That evening, as expected, several more elaborate dishes were served on Yue Jiuyue's family's dinner table.
If dinner hadn't already been prepared at home, Liu wouldn't have needed to cook today.
That night, everyone, including Liu and Erhu, ate until they were stuffed.
I was so full that I couldn't even lie down comfortably. I could only get up and walk around to help digest. It was a mix of satisfaction and discomfort, because I had finally managed to eat all that stuff! And it was all hearty dishes!
There's always a feeling of waste.
Yue Jiuyue didn't move. She was the type who would get sleepy after eating. Even if her stomach hurt, she would only take two digestive tablets, roll around a few times in discomfort, and then fall asleep without realizing it.
The next morning, right after breakfast, Yue Jiuyue was debating whether or not to go see the ladies and young women when she saw that Village Chief Lin's wife had arrived. And she wasn't alone. Now she didn't have to hesitate anymore; she could just go with the village chief's wife.
"Hey, this is a letter from your son. It arrived last night (yesterday), but I forgot about it because those people had arrived. How are your daughter-in-law and your eldest grandson? They've been gone for over a month, why haven't they come back yet? You didn't actually pay for a house for the young couple in the city, did you?"
The village chief's wife looked on in disbelief.
Lin Chaodong wrote to ask for money to buy a house in the city. Yue Jiuyue didn't hide this from him; she practically announced it to the world.
The villagers only knew that Lin Chaodong wanted money, but they didn't know if Yue Jiuyue had given him any. Everyone had been waiting for this gossip for a long time, but there was no follow-up. The village chief's wife just asked casually when the conversation came up.
Of course, she was also trying to satisfy her own curiosity, and there was also a bit of a competitive spirit involved. After all, she used to be the top performer in the village, but later she was overtaken by Yue Jiuyue, this widow, so she always had a competitive mentality.
"They've bought mountains, land, livestock, and are continuing to build walls. We've already given them over two hundred taels of silver for medical treatment. Where do we have any money left to buy them houses now, unless we sell all the land?"
Yue Jiuyue took the opportunity to feign poverty, so that everyone in the village wouldn't think she was still that rich woman with five hundred taels of silver, and wouldn't try to get her to remarry.
"Oh dear! You've already spent over two hundred taels of silver, and the illness still isn't cured!"
Little Wang's words carried a hint of schadenfreude. So much silver! Over two hundred taels! Just like that, it's gone down the drain!
Based on this calculation, the widow really doesn't have much money left.
However, at least they still have ten mountains!
And she, the village chief's wife, doesn't own even a single plot of land! The family's land belongs to the whole family, and after the elders pass away and the family divides up, they will only get twenty or thirty acres of land.
Comparing yourself to others will only make you miserable.
"Alas! Liu Shi injured her body during childbirth, and this illness is really difficult to cure. Fortunately, she already has Da Zhuang, otherwise Liu Shi would probably be even more distressed!"
Dazhuang is even harder to treat, but fortunately it's not a serious illness; he just can't do physical labor. If the family's circumstances allow, we can send him to school or find him an easier job in town, and we'll be able to make ends meet.
Yue Jiuyue looked like she was worried sick about this family.
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