Chapter 16: Isn’t the melon melon melon melon melon very sweet?
Liu Qiaoyun found that after not seeing each other for such a long time, her daughter was particularly clingy to her as soon as they met.
The mother and daughter snuggled together on the edge of the bed, chatting about some old things, and began to discuss how to divide the peanuts.
Liu Qiaoyun: "I won't keep any of it. Your grandfather and uncle's family aren't well off, and they have a lot of children. So many peanuts would be very useful."
It can be eaten for a long time as a dish, and can be eaten slowly as a snack until the New Year. Of course, Liu Qiaoyun thinks it is best to sell it in the county town and exchange it for some meat.
Xiang Yao shook her head: "Mom still has to save some. She has been so busy lately, and it is very exhausting for her body. Mom eats a little every day to replenish herself and fill her stomach."
In this day and age, every family is short of oil and water, and peanuts are rich in oil and water, which are very good for nourishing the body.
Given Liu Qiaoyun's timid personality when she was in the Xiang family, she might not be able to feed herself now that she is living under someone else's roof.
Unlike her, now she has to fight with Zhang Juhua for meals every time...
Liu Qiaoyun was still a little hesitant, but Xiang Yao had already looked left and right and found a piece of tattered clothes.
"Mom, I've already brought your best clothes. This one is too worn, so don't wear it anymore." She said, spreading the clothes flat on the bed, "I'll give you some, you put them away."
Liu Qiaoyun nodded: "Okay, this one is a little torn, I'll keep it and use it to mend other clothes in the future!"
After grabbing about two-fifths of the peanuts, Xiang Yao gave up.
Just as she was about to give her mother a few more instructions, asking her to hide the item in the house and not take it out, she heard voices coming from the yard.
She quickly gathered the peanuts that had been divided out, tied her clothes tightly, and stuffed them under the quilt.
Just as I hid myself, the sound of people arrived at the well.
Xiang Yao walked out of the room and called out sweetly, "Grandma! Auntie!"
The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were just shaking water to wash their faces and feet. They heard the voices and smiled and greeted:
"Yaoyao, I thought you were in the main room. Why are you sitting in your mother's room? Come out quickly. The place is small and there is no place to stand. Go and rest in the main room!"
"Yes, I was still threshing when I heard someone say there were guests at home! So your grandmother and I left our work in the fields and hurried back. Your mother did the same. Why didn't you notify us when you came?"
Xiang Yao also smiled: "I came to see my mother. As soon as my mother saw me, she forgot everything."
Grandma Huang smiled so hard that the wrinkles on her face were squeezed together. She said quickly, "What's the rush? We've finally come all the way here. Your home is quite far from here. I think you should just stay here for one night and go back tomorrow!"
Xiang Yao was about to speak when she saw the smile on her aunt-in-law Liang Chunlian's face pause, and then the corners of her mouth slightly flattened.
Liang Chunlian rubbed the mud off her legs and said, "Mom, you too. Everyone is busy with the double harvest right now. The Xiang family must also have a lot of things to do. How can we stay that long?"
She turned her head again and smiled politely at Xiang Yao: "Yaoyao, don't you think so?"
She stared at Xiang Yao closely, fearing that she would not only have to eat two meals and stay overnight at the Liu family's house, but was even more afraid that she would be kicked out of the Xiang family like her sister-in-law and would have to stay here for a long time.
If she were to say, a daughter who is married off is like water spilled. Liu Qiaoyun came back in disgrace, but her parents-in-law insisted on keeping her and not letting her go back. She was already very dissatisfied, and if they had another child, it would be really unfair!
There is only so much food, and now they have to divide it up for one person. Is the Liu family some kind of charity?
Xiang Yao raised her eyebrows. She really didn't plan to stay here for a night.
Not to mention staying here, I didn't even plan to have dinner here.
But what her aunt-in-law said was really a bit unpleasant.
But seeing her mother's bewildered face, the sharp words that had come out of her mind could no longer be uttered. She paused and said, "Yes, aunt, I'm busy at home too. Don't worry, I won't stay here."
The smile on Liang Chunlian's face became more genuine: "Girl, what are you worrying about? I'm just afraid of delaying your family's affairs and getting scolded by your grandma!"
She smiled at Old Lady Huang and said, "See, I told you, Yaoyao just took some time out to come and see her mother, and she's in a hurry to go back to harvest crops."
Old Mrs. Huang glanced at her indifferently without saying anything. She just smiled, lowered her trouser legs, and pulled Xiang Yao to the main hall: "Come on, come on, grandma will make you some sugar water."
Liu Qiaoyun also followed. Liang Chunlian, who fell behind, curled her lips and squinted her eyes. She wanted to not follow, but she was worried that her mother-in-law would give Xiang Yao some good things when no one was paying attention, so she hurriedly followed.
Xiang Yao walked into the main room and looked around calmly.
The main room of the Liu family is brighter than that of the Xiang family, but in the countryside, the only difference is that the area is a little bigger or smaller, and the benches, tables and chairs are more complete or a little missing, but there is no other big difference.
But her grandfather Old Man Liu and grandmother are younger than Zhang Juhua. They usually work in the fields, and during the double harvest season, they can still earn full work points.
