Yue Jiuyue recounted the situation at the time, and it seems that's how it happened? It's been too long, and it wasn't anything too important, so she doesn't remember it very clearly.
"Cough cough! Back then, the drought was so bad that people didn't even have water to drink. Who cared about the crops in the fields? If we didn't run, we were just waiting to die!"
Those years were really tough, with constant natural disasters. Luckily, they escaped back then. Otherwise, with the subsequent torrential rains, floods, and plagues, would they still be alive today?
As for her daughter Yue Jiuyue, she didn't have time to think about her at the time! If she hadn't heard about the Eighth-Rank Jade An Person, she wouldn't have remembered that she had a daughter. Anyway, she had many daughters, so one more or one less wouldn't make a difference.
Of course, it was her second daughter who came to her on her own. Otherwise, she wouldn't have thought about her daughters. They're like spilled water, a money-losing burden. Why bother thinking about them? She'd rather think about how to bring things home, save some money for her son to get married, and give her a big, healthy grandson.
Her daughter-in-law, Qin, and her four granddaughters were all exchanged for grain on the way. Her two eldest grandsons were not as important as her son, and they were also exchanged for copper coins. If she hadn't been too old and no one wanted her, she would have sold herself to get food for her son!
As for her husband, he died on the way.
Now, her husband's family only has her son as their sole heir, and he's getting on in years. If they don't find him a wife and have a baby soon, she won't be able to help take care of the child when she gets too old.
She was worried about entrusting her eldest grandson to her daughter-in-law. What if the child became distant from her son and only loved his mother? He was her son's root, and he had to be close to her son!
“When I came in, I saw that you have quite a few young women here. You should call them all over later. I need to find a good wife for Jiabao who can bear children!”
Grandma Yue grinned, her few remaining teeth smugly, as if she could already see her eldest grandson being born.
Yue Jiuyue felt disgusted, but still ignored her words and continued talking to herself:
“Mom, you don’t know how worried I was when everyone in the village disappeared! Then there were torrential rains and floods. I was so afraid that your whole family would be washed away by the rain. Then I was afraid that you would get the plague and I would be left without parents. Waaah!”
The old lady of the Yue family: ヽ(｀⌒′メ)ノ
That damned daughter of yours, isn't she cursing their whole family?!
The old man is gone, and so are his two grandsons. Was it because she cursed them?!
Grandma Yue wanted to curse as soon as she opened her mouth, but after thinking about the purpose of her trip, she held back with a dark face.
Once they achieve their goal, she'll beat this loose-lipped slut to death!
She tried to smile at her daughter, but her facial muscles wouldn't cooperate, and she could only continue explaining with a droopy face:
"No, no, we were lucky. We didn't encounter any floods or epidemics. We just met a kind family in a town in the neighboring prefecture."
As for what kind of good family they were, Grandma Yue didn't say, and Yue Jiuyue naturally didn't have the time to ask. She didn't care what had happened to this family or what had happened to them, because it couldn't be anything good anyway.
Just look at these three people in front of me and you'll guess.
“Mother, you’ve suffered too! But now that you’re back, things will get better! When you get your household registration back, you’ll have land again. We’re all farmers; as long as we have land and work hard, no one will starve!”
Seeing that Old Madam Yue still wanted to say something, Yue Jiuyue didn't give her the chance and waved for the servants to come and see the guest off.
"Mother, it's getting late. I imagine you've just gotten back and must have a lot to do, so I won't keep you any longer. Go ahead and do what you need to do, and I'll come to see you after the Lantern Festival!"
The old women were very helpful, politely helping and pushing Old Madam Yue and the original owner's second sister, who hadn't said a word, out of the village. Yue Jiabao received the same treatment, being carried out by the servants and escorted all the way out of the village, and then another two miles away, almost as if they were taking him back to his village.
These people had smiles on their faces and were very polite throughout the entire process, making it impossible to find any fault with them.
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