"Sister, please stop talking. Stop talking." Xia Long knew that his sister had a hard life, but today was the first time he heard his sister talk about how difficult her life was. In the past, his sister always said that she was having a good life so as not to worry her two brothers.

Is this okay? Xia Long's tears flowed unconsciously. A grown man shed tears in front of so many people. It would be a shame if he wasn't really sad.

Everyone who heard the story started to talk about it. Xia Long cried, but Xia Juhua didn't shed a single tear. She narrated the story calmly, and the calmer she was, the more she seemed to have endured and endured the hardships she had gone through.

Everyone pointed at Sun Guizhi and cursed in a low voice. Although Xia Juhua did not mention Sun Guizhi just now and only mentioned her husband's family, as sisters-in-law and brothers of the dead man, if they really cared, they should persuade the head of the Liu family. How could he drive the mother and three children out of the house just after his son died and not even give them a grain of food?

Ten years ago, the disaster had just happened and the wild vegetables in the fields were almost dug up by the roots. How did Xia Juhua and her two daughters survive?

Sun Guizhi didn't expect Xia Juhua to dare to say such things in front of so many people. She was completely different from the sister-in-law in her impression who would just sway when someone hit her on the head. The scolding from others made Sun Guizhi even more angry. She pointed at Xia Juhua and scolded: "You are talking nonsense. Why didn't you get any food? The production team clearly lent you the food for next year. Otherwise, you..."

"Bah!" Xia Juhua spat on Sun Guizhi's face: "Who did mother take with her to move the things in our room? And who made trouble with the production team and wanted them to move the food that was lent to the three of us back to Old Liu's house?"

Sun Guizhi was stunned by being spit on. How dare Xia Juhua? !

She stepped forward and tried to grab Xia Juhua, but was grabbed by Xia Long and thrown to the ground: "If Liu Erzhuang didn't still have a conscience, no matter how you and your mother-in-law acted, I would not have listened to you. Would my sister still be alive today? If you dare to bully my sister again, I..."

"Xia Long." Xia Juhua called out to Xia Long. She couldn't let Xia Long take action. This was a matter between her and Sun Guizhi. If Xia Long, a grown man, took action, he would be at a disadvantage in public opinion.

Without looking at Sun Guizhi who was lying on the ground in a daze, Xia Juhua said to the people watching the excitement, "Justice is in the hearts of the people. Even if I was able to buy two buns from the restaurant today, it was thanks to my brothers from my mother's family, not from Lao Liu's. I believe that everyone has a clear mind and knows who is right and who is wrong."

After saying that, Xia Juhua asked Xia Long to catch up and walked away in the lane that people had automatically given up. It seemed that the excitement had not dispersed. Everyone pointed at Sun Guizhi on the ground, and no one helped her.

By the time Sun Guizhi couldn't stand being told off anymore and got up, the ox cart that Xia Juhua and her brother were riding in had long disappeared.

No one cared what Sun Guizhi was thinking. Xia Juhua handed a meat bun to Xia Long and said, "Don't be angry. If I were as angry as you, I would have died of anger a long time ago."

Xia Long's eyes were wet all the time. Hearing what her sister said, she felt like crying again. She turned her head away and held back before saying, "If I had known that the Liu family was such bad people, you should have followed us home."

Xia Juhua took a bite of the plump white bun and felt that she had never eaten anything so delicious in her two lives. She knew that it was because she had been lacking meat recently. She didn't bother to answer Xia Long and swallowed the bun directly before saying:

"It's fine if I go back to my parents' home with you, but what about Zhiquan and his two brothers? Besides, Erzhuang and Sanzhuang's families are pretty good, and they have taken care of us a bit over the years."

Xia Long had advised Xia Juhua a long time ago, but now he said that it was mostly complaints - what happened in the past has become a fact and cannot be changed.

He took a bite of the bun with resentment. It didn't have the sweetness that Xia Juhua had eaten at all. It felt like chewing wood.

Xia Juhua saw that her brother was still sad for her, so she smiled and said, "Even if it's Sun and Liu Sizhuang, they can't do anything to me now. My two sons are married, and their lives are not worse than theirs. In the future, they will live better than them. They can see that they are not getting any credit, so I wonder how upset they must be."

Looking at his sister who looked confident, Xia Long blurted out, "Sister, if you had spoken out a few years ago, you wouldn't have to suffer so much."

Xia Juhua knew that her performance today was too different from the past, and her brother was not used to it. She smiled bitterly and said, "If I had said it then, would anyone have listened?"

Xia Long thought about Xia Juhua's situation a few years ago and was speechless.

There are always people who hate others and laugh at others. Xia Juhua's mother had a hard time in the past few years, and Ping'an Village has no shortage of people who laugh at her. Some people are always speculating, wondering how many years Xia Juhua can hold out while raising two children alone. Some people even came to Xia Juhua's house to propose marriage, urging her to take another step while she is still young. If Xia Juhua had not always been taciturn and did not cause trouble, it would have been difficult for her to live a peaceful life.

Things are different now. The Liu family's yard is well-kept, and two daughters-in-law have been married into the family one after another. As they see their days getting better, Xia Juhua is finally able to smile and raise her head to talk to people, and people are willing to listen to what she says.

However, Xia Long decided that he would find time to warn his two nephews not to forget their mother after getting married.

