Traveling through life as a widow: six sons to support her in her old age

Yuze had already prepared the meal. He served a bowl to grandma and brought it into the house first.

Old Lady Yu was looking outside anxiously, "Xiao Ze, is your mother back yet?"

"Not yet, grandma, you should eat first."

"Be good, I'm not hungry. Wait for your mother to come back and eat together."

Yuze put down the bowl, "Just eat, mom said last night that you should eat first and don't have to wait for her. We can just wait!"

Old Lady Yu looked at her eldest grandson and couldn't bear to reject him. "Okay, Grandma, eat it. Thank you, my dear grandson."

Yu Ze felt embarrassed by his grandma's praise and ran out, just as Lan Qiyan came in.

Lan Qiyan heard a mother's voice as soon as he entered the door.

"I was in such a hurry to get back and forth today that I didn't buy anything for you, but I walked through the mountains and picked up a few eggs. I'll let you touch my brother and fry them."

"Thank you for your hard work, mom. Let me see what you are carrying." Yu Xiu took the backpack directly.

Lan Qiyan curled his lips and said, "What can it be? Ten kilograms of fine noodles. Hurry and put it away."

She took out another eighty coins and handed them to Yuze, "Mr. Butler, take the money."

Yuze took the eighty cents and did not ask his mother for details. Fine noodles were 35 cents per pound on the market, and even if he was bargaining, he could only give up one cent at most.

My mother said she brought back ten kilograms of fine noodles, so that would be 340 coins.

A pound of toad grass sold for less than ten cents, and ten pounds sold for less than 100 cents. Not only did his mother bring back the fine flour, she also gave him eighty cents.

No matter how I calculate this account, it's confusing. Mom must have a secret.

But they also have secrets. Everyone has a fatal secret, but knowing it also has risks. So are they even?

Lan Qiyan: No, your secrets will kill me, but my secrets will give you life.

As soon as she came back, the family could have dinner. In the morning, there was porridge, pickled vegetables made by her mother-in-law, fried eggs made by Yuze, and a few black-faced steamed buns.

Yu Xiu ate his steamed bun in big mouthfuls, unable to speak clearly, "Mom, what are we going to dig today?"

"Digging a cellar. Don't you have a field at the foot of the mountain where you grow sweet potatoes? How can you preserve them if you don't dig a cellar?"

Yuze was a little embarrassed, "Mom, there is really no need for a cellar. You will know when you take a look later."

Lan Qiyan was a little confused, but since the child said so, she chose to believe them.

"Then listen to Yuze. When will the sweet potatoes be harvested?"

“When the frost comes, we can harvest it.”

"Okay, it will take a few more days. If that's your case, I'll take them back to my parents' home."

Yuze felt a little uneasy, "Mom, please be careful."

"Don't worry, we will definitely return with a full load."

Yuze smiled, he knew that his mother came home for a purpose.

After eating and drinking her fill, Lan Qiyan set out on the journey back to her mother's home with her five sons.

Yu Ze looked at the group of heroic and proud figures, the corners of his mouth twitched, hoping that they would not make too much noise.

The villagers passing by looked at them in confusion and asked them what they were doing.

Yu Xiu spoke quickly, "Let's follow mother to Taohua Village to return home."

The villagers shook their heads. This posture didn't look like returning home at all. It felt like horse thieves entering the village.

From Yushi Village to Taohua Village, Lan Qiyan followed the original owner's memory completely, but he ended up going in the wrong direction. In the end, he spent ten cents to ask an old lady for help.

Asking for directions doesn't cost any money, the key point is that Lan Qiyan felt that the grandparents and grandchildren were too pitiful.

Several children also became depressed after seeing their mother giving money to others.

Yu Zhen said softly, "Mom, don't be too sad. There are many poor people in this world, and sometimes we can't do anything about it.

Before you came, we were just like that pair of grandparents and grandchildren."

Lan Qiyan raised her head 45 degrees to prevent tears from falling. "God gave me a compassionate heart, but not the ability to save sentient beings."

"Mom has done a great job." Yu Xiu said, scratching his head.

Lan Qiyan waved his hand and said, "I have a goal. Next, I will work hard to make money and then save the people of the world."

"Mom, please save me, I'm hungry."

"Get lost, you just had breakfast, you're a pig."

Lan Qiyan and Yu Xiu were bickering as they walked, and the four little ones behind them all shook their heads, "Mom, you really don't understand the world."

Is money alone enough?

Without power, no matter how much money you have, you cannot save people.

The mothers and their friends walked and talked, and arrived at Taohua Village just in time for lunch.

When the villagers who were still outside the door saw Lan Qiyan, they turned around and ran away, and every household closed their doors.

The children were shocked. Yu Xiu clapped his hands and praised, "Mom, you are really amazing. What did you do to scare them like this?"

Lan Qiyan shrugged. It wasn't her who did it anyway, so she didn't want to take the blame.

"Let's go to my mother's house. We are here to meet each other. We need to be enthusiastic and not start fighting right away. Remember that?"

"remember."

Everyone was so busy escaping that no one notified the Lan family.

At this time, the Lan family was celebrating with good food and wine because Lan Qiyan's half-sister Lan Xinyuo, brought by her stepmother, was engaged to Song Lian, a scholar from the east of the village.

"Xinyou is a promising person. Song Lian must marry you. You have come to ask for marriage many times. If Dad doesn't agree, it will be a disgrace to the Song family."

Lan Xinyou smiled shyly, "It's up to my parents and the matchmaker, Xinyou, I'll leave it to my father to decide."

Lan Cunliang laughed, "Sumei, you gave birth to a good daughter."

"It's only right that Xinyou can bring honor to our Lan family. You, as a father, have made great contributions."

"That's right, my father is great and my sister is pretty, so my brother-in-law likes her."

"You little girl, you're not even married yet, how can you call me brother-in-law?" Lan Xinyuo scolded with a smile.

"It's always the same sooner or later, right, Dad?"

Lan Cunliang laughed, "Xinning is right, there are no outsiders here, she can shout if she wants."

The family praised each other for a while before starting to eat. Just as they picked up a piece of food with chopsticks, the door was kicked open.

"Dad, your daughter is back to see you."

Lan Cunliang's chopsticks shook. Why did she come back?

"Su Mei, why is she back?"

"This... I don't know either. Quickly clean up the table. I'll go out and take a look."

But before they could clean up, Lan Qiyan came in with the child, "Wow, why is the meal so rich today? Dad really loves me. He bought meat specially when he knew I was coming back."

"Why did you come back?" Lan Cunliang asked unhappily.

Lan Qiyan pointed at the table and said, "Children, this is specially prepared by your grandpa and step-grandma. Come and eat it quickly."

Yu Xiu pulled up Lan Xinyu, Lan Xinning and Lan Xiaobao, who were gnawing on a chicken leg, and put the chicken leg in Lan Xiaobao's hand into his own mouth.

Then he arranged the four younger brothers and said, "Mom, let's eat."

"Eat it quickly, it won't taste good if it gets cold."

"Mom, you eat first." Yulin tore off another chicken leg and put it into Lan Qiyan's mouth.

Lan Qiyan chewed the chicken and smiled kindly, "Good son, you are so filial."

The family of five standing nearby were dumbfounded, and it was not until Lan Xiaobao started crying that they came to their senses.

"Lan Qiyan, don't go too far."

Lan Qiyan scratched his ears and said, "Li Sumei, your voice is cracked. Is your throat not feeling well?"