Chapter 81 Getting Better

The sounds of the two sisters laughing and talking came from the kitchen.

The old lady who was sweeping the yard with Jiang Manyue and Hu Yaya smiled when she heard the laughter.

Good, good, good, everything is getting better at home, slowly getting better.

After breakfast, Jiang Manyue went to school.

Jiang Mingyue and Jiang Meiyue took Yaya, some candles, some biscuits, some wine, and a piece of uncut meat, and went up the mountain to sweep the graves and pay tribute to their deceased parents.

The two sisters walked up the mountain path and soon arrived at the unified burial site of Qianjin Village.

The two went straight to the tomb of Jiang Congwu and his wife.

The last time I came was during the Qingming Festival.

Now half a year has passed, and the area around the tomb is already overgrown with weeds. Even the mound on top of it has a lot of weeds.

The two sisters put down their things and started weeding.

Hu Yaya didn't just play around, she stretched out her hands and grabbed the weeds and pulled them out.

He is so diligent that he doesn't seem like a five-year-old child.

It took the three of them about twenty minutes to clean up the area around the two tombs.

Jiang Meiyue saw that some of the soil on the upper mound had been lost, so she used a hoe to dig some soil from the side and covered it on top.

With Yaya's help, Jiang Mingyue put out all the things in the basket.

"Dad, Mom, are you doing well over there? My elder sister, Yaya and I are here to visit you."

After lighting the incense she brought, Jiang Mingyue quietly reported the latest situation at home to her late parents.

This included her getting divorced and then getting remarried. She married a very good man, started a small business, and her family's living conditions improved.

The third child studied in the county town and ranked among the top ten in his grade in the monthly exam.

"Mom and Dad, don't worry. The third child has vowed to get into college and go to college for me to see what college life is like."

When Jiang Mingyue said this, although there was a smile on her face, there was still some regret in her eyes.

When she was in high school, her grades were very good. She was always in the top ten in her grade in every monthly exam and final exam.

But no one would have thought that she, who had always had stable grades and thought she would definitely be able to go to college, would encounter a setback in the college entrance examination.

Even Zhao Meihua's daughter was admitted to university, but she missed the chance to go to university...

Whenever Jiang Mingyue recalled this incident, she felt so heartbroken that she couldn't sleep.

Even though she is pregnant with two children now, she still wants to cry when she recalls the past.

"Third sister will pass the exam."

Jiang Meiyue squatted down beside her, put her hand on her shoulder, and said softly, "There will definitely be a college student in our family."

"The third child, Man Yue, Ya Ya, and the baby in your belly, they will all be college students in the future."

"Um."

Jiang Mingyue smiled and nodded, moving aside. "Mom and Dad, you must be tired of hearing me talk so much. Let me talk to you."

"Mom and Dad"

Jiang Meiyue then comforted Jiang Mingyue not to be sad, but when she spoke to the tombstone in front of her, tears began to flow before she even opened her mouth.

"Mom and Dad, I'm sorry I came to visit you."

Jiang Meiyue cried much more miserably than Jiang Mingyue.

Jiang Mingyue saw her elder sister prostrating herself in front of her parents' tombstone, crying. She couldn't bear it, but she also knew that her elder sister needed an outlet to vent.

She took Hu Yaya's hand and took her to pick flowers on the edge of the field.

Leave this to Jiang Meiyue.

"Aunt, is mother crying because she will never see grandpa and grandma again?" Hu Yaya, who was still very young, didn't know why Jiang Meiyue was crying.

Jiang Mingyue smiled and touched Hu Yaya's hair.

Today she tied her hair into two pigtails, using the beautiful red hairband that Man Yue gave her, and pinned two butterfly hairpins on it.

As it walked, the butterfly's wings trembled, as if it was a real butterfly about to flap its wings and fly away.

This butterfly hairpin was brought back by Gu Dongqing for Jiang Manyue.

There were two pairs in total, one blue with red, and one red. Jiang Manyue loved them so much.

But no matter how much she likes something, she knows to share it with her family, which makes Jiang Mingyue very happy.

The Jiang family was a little poor, but their grandparents had educated them and their sisters very well.

Yaya had never seen such a beautiful thing. When she wore it on her head and walked, she would subconsciously touch it gently to confirm the existence of the butterfly hairpin and couldn't let it go.

The same is true now.

Jiang Mingyue brought Yaya to the edge of her own field and picked a large bunch of wild sunflowers.

This wild sunflower is very beautiful. The round flower disk is like a real sunflower, but the thumb-sized flower is white with purple, a very refreshing color.

Jiang Meiyue likes it, and Hu Yaya likes it too.

The two of them picked a lot and put them on the edge of the field. Jiang Mingyue saw a lot of water chestnuts by the ditch, so she asked Yaya to sit there and wait while she went to pick the water chestnuts.

"Yaya goes, Second Aunt doesn't want to go."

Hu Yaya grabbed Jiang Mingyue's sleeve and said, "Second aunt is pregnant with a younger brother or sister, so she can't go. Yaya can go."

The little girl is young, but she is so sensible that it makes people feel distressed.

Knowing that the edge of the ditch was slippery, I asked my pregnant second aunt to go over and pick water chestnuts. If she fell, it would be a serious matter.

She is the older sister, and she has to protect the younger brother or sister in her second aunt's belly.

"Yaya is capable, don't worry, Second Aunt."

Hu Yaya pulled up her sleeves, revealing her slender little arms.

Jiang Mingyue didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

Jiang Meiyue interrupted with a similarly amused voice, "I know Yaya is capable, but there are sweet potatoes planted by grandma and her family down there. What if Yaya steps on the sweet potato vines and damages them?"

"mother?"

When Hu Yaya heard the voice, she turned around happily and called out "Mom" in a crisp voice.

Jiang Meiyue also came over with a smile on her face, carrying a basket.

Seeing the bunch of sunflowers, she put down the basket and said with a smile, "You two can pick the flowers here. I'll go pick the water chestnuts."

"Then pick more, big sister, so we can make dumplings tonight."

When Jiang Mingyue thought of the fresh water chestnut dumplings, her mouth was watering.

Especially the water chestnuts growing by the ditch, which are tender green and you can tell at a glance that they taste good.

Jiang Meiyue naturally agreed.

She walked down the edge of the ditch and picked up a large bundle of water chestnuts.

A few people cleaned the water chestnuts on the edge of the field. After they were all clean, one person carried a basket and two people held their flowers and walked home.

When they got home, Mrs. Jiang and Grandpa were very happy to see the tender green water chestnuts.

If this had happened in the past, everyone would have been happy to see water chestnuts, but not as happy as they are now.

But things are different now. In the past few months, their meals have been very greasy. Every now and then, they have either fish or meat, and then they kill chickens and make scrambled eggs or something like that.

It's no shame to say that the old lady already misses the days of simple meals.

"Then let's make some water chestnut dumplings today and enjoy them to our heart's content."

Jiang Mingyue clapped her hands and made the decision.

Jiang Meiyue took out a large basin from home and started washing the water chestnuts.

While the sisters were busy, the group from the Hu family, who came specially to eat meat, finally arrived halfway.