In addition, the room was cold, but the kang underneath was scalding hot. It was like two worlds of ice and fire, making Tian Tian's sleep even more uncomfortable. She finally made it to the morning, and Lin Meiyu and the others didn't even need to call her. As soon as Lin Meiyu made the slightest noise, Tian Tian opened her eyes and got up quickly.
"Aren't you going to sleep? It's not even dawn yet. Just go to sleep and I'll call you when the time comes." Lin Meiyu said.
Tian Tian shook her head. "This kang is too hot. I can't sleep. Mom! Let's leave early today! I want to go home!"
Lin Meiyu actually wanted to go back very much. Although this was her mother's home and she had lived here for a long time, she didn't know why, she just felt that it was not as fun to stay here as at home.
So Lin Meiyu nodded and said, "Let's leave after dinner today."
After hearing this, Tian Tian even got dressed and washed her face much faster.
After Lin Meiyu finished cleaning up, she went to the kitchen to light a fire and cook. Not long after, Tian Lisong also got up, and the three of them were all busy in the kitchen.
With someone to help, things went much faster and the food was ready in no time.
Lin Meiyu went to the winter room and took a look. Seeing that Grandma Lin and Grandpa Lin were both up, she ignored them and went to the west room to wake up Tian Zhuo who was sleeping soundly. She then dressed Tian Zhuo and took him to wash his face.
Grandma Lin was also in the kitchen. When she saw Lin Meiyu, she snorted coldly and said in a sarcastic tone, "You've prepared the meal so early. You can't wait to go back to your husband's house."
In fact, it’s not that early now. Lin Meiyu and the others wait until daybreak to get up and cook. Now that the meal is ready, it’s actually only around seven o’clock.
Lin Meiyu was not angry either, she smiled and said, "Mom, what are you talking about? I was thinking that my dad drank so much last night, he must be feeling very uncomfortable when he got up today, and he could have some porridge when he got up, so he got up so early."
After saying that, Lin Meiyu poked her head towards the east room again, "Where's my dad? Hasn't he gotten up yet?"
"Get up! I'm going to the bathroom. Since you've prepared the meal, hurry up and clean up and eat. After dinner, you should leave quickly. It's going to be noisy with so many people in the house!"
After saying that, Grandma Lin grabbed a handful of wheat bran, picked up the cabbage leaves she had just shaved off, and went out to feed the chickens.
Lin Meiyu acted as if nothing had happened and continued to do what she was supposed to do. She set the table and then put all the food on the table.
After the whole family finished their meal, Lin Meiyu cleaned the table, washed the dishes, and prepared to say goodbye to Grandma Lin and go home.
"Wait a minute!" Grandma Lin sat on the kang and opened her eyes.
"What's wrong, Mom? Is there anything else?" Lin Meiyu asked.
"Wait until your dad comes back before you leave. He's gone to get you some fish. You can't go to your husband's house empty-handed. If others see you, it will look like I, as your mother, have something against your old lady."
Tian Tian, who was listening outside the house, understood what this meant. I only got things for you out of courtesy and I didn't want others to find fault with me.
I don’t know if Grandma Lin really thought so in her heart, or if it was because she actually loved Lin Meiyu very much, but she just felt a little resentful in her heart that Lin Meiyu made her suffer so much.
But no matter what Grandma Lin thinks in her heart, Lin Meiyu is already so old and is the mother of three children, so there is no point in saying these things.
Just like what Lin Meiyu said, we should just treat each other as ordinary relatives and appear to be able to get along on the surface.
Grandpa Lin came back soon with three medium-sized fish in his hands. Tian Tian couldn't tell what kind of fish they were, but they looked a bit like carp.
Grandpa Lin saw Lin Meiyu and her family and handed one of the fish to Lin Meiyu. "We can't eat your meat for free, but you know the conditions at home, and we really can't get anything good. This fish was caught by me a few days ago. I exchanged the rest of the fish with others. These three fish are for you three sisters. You can take this one back."
Lin Meiyu's face showed no expression. She took the fish very naturally and said, "Then I'll go first, mom and dad. Our home is far away and it will take a long time to get there. We have to go back early."
Grandma Lin and Grandpa Lin didn't think much of what they heard. After all, this wasn't the first year they came back to pay New Year's greetings. Some things were better left unsaid. There was no need to bring everything out and make everyone unhappy. So they nodded calmly, "Then be careful on the road!"
Lin Meiyu agreed, put on all her clothes, put the fish in the small earthen basket she had brought, and asked Tian Tian and Tian Zhuo to say goodbye to their grandparents. She just stood aside without saying anything.
Instead, Tian Lisong gave the two elderly people some advice, asking them to take care of their health and not to work too hard.
After saying this, the family of four left Grandma Lin's house.
When they were about to leave Team 10 and cross the river, Lin Meishuang and Wu Degang hurriedly caught up with them.
"Second sister!"
Lin Meiyu turned around and was shocked to see that it was her elder sister. "Elder sister! Why are you here? It's so cold out there! And what about Degang? Why did you bring him here?"
"I'm here to give New Year's money to Tian Tian and Tian Zhuo. You see, they have come here with great difficulty, and as their aunt, I didn't even offer any New Year's money." As she said this, she took out a dime from her pocket and handed it to the two of them.
Tian Tian looked at the money but did not reach out to take it. She knew that her aunt's family was not well off and that Old Mrs. Wu was still taking medicine. Perhaps these two cents would be enough for Old Mrs. Wu to take medicine for several days.
Although Tian Zhuo wanted to take the money, seeing that his mother didn't move and his sister didn't reach out to take the money, he quietly retracted his hand that had been stretched out a little.
Lin Meiyu also sighed, "Sister-in-law! What are you doing?"
She gave five cents to each of the four children yesterday, which totaled twenty cents. She originally wanted to spend the money on the children, but today Lin Meishuang returned the twenty cents.
"What are you doing? This is a gift from me to the children." Lin Meishuang said. Seeing that the two children did not reach out to take the money, she wanted to stuff the money into their pockets.
Tian Tian took a step back and dodged Lin Meishuang's hand that was trying to stuff money into her. "Aunt! You gave me too much New Year's money! I'm embarrassed to take it. New Year's money is meant to bring good luck. Just give me and my brother one cent each! If it's too much, we won't feel comfortable accepting it."
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