"Yu girl, you're awake. Are you hungry?" You didn't have breakfast and missed lunch. You must be hungry now, right?
"I'm hungry. Grandma, have you eaten yet?"
"Yes, we have already had lunch. What do you want to eat?"
"Let's have some dumplings."
He glanced at the yard and saw only a few women and children. "Where are Dad and the others? Are they playing cards in the house?"
"What kind of cards are they playing? How can they sit still? A few men took their bird cages out for a walk, and said they'd stop by a teahouse to listen to a story."
"It's nice to go to a teahouse. There's food and it's warm inside."
"Really?" Hearing this, the old woman felt relieved. The old man clearly couldn't do anything, but he insisted on following her and refused to listen to any advice.
"Grandma, don't worry. Dad just looks unreliable, but he's actually very considerate. He knows Grandpa has weak legs and feet, so he won't take him out for a walk."
"Your grandpa is also worried."
"It's not normal for Grandpa to want to go out. Let's go out for a walk together tomorrow. We can still go out recently. I heard that the snow in the capital city in winter is heavier than our hometown. If it snows heavily, we will have to stay at home."
"It's so nice to be at home, chatting and playing cards, and it's warm inside."
Now that there are more people, she should prepare more cards, otherwise it really won’t be enough.
When my dad gets excited, he smashes the cards, which is a waste.
Zhao Xiaoyu ate dumplings and listened to her mother and a few aunts chatting about the neighbors next door.
"Mom, did they come often when we were young?"
"I don't come here often. Only the wife of the Shi family next door comes here more often. I don't pay much attention to her, and she hasn't been here much lately."
"Did she upset you?"
"She kept asking me where you and your dad were. I told her I was back home because something happened at home. But she still kept asking me every time she came. I missed you guys so much anyway. How could I stand someone nagging me constantly? I just ignored her."
"You think Dad and I are out doing something important. If you don't want to bother with me, just ignore me. I'll tell you about my trip back to the village some other day."
"What about the other day?" Zheng said, "I don't know what's going on in the village. Sister, I'll tell you what I'm saying. It's fun."
She hadn't expected the women in the prefecture to be so gossipy. They had been hanging around outside their house today, and everyone who saw them would ask them where they came from, what they were doing, and why they were hanging around.
They're on the ground, right? They can't hang around anymore, right?
Moreover, some people's stares made her feel uncomfortable. What's so great about being from the capital? Maybe this time she could buy a house, and if she bought a house, she would be considered half a person from the capital.
In the past, people in the county town were the same, looking down on people from the country.
In fact, the life of city dwellers is not as good as they think. They don’t have land and have to buy everything they eat with money.
There is only one man in the family who earns money, and most of them are struggling financially.
I don’t know where their sense of superiority comes from, but at least they have money in their pockets.
Zheng started talking about the things happening in Old Sow Village, either this family had a grandson or that family got their daughter married off, these were the only things happening in the village.
The old woman and Mrs. Sun listened with great interest. They loved listening to this, especially Mrs. Sun, as she knew all these families.
Finally, when he talked about the Zhao family's old house, he glanced at Song and Zhao Xiaoyu, and found that they had no reaction, so he spoke boldly.
If you were to ask which family in the village is the most lively these days, it would definitely be theirs.
"Did they lose their money?"
"Yes, everything was stolen. Many people in the village said that it was either done by someone they knew, or that Boss Zhao's old lover had returned."
acquaintance?
Song frowned. Family members would not steal from their own family members. It was only her second brother's family.
Living together was indeed uneasy. In the past, his mother-in-law would often search his room, fearing that they were hiding secrets.
Zheng was talking so excitedly that Zhao Xiaoyu moved her bowl away a little. When she finished eating, she hadn't finished yet. The group of women were listening with great interest and would interrupt from time to time.
She stopped talking and just sat down to listen.
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