As soon as Xu Yin rode to the door of Xu's house, her uncle...oh no, her own grandfather jumped out of the tricycle, shouted loudly and walked towards the yard as fast as flying.
"Dad? Didn't you say you were going to the village entrance to get some business? Why are you back so soon? Is there something wrong?"
Xu Weiguo's daughter-in-law and Xu Yin's biological mother, Feng Cuiqin, lifted her apron and wiped her hands, then trotted out of the house.
"It's okay, it's okay...cough, there's something, it's okay! Oh - it's not a bad thing anyway!"
Grandpa Xu was so excited that he could hardly speak.
Suddenly remembering that her granddaughter was still outside, she quickly returned to the door of the courtyard and waved to Xu Yin: "Come in quickly, kid! I won't lie to you! I am really your grandfather, this is your mother, your father..."
"Dad, what are you talking about? Is this... Could it be Yin Yin? Is it my biological daughter Yin Yin? I remember brother Yueyue called your name." Feng Cuiqin said, suddenly burst into tears, "Oh, Yin Yin is back ! She is willing to go home..."
Xu Yin was hugged by her, and her nose felt a little sore.
On the other hand, Grandpa Xu has digested everything and calmed down now. His dark and thin face was full of wrinkles, and he smiled so happily: "It's a good thing to be back! Why cry!"
"Grandpa is right. It is a good thing for our family to reunite. Mom, please stop crying." Xu Yin comforted Feng Cuiqin, "By the way, where is my dad? I heard from Brother Ding'an that he is sick. What is wrong? Have you gone to the hospital? ?”
"Your dad..." Feng Cuiqin mentioned her husband's illness and couldn't help but her eyes turned red again. "He was diagnosed with liver cancer. Fortunately, it was in the early stage. The doctor said that with active treatment, the chance of cure is still relatively high. No, Your cousin's sister works as a nurse in the hospital. I asked her to help find a bed, and I moved in a few days ago. I went home to pack some things and wanted to go there. I didn't expect you to come back. Your father will be very happy to know..."
Xu Ding'an came to the door and said that Xu Yue and Xu Yin had hugged each other by mistake. When Xu Yue was his biological sister, Xu Weiguo was diagnosed with liver cancer not long ago, and the family was worried about it.
Feng Cuiqin asked his nephew's daughter-in-law's sister to inquire. If it was an operation, the operation fee would be conservatively estimated to be 50,000 yuan, not including subsequent chemotherapy, nursing care and other expenses.
The family invested a lot of money in contracting a bamboo forest last year, but they haven’t seen a return yet. They are already financially strapped, and this makes it even more difficult.
Therefore, when Xu Yue was taken back to her biological parents' home a few days ago, Feng Cuiqin wiped her eyes red from crying and hardened her heart and did not try to hold her back. It was said that her biological daughter chose to stay at the home of her adoptive parents and refused to come back. She was so miserable that she had no time to guess. Why don't you want to come back?
She just wants to support the family and get over the current predicament.
Unexpectedly, my daughter-in-law came back.
Feng Cuiqin held Xu Yin's hand tightly and looked at her carefully, fearing that this was just a dream and her biological daughter would disappear again in the blink of an eye.
"You...how did you get here?" She nervously grasped the hem of her apron, "I didn't know you were coming back, and I didn't even go to pick you up..."
“Mom, I’m such a big person, is it not easy for me to find my own home?”
"Is it easy? Didn't you almost get lost at the entrance of the village?" Grandpa Xu answered straightforwardly.
Xu Yin: “…”
Speaking of this, she couldn't help but ask the old man: "Grandpa, are you specifically waiting to attract people at the village road crossing to make money?"
She thought it was a simple old man riding a tricycle passing by.
"That's not the case! It's five and a half miles from the town to our village, and there are always people like you who can't figure out the way or can't walk easily while carrying heavy objects. Your dad is currently lying in the hospital waiting for surgery, and it will take a lot of time and effort. It’s a lot of money. At my age, I can’t do anything else, so it’s no problem to pick up someone by riding a train. How many dollars can I earn?”
Xu Yin heard the tip of her nose feel sore from behind: "Grandpa, I will do this kind of job next time. I am strong."
"You are really strong!" Grandpa Xu praised her with a thumbs up cheerfully, and then said to his daughter-in-law, "You don't know, it was Yin Yin who drove me back on a bicycle just now, and she also pulled a cart full of luggage. Oh yo—"
Xu Yin followed: "Mom, let me help you."
"No, no, no, you go back to your room and rest. I have cleaned up the room where Yueyue lived before, but I don't know that the mattress and quilt haven't been dried yet when you come back..."
"I have a belt." Xu Yin pointed to the woven bag, "I also brought some things for my family."
Feng Cuiqin turned off the stove and was quickly stir-frying the almost-dry beans and stewed potatoes. Hearing this, she showed her first comfortable smile in a while:
“Just come back, what are you bringing with you? It’s a waste of money!”
The gifts Xu Yin bought for her family were the same as for others; except for the gift for Xu's father, when she took it out, she secretly replaced it with a bottle of wine from the system warehouse—a bottle of medicated wine that can cure cancer.
This was brewed by her in the oil bottle world, but the medicinal materials required are all natural and precious. The brewing cost is too high, and it is not easy to promote it.
However, when Feng Cuiqin saw the wine, she smiled bitterly: "If your father hadn't been sick, he would have been so happy to see my daughter's filial wine, but it's a pity that now..."
“Mom, this is medicinal wine to improve the body’s immunity. When dad returns home from the operation, drink a small cup every day. It will help to recuperate the body.”
Hearing that it was medicinal wine, Feng Cuiqin did not refuse. She accepted it for the head of the house and placed it on the chest of drawers where he used to put wine bottles.
Looking at the gold jewelry that my daughter bought for herself, she asked: “Why did you buy this?”
“I originally wanted to buy you a set of clothes and a pair of shoes, but I don’t know the size. If it doesn’t fit, it would be too troublesome to return or exchange them, so I bought you a pair of bracelets.”
Mainly thinking that if the family is in urgent need of money, a gold bracelet can help, but what use can clothes and shoes do?
“Mom, do you like it?”
Feng Cuiqin nodded vigorously, her voice choked up: "I like it..."
How could you not like it!
She has never worn gold jewelry in her life.
When she married Xu Weiguo, both families were poor, especially her mother's family. Because her brother was in debt due to gambling, they had no money to save her dowry.
Therefore, all the betrothal gifts sent by the Xu family were used by her natal family to pay off her brother's gambling debts, and not a penny was left for her. She married into the Xu family with nothing but a small baggage in her hand and two pieces of laundry.
Fortunately, neither her parents-in-law nor the head of the family disliked her. On the contrary, the head of the house even told her that when she gets rich in the future, he will buy her a set of clothes.
In the past few years, life has gotten a little better. Seeing that other families in the village were planting torreya trees, fruit trees, etc. on the top of the hill, the head of the house was worried that the bamboo forest behind the house would be contracted, so he gritted his teeth and spent all the money he had finally saved. I invested in it, thinking that I would split more bamboo strips and make some bamboo products to sell in the city.
Unexpectedly, not long after receiving the bamboo bag, he was diagnosed with liver cancer...
Feng Cuiqin covered her mouth and tried her best not to cry.
“Mom didn’t cry, she was just happy…”
It was the first time in her life that she wore gold jewelry, and it was actually bought for her by her daughter-in-law who had been separated for twenty-three years.
Xu Yin hugged her and rubbed her back comfortingly: "Mom, our family will be fine! Trust me!"
“Yeah! Mom believes it!”