Xia Juhua bought ten buns in total. She and Xia Long ate two. She wanted Xia Long to take the remaining eight home for his nephews, but Xia Long of course refused. The two sisters pushed and negotiated for a long time before each took half home.

"Mom, you're back." Sun Hongmei held Liu Baoguo in one hand and opened the gate for Xia Juhua with the other, with a smile on her face that could hardly be contained.

Xia Juhua just nodded to her, reached out and pinched Liu Baoguo's face, and asked, "Have you made lunch?"

Seeing that her mother-in-law was still a little unhappy, Sun Hongmei quickly said, "Baoguo just slept for a while. I have already prepared the meal."

"Heat up these two buns." Xia Juhua handed her two buns.

When Sun Hongmei saw that they were white steamed buns, her eyes flashed with eagerness. But then she realized that her mother-in-law only allowed her to heat up two, and looked at Xia Juhua in confusion.

Xia Juhua took Liu Baoguo's hand and held the remaining two buns in her other hand. She said calmly, "I came out of the supply and marketing cooperative today and wanted to buy some buns for everyone to eat. I didn't expect to run into your aunt and get scolded by her."

Fourth Aunt? Sun Hongmei immediately understood that from the perspective of her husband's family, she should indeed call her aunt Fourth Aunt. She couldn't help but stutter and asked, "How did mother meet Fourth Aunt?"

Xia Juhua said as she walked, "I was also wondering, I didn't know many people at the supply and marketing cooperative, how did I run into her?"

"Mom, I have been watching Baoguo all day and have not gone out." Sun Hongmei immediately cleared herself. Xia Juhua then turned around and looked at her: "No one came to visit our house?"

Sun Hongmei was speechless.

Something that only remembers to eat but not to be beaten. Xia Juhua snorted, went back to the main room, closed the door, and left Sun Hongmei standing in the yard in a daze.

Wang Caifeng was also exhausted when she came back. Seeing Sun Hongmei standing in the yard, she couldn't help but ask, "Is mother back?"

Sun Hongmei came back to her senses with a startled look, forced a smile and said she was back, then quietly went to serve the food. When Wang Caifeng finished washing her hands, the table had been cleared. Seeing the white bread on the table, Wang Caifeng was a little surprised: "Did my mother buy this?"

Sun Hongmei nodded and said, "Sister-in-law, please ask mother to have dinner."

Wang Caifeng was a little surprised that Sun Hongmei didn't ask her mother-in-law to eat herself, but she had just worked half a day and missed her son, so she went into the main room without thinking too much: "Mom, I'm back. I hope Baoguo hasn't been making trouble for a while."

I wasn't at home, so how could I know whether Liu Baoguo was making trouble or not? Xia Juhua shook her head: "I just came home a while ago."

"Mom has handed in all the quilts." Wang Caifeng was a little envious. She could earn eight yuan in less than three days, which was much more than what she could earn working in the production team. Xia Juhua just hummed and said nothing else.

Wang Caifeng noticed that her mother-in-law didn't look very happy after earning money, so she didn't dare to ask any more questions. She just said that the Sun Hongmei rice was already served and it was time to eat. When she saw the two plump white buns on the table, Wang Caifeng lost her composure.

No matter what was inside, it was pure white bread. The little wheat that the Liu family got was used to make dumplings for the New Year, and the rest was exchanged for rice paste by the mother-in-law. It had been a long time since the Liu family had seen white flour.

"Mom, it's not easy for you to earn some money, why do you buy buns for us?" Wang Caifeng sincerely felt that her mother-in-law was a good mother-in-law at this moment, and her words were moving.

Xia Juhua didn't know that Wang Caifeng's opinion of her changed three times a day. She pointed at the buns and said, "Hongmei, don't think that I am partial to your sister-in-law because I bought buns for her today. Who made me go to the supply and marketing cooperative today?"

Sun Hongmei, who originally had this thought in her mind, blushed and said, "Mom, I don't think so."

Whether you have thought about it or not, I have to say it first. Xia Juhua broke the two buns in half, even Liu Baoguo got half, and then said: "Eat it, and keep the remaining two for the two brothers, so that they can taste it too."

Is half a bun too much? For people who haven't eaten meat for a long time, two bites are enough. But Wang Caifeng and Sun Hongmei ate the buns like delicacies from land and sea, biting them in small bites and drinking a large bowl of porridge with them.

On the way back, Xia Juhua had already eaten a bun, and half of it was enough. She only drank half a bowl of porridge and put it down. When Wang Caifeng saw her mother-in-law eating so little, she asked hurriedly, "Mom, why are you eating so little?"

Xia Juhua shook her head: "I feel unhappy and can't eat."

Wang Caifeng had noticed that her mother-in-law was in a bad mood, but she didn't dare to ask. But now, after eating the buns that her mother-in-law bought for her, she felt that she should share her mother-in-law's worries: "Who made mother unhappy? Mother, tell me. I'll go ask him. Why does he bully others when my mother is so honest?"

Sun Hongmei wanted to bury her face in the bowl of porridge. Liu Baoguo gnawed the soft buns with his puppy teeth and imitated her: "Ask, ask."

Xia Juhua smiled bitterly: "Your aunt was in the commune and scolded me in front of everyone in the commune."