Mother Yun, an accountant at the factory, knew some of the little tricks of Da Bao’s wife.
"Xiaoxiao can’t stay in the countryside forever."
The female supporting character Yun Xiaoxiao was a bit spoiled and temperamental, all the more so. Although she couldn’t compare with her two brothers at home, she was the third most pampered after her elder sister.
Father Yun snorted coldly, "If she’s capable, she shouldn’t come back, just to spite us, to resent us for sending her to the countryside."
Upon hearing this, Mother Yun stared at Father Yun with a bit of a complaint in her eyes.
Distant fragrance and near stench.
"After a year in the countryside, we could have brought her back, but you were unwilling, and Xiaoxiao is just like you; she didn’t want to come back either."
When it came to the temper of these two, each was more stubborn than the other.
Father Yun also had some regrets, afterwards thinking the daughter would write a letter to speak of returning to the city.
But there was not a word, if she did reply, it was only a few sentences.
"She hasn’t replied to the letters?"
Mother Yun sighed deeply, "Xiaoxiao had average grades to begin with. After so many years in the countryside, it’s a bit difficult for her to test her way back to the city."
"She’s not getting any younger, she can’t stay in the countryside forever."
Mother Yun, seeing she had spoken for so long without a single word in reply from Father Yun.
"You don’t want Xiaoxiao to come back?"
Finally, Father Yun spoke, "It’s not that she doesn’t want to come back, if she’s capable she might as well stay in the countryside for life. Anyway, there’s no room for her at home anymore."
The room that used to be the daughter’s was now occupied by two grandsons.
This statement made Mother Yun startle, and her complexion changed drastically, "Do you believe that if you write a letter telling Xiaoxiao not to come back, she might just turn around, get married and truly not return to this home?"
"Why isn’t it like you’re losing a piece of your own flesh, don’t you feel pain? Six years, Xiaoxiao hasn’t come back once in six years, all because of you."
After voicing her complaints, Mother Yun stopped looking at Father Yun.
Yun Xiaoxiao certainly didn’t know about these matters in her parental home.
"Sister-in-law, sister-in-law, are you at home?" Fang Meiyun’s voice came from outside. She planned to go to the town tomorrow to buy some things. Previously, her sister-in-law mentioned that if she was going to town, she should take her along, so she came over to inquire about Yun Xiaoxiao, the sister-in-law.
"I’m home, I’m home." Da Bao and Xiao Bao didn’t go out to play these two days either; they stayed at home watching over the smoked meat, which Yun Xiaoxiao would still bring out to check.
"Come in first, come in."
Fang Meiyun smelled a scent of smoke as she entered and glanced at the kitchen, instantly knowing what was going on.
The meat that brother had brought back before, they made it in the middle of the night so they could enjoy it alongside neighbors.
"Sister-in-law, I plan to go to town tomorrow to buy some things. Are you going to town?"
"What do you need to buy? I can’t leave these next few days, but if you’re missing something, check to see if we have it here? Wait a couple more days, and then we can go to town together?"
Fang Meiyun looked at Yun Xiaoxiao somewhat uneasily; the things she needed might not be available at her sister-in-law’s?
"Is it food or medicine?"
Her sister-in-law actually knew?
"If it’s medicine, tell me what you need. We have some common medicines at home. It’s just me and the kids at home when Third Brother is out, so fearing a headache or fever, I’ve bought quite a few medicines to keep at home."
Third Brother even keeps medicine at home for emergencies?
He’s more thoughtful than her own brother.
"My grandma’s leg hurts."
"Is it an injury, or a sprain, or could it be rheumatism..."
Old folks are susceptible to rheumatism; Yun Xiaoxiao knew this much.
"What’s rheumatism?" Fang Meiyun had never heard this term before and didn’t know what it meant.