Best friends transmigrate into a book! They marry a high-ranking official! If you run, I run too!

Huang Hongxiang, looking on with a longing expression, asked from outside, "Sister-in-law, are you asleep?"

"Yeah, I'm asleep."

The yellow and red aroma made my teeth itch.

I was chopping filling so fragrantly just now, how could I possibly be asleep?

She had timed it perfectly, planning to come and make a couple of dumplings, but Wang Xiaohui had actually locked the door, which infuriated her.

He even lied and said he was already asleep...

Huang Hongxiang persisted, "Going to bed so early!"

No one inside said a word, so Huang Hongxiang could only leave awkwardly.

Once he was a little further away, he spat on the ground and said, "Pah, what a piece of junk."

Wang Xiaohui and her daughter enjoyed a cozy meal of dumplings inside, warmed by the stove.

After taking her first bite of a dumpling, Wang Xiaohui asked Qiuqiu, "Qiuqiu, are the dumplings delicious?"

Qiuqiu nodded immediately, “…It’s delicious, delicious,” she mumbled, with a dumpling in her mouth.

Wang Xiaohui patted her head and said, "It smells good. Mom will make dumplings for Qiuqiu often from now on."

Qiuqiu clumsily picked up a dumpling from her own bowl and laboriously put it into Wang Xiaohui's bowl, saying, "Mom, eat too."

Wang Xiaohui's bowl contained only one dumpling; the rest was noodles.

She chopped the filling, but only made a few dumplings for Qiuqiu. She planned to make the rest for Qiuqiu to eat three times a day tomorrow, since it was cold and the filling wouldn't spoil anytime soon.

Looking at the dumplings in her bowl, Wang Xiaohui's eyes welled up with tears. "Okay, Mom will eat too."

Although the Lin family was a den of wolves and tigers, once the door was closed, no one could disturb her and her daughter's happiness.

The day after the eve of the Lunar New Year, the entire Xiangxing Brigade knew that working for the Gu family not only paid wages, but also provided them with two jin of meat and two packets of brown sugar during their New Year's break.

The men who have wives at home taking care of the household chores are now showing off outside.

The others were envious.

Someone asked, "I wonder when the Gu family will hire again after the New Year."

Zhang Qiao's husband, Wang Fu, said, "It should be soon. My wife said she got a huge order at the end of the year, and they need a lot of soap!"

"After the New Year, everyone will definitely be able to get back to work, so don't worry."

The men gathered together and talked, and Lin Jinghui also came out of his house.

He had a fight with Qiu Yuefang and hadn't eaten for two meals. Staying at home only made him feel hungrier, so he decided to go out for a walk.

As soon as everyone saw him, they all stared at him, as if they had something to say, but in the end no one said anything.

In reality, most people were thinking that Lin Jinghui was a coward, useless, and listened to his mother too much.

Otherwise, how happy he would be living now!

Wang Xiaohui was among the first batch of people to work for the Gu family.

I've been doing this for several months now.

The Gu family pays me twenty yuan a month, and over the past few months, that's almost a hundred yuan.

That's almost enough for someone else to get married.

But what happened to the Lin family...?

Confused!

Faced with everyone's scrutinizing gazes, Lin Jinghui awkwardly greeted them.

After the response, everyone started discussing Gu Jia's work again.

Everyone says it's good.

They said the Gu family was kind and righteous, and even gave them two catties of meat.

"This meat should be delivered to their family by the workers."

"If it weren't for his wife coming up with this idea, the people in our brigade would only be able to earn an extra hundred or two yuan a year by relying on farming!"

"That's right!"

Lin Jinghui didn't think about anything else, but one thing he was very clear about was that the meat was indeed distributed free of charge by the Gu family, and each family received some.

Lin Jinghui quietly left the crowd and went back to find Qiu Yuefang.

Qiu Yuefang was sitting in the yard picking peanuts, preparing to fry some; they didn't have anything else.

As soon as Lin Jinghui entered the courtyard, he told her, "Don't talk nonsense in the future. That meat was distributed by the Gu family, and everyone got some."

