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

Chapter 121 The Impoverished Mother-in-Law in the Period Literature 1

Sanying Village, Fugu Commune, Lu Province, China.

Winter of 1988.

After a night, the snow stopped and the wind died down. A faint golden light spread to the earth. The dazzling snowflakes made it hard for people to open their eyes. In the distance, the dead trees were leaning to one side and slanting into the ground.

The pervasive cold made people shiver, and smoke only began to rise from the chimneys of this quiet little village when the sun rose high in the sky.

"Auntie Yun, Comrade Yun, your second son's wife ran away!"

"Yes, yes. We looked east out of the village and haven't come back yet."

"Go look for him quickly. He runs slowly in the snow, so maybe you can catch him."

……

The chattering sound made Yun Xi frown. She suddenly opened her eyes, and a moment of confusion flashed in her eyes.

"System, why am I here to do the mission directly?"

"It seems like an urgent mission, I've been transported to a period novel with a terrible ending."

"Is there a plot?"

"The plot is quite small. The family you're wearing isn't even a supporting character in the story. The author stopped updating before finishing the story, so there's very little information to use. You'll need to figure it out on your own."

"Okay, my head hurts. I think I have a cold and a fever."

"Yes, a viral cold."

After carefully feeling her body's reaction, Yun Xi took out the appropriate cold medicine from the mustard seed space and drank it along with the physical strengthening liquid.

Yun Xi ignored the people outside shouting. In the original owner's memory, the two daughters-in-law would not run away. Even if they ran away, it would be a relief, so she was not in a hurry.

While waiting for the medicine to take effect, Yun Xi felt a cramping pain in her stomach. It was because she was hungry. There were snacks in the space tray. She took out some small breads and ate several packs to fill her stomach. She felt much better then.

"System, did you give me the difference I made from selling medicine on the last mission?"

"I brought it. Five hundred taels of gold. Put it together with the system reward."

"It's okay, it's not in vain."

Seeing that there was no movement in the Zhou family, the people outside went home bored and stayed at home. Who would go out in such a cold weather if there was nothing exciting to see?

Yun Xi wanted to take a nap for a while, but the door of the room was pushed open. She squinted her eyes and looked hard. There was a woman with a bitter face, holding a steaming bowl in her hand.

Zhao Guohong said softly, "Mom, my second brother's wife went back to her parents' home and borrowed ten yuan to buy some medicine and food. You can take the medicine first. The porridge is already cooked. You can eat later."

Yun Xi shook her head and refused: "Give the medicine to the children first. I feel much better now."

Zhao Guohong was a little surprised, "Mom, do you really feel better?"

"Yeah, much better, don't worry."

Seeing that the other person was wearing thin clothes, Yun Xi asked her to go to the kitchen to warm up by the fire. Now all six children in the family were sick. If the two daughters-in-law fell ill again, there would be no hope for this family.

"Okay, I'll go right away."

Yun Xi rested until mid-afternoon and felt revived. She got out of bed and immediately shivered with cold. The kang was hot, but the room was very cold.

After searching for a long time, I found only a very thin old cotton-padded jacket on the kang. The jacket and pants only used a few pounds of cotton and were completely useless.

"Hey! A familiar start, but this time is much better than last time. At least I'm not alone. I feel much more at ease with you, System, by my side."

Yun Xi took out two sets of sweaters from the space and put them on, and finally put on the original owner's worn-out cotton coat.

System: "I don't know what's going on up there. Sometimes they block me."

"Maybe there is some kind of problem." Yun Xi didn't care. She found a cloth bag in the house, put ten kilograms of rice in it, and carried it to the kitchen.

The two daughters-in-law were warming themselves by the fire. It was cold and they had no cotton clothes to wear. The house was drafty and drafty. Life was hopeless.

"Guohong, Lili, this is the rice I hid. Take it for now. I'll think of a solution for the family issues tomorrow. We can't go on like this."

Yun Xi suddenly spoke, startling the two of them.

Wang Lili felt like something was different about her mother, but she couldn't put her finger on it. She took the rice and said, "Mom, I'll hide it."

Yun Xi promised them, "Thank you for your hard work. This hard time won't last long, and all the money you owe will be repaid."

In the evening, we had a rare meal of thick rice porridge with some pickles. It didn’t taste good, but it was a rare delicacy for the children.

After dinner, there was still more than an hour before dark. Yun Xi found some rags and nailed them to the windows of each room with old nails, with two layers of nails on each window.

"Use the rags to block the wind first, I'll think of other ways."

The windows were blocked, and the room instantly became darker, but warmer. Only the broken door still let in the wind.

Seeing the children returning to their rooms to sleep immediately after dinner, Yun Xi touched their foreheads, which were a little hot. This was entirely due to the cold. She gave each of them fever-reducing medicine and instructed her daughter-in-law, "Get up more often at night to light the fire. The kang should not be left unheated."

Zhao Guohong nodded honestly, "Okay, I'll get up to add more firewood tonight. Mother, sister-in-law, you've worked hard, go to bed early."

Yun Xi smiled bitterly. She had been lying down all day, so how could it be so hard?

Sanying Village faces the sea to the east and is backed by several medium-sized hills to the north. A few years after the reform and opening up, each person in Sanying Village was given half an acre of land. When the land was distributed, the Zhou family had ten people and received five acres of land. Logically, they were not poor, but the Zhou family was extremely unlucky.

Three years ago, the husband took the eldest son out to sea and never came back. Life became worse and worse. Later, the second son followed others to work in the south and never returned. The family could only rely on three women and six children to survive on five acres of land. This year's harvest was wiped out by a typhoon.

It's really like when it rains, the ship is late and encounters headwinds.

Nothing happened that night. The next day, Yun Xi got up early, told her daughter-in-law something, and went to the county town with a basket on her shoulder.

The snow was more than 30 centimeters thick. The original owner didn't have good cotton shoes, so his feet were frozen when he walked. He walked all the way to where no one was. Yun Xi found his cotton shoes from the space disk and chose a pair of deerskin boots to put on. The size was a bit big, so he changed into thick coral fleece socks to fit him just right.

Fugu Commune was originally called Fugu Township, and later it was changed to Commune. Some people still call it Commune now. It is estimated that in a few years, everyone will change back to calling it Fugu Township.

The county town is far away, so people usually go to the market in the village to buy daily necessities. Outside the village, Yun Xi found a place sheltered from the wind, took out the ten kilograms of sugar left in the mustard space and put them into the basket. The things in the mustard space had been used up in the previous mission, leaving only the down jacket, down quilt, sweater and these ten kilograms of sugar.

Obviously, ten kilograms of sugar were not enough. Yun Xi found twenty large apples and ten kilograms of oranges from the space disk. She removed the foam from the apples and put them in the basket, while the oranges were placed in a plastic bag.

There were several stalls selling wontons and dumplings on the street, and no one else was around. Yun Xi went over, put her basket on the ground and started shouting.

"Snow-white sugar is only 90 cents a pound, and there are only a few big apples and sweet oranges. Buy some and you'll be very proud when you visit relatives during the New Year."