Joyful Motherhood in a Rural Family-Chapter 999 - Return home in glory (Part 5)

Chapter 999 -999: Return home in glory! (Part 5)

Chapter 999 -999: Return home in glory! (Part 5)

Returning to her hometown once again, Liu Sisi felt particularly stirred up inside. After calming her emotions for quite a while, she gently pushed open the main entrance that had been long sealed with dust.

Contrary to Liu Sisi’s expectations, there was no sign of dilapidation. The courtyard was spotlessly clean, and the main hall, chicken coop, and stable were all preserved in their original state. Only the big tree in the courtyard had grown even thicker. The big tree that had previously broken had sprouted new life, and had now regrown into a big tree. A bunch of grapevines at the corner of the wall also sprouted new shoots, exuding a vigorous new vitality. Meanwhile, in the small pond along the edge of the courtyard wall, the remaining lotus stems still stood tall above the clear water.

Everything was just as it used to be!

“Princess, do you see if it’s to your satisfaction? Ever since you left, the villagers have spontaneously organized to clean the inside and outside of the house every day, without fail, regardless of the weather. They have maintained it to look as it does now.”

“Good, very good. It’s really thoughtful of everyone in the village.”

Liu Sisi went around the premises a few times, and her heart was filled with even more joy.

Immediately, her face was full of smiles, and she gestured to Xue Yi beside her with her eyes, “Reward! A generous reward!”

Before returning to her hometown, she had ordered people to prepare plenty of copper coins. Now, with the word “reward,” several of the maids and pageboys carrying trays stepped forward. Accompanying the deafening sound of firecrackers, handfuls of copper coins were strewn about, causing numerous people to scramble for them.

The fellow villagers were all beaming, and they came forward one after another to congratulate Liu Sisi, unable to hide the envy in their eyes.

In the past, the Third Son of Di family had a notorious reputation for bringing about the death of his mother, wife, and son, so the villagers would avoid him, fearing that he might bring misfortune upon them as well. When Liu Sisi married into the Di family, people had spared no effort in gossiping.

Unexpectedly, once she crossed the threshold, the days began to get better by the day.

Now, not only had she found her parents and become a high and mighty princess, but even that widower accused of bringing misfortune to his family had transformed into a marquis coveted by many!

This sort of fate was beyond the imagination of ordinary folk.

Watching that figure, sitting there with her chest held high and face brimming with a happy smile, so serene and peaceful, it was as if she owned the whole world.

In their hearts, everyone couldn’t help but feel a pang of inferiority.

Whether they knew her or not, whoever came up to speak with her, Liu Sisi responded to each one with a smile. The past little favors and grievances had long faded away with time’s passage.

On the other side.

The Land Officer had long since ordered people to prepare food and had brought tables and chairs neatly arranged.

Villagers organizing a banquet always went for large bowls of food and drink, and this welcoming feast naturally followed tradition. Dozens of tables were set up, each one featuring whole chickens, ducks, and fish, very much to the liking of the hill folk.

Di Yelei, Di Hongyuan, the County Magistrate, and other officials sat at the table in the hall, while Liu Sisi joined the other female guests at tables set up in the alley. Ms. Zhao seemed to come out of nowhere and took her place directly to the left of the main seat.

Liu Sisi’s gaze swept over, her face trembling slightly, but she didn’t say much. She simply sat down calmly, accepting Ms. Zhao’s presence.

Ms. Zhao, who had earlier been cowering, now straightened up and began to eat with justified confidence upon seeing Liu Sisi’s reaction.

After several years, her ability to still have such a thick skin was something that Liu Sisi regarded with a bit more respect.

The happiest of all, however, was Miao Cuihua at another table.

“Everybody eat, come on eat! My Sisi is not only beautiful but also kind-hearted. She’s accustomed to these kinds of food from the capital city. Don’t be shy, everyone.”

She called out loudly to her tablemates to eat.

When she raised her hand to pick up food, a large bracelet on her arm was revealed, and her fingers were adorned with several rings, truly conveying a sense of wealthy ostentation.

Miao Cuihua used to be awfully unpopular in the village, yet somehow she managed to cling to the right coattails and followed Liu Sisi to the capital. Now that she had returned from the capital, she was decked out in fine silk, adorned with gold and silver jewelry, not to mention she’d slimmed down considerably, her whole demeanor bright and lively.

The married woman sitting next to her stared at her for quite a while before she suddenly exclaimed!

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“It’s really you, Cuihua! If you hadn’t greeted us first, we wouldn’t have recognized you at all. Good heavens, you’ve changed so much.”

Once the conversation started, everyone at the table immediately began to flatter her.

“It really is Cuihua? We thought you were some noble lady. You… you’ve changed so much, and you’ve become so beautiful, oh my!”

“Exactly, you used to be so plump, and now you’ve lost so much weight and become so beautiful! If Shou Hou knew, he’d probably cry himself to death!”

At the mention of Shou Hou, Miao Cuihua’s smiling face froze for a moment, but then quickly returned to normal.

In the past, she was too foolish, fixated on dying on the same branch.

As time went by, when she heard that familiar name again, she had learned to remain unaffected.

“He is him, and I am me, let’s not speak of such jokes anymore. Come on, eat, let’s eat. The good food will lose its taste once it gets cold.”

She waved everyone to eat, yet she herself hardly reached for any dishes.

The chicken soup was too greasy, the duck meat too tough, the fish too fishy…

After a few years of living in the capital, she’d seen a lot and broadened her horizons. Not just her outlook but even her palate had become finicky.

She, who used to only have pure flour steamed buns during festivals, now found her appetite unmoved even by meat.

The woman beside her was eating messily, her mouth greasy as she gnawed on a duck leg, chopsticks reaching for the rabbit meat in another bowl, her cheeks puffing in and out as if she were ready to dump all the food on the table into her own bowl.

Watching the scramble unfolding around her, Miao Cuihua silently set down her bamboo chopsticks.

How could she have ever found these foods so delicious?

“Cuihua, why aren’t you eating? Come on, eat, eat.”

The woman beside her kept chewing her food, stealing moments to pile a large chunk of fish belly into Cuihua’s bowl, before hurrying to snatch another plate of meat from the table.

A barely perceptible twitch crossed Miao Cuihua’s lips, as she saw the two grains of rice stuck to the woman’s chopsticks and stared at the fish belly in her own bowl with tightly knotted brows.

“You eat, I’ve just eaten and I’m not hungry.”

She hurriedly took her chopsticks and gave the piece of fish belly to the other woman.

The woman smiled gratefully at her, and several grains of rice fell from her mouth, prompting Miao Cuihua to quickly turn her head away, opting for ‘out of sight, out of mind.’

Looking up, she saw Liu Sisi at the head of the table, face adorned with a light smile, leaning slightly forward, apparently intently listening to the prattle of the woman next to her.

Only Miao Cuihua, who knew her well, could tell that Liu Sisi was already growing impatient at the moment.

Miao Cuihua couldn’t help but laugh!

What on earth did the other woman say to make Sisi show such an attitude?