Chapter 29: Going up the mountain to pick hazelnuts
"Mom, should I call the third brother my wife?" The eldest sister-in-law saw that the third brother had already left, but there was still no movement in the room.
"Don't shout. It'll be counted when she wakes up." Maybe she will have a grandson soon. An Li was so happy that she couldn't close her mouth.
"Mom, you said you are not partial, but you are too partial." The third sister-in-law curled her lips. If she dared to sleep so late, her mother-in-law would probably come into the room and pull her up.
"Hmph, if you pay me fifteen dollars a month, I won't even wake you up even if you sleep with me all night." An Li rolled his eyes at his daughter-in-law. If you don't have that good luck, don't fight for it.
If the couple doesn't go to work, who will? They are relying on her and the old man to do the work.
The old couple just don't want to work. The fifteen yuan their son gives them is enough for them to live on. Why do they still have to get up early and work late? Aren't they just trying to help the eldest and second sons?
"Xiaomei, why have you been so absent-minded recently? Are you stupid? My third and fourth sister-in-law are trying to bully us and you are still indifferent!" Mrs. An went to find Xiaomeng.
"Ah? Sister-in-law, what...what did you say?" Second sister-in-law was not listening to the conversation between An Li and Sister-in-law An at all.
"Forget it! There's no point in telling you!" Mrs. An said angrily.
An Ersao was thinking that her parents had recently sent her news that they had found a folk remedy for giving birth to a son. However, it was quite expensive, costing three yuan for a dose of the medicine, and it had to be taken for five consecutive days, so it would cost fifteen yuan.
Fifteen yuan, she only had a little over fifty yuan in her hand. Her mother-in-law did have some, but she didn't dare to ask for it for fear of being scolded by her mother-in-law.
As long as she got pregnant, everything would be fine, she had always thought so.
But this would cost her one-third of the money she had saved, and Mrs. An felt really distressed, so she had been hesitant to make a decision.
She couldn't tell her husband about this kind of feeling, because then he would accuse her of favoring boys over girls.
It’s not that she doesn’t love her daughter, but she also wants a son.
She knows very well that being a woman is not easy, and she can't survive without the support of her younger brother.
Why was she willing to do so much work? Wasn't it because she wanted to take advantage of her sister-in-law? The An family only had one boy, An Jiabao. If she really couldn't give birth to a son, her four daughters would still have to rely on Jiabao for support.
By the time Feng Jiaojiao woke up completely, it was already two o'clock in the afternoon and her stomach was growling with hunger.
This An Jianjun ran away after bullying her.
Looking at the empty room, Feng Jiaojiao felt a little uncomfortable.
Habits are such a strange thing. I lived alone for so many years and was fine, but now I've only been married to this man for a few days and I'm already not used to being alone.
No one prepared warm water for her to wash her face, no one squeezed toothpaste for her, and no one gave her a kiss when she woke up.
The familiar warmth is gone, and I am left alone in the empty house.
I put on my clothes and went downstairs to wash up, but there was no one in the yard.
"Third sister-in-law, you're awake! Mom told me to tell you that the egg custard is warm in the pot. Remember to eat it when you wake up."
It’s Chen Tingting.
Chen Tingting, who was taking care of the children in the house, saw her third sister-in-law get up and reminded her.
Now, they are the only two people left in the An family who don't work. One of them has an imperial sword and doesn't have to work in the fields, and the other needs to feed a baby who is less than one year old.
"I know."
Feng Jiaojiao went straight to the kitchen and opened the lid of the pot. Inside was a bowl of egg custard and a small bowl of rice with a piece of bacon floating on top.
Little old lady, you still have some bacon hidden away. Didn’t you say you had run out of it last time?
It was obvious that An Qi had carefully prepared the meal for her. Feng Jiaojiao started eating directly in the kitchen and washed the dishes after eating.
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