Yang Xiaoyue became completely absorbed in the story, immersed in the joy of regaining what she had lost.
"How much compensation did my dad receive?!"
Yu Shuang glanced at her and chuckled softly.
"Don't think about it, it has nothing to do with you. I donated most of it to the village for development, and the rest is just enough for me to live happily until I retire."
Yang Xiaoyue: !!!
Having a mother like that, she's really going to cry her eyes out...
"I didn't expect our luck to change so quickly. It's all thanks to your great-grandmother's blessing. Stop talking nonsense and hurry up and pack your things to go to the hill behind to worship your great-grandmother."
Having endured more than a month of torment, Yang Xiaoyue's mental resilience had long been forged.
After a brief period of sadness, she quickly began preparing the items for the ancestral worship.
Yu Shuang had already inquired about the road conditions.
As soon as the two left the courtyard, a little boy came running up to them, eating the candy Yu Shuang had given him, and enthusiastically leading the way.
The back hill was a wasteland overgrown with weeds, clearly untouched for a long time; the graves were barely visible unless one looked closely.
Upon closer inspection, there are indeed several protruding points.
Yang Xiaoyue asked in a daze.
"Mom? Which one is my great-grandparents' grave?"
Yu Shuang pointed casually.
"Those two will do."
Yang Xiaoyue was speechless.
Why does my mom seem so casual? Has she been tricked?
"Mom, are you sure?"
Yu Shuang put on a stern face:
"Your great-grandmother herself sent me this dream, how could it be false? Hurry up and get ready."
"Me alone?"
Yu Shuang said matter-of-factly:
"Of course it's just you. My surname is Yu, and you are the descendant of the Yang family."
Yang Xiaoyue resigned herself to her fate and began weeding with a sickle.
It was my first time doing this kind of work, and I was clumsy. I fiddled around for ages but couldn't cut off more than a few weeds.
The little kid standing nearby couldn't stand it anymore, so he rolled up his sleeves and grabbed a sickle.
"Sister Xiaoyue, let me help you."
Then, to Yang Xiaoyue's astonishment, the little boy skillfully cut out a patch of open ground in front of the grave.
Yang Xiaoyue gave a thumbs up.
"Zhang Wazi, you're really amazing!"
Zhang Wazi looked proud after being praised, saying that he often cut grass and was used to it.
Once she started talking, she began to mention her other skills that she was proficient in.
For example, he can do almost all the housework, such as laundry and cooking.
Yu Shuang also praised him generously, and gave him a meaningful look.
It's as if it's saying, "Look at them, and then look at yourself."
The expression on someone's face was somewhat indescribable.
Compared to the child in front of her, her childhood was fortunate.
No, Yang Xiaoyue immediately straightened her back.
"Your most important thing right now is to study. You're wasting so much of your study time doing all this housework. What if you don't get into university?"
Zhang Wazi looked dejected, his voice low and barely audible:
"I dropped out of school..."
"ah?"
Yang Xiaoyue asked incredulously, "You're so young and you're not going to school anymore?"
Zhang Wazi lowered his head even further:
"My family is poor... I'm dropping out of school this semester... I have younger siblings to support..."
Yang Xiaoyue opened her mouth, but swallowed back the words that "education should never be neglected, no matter how poor we are."
She has lived in poverty since childhood, yet she was still able to afford to go to university.
How poor must this child's family be to not even be able to afford primary school?
"Why should you, as the only child, raise your younger siblings? Where are the adults in the family?"
Then they learned that the little boy's parents had died in an accident, and his grandparents were in poor health and could not afford to support the three of them.
Yang Xiaoyue put herself in that shoes and already felt incredibly lucky.
She has at least one mother who works three jobs tirelessly for her.
Overwhelmed with emotion, she looked at her mother beside her, only to see her mother looking at her with disdain.
It's as if it's saying, "Look at them, and then look at yourself."
Yang Xiaoyue silently left his sight, the emotion he had just felt vanishing.
Let's not even talk about her mother!
Just then, the child's eyes suddenly lit up.
“However, Grandpa Village Chief said that Aunt Yu and you donated some money to the village, which can be used to help me go to school. Grandpa Village Chief has already gone to the town to inquire with the schools, and as long as I can keep up with the learning progress and pass the exam, I can be admitted through special admission. I am really grateful to you for giving me this opportunity.”
Upon hearing this news, Yang Xiaoyue felt much of the melancholy that had been lingering in her heart disappear, as if she had been healed.
In a moment of impulsiveness, she patted her chest and made a promise.
"Don't worry, I may not be good at anything else, but my grades are definitely top-notch. I'll help you with your studies from now on and make sure you catch up with your studies."
The little boy was delighted:
"Thank you, Sister Xiaoyue!..."
For some reason, the two had a magnetic attraction to each other, and the atmosphere was so intense that the little boy immediately wanted to recognize her as his god-sister.
Yu Shuang coughed twice, interrupting this harmonious scene.
Getting back to the main topic, it's time to get down to business.
Yang Xiaoyue began preparing the offerings with great enthusiasm.
It was her first time doing this, and she didn't know what the local customs were like. It was Zhang Wazi who directed her from the side, and she managed to do it properly.
Yu Shuang acted like an outsider the whole time, doing nothing. Wasn't she an outsider?
"Mom, why don't you kowtow first?"
Yu Shuang's lips twitched slightly.
"Ahem... You are the true descendant of the Yang family. Your great-grandmother only said she missed you and asked you to kowtow to her. As for me, your great-grandmother said the Yang family owes me something, so it's up to me whether I kowtow or not. I won't."
Yang Xiaoyue looked completely bewildered.
Is that even possible?!
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