Aunt Lan Hua was eager to sell those herbal dicines, and her steps were quick. She was back from the town by afternoon.
She was carrying a piece of at in her hand, looked like almost half a pound, and her face was all smiles.
As soon as she entered the village, she ran into the villagers. The two families’ failed marriage negotiations in the morning flew around like a level ten gale, spreading everywhere.
Logically speaking, Aunt Lan Hua shouldn’t be so happy to go and buy at.
Could it be that in just this half a day, the matter was resolved?
On second thought, the matter probably had to be resolved. Yang Dong agreed to the marriage in front of so many people.
Soone, curious as ever, asked, "Aunt Lan Hua, why are you so happy? Did the marriage get settled? And you went to buy at?"
Seeing soone asking, Aunt Lan Hua stopped and said, "Regarding the marriage, it’s almost there. I’ll go to their house tonight to discuss it further, and it’ll be basically finalized."
Aunt Lan Hua knew what everyone ant. She had gossiped about others before. At tis like this, everyone was just watching for entertainnt. Since her daughter had found a good match, most were probably jealous, hoping it wouldn’t work out, but she was determined to prove them wrong.
She raised the piece of at in her hand, showing off, and said, "This at is for my little daughter, to nourish her."
With that, she headed towards her ho, leaving the people behind looking at each other.
Nourish her body? Yang Xiaocui was already as skinny as a bone, and now they thought of nourishing her?
Thinking of how Yang Xiaocui looked, it seed she didn’t match with Yang Dong. Moreover, thinking of Aunt Lan Hua’s family, they truly felt sorry for Yang Dong.
This village was small, and no one’s living situation was affluent. For soone as stingy as Aunt Lan Hua to buy at, the news quickly spread again.
Yang Xiaocui’s brothers and sisters-in-law were working in the fields when they heard about it. Everyone was craving the taste of that at, and their hands worked faster despite their empty stomachs, as they were long used to hunger.
That evening, the whole family finally tasted the flavor of at. Half a pound of pork, for over a dozen people, how many bites could each person get?
Everyone ate without a care, wolfing it down, leaving Yang Xiaocui feeling quite helpless.
Her mother seed so happy; it must an the dicine sales made a good profit, but they only spent a dozen copper coins to buy half a pound of at. Yet, that half pound wasn’t enough for the family to even fill their teeth gaps.
She hadn’t even managed to get a bite before it was all gone.
She sighed in her heart, thinking it was nearly impossible to eat sothing good at her mother’s house. If she could get enough food in the future, it would be fortunate.
It seed she’d have to wait until she married into Yang Dong’s family to think about nourishing herself properly.
Aunt Lan Hua, however, still had a bit of conscience. Seeing everyone’s behavior, she quickly knocked on the chopsticks holding the last piece of at, "Eat, eat, eat, all you know is to eat. Leave so for your sister."
As she spoke, she picked up the last piece of at and put it in Yang Xiaocui’s bowl, looking very caring, "Daughter, you eat."
Yang Xiaocui looked at that thin slice of at in her bowl, picked it up with her chopsticks, and slowly savored the taste of pork. No matter what, she finally tasted the flavor of pork, exchanged for by her dicine.
After dinner, Aunt Lan Hua went to Yang Dong’s house. Of course, the family didn’t forget to remind her about using the Yang Family’s ox cart and horse cart, adding another layer of consideration in Aunt Lan Hua’s heart.
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