My Beloved Super Fierce Wife-Chapter 115 mouths are floating from eating

Having exchanged enough money, Lin Tang had no thoughts of lingering anymore.

She adjusted the mask on her face and left the black market without making a sound, heading home.

She had the money and food ready, but Lin Tang didn’t immediately hand it over.

The timing was too short; handing it over right away would be too suspicious.

It was difficult for city folks to come up with one hundred eighty yuan and one hundred kilograms of food, let alone for her family, which had no savings to speak of.

At the very least, she had to wait for two or three days.

By then, the paperwork for the housing transfer should be about finished.

Everything went as Lin Tang had expected.

Three days passed.

On this day, Lin Tang had just got off work and arrived home.

Madame Jiang stopped her, speaking with joy,

"Tangtang, your Uncle Jiang called and said he’s coming in a couple of days to pick up me and your Grandpa Jiang to go to the Provincial City."

Lin Tang smiled and congratulated her, "...Congratulations to Madame Jiang and Grandpa Jiang."

Madame Jiang’s smile deepened, her gums showing, unable to hide her happiness.

"Thank you, Tangtang. Oh, the transfer documents will be ready by tomorrow, so congratulations on soon setting up your home in the city."

Lin Tang’s expression brightened upon hearing this.

"Good, the money and food are almost ready, I’ll bring them to you tomorrow evening."

The old lady breathed a sigh of relief.

Money and food in one hand, transfer documents in the other—it was only logical and would prevent any mistakes.

"Okay, we’ll be waiting for you tomorrow."

After chatting idly for a bit, Lin Tang went back to her room.

This was her first apartment in the city, and the young girl was naturally elated.

She thought again, the next time her family came to the county, they would have a place to stay, and her pretty face beamed with a smile.

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At Shuangshan Brigade, at this time, members had finished their workday.

The way home was crowded with people.

Zhao Honghua noticed that Xiuli seemed to have lost her spirit and was talking less.

She understood that Xiuli was not used to her daughter being away from home for work and felt helpless.

She took the initiative to ask about Lin Tang.

"Xiuli, did Tangtang say how often she would come back?

She’s renting a room in the county by herself, you must feel uneasy about it, right?"

Li Xiuli was already worried about her daughter.

Upon hearing Honghua say this, she sighed deeply.

"How could I not worry? Honestly, I’ve hardly slept well these past few days.

I keep thinking if Tangtang is doing well at work, eating well, sleeping well, and if she is having a good life? My mind just can’t rest!

I’m planning to go to the county with her father in a couple of days to check on her and, incidentally, bring Tangtang some food..." Li Xiuli said with concern.

If it were a boy going out, she wouldn’t be this worried.

But Tangtang is still a young girl; how can she and the head of the family be at ease?

Zhao Honghua, hearing that she would visit Tangtang in a few days, nodded in agreement.

"It’s indeed a good idea to go and see."

A young girl on her first job must feel so out of place; it’s good for her parents to check on her.

While Li Xiuli and Zhao Honghua were talking, Ning Xinrou and Zhou Mei followed behind.

Their conversation naturally reached the ears of the two women.

Send food?!?!

Thinking of the watery soup, salty vegetables, and cornbread they had been eating these past days, Zhou Mei’s face soured.

She whispered to Ning Xinrou in a low voice, almost secretly, "Sister-in-law, how much food do you think Mother will bring for Tangtang? She won’t take everything, will she?"

There wasn’t much food left at home.

If it was all sent to the younger sister, what would they eat at home?

Ning Xinrou’s brow furrowed slightly.

Her eyes stained with a hint of dissatisfaction as she looked at Zhou Mei.

"Second sister-in-law, Tangtang is our family, you shouldn’t be so petty!"

"We live in the village; today we forage for wild vegetables, tomorrow we pick wild fruits—we won’t starve.

But Tangtang is different.

Everything costs money in the county; even with money, it might be impossible to buy such scarce goods as food.

We’re family; naturally, we should support each other.

Besides, do you think our parents are the kind of people who would neglect their duties?

As the younger sister, Tangtang has already done enough for our family; she doesn’t owe us anything."

Mei Zi, sometimes when such words are spoken too often, they can chill people’s hearts.

I hope you will think it over."

Her voice was gentle as she reasoned and persuaded softly.

Not a harsh word was said, yet Zhou Mei’s face instantly turned red.

Pure embarrassment.

Uh...

I couldn’t help it, my old habit kicked in again.

She hadn’t said she wouldn’t give her younger sister-in-law any food, it was just that she was used to being stingy.

It was a slip of the tongue.

Zhou Mei glanced at Mother Li guiltily, her voice lacking confidence as she lowered it.

"Elder sister-in-law, please don’t tell mom.

I was speaking nonsense, you know I’m used to being petty.

I just blurted it out just now, I didn’t really mean it, I definitely won’t blabber without thinking in the future, you can supervise me if you don’t believe me," she said with her heart in her throat.

After speaking, she stared at Ning Xinrou, begging.

If the head of the family found out about this, she...

Heh!

Zhou Mei’s face turned pale, and she dared not continue the thought.

Ning Xinrou saw that she sincerely recognized her mistake and shook her head helplessly.

Still with a voice as tender as ever.

"Don’t worry, I won’t say anything, just be more careful in the future."

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Mentioning it would only cause the family more trouble.

She knew that the sisters-in-law had good hearts, it was just as Mei Zi said—’they were used to it’.

Zhou Mei’s face flooded with gratitude, and the anxiety that had jumped to her throat returned to its place.

"Thank you, elder sister-in-law, you really are a good person."

Ning Xinrou: There’s no need for that.

As they talked, they arrived home.

Ever since Lin Tang went to the county, the quality of the family’s meals had sharply declined.

Besides pickles, there were only wild vegetable dumplings, or the hard corn bread...

These meals often reminded the Lin Family of the better food they had enjoyed before.

Buns, noodles, braised pork...

All of these had ultimately become mere luxuries.

Today’s meal was still nothing special.

Better than the past few days, the corn bread had been made softer.

A few more drops of oil were added to the vegetables.

The porridge was slightly thicker.

Lin Qingmu stirred the porridge in his bowl with chopsticks and noticed that it could stick to his chopsticks. His eyes widened in surprise.

"Mom, are you in a better mood today?" he asked eagerly as he stared at Mother Li.

Li Xiuli was puzzled by her son’s sudden concern for her mood and asked curiously, "Why do you ask that?"

Lin Qingmu looked aggrieved.

"It’s just odd. Ever since Tangtang went to the county, our family hasn’t had a decent meal in days."

Not holding the spatula in one’s own hand has this disadvantage, there is no choice in what to eat.

Li Xiuli could tell he was implying something about her and gave Lin Qingmu a cold look.

"Did I let you go hungry?" she asked.

She was too worried about her daughter to have the energy to cook properly.

As long as they weren’t starving, that was enough.

Haven’t they always eaten like this?

A few good meals had spoiled their appetites.

Lin Qingmu had nothing more to say.

With food being scarce, not going hungry was indeed good enough.

Li Xiuli saw he was deflated and huffed.

"Eat."

Goudan ate his corn bread, thinking of his young aunt.

"Granny, when is my little aunt coming back?" he asked.

When Mother Li heard her grandson speak up, her expression brightened significantly.

"Does Goudan miss his little aunt?" The woman’s laugh deepened the wrinkles at the corners of her eyes.

"Your little aunt might still be a few days away. She should be back for the Dragon Boat Festival."