“Those houses leak drafts in winter and rain in summer. Now, after more than ten days of torrential rain, there’s probably no dry place inside. I don’t know how they can stand it.”
Yue Jiuyue sighed as she clutched her knee. The weather was terribly damp, and the original owner of this body had neglected her health in order to support her family, so her knee was now extremely painful.
If she's already in this state, those elderly people who have no one to take care of them must be suffering even more than she is.
Even setting aside empathy, doing what she could was simply a basic human instinct.
"Mother is still the kindest of all."
After hearing this, all Liu could say in the end was this.
Otherwise, what would she say?
Given what her mother-in-law went through ten years ago, if it were her, she would be lucky not to set the entire village on fire after learning the truth!
So, her mother-in-law was kind-hearted. Even though she knew that some of those people knew the truth or had guessed what was going on, no one told her mother-in-law, leaving her to endure those difficult ten years.
Anyway, she could never do what her mother-in-law did. The emperor could cause the deaths of nine generations of his family when he was angry. So what if she destroyed the whole village in a fit of rage?
Her mother-in-law not only dealt with the culprit according to the law, but also refrained from taking her anger out on the villagers of Linjiagou Village. At this time, she even made a point of setting aside a room for several elderly people to stay in...
It's just that Liu didn't know the word "Holy Mother," otherwise she would definitely have associated those two words with Yue Jiuyue.
But how could Yue Jiuyue be a saint? Shouldn't she have handed the culprit over to the county magistrate? As a law-abiding citizen, if she didn't do this, was she supposed to rush in and kill the person herself, only to get herself killed?
As for the villagers, well, apart from the original owner's in-laws, everyone else was just guessing about the original owner's husband's situation. Was it wrong for them not to tell the original owner what they had guessed?
Therefore, Yue Jiuyue is not a saint! The word "saint" is not a good word, and she doesn't even want to be associated with the words "reasonable" or "compassionate"! Let alone "kind-hearted".
However, let Liu think what she wants; she doesn't want to explain too much. After all, being considered a "kind-hearted person" isn't a bad thing. As for whether she is kind-hearted or not, she knows for herself, and that's enough.
Village Chief Lin arrived at Yue Jiuyue's house around 10:00 AM, while the elderly people didn't arrive until 3:00 PM.
Although only five elderly people (two men and three women) came to stay at Yue Jiuyue's house, it felt like a large group had come together. Some carried the elderly on their backs, some carried the belongings of the elderly, and others carried wooden planks wrapped in straw raincoats...
In the end, the wooden planks were no longer needed. The two elderly men were moved to the back room, and the three elderly women were moved to the front west room, which was the room where Lin Chaodong and his wife used to live. At least there was a kang (heated brick bed) in there.
After settling the elderly, they left one after another. As the head of the family, Yue Jiuyue naturally had to show her face to the elderly so that they wouldn't misunderstand her and think she didn't like them, and thus wouldn't feel at ease staying there.
The elderly are also psychologically vulnerable and need protection.
"You can just stay at home and rest easy. If you need anything, just give me a shout. The three boys can do whatever they want with you. They're just sitting around doing nothing anyway."
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