Chapter 104: Touching People’s Hearts

It was a new day. Zhu Lantou was so tired that she slept very well in the first half of the night. She was a little full in the second half of the night, but her arms were sore and uncomfortable, so she basically did not sleep in the second half of the night.

Zhou Shuren's situation was the same as Zhulan's. The two of them rubbed each other's arms in the late night.

Because her son-in-law was at home, Zhulan couldn't sleep in any longer. She felt uncomfortable in her arms when she got up and put on her clothes. She said as she folded the quilt, "I can't work today."

Zhou Shuren, "I can't write today either."

Zhulan was happy, because she felt mentally balanced having someone to accompany her.

After eating meat all day yesterday, Zhulan wanted to eat something light. She wanted to eat Cuicui’s cucumber, but unfortunately there were no out-of-season vegetables in ancient north, the only thing was green cabbage.

In the morning, Zhulan asked Li to steam egg custard and make cabbage soup, and the staple food was steamed buns with radish and meat scraps.

Zhulan had just lit the fire when Xuemei came to the kitchen. She said, "Mom, what are you going to do this morning? I'll help my sister-in-law."

In Zhulan's memory, the eldest daughter could cook, but her cooking skills were not that good. She was used to Li's cooking and didn't want to torture herself. "I made dumplings in the morning. Help your sister-in-law make dumplings later!"

Xuemei had already seen the eggs and meat scraps, and didn't foolishly say it was too extravagant. Seeing her sister-in-law's usual expression, she knew that her family had always eaten like this. No wonder her sister-in-law became generous. "Yeah."

Zhulan helped to light the fire. Her arms were sore and she couldn't help with other things, but she didn't feel cold in front of the fire. She did a good job of lighting the fire. After the daughter washed her hands, Zhulan asked, "The two children have changed places to sleep. Did they make a fuss last night?"

Xuemei thought of the two children, her face softened, "There was no noise at night, the house was warm, the two children ate porridge and fell asleep soon after, and they haven't woken up yet!"

At my husband's house, their house has never been heated, even though most of the firewood was collected by their family and they only burned a minimum of firewood every day, otherwise the sisters-in-law would make a fuss. My mother's house is still better, where I can sleep warmly and eat well. My son kept asking if I could always live at my grandmother's house, but unfortunately I couldn't.

Zhulan felt sorry for the two skinny children. "Don't help them yet. Go back and light up the fire wall in the house, so that the children won't get cold when they wake up."

Xuemei smiled and said, "I just got up and my elder brother brought the firewood to the door. Jiang Sheng has already lit it."

Zhulan was satisfied with her eldest son's performance. This was the eldest son of an elder brother. "Your elder brother is getting more and more thorough in doing things now."

Xuemei nodded. She was surprised. In the past, when she went back to her parents' home during the Spring Festival, her elder brother never cared about these little things. Her elder brother has really changed a lot. He is very tactful when meeting people and seeing them off. He is not like before at all, not good at speaking and not knowing how to talk.

And it wasn't just the eldest brother who changed. Several brothers had changed to varying degrees. However, the people who had changed the most in the family were the parents. After thinking it over, she still couldn't figure it out and accepted the eldest sister-in-law's reason. Because of her mother's illness, she had an understanding of life and death. Her mother changed first after she recovered. Her father, who cared about her the most, also changed, and then it affected her brothers.

Breakfast was ready, and Zhulan was occupied by her grandson. Jiang Ducong knew that his grandmother treated him best, "Grandma, give Xiaodu's egg custard to you."

Zhulan felt sad. The little kid knew how to please others. "Everyone has a share. This bowl is for you. Xiaodu, eat it quickly!"

Jiang Du saw his aunt-in-law bringing in a few more bowls and believed his grandmother's words, "Yes, thank you, grandma."

Xuemei felt upset. How old was her son and he already knew how to read people's faces? She felt even more resentful towards her parents-in-law, the Jiang family. She lowered her head to hide her emotions and carefully fed her daughter the egg custard. "Don't be impatient. It's a little hot. Eat slowly."

Zhulan saw her granddaughter take a bite and knew it was delicious. She was eager to try it. She felt even more sorry for the eldest daughter and thought about making more delicious food to nourish her.

Li is a person who is not good at talking. She says whatever she wants. "Look at how pitiful the child is."

Zhulan, "........"

It's enough to just know it in your heart, but why do you say it out loud? Isn't it heartbreaking? It's so annoying!