This seems somewhat self-contradictory.
But for Yun Xiaoxiao, whether they were rural people or city people, they were all human.
All born under the red flag and grew up in the spring breeze. The people have faith, the nation has strength, the ethnicity has hope.
Why should there be class divisions among the same kind of people?
Yun Xiaoxiao went to help in the kitchen.
The living room immediately became quiet.
But Captain Zhao still managed to find topics for conversation.
One couldn’t just sit there in awkward silence, right?
"Mother-in-law, with New Year approaching, your factory must be busy, isn’t it?"
Mother Yun said indifferently, "With the New Year coming, the factory indeed has a lot of work, Xiaoxiao’s father was also going to come, but the factory is too busy."
That’s just polite talk, isn’t it?
City people, like rural people, value sons over daughters. If it were a son, they would have moved him back to the city long ago.
Even before the college entrance exams were reinstated, there were families of Educated Youth in the village who pulled strings to get those Youth back to the city; he had even stamped the approvals and was aware of the situation.
"In a few days, our village is going to slaughter a pig. It’s not easy for you to come here, Mother-in-law, so you should stay for a few more days."
Where could Mother Yun afford to stay longer? This trip was made by squeezing out time.
And her daughter—surprise after surprise was coming her way.
After so many years, she hadn’t told them she had married and had a child in the countryside.
"I only asked for a few days off, I can’t stay long."
Mother Yun thought of the team leader sitting in front of her, which explained why he was so talkative.
The two of them chatted about everyday matters.
Captain Zhao was trying to find out about Laosan’s Wife’s family situation, to see if Laosan’s Wife would return to the city with her mother.
It had to be mentioned.
The back and forth between the two went on.
"Laosan’s Wife, how long can your mother stay this time?"
How long can she stay?
That she truly did not know.
But as long as she insisted on not returning to the city for the time being, and the female supporting character’s mother couldn’t persuade her, she would probably leave.
As for the matter of her marriage, she wasn’t afraid of the female supporting character’s mother going back to tell the family of the female supporting character.
It would just disappoint some people’s expectations.
As for whether the female supporting character’s family would send packages or not.
Did she still need packages now?
Besides, she had earned over a thousand yuan on her own.
When one day she went to the county town to sell more profitable items, like those clips, the kind you could buy twenty for ten yuan, she could sell them for one yuan each or even more; however, earning money that way was slower.
She couldn’t keep relying on selling watches, it would draw attention.
"Maybe she’ll go back tomorrow, who knows?"
"Your family has sent you quite a few things over the years. I’ve dried a lot of dried vegetables, and we also have preserved meat at home. I’ll pack some for them when the time comes."
She certainly did not want to give preserved meat to those who schemed against the female supporting character.
But she could pretend to be kind and pack some dried vegetables.
"I haven’t dried any vegetables or bamboo shoots. When the time comes, Mother can bring some over."
That was entirely no problem.
Not only did they have dried vegetables and bamboo shoots, but they also had dried mushrooms. During the summer, she had dried a lot of mushrooms that were especially fragrant when used to stew chicken.
"Sure, I’ll bring more."
She couldn’t let her leave empty-handed after all—those were also goods.
Whether they were appreciated or not, it was none of her concern.
After all, they were relatives who would only visit once in several years, during New Year’s.
She had just seen the female supporting character’s mother glimpse Captain Zhao’s patched clothes with a hint of disdain.