Finally, after discussion, everyone reached a consensus: the remaining silver will be kept by Lin Qingxue for the time being, and can be withdrawn from her at any time if needed.

Privately, Lin Qingxue handed the ten taels of silver to Mrs. Lin and told her to keep it safe. At the same time, she also found an opportunity to explain the origin of the ten taels of silver to Uncle Lin and Aunt Lin.

Fortunately, Uncle Lin and Aunt Lin understood what Mrs. Lin did. They knew that it was because of Uncle Lin that the parents of several people in the second house died early.

As an elder, Mrs. Lin would naturally consider the future of the second branch's grandchildren more. After all, the second branch has no parents to rely on and can only rely on these two elders.

Moreover, Mrs. Lin and Old Man Lin did not treat the family of the first wife badly. This mutual understanding and support made the relationship within the family more harmonious.

"Qingxue, just pretend you never told us about this and don't mention it again," Uncle Lin shook his head. He and Aunt Lin had guessed something, but they didn't care about it.

"Okay, uncle and aunt, I'll go back to my house to rest first." Seeing that Uncle Lin and Aunt Lin had a plan in mind, Lin Qingxue went back to her house to rest.

Lin Qingxue was busy preparing things and didn't spend much time with her two daughters. She planned to go back to her room to spend some time with her daughters.

In the room, Lin Qingxue saw her two daughters packing their clothes on the bed. She walked over and said, "Xiaoya, Xiaowan, have you both packed your clothes?"

Lin Qingxue said this and sat down beside her. She looked at her two daughters who were well-behaved and felt very relieved.

"Okay, Mom, Grandma said we're leaving. So when are we leaving? Are we still going to dig wild vegetables tomorrow?"

Lin Xiaoya looked at Lin Qingxue eagerly. They only had their mother. Their father didn't want them anymore, so she didn't want her father either.

"I'm not sure when I'll leave yet, Xiaoya. Mommy's a little busy lately. She has to help your aunt and the others prepare wild vegetables. So, can you stay home and help Mommy take care of your sister?"

Lin Qingxue touched her youngest daughter's head and said to Lin Xiaoya in a negotiating tone that although she was a mother, she would not raise her two daughters without caring about anything.

Lin Qingxue can pamper her two daughters, but she won't spoil them. She can pamper her two daughters, but she won't raise them to be ignorant.

"Of course, mother, Xiaoya will take good care of her younger sister," Lin Xiaoya nodded in agreement. As the elder sister, it was her duty to take care of her younger sister.

"Okay, our Xiaoya is a good girl," Lin Qingxue touched her eldest daughter. She knew that this was unfair to her, but she had no other choice at the moment.

Lin Qingxue helped the two sisters pack the folded clothes into a bundle, and then put it in a wooden box on the kang. Two thick quilts were also folded and put in the wooden box.

When Lin Qingxue got married, the Lin family prepared two quilts, one thin and one thick, as well as four wooden boxes, and some scattered wooden basins, barrels and other dowries, all of which were brought back by Lin Qingxue.

Lin Qingxue looked at the sky outside. It was already late. Just as she was about to go out to prepare dinner, she heard Li Yanniang calling for dinner in the yard. She took her two daughters to the kitchen to eat.

Dinner consisted of stir-fried pork intestines with chili peppers, stir-fried pork liver with chili peppers, bone soup, and cold wild vegetables. The staple food was steamed buns made of two-grain flour, which were steamed in the morning.

After dinner, the family members each fetched some clean water to wash themselves, and then went back to the house to rest.

These days, everyone was either carrying water or digging wild yams and vegetables. Everyone felt very tired, and because of concerns about food, no one dared to eat their fill.

After dawn, when Lin Qingxue got up, the men of the Lin family had already gone out to fetch water, while the women of the Lin family went up the mountain to dig wild vegetables.

After Lin Qingxue finished breakfast with her two daughters, she took Lin Qingyue, who had just finished washing clothes, to go to the mountains to dig wild vegetables.

They came to a place they had never been to before, and perhaps no one else had been here either, so the wild vegetables here were not only abundant in number but also rich in variety.

"Qingyue, there are a lot of wild vegetables here. Let's dig them first. When the baskets are full, you can go back home to deliver the vegetables. And by the way, check if Auntie and the three sisters-in-law have returned home. If they are, bring them over to dig wild vegetables together."

Looking at the wild vegetables that were almost everywhere on the ground, the sisters Lin Qingxue and Lin Qingyue were very excited. These were all edible, and if they were all dug up, they could feed their family for a few days.

"Okay, sister, let's dig quickly!" Hearing Lin Qingxue's words, Lin Qingyue readily agreed.

The two sisters squatted on the ground and started digging wild vegetables. With their efforts, they quickly dug up a small piece of wild vegetable field. They put the dug wild vegetables in a basket, which just filled the entire basket.

"Sister, there is already a basket, so I will take it home first. You can take a rest before digging! Don't tire yourself out," Lin Qingyue said distressedly when she saw Lin Qingxue sweating profusely and her face not looking very good.

"Okay, I'll be careful. Be careful when you go down the mountain," Lin Qingxue nodded. It turned out that her family was the best. They knew how to care about her. If she was in the Sun family, they would just complain that she didn't do enough.

Lin Qingyue went down the mountain and went home carrying a basket full of wild vegetables. When she got home, the sun was shining in the sky. The Lin family members had returned and were sitting in the yard to rest when they saw Lin Qingyue coming back.

"Qingyue, why did you dig up so many wild vegetables? Where is your sister? Is she still digging wild vegetables?" Seeing Lin Qingyue coming back, Lin Qingming hurried over to meet her and untied the basket on her back.

The weight of the basket made Lin Qingming very excited. The basket was so heavy, it seemed that today's harvest was good!

"My sister is still digging wild vegetables. My sister and I found a place full of wild vegetables. We dug about a third of them. My sister asked me to send these wild vegetables back home first and ask my three sisters-in-law to go digging with us. Otherwise, my sister and I would never finish digging today."

Lin Qingyue had walked such a long way and was extremely thirsty and tired when she saw Liu Jiali bringing a bowl of boiled water. She took the bowl and drank it in one gulp. Then she felt better and had the energy to answer Lin Qingming.

"Then what are you waiting for, Qingyue, I'll go with you," Auntie Lin seemed very excited when she heard Lin Qingyue's words, not to mention the other people in the Lin family.

"Qingyue, do you want to take a break?" Liu Jiali asked Lin Qingyue in a low voice.

"No, I'm just thirsty. Come on! Let's go over there!"

Lin Qingyue shook her head. She could still hold on, but she might not be able to keep the wild vegetables. If she didn't go there soon, her sister would continue to work.

After Lin Qingyue finished speaking, she took Aunt Lin and her three sisters-in-law to the place where she and her sister Lin Qingxue dug wild vegetables. From a distance, they saw a large area of ​​wild vegetables with many varieties and large quantities.

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