After looking at the room, she walked towards the kitchen, but was greatly disappointed to find that there was nothing in the kitchen.
Why did the second child ask her to eat at home at noon? What should she eat? In the cafeteria?
I really don’t know how this couple lives. Thinking this in my mind, Niu Cuihua decided to go to the nearby area to see if there is a vegetable market or something, so as to buy some vegetables to cook at noon!
As a result, before I even went out, I heard the door outside banging.
Then, an old woman's voice was heard.
"Is anyone home?"
Hearing the strange voices outside, Niu Cuihua felt a little confused. Who would come to look for someone in such a good place?
However, there was no one else in the second brother's house except herself, so she still spoke.
"Who is it?"
As she spoke, she walked towards the door, and with one of her hands, she opened the door.
Looking at the neatly dressed old lady standing at the door of her house, she spoke directly
"Who are you? Who are you looking for?"
Old Mrs. Li glanced at Niu Cuihua, and then spoke with a happy face.
"Are you my sister-in-law?"
Niu Cuihua looked at the old lady in front of her warily. According to her previous experience, it was obviously abnormal for this person to try to curry favor with her right away!
Seeing Niu Cuihua's vigilant look, Mrs. Li was not angry, but smiled and introduced herself.
"Sister-in-law, you don't recognize me yet, right? I live next door. Just now, Ai Dang came over and said you're here!"
"Well, I'm going to buy groceries, so I wanted to ask if you want to go?"
"Next door?"
Niu Cuihua looked at her with confusion, still somewhat unconvinced by what she said!
"Yes, the one next door. If you don't believe me, you can come with me to my house and take a look. My daughter-in-law hasn't left yet!"
Niu Cuihua still understood the most basic etiquette. Since others said so much, she naturally believed it!
Just at this moment, Old Mrs. Li spoke again.
"Should we go? My grandson is clamoring for fish today. I have to go see if there's any fresh fish!"
When Niu Cuihua heard her say this, she quickly nodded in agreement.
"Go! Go! Go!"
As she spoke, she hurried out of the kitchen and came out carrying a basket.
But when she reached the door, she stopped again!
Seeing her like this, Mrs. Li thought she had forgotten something and quickly asked.
"What's wrong? Did you forget to bring something?"
Niu Cuihua pointed at the gate and asked directly.
"What should I do with this door? It's locked, and I don't have a key! What should I do if I can't get in?"
Old Mrs. Li thought something had happened, but when she heard Niu Cuihua talking about locking the door, she just laughed.
Then he slowly spoke.
"That's easy. Just lock the door. Outsiders can't easily get into our family compound. Didn't you see someone on duty at the door? Don't worry, no one dares to steal anything!"
Although she said that, Niu Cuihua was still worried. After all, the second son was a director, and who knew if there were any important documents at home. If someone broke in and took them away, that would be bad!
Thinking this in her mind, she locked the door directly. At worst, she could go to the second brother to ask for the key. She wouldn't have to worry like she does now, and she wouldn't be able to go out for a walk!
"Forget it, I'd better lock it!"
As she spoke, Niu Cuihua looked at Old Lady Li embarrassedly.
Old Mrs. Li naturally knew that she was wary of herself, but she didn't say anything. After all, she didn't know her, so it was normal for her to be like this.
After locking the door, Niu Cuihua followed Old Lady Li outside.
Old Mrs. Li glanced at Niu Cuihua and then started to make small talk.
"Hey, sister-in-law, you don't know how filial Ai Dang is. He's worried that you're bored here alone with no one to keep you company. Just before he left, he came over here and asked me to come see you!"
"Tell me, if it weren't for this, how would I know it was you who came over!"
Hearing people praising her son, Niu Cuihua quickly retorted, "You can't say that! He's not as good as you say! He barely goes home many times throughout the year. How can he be filial to his parents? Isn't that right?"
Old Mrs. Li wanted to get closer to Niu Cuihua, so when she heard what Niu Cuihua said, she spoke directly.
"That's not the way it's said, old sister. You don't know it in the countryside. It's not that the children don't want to go home to see you, it's really that they are too busy with work. They have no time to rest all day long!"
"The one in our family often comes home late at night, and as soon as he gets home, he's so tired he falls into bed. How can he have time to go home? Sometimes, the children complain to me that they're so busy at work that they don't even have time to eat!"
Having said that, she spoke again with a serious look on her face.
"Sister-in-law, you don't know the truth, but you can't just blame the child like that!"
After listening to what Old Lady Li said, Niu Cuihua was also stunned. She really didn't know what was going on!
She only knew that the second brother was the director and was busy all day long, so she never said that he didn't go home all year round. But she really didn't know that he was so busy that he didn't even have time to eat!
It's just like this when they are busy with farming!
Thinking about the empty kitchen just now, she spoke as if she understood.
"No wonder! I just said there was nothing in the kitchen. So this is what's going on!"
When Mrs. Li heard what Niu Cuihua said, she became more talkative.
"Oh, sister-in-law, you don't know, our family is fine, my daughter-in-law works in the factory, and when she's not busy, she can go home and cook!"
"But doesn't your daughter-in-law work in the hospital? She's incredibly busy. I might not even get to see Qiuli for ten days or half a month. Just imagine how hard it must be. Under these circumstances, they're lucky to have time to eat. They're so exhausted every day, and when they get home, they just want to lie in bed. How can they have the energy to cook?"
Niu Cuihua agreed and nodded.
Seeing this, Mrs. Li continued to make suggestions.
"If you ask me, sister, you should just stay here. It's convenient for you and you can also cook for them. Otherwise, do you think they can just eat in the cafeteria every day?"
Niu Cuihua had never thought about living in the county town. Seeing that the topic was getting more and more off-topic and even talking about living in the county town, she quickly refused.
"That won't do. I have a lot of things to do at home, and they can't do without me. If I go directly to the county town, what will happen to my family?"
"Besides, I've lived in the countryside all my life. I really can't adapt to living here!"
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