brick bed), saying with a hint of helplessness:

"Mother, today is Ya'er's big day. Why are you crying like this?"

When Old Lady Wang heard her son's voice, and thinking about what he had just said, and the impatience in his voice now, she cried even louder.

Qiaoya's father suppressed his agitation and patiently said, "Mother, are you homesick? Do you want to go back to Wangwanli?"

If you're interested, we can go back the day after tomorrow after Ya'er's homecoming.

I heard that Qin Mu and Shen Kai, who were staying at Chi Yu's house, went down the mountain early this morning.

That means there is a way down the mountain.

If we want to go down the mountain, we can follow the marks they left behind to get back.

It's not snowing much anymore. Although it's still cold outside, we'll be fine as long as we wear more layers.

When we get back, we can find someone to help us build the house.

Anyway, we don't need to dig a new foundation, so building two or three wooden houses shouldn't be a problem.

He now only has enough money to build a wooden house.

As for the earthquakes he'd heard about these past few days, he figured it was still nothing.

If that doesn't work, they can stay in the cellar first and then observe the situation carefully.

If an earthquake really is coming, then they will come out of the cellar and move outside.

We can build houses after the earthquake.

If he didn't want to live in the cellar, he would find a way to build two shacks first.

Since it's not raining anyway, there's nothing to worry about, and it won't cost much money.

Qiaoya's father is thinking about what will happen after they return to Wangjiawan.

But to everyone's surprise, the old lady Wang, who had been wailing loudly, immediately stopped crying after hearing these words, and her tone was more firm than ever before.

"I'm not going back! It's freezing cold, do you want your mother to go back and freeze?"

What's wrong with this place? The house is sturdy, we have plenty to eat and drink, and Ya'er is married here.

If something really happens to our family, wouldn't she and her in-laws help us out?

I've made up my mind, from now on we're living here, and nobody's going to kick me out!

Since both of her eldest granddaughters were married and she hadn't received any benefits from the Chi family, she decided not to leave.

That way, she won't have to go back, and she'll save money on building a house.

Seeing his mother like this, Qiaoya's father sighed helplessly and asked:

"Mother, are we just going to abandon all our land?"

If we rent it to the villagers, there won't be much grain at all. In a year, it won't even cover our family's head tax.

"I don't know how to hunt, and Jiabao and the others are still young. How will we make a living here?"

Old Mrs. Wang hesitated. She could use the excuse of being a relative by marriage to stay here and not move out.

But it's unrealistic to expect the Chi family to provide so much food to feed them.