The Tang family's small Western-style house.
Song Yinhua stood outside the gate.
Zhou Qiaoyun opened the door, recognized her, and asked indifferently, "What's the matter?"
"I'm looking for my great-uncle."
"What do you want with your great-uncle?"
Song Yinhua hesitated for a long time. She had only been married for less than two years and was very shy, so she couldn't bring herself to ask for money.
"Um... I need to speak with my great-uncle..."
Zhou Qiaoyun looked Song Yinhua up and down; she was dressed in a rustic way.
She slammed the door shut.
Laughter and cheerful voices came from inside the house.
Song Yinhua felt increasingly embarrassed, but her father-in-law, Han Youcai, needed a large sum of money for medical expenses every month, and she also had three children to support. Han Zhiyuan's salary alone was simply not enough.
My mother-in-law, Wang Naiyun, sprained her back a few days ago and can only rest at home.
She had no choice but to bite the bullet and go out to borrow money.
Last night, her mother, Qiao Guilan, secretly slipped her some money and eggs, but Wenxiu discovered it and made a scene that very night. She then returned the money and eggs untouched.
Qiao Guilan suggested that she try borrowing money from her great-uncle's house.
My great-uncle's family is wealthy. They recently built a two-story villa and said they plan to buy a house in the provincial capital.
Because of Qiu Xue, the old uncle and father got along well.
Song Yinhua waited for more than an hour before the door opened again.
"Oh! You haven't left yet?" Zhou Qiaoyun exclaimed. "You're here to borrow money, right? Your great-uncle said that our family just built a small villa and we don't have any extra money. Why don't you go to other relatives' houses and think of a solution?"
Suddenly, a mocking voice came from inside: "If you don't have money, go sell yourself. It's not hard for a woman to make money!"
Song Yinhua subconsciously looked in and saw a fleeting figure passing by, linked arm in arm with Tang Su'e, above Zhou Qiaoyun's shoulder.
That half-profile figure somewhat resembled Qiu Xue.
Qiu Xue should be in the provincial capital right now.
To save on travel expenses, Qiu Xue doesn't come back during winter and summer vacations, but stays in the provincial capital to work.
The moment Zhou Qiaoyun closed the door, that half-profile figure turned its face—
It is autumn snow.
She linked arms with Tang Su'e, chatting and laughing intimately like a mother and daughter.
Song Yinhua suddenly woke up from her dream, opened her eyes, and the scene from her dream echoed in her mind.
In her past life, she hadn't noticed at all that the fleeting glimpse of half a profile was her third sister, Qiu Xue.
Why did she lie and say she was staying in the provincial capital to work in order to save on travel expenses, when in fact she went to her great-uncle's house in Tangzhuang?
Song Yinhua couldn't understand it.
In her past life, she and her family were unaware that her great-uncle and aunt were the culprits behind her downfall, so their relationship wasn't as strained as it is in this life.
Because of Cai Xing's affair, her father and uncle's family eventually broke off relations, and he was so angry that he hanged himself.
However, there was never any open conflict with his great-uncle's family.
My mother, Qiao Guilan, mentioned that when Qiu Xue returned to her hometown to prepare for her wedding, her great-uncle and sixth cousin warmly invited her to their home.
At the wedding, Qiao Guilan was unable to speak as the bride's mother; instead, her sister-in-law and her husband, who had driven her husband to suicide, spoke as the bride's parents.
Qiao Guilan became increasingly angry about this and went to Han Zhiyuan's house to complain to her.
Only then did Song Yinhua suddenly remember these trivial matters.
Fragments of memories about Song Qiuxue suddenly surfaced in Song Yinhua's mind, making her feel somewhat heavy-hearted.
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At the foot of the mountain, Song Yinhua built a small kitchen and a stove next to her new house.
To save on labor costs, she built the small kitchen, chicken coop, and pigsty herself.
In her past life, she married Han Zhiyuan, and apart from going to the sky and diving into the sea, she learned all the jobs that a person could do.
Building stoves and pens is no big deal at all.
She originally planned to build the new house herself and have her parents help her, but she was afraid of scaring her family by asking, "How did you, an unmarried girl, learn to build a house?"
Song Caixing, who was helping out by carrying cement and bricks, was surprised to see the stove being built so well and asked, "Big sister, how did you learn to build a stove?"
“When Xie Daguang’s cousins were building the house, I specifically asked them for advice,” Song Yinhua said, making an excuse. “Even if it’s not built well, we’ll make do with what we have first. We’ll save money wherever we can, because Baogen will need a lot of money for his wedding later.”
Song Caixing exclaimed, "Big sister, the stove you built is so beautiful, it doesn't look like it's your first time building one."
At this moment, Song Yinhua felt somewhat grateful for the skills she had learned in her previous life.
After building the small kitchen and stove, Song Yinhua built several more pens to raise chickens and pigs.
She then built a cement drying platform in the yard and pushed a cart to the back hill to find some stones to make a walkway.
There are many stones on the back hill that are about the size of a cutting board used for chopping vegetables.
While moving stones, Song Yinhua inadvertently saw the cave where she had found the jade pendant as a child; now the cave entrance was overgrown with weeds and vines.
If you didn't know there was a cave inside, most people wouldn't be able to find this place.
On a whim, she pushed aside the vines and weeds and jumped down.
He took out the jade pendant from his clothes, which emitted a faint light.
In the dim cave, the faint light emitted by the jade pendant stood out conspicuously, allowing one to barely see the cave interior within two or three steps.
This is a natural cave.
The cave is filled with jagged rocks, leading to its depths.
Song Yinhua glanced at it casually, wondering why there was such a jade pendant with a mysterious space in this cave.
As she turned to leave, she faintly heard a sob.
Song Yinhua was stunned for a moment, then listened carefully, but there was no sound at all in the quiet cave.
She turned and left.
Another sob came from behind.
Song Yinhua stopped in her tracks.
"whimper……"
Song Yinhua turned around, raised the jade pendant in her hand, and carefully approached the place where the faint sobbing sound had just come from.
The faint light gradually shone into the depths of the cave.
"Sobbing...sobbing..."
The sound suddenly came from her feet. Song Yinhua felt something furry touching her feet, which startled her so much that the hairs on her body stood on end.
They thought there was some monster in the cave.
She turned to run, and the light from the jade pendant shone on a tiny creature the size of a palm on the ground.
When Song Yinhua looked down, she saw that it was a black puppy that had just been born.
She picked up the puppy by the scruff of its neck and found that the puppy had not yet opened its eyes.
I don't know how long it's been since the puppy had milk. It's very thin and weak, and even its whimpers are so weak that they're almost inaudible.
It's not surprising that this secluded cave is used as a nest by animals.
Looking at the little black dog, Song Yinhua guessed that the mother dog had abandoned it when she moved because she thought it was too thin and weak and that it wouldn't survive. She only took the other puppies with her.
Song Yinhua sent the little black dog into her spatial dimension and fed it some spiritual spring water.
But the puppy was too small to eat.
She immediately climbed out of the cave and ran to the cart, where she heard Cai Xing looking for her.
"Big sister, where did you go?" Song Caixing ran over and asked.
"I'm going to find stones."
Seeing that Song Yinhua's hands were empty, Song Caixing asked, "Where's the stone?"
"I couldn't find anything suitable. This should be enough for now. If not, I'll come back to look for more tomorrow." Song Yinhua hurriedly pushed the cart down the mountain.
She gave Cai Xing a few instructions, then ran home, rode Bao Gen's bicycle to the town's scrap yard, and searched for a long time before finally finding two small eye drop bottles and a syringe.
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