Yu Yin and her partner have reached a temporary agreement, and for the sake of their child, they have decided to try to get along better.
Meanwhile, in the Lu family compound in Shanghai, dark clouds loomed and thunder roared.
"Mom, I heard that the second son wrote a letter. What did he say?"
Lu Shumin, the eldest sister of the Lu family, arrived before she did, her loud voice echoing throughout the entire building.
"Keep your voice down, as if you're afraid others won't hear you."
Lu's mother slapped Lu Shumin across the face. She couldn't accept that her son had married a woman from another place and felt ashamed.
"Okay, okay."
Lu Shumin gave a perfunctory reply, staring wide-eyed at her mother, wanting to know what the letter said.
"Shu Rui said that the woman gave birth to twins, a boy and a girl, but had a difficult labor and almost lost all three of them."
"They survived, they're pretty tough!"
"Smack."
Lu's mother quickly slapped her eldest daughter, saying, "How can you not keep your mouth shut? If someone hears this, what will become of your reputation?"
"What nonsense are you spouting? What kind of talk is that if people hear it?"
"I'm at home, so let me tell you what happened. I don't know where this pheasant came from. Maybe it's her second son who she's plotting against."
"Who knows what happened? The second brother said in his letter that the other party saved him. I was also very curious. How could it be such a coincidence that the second brother had only been gone for a short time when he was saved by her and they even got married?"
"It might have been planned, to cling to the second son and think they could go back to the city together later. People from small towns are cunning."
The mother and daughter fabricated a story, portraying Yu Yin as an utterly wicked, cunning, and treacherous woman.
"Mom, did my second brother write? Has your wife given birth yet?"
The second sister of the Lu family asked happily, which startled Lu's mother and her husband, who were so busy complaining that they didn't hear the door open.
"They've given birth! They've given birth to twins, a boy and a girl," Mother Lu said irritably.
"Really? Lu Lao Er is amazing, he suddenly has both a son and a daughter."
"What's so great about it? What's there to be happy about when a woman from who-knows-where gave birth to a child?"
Sister Lu spoke in a very sharp and sarcastic tone, which made Sister Lu frown.
"How can you talk like that, eldest sister? That's my second brother's child. Besides, she's married now, so she's Shu Rui's wife. What do you mean by 'this woman' or 'that woman'? She has a name, Yu Yin."
“I don’t care what she’s called. In short, she’s just a poor girl from a small town. I will never acknowledge her as my sister-in-law.”
Lu's second sister was furious. Before her eldest sister got married, she was very competitive and ambitious. After she got married, she married a university teacher she had her eye on and was proud of herself for a long time. She even walked with her neck straight. At that time, Lu's second sister was worried that her neck would never be able to bend down.
Later, the political movement came, and my eldest sister's husband was affected. He went from being a promising university teacher to a frustrated librarian. My second sister became sharp-tongued and mean, always flattering the powerful and belittling the weak.
"Shu Rui didn't say anything about the mother and baby. Twins are usually born prematurely."
"Not so good. It almost resulted in the deaths of three people, but they were saved. They're pretty tough."
Sister Lu spoke her last sentence in a low voice, and Sister Lu Er, who was overly worried, didn't hear it clearly.
"It's so serious, Mom. Shouldn't you send more nutritional supplements? She needs to take good care of herself."
"Why send her anything? What right does she have to eat nutritional supplements?"
Ignoring her eldest sister's mad dog-like behavior, Lu Erjie only stared at her mother.
"Tomorrow I'll go to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy some brown sugar or something and send it to him. He's a real debt collector."
Knowing that her mother wouldn't send anything nice, Lu Erjie turned and left.
"Shuxia, why are you leaving? Aren't you going to eat?"
I had just walked downstairs when I ran into Mr. Lu, who was getting off work.
“I’m not eating anymore. Shu Rui wrote to say that his wife gave birth to twins, a boy and a girl, but had a difficult labor and almost lost all three of them. I’m going to find Cheng Qian to get some nutritional supplements to send to them. They’ve been through a near-death experience, so they need to replenish their energy.”
Where's your mom?
"My mom is talking to my older sister, Dad, I have to go now."
Father Lu knew that his wife had always held a grudge and was unhappy that her second son had married a woman from another place. She wouldn't send anything nice, and with Shumin always stirring up trouble, it was no wonder Shuxia looked unwell.
"Mom, Dad's back."
"I heard you."
Lu's mother came out with a bag of brown sugar, muttering to herself.
"Is this going to be sent to Shurui?"
"Well, they say it's a difficult childbirth, so I was thinking of sending some brown sugar to help replenish the blood."
"You're a mother-in-law and a grandmother. Your daughter-in-law went through a near-death experience, and the child suffered terribly. All you send is a packet of brown sugar. What were you thinking?"
“If anyone acknowledges her as my daughter-in-law, I don’t even want to send her a packet of brown sugar. The thought of my son marrying a woman from such a place makes me feel choked up, and I’m too embarrassed to tell anyone.”
Whenever Lu's mother mentioned this matter, she became somewhat hysterical and unreasonable.
"Exactly, village girls from the mountains, not a good match for each other..."
"Shut up! Just because I didn't drag you to a denunciation meeting doesn't mean you can say anything. Don't you know what you can and can't say? You never think before you speak."
Sister Lu regretted her words as soon as they were spoken. She could have said it to her mother without consequence, but to her father it was a disaster. However, she couldn't bear the humiliation of being scolded so harshly by him, and ran out crying.
"Look at you, with this kind of temper, you'll suffer sooner or later. Don't say anything useless. Now that you're married and have a child, you're a legitimate member of the Lu family. Send them whatever you need. If you can't handle it, I'll ask Mom for help."
After finishing speaking, Mr. Lu ignored Mrs. Lu's dark expression and went inside to change his clothes.
As for Lu Erjie, when she arrived at the department store, she found Cheng Qian, who hadn't gone home yet, and told him about Lu Shurui. Without saying a word, her husband led her to the warehouse, where they had their own defective products, and let his wife choose for herself.
Cheng Qian admired his brother-in-law Lu Shurui and they had a good relationship. Mainly, his wife had the best relationship with this younger brother, so he extended his affection to him as well.
Lu Shuxia picked out a lot of things that the new mother and baby could use, and bought several bags of milk powder. After packing everything up and paying, the couple took the things to the nearby post office and mailed them.
"Cheng Qian, you think they'll be alright?"
"Yes, we will. Now that they've been saved, they can recover. We'll try our best to send them as much stuff as possible. It's a remote place, and they can't buy many things there."
"Thank you, Cheng Qian."
"Silly wife."
The two rode their bikes home.
The fact that Lu Shurui's wife had a difficult childbirth and almost caused the deaths of all three of them was also being discussed in other parts of the Lu family.
Grandpa Lu said, "Tomorrow I'll send all the milk powder and malted milk powder from home over. I need to come up with some auspicious names for them."
Grandma Lu was already rummaging through drawers and cupboards, finding quite a few things to eat and use.
At Uncle Lu's house, Aunt Lu lamented that the mother and her three children were unlucky, wondering why they had a difficult childbirth, and then remained indifferent to everything else.
At Uncle Lu's house, Aunt Lu found a bag of milk powder and a can of malted milk powder, thinking of sending them to Shurui the next day as a small token of her appreciation.
Yu Yin knew nothing about anything in Shanghai; she was preparing for work.
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