Chen Guihua's family had treated her badly since she was a child. Not only did they favor boys over girls, they also beat and scolded her at every turn. Later, during the famine years, they brought Chen Guihua to their team and wanted to sell her for 100 kilograms of grain.
But at that time, there was not enough food to eat, so why would they spend so much grain to buy a wife? It was Old Lady Tian who saw that Chen Guihua was thin and small, looked pitiful, but had clear eyes, and knew that this girl was kind-hearted. In addition, Tian Lilin also took a fancy to the skinny Chen Guihua, so Old Lady Tian bargained down to 30 kilograms of grain and bought Chen Guihua.
I heard that when Chen Guihua first came to their house, she didn't dare to eat too much and was never full at every meal. Although there wasn't much food left at Old Mrs. Tian's house at that time, it was indeed not enough for everyone to eat.
After dinner, Chen Guihua continued to work very hard.
Later, seeing how well Old Lady Tian treated her, she gradually developed her courage. She was usually greedy because she had suffered a loss when she was young.
Now in Chen Guihua's heart, Old Mrs. Tian is her mother, and she doesn't want to recognize her biological parents at all.
But Old Mrs. Tian didn't think so in her heart. She spent thirty kilograms of grain as the betrothal gift for Chen Guihua's marriage. The fact that Chen Guihua had a bad relationship with her family was Chen Guihua's business and had nothing to do with their Tian family. Therefore, the proper etiquette still had to be observed, and it was all for Chen Guihua's good.
Nowadays, people rarely criticize parents. Before Chen Guihua, she was abused by her parents, but everyone would just think that parents beating their children a few times or making them do more work is for the good of the children.
If Chen Guihua really didn't go back to see her parents when she got married, everyone would only blame Chen Guihua and not her parents.
If Chen Guihua went back empty-handed every year, everyone would think that Old Lady Tian was too stingy. She had several children in her family who needed to get married in the future, and it would not be good for the children's reputation. Which good girl would marry her child to Old Lady Tian's family?
So no matter how unhappy Chen Guihua was, Old Lady Tian would force her to go back to her parents' home to visit relatives, and she would prepare gifts every year. She also asked Chen Guihua to smile when she went and not to show her unhappiness on her face.
Old Mrs. Tian didn't care whether the courtesy was returned or not. After all, she had done all the courtesy possible and others couldn't find any fault with her family.
"I understand!" After hearing what Old Mrs. Tian said, Chen Guihua agreed reluctantly.
She just didn't want to give all these delicious foods to her parents. They didn't treat her as their daughter anymore, so why should she give them these good things out of filial piety?
She was unwilling, but Chen Guihua listened to Old Lady Tian and decided not to do anything.
Tian Tian watched Old Lady Tian put all the meat and the cakes wrapped in oil paper into the basket, and asked softly, "Mom! Do I have to go to grandma's house tomorrow, too?"
Lin Meiyu looked at Tian Tian in surprise, "You must go with me! Don't you want to walk?"
Tian Tian nodded and said, "It's too cold outside. Every year when I go to my grandma's house, my hands and toes are frozen off."
Lin Meiyu's parents' home is some distance away from their brigade, in Team 10, and it takes an hour to walk there. If it snows tonight and the snow on the road is thick, it will be even more difficult to walk tomorrow.
"It's okay!" Lin Meiyu smiled and comforted Tian Tian, "Tell your dad to take the three of us there on his bicycle tomorrow. We'll be there soon."
Tian Tian pulled the corners of her mouth, indicating that she couldn't laugh.
In her memory, she saw that her grandmother didn't seem to like her and her mother very much. Every time the original owner went there, her grandmother was indifferent and never gave any delicious food to the original owner, Tian Zhuo, and Tian Yuan.
You might say that grandma favors boys over girls, but she treats Tian Tian's aunt's children very well. She is very affectionate and warm to them. Whatever the aunt's children want, they don't even have to ask, grandma will give it to them with both hands.
Whenever her aunt's children ate something delicious, they would show off to the original owner.
The original owner was young at that time and had been well-behaved since childhood. Although those kids didn't have any bad intentions and were just showing off, they were still quite annoying.
So naturally, Tian Tian didn't have a good impression of her grandmother's house.
But it was also the right thing to do to visit grandma's house to pay New Year's greetings, so Tian Tian didn't say much. She just prayed in her heart that it wouldn't snow tonight, otherwise she would definitely not be able to ride a bike tomorrow.
Unfortunately, things did not go as planned. The next day, Tian Tian was woken up by Lin Meiyu. After she put on her clothes and opened the door, she saw a thick layer of snow on the ground outside, and there was even heavy snow falling from the sky.
"The snow is too heavy today, so we can't ride our bikes. We have to walk. You should pack up quickly so we can finish our meal and go." Tian Tian went into the house to wash her face, and Lin Meiyu said to her when she saw her.
Tian Tian was washing her face and couldn't speak, so she just nodded silently to show that she understood.
After washing her face, Tian Tian hurried to the toilet to take care of her urgent needs, and ran back to the house before her butt was frozen into four pieces. They were already sitting at the table preparing to eat, so Tian Tian hurriedly washed her hands and went to eat.
I had sauerkraut and Teng’s pancakes in the morning.
After dinner, Chen Guihua knew that Lin Meiyu was anxious. Her parents' home was in the next brigade, not far away, and there was no need to leave in such a hurry, so she took the initiative to say to Lin Meiyu: "You go first, I will wash the dishes today."
Li Meiyu was indeed anxious. After hearing what Chen Guihua said, she put down the bowl in her hand and said, "I will wash all the dishes at home when I come back tomorrow. You just have to bear with it today."
After saying that, Lin Meiyu urged Tian Tian to go back to the house and change clothes.
Tian Tian agreed, but did not go back to the house. Instead, she ran into Old Lady Tian's house and did something. Not long after, she ran out while putting something into her pocket.
Tian Tian quickly went back to the house to change her clothes. Actually, she didn't have much to change into. She only had a cotton jacket in the middle of winter. She just put on her hat, scarf and gloves tightly to make sure that except for her eyes, no inch of skin was exposed.
After changing her clothes, she waited for Lin Meiyu and the others out of boredom.
While waiting, I complained in my heart that I had just urged her to hurry up, but they haven't finished yet.
After they were finally done, Tian Lisong came out holding Tian Zhuo, and Lin Meiyu went downstairs to get the gifts she had prepared yesterday, and called out to Old Lady Tian in the house, "Mom! We're leaving first!"
"Well! Drive slowly on the road and don't be in a hurry." Old Mrs. Tian also came out and gave instructions.
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