The wild vegetables, which had been wilting after following her back and forth, were now almost dried out.
Yue Jiuyue didn't throw them away out of disgust. After washing them, she let them bask in the moonlight.
The three of them each drank a bowl of wild vegetable soup and then went back to their rooms to sleep.
Yue Jiuyue was frightened and walked back and forth on the mountain road for more than an hour before lying down and falling asleep.
Of course, this time she didn't forget to turn the alarm clock up to the loudest volume, just in case she didn't hear it, or even if she did hear it and woke up, she would turn off the alarm and think she could just doze off for a little while longer, and then she would turn over and fall asleep again.
This must have been the same situation last time, and it has happened to her quite a few times.
The next morning, Yue Jiuyue was woken up by her alarm clock and began another round of posting. After finishing this task and having breakfast, before she could even clean up the table, an uninvited guest arrived at her home.
The old lady came to visit again.
Also included were the original owner's younger brother, Yue Jiabao, and his wife, Qin Shi.
Just by hearing her brother's name, Jiabao, meaning "treasure of the family," you can tell how much this man is cherished by his wife's family!
"Oh! Third Sister, you just finished eating? It seems we came at a really bad time. We should have walked faster on the way. It's not because our mother is old and her legs aren't very nimble that we're late! We'd appreciate it if you could cook again and make us something to eat!"
Qin made her request without any politeness, her tone full of impatience. She went into the main room and sat down, looking at the bowls and chopsticks on the table with disdain. She clicked her tongue twice and said imperiously:
"Third Sister! We just finished harvesting wheat, why are we eating this at home? Let me tell you, I can't stand wild vegetables. They give me diarrhea and a sore throat, and they have a weird taste. Besides, we're guests here, so you know how to treat guests, right?"
"Hey you, hurry up and get me some water! Don't you know we're dying of thirst after all this journey? And make two bowls of noodles for each of us using flour from this year's freshly harvested wheat!"
"That person" naturally refers to Lady Liu.
Because the original owner was trained by the old lady to be a "brother-supporting demon," she would think of her parents' home whenever she had something good after marriage. Although she later faced difficulties in life without a man, she would only go back to her parents' home once a year during festivals, and even then, she would bring back the best things from her family.
Even so, her family never gave them a kind look. Even during the years when Qin Shi humbled herself and acted as a concubine, they never took the original owner's family seriously.
Now that Qin Shi has even the old lady completely under her thumb, she's even less likely to take Yue Jiuyue's family seriously. Why would she bother remembering who's in Yue Jiuyue's family and what their names are?
Liu instinctively obeyed, because every time she went to the old lady's house during the years she had been married into the family, this was the same thing.
Yue Jiuyue quickly spoke up to stop her.
"Liu, quickly wash the bowls clean, pour three bowls of water, and go cook a pot of wild vegetable soup."
I repeated what I had explained to the old lady twice yesterday.
"My fourth son was seriously injured by a pig a few days ago and almost didn't make it back. He's now in debt, and even if we sell all the wheat we just harvested, it won't be enough to pay off the debt."
I told my mother last night, but didn't she say that?
My family can barely afford wild vegetable soup, and I was even thinking of asking you for a hand. When I went to my mother's house last night, she said it was getting late, and since you've come all this way, you must have come to give me money, right?
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