Li's mother ate pickled cabbage dumplings. She couldn't bear to eat the bean curd, so she didn't eat them and saved two, so her husband and son could each have one more.
"Sister, you're so mean. You didn't even give me a few more. I'm not full yet." After eating three bean buns and drinking a large bowl of porridge, Li Debao finally felt a little full.
I haven't had enough to eat every day during this period.
Mother Li has tried to eat as little as possible, saving the food for her husband and son, but it is still difficult for the family to have enough to eat, and she herself is visibly skinny.
After dinner, the family complained about life with sad faces.
"I don't know how my second sister is recovering from her injuries. If she's better, I'll let her come back to work for our family. When they were at home, we didn't need to work and could still eat our fill."
The speaker may not mean it, but the listener may take it seriously.
Mother Li seemed to have thought of something and her eyes lit up.
I had heard from fellow villagers a long time ago that something happened in the second daughter's family. Her leg was broken and she is now recuperating at her eldest sister's house.
They have been pretending not to know, for fear that they would be depended on by a disabled loser, making their already poor lives even worse.
Li Debao's words were unintentional, but Li's mother took them to heart.
"Tomorrow is Mid-Autumn Festival. We won't be working. Let's all go to your eldest sister's house to see her and check on Pan Di's injury."
"Mom, you don't want to go for a free meal, do you? My eldest sister is so mean and stingy, I won't go. If you want to go, you guys go. Don't get into trouble without even getting a meal."
"Silly son, think about it, your second sister has no husband now. If we can coax her back and find her another husband, won't we get some money?
Even if we can't find a suitable one for the time being, we can still let her do housework so we don't have to work so hard.
But we have to go and check on her situation first, and then take her back when she is almost recovered."
After hearing her words, Li Debao and his father suddenly felt enlightened. Yes, this would not only allow them to get another dowry, but also provide them with an annual labor force.
"Tomorrow we'll go to your eldest sister's house, and we'll talk nicely and try to coax them so they don't see our intentions.
"When your second sister comes home, without the eldest sister's help, with her personality, she'll be at our mercy. We can marry her off far away and your eldest sister won't know about it, and even if she does, she'll be clueless," Mother Li warned.
The father and son nodded repeatedly. This was true. Life was too hard and they longed to return to their previous carefree life.
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