The next second, Mother pressed something, and suddenly a hidden compartment appeared, containing coins, money, and a custom-made watch.
It's said that it was worn by my mother before, but the character "桐" (tong) is not engraved on the bottom of the dial; instead, it's engraved with the character "影" (ying), which means shadow. However, my mother has amnesia and can't recall her past memories. My father and I speculate that it might have been a gift from my maternal grandparents, or perhaps the engraving was wrong.
After getting married and having an older brother, Ye Tianyong secretly drove a truck to sell trendy items such as phonographs and radios, making some quick money.
So I took my mother to the city hospital for a check-up. We had been to the hospital before, but the county hospital was inadequate and couldn't find anything. They could only give vague and misleading answers!
There was no other way but to try my luck at the city hospital!
Unfortunately, after examination, the experts at the city hospital said that my mother had a blood clot in her brain, which was blocked and could not be cured. The chance of her regaining her memory was only one in ten.
The gist of what was said was that it was a pipe dream for Mother to regain her memories!
From then on, Wang Yitong, the mother, and Ye Tianyong, the father, gave up any hope of recovery and settled down to live a happy and peaceful life behind closed doors.
Right now, Mother took out all the money from the box and put it together with the money Father had brought back.
Next, my mother, father, and I, filled with excitement as we counted the money—we had never seen so much money before.
"One yuan, two yuan... five hundred and fifty-eight yuan," she miscounted. Her mother, Wang Yitong, was so excited that she skipped a number and started counting again.
Except for my father and me, why?
Because my father had already had his fill of selling wild game before. As for me, I've seen far more money than that in modern times, and I've even counted it myself.
So, my father and I, father and daughter, followed local customs and helped my mother count the money, so as not to embarrass her!
Mother made a mistake, and Father and I made a mistake together, because a family should be together.
We must be prepared to make mistakes together!
...
Nothing was said that night.
The next morning, unusually, no one in the family went to work in the fields. After washing up, Yingbao asked her grandmother, Wang Cuihua, curiously, "Grandma, is all the work done? Don't we need to go to the fields anymore?"
Hearing this, Grandma lowered her head with amusement. "Yingbao, how come you're so forgetful at such a young age? There are many of us in our family, and we're strong enough to finish the work in the fields several days ago!"
These past few days, the whole family has been helping others work in the fields to earn some wages.
Yingbao nodded seriously, "I see."
Sigh, I made a foolish mistake again!
Just asking.
Presumably, everyone in the village, big and small, has finished their busy work by now, otherwise Grandma and Grandpa wouldn't be able to relax so comfortably.
You should know that they are hardworking little bees, like "old oxen," never stopping for even a moment when it's windy or rainy.
Come to think of it, the autumn harvest was mostly over by the end of October in her time.
The autumn harvest usually begins in late September, when peanuts, potatoes, corn, rapeseed, and other crops are ripe. October 1st is National Day, a time when students are on holiday and farmers are busy.
In the north, the crops are usually harvested by the end of October or the beginning of November. If they are harvested any later, the yams in the fields will freeze and won't fetch a good price!
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