"I heard that my second sister's husband broke his leg? No wonder he hasn't been here for the past two months."
"What? Jianye broke his leg?"
"Yeah, I just heard it from Xiuchun, and I think it's pretty close. Otherwise, why wouldn't he have come here for so long? But if he hadn't broken his leg, who knows how many things he would have come to our house again to take away."
Listening to the sounds coming from the yard, Yang Yulan's smile slowly fell. The hand that was stretched out to push the door froze in mid-air, unable to fall.
"Okay, stop talking. We're all family. It will be so ugly if this gets out." Yang's mother's voice came from inside.
Wang Mengjiao didn't listen and continued to speak to herself, "Our family was already poor enough, and now my husband has broken his leg and can't go to work. Tsk, life is really not going too well. But, I guess my second sister's personality is not bad."
"What are you saying? Why don't you hope that your second sister will be well?"
"Of course I wouldn't be looking forward to it. I really hope she's well. Don't just bring a few eggs every time you come. It makes me feel uncomfortable just looking at them." Wang Mengjiao said with a pout.
Hearing these words, Yang Yulan felt as if she had been slapped in the face, burning. She felt a little embarrassed and could not help but look down at Baoya and Tianen, afraid that they would understand what she meant.
She knew that her sister-in-law looked down on her. When she came before, she didn't even look at her and said a few hurtful words from time to time.
After knowing this, she went back to her parents' home less and less often. However, it was her parents' home after all, so she couldn't not go back.
The last time I came here was in April, and if I hadn't wanted to get some cloth for Baoya to make clothes, I wouldn't have come this time. As a result, I heard these words as soon as I arrived at the door.
She looked at the door in front of her, then looked at Baoya and Tianen beside her, and finally she was not that thick-skinned.
"Let's go back." Yang Yulan said softly, pulling them away.
At this moment, there was a creak and the door opened from the inside.
"Hey? Is that Lanlan?" Yang's mother was just coming out and saw Yang Yulan about to leave.
She was about to ask why she was leaving when she turned around and remembered what her daughter-in-law had said in the yard. She cursed in her heart, but she still hurriedly kept Yang Yulan:
"Why are you still walking at the door? Come in, come in."
Has been
After being caught, Yang Yulan couldn't leave in front of her mother, so she was finally dragged in by her mother.
Wang Mengjiao looked a little uneasy as she watched Yang Yulan come in with something in her hands, accompanied by two children. After all, she had just finished saying something bad about someone, and the person who had done it had heard it.
But the awkwardness lasted only a second. Wang Mengjiao turned around and acted as if nothing had happened, smiling and greeting, "Second sister is here."
As he said this, he reached out to take what Yang Yulan was holding. He glanced inside and was surprised to see melon seeds, peanuts, cakes and other things.
She smiled and said, "Oh, Second Sister, you're here, why did you bring so many things? Since you've already bought them, I won't be polite."
Before he could finish his words, he had already reached in and grabbed a handful of peanuts and sunflower seeds, without any intention of being polite.
Yang Yulan looked at her, the words just now still echoing in her ears. She suddenly couldn't lift the corners of her mouth and didn't respond.
Wang Mengjiao didn't care and started eating with a crunch.
After all, the person had already arrived. At least this time, he didn't look so shabby and brought something with him. Wang Mengjiao welcomed him in: "Come in, second sister. It's hot outside. Sit inside for a while."
As she spoke, Wang Mengjiao's gaze swept across Baoya and Tianen's faces, then paused and looked at Baoya a few more times.
"Yes, come in and sit down. You've come all the way here." Yang's mother also said.
Yang Yulan brought Baoya and Tianen into the main room and found a stool to sit down.
Only then did Yang's mother notice Baoya. She looked back and forth several times and asked curiously, "Who is this girl? I remember the cloud was bigger than this."
Yang Yulan looked at Baoya with a gentle smile on her face, "This is my daughter, Baoya."
Now both Yang's mother and Wang Mengjiao frowned, looking confused.
They looked at Yang Yulan, then at her belly, some of them confused. Two months ago, there was no such girl, so how could such a big girl appear out of nowhere?
Could it be that she'd already given birth and kept it a secret? But what's the point? Could it be that the old woman didn't want the baby because she was a girl, so she kept it a secret until now?
Countless thoughts ran through the minds of both of them, but no matter how much they thought about it, they still couldn't understand.
Yang Yulan had no choice but to say, "We adopted Baoya."
There is no more
She said that she didn't want to talk about Baoya again, especially to her sister-in-law.
