We saw the family off.
Lin Momo and Shi Guang also hired a mule cart and headed towards Linjia Village.
Grandpa Lin asked Uncle Li to pass on a message to the young couple: "It's good that you're back. The family is busy with spring planting recently, so you two won't be coming over for now. Stay home and take good care of your parents-in-law."
The women in the village can only go back to their parents' home a few times a year.
It's not a holiday or festival right now, so why should I go to my parents' home?
It would be great if they could even send a message back.
Now that the granddaughter lives under the watchful eyes of her in-laws, she would definitely be disliked by them if she frequently went back to her parents' home.
Since they come from humble beginnings, they can't afford to let others find fault with them in other ways.
Lin Momo naturally understood the old man's thoughts, but she was unwilling to be a submissive wife in a wealthy family.
Besides, her in-laws have already gone back to the county, so they can't possibly take care of her.
On both sides of the country road leading back to the village, farmers were working hard in the fields, plowing, sowing seeds, and covering the soil with soil, with the whole family working together.
Along the wasteland and riverbanks, you can still see many young girls engrossed in digging for wild vegetables.
Lin Momo was very familiar with this scene.
Lin Erya had often gone out to dig for wild vegetables with her girlfriends before.
This was a time of transition, when food was scarce and resources were limited.
After a winter of depletion, most households had very little food left, so they naturally had to eat wild vegetables along with their grain.
Even then, it's not certain that we'll make it to the summer harvest.
This year, the drought has further reduced grain production or even caused total crop failure, making it even more difficult for many families to survive.
Thinking of this, Lin Momo felt a little heavy-hearted.
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