She Only Cares About Cultivation-Chapter 817 - 772: Famine Era 13 (First Update)

She couldn’t stand it anymore, so she picked up about ten eggs for Mom’s basket. Seeing the eggs, Mom was stunned: "This is?"

"Your daughter bought these and secretly hid them. I gave two or three jin to Grandma and Grandpa (about eight per jin), and brought the rest over here."

Although she only brought about two jin to Grandma and Grandpa’s, seemingly less than Grandma and Grandpa’s share, Mom didn’t seem to mind at all because she thought her own offering was quite humble. Daddy even secretly gave Mom some money and said they’d give some money to the elders when the time came. Unexpectedly, her daughter even saved some eggs.

Of course, she didn’t think Ye Huan would have eaten them herself, but she was very happy with the big surprise her daughter gave her, because among the three sisters, she was the poorest, but Eldest Uncle and Third Uncle were even poorer.

With the eggs, coupled with other things, this festive gift didn’t seem so humble and could be considered quite presentable.

Generally, when a wife returns to her parents’ home, the men don’t participate. Grandma’s house was about five li away from their home. In an era without transportation, they relied on their legs to walk.

During the Famine Era, people didn’t care for each other, but Grandpa had been a soldier and was a village cadre. He was wise and resourceful enough to preserve the family without fleeing, so even if they hadn’t sent a word during the famine year, Mom didn’t resent them at all, because a daughter who marries out is like water thrown away. Between their grandsons and granddaughters, they surely would take care of those with the surname Chen before those with the surname Ye.

Aunt married into the capital, and Uncle was a soldier. After his service, he worked in the logistics of a school, living a very good life.

Due to inconvenient travel during the New Year, they wouldn’t come back, but during the lunar February, when it’s Grandpa’s birthday, they usually come back, including the Second Uncle’s family.

Second Aunt and Second Uncle were doing business in the town. The in-law’s house was in the neighboring village, and they lived well, being relatively well-known figures in the vicinity.

As for Eldest Uncle and Third Uncle, they were farmers and didn’t live as well as their family. Grandpa favored the eldest family, which dissatisfied Third Aunt, so Eldest Sister-in-law and Third Aunt didn’t get along well. The children of Second Uncle’s family once stole money from Second Aunt’s house, and no one admitted it, leading to them reporting to the authorities, which offended Second Uncle’s family. As a result, they haven’t spoken to each other since.

Anyway, those who once ate from the same pot as children became relatives when they grew up, and because of various reasons, they no longer spoke to each other or kept in contact.

Eldest Sister-in-law’s family was from Sichuan, so they didn’t return to their parental home for the New Year. Third Aunt’s family was local, and when they visited, they hadn’t left yet.

At this time, they definitely wouldn’t leave until Second Aunt and Mom had visited and exchanged New Year’s money before leaving. The eggs were hidden under the buns because if they saw them, they might take them back to their own parental home, as was customary.

These people liked playing mind games, which Ye Huan really disliked, but there was nothing she could do, since they were relatives.

Eldest Uncle’s family had three boys and a girl. Second Uncle’s family had three boys. Third Uncle’s family had one boy and three girls. She was already earning money, so she didn’t get a share of the New Year’s money, but her older cousin did, which was ridiculous, wasn’t it?

They didn’t care whether returning to their parental home at eleven was too late. Anyway, they took their New Year’s money, picked up some dessert Second Aunt brought for Grandma, and then set off.

Even though they lived together and didn’t separate, generally everyone did their own thing, only getting together to mooch off Grandma and Grandpa for meals during holidays and festivals.

On days like today, it was always Mom and Second Aunt who did the cooking, while Eldest Uncle’s family shamelessly came over to eat without helping or bringing anything. They even nitpicked about the cooking speed and quality, especially those cousins, each being extremely selfish and arrogant, showing a clear lack of upbringing.

Second Aunt’s three daughters and son were all in school, naturally understanding humanity. They were kind to her and her sister, so they would be thoughtful enough to help the adults cook, while the others just sat in the yard eating the sunflower seeds and peanuts brought by Second Aunt without the slightest embarrassment.

Second Aunt secretly gave her and her sister New Year’s money in the kitchen, along with a silver coin each, and Mom quickly stopped them when she saw it.

"Sis, why are you giving so much? You don’t need to give Huanhuan money; she’s already earning."

"What do you mean already earning? She’s not even as old as Feifei. Take it! Why should others have it and she doesn’t? You, as her mother, are also biased. Huanhuan, take it."

Second Aunt had always been very kind to them. While preparing the dumpling filling, she asked about Third Brother and Fourth Brother’s situation, which immediately brought a wave of heartache to Mom.

"They’re still alive, and occasionally they send letters back. But they move around so often, without settling down. Today, they’re in Hunan, and tomorrow they might be somewhere else. I can’t remember how many years it’s been since I last saw them. Sigh, I don’t ask for much, just for them to be safe and sound. Our eldest sister-in-law always gets sad thinking about her Eldest and Second during the holidays. Do you think our two... 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝔀𝓮𝒃𝙣𝓸𝒗𝒆𝒍.𝙘𝒐𝒎

At the painful point, Mom couldn’t help but shed tears. As she cried, she suddenly felt a wave of nausea and hurriedly covered her mouth and ran to the tree in the yard to retch.

Second Aunt, who had previously worked as a midwife, rushed over when she saw Mom’s condition: "What, did you get pregnant again?"

Mom married Daddy at sixteen. Her Third Brother is already twenty-three this year, and Fourth Brother is twenty-one. After many years she gave birth to her and her sister, thinking she would stop after Ye Yu, but who would have thought, at forty, she’s pregnant again?

After they left grandma’s house, Second Aunt took Mom to the town’s health clinic for a check-up, and it was confirmed that she was two months pregnant. Oh my, was their family’s thirteenth about to make his debut?