Chapter 13, Going Home
Aunt Meilian is here to teach Meixue her experience. These are experiences she gained at the cost of her life, and she might not tell them to others.
Fortunately, she is my niece.
"There are not only people from our He family in the village. This village is called Hejia Village, yes, but there are other big families in the village. The population is large and diverse. If you don't stand up for yourself, you can't always ask Auntie San to stand up for you. She is not young anymore."
Speaking of her third aunt, Aunt Meilian looked distressed again, "Your grandma had a hard time too. Although I don't know what happened when she was young, I married you when Brother Zhengfeng and his family left. The days that followed were difficult. If it weren't for your grandma's strong character, I'm afraid your family would have been extinct."
When talking about some past events, Aunt Meilian felt a little scared.
Mei Xue could also imagine how difficult it was for a woman with a grandson to gain a foothold in the village.
In addition, all the men in the family have died, so life becomes even more difficult and bitter.
Life is not easy for grandma, Mei Xue made up her mind to treat her as her own grandma in the future.
"I know. I will be filial to grandma and stand on my own feet. I also know that grandma made everyone arrange a lot of things for me to marry her. Aunt Meilian, don't worry. I will never let grandma get angry again in the future."
Mei Xue thought of the original owner's life experience and was afraid that everyone was cursing her grandmother behind her back.
Thinking of the few words that the original owner had heard, Mei Xue thought of many things. She certainly knew how hard it was when she was working hard alone.
Now it’s just a different era and a new person, and they are not as capable as I am. You can imagine the difficulties and obstacles involved.
"It's good that you think so. Your grandmother usually doesn't want to spend money on food or clothes, but she is very willing to spend money on your marriage with Zhengze. You know that no one in the village would give so much as a dowry. A hundred yuan is the most."
Aunt Meilian told Meixue how difficult it was for Grandma He to come.
"Your parents' funeral and the banquet all cost money. Even if there aren't many dishes, there must be a solid dish in it. Meat is not cheap nowadays."
Mei Xue recalled the original owner's burial of her parents, but she couldn't remember the food on her table.
"And the eggs I gave you were your grandmother's daily living expenses. She used those eggs to exchange for salt and other things. The vegetables were planted last year. Because of you coming into the family, all the money of the two of you was lost."
Only family members knew about these things. How could outsiders know about them? Listening to Aunt Meilian talking about these things, Mei Xue's nose felt sore.
"Aunt Meilian, please stop talking. I understand. I understand. I hear about the eggs and sugar water every day. I know that they are all saved for me by grandma."
Mei Xue was really sad. She knew her grandmother was very good to her, but she never thought it would come to this. She also didn't know what kind of grudge had made her pay so much.
Grandma always told me that she was rich, but in fact, where did she get the money?
Aunt Meilian saw Meixue crying, and she felt a little regretful. "Auntie is not careful with her words, so don't cry. Just keep it in your heart. I'm not saying this to tell you how to repay this kindness, but just to let you know how much your grandma has sacrificed for you."
Deep down, I just wanted my third aunt to have a better life and not suffer so much.
"Yeah, I understand. I understand everything. Thank you, Aunt Meilian. If you have something to say in the future, just tell me. I will not take a nap." Mei Xue did her best to repay the favor.
"We are all family. I asked you to help, but you didn't help? Well, let's not talk about this anymore. Stop crying. Don't let my Third Aunt see you when you go back, or she will punish me."
Along the way, Aunt Meilian teased Meixue.
It was already past twelve o'clock when I returned to the village, and the smell of rice wafted from every household.
Mei Xue's stomach started to growl.
"Go home quickly. I'm afraid Third Aunt is waiting anxiously." After taking the basket off the carriage, Aunt Meilian urged Meixue.
Mei Xue felt a little embarrassed and said, "It's okay. I'll wait for Aunt Meilian to go up together." Their home was still a long way from home, and it was a stone-paved mountain road, but it wasn't difficult to walk on.
It just rained heavily this morning and the stones were a bit slippery.
It’s better to wait for Aunt Meilian. No matter how hungry you are, you won’t waste this little time.
I guess grandma has already prepared the meal, so I won’t be hungry for long if I go back and eat the ready-made food.
Aunt Meilian smiled and said nothing more. She picked up the load and went up with Meixue.
The travel fare was not expensive, only 20 cents. For such a long distance, 20 cents plus the burden was not expensive. We were all from the same village, and we were just going along the way.
Of course, if you don’t bring anything, everyone would rather go by themselves and save as much as possible.
When Mei Xue said goodbye to Aunt Mei Lian, she saw someone walking towards her not far away, and her eyes lit up.
"grandmother."
That person was none other than Grandma He who had been waiting at home. It was raining so heavily in the morning. If she wasn't old, she really didn't want to let Xiaoxue go out alone.
But there's nothing I can do. If this old body is exposed to the rain all morning and the shaking from riding the car back and forth, I'm afraid I'll fall down.
But the vegetables at home couldn't be wasted, so Xiaoxue had to go with Meilian to sell the vegetables.
She became anxious when she saw no cars coming back by noon.
But there’s no point in being anxious. I can only prepare lunch first. Otherwise, what if Xiaoxue comes back hungry?
In order to find something to do and stop thinking about all that, Grandma He made a very sumptuous lunch.
Just wait for Xiaoxue to come back and eat.
But when the food was almost cold, there was still no sign of her. A car did come back, but Xiaoxue was not in it, so she ran back home to heat up the food.
Just when I was getting anxious, I heard Meilian's voice, and she hurried out.
"Hey, Xiaoxue, you're back. Are you tired? You must be hungry. Grandma has prepared dinner. Let's go home and eat." Grandma He quickened her pace and walked towards Xiaoxue.
Xiaoxue had been missing her grandmother for a long time after hearing Aunt Meilian's teachings along the way. When they met, Xiaoxue no longer cared about Aunt Meilian who had not left, and hurried to her grandmother.
"Hey, grandma is hungry." She did not hand over the burden on her shoulders to her grandma because there were many things in them and they were heavy.
"Go back and eat if you're hungry." After saying that, Grandma He looked at Meilian who was just entering the house, "Meilian, I'm sorry to bother you. Xiaoxue has caused you trouble along the way."
"Aunt San, it sounds like we are not a family. Xiaoxue should at least call me aunt, right?" Aunt Meilian replied with a smile.
Grandma He knew that she was a good person and also knew that she was kind, so she dared to entrust Xiaoxue to her. "Okay, go back soon. You're tired all morning. Go back and have dinner. Lixia is still waiting at home."
"Hey, I'll be right back. I'll be right back."
(End of this chapter)
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