Reborn 99 Days Later, Becoming a Landlady and Getting into Tsinghua and Peking Universities

"Qiu'er, why are you back today?"

Hua Dongmei glanced at the position of the sun overhead.

That's right, it's only morning.

No, according to previous practice, a daughter-in-law would never return to her parents' home for less than two or three days. She just went yesterday, so why is she back today?

Could it be...

Hua and Qiu rushed home after breakfast, not even having time to drink water, so they gulped down a few mouthfuls.

Just as I was about to explain to my mother-in-law, I looked up.

Huh, where did everyone go?

"Qiu'er! How are your sister's two children? How is your father-in-law?"

We're family. If you have any difficulties, don't keep them to yourself. Speak up and we'll figure out a solution together.

As she spoke, Hua Dongmei, who had returned, took out a plastic bag from behind her and opened it layer by layer.

Another plastic bag was revealed, and then, layer upon layer, a cloth bag was revealed...

"This is the twenty-odd yuan I've saved. It's not much. Do you think it can do anything for me?"

Seeing that Hua and Qiu remained silent, Hua Dongmei assumed her daughter-in-law thought it was too little and quickly explained:

"That's all the money I have. If it's not enough, I'll borrow some more to make up the difference."

Hua and Qiu grabbed their mother-in-law's arm: "Mom, how did you know I'm short of money? But it's not that my father had an accident, it's that our family is in trouble!"

"what?"

"My sister's daughter got a recipe for food..."

Li Liangping shook his head, letting his wife and mother explain, and led his three sons up to the attic to bring down all the peas in the house.

Upon hearing the whole story, Hua Dongmei's first reaction was not joy, but worry.

"Qiu'er! If we also sell that kind of cold jelly, won't it interfere with your family's business?"

"No! We live far apart, so we'll just sell it in our county. We won't go far, so it won't have any impact."

"That's good, that's good!"

Hua Dongmei felt relieved and cautiously inquired, "When do you plan to send the tuition fee?"

"Let's make a few pots of cold noodles today and see how it goes. Once they're all sold out tomorrow, I'll go back to my parents' house immediately."

Firstly, I was going to deliver the tuition fees, and secondly, I wanted to let my dad know the situation so he wouldn't always worry about whether things were going well for me.

Hua Dongmei nodded quickly: "That's how it should be! That's how it should be!"

They've already given us the prescription, so we can't still owe tuition fees.

"Do you have enough money? If not, I'll try to borrow some."

That afternoon, the first batch of cold noodles was ready.

Following the method taught to her by Hua Lichu, Hua Heqiu had Hua Dongmei and Li Liangping each serve a bowl to the village for those they were close to to try.

I also told them that they could come to my house to buy cold noodles wholesale and sell them.

It wasn't that Hua and Qiu didn't want to go, but rather that her stingy image was already deeply ingrained in people's minds.

She offered free samples, but people might suspect she was poisoning the jelly.

To avoid unnecessary trouble, it's best not to show up.

The next morning, the villagers who had ordered the cold noodles the day before arrived as promised.

Watching the crowd disappear into the distance, Li Liangping took out a bucket he had prepared beforehand, filled it with about a hundred kilograms, and headed to a nearby village.

That evening, the three generations of the family, who were setting up a stall at the crossroads, heard the good news from Hua and Qiu, who rushed over.

Taking advantage of everyone's good mood, Hua Lichu said, seemingly casually:

"Have you heard? There's big news in Qingshan Village. They say a couple is taking care of their child and are reluctant to eat or dress properly."

As a result, the child only grew taller but not stronger, and suffered leg cramps at night. The next day, when he went out to play, his legs were so weak that he fell into the river…

"Is there still this?"

Ever since they made money, the smiles that seemed to be etched on Hua and Qiu's faces vanished instantly.

Hua Lichu nodded: "Of course it's true! Long-term malnutrition leads to a deficiency of various trace elements in the body, and calcium deficiency can cause leg cramps..."

"Then... is there any way to replenish that element?"

Hua and Qiu looked at their three skinny kids and felt uneasy.

"Those families with better financial conditions can eat meat and eggs every now and then."

If the family can't afford it, they'll buy a pork bone every few days to make soup, and let the children drink the soup and eat the marrow...

Auntie, you won't go broke from eating or dressing; it's not that you'll go broke from not knowing how to calculate.

Don't skimp on the family's food. Your younger cousins ​​are growing, so they need to get enough nutrition. Otherwise, they won't grow tall and will easily get sick.

And you and your uncle, you're in your prime, you should eat well too.

Otherwise, you won't see it when you're young, but when you get old, you'll be covered in illnesses, needing medicine and injections, which not only costs money but also causes you a lot of suffering!

And then there's my in-laws' grandmother, she's getting old and has osteoporosis, she needs to take supplements regularly, otherwise…”

At this point, is there anything Hua and Qiu still don't understand?

What grandson taking care of the baby? Her niece is just picking on her!

She chuckled awkwardly, "I know. Kids like you, always spouting theories."

"Don't think I'm being nosy, but I read all this in a book! Do you really want all the money you've worked so hard to save to go to the hospital?"

Hua and Qiu shook their heads frantically without hesitation: "Why should we?!"

"That's settled then! It's not like I'm asking you to eat dragon meat. It's just spending a little money to buy some pork bones to make soup. It won't cost much!"

"Okay, okay! It's just bones, I'll buy them!"

Hua Lichu called Li Xiangxue over: "You heard everything, didn't you?"

Your mother said she'll make you drink bone broth every now and then.

"I have a task for you: count how many times Mom made bone broth. Next time you come here, tell me, okay? I'll treat you to candy then!"

"it is good!"

Seeing that Hua Heqiu dared not speak out in anger, Hua Yuansheng shook his head with amusement.

Li Xiangwen and Li Xiangwu each grabbed one of Hua and Qiu's arms: "Mom~"

Hua and Qiu said irritably, "Damn it! I'm really scared of you guys! You make me feel like a stepmother!"

In the following days, both sides were busy making jelly.

One day, a villager who had gone out to collect peas returned with a bitter face, saying that the price of peas outside had risen to 3 cents per pound.

After Hua Lichu finished taking stock of the peas she had stored at home, she officially announced that she would stop buying peas.

Fortunately, she had already given everyone a heads-up.

Although everyone felt it was a pity, they were also content.

That same afternoon, Zhao Tianlin, the homeroom teacher for the third year of junior high school, came to our home.

The accurate reduction and exemption policies were delivered.

After discussion, the county government decided to reduce the tuition fee by 100 yuan for each of the two sisters.

After seeing off their responsible homeroom teacher, the two sisters smiled at each other and said in unison, "School's about to start!"