After the frail beauty went to the countryside, she went crazy with scientific research.

Chapter 24, Episode 0024: A Few Things About the Erban Family (Part 1)

Lin Yuexi chose to go back, but sent a gossip expert to gather firsthand information.

In return, she contributed a bag of sunflower seeds and a bag of peanuts.

Two hours later, Lin Yuexi had already taken a nap, and the villagers at the edge of the field had also returned to their fields after lunch and rest. Only then did Little Know-It-All return with a basket in his mouth, still sucking on a dried jujube.

"Sister Lin, my mom made you chicken noodle soup, it smells so good! And my brother picked some peaches this morning, I specially chose the sweet ones."

As he spoke, he carried the items from the basket to the table in the main room. There was a large bowl of oily chicken noodle soup, with more meat than noodles, and two large chicken legs that were the most eye-catching. The peaches were small, with tiny red tips already emerging.

Why did the child's mother kill the chicken?
However, after learning that Xiao Jingjing was the captain's granddaughter, she understood why her brother's house was built next to this child's.

The brigade leader has four sons and one daughter. His second son was adopted from his cousin. He joined the army in his early years, but was later demobilized due to injury. He is now the security director of a steel plant in the county.

Xiao Jingjing's father is this second son, and he is also the most successful of the brigade leader's surviving children.

Grandpa Leng and the captain's father were comrades-in-arms in the same trench. Although one rose through the ranks and the other returned to his hometown after injuring his leg, their contact never ceased. They often sent each other things, and her family frequently received mountain products sent by the captain's family.

The reason why Grandpa Leng arranged for her to stay here was very clear: not only would the brigade leader's family take good care of her, but this was also a village of heroes with a good atmosphere.

Many of the chaotic things outside haven't affected the village much yet, and there's a high chance they won't affect it in the future either.

And just as Grandpa Leng wished, the captain's family, whose most capable member was Xiao Jingjing's father, left her with the family nearby.

Although the two families had never met, they had been friends for decades, so Lin Yuexi didn't refuse the things that Xiao Jingjing brought. Otherwise, people would think that she looked down on their family.

The two companies are too far apart in status, so one has to be careful in striking the right balance.

However, "Little Jingjing, I've accepted the chicken noodle soup and peaches. When you get home, please thank your mom for me. But I can't eat these yet, so can you let me eat them for you first, okay?"

"Huh? You can't even eat chicken legs?" Little Qingqing felt a little sad for Sister Lin. Chicken legs are so delicious, why can't Sister Lin eat them?
Lin Yuexi slowly went over and sat down. "My sister has a sensitive stomach, so she can't eat anything hard for now."

So she always ate millet porridge for three meals a day, and occasionally steamed egg custard.

Once, her mother saw that she was in good spirits, so she tried to stew a bowl of minced meat and egg custard. She thought it would be fine to eat, but good heavens, she vomited so much that her stomach almost came out with it.

She is very thin, partly because her stomach is too fragile.

"Okay, I'll go get some porridge for Sister Lin."

Xiao Jingjing expressed her understanding, saying that her mother had told her that Sister Lin's health was not very good, and that she had to listen to Sister Lin herself about what she could eat, and that she couldn't just give Sister Lin food because she thought it was good.

Since Lin Yuexi didn't stop her from going into the kitchen to wash dishes this morning, Xiao Qingqing has already gotten a license to enter the kitchen.

Of course, she still couldn't touch the food casually, but she no longer had to avoid the kitchen when doing things at Sister Lin's house.

She put the chicken noodle soup and peaches back into the basket and went to the kitchen to exchange them for millet porridge, which she then brought in.

"Sister Lin, eat slowly. While you eat, I'll tell you about Aunt Sun's family."

"it is good."

Great, there's even a side dish of melon to eat with rice. Not only that, there's also a proper performance; the little girl is sometimes Granny Sun, sometimes Li Sanzhu, and sometimes Li Erban.

Li Sanzhu and Aunt Sun have three sons and one daughter: Daban, Erban, Sanban, and their youngest daughter, Sini.

