Quick Wear: Cannon Fodder

After Li's mother left, the mother and daughter prepared to return to their hometown in the countryside.

Ye Zhiqiu had a complicated expression on his face along the way. It was because he saw too many poor people along the way. After living in Haicheng for a long time, he almost forgot how hard the country people lived.

Ye Yuan's feelings were not as deep as Ye Zhiqiu's, but seeing the country children staring at the red hairpin on her head with envy, she also cherished her current life in her heart.

The mother and daughter set out early in the morning with almost no rest, but they didn't arrive until after three in the afternoon.

As expected, no one in the Ye family recognized Ye Zhiqiu when they saw him. It was Ye Liushi who thought he looked familiar and summoned up the courage to call out, "Big girl, is that you?"

Ye Zhiqiu did not answer, but pulled Ye Liushi into the house. There were already villagers outside looking in, and she did not want the news of her return to reach the Zhang family tomorrow.

After entering the house, she admitted her identity, but also told her family not to tell anyone, including the Zhang family, and told them not to expect her to bring anything back next time. The Ye family, who had been a little indifferent, immediately took it seriously, and the whole family knew the importance of this matter.

Last spring, when there was a shortage of food, they were able to get through it thanks to the money Ye Zhiqiu sent back. Compared to other families in the village who had to sell their children, just starving was considered good enough.

"Whose child is this?" Mrs. Ye Liu pointed at Ye Yuan and asked. Only after asking clearly would she know how to treat him.

Ye Zhiqiu hesitated for a second, but decided to tell the truth: "This is the eldest daughter that the Zhang family threw into the orphanage. I found her and brought her back."

Mrs. Ye Liu had guessed countless possibilities, but she didn't expect this answer. She was so angry that she called her aside and scolded her: "It's easy to find the child, but how can you raise him by yourself? And look at what you are wearing now, it's nice to look at, but it can't be eaten. Don't forget that the Zhang family still has a son to raise. And you didn't tell the Zhang family that you came back, what are you going to do? I tell you, you can't learn the tricks of the city people. And didn't I tell you not to think about your mother's family anymore, why are you carrying so many bags this time?"

Ye Liushi said so much that Ye Zhiqiu didn't know which one to answer first: "The Zhang family doesn't know I'm back, and my son doesn't have my last name. But Ye Yuan has my last name, and she will take care of me in my old age."

Ye Liushi said that her son would take care of her in her old age, so Ye Zhiqiu deliberately asked her: "Do you think a son or a daughter is better? When you can't move, will your daughter-in-law or son take care of you? If your daughter-in-law doesn't care, will your son take care of you?"

Mrs. Ye wanted to say that her son would not ignore it, but when she thought about the elderly people who had passed away in the village in recent years, she could not bring herself to say it. Elderly people are usually taken care of by their daughters-in-law. If the daughters-in-law do not care about them, the sons will not do anything about it. They will only scold the daughters-in-law for being unfilial, but it is absolutely impossible for them to take action.

Forget it. A daughter who is married off is like water spilled. There is no point in caring too much about her. She doesn’t care anymore.

Ye Yuan kept staring at Ye Liushi, worried that she didn't like her and would persuade Ye Zhiqiu to send her away. She was relieved only when the two of them came back with smiles on their faces.

Mrs. Ye Liu said that she really didn't care about Ye Zhiqiu, but it was rare for her daughter to come back, and it was the first time she met her granddaughter, so she was generous for once and wanted to kill a chicken at home.

Ye Zhiqiu knew that the chicken was an important property of the Ye family, so she stopped her from roasting it, but she did not lack for food.

Unfortunately, Ye Liushi refused to listen and insisted on killing the chicken. In addition to the chicken, she also took out the only piece of bacon in the house. When Ye Zhiqiu saw it, he quickly reminded her: "I bought the meat, so don't touch this."

Fortunately, she had made preparations. She bought meat and fish in town, and picked some vegetables from the fields, so she could put together a good meal.

Ye Liushi wanted to cook by herself, but her two daughters-in-law naturally stopped her. How could they let their mother-in-law do it when their sister-in-law came back today? This was their sister-in-law who could save the family at a critical moment. They didn't even have time to please her, so how could they dare to let their mother-in-law do the cooking in front of her?

They were not stupid and had long seen that the sister-in-law was most concerned about the mother-in-law. They both secretly decided to be nicer to the mother-in-law in the future, and it would be best if the mother-in-law could live a long life.

Mrs. Ye Liu did not force her, but just asked Ye Xiaodi to go into the kitchen to help light the fire and supervise the two daughters-in-law to prevent them from having any chance to eat secretly.

Ye Zhiqiu didn't know what to say to Ye Liushi, so he just listened quietly. As for Ye Yuan, she had been sent out to play. Ye Liushi didn't say anything else, and kept talking about the Zhang family's affairs, saying that it was pitiful for Zhang Da to raise a child alone.

Ye Zhiqiu kept thinking "it's his fault". It was not easy for him. His original self devoted himself to the Zhang family, which was even harder. So what did he get?

Mrs. Ye Liu kept talking until the food was served. There was meat, fish, and a chicken, plus vegetables grown in her own fields. This meal could be said to be the best meal the Ye family had eaten in recent years, more sumptuous than the New Year's Eve in recent years.

Ye Zhiqiu usually eats well, so she and Ye Yuan don't mind the meat. Although the adults in the Ye family are greedy, they can still hold it back. The children, on the other hand, are drooling. If their parents weren't in control, they would have rushed to the table.

The Ye family lived a hard life, but their education was not bad. The children would wait until Mrs. Ye Liu picked up her chopsticks and said let's eat before they took their bowls.

After finishing the meal, it was already late outside, so Ye Zhiqiu had to stay overnight. She originally wanted to go back to town to stay overnight, but the town was not peaceful at the end of the year. There were no big soldiers causing trouble in the countryside, but there were often bandits passing by.

She was not afraid of the bandits, but it was inconvenient to kill people with Ye Yuan, so she decided to leave them for later.

The next day, Ye Zhiqiu proposed to leave, and Ye Liushi was reluctant but did not stop him. There were no extra beds at home, so they could squeeze in for one night, but the big girl would definitely not be used to sleeping in a crowded place all the time.

But she could see that the girl had become pampered after moving to the city. She didn't sleep well in bed last night, tossing and turning like a pancake. She didn't know if she was dissatisfied with the poor conditions at home.

In addition to not being able to sleep, she was most worried that the villagers would recognize Da Niu after a while, and it would be troublesome for the Zhang family when they received the news. She couldn't understand why Da Niu became a different person after entering the city, but she had to keep it a secret from the Zhang family.

Before returning to the city, Ye Zhiqiu left another sum of money for Ye Liushi. He didn't know when they would meet next time, and she was not short of money, so leaving some more money was a insurance, which could save her life at a critical moment.

After returning to Haicheng, mother and daughter celebrated the New Year together. Although there were few people around, it didn't feel lonely at all.

Ye Zhiqiu smuggled a lot of fireworks out of the space and set off a lot of fireworks on the night of New Year's Eve. Although they were all small fireworks, they opened Ye Yuan's eyes. The fireworks that rose to the sky attracted all the neighbors nearby.

After the Chinese New Year, the school started, and Ye Zhiqiu had to do some work. Li Fang found her and hoped that she could do a favor, which would be life-threatening, but of course she could do it if she didn't want to.

"What's the deal?"