In fact, Xiaoyue deliberately showed that she had no money, but she had 463 coins in her pocket.
When they arrived at the front yard, Xiaoyue hadn't eaten lunch yet. The people who were building the house had all eaten lunch at the Gao family's house, so Xiaoyue didn't bother with them.
First, I cooked rice, and then I soaked the wood ear mushrooms I picked from the mountain a couple of days ago.
Then Xiaoyue built a small stove outside, which was just the right size to use the small iron pot she had bought.
After building the stove and placing the pot on it, I added the lard that I had rendered a couple of days ago, picked some small garlic leaves from the yard, heated the pot, and put in a whole bowl of wood ear mushrooms. Xiaoyue added wood, so the fire was always very strong. After stir-frying for a few seconds, it was ready to serve.
Xiaoyue placed the dishes on the wooden bed. Since people could live on the kang (heated brick bed), this wooden bed had become a coffee table.
Xiaoyue remembered that Xiaodouding had said the Ge family wouldn't feed Xiaodouding and his mother, so she quickly went to the Ge family's house. When she opened the door, she saw Lu Xiaomei coughing badly inside, and Xiaodouding crying while clinging to his mother.
"What's wrong, Third Sister-in-law?" Xiaoyue asked anxiously.
"It was Mother. When she got up this morning, she found that the keyhole was blocked. She started cursing in the yard, and the more she cursed, the more unpleasant it became. She even cursed herself for being a freeloader and said it would be better if she died soon. She also said..." Lu Xiaomei said sadly, her words trailing off.
"In short, there's nothing nice to say, I just can't learn it." Lu Xiaomei coughed and wiped away her tears.
"My older brother finally smashed the lock off. When the old lady went to cook, she found that the eggs were gone. She grabbed a fire poker and started hitting me without saying a word. It's fine if she doesn't give me food, but the little one hasn't eaten since this morning and is crying from hunger."
Xiaoyue patted Lu Xiaomei's arm and said with a smile, "Third sister-in-law, come to my place. It's not as comfortable as the Ge family's, but I can make sure you and Xiaodouding have two meals a day."
"I wonder if Erping's marriage has been arranged yet?" Xiaoyue asked thoughtfully.
"It's booked. We'll come to the girl's house tomorrow to see her," Lu Xiaomei said indifferently.
Lu Xiaomei seemed to realize something and asked questioningly, "Is it because she saw that I was so sick that she couldn't help the old lady? That's why Mother started scolding me about the keyhole. She feels like I'm a burden to everyone." Lu Xiaomei said sadly.
"Don't be like that. Doctor Hu said your illness is nothing serious. As long as you take your medicine and pay attention to your diet, you'll get better soon. Since you're in the Ge family and no one is taking care of you, if things continue like this, you might turn a minor illness into a major one and eventually die." Xiaoyue patiently and slowly comforted Lu Xiaomei.
Lu Xiaomei wiped away her tears and stopped crying, but she still coughed incessantly. Clutching her chest, she asked Xiaoyue, "Then what should I do? If I recover at your place, can Mother go work there?" Lu Xiaomei added worriedly at the end.
Xiaoyue grasped Lu Xiaomei's arms with both hands, pressed them firmly, and said firmly, "It's okay, saving our lives is the most important thing. We can talk about the future later. At worst, Ge Sanlin will give us a letter of divorce. You have me, so we won't be left with nowhere to go."
Xiaoyue released Lu Xiaomei's arm, smiled and said, "I'll go to Yang Dahua's house to borrow a cart. Take your things and come home with me. The food is all ready. We'll eat when we get there."
Xiaoyue quickly went to Sister Yang's house, borrowed a cart, and then went to the doctor to buy a small pot for decocting medicine.
They pulled the cart back to the Ge family home. Afraid that Lu Xiaomei would be uncomfortable sitting on the cart, they laid out a quilt on it, helped Lu Xiaomei onto the cart, and then loaded the quilt, clothes from the closet, and other odds and ends onto the cart.
Xiaoyue took the bowls and kettles from the kitchen cabinet a couple of days ago when the house was being built.
As Xiaoyue was about to push the cart away, Lu Xiaomei pulled her back and said, "That cabinet is part of your dowry from your maternal family; you have to take it with you."
“Okay, okay,” Xiaoyue comforted Lu Xiaomei, “I’ll come again and take you there first.”
Xiaoyue pushed the cart, with Xiaodouding following behind her, and the group headed straight for Xiaoyue's new home.
Upon arriving at the new home, they carried Lu Xiaomei onto the kang (a heated brick bed), laid out a mattress and quilt, and then neatly folded the other clothes and arranged them in a row at the head of the kang.
After carrying the kang table that had been brought back, Xiaoyue scooped the rice into a basin. The wood ear mushrooms were already stir-fried, and each of the three of them had a bowl of rice.
After finishing her meal, Xiaoyue tidied up.
They went to the Ge family's house again with a cart, but when they tried to move the cabinet, Old Mrs. Ge objected.
Grandma Ge pointed at Xiaoyue's nose and cursed, "You shameless slut, you conspired with the third son's wife to alienate the Ge family, and now you want to take what the Ge family gave to the third son? Don't even think about it." She glared at Xiaoyue with fierce eyes, panting heavily with anger.
Xiaoyue glared fiercely at Old Mrs. Ge, her voice cold and not as loud as Old Mrs. Ge's: "Don't forget how your windows were destroyed."
"What are you trying to do? Do you want to ruin my family? Let me tell you, my two sons are back!" The petite Old Mrs. Ge ran to the doorway of Ge Sanlin's house, stretching out her arms to block Xiaoyue's path.
"This is my third son's house. I haven't separated from my third son yet, so what's his is mine," Old Mrs. Ge shouted fiercely.
Xiaoyue eventually returned the flatbed cart. Grandma Ge was right; she hadn't reached the point of her previous life. Lu Xiaomei was still alive, and Xiaoyue had broken away from the Ge family again. Well, she wouldn't hold it against Grandma Ge.
After returning the flatbed cart, Xiaoyue went up the mountain to chop a bundle of firewood. When she came back, the water in the large water vat was almost used up. Xiaoyue washed the large water vat again, then poured out the water, added fresh water, and emptied it again. She repeated this process three times until she was finally satisfied.
He picked up the carrying pole, took two empty buckets, and went to the well to fetch water. After five trips, the large water vat was full.
Xiaoyue carried a kettle and a bowl to deliver water to the people building the house.
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