Wang Mengjiao couldn't help but curl her lips when she heard this, thinking that she could barely support her own family, and adopting another daughter was really a waste of time.
Mother Yang looked at Baoya. Although she didn't quite agree with it in her heart, after all, her daughter was married and it was someone else's family affair, so she didn't care too much.
However, I still asked, "Did your mother-in-law say anything?"
"No, my mother said I would raise him."
Mother Yang didn't ask any more questions. She looked at Baoya and thought she looked pretty good. She got up and went into the house to get some apricots, washed them, and gave them to Baoya and Tianen.
Tianen thanked him and took it.
Each of them got two apricots. Baoya had never eaten apricots before, so she leaned forward and gently took a bite. They were sweet, and tasted better than wild fruits. She ate them in small bites, finishing each one quickly.
Although Baoya wanted to eat more, she resisted the urge and carefully put the other one in the small pocket in front of her.
Wang Mengjiao noticed her little action and curled her lips.
The few of them chatted in the house for a while, and soon it was noon. Mother Yang looked outside and stood up: "It's time to cook. Your father should be back from work soon."
Yang Yulan responded, asked Baoya and Tianen to stay in the main room, and went to the kitchen to cook with Yang's mother.
Wang Mengjiao sat there motionless, cracking a pile of melon seeds and peanut shells by the table.
Logically, Wang Mengjiao should also be working in the fields at this time. And Yang's mother, though a bit older, was also out earning work points, as was most people her age.
However, it would be understandable if Yang's mother did not go, but it would be somewhat strange if a young daughter-in-law like Wang Mengjiao did not work.
But Yang Yulan didn't find it strange, or rather, no one in the entire production team found it strange either.
Wang Mengjiao always went when she felt like going and didn't go when she felt like not going. She had the capital to do so because her father was the leader of the production team.
Normally, when she had some free time, she would go to the fields to do some work and earn work points. Today, she felt too hot to go to work, so she simply didn't go. Even if she didn't go, the work points would still be recorded, just a matter of how much.
In addition, Yang Yulan's younger brother Yang Yugui, with the help of his father-in-law, found him a regular job, and he received a salary every month, so naturally he would not be worried.
It doesn’t matter whether you get any work points or not.
Only Yang Guozhong couldn't stay idle at home, and went to the fields to do some work every day to earn work points.
Baoya and Tianen felt particularly uncomfortable staying in the same room with Wang Mengjiao. When Tianen came before, he had heard Wang Mengjiao speak and felt that she was a bit fierce, so he was a little afraid of her.
Both of them wanted to go to the kitchen to find Yang Yulan, but they also knew that they were guests in someone else's house and couldn't act like they were at home. Although the seats were not very comfortable, they still didn't run around. They sat on the stools honestly, their two little hands on their knees, sitting straight.
Fortunately, Wang Mengjiao went out after a while. Baoya and Tianen both breathed a sigh of relief. They looked at each other and couldn't help but smile after seeing each other's expressions.
The atmosphere suddenly became a lot more relaxed.
"Little.....Little Bao sister.....Have you.....have you visited relatives before?"
Baoya blinked, not quite understanding what visiting relatives meant.
"It means from... from our home to... to someone else's home. It's called... visiting relatives." Seeing that Baoya didn't quite understand, Song Tianen explained it to her.
Now Baoya understood. She tilted her head and thought about it. It seemed that she had never visited her relatives before, or maybe she had but she didn't remember it.
She thought again of the last time Chen Fengxia sold her to Zhang Hongli, and she felt confused again. Was that considered visiting relatives?
Baoya tilted her head, unable to figure it out, and shook her head at Song Tianen with a frown.
"I...I've walked here several times...and I've come here...so...from now on, let's come together...to visit relatives."
Baoya nodded her little head heavily, then smiled happily.
After a while, Yang Guozhong came back from work. He washed his face with water from the well and then went to the main room. Then, he saw Baoya and Tianen inside.
He didn't know Baoya, but he recognized Song Tianen and immediately laughed: "Tianen is here? Do you miss grandpa?"
Tian En felt a little embarrassed by the question and called out, "Grandpa."
"Where is your mother?" Yang Guozhong went over, picked up Song Tianen, lifted him up, and then put him on the ground.
"I haven't been here for the past two months. I've grown a little taller and heavier."
"Mom...Mom is in the kitchen with grandma...grandma, cooking."
Song Tianen answered honestly. When Yang Guo said that he had grown taller and heavier, he was very happy. He also thought about the food he had eaten recently. They were all good things that he could only eat rarely before. He was always full every time.
So let him grow taller.
