Ji Wanmei warmed herself by the fire and said, "Second Uncle, I am from Pingquan County."
"Oh, Pingquan County? I know that place. Isn't that the factory where Xiaojun used to work?"
"Yes, that's it."
"So you two met at the factory, no wonder," said Uncle Wang.
Ji Wanmei and Lei Tingjun exchanged a glance and smiled, "You could say that."
They had been chatting for a short while when their second aunt came out to call them to dinner: "Come sit here at the table, the food is ready."
Ji Wanmei then noticed that there was another shy and taciturn woman who had been cooking with her second aunt earlier.
Second Aunt wiped her hands on her apron, looking Ji Wanmei up and down with amazement: "Oh my, this must be Xiao Jun's girlfriend, right? Oh my, she's so beautiful! I've never seen such a beautiful girl in my life! Xiao Jun, you're so lucky!"
Ji Wanmei smiled and said, "Second Aunt, you flatter me."
Second Aunt let Lei Tingjun and Ji Wanmei sit at the head of the table and said, "This is my daughter-in-law, and that is my grandson Erdan. Erdan's father is not home; he has gone out to work."
The farm-style meal wasn't lavish, but it was the best that my second uncle's family could offer them.
"Second Uncle, what kind of work is Fugui doing outside now?" Lei Tingjun asked.
"Sigh, we earn a meager living working in the coal mine, and we couldn't even come home for the Spring Festival this year." The Wang family sighed as they spoke of this.
The villagers were too poor, so the young and strong men at the village entrance went to work in the coal mines of the neighboring county, earning a meager living each month.
Ji Wanmei glanced at Erdan's mother, who was not good with words, and smiled at her: "Sister-in-law, it must be hard taking care of the child all by yourself."
Second Aunt said, "What's the trouble? This is what we women should do."
"Come, come, girl, have a chicken leg." Second Aunt put the best chicken leg from the chicken soup into Ji Wanmei's bowl.
Ji Wanmei saw Erdan's eyes, which were fixed on the chicken leg in her bowl with longing and hunger.
Ji Wanmei paused for a moment, then picked up her chopsticks and put the chicken leg into Erdan's bowl: "Give it to Erdan, he's still growing."
Seeing this, Erdan's mother looked up and gave Ji Wanmei a grateful smile.
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