Chapter 178 Payback

Jiang Cuihua grumbled, "I ate it."

Like Gu Yanyan, she came after dinner.

Gu Cheng didn't eat, he said he wanted to come back to eat.

Liu Yinyin carried Gu Yanyan in her arms and walked in: "Mom, just eat something else. I cooked a lot of food tonight. If you don't finish it, it will go bad tomorrow."

Not sure whether the Liu family would eat here, Liu Yinyin prepared some extra food in the evening.

Braised pork with green beans, scrambled eggs with tomatoes, garlic-fried spinach, loofah and egg soup, and a casserole of chilled mung bean soup.

The staple food is corn steamed buns.

When she came back from the steel plant in the afternoon, Liu Yinyin smuggled another pound of lettuce and a few loofahs out of the system.

When Jiang Cuihua saw the food on the table, she, like Liu Laifu, muttered that it was too luxurious.

In the city, even eating green onions costs money, and now there is a famine and prices are rising ridiculously.

The meal was so sumptuous, it must have cost a lot of money.

However, she didn't say anything to his face, and her son-in-law is still there.

Liu Yinyin picked up a few eggs and gave them to Gu Yanyan to eat.

Jiang Cuihua scooped a bowl of mung bean soup to feed her grandson. She looked up and saw Liu Laifu eating his meal. She told Liu Yinyin, "I brought 50 kilograms of cornmeal. It's food for me and your father. We won't stay here for long. After two or three days, when your father is feeling better, I'll take him back."

After all, the girl is married, so it's not appropriate for her to care too much about her parents' home.

Knowing that the young lady's family had good food and they didn't have much white flour at home, I could only bring some more cornmeal.

The old couple can't eat 50 kilograms of food in two or three days.

Liu Yinyin said, "Just stay here for a while. This much food is enough for you to eat for ten days or half a month."

The disease is gone quickly, and Liu Laifu is getting older, so he must take good care of himself for a period of time, otherwise it will be easy for the root of the disease to remain.

Moreover, fifty kilograms of cornmeal would be enough for the whole family to eat for ten days, not to mention the old couple, even if it was kept in Liu's house.

Of course, during famine, they would not eat the food dry, but would mix it with wild vegetables or tree leaves and bark.

Jiang Cuihua waved her hands and said, "You can use the extra food to exchange for some meat or vegetables."

The lady's family always eats meat. Meat is so expensive nowadays. How can they not bring some food with them? They can't just eat and drink for free here.

Besides, the medicine my husband takes was bought by my young lady.

Liu Yinyin: “…”

Thinking that she couldn't persuade Jiang Cuihua, Liu Yinyin didn't waste any more words and said that she would give the food back to Jiang Cuihua later.

Even in the hot summer, there is no need to put a quilt on the bed.

The wooden bed in the main room is quite big, and the old couple can easily sleep on it.

It’s just that there are a lot of mosquitoes in the summer, and it was winter when Brother Liu lived there, so there was no need to worry about this problem.

But it’s no use now, fortunately there is a mosquito net in the cupboard.

At night, Liu Yinyin helped Jiang Cuihua set up the mosquito net.

She also left a box of medicine for her, and she had to get up at night to help Liu Laifu take the medicine. With Jiang Cuihua around, Liu Yinyin didn't have to worry about this.

"Mom, the medicine and water are on the table. If you get up at night, turn off the light." Liu Yinyin instructed.

Jiang Cuihua sighed and said curiously, "This thing is really useful and bright. Only city people know how to enjoy it."

Living in the countryside, you can only use oil lamps, which cost money. Some people are reluctant to use them, so they have to live in darkness at night.

When installing the light, Liu Yinyin specially selected a high-wattage bulb. Once the light was turned on, the room was as bright as day.

Liu Yinyin smiled and said, "The city is good. You can stay here for a few more days. Anyway, you don't have to go to work in the village now. My brothers and sisters-in-law will do the housework."

All the crops have died of drought, and it is impossible to produce food even if we work in the fields.

The villagers went to the fields to earn work points in order to earn food, but now... they just don't have to work.

Liu Chang gave up everything and let the villagers do as they please. If they didn't want to work, they could go to the mountains to find food.

Jiang Cuihua still said the same thing: "Two or three days is enough. When your father gets better, we will go back. How can we, as parents, stay at your daughter's house forever? Your father and I have a son.

If you live here for too long, the villagers will gossip about you, and besides...”

Jiang Cuihua lowered her voice and said, "You still have your parents-in-law. If they knew, they would definitely make trouble for you."

The house allocated to their son had not been lived in by them for a single day, but their father-in-law and his family had moved in first. How could they not have some thoughts?

It would be bad if he also made trouble and came to live in the county town.

Liu Yinyin said angrily: "...not really."

The Gu family was well off, and they had a brick and tile house, which was much more spacious than the houses in the county town. Gu's father and mother probably wouldn't think of coming to the county town and sleeping in the main room.

"Who knows?" Jiang Cuihua thought for a moment and said, if nothing else, just for the sake of the food of the lady's family, anyone would be willing to come.

Jiang Cuihua didn't want to cause trouble for her daughter: "Besides, there are still a lot of things to do at home, and you have several nephews and nieces to take care of. If I don't go back, your sisters-in-law will be too busy to handle it."

She was mainly afraid that her daughters-in-law would have conflicts over household matters.

Liu Yinyin suddenly thought of something and asked her, "By the way, Mom, what should we do with the chickens and pigs at home?"

She had originally thought of taking some time off to go back and ask Jiang Cuihua to help look after the chickens and rabbits at home...

But now that Jiang Cuihua has come to the county town, she doesn’t know how to arrange the housework. The vegetable garden in the yard needs to be watered every day.

Jiang Cuihua had thought of all this a long time ago. She said, "I originally wanted your third brother to help you take care of the household affairs, but your third sister-in-law said she was busy enough, so she took over the job."

The third son has a good relationship with his wife, and is also close to his sister-in-law's family, so Jiang Cuihua was happy to see them.

"Then I must thank my third sister-in-law later." Liu Yinyin said.

Huang Xiaoyue really had nothing to say to her, even though the two of them helped each other most of the time.

"What's there to thank me for? You help out at home all the time." Jiang Cuihua said indifferently.

The two talked for a while, and it was getting late, so Liu Yinyin helped Jiang Cuihua pack up and wanted to go to bed.

Suddenly, Jiang Cuihua stuffed something into her hand.

Liu Yinyin opened her hands and saw Jiang Cuihua stuffing a wad of money into her hands.

These are all small change, ranging from ten cents, twenty cents, fifty cents, and even a few cents.

Liu Yinyin: “…”

Jiang Cuihua explained, "I heard from your eldest brother that you paid for your father's hospitalization yesterday. I have to pay you back. Your brothers are still here, so you don't have to pay for it."

Liu Yinyin blushed and said, "Mom, we are all family, why should we be so divided?"

Jiang Cuihua waved her hand and said, "Alright, let's put things aside. Your father and I won't need you to fulfill your filial duty until we are too old to move."