"Mother, you will definitely live a good life, until you are seventy or eighty, and see your great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren being born!"
"Mother, Second Brother will definitely come back safe and sound!"
"Mother, I will definitely learn how to process medicinal herbs from Doctor Li. I will definitely save up the money for my second brother's wedding. When he comes back, we will immediately find him a wife!"
"Mother, I will also try my best to dig up more medicinal herbs to help my second brother save money for his wedding!"
"Mom, me too. You must take good care of yourself. Please don't say anything like 'I've left' again. It scares me!"
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The three brothers comforted Yue Jiuyue with the simplest words. To be honest, this was the first time in both of her lives that she had ever encountered such a scene of brothers working together. After all, in her time, every family was small.
"Don't worry, don't worry, Mom will definitely live a good life, until she's seventy or eighty, until you're all surrounded by children and grandchildren! Alright, stop standing around here, go do what you need to do."
Yue Jiuyue waved her hand and chased the three of them out.
Because of this conversation that went off-topic, Yue Jiuyue got rid of three big tails. The three brothers went about their own business, focusing on saving money for Lin Chaoxi's wedding so he could go to serve in the military.
Yue Jiuyue, who stayed at home, began digging holes to bury sweet potatoes and cultivate them to sprout.
Now, Yue Jiuyue is all alone at home. Liu Shi had already taken Xiaoman up the mountain to dig for medicinal herbs after breakfast. She didn't dare let Xiaoman stay with Yue Jiuyue, for fear that Yue Jiuyue might sell her daughter without her knowledge.
Yue Jiuyue didn't care what Liu Shi thought of her. She liked to play with pretty, cute, and naughty children, but she didn't like to coax children. She couldn't tell whether Xiaoman was pretty or not. Anyway, she was dark-skinned, thin, and dirty, which she didn't like.
She felt more at ease at home with someone like this; she didn't need to pretend to be the original owner, she didn't need to sneak around, and she could do whatever she wanted, which made her want to separate from the family again.
There was only Yue Jiuyue's family in this area. At that time, the original owner was forced by her mother-in-law to have nowhere to go. She was also afraid that if she lived too close to the village, her mother-in-law would cause trouble from time to time. That's why she chose this place that was neither too far nor too close to the village to settle down.
After digging the pit, burying the sweet potatoes, planting the seedlings, and watering them, Yue Jiuyue went to the main room to cook some sweet potato rice.
She lived in the countryside for a few years when she was a child, and she used an earthen stove. But back then, you either used matches or a lighter to start a fire. She wasn't used to using flint and steel, so she simply bought a pack and kept it. There was no other way; it was cheap, only two coins for a pack of ten.
She cut two sweet potatoes, added a handful of rice, and half a pot of water. The pot that Yue Jiuyue was cooking was bubbling away, and the unique aroma of sweet potatoes wafted far and wide.
"Mom, it smells good!"
Little Man, nestled in Liu's arms, wrinkled her little nose and sniffed around.
"It smells delicious! What's the name of this scent? It smells so good!"
Lin Chaodong also took a few sniffs, and the more he smelled it, the more fragrant it became, and the hungrier he felt.
"Is Mom cooking at home?"
Even Liu herself didn't quite believe what she was saying. After all, ever since she married into the family, she had never seen her mother-in-law cook. At most, she would wash her three sons' clothes.
But they were the only family in the neighborhood, and her mother-in-law lived alone. She couldn't think of anything else besides this guess.
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