Yang Guozhong looked at Baoya again and asked Tianen, "Who is this?"
"It's Xiaobao's sister...sister!" Song Tianen looked at Baoya and couldn't help laughing.
Baoya was a little bit scared when she saw Yang Guozhong, but now she was no longer afraid and slowly started to laugh along with Song Tianen.
Yang Guozhong looked at the two children, smiled, and picked up Baoya. He asked again, "Is your sister Xiaobao called Xiaobao?"
Song Tianen thought for a moment and shook his head: "My name is Bao...Baoya, and my full name is Song...Song Yunlai."
"Baoya, Song Yunlai, Yunlai, Yunlai, these are good names."
Song Tianen boasted happily: "My...my father gave it to me."
After hearing what Tian'en said, Yang Guozhong realized that he didn't see Song Jianye, so he asked, "You are the only ones here? Why didn't your father come?"
This place is indeed a bit far from the Hongqi Production Brigade, and news cannot be transmitted between the two sides, so the Yang family does not know that Song Jianye broke his leg.
Hearing the question, Song Tianen's mood immediately became depressed, and he whispered back: "Dad... Dad's leg was broken, and he can't... come over."
Yang Guozhong frowned instantly: "Broken leg?"
Tianen nodded slowly.
Yang Guozhong was speechless for a long time, and his good mood just now was gone.
He was quite optimistic about Song Jianye and felt that his daughter had not married the wrong person. Although the family was a little poor and life was not easy, the son-in-law was still a good person. He always thought that Song Jianye would definitely have a bright future.
But now that he has broken his leg, he can't go to work. His daughter has to take care of the child and him at the same time. It's so tiring just thinking about it.
He sighed in his heart, feeling that their Song family was indeed unlucky.
Soon lunch was ready and the whole family sat in the main room.
Yang Guozhong and his mother sat in the main seats, Wang Mengjiao sat in the west, Yang Yulan sat in the east, Baoya and Tianen sat in the south.
The Yang family had three children: the eldest sister, Yang Yuzhi; the second sister, Yang Yulan; and the youngest brother, Yang Yugui. Yang Yugui and Wang Mengjiao had been married for only two years and had no children yet.
Usually Yang Yugui works outside, so only Yang Guozhong, his mother, and Wang Mengjiao are at home.
Every day, there were only three people eating at the table, which was a bit lonely. Today, Yang Yulan brought Baoya and Tianen with her, so the table was finally fuller.
At noon, Yang's mother cooked three dishes: a plate of scrambled eggs with tomatoes, a plate of fried shredded potatoes, and a plate of fish sauce.
Eggplant. There were several white flour buns in the steamed bun basket next to them, and each person had a bowl of porridge in front of them.
"Eat quickly, the food will get cold soon." Mother Yang called out, and then used chopsticks to pick up two pieces of food for Baoya and Tianen respectively.
"Thank you, grandma... grandma..."
"Why thank you grandma? Let's eat quickly and see if the dish she cooked is delicious." Mother Yang couldn't stop smiling when she looked at Tian'en and Baoya.
She loves children whenever she sees one, especially her own grandson. At her age, everyone has many grandchildren, but her wife has been married for two years and still hasn't gotten pregnant.
She was anxious, thinking day and night about having a grandson soon. But no matter how hard she tried, she just couldn't get pregnant.
Moreover, there was no point in her being anxious about this matter. In addition, Wang Mengjiao's father was the team leader, so she didn't dare to push too hard.
That’s right, now when I see Tian’en and Baoya, my heart is so soft that I wish I could let them stay at my home for ten days or half a month.
But she was just thinking about it, and Yang Yulan would definitely not agree even if she told her. Sigh, Yang's mother couldn't help but sigh in her heart.
Wang Mengjiao, who was standing next to her, couldn't help but feel angry when she saw how affectionate Yang's mother was with the child. Of course, she also wanted to get pregnant, but she just couldn't. What else could she do? She picked up two chopsticks of food and put them into her mouth, chewing hard and letting out a sigh of relief.
"I just heard Tianen say that Jianye broke his leg? What happened?" Yang Guozhong asked while eating.
Yang Yulan pursed her lips and said, "Yeah, I fell into a ditch a while ago."
"Is it serious? What's the situation now?" Yang's mother asked worriedly.
"I'm still recuperating now, but I should be almost fully recovered in a while."
Mother Yang nodded and felt relieved.
"What's wrong with this girl?" Yang Guozhong asked Baoya who was eating quietly.
Yang Yulan simply recounted the story, not saying that Baoya was sold by her biological mother. She only said that they adopted her because she ran away and couldn't find her parents.
