My uncle secretly put some corn stubble in it, and before my aunt could say anything, my two sisters-in-law would start throwing the sweeping broom and cursing in unison in the east and west rooms.
But recently, especially since Bi Tielin last came back home, it's been a complete change. It's no exaggeration to say that it's been a complete transformation.
Just now, her uncle's sister-in-law pulled her sleeve and insisted that she stay for dinner. She was anxious to go home and ran out of the door, but her sister-in-law stopped her with a large plaid and shouted at the top of her voice:
"If you don't want to eat and are in a hurry to leave, these few minutes won't hurt. My dumplings are ready to be put into the pot. You can take some back to Tiegang and Goudan, so you don't have to boil the pot and cook when you get home."
"Sister-in-law, it's okay. We have to heat the kang anyway, and there's everything ready at home, so hurry in."
Liu Yafang was still arguing with her uncle's eldest sister-in-law when the second sister-in-law opened the outer door and poked her head out, shouting:
"Yafang, hurry back to the house. The old man wants to talk to you. You're amazing! You didn't even talk for a few words before you just dropped your things and left. The old man started scolding you in the house!"
Liu Yafang felt helpless.
Even though her uncle often scolds her and interferes with her, she still remembers the kindness he showed her.
When she was little, her parents were partial to her and would stuff anything they stuttered into her younger brother Fenghe's mouth. How partial were they? They were both her biological children, but they actually woke Fenghe up secretly while she was asleep and asked him to go to the outer room to eat special food.
In those days, there was nothing good to eat or drink.
From the time she was born until she was four years old, her hair turned yellow from hunger. Her uncle held her in his arms and fed her rice porridge, scolding her parents for being partial and saying that since they couldn't raise a girl, he would raise her himself!
She still remembers that when she was less than four years old, there was an adult who stood up and spoke for her. Oh, she will really carry that kindness with her until her grave.
This is also why Liu Yafang doesn't understand Bi Yue. After all, her brother Liu Fenghe often hugged Bi Yue and cherished her before he got married. How could she curse at her uncle?
Liu Yafang came this time to bring the old man a quilt with new cotton that she had replenished.
From childhood to adulthood, deep in her memory, she could only find some attachment to her maternal family through this uncle.
Not to mention that she was really short of money in the past few years, and her uncle had to lend her money several times.
The amount was not much. He scolded her in front of his sisters-in-law and aunt, but secretly followed her to the village entrance and slipped her a few cents or a dollar several times.
"It's so noisy! I don't like sleeping with a bulgy quilt!"
The old uncle had nothing nice to say when he first came up, and Liu Yafang just smiled and said nothing.
The old man tapped his pipe against the edge of the kang, glanced at the small door with the blue curtain, and sighed. No need to think, the second son's wife must be eavesdropping at the door.
"Have you found a girlfriend for your brother-in-law?"
Liu Yafang was afraid of this and was hiding, so she thought of sending the gifts before the New Year. During the New Year period, when Tielin came back, she couldn't come.
Squeaky, not good at lying, Liu Yafang's face flushed red: "No."
The uncle suddenly raised his voice and shouted, "Then why are you still showing off? It's settled. The second son's wife is his cousin, a close relationship! What are you looking for? If you can't make the decision on such a small matter, you are finished! An elder sister-in-law is like a mother!" (To be continued.)
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