Unfortunately, after traveling to this poor place where even birds don't shit, she can only live a miserable life every day.

Fortunately, she can finally eat oil now...

After a thousand kilograms of rapeseed oil entered her new house, Chen Xuanxuan smiled every day.

Knowing that rapeseed cakes are also good things. They can be used to feed livestock and wash hair. Chen Xuanxuan used them all without hesitation.

Chen Xuanxuan's family had bought a donkey before. Under her careful feeding, it is also growing vigorously.

In the midst of busyness, another month has passed unknowingly.

After the end of October, some places in the northwest began to blow wind and rain every day. In some places, heavy snow fell early.

The temperature dropped sharply and the weather turned cooler, so Chen Xuanxuan put on all the cotton clothes she needed.

It was too cold.

This winter seemed to be colder than last year.

Chen Xuanxuan couldn't stand the weather, so she stayed at home every day.

She felt that something was wrong with her body. She was extremely afraid of the cold. If

she wore less or the water was not hot enough for bathing or washing her face, she would shiver all over. Her lips were purple. She felt like she couldn't breathe...

Chen Xuanxuan had already left all the cooking to her eldest son last month.

Gu Dazhu learned a lot of skills from her. In addition, he was a steady and sensible person at a young age. He would never argue with her and would always cook according to her requirements. She was still very nice to him.

In this family, Chen Xuanxuan would always add a little more oil when cooking.

No matter what dish it was, she would not add oil, ginger, garlic, and only boil it with water... It was almost like cooking pig food.

How could a normal person eat it?

Everyone in the Gu family had already adapted to the days of having oil and salt in their meals.

Without oil and salt, it would be tasteless.

After eating the oil-free and salt-free meal, everyone will feel particularly hungry in less than a quarter of an hour...

This

morning, Chen Xuanxuan followed the family and ate fried tofu, deep-fried pickled cabbage buns, and a small plate of fried dumplings made by the eldest son. And three pumpkin glutinous rice cakes.

After eating and drinking enough, Chen Xuanxuan dozed off soon and went back to rest.

The weather was bad today. It rained heavily all night last night, with lightning and thunder. Chen Xuanxuan, who had fallen asleep, was always awakened by the loud roar.

Gu Yanzhang, on the other hand, slept more soundly than her.

Seeing that his wife had gone to catch up on her sleep, he sat in the stove room of the new house, making straw sandals while talking to his sons.

At this time, Gu Yu'an saw that his daughter-in-law slept when she was full and ate when she was full all day long. She lived a better life than pigs. He said to Gu Yanzhang, "Brother Yan, our twelve pigs are still in the old house. The pigs are too valuable. I am worried if no one is looking after them."

Gu Yanzhang looked up at him, thinking that his father might want his daughter-in-law to look after the pigs, so he interrupted him and said, "Dad, don't worry. Our new house and the old house are only one meter apart!"

"The old house has no back door. The front door is locked with a padlock. If anyone dares to remove the door, we can catch him on the spot..."

Gu Yu'an was dissatisfied after hearing this, "Forget it, I can't argue with you!"

"I'll go to the old house and take a look."

After saying this, Gu Yu'an walked out of the new house with the key without even wearing a straw raincoat, and opened the door of the stove room in the old house.

In Gu Yanzhang's house, the door in the stove room of the old house is the shortest and smallest. There is a high threshold, which can only allow a 1.6-meter-tall man to pass through with his

body bent and waist bent. Those who are a little stronger have to shrink their necks, lower their heads, bend their waists, and walk in carefully.

After Gu Yu'an went in, he lit the kang.

It was so cold, he didn't want his piglets to get frozen.

...

Seeing his father gone, Gu Yanzhang asked his eldest son Gu Dazhu to quickly take out the remaining pumpkin glutinous rice cakes in the pot.

The cakes were still warm.

When Gu Yanzhang brought them to his mother, Yu, her eyes turned red again and she almost cried.

"Son, you eat too, you eat too..."

Seeing his gray-haired, dry-handed mother so excited when she saw a few glutinous rice cakes, he closed his eyes tightly, then suddenly opened them and said, "Mom, you have raised me all my life, and I can't watch you suffer anymore."

"Your son is your lifelong support. From now on, your sister has to give the things we share with you to my father! Just eat well first. Our family is much better now than before. There is no need to be so frugal!"

When Yu heard this, she felt that what he said was wrong.

She was used to being frugal all her life.

There was only so much food in the family. She is old and actually doesn't have many years left to live. Feeding her such good food, isn't that just wasting good things?

Thinking of those words her husband had taught her in private, Yu said to Gu Yanzhang with a bitter face, "Son, a family like ours should not be extravagant in life."

"Besides, I am born a miserable person. I was born to suffer in this life. Only by eating and wearing bad clothes every day can I atone for the sins of my last life. Otherwise, I won't be able to be born into a good family in my next life..."

Gu Yanzhang felt upset when he heard his mother start to say these weird words again.

It was all these messed up things, and I didn’t know where my father heard them from.

Every time my mother ate good food or wore nicer clothes, my father would lecture her like this. He said that she was born to suffer.

These words were obviously not wise, but my mother believed them.

She believed them for so many years...

Seeing that my mother didn’t even dare to touch a pumpkin pie, Gu Yanzhang tried to hold back, but finally couldn’t. After sighing, he went into the innermost room himself, hesitated for a moment, and woke up his wife.

Chen Xuanxuan, who was sleeping soundly in the quilt, was pushed awake by Gu Yanzhang. When she heard Gu Yanzhang say that his mother didn't want to eat good food again, her morning grumpiness exploded.

"Gu Yanzhang, do you think you are too lenient?!"

"As a son, you just need to fulfill your filial duty. Why do you care whether your mother appreciates your kindness?"