Cui Mei traveled from 2000. Back then, medical care was much more affordable for ordinary people. Even when it came to medicine and injections, the costs weren't exorbitant.
Unlike the medical care of ten or twenty years from now, where even a private clinic can rip you off.
She prepared packets of pills in her medical space and took them out. By the time she got home, it was already evening, and the timing was perfect.
Although Cui Mei still had gauze on her head, which looked a bit creepy, if she didn't care, it wouldn't hurt her to look at her a few more times. Let them look!
The villagers now know that this is Cuihua's fifth son, whom she just found. They are not familiar with her, but they are curious, and some are enthusiastic and eager to talk to her.
"Cuimei, where have you come from? Is your face better? When will you take off the bandages? Will it leave a scar?"
Cui Mei lived in a modern city in her previous life and had never been to the countryside. However, her parents' generation was the first generation of educated youth sent to the countryside in the 1960s. From their stories, she learned a little about people from that era.
Kind and simple, down-to-earth and hardworking, gossipy and stingy—there are all kinds of people, but if you're talking about really bad people, there are, but they're not many.
The person in front of her was just curious about her. He was a bit talkative, but she didn't need to give him the cold shoulder. After all, she would still have to live in this village in the future, so she spoke politely.
"Auntie, look, I don't even know what to call you (in the village, everyone is senior to their family). My face isn't fully healed yet. I went for a walk by the river and will go back to get my dressing changed after the New Year. If it's almost healed, you can take the bandage off. Happy New Year to you!"
Cui Mei greeted them and hurried home, so as not to linger any longer and attract unwanted attention.
When she got home, her neighbor was watering the flowers in the vegetable garden in front of the door, and Cui Mei greeted her.
“Cuimei, you should go home quickly. Your grandma is making a scene at your house. She brought your cousins, saying they came to wish you a Happy New Year, but actually they came to embarrass your sister for not wishing her a Happy New Year on the first day of the Lunar New Year! That old lady, she never gives me a moment's peace.”
Cui Mei is most impatient with dealing with these trivial family matters, especially when she encounters awful relatives, which only makes things more unbearable.
After thanking them, I pushed open the wooden door to the house and heard the old lady's sharp and sarcastic voice, filled with dissatisfaction and complaints.
"Speaking of which, you are the eldest daughter of your third branch of the family, how can you be so insensible? Don't you know what day it is today?"
What, you've cut ties with your dad, so you're cutting ties with me too?
"It's the Lunar New Year, and you didn't even come to see me? You're just hiding at home, eating and drinking like a king? What do you take me for?"
“That’s right, Cuihua, I’m not trying to criticize you, but your father can’t take care of you now because he has a son. You can’t blame him for that, can you?”
After all these years of waiting, your mother only gave birth to daughters in the ten years or so she was married to him, unable to produce a son. But the man he married later gave birth to a son in one birth.
There's no use in being jealous. It's not worth cutting ties with them over this.
In the end, he is still your father, your biological father.
We all know you don't look at your father because your stepmother is there.
What about your grandparents? They don't usually visit each other, not even during the Lunar New Year? Is that reasonable?
Cuihua glanced at the eldest sister-in-law, gave a cold laugh, and didn't bother to speak. Since she didn't say anything, the other sisters also kept quiet.
"Of course that's outrageous. It's the New Year, and you don't come to pay your respects, so why can't we come?"
As a result, as soon as we walked in, you heard the commotion and quickly packed away everything that needed to be put away.
Even the doors and cabinets are locked, right? What do you mean by this? Are you trying to keep thieves away?
Are we thieves? We are your elders, and this is how you treat us?
No wonder you have such a bad reputation; it's all your own fault. It's no wonder you can't get married!
After the eldest aunt finished speaking, the second aunt also put her hands on her hips and glared at the sisters like a shrew.
Even Maiya, who had just returned home and couldn't hear what was being said, rolled her eyes at the sight of her.
"Who are you? We're a family having a conversation here, what are you doing getting involved? Who are you rolling your eyes at? Get out of here!"
Aunt Si was listening intently when she suddenly caught a glimpse of Maiya's micro-expression and immediately became displeased. She rolled up her sleeves and was about to grab Maiya.
But Cuiju, who kept her head down and didn't say a word, blocked her way. If she went left, Cuiju would block her left; if she went right, Cuiju would block her right.
Anyway, I'm just not going to let you pass.
"Get out of my way!"
Fourth Aunt reached out and pushed, causing Cuiju to stumble. Maiya saw that her sister had been wronged, and it was obvious that the shove was directed at her.
He immediately stood up, strode forward, and gave her a hard push, sending the so-called Fourth Aunt sprawling to the ground.
The force was so great that the person sitting on the ground instantly contorted in pain, their usually harsh face contorting.
This scene immediately shocked everyone. The old lady pointed at Maiya, about to slap her, but froze when she saw her face clearly.
Cuiju protectively pulled Maiya behind her, blocking the old lady's view.
"Are you guys ever going to stop? You can't even let people have a moment's peace during the New Year. We've already severed ties, what's the point of us keeping in touch?"
"Exactly, I don't know who said that even if they were begging for food, they wouldn't drink a drop of water from my house. What, it's only been a few days, and they're already trying to find ways to cause trouble?"
"They're not here to cause trouble, they're clearly here to rob us, to see if there's anything in our house they can take."
During the Lunar New Year, who doesn't prepare some New Year's goods?
People who are used to taking advantage of others will never shake off their shifty, sneaky-looking characteristics, no matter where they go.
They have the nerve to say they're wishing us a Happy New Year? Who goes to offer New Year's greetings empty-handed?
Who comes to visit someone's family for New Year's greetings and then asks for their business?
"And you so-called cousins, where are your eyes looking?"
If we hadn't locked all the doors and cabinets, were you planning to just start doing it yourselves?
What, you can't get enough to eat at home, so you come to our house looking for food?
Oh dear, I'm so sorry, I never ate a single meal from your family when I was a child, and I certainly won't take advantage of your family now that I'm grown up.
"Of course, from now on, you can forget about taking advantage of my family."
"That's right, as well as grandpa and grandma, eldest uncle and aunt, second uncle and second aunt, fourth uncle and fourth aunt, um?"
Grandma, don't you feel guilty? If it weren't for you, would my sisters be living on the streets?
If it weren't for you, would my family be in this state now?
It's all because of you, it's all because of you. Without you, our family would be doing just fine!
Now your family has instigated my father to sell my mother, and then used the money to marry a new wife for my father.
If you had any shame at all, you wouldn't have come begging to my door like that. Tsk, you're utterly shameless!
Enraged, Cuihua flung open the courtyard gate and stood there, launching into a tirade of insults at the greedy relatives who had come to beg for money.
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