"Your mother-in-law is a kind-hearted person," said Yang's mother.
Yang Yulan smiled and nodded.
.......
The meal was quickly over. Yang Guozhong played with Tianen and Baoya for a while before going back to work. Wang Mengjiao had nothing to do, so she sat in the main room, fanning herself and eating melon seeds.
Yang Yulan and her mother stayed in the room, talking in private.
"You tell my mother
"Tell me the truth, what's going on with that girl?" In the room, Yang's mother asked, holding Yang Yulan's hand.
Yang Yulan smiled and said, "Mom, I'm telling the truth."
"Really? You didn't lie to me?" Mother Yang still didn't quite believe it.
"real."
Mother Yang finally felt relieved: "When did this happen? Anyway, you should take care of it yourself and don't make your mother-in-law unhappy later."
"It happened just a few days ago. Okay, don't worry, it won't happen."
"Um."
After Yang's mother spoke to Yang Yulan for a few more words, she suddenly remembered, "Then you probably don't have any clothes for this girl, do you?"
Yang Yulan shook her head. "I came back this time to see if there's any cloth left at home from my eldest sister. I want to take some home and make her a couple of sets of clothes."
Yang Yulan's elder sister, Yang Yuzhi, married into a family in the town two years earlier than her. Later, her husband's family bought her a job and sent her to a textile factory as a formal worker, receiving a monthly salary.
Because they work in a textile factory, when there are some defective cloths, the people in the textile factory can buy a lot of them at a low price.
Her eldest sister would often buy some and send it back to her parents' home. She would always bring back quite a bit. So when Yang Yulan needed cloth to make clothes for Baoya, she decided to go back to her parents' home. While it would have been more direct to contact Yang Yuzhi, she worked at the factory, so it was difficult for her to go there.
It's a good opportunity to go back to my parents' home to see if there is any extra cloth.
"Okay, your eldest sister gave us a lot of cloth at home. You can take some back and make a few pieces for the two children."
Yang Yulan smiled softly: "Thank you, mother."
We chatted until three or four in the afternoon, and seeing that it was getting late, Yang Yulan said she had to leave. The main reason was that the place was far away, and if she didn't get home soon, it would be dark.
Mother Yang was still a little reluctant to let her go, and couldn't help but keep her: "Why don't you leave tomorrow and stay here for a day."
Yang Yulan felt a little reluctant, but she looked at Baoya and Tianen, shook her head and refused: "Mom, I'll bring them next time."
Yang's mother also knew that Song Jianye needed someone to take care of him, so she didn't stay any longer. She went to the side room where things were stored and found some cloth, and asked Yang Yulan to take it with her.
"Pick out which ones would look good on them."
Wang Mengjiao was eating and watching, but she didn't say anything this time. After all, she was always short-sighted.
There is not a small amount of cloth, so giving some won’t make a difference.
Yang Yulan picked out some suitable cloth for Baoya and Tianen, and estimated that it would be enough to make four or five sets.
Seeing that it was getting later, Yang Yulan took Baoya and Tianen back home.
"Grandma...Auntie, bye...bye."
Baoya also waved like him, and the family of three walked home.
.......
It took more than two hours to get home. Yang Yulan quickly got a basin of hot water for them to soak their feet.
Song Jianye put down his work and asked her, "Did your sister-in-law not say anything unpleasant this time?"
Yang Yulan thought of what she heard at the door, curled the corners of her lips and smiled softly: "No."
She looked at the cloth on the table and felt relieved. Although she heard some unpleasant words, Baoya's clothes were finally found, so she was no longer unhappy.
"That's good."
After all, they had walked such a long way, and Baoya and Tianen felt very sleepy just after dinner. Yang Yulan got them some water to take a bath.
"You can go to bed after you finish washing." Yang Yulan felt a little distressed when she saw Baoya was so sleepy that she could hardly open her eyes. She started to take off her clothes and asked her to finish washing and go to bed early.
At this time, Baoya suddenly remembered something, and then carefully took out the apricot from his pocket and handed it to Yang Yulan.
Yang Yulan's heart softened instantly, and she touched her head: "Mom doesn't want to eat, so you eat it."
Baoya shook her head but still held out her hand. Yang Yulan had no choice but to take it, her eyes and eyebrows soft as she gently touched her little face.
After taking a shower and getting into bed, Baoya and Tianen fell asleep as soon as they touched the pillow. Yang Yulan was worried that their feet would hurt the next day, so she gently massaged them for a long time before taking a shower and getting into bed.
It was getting darker outside, and suddenly, there were several knocks on the door.
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