Reborn with a Space: Building a Fortune Amidst Famine

The two sisters-in-law also knew their mother-in-law's temper, and this time she was really angry.

"At that time, their family rushed over to hit me. How could I just wait to be hit? I ran to the brigade captain's house.

In the end, it was the brigade captain who lent your dad and us some grain. He also gave us some fever reducers, which is how your dad got better.

After your dad got better, he went to your uncle's house. I don't know exactly what happened, but from then on, the two families never interacted again. Even when their children got married, we didn't go."

"Mom, if Xiao Li knew about this, she would be very happy," Sun Yun sighed and said. The nun had complained more than once about how awful her uncle's family was, and now it was proved. Let the two elders see their true colors.

"Sigh, now I get who Xiao Li takes after. With my temper, I know your dad isn't any better than me either.

Later, when she lives her own life, her temper should be softer."

"Mom, your son-in-law has a good temper."

"She should find someone like that, otherwise she'll be fighting every day, won't she?"

"Mom, how have you and Dad been all these years?"

"Just about the same; the brigade captain lent us twenty jin of grain. How long could the two of us eat them? We had no choice, but to go up the mountain every day before dawn. There were a lot of Winter Melons on the mountain, your dad and I carefully collected them, and somehow made it through the year until winter. Hu Chunhua, who treated Yuanyuan well, secretly brought us twenty jin of corn. Plus, the corn your dad and I secretly planted in the yard yielded two hundred jin.

We just managed to survive. Without the Winter Melon, without anyone's help, your dad and I would have been history."

The two sisters-in-law listened to their mother-in-law speak as if it was simple, but they could imagine how it really was.

"Didn't we get through it all? At that time, Qingxiang and his family had just arrived, and everyone said it was Yuanyuan who helped them, otherwise, they wouldn't have made it."

"I also heard Qingxiang say it was Yuanyuan who helped them, giving them grain and advising them on what to plant, so they must have had a better time than we did.

Yuanyuan earned a few thousand yuan that year."

"That girl was really something. At that time, her land was next to ours, and I saw that girl was particularly skilled in her work."

The three women chatted like this, while the three men sat outside, not daring to stand up. As soon as you stood up, your seat was no longer yours.

And so they endured until it was time to get off.

When Han Lixia got off the car, she felt her legs were weak. She was responsible for watching over the four kids.

It was indeed very cold here, and it seemed a heavy snowfall had just occurred, already covering their feet.

The old couple stood below, taking deep breaths.

"Brother, you wait here. Xuemei and I will carry the four kids to Xiao Ping's place and bring back a cart."

"Okay."

That was the best arrangement.

"Brother, if you can, let sister-in-law accompany Mom and Dad over there as well."

"I can manage on my own. You all go back; it's too cold outside."

The wives had already made new padded clothes for the parents, adding extra thickness, but since they had just arrived here, they still couldn't adapt.

The group walked home. Zhao Qingxiang waited at the train station watching over the luggage.

After about an hour, they saw three carts approaching.

Zhang Fusheng and Zhao Qingjie pulled the three carts over, just managing to load everything.

Zhao Tian and his wife were sitting on the kang, and Mrs. Zhang was warmly holding Han Lixia's hand and chatting.

The old couple were not talkative people, and seeing Mrs. Zhang's warmth, they felt a bit uncomfortable.

Zhao Yanping and Sun Yun were cooking, Qi Xue Mei went to invite Zhao Yanli and her husband over.

They had already discussed on the train that they would stay for a maximum of two days before hurrying back. They hadn't prepared the seeds at home yet.

Zhao Yanli's family of five were at home; it was Sunday, and the old couple were on holiday at home.

"Second sister-in-law, you're back?"

"Xiao Bing, we're all back."

"Quick, come inside."

Zhao Yanli heard her second sister-in-law's voice too. She quickly put on her shoes and just bumped into Qi Xue Mei.

"Xiao Li, Mom and Dad have come over. You and your husband should go to Xiao Ping's too."

"Okay, I'll go right away." Zhao Yanli was a bit excited.

The old couple of the Zhou family were sitting on the kang, hearing that the in-laws had arrived.

They felt a bit troubled. The whole family should go over, but Xiao Lei was too young and couldn't go out yet.

"Xiao Li, your dad will go with you to meet the in-laws. I'll stay home to look after Xiao Lei. I will go over when he comes back."

Zhao Yanli nodded, "Okay, Mom, I'm heading over now."

She was very excited. She hadn't seen her parents for many years. Although she was angry with them then, all the anger was gone now and only longing was left.

"Xiao Li, bring the frozen tofu from home, along with tofu sheets," Mrs. Zhou instructed quickly.

The three of them came out, the young couple carrying things in their hands, and hurried to the eldest sister's house.

Zhou Yongbing understood how his wife felt. His wife was someone who spoke harshly but had a soft heart.

Right now, Zhao Yanli was very conflicted, actually just scared of seeing her parents.

She was the youngest in the family and her parents had spoiled her. Otherwise, how could she have developed this personality?

The incident back then was because she was young and impulsive. But if she hadn't done it, who knows how their fate would have turned out?

Lost in thought, her feet moved quickly.

Arriving at the entrance of the eldest sister's house, she was afraid to step inside.

Zhou Yongbing noticed his wife's hesitation and firmly held her hand.

Mr. Zhou was following behind them, just entering the yard, hearing the laughter from inside.

Zhou Yongbing pulled Zhao Yanli inside. Seeing her sister, Zhao Yanping just laughed, knowing she was too scared to face them, right?

The three of the Zhou family entered the room, where Zhao Tian and Han Lixia were sitting on the kang, looking at their daughter.

Tears started falling from Zhao Yanli's eyes, trembling as she called out, "Dad, Mom."

Tears fell immediately from Han Lixia's eyes, and she rushed to the edge of the kang, pulling Zhao Yanli's hand.

"Xiao Li, Xiao Li."

Zhao Yanli hugged her mother tightly, wailing.

"Mom, I finally see you."

Zhou Yongbing quickly called Father Zhao Tian and also greeted the tearful Han Lixia as "Mom."

Mr. Zhou smiled and looked at Zhao Tian, "In-law, was the journey fine? It's hard to adjust to the temperature here, isn't it?"

Zhao Tian held back, his tears not falling.

"In-law, come up on the kang.

I'm okay, it's indeed colder here than back at home, but it's fine.

Xiao Bing, come up on the kang too."

Mr. Zhou happily kicked off his shoes and sat on the kang next to Zhao Tian.

"In-law, it's good that you are here now. The whole family is in this area, only Xiao Ping and Xiao Li are a bit far, but not too far either."