As soon as the rooster crowed twice, Old Mrs. Ling opened her eyes.
"Woo..."
The little granddaughter next to her seemed to have been disturbed in her sleep by the crowing of a rooster. She turned over in a daze and hid in Mrs. Ling's arms.
Old Mrs. Ling smiled and patted her granddaughter's back to comfort her and tell her to continue sleeping. She herself was not sleepy at all, so she got up from the bed and went out.
Most of the cooking is done now on the stove down the hall so the twins' room doesn't become like a furnace.
As soon as she went out, Mrs. Ling saw her daughter-in-law busy there.
"Mom, why are you up so early?" Chu Yuefang looked up at the still somewhat gray sky. "Sleep a little longer, it's still early."
"When you get old, you just don't sleep as much. Once you get up, you don't go back to sleep," Mrs. Ling waved her hand. "What are you doing here?"
"I'll cook some porridge first and light up the fire. When the children wake up, I'll fry the cicadas for them to eat." Chu Yuefang said with a smile.
Mrs. Ling nodded: "That's fine, otherwise the cicadas won't burn if we catch them first."
Cicadas are best fried until they are hot and crispy.
Old Mrs. Ling looked up at the sky and said, "I think we should wake the children up early to eat. It's cool in the morning so they can eat a few more bowls. The weather hasn't been very good these past two days. It looks like it's going to rain."
"Hey, wait until the porridge is ready before calling them." Chu Yuefang said, "Mom, go wash your face first."
Old Mrs. Ling nodded and went to wash her face and brush her teeth first. After she was done, she came back to wash the pickled cabbage lumps.
"Mom, does someone have to send you money today?" Chu Yuefang freed her hands and said with a smile.
When Mrs. Ling heard this, she laughed.
"I'm making a lot of money anyway, so I'd rather she not come!"
Old Mrs. Ling is now begging Old Mrs. Tian not to pay back the money.
If she paid it back, people would at most say that Hancheng's mother was good at playing cards and Youcai's mother lost a lot, and then laugh a few times behind her back, and that would be it, leaving no trace of it.
But it would be better if I didn’t return it.
By then, the rumor in the village will definitely be that "the Tian family refused to admit their losses from playing cards, and refused to pay back the Ling family for several dollars they lost." No one else will want to take Old Lady Tian to play cards.
Otherwise, if they lost money to Old Lady Tian and she herself owed the debt and refused to pay, then they could also not pay.
But if they win, they would probably be afraid that Mrs. Ling, the creditor, would come to ask them for money.
This is troublesome whether you win or lose.
Since it is troublesome, it is better to find someone who is not troublesome to play this card.
Old Mrs. Tian's reputation was completely ruined, and even if she paid back the money later, this matter would definitely not be easily resolved.
Compared to those few dollars, Mrs. Ling certainly felt that it would be better if Mrs. Tian did not pay back the money.
Humph.
This is something she will remember for the rest of her life.
The Ling family is not easy to bully.
Chu Yuefang said, "They probably wouldn't dare not return it, with so many people here."
"That's true. Never mind. It doesn't matter whether it's returned or not. Just let them know and don't mess with our family anymore!"
"Mom, you should keep this money for yourself. We don't need it, so why would you give it to us?"
Chu Yuefang took out the ten yuan and wanted to give it to Old Mrs. Ling. Ling Hancheng gave it to her yesterday, and she felt that she should return it to her mother-in-law.
Old Madam Ling looked at the money and shook her head: "You don't need money, and neither do I. Just keep it. Besides, this money is not for you, but only for you!"
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