Mrs. Hu quickly poured a cup of tea for her.
Before Lin Jiujiu and the others returned, Madam Hu hadn't rested here either, and had already tidied up the house for her.
She carefully separated and arranged all the things she bought.
However, Lin Jiujiu had nothing but a bed made of bricks and a broken table, so she could only tidy up her things and pile them in the corner of the bed.
After the group had eaten something, Lin Jiujiu prepared their clothes, shoes, and socks for them to return.
However, this time, no one reached out to take it.
Lin Xiaomei even placed her pair of gold hairpins on the corner of the table.
"Second sister, we know you care about us, but if we really take these things back, they won't be in our hands before tonight."
As soon as she finished speaking, Madam Hu took the gold hairpin off her head and placed it next to Lin Xiaomei's pair of hairpins.
"Second sister, I'm so glad you gave me such an expensive gift, but my younger sister is right, we can't take this back with us."
Her tone was tinged with bitterness.
She had a lower status in that family than Lin Xiaomei, simply because she had married Lin Ze after ruining her reputation.
There was no wedding, no betrothal letter; their marriage was not exactly legitimate.
She was even teased by her cousin Lin Miao'er as a clingy pest who was staying at their house.
If it weren't for her widowed mother who needed her care, her husband's love for her, and her kind in-laws, she simply couldn't have survived this kind of life.
Hearing what the two children said, Lin's mother sighed silently.
He returned the bracelet on his wrist and the gifts he had accepted on behalf of his eldest daughter.
"Jiujiu, keep these things for me for now, until later... until later..."
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