After returning home, she told her parents about her aunt's situation, and her father remained silent.
"Fortunately, your aunt stood up for herself this time."
"Yeah. I guess they were beaten too badly."
Han Luoxue said it casually, and Han Mingyuan felt very sorry for her.
When he was injured, only this young woman dared to protest against her mother for him. Although it didn't work out in the end, he remembered her kindness.
Han Luoxue also sent the three children back. She repeated Han Mingyuan's words verbatim, and Madam Lu only glared at the three children.
Han Luoxue didn't care about them, even though the three little ones kept calling her "sister".
Their parents don't care about them, so why would they expect her to?
When it got dark, my aunt's family finally arrived.
Yunniang made millet steamed cakes and millet porridge.
I also stewed some cabbage with half a pound of meat in it.
The meat smelled delicious, and Han Lenghua's eyes turned red when she smelled it.
More and more people were eating at the house, and a group of them sat around a large table.
The two children wolfed down their food. Yunniang used millet today because it's good for the stomach and easy to digest.
Han Lenghua's family has long been hungry, and she is afraid that if they eat, their stomachs will not be able to handle it.
That night, the family of four lay in their clean and comfortable bed, and the two felt like they were dreaming.
They thought that separating from the family meant waiting to die, but who would have thought that they would have a full meal for the first time, and even eat some meat?
Han Lenghua felt a lump in her throat. After following Yan Gang for so many years, this was the first time she had ever tasted meat.
It wasn't at the Yan family's house, but at her third brother's house.
"Yan Gang!"
With something in her stomach, she, who was used to going hungry, couldn't fall asleep.
"Um."
"Although Third Brother has taken us in, we can't keep taking advantage of him. We still need to find something to do."
Yan Gang was an honest man; he nodded and hummed in agreement.
"I don't ask for anything else now, I just don't want to starve to death."
Han Lenghua closed her eyes and sighed.
"Yes."
The next day, the two got up very early. Han Lenghua went to the courtyard and saw that everyone was still asleep. She went straight to the kitchen and skillfully started a fire to boil water.
Yunniang usually gets up quite early, and upon hearing the noise, she got dressed and came out. Seeing Han Lenghua already boiling water, she smiled and said:
"Leng Hua, you walked so much yesterday, why didn't you sleep a little longer?"
"Third sister-in-law, I can't sleep."
"I only boiled water, I didn't touch the food here."
Seeing her nervous expression, Yunniang smiled and said:
“I know. You don’t need to get up this early here, and Xueya and the others can’t get up early either.”
Seeing Han Lenghua's anxious expression, she understood her feelings.
She used to be like that too, but it's really good that we've separated; it's much better than staying together and being bullied.
"Third Sister-in-law, is it possible to find work in this town right now? Yan Gang and I are looking for some jobs."
Yunniang was a little surprised; she hadn't expected Lenghua to not want to go back to the village. But she'd never heard of any place in town with officials; even wealthy families were reducing their workforce.
After all, one more person means one more mouth to feed, and everyone's food reserves are running low.
"Probably not? Wait a minute, I'll have Xue'er ask for you. She knows a lot of people in town."
Xue Yatou? Leng Hua was surprised, but she wasn't one to gossip.
"Then I'll trouble you to do this, Third Sister-in-law."
"Hey, why are you being so polite with me?"
Making breakfast together will definitely be faster. When Han Luoxue was woken up for breakfast, she still wanted to stay in bed.
Seeing her daughter snuggled up in bed, Yunniang suddenly lifted a corner of the blanket and discovered a fluffy head in her daughter's blanket.
This is……
Her voice startled the little tiger cub, who was also sleeping in.
Those big brown eyes blinked, and she raised her head, staring straight at the person who had disturbed her sweet dream.
"roar……"
The sound wasn't loud, but it startled Yunniang so much that her hair stood on end.
"Ah..." Han Luoxue only managed to utter half a sentence before she jumped out of bed and covered Yunniang's mouth with her hand.
"Mom, don't shout, don't get agitated."
In the past, she would put the tiger cubs away as soon as she woke up. Today, she woke up late, and Han Luoxue didn't expect her mother to pull off her blanket.
Yunniang nodded hurriedly, her hands and feet trembling.
Han Luoxue tentatively let go of her hand, but it was tightly gripped.
Perhaps out of sheer fear, Yunniang gripped her with tremendous force, so tightly that Han Luoxue felt pain.
"This...this is a tiger?"
"No, Mother, you're mistaken, it's a cat."
After saying that, Han Luoxue quickly put the tiger cub away.
"A cat? Do we have a cat at home?"
She wanted to ask if cats are that big.
"Mom, this really is a cat, a big cat. If you don't believe me, listen to its meow."
Han Luoxue pulled the tiger cub out again and whispered in its ear:
"Are you a cat? Meow..."
The tiger cub looked aggrieved. It was a tiger, not a big cat! But being looked at like that by the beautiful woman, with a hint of threat in her eyes, it shamefully submitted.
"Meow..." Hearing the cat meow, Han Luoxue quickly put it away.
Seeing that Yunniang still looked suspicious, she secretly thought to herself that it was a close call.
Hey, it's just sleeping with the tiger cub, Mom, why are you making such a fuss?
"Is this really a cat?" Yunniang was still a little scared, while Han Luoxue nodded her head like a chicken pecking at rice.
"Really, would I lie to you?"
"Why did you put the cat away? Let it out, so we can see if there are any mice around here and let it catch them."
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