Old Mrs. Huang took small steps and brought over a bowl of sugar water: "Come here, Yaoyao, drink it quickly. I put some sugar in it for you, it's sweet!"
Xiang Yao smiled brightly: "Okay, thank you grandma!"
She took the syrup, took a sip along the edge of the bowl, looked up and praised: "So sweet! Grandma is so nice~"
Her grandmother must have put a lot of sugar in this syrup. It's so sweet that it's even a bit greasy after one mouthful.
Old Mrs. Huang was very happy and kept saying, "It's good if it's sweet, it's good if it's sweet."
Xiang Yao took another sip, turned the bowl around, and brought it close to Liu Qiaoyun's mouth: "Mom, try it too, it's so sweet."
Liu Qiaoyun looked at Xiang Yao lovingly and shook her head: "If mother doesn't want to drink, you drink it."
Xiang Yao insisted on holding up the bowl: "Mom, please take a sip, hurry up, my hands are sore from holding it up!"
Liu Qiaoyun looked at her helplessly and had to go over and take a sip.
Xiang Yao smiled and said, "Isn't it sweet?"
Liu Qiaoyun felt the aftertaste on the tip of her tongue: "Hmm, very sweet."
Xiang Yao passed it to Old Lady Huang again: "Grandma, you drink too~"
Old Mrs. Huang was so overwhelmed by her sweet, coquettish voice that she simply couldn't refuse. She quickly took a sip and praised, "Yaoyao is really a grown-up girl. She still knows how to feel sorry for your grandma!"
Xiang Yao curled her eyes and said, "Grandma, you've been so kind to me and my mother, so of course I feel sorry for you."
The grandfather and grandson smiled at each other, both feeling that their hearts were soothed by this bowl of sweet water.
Liang Chunlian waited and waited, thinking that Xiang Yao would also put the bowl to her mouth and ask her to taste it.
Even though Old Mrs. Huang seems so generous to her granddaughter now, she is usually very stingy. Not to mention sugar water, this thing is usually kept tightly in her room and she will not take it out easily.
It has been a long time since she tasted sweetness...
Unexpectedly, even after the flowers had wilted, Xiang Yao still had no intention of doing so.
She suppressed her dissatisfaction and forced a smile: "It's only because we Yaoyao are here that your grandma is willing to make you a cup of sugar water. We can't easily taste such a good thing."
Xiang Yao smiled and followed her words with a sweet smile: "Grandma still loves me. I will definitely be filial to her in the future~"
Old Mrs. Huang was even happier with these words, and her eyes became slits from laughing.
Without even looking at Liang Chunlian, she said, "Yaoyao really knows how to make me, an old lady, happy. With your words, grandma is happier than eating meat! Listen to grandma. Since you are not staying at home, have dinner before leaving. Then let your brother Weiguo send you off."
Liang Chunlian rubbed her hands awkwardly, knowing that Old Lady Huang was dissatisfied with her words, whether overt or covert. But when she heard the old lady ask her eldest son Liu Weiguo to give someone away, she became unhappy again.
"Mom, Weiguo is busy from morning till night and is very tired," she said. "Let's eat early in the evening so that when Yaoyao comes back, it will still be daylight and no one will be delayed."
Old Mrs. Huang really disliked her daughter-in-law this time, but she didn't say anything unpleasant in front of Xiang Yao.
With a glance, he said calmly, "Since it's early, then don't dawdle here. Go to the fields and work. Call them back for dinner later."
Liang Chunlian had come back originally just to take a break, thinking that since there were guests, they would definitely have to entertain them for dinner today. Wouldn't she be able to come back openly to help with the cooking without having to work under the scorching sun?
Unexpectedly, Old Lady Huang wanted to send her out again. Humph, maybe she wanted to give Xiang Yao food and money!
She was just about to think of an excuse to refuse, staring at the old lady to see what she was giving out so she could have a clear idea of what was going on, when she heard Xiang Yao say, "Aunt, don't worry about me. My mother lives here, and I'm not really a guest. I'll be coming here often in the future. I can't let you get in the way, so just go back to work~"
Liang Chunlian: ...
This girl actually took the initiative!
Seeing three pairs of eyes looking at her, she wanted to say that she would not go to work and just stay at home, but she had to save face and could not say it.
He had no choice but to suppress his dissatisfaction, said a few polite words, and went out to the fields.
After Liang Chunlian left the yard, Old Lady Huang said, "Yaoyao, your aunt-in-law doesn't have any other intentions. She just thinks too much. She's a good person."
Xiang Yao put his arm around her and shook it, "I know, Grandma. My mother lives here, and I'll have to trouble my two uncles and aunt to take good care of her."
She could feel that Old Mrs. Huang really liked her as her granddaughter, but although the Liu family was ruled by the grandparents, after all, the whole family was squeezed into one house and could not rely solely on the two old people.
So she couldn't care about anything, and on the contrary, she couldn't say anything too harsh.
Liang Chunlian was just a little angry. Of course she won't stay here, and she won't eat dinner either.
This would save her aunt-in-law from tossing and turning in bed at night, worrying about the gains and losses of this meal.
People are poor these days and resources are limited. It is unknown how long her mother will live here. Liang Chunlian's reaction is quite normal.
Thinking of this, Xiang Yao's last bit of dissatisfaction with his aunt-in-law disappeared.
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