Wang Xiaohui carried the child out of the house. Upon hearing this, she didn't even glance at Lin Jinghui, but instead carried the child to the Gu family's house.

She had been busy with work and hadn't prepared anything for the New Year.

She wanted to ask Wen Tang and the others to discuss leaving the child with the Gu family for a day so she could go to town to buy some things.

Bringing a child along will make it difficult to carry things.

As for Lin Jinghui, her biological father, he was completely outside of Wang Xiaohui's considerations.

Upon hearing Lin Jinghui's words, Qiu Yuefang retorted, "If you care so much about her, why don't you go eat her dinner tonight!"

Lin Jinghui hadn't eaten for two meals, and upon hearing this, he felt breathless.

If he continues to sulk, it looks like he'll have to go hungry again.

At this point, he could somewhat understand Wang Xiaohui back then, because her mother was truly awful.

“Fine, give me my grain and all my work points for this year,” Lin Jinghui said, unusually assertive.

Qiu Yuefang immediately threw a tantrum, throwing the winnowing basket aside, scattering peanuts all over the ground. She sat down and began wailing, "I don't want to live anymore, I don't want to live anymore..."

"What a waste of a life! We've raised a thankless wretch!"

She screamed loudly!

The Lunar New Year is just a few days away, everyone is taking a break, and the weather is sunny with nothing to do, so everyone is wandering around outside.

The Lin family's commotion quickly attracted attention.

Qiu Yuefang howled even louder.

Feeling embarrassed, Lin Jinghui turned and went inside, saying, "I can't be bothered with you."

But the onlookers didn't leave, and they all asked what had happened. Qiu Yuefang, with snot and tears streaming down her face, said, "Now that she has a wife, she has forgotten her mother. Now that she is not doing anything herself, she is blaming me."

When it came to Wang Xiaohui and Lin Jinghui, none of the onlookers sided with Qiu Yuefang. "Jinghui's mother, in my opinion, it's your fault."

"If it weren't for you, your Jinghui would be the only one in our brigade enjoying such a privilege."

"That's right, Xiaohui is so capable, she earns twenty yuan a month!"

"Jinghui might already have a son."

Everyone chimed in, and Qiu Yuefang's face turned a deep purplish-red.

People are still telling her, "You're so old, stop making a fuss. Isn't it better to have your kids at home living peacefully together?"

"Exactly, it's Chinese New Year, why make such a fuss?"

Qiu Yuefang also got up in a huff, took the winnowing basket into the house, and slammed the door shut.

The person involved had disappeared, and the onlookers could only chat for a few more minutes around the Lin family's courtyard before dispersing.

Wang Xiaohui was at the Gu family's house and didn't see the commotion.

When Wen Tang learned that Wang Xiaohui was going shopping, she immediately nodded and said, "When are you going? I'm going to the county town too, let's go together!"

"When are you going?" Wang Xiaohui asked her.

"Let's do it tomorrow. If it's any later, there might be no one left in the county town." After all, people go to bed early these days.

Tomorrow will be the 26th day of the twelfth lunar month.

"Okay, I'll come find you tomorrow."

"Yeah, okay!"

The next day, Wen Tang was going to the county town, and Chi Yue also said she would go. Now that Jiajia was drinking formula, she didn't need to be home all the time.

She can leave her child at home with peace of mind.

When it came to taking care of the child, Lin Jiaojiao raised her hand and said, "Jiajia, I'll take care of her, I'll take care of her. You can rest assured, sister-in-law, I will definitely take good care of her."

Chi Yue, don't worry.

Gu Shuhe, who was already on vacation, suffered an unexpected disaster because of Lin Jiaojiao's actions.

When Zhong Meixian saw Lin Jiaojiao with the child, she glared at Gu Shuhe and said, "Look at you, you're not even as good as Jiaojiao!"

"Even Jiaojiao knows how to take care of children, but all you do is eat rice every day."

Gu Shuhe “…”

"I'd like to bring my nephew and niece too, but I don't have any for the time being, do I?"

These words were a devastating blow to the old lady.