Daban married a woman from the same village and they have two sons; Sanban married a young woman who was sent to the countryside during the Cultural Revolution, and they have a son and a daughter. His youngest daughter, Sini, also married into the commune two years ago and gave birth to a big, healthy daughter last year.

Only Erban, because he was relatively dull-witted and of average appearance, was introduced to a woman from the next brigade at the end of last year.

At that time, most people were engaged in arranged marriages, relying entirely on the matchmaker's words; the same applied to Erban.

Little did anyone know that this wife was a wicked woman who only supported her own family. The second-class family gave her a dowry of 88 yuan, but when she got married, she only wore a tattered dress and brought nothing with her. After only two days of being well-behaved, she started bringing things back to her parents' home. Today she would bring a few eggs, tomorrow a few kilograms of rice, and the day after she would bring a piece of cloth to make clothes for her nephew.

Every household is struggling these days; even city dwellers are barely able to feed themselves. What family could tolerate a daughter-in-law like that?!
But it wasn't easy for Erban to find a wife, and Erban himself also cherished her, so he couldn't just break up with her like that.

So the whole family kept a close watch on their belongings, especially grain, which they locked up tightly to prevent Erban's wife from taking anything back to her parents' home.

Two months ago, Erban's wife told him that she had been found out she was pregnant. Erban was already thirty-two years old, so he could finally become a father. Not only was Erban happy, but his whole family was happy for him. Let his wife be a little demanding. It's just a matter of supporting her own family. As long as he keeps an eye on her, it'll be fine. Maybe she'll know how to love her own child after the baby is born.

But who knew that Erban's wife would become even more demanding after getting pregnant? She would want to eat this today and that tomorrow, and if she didn't get it, she would throw a tantrum, groaning that her stomach hurts, or lying in bed all day without coming out to eat, saying that she would starve the baby in her belly to death.

But if you give her what she wants, she'll keep it without eating or using it herself, and then send it to her parents' home.

Grandma Sun got angry and said, "Fine, I'll give you whatever you want, but you have to eat it in front of me. If you don't eat it, I'll have my two daughters-in-law force-feed you."

Unable to get it at home, Erban's wife went outside to extort money.

Yes, it's a scam!
“My mother was in the field, quite far away from her. She fell down and said that my mother had knocked her down, and my mother even had to pay for it with six eggs.”

Little Jingjing was so upset. Six eggs! That would have been enough for her and her brother to eat boiled eggs for three days.

Lin Yuexi put a piece of milk candy in her mouth as a comforting gesture.

Yesterday, Erban's wife had a stomachache again while working in the field. Grandma Sun couldn't bear it anymore and didn't let her work today. Who would have thought that Erban's wife was so bold? She smashed the lock on the grain cabinet at home and, with a stomachache caused by wheat tied to her in the field, carried more than 100 pounds of grain on her back and walked along the mountain road with great speed.

Erban's wife's family home was closer from the back mountain. There were a few girls gathering pig feed there, and when they saw her carrying a large bag and heading back to her family home again, they quickly ran to inform Aunt Sun and the others.

The place where they work on the second board is closest to the back mountain, so the fastest one can catch up.

"Uncle Erban said..."

Little Jingjing struck a pose, bent slightly at the waist, rubbed her hands together, and gave a silly smile.

"After I caught up with her, I wanted to take the grain bag off and put it away first. I was worried about the baby in her belly. She kept saying that she was in pain every day. I didn't know if she was really in pain. Anyway, carrying more than 100 pounds on her back must not be good for a pregnant woman."

"I never expected that as soon as I turned my head and squatted down, she threw a stone at me. She really wanted me dead. Uncle Dayou, look, right in the middle of my forehead. She's just not strong. If she were stronger, I would be gone."

Then Xiao Jingjing was replaced by Aunt Sun, who dragged over a long bench and sat down, crossing her legs in a typical Northeastern style, patting her leg with her right hand and looking very angry.

(End of this chapter)