Chapter 776: Chapter 777: Isn't that thinking too far ahead? _1 Chapter 776: Chapter 777: Isn't that thinking too far ahead? _1 Did they really believe they could threaten us with this information?
Mother Yun's face grew even darker. “Don't forget, the house you live in now was built with the money Ahao sent back.”
She turned to look at Zhang Cuihua, “Don't think I don't know why my son married you. It's not a subject one can be proud of.”
At the mention of the house money, Zhao Fang's face lost all its color.
As for Zhang Cuihua, she was truly taken aback. She didn't realize her in-laws knew about it.
She did not dare to say anything.
But Zhao Fang looked at her parents-in-law and wondered why her uncle had married her aunt?
“What are you still doing here? Do you think I'm going to cook for you? Go home!” Mother Yun said, her face stern.
She had lost any traces of goodwill for her daughters-in-law and was not as polite as before.
If they could teach their grandchildren not to call her grandmother or grandfather, why should she be nice to them?
Wasn't that thinking too far into the future?
Zhao Fang and Zhang Cuihua left like deflated balls.
Father Yun didn't blame his wife.
He sighed and said, “I fear there really will be a drought this year.”
Because the crop seeds Hanhan mailed back were drought resistant, the landlord of Xiaomen's house hadn't suffered as much.
“Landlords depend on the heavens for their livelihood, what can we do?” Mother Yun was more open about it. Since they still had food at home, they had no fear of starving.
“In a few days, it will be time to harvest the corn.” The corn crop was good this year, due to the timely fertilization. It was promising.
They rented two acres of farmland. They also owned some lands, and Yun Hao, since his marriage, had also got his piece of land. These pieces of land had been cultivated by Father and Mother Yun for years.
“Hanhan has graduated. I don't know whether she will be working in some office or a factory?” Mother Yun was quite concerned about this.
Although the household responsibility system was in place, some people were too timid and still preferred to work in collective teams.
Father Yun didn't know either.
“When we harvest the rice and the wheat sowing is finished, we'll go to Kyoto. I think Hanhan has a regular job now, so she probably won't have much time to come back home.” When they had free time, they went to Kyoto to visit their son and grandson.
They trusted that their in-laws would take care of their little grandson, but half a year had passed and they couldn't help but miss the little boy.
Mother Yun was thinking about Little Huzi and considered that to stay in their vast home with Ahao would be possible. But if they actually moved to Kyoto, the first and the second son's families could stop giving them the living allowance.
It's like they would do anything to shirk responsibility.
“We'll see when the time comes! If there really is a drought, I'm worried Xiaomen's family will have to face famine again.” Father Yun said, looking somber.
He was genuinely worried that their daughter's family would suffer from hunger.
“If it doesn't rain in the next few days during the rice flowering stage, all the hard work we put in this year will have been for nothing.”
A year of toiling only to face famine was a grim reality.
It was a nerve-wracking prospect.
Farming, indeed, was at the mercy of weather.
“There's nothing we can do, we haven't had such a drought in years, and this year it happened.” This was just the worst luck.
“A while ago, when I visited Xiaoshuang's house, I noticed that the grafted branches were sprouting quite well. In another two years, they should bear fruit.” This was indeed a bright spot amidst other concerns.
Father Yun thought about his two daughters, the eldest had the support of in-laws while the younger daughter and her husband strived on their own, receiving no help.
When it was time to plant rice seedlings, they had gone to help. However, when it came to the homes of the first and second sons, they were met with cold faces and Mother Yun chose to ignore them.
Chapter end
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