It turned out that Uncle Bai had also noticed that his two daughters-in-law had issues with their daughter and son-in-law.
He didn't want the family conflicts to escalate, so he wanted his daughter's family to move out. He also disliked Lin Hua.
Wang Xiumei was making a huge fuss at home, refusing to agree to her daughter's family moving away.
Uncle Bai called the whole family together for a meeting. He said to his daughter-in-law:
"It's fine if you don't agree. If you want to be with Xiaomei, then you can stay with Xiaomei from now on."
Wang Xiumei is a bit muddle-headed, but not stupid. Her daughter and son-in-law are not good at working, so how can they support themselves? They still have to rely on her husband and son.
Bai Xiaomei also disagreed with moving out:
"Dad, why should I move out? I'm your daughter too. You're just biased towards boys."
Uncle Bai's face turned bright red with anger:
“I still favor boys over girls. Today I will treat you all equally and send you all out to live on your own.”
Bai Wenli, fearing his father might get sick from anger, quickly advised:
"Dad, don't be angry. We'll listen to you."
Bai Wenyi poured a glass of water and brought it over:
"Dad, don't rush, have some water first."
Uncle Bai waved his hand and said:
"Don't try to persuade me, I'm dividing the family property today. You can all find land to build your own houses."
Then, he said to Bai Xiaomei:
"We'll build your house and give you some food. Don't worry about the money."
Don't bring up the issue of favoring sons over daughters. Your whole family has been living at home for the past few years, earning a few work points while eating and drinking for free every day.
You two are both healthy and able-bodied; you can go to work and earn work points from now on.
Finally, Uncle Bai divided the family property.
The three children all live separately, and the elderly couple lives alone.
After Ye Fengqin finished speaking, she patted Bai Xiaoyue on the shoulder:
"Xiaoyue, I want to build a house. Can you come and help me?"
Bai Xiaoyue nodded: "No problem. So, when you build your new house, will you use tiles or thatch?"
Ye Fengqin said, "Wenli and I have discussed it and decided to build a tiled house."
Bai Xiaoyue quickly said, "Sister-in-law, I also want to rebuild my house and replace the tiles. Can you ask my brother to ask around for me too?"
Ye Fengqin nodded: "Okay, I'll talk to Wenli, it'll be easier to buy them together."
This was like a pillow delivered just when you were about to fall asleep; Bai Xiaoyue was in a great mood.
When Yan Ci returned home, Bai Xiaoyue quickly told him the good news:
“Aci, your sister-in-law came over today and said they want to build a tiled house. Go and discuss the purchase of tiles with your brother.”
Yan Ci asked, puzzled, "Why would they build a house when they're perfectly fine?"
Bai Xiaoyue then told him the whole story.
After listening, Yan Ci said, "That's good. It can reduce a lot of conflicts."
The Bai family is building three new houses, and they're all tiled houses. Everyone is envious, and all eyes are on Uncle Bai's family.
Bai Xiaoyue's renovation of the old house seemed quite ordinary and not particularly eye-catching.
All the building materials were purchased, so the house was built very quickly.
The seeds had just been sown, and there wasn't much work to do in the fields, so everyone from the village came to help.
Within two months, the houses for all the families were completed.
Bai Xiaoyue felt that the tiled house was better than the thatched house, as it was much brighter inside.
She paced around the house several times, tears welling up in her eyes. After living in a thatched hut for eleven years, she had finally moved into a tiled house.
After moving to the city with my parents, I felt that the tiled houses in the countryside were bad in every way and I disliked them terribly.
Now she thinks this tiled house is perfect in every way and loves it to bits.
Chang Le was also very happy and cheerfully tidied up her room.
Xiao Bai jumped for joy when he finally had his own room.
On her first night in the new house, Bai Xiaoyue was very excited and was chatting with Yan Ci.
Suddenly, a scream was heard from Chang Le. The couple rushed into Chang Le's room in their pajamas, and Xiao Bai also rushed in.
Chang Le lay on the kang (a heated brick bed), and Bai Xiaoyue climbed up to her and asked, "Chang Le, what's wrong?"
Chang Le rushed into Bai Xiaoyue's arms and said, "Mom, there's so much blood."
Bai Xiaoyue said to Yan Ci:
"Aci, take Xiaobai out. I'll check the situation first."
She gently patted her daughter's back:
"Don't panic, tell Mom what happened, okay?"
Chang Le showed Bai Xiaoyue her hands. Bai Xiaoyue was startled to see bloodstains on her daughter's hands, but upon closer inspection, she found no wounds.
She asked her daughter, "Where are you hurt?"
Chang Le shook her head: "I'm not injured."
Bai Xiaoyue lifted the blanket and saw bloodstains where Chang Le had been sleeping, as well as on the back of her pajama bottoms.
She breathed a sigh of relief and said to her daughter:
"Changle, don't be afraid, this is normal. Every girl goes through this at this age."
Chang Le wiped away her tears with the back of her hand: "Mom, really?"
Bai Xiaoyue patiently explained physiological phenomena to her daughter and taught her how to use a menstrual belt.
Chang Le changed her pants, went to the toilet, and came back with a smile, saying to Bai Xiaoyue:
"Mom, I was so scared just now. I thought I had some kind of strange disease."
Bai Xiaoyue gave her daughter a hug:
"Chang Le, there will be a few days like this every month from now on."
During these few days, avoid drinking cold water and drink more hot water.
Do not wash clothes with cold water, and do not engage in strenuous exercise.
Also avoid eating spicy or irritating foods, such as pickled vegetables or chili peppers.
Chang Le said with a pained expression, "Oh, this is so troublesome!"
Bai Xiaoyue stroked her daughter's hair and said:
"Chang Le, you have to hang in there, it's only a few days."
I used to know people who didn't care about these things and just followed their own nature.
Later, every month when she had her period, she would writhe in pain in bed and had to take painkillers.
Anyway, if you don't take care of your health during this period, you'll develop health problems later.
Chang Le nodded obediently: "Mom, I understand."
Bai Xiaoyue changed her daughter's blanket and put her to bed.
Yan Ci and Xiao Bai stood outside watching her.
Xiao Bai asked anxiously, "Mommy, what happened to my sister?"
Bai Xiaoyue patted her son's head and said:
"My sister is fine, she just had a nightmare."
Xiao Bai frowned and asked, "Really?"
Bai Xiaoyue squatted down and said to her son:
"Really, Mom wouldn't lie to Xiaobai. You can ask your sister tomorrow too. Go to sleep now."
After Yan Ci saw that his son had returned to his room, he asked his wife:
"Is Chang Le really alright?"
Bai Xiaoyue hugged Yan Ci's arm and said:
"Yeah, it's nothing."
After the two lay down on the kang (heated brick bed), Bai Xiaoyue said to Yan Ci:
“Chang Le has grown into a young woman. She has started her period, but she doesn’t understand, so she was frightened.”
Yan Ci pulled his wife into his arms: "It's good that you're alright."
The next day, Yan Ci got up to go for a run, and Bai Xiaoyue got up too.
Yan Ci asked curiously, "Wife, why are you up so early?"
Bai Xiaoyue said, "There's still some glutinous rice flour at home. I want to eat some tangyuan (sweet rice balls), so I'll get up early to make some."
You can take Xiaobai to exercise; Changle won't be going today.
Yan Ci nodded and said, "Then I'll go for a run and be right back."
Bai Xiaoyue kneaded the dough and took out the fried peanuts.
Place the peanuts on a cutting board, crush them with a rolling pin, add some brown sugar and stir, and you have peanut filling.
Then, we started making glutinous rice balls, arranging them neatly one by one.
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