The Lantern Festival has passed, so the New Year celebrations are officially over.
As the weather gets warmer day by day, the villagers have started carrying their hoes and going to the fields again.
"Sister-in-law, let's go dig for wild vegetables! The wild vegetables in the fields are so fresh and tender right now." Gu Yanliu said excitedly, picking up a hoe and basket and getting ready to go out.
"Okay, let's go."
Su Nianxue didn't hesitate any longer. After being cooped up at home for so long, she was eager to go out and breathe some fresh air.
"Looking for wild vegetables?" Grandma Er straightened up and called out to them with a smile when she saw them from afar.
“Yes, Second Grandma, weeding! Your wheat seedlings are growing so well, this year will surely be another bumper harvest,” Su Nianxue replied.
"We'll just barely survive," said the second grandmother modestly, but her face was beaming with smiles, clearly indicating her confidence in this year's harvest.
"Second Grandma, you're busy, we'll be going now." Su Nianxue showed great respect to this elderly woman.
When Gu Yansong got into trouble, she didn't hesitate and took her third son to the Liu family with the old man.
She also put in a lot of effort in this matter.
"Go on, go on, at this time of year, shepherd's purse, dandelion, and amaranth are at their fattest."
"We can dig some up and stir-fry them, or use them to make steamed buns or dumplings—they're all delicious." Grandma Er was clearly very experienced.
"Yes, I've been craving this too. We'll send you a few to try later when we've made them."
"That's great!" Second Grandma laughed heartily.
When Gu Yanliu arrived at the hillside and saw the tender green wild vegetables covering the entire mountain, she was as happy as a butterfly.
She dashed up the hillside, shouting, "Sister-in-law, come quick! There's so much shepherd's purse here!"
"Here you are."
The two of them dug up a whole basketful before they stopped.
I washed the shepherd's purse I dug up clean and used it to make a big pot of steamed buns and dumplings.
Gu Yanliu picked some up and put them in the basket, saying, "Sister-in-law, if you're hungry, eat some first. I'll take some to Grandpa and the others."
"Okay, and also Second Grandma, you should send a few to her to try too." Afraid that she might forget, Su Nianxue quickly reminded her.
"I remember." She picked up her basket and strode away.
The next day, Gu Yanliu went to town to deliver tofu as usual, and when he returned, he was carrying Yang Hongxing on his donkey cart.
As soon as Yang Hongxing saw her, she said directly, "I want to eat shepherd's purse dumplings."
Su Nianxue waved her hand and said, "Want to eat shepherd's purse? That's easy!"
We live in a village, and while we don't have much else, we have plenty of wild vegetables. What else is there to say? Let's go up the mountain and dig some.
And so, the three of them set off again, baskets in hand.
Gu Yanliu carefully followed them all the way. When they arrived at their destination, she took the hoe and basket and started digging.
They weren't allowed to do any work; they were just made to sit there chatting and sunbathing.
Yang Hongxing laughed, "Nianxue, you have no idea how envious I am of you. I also want a sister-in-law like that, she's so sweet!"
"No way, my Liu'er won't give it to anyone." Su Nianxue laughed heartily.
"Look at what you're saying, you won't give it to anyone?"
"Yanliu is already seventeen. In a few days, she'll be asking about her future husband. You won't be able to refuse her then," Yang Hongxing laughed.
"Sister-in-law Hongxing, what are you saying? I'm still young." Gu Yanliu blushed and pursed her lips shyly.
"Besides, I'm not getting married. I just want to stay with my brother and sister-in-law. I want to spend my whole life with them."
"Yes, our Yanliu is still young, why bring this up?"
I would never be willing to marry off my Yanliu so easily.
From now on, anyone who wants to marry my Yanliu will have to get past me and his brother first.
"Sister-in-law, why are you just like Sister Hongxing?" Gu Yanliu's face flushed even more, and she ran off with a hoe and a basket in hand.
Before leaving, he said, "You two can stay here; the sun is nice here."
I see the wild vegetables are growing better over there, so I'll dig a bit and come back in a bit.
The two of them understood perfectly well that she was just shy.
The spring sun is warm and pleasant, making people feel comfortable all over.
Yang Hongxing suddenly remembered something, "Nianxue, something happened to the Wang family. Now they're almost the laughing stock of the town."
"What happened? What's going on?" Su Nianxue immediately perked up when she heard the words "Old Wang's family".
Isn't this Su Jiaojiao's in-laws' house? Is she causing trouble again?
Yang Hongxing recounted what she knew in detail, "What else could it be? It's about money, of course."
Didn't Su Jiaojiao get sent to work at the brick factory by the Wang family a few days ago?
Well, it was payday again a few days ago.
Hu Guizhen, just like before, swaggered to the brick factory to collect her wages.
However, they were told that Su Jiaojiao had taken the wages herself.
Then, Hu Guizhen refused to accept it and forced Su Jiaojiao to return the money.
But your stepsister isn't someone to be trifled with. She claims she earned the money herself, so why should she hand it over?
That's right, that's Su Jiaojiao's style.
She's the kind of person who's always looking for a bargain and never feels satisfied. She'd never let the money she worked so hard to earn end up in someone else's pocket.
If this happened to someone else, she would sympathize with her.
But if this person were Su Jiaojiao, she really couldn't feel any sympathy for her. "And then?"
"Then, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law started arguing and then came to blows."
In a moment of carelessness, Hu Guizhen pushed Su Jiaojiao to the ground. Then… Su Jiaojiao screamed that her stomach hurt, and the neighbors all heard about it.
Su Nianxue sighed, subconsciously touching her lower abdomen. They were both around the same stage of pregnancy, quite far along, and this fall...
"When did this happen?"
"Just yesterday, I heard that when her husband took her to the hospital, her mother-in-law tried to stop him."
They said she was faking it, and that she wasn't allowed to leave the house unless she gave them the money.
After this incident, all the aunties, young wives, and other women in the town wentssip behind their backs, saying that the Wang family was heartless and had no morals.
Even if he was dissatisfied with his daughter-in-law, the child in her belly was, after all, his own grandchild!
The daughter-in-law is heavily pregnant; is she really not afraid of losing both her child and her life?
Besides, this is a new society now, and it's not acceptable to treat your daughter-in-law like this.
Tsk tsk, sending a pregnant daughter-in-law to work and earn money to support the family's expenses—that's a rather shrewd plan.
They used to say that their daughter-in-law couldn't stay idle and insisted on doing chores, but now their lies have been exposed!
That money is earned through hard work, why should it go into her pocket?
That's incredibly thick-skinned.
Why did they think the Wang family were kind people?
It seems I should stay away from that family from now on!
Let's talk about the hospital.
Su Jiaojiao lay on the bed, her face ashen, all her previous pride and arrogance gone.
"Jiaojiao, have something to eat." Wang Zhiguo said with a guilty look on his face, holding a bowl of rice with a few shredded pickled vegetables on top.
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