Aunt Ning collapsed to the ground and cried for a long time before walking back in a daze.
He had just reached the village entrance when his eldest son and daughter-in-law, who had rushed over with anxious expressions, helped him up.
"Mother, where have you been?"
I went to look for you by the pigsty, but the village chief said you'd gone home. I was so scared!
Hearing her eldest son's anxious tone, Aunt Ning, who had been in a daze, finally came to her senses a little.
Her lips trembled as she tried to say something, but she didn't know what to say.
In the end, he stiffened his neck and shook his head at his eldest son and daughter-in-law.
Anning glanced at her daughter-in-law, while Yang Meizi glanced at the dust on her mother-in-law's trousers and quietly shook her head at her husband.
Seeing her daughter-in-law's actions, Anning frowned but didn't ask any further questions.
"Come on, Mom, let's go home first."
The couple helped Aunt Ning walk home step by step.
As soon as I entered the courtyard, I saw my sister-in-law, Zhao Xueqin, who was four months pregnant, walking out of the room with one hand supporting her lower back and her feet in a V-shape.
"Oh, what's wrong with this old lady?"
"It's just raising an old sow, and it's already exhausting?"
The thought of her mother-in-law's favoritism towards the eldest son's family made Zhao Xueqin feel uneasy.
The eldest couple helped their mother-in-law back home. Countless people saw them along the way in the village, and they would surely praise the couple for their filial piety.
In her opinion, the eldest daughter-in-law is always good at putting on airs.
"Sister-in-law, you're pregnant, you should rest more!"
Yang Meizi forced a smile, avoiding looking at Zhao Xueqin's expression, and gently advised her.
"Tch, do you think I want to interfere!"
Upon hearing Yang Meizi's words, Zhao Xueqin pouted, turned around with a displeased expression, and went back to where she had come from.
Anning and his wife carefully helped Aunt Ning to her own room, settled her down, and then quietly went out and returned to their own room.
"What happened to Mother? I see her pants are covered in dust, as if she had been sitting on the ground."
Seeing that her husband's brows had been furrowed since earlier, Yang Meizi went over and gently stroked them before asking him a question.
An Ning shook his head; he didn't know why his mother was acting this way either.
He hadn't seen his mother like this in a long time, except for a period of time after his younger sister left, when his mother seemed to have lost her soul.
If it weren't for some trouble that happened to my younger brother later, my mother wouldn't have been able to pull herself together again.
“Meizi, I know your sister-in-law has been picking on you. For my sake, please don’t take it to heart.”
After all, I owe my younger brother a great deal.
Thinking of her younger brother's foot, An Ning lowered her head, a look of pain flashing across her face.
Seeing her husband in such pain, Yang Meizi felt sorry for him and went over to hug his head.
She gently advised, "You were only so young back then, it's not your fault."
"No, you don't know, it's my fault."
Anning buried his head in his wife's arms, hugging her waist tightly, his shoulders shaking uncontrollably.
If it weren't for him, my older sister wouldn't have been sent away, and my younger brother wouldn't have gotten into trouble. So, it's all his fault.
Seeing her husband like this, Yang Meizi felt sorry for him and couldn't help but reach out and stroke his head to comfort him.
When Tan Dingguo returned to the village, the accountant and Tan Qingzhou had already returned from the town.
Looking at the ledger the accountant handed him, and the money from the eggs sold that day, his previously somewhat depressed mood vanished instantly.
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