Chapter 285

Chapter 285

Seeing her daughter's confident expression, Wei Pozi felt helpless.

This child must be trying to reassure her, afraid that she would be upset about this matter.

"Alright, I'll do as you say. I'll stew it tonight, and it'll be ready after a quick reheat in the morning. Actually... when you go to the provincial city, you'll be unfamiliar with the place, and that family is quite capable. It wouldn't hurt to let them have some.

But don't go through the trouble of hiding it just for this.

Mom was just saying it out loud; how could I really prevent them from eating?

After all... they are Qinghe's biological parents.

This way, you won't have to worry about it anymore."

Wei Pozi comforted her daughter, trying to prevent her from overthinking the matter.

Upon hearing this, Bai Xiuxiu couldn't help but laugh and cry at the same time.

Mom doesn't know about my space; I could just put it in there.

But if Mom knew, she would start to worry again.

Ever since her husband found out about this space, he had become more cautious.

There's no need to let her worry about this at her age.

Thinking of this, Bai Xiuxiu vaguely responded, "Mom, let Qinghe decide on these small matters. Tomorrow, when we return to the village, do you want to come along?"

They had cycled back today, but tomorrow they would take a car.

It would be good if Mom came back with them.

Wei Pozi, who had been chatting with Chen Jinhua today, felt a sense of nostalgia for the village.

Hearing this, she immediately decided to go back, "I should go back and take a look, and we'll return together tonight."

As she spoke, Wei Pozi couldn't help but sigh, "After both of you sisters got married and left, I sold our family home to give you both a bit more money, hoping it would help you settle well in your in-laws' homes.

I really didn't expect those two old folks from the Wang family to be such terrible people.

If I had known, I would have kept the house no matter what, for you and your husband to use as a refuge."

Wei Pozi had regretted it as soon as she found out how awful her daughter's in-laws were.

But regrets came too late.

She had been too shortsighted back then.

Over the years, she had often brought this up with her eldest daughter.

Hearing her mother mention this, Bai Xiuxiu quickly comforted her, "Mom, what does this have to do with you? If it weren't for the money you left me, my life would have been much harder. You've already thought a lot for me, and although they are disgusting, Qinghe and I are living a pretty good life."

It was her misfortune in a previous life that she hadn't expected her fifth sister-in-law to be so malicious.

When she was alive, Wang Qinghe always stood by her side and never let her suffer.

Economically, her sister and mother had been supporting her; she was already very fortunate.

"You ah, always know how to say things to make me feel at ease," Wei Pozi said with a helpless smile.

Thinking about how her daughter and son-in-law had been so cautious that they couldn't even leave their child at home while working, she felt heartbroken.

Wang Qinghe, having seen off the elderly couple from the Chen family, returned to find his wife and mother-in-law talking.

Both children had also fallen asleep.

He was about to start boiling water and washing the dishes.

"You child, always working as soon as you get back? Leave it to me; I'm going to cook the lamb ribs anyway," Wei Pozi quickly stopped her son-in-law from working.

"Xiuxiu, both of you take a rest. You've been busy lately, and it's a rare holiday; you should rest more. There will be plenty of work days ahead."

Wei Pozi shooed the two back into the house.

She then started cleaning up outside.

"Xiuxiu, when we return tomorrow, let's send a couple of lamb legs to your elder sister's side. If we want to eat here, we can always try our luck again," Wang Qinghe sat next to his wife.

He set up the kang table and brought her some sunflower seeds.

Bai Xiuxiu leaned on him, "Alright, I'll leave it to you."

"I'll freeze it out later."

Wang Qinghe gently wrapped his arm around his wife's waist, and all his worries disappeared.

As long as he was by his wife's side, he felt that nothing else mattered.

In the village, Chen Jinhua and Chen Zhuangshi had just returned, riding their bicycles and preparing to put their things away at home.

They were startled to see someone blocking their door, and a sense of alertness rose in their hearts.

"Captain, where have you been? The village is in chaos, and I've been looking for you for a long time," Wang Accountant, upon seeing them return, couldn't wait to drag them off to work.

"No, what's happened here? I went to the county to visit Qinghe and his wife. These two kids brought me some gifts. Let's not talk about anything else until I go inside and put these things down," said Chen Zhuangshi, feeling a little more at ease when he saw it was Wang Accountant.

Wang Accountant was an honest man and never nosy about other people's business.

He wouldn't even ask.

"Then go put them away quickly. You don't know, Captain. Those troublemakers from Old Wang's family are back from the county. As soon as they returned, they headed into the mountains, causing unrest in our entire village." Wang Director still felt unlucky mentioning them.

Chen Zhuangshi put down the bag of mutton, feeling relieved that it was winter. The mutton had mostly frozen on the way, so it didn't give off any smell.

Otherwise, if it had been discovered, it would have been hard to explain.

Chen Jinhua, standing nearby, hurriedly helped to lock the door.

She also casually asked about Old Wang's family, "What's the fuss with them again? How did they manage to stir up trouble with people in our village?"

Chen Jinhua was genuinely curious.

Director Wang sighed in frustration, "No one knows how they managed to bring a wild mountain goat back from the mountains. It caused quite a stir in the whole village. Some nosy folks in the village said that since they had moved away, they shouldn't come back to hunt in the village.

And with such a big catch, why shouldn't they share it?

They insisted on getting a share.

But there's only so much meat on one goat. If they really shared it, each family wouldn't get much, so of course, they weren't happy.

Plus, they aren't well-liked in the first place, so things escalated quickly."

Chen Zhuangshi listened and felt a mix of speechlessness.

Everyone in the village goes hunting in the mountains. The resources in their area were abundant. If anyone in the village wanted to improve their meals, they would quietly go hunting. As long as people didn't make a big deal out of it, it was treated as if nothing happened.

This had been the unspoken rule for years.

So why did Old Wang's family have to be different?

Did they really want the whole village to watch them eat a goat?

Wasn't that just asking for trouble?

Thinking about how that family had even stolen someone else's child and been harsh to them, Chen Zhuangshi's anger rose, "Take me there. That family has too much time on their hands. They keep causing trouble for our village. How many problems have they caused this year?"

Chen Jinhua knew her husband well. Hearing him say this, she understood he was truly angry.

So she quickly chimed in, "Who says otherwise?"