Lu Qiubo gave his granddaughter a white look.
"If Guman was capable, he would have to make it up in the future. When our Lin family marries off our daughters, how could we be so careless?" She whispered lightly in Lin Caisang’s ear.
Hearing this, Lin Caisang puckered her mouth, indicating that she understood.
But then she thought, when she was first betrothed to Zhou Liang, there was none of these things, it was just a verbal agreement.
But thinking about it, at the time Zhou Liang’s betrothal was arranged, Madam Zhou’s eyes were on the top of her head, thinking they were marrying up to the Zhou family, so where would they prepare anything?
However, it’s better if she keeps this thought to herself.
At Liu Baixiao’s house.
Liu Yushui, with one hand on her stomach and hunched over, was drying something on the rack. To the side, Liu Baixiao gave her a sharp look.
"What are you doing? Not full from your meal or what, drying the vegetables so sluggishly?"
Seeing Liu Yushui dawdling about, he roared in anger. He wished he could pick up a stick from the side and beat this useless daughter to death. It would be better than leaving her at home to waste food.
However, thinking about the child in her belly, he restrained himself. If he really hurt the unborn child, perhaps the villagers would use this against him and drive him out of Ya Village.
He better bear his anger for now. After all, the child was seven months old, and would be born in a few months. If this damn girl does not work harder then, he would definitely not hold back!
Liu Yushui, on hearing his voice, instinctively shuddered and quickened her pace.
"Ah, Yushui, why are you..."
In the courtyard, Liu Rumei walked in with a hoe on her shoulder. Seeing Liu Yushui working, she immediately wanted to help.
But seeing Liu Baixiao sitting in the courtyard like a lord, she promptly held back and put down the hoe first, hurriedly moving towards Liu Baixiao.
"What’s happening outside?" Liu Baixiao frowned and asked.
"Didn’t I ask you to fetch water to water the vegetables? What water can you fetch with a hoe? You lot are just wasting food, if you don’t act more promptly, I’ll throw all of you out!"
Listening to his words, Liu Rumei felt extremely aggrieved.
But what good is grievance? Can it fill her stomach or change anything? No, it can’t.
"Baixiao, that’s what I’ve been trying to tell you. The small ponds in our village have all dried up, there’s no water to fetch. The vegetables in the fields are about to wilt. You have to think of something."
Upon hearing these words, Liu Baixiao’s eyes widened in shock.
"How can this be? What have you been doing?"
"I...this has nothing to do with me. Didn’t you see? I’m always the first one to fetch water. But when there’s no water, I can’t do anything," Liu Rumei quickly explained.
"I heard people in the village say that this year’s drought is especially severe. It wasn’t this hot in the previous years, and the water didn’t run out so early."
She looked timidly at Liu Baixiao as she spoke.
She had previously thought about stealing some more sweet potatoes to keep for herself and her daughter to eat.
However, ever since she was caught stealing sweet potatoes for the first time, those families guarded their fields very strictly, even watching them at night.
She just couldn’t bring herself to do it anymore.