After the female supporting character in the quick transmigration series realized her mistakes

So Feng Changqing looked at his mother with a helpless expression and said, "Mom, given the relationship between my cousin and me before, how can I let her stay? Even if she could stay, should I let her live at home, or should I buy her a house outside? Have you thought about the problems that would arise?"

Madam Feng hadn't really considered that aspect; she simply wanted to make her niece's life a little easier.

Feng Changqing naturally noticed his mother's hesitation, but pretended not to see it and continued, "Jiang Xiuxi is a woman with no relatives or friends in Beijing. If she comes to me for help, should I help her or not? If I help her, will Xiangxiang have any bad thoughts? If Xiangxiang is unhappy, will I feel better? If our parents are unhappy, will it affect the children at home? Mother, what is the point of keeping Jiang Xiuxi in Beijing?"

"Do you think my life is going too smoothly right now, so you want to create some trouble for me?"

In the end, Madam Feng couldn't persuade her son otherwise. After all, no matter how wronged her niece was, she couldn't compare to her son.

She simply told Jiang Xiuxi that there was no way to keep her in Beijing, but who could have imagined that Jiang Xiuxi would be so determined to stay? She secretly married a man more than ten years her senior, without telling the Feng family.

Two days before the elderly couple from the Feng family were to return to their hometown, the whole family went about their own business early in the morning.

The children got up early to play with their friends, while Xiangxiang went to work as usual.

When Xiangxiang arrived at work, she found that several of her colleagues were already there and were organizing the things they had brought.

When people saw Xiangxiang, one of them couldn't help but say, "Comrade Xiangxiang, you've been coming to work later and later lately. What's going on? I heard your in-laws came to your house. Are they hard to please?" Their tone was clearly malicious and meant to sow discord.

Unfortunately, Xiangxiang didn't think her in-laws needed her to serve them, so she naturally didn't take this person's words seriously.

However, she didn't want to just put up with it, so she retorted directly: "What's so difficult about it? I have people at home to help me. Besides, my parents-in-law didn't come here to freeload. They even brought us a lot of grain from their hometown. We're not as capable as Sister Niu, who has to support both her own family and her husband's family."

Ms. Niu and her husband are from a rural area near Beijing. They were lucky enough to get jobs in the city and have two daughters and a son. They have both sons and daughters, which sounds like a very happy life.

But the truth is! The two of them were supporting a family of five, and they should have been living quite comfortably.

The problem is that both of them have families to take care of.

Sister Niu's husband is a chauvinist who takes on all the responsibilities for his parents and siblings.

Sister Niu is a devoted mother who always feels that she is enjoying her job in the city while her brother is suffering in the countryside, so she frequently sends money to her family.

The couple each had their own families to take care of, so they naturally neglected their own three children.

The three children were fed irregularly by the couple, and they were all emaciated and pale. Everyone who saw them felt sorry for them.

Unfortunately, the couple seemed blind to the suffering their child was enduring.

Not only did Sister Niu not understand Xiang Xiang's sarcasm, she also nodded vigorously in agreement with Xiang Xiang's words. She really thought Xiang Xiang was right; she was indeed quite capable.

Her face was so thin it was practically skin and bones, but she looked so smug that it made Xiangxiang shudder.

Xiangxiang couldn't be bothered to pay attention to her. If someone is immersed in the emotion of their own efforts, it's like someone pretending to be asleep; you can't wake them up no matter how hard you try.

After get off work, Xiangxiang rode her old bicycle to the post office to pick up her package.

Two days ago, Tong's mother called to say that she had sent Xiangxiang some grain and dried vegetables from home. Xiangxiang calculated that the time should be almost up.

They are facing a shortage of supplies now. Grain has been subject to unified procurement. I heard that in the second half of this year, grain and grain products will be supplied to urban areas nationwide using ration coupons. The grain supply is becoming more and more standardized.

When Xiangxiang was on the phone with Tong's mother, she mentioned that Tong's mother was worried about unpredictable changes in the future, so she and Tong Dayou secretly bought a lot of grain and various dried goods in their vicinity and stored them in case of emergency.

So, Tong's mother sent some over this time so her grandsons could try it and see if they liked it. If they did, they would buy some more to store.

Now that food has to be bought with coupons, will other supplies also have to be bought with coupons in the future?

Thinking about all this, Tong's mother has recently become very interested in hoarding food and supplies, wanting to buy and store everything she sees.

Fearing they wouldn't be able to buy it anymore, they dug a large cellar in their house, which was filled with all sorts of supplies.

Xiangxiang was delighted with this. Although she didn't know what the future policies would be, she always felt like she couldn't have enough food. She wanted to save as much as possible until she felt she had enough to eat and use before she felt at ease.

As soon as Xiangxiang entered the house, she shouted at the door, "Kids, come out and help me carry my things inside!"

Xiangxiang called out once, but no one responded. She then shouted again, "Feng Jiayu, Feng Zhaoning? What are you doing? I've been calling for a long time and no one is answering."

Xiangxiang unloaded the things from the car and saw Feng Chengxi and Feng Jiayu come out. She raised her eyebrows and asked curiously, "What are you doing in the house? I called for a long time but no one came."

Upon hearing Xiangxiang's question, Feng Jiayu became incredibly excited, as if something terrible had happened at home. He leaned close to Xiangxiang's ear and whispered, "Mom, something terrible has happened at home!"

Hearing her son's serious expression, Xiangxiang stopped walking forward. Her big eyes, which looked a lot like Feng Chengxi's, blinked at Feng Jiayu, full of curiosity.

Xiangxiang asked in a low voice, "Did something happen at home? Why is it so quiet today..."

As Feng Chengxi watched his mother and younger brother intimately sharing their secrets, a pang of envy and disappointment flashed through his mind. Since he came to live with his family, his mother seemed to have never been so uninhibited in her interactions with him.

He only realized that their relationship was more like that of friends than mother and son when he accidentally saw his mother and younger siblings getting along so closely.

Of course, Feng Chengxi was just thinking about it now, but when he thought about what happened in the room, he still felt a little awkward.

Feng Chengxi grew up with his grandparents and never met his parents. He could see his father occasionally when he was a child, but he never saw his mother.

Once, Feng Chengxi heard from the servants who took care of him that the cousin living in the house was his father's ex-wife. Feng Chengxi thought that his mother was the woman in the house whom he called aunt.

So when he was young and didn't understand things, he placed his longing for maternal love on Jiang Xiuxi, so Feng Chengxi still had some filial affection for Jiang Xiuxi.