Dongqing said, "Yuzhu and I have always treated you like an older sister. Perhaps it's all out of pity for you. But whether it's pity or affection doesn't matter. What matters is that you're a good girl and deserve our help. Remember your brother's words: from now on, my home will be your maternal home."
Fang Lin only uttered two words: "My family home!"
She cried after saying the words "family home". She was a helpless girl who finally had her own family home, a family home with no blood relation to her. The words "family home" sound simple, but in fact, she was grateful for her whole life. She could never repay this debt of gratitude in her lifetime.
Li Yuzhu helped Fang Lin wipe away her tears, saying, "Why are you crying again? You're thinking of going home for the Spring Festival."
Fang Lin nodded, her voice choked with emotion, and said, "I will definitely go home for the Spring Festival."
The phrase "Chinese New Year" is such a simple sentence, but in Fang Lin's eyes, every word carries immense weight.
After leaving Fang Lin's house, Dong Qing drove to the pig farm, while Li Yuzhu walked towards Su Wei's house.
She went upstairs to Su Wei's door and knocked.
The door opened instantly, and Su Wei said, "Oh, it's your sister-in-law! Please come in."
Su Wei has now changed how she addresses Li Yuzhu, officially becoming her sister-in-law.
Su Wei was six months pregnant and was carrying a large belly, making her walk very clumsy.
They walked to the sofa, and Su Wei said, "Please sit down."
Li Yuzhu sat down and asked, "Isn't Brother Hong home?"
Su Wei said, "He went to his parents' house after lunch and will be back in the evening."
Li Yuzhu took three thousand yuan out of her bag and placed it on the coffee table, saying, "The New Year is almost here, so I'm giving you an extra 1,000 yuan this month."
Su Wei said, "I won't say any more polite words, thank you."
Li Yuzhu smiled and said, "Aren't you still being polite?"
Su Wei laughed and said, "Did I say that?!"
Li Yuzhu laughed and said, "You little rascal, you just know how to lie."
Su Wei smiled and said, "Looks like I'll have to give you a good talking to today. Tell me exactly what I said."
Li Yuzhu said, "Fine, little sister, I'll argue with you. That's exactly what you said. I won't say any more polite words. Thank you, but isn't 'thank you' a polite way of saying it?"
Su Wei laughed and said, "My silly little sister, I was just being polite and didn't say anything more. Did I say I wouldn't say anything more? Did you sneak a word about the 'more' in the middle?"
This is called wordplay. Saying less and not saying anything are not the same thing. Saying less means saying less, not saying nothing.
Li Yuzhu laughed after hearing this and said, "You're getting more and more picky with your words. If I weren't pregnant, I would have given you a good tickle."
Su Wei was Li Yuzhu's closest female friend in her life. The two had similar personalities and could talk to each other easily.
Su Wei said with a smile, "Looks like I'm benefiting from my son's success today."
Li Yuzhu stood up and said with a smile, "What do you think? Let's go, I'm going back to my parents' house this afternoon."
Su Wei saw Li Yuzhu to the door, and the two said goodbye to each other. She then walked down the stairs.
Li Yuzhu returned to her parents' home. Her son was running and playing in the living room, while her two daughters, still small, sat in strollers.
When her son saw his mother enter the living room, he ran to her side and called out, "Mom!" Li Yuzhu said, "Go play by yourself. I'm going to talk to your grandma for a bit."
Dong Yusheng was very well-behaved; after listening to his mother, he went off to play by himself.
Mother sat in the living room shelling peanuts, which Father had grown himself in the field. She said, "The eldest son is here."
Li Yuzhu nodded, pulled up a stool and sat down opposite her mother to shell peanuts. She asked, "Mom, has my sister gone out on another trip?"
My mother said, "He set off the day before yesterday. He'll be back empty this time, and I estimate he'll be back around the 23rd of the lunar year. He won't be delivering goods anymore before the new year."
Li Yuzhu asked, "Where are my father and brother? Where did they go?"
Mother said, "The New Year is coming soon. Your father is taking your younger brother out to buy some New Year's goods, and he'll also buy some clothes for your brother while he's at it."
Li Yuzhu spent some time talking with her mother at home, then said goodbye to her mother, leaving her two daughters at her parents' home, and took her son out of the villa and headed towards the city.
Time flies, and before we knew it, it was time for Dong Sanmei to get married.
No matter how difficult the financial situation was, Dong Qing never wronged his third sister. Two days ago, he and his wife went to Li Churan's car dealership and bought her a red sedan worth over 100,000 yuan as part of her dowry when she got married.
In times of economic scarcity, it was considered good if an ordinary girl's family could provide a bicycle as part of her dowry, let alone a car. Few families could afford to provide a motorcycle.
Li Yuzhu was naturally willing to help her sister with these things. Her husband's family only had one old maid left, and she wanted to make sure that her sister got married in a grand and glorious way.
Dongqing's house was separated from her third sister's by only one wall, but she couldn't be allowed to go out through one door and go in through another.
On the morning of the 26th of the lunar year, Dongqing sent his sister back to her hometown in Dongcun. The dilapidated house had been cleaned up and decorated with big red "double happiness" characters three days earlier.
This is my family's ancestral home. My eldest and second eldest sisters got married in these three dilapidated houses. Dong Sanmei also wants to get married in her family's old house.
Dong Qing already had two cars, including the one he bought for his third sister. In addition, they found four more cars to be used as wedding cars. This number was considered auspicious, and in those days, having six cars to welcome a bride was quite a grand affair. Dong Sanmei's wedding was a very lavish affair.
Dong Sanmei got married at a good time; it was much more elaborate than when her eldest and second eldest sisters got married. When they got married, their husbands would come to their homes to pick them up on bicycles.
At that time, the family was poor, and Dongqing did not prepare any dowry for her two older sisters. Whenever she thought about this, she felt sad and always felt that she owed her two older sisters. She could only make up for it with her third sister.
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