Joyful Motherhood in a Rural Family

Ms. Zhao flexed her long-numbed jaw, just about to say something, but upon seeing the cloth strip so close to her, she closed her mouth again and just glared at her!

Liu Sisi had already become immune to being glared at. She then stretched out her hand and directly untied the ropes around Ms. Zhao’s body.

Once freed, Ms. Zhao hurriedly moved her hands and feet, wanting to ask about what Liu Sisi had just said, but she didn’t know how to start.

“Mother, there are still many guests outside waiting for you to greet them!”

The smile on Liu Sisi’s face was exceptionally gentle, which made Ms. Zhao shiver involuntarily.

Ms. Zhao finally understood!

It is said that dogs who bite don’t bark, and Liu Sisi belongs to such people. As the person who got bitten, she was truly in pain!

Inside the hall.

At the moment, the guests had already gone through three rounds of wine, and most of them were drunk. Some even proposed to leave, and the banquet was about to end.

Watching the guests who were already showing their intention to leave, Zhang Peng whispered to Di Yelei. Di Yelei nodded and was about to get up when he heard some noise outside.

Ms. Zhao’s voice came from outside, greeting the guests, which struck Di Yelei’s heart heavily.

He almost couldn’t believe his ears!

Was this really Ms. Zhao? Was he just hallucinating?

Until all the guests in the courtyard were gone, Di Yelei still couldn’t recover from the shock.

Were the cheerful Ms. Zhao and Ms. Wang their real selves? Were those who helped greet the guests really Ms. Zhao and Ms. Wang? Were those who were chatting and laughing with Liu Sisi really Ms. Zhao and Ms. Wang?

He looked up at the sky, wondering if it was raining blood.

That night, the whole family stayed in their old house.

Di Cheng walked away for a while but then came back. He knelt down and kowtowed three times to Liu Sisi.

“Aiya! Di Cheng, you… Di Cheng, what are you doing? Get up quickly!”

Liu Sisi was greatly surprised!

She hurriedly reached out to help him up, but Di Cheng stubbornly finished his three kowtows before finally standing up.

“Third Aunt, I heard your conversation with grandmother and my mother in the room today. I sincerely thank you, Third Aunt! From now on, I will treat Third Uncle and Third Aunt as my own parents. Thank you for your kindness to me!”

After Di Cheng finished speaking, he kowtowed three more times to Di Yelei, and only then did he get up with Liu Sisi’s help.

Liu Sisi naturally understood the reason behind Di Cheng’s actions.

“Since you’ve heard it, you should go back and get ready. When your new wife arrives, you can’t be crying like this anymore. Understood?”

“Yes! I will follow Third Aunt’s teachings!”

Di Cheng nodded heavily, and only then did he wipe away his tears and leave, looking back every few steps.

“Sisi, what on earth is going on?”

Everyone else was also confused, recalling the unusual behavior of Ms. Wang and Ms. Zhao previously, and turned their eyes to Liu Sisi.

“It’s really cold outside. Let’s go inside and talk.”

Although it was almost the end of winter, it was still chilling enough to shiver.

The crowd then returned to the room, sat around the table, served fragrant tea, and all their eyes were fixed on Liu Sisi.

Liu Sisi did not conceal anything and recounted the events in detail. However, she did not mention what she had spoken with Ms. Zhao.

“That’s good! We’re not short of ten or two taels of silver now. It’s very nice to be able to help Di Cheng. As for helping Di Cheng with the wedding, I’m really uneasy about Second Sister-in-law.” Di Yelei was extremely grateful.

“Hmm, you can’t write two ‘Di’ characters with one brush. As the saying goes, ‘fighting tigers are real brothers, fighting on the battlefield are father-and-son soldiers.’ When your future official career goes smoothly, you’ll still depend on the help of your Di Family brothers.”

Elderly Mr. Di beside nodded repeatedly: “Ye Lei, it’s a great fortune to marry a good daughter-in-law like Sisi, who is sensible and knows when to advance and retreat!”

Such a good daughter-in-law, it’s hard to find even with a lantern.

Elderly Mr. Di spoke slowly, but he said it slowly and emphatically.

Wearing such a high hat, Liu Sisi was extremely nervous: “Father! Look at what you’re saying, these are all things Sisi should do. I was the one who introduced Di Cheng to work at the bookstore, so naturally, I cared about him a bit more. As for Brother Gao, he has already reached the age when he should go to school, and staying at home might even be detrimental. So Sisi took the initiative to speak.”

“Good! Very good, good!”

Elderly Mr. Di kept praising, he really thought it was good. At his age, isn’t he looking forward to a filial and happy family?

When Elderly Di couldn’t bear the drunkenness and lay down to rest, Guihua stopped her beside.

“Sisi, do you need someone to take care of your farm? And do you need helpers for the land?”

Liu Sisi thought for a moment: “I plan to lease out those fertile lands and collect rent every year…”

“Oh! Sisi! Now that you’re exempt from paying taxes and corvee labor, why would you lease out the land? You might as well buy a couple of tenant farmers and plant the farm and fertile land directly.” Guihua interrupted her speech.

Renting out for a year would only collect some rent, and buying tenant farmers to help with planting would only require the payment of money for tenant farmer families, and the resulting grain would be theirs.

Liu Sisi slapped her forehead in annoyance, that’s it!

She had just told Ms. Zhao and Ms. Wang that they didn’t have to pay taxes, and in the blink of an eye, she had forgotten about the tax exemption herself!

“Right, right, right! I completely forgot, but it’s not easy to find tenant farmers, is it?”

Di Yelei beside her took over the conversation: “No problem! I’ll just go find Granny Qin again. There are many people vying for this tax-free land.”

“No need to look for anyone else. My mother’s house is next to your land. There were people asking my mother for help to see if you wanted tenant farmers or not. That family was originally a tenant farmer, but the son has grown up and got married and has nowhere to go. So they had thoughts about your land. If you want to lease, I’ll ask someone to go back and talk to them and call them over to have a look for you, okay?”

Nowadays, the son of the tenant farmer plans to be a tenant farmer again. Liu Sisi secretly nodded, it seemed that the other party must be familiar with the land.

“Okay! Let’s settle this.”

Liu Sisi agreed, then happily held Guihua’s hand and said, “Sister Guihua, I’m so grateful for you helping me with this. My body is getting heavier, so I need to rest more during the day. We should go back now.”

Liu Sisi understood that the tenant farmer mentioned by Guihua was probably someone she had asked her mother’s family to help find. She was sincerely grateful to her.

“Who are we with whom! Your body is getting heavier day by day. Just rest more in general. We’ll go back first, then.” Guihua left with a farewell.