【Quick Wear】My Years as a Mother-in-law

Chapter 126 The Impoverished Mother-in-Law in the Period Literature 6

The system checked carefully and sent her a detailed map similar to a satellite positioning chart. "When your husband and eldest son went out to sea, they encountered a pirate fight. In their hasty escape, they were hit by a typhoon and were blown off course."

"Being Robinson Crusoe on a small island in the deep sea."

Yun Xi didn't know what to say. This family's luck was really weird.

He glanced at the screen on the other side, where the second son of the Zhou family was. "Did he run off to the tropics? No wonder his daughter-in-law's family has become prosperous, but she hasn't mentioned remarrying. This kid is so handsome, a bit like WYZ."

The system nodded, "Yes, he was working as a piglet in Nanyang. Because of his good looks, he was favored by the daughter of a farmer. Unfortunately, your son refused to obey him."

"Of course I won't do that. Lili is not bad looking, why would she fall in love with someone else?"

Yun Xi frowned. Oh my god, should I say that fate is playing tricks on me, or should I thank others for at least leaving me a glimmer of hope?

"Help me monitor them and see if they're in danger. If they are, I'll teleport over to rescue them. If they're not, I'll make some money first and then rent a boat to rescue the old man and the eldest son first, and then the second son."

Yun Xi felt relieved when she saw that the three people had all their limbs intact.

"Okay, no problem."

The system agreed readily. Yun Xi gave it a lot of gifts, and the system was so happy that it set off fireworks in her mind.

"Don't worry, I'll be watching them from all angles to make sure nothing happens to them."

"I feel most at ease leaving it to you!"

The Zhou family got busy quietly. The income of several hundred yuan a day kept everyone smiling. In the blink of an eye, it was the first day of February, the day when the four older children went to school. Niu Niu came running and said that the school wanted to enroll them and they needed to bring their household registration books.

"Why are you telling me this today? You haven't even registered your household registration yet."

Zhao Guohong was so anxious that he was running around in circles!

Yun Xi told her not to worry, "It's okay, I'll take the kids to do it. Do you have any ideas about naming them?"

Zhao Guohong shook his head like a rattle, "I can't read a single word, mother, you give me a name."

Wang Lili agreed, but she didn't have any good ideas either.

Yun Xi frowned and thought for a moment, hoping the system would find a solution quickly. After a while, she said, "The three children of the eldest family are named Zhou Jingwen, Zhou Jingxing, and Zhou Jingchen. The three children of the second family are named Zhou Jingyan, Zhou Jingqiao, and Zhou Jinghe."

Write down each person's name on a piece of paper, take the children to the village party secretary to get a certificate, and then take the household registration booklet to the township police station to handle household registration.

A police officer asked, "Old lady, your husband and son have been missing for so long?"

"Yes, I believe they will come back one day."

Yun Xi said this, fortunately no one cancelled their account, otherwise it would be a hassle when they came back.

"These are the names and birth dates of several of my grandchildren."

After the paper was handed over, the other party quickly filled out the household registration book. These were all handwritten, but the information was backed up at the police station and would be entered into the household registration system in the future when computers became more advanced.

The first generation of ID cards was issued four years ago, in 1989. You can apply for an ID card now, but you will hardly use it if you don’t travel far, so I won’t apply for one for now.

The user's ID is sufficient.

After obtaining a household registration, Yun Xi took her four grandchildren to the township school to register. Niu Niu was in the third grade, Erwa was in the first grade, Dadan was in the second grade, and Erni was also in the first grade.

The tuition for one child per semester is ten yuan, and the textbook fee is five yuan. It costs sixty yuan for four children. The rural schools are more expensive, while the village schools only cost a few yuan per semester. You can borrow old books from senior students without spending any money. However, the rural schools have better educational resources, so if you have the conditions, you should send your children here.

"Er Ni is the youngest, you older brothers and sisters, remember to protect her."

"it is good!"

The four children follow Yun Xi and her husband to school every morning, and come back with their classmates from the village in the afternoon. There is no need to worry too much about safety, as there is a straight road with few trees and no blind spots.

After working non-stop for half a month, the family has almost saved up some money. Now it's early March, and they have to prepare for farming in April. Yun Xi doesn't want to farm this land as it's too much trouble. It would be better to ask the two men from the Zhou family to come back and farm.

"Eldest wife, second wife, I plan to hire a boat to go to the sea area where your father had the accident." Yun Xi said.

Wang Lili was confused. "Mom, what's going on?"

"I always feel that your father and the others are fine, but the police have searched for them several times and haven't found them, so I want to go and take a look myself. If they find them, that would be great, but if not, I'll give up."

Yun Xi wiped the corners of her eyes with her sleeves, a look of sadness on her face.

The two daughters-in-law were silent.

The next day, someone came to Yun Xi and wanted to wholesale braised meat and vegetables to sell in the county. This was perfect, so Yun Xi signed a contract with the person. There were not many restrictions. Simply put, she would be paid every day. If she didn't want the goods one day, she could just let her know. If there were any quality issues, they would be resolved through negotiation. However, Yun Xi would not be responsible for any problems that occurred after the goods were delivered.

The other party said it was no problem and asked us to deliver goods worth 400 yuan a day.

There is no problem on Yun Xi's side. She gets a certain discount on the price because of the large quantity she orders, and she can earn about 200 yuan a day.

Yun Xi said, "You guys can make braised food at home from now on, and I'll continue setting up the stall in the village when I get back."

She had made up her mind.

Since they couldn't stop her, Zhao Guohong and Wang Lili began to prepare for her to go out to sea. Yun Xi went out and booked a medium-sized iron fishing boat, which cost 80 yuan a day and was equipped with two crew members. She booked it for ten days first, and would get a refund for any excess or additional payment.

The sea was calm at this time, so it was quite safe to go out to sea. Yun Xi knew that it would take a month for the ship to travel at full speed, so she asked her daughters-in-law to prepare more drinking water and food.

She bought ten large 30-liter plastic barrels to store water. The openings were very small, and after tightening the lids, the water would not spill no matter how much she shook it. She also prepared five bags of rice, some vegetables, salt, sugar, and medicine for food. There were not many fruits at that time, so Yun Xi bought some canned yellow peaches. If nothing unexpected happened, these things would be enough for the return trip home.

After making preparations, Yun Xi led his men to set off quickly. When they reached the sea, the two crew members listened to Yun Xi throughout the process. Yun Xi did not waste any words and marked a straight route.

Life at sea is boring. When one person is driving the boat, Yun Xi will take the other person to cast a net to catch some seafood.

Yun Xi is a good cook. They eat seafood meals every day and open a can of yellow peaches every three days to share. Except for a rainstorm and a group of sharks that forced them to take a detour, the rest of the time was calm.

Fourteen days later, the three of them were already tired of being on the vast ocean.

"Auntie Yun, how long will it take to get there? Luckily you said it was far away, so we brought enough gas. I really don't know how we'd get back to such a remote place."

Xiao Zhang had a bitter face and stared into the distance with lifeless eyes.

Yun Xi was wearing a straw hat and looking around on the deck. The system located several deserted islands nearby. She asked the helmsman to steer the boat closer to each island, pretending to search for them.