Chapter 204: This Heavy Love
Granny Yun’s hat also garnered envious glances from the old ladies, each wanting to touch it.
Granny Yun subtly dodged, as some people’s hands were dirty, and she didn’t want her new hat to get soiled.
“This color is really beautiful.”
“How are the patterns on it knitted? It’s so nice, so soft.”
Granny Yun humbly replied, “It’s just a regular hat, knitted with yarn. You can knit one too if you buy yarn.”
“But it wouldn’t be this pretty, and you look so energetic wearing it.”
“Did Jiaojiao, that little girl, buy it?”
“You guys gave Jiaojiao that much money?!”
At three years old, buying gifts for the grown-ups in the family.
This hat doesn’t look cheap.
Putting these words together, it felt unbelievable no matter how one thought about it.
Granny Yun held her head high and chest out, “Of course! Our Jiaojiao is so filial. This is all her own money.”
“Our Jiaojiao is better at fishing than her father and uncle.”
“Our Jiaojiao is very smart. She even has an old Chinese doctor as her master. These gifts were bought with red envelopes from her master. You know, she should have saved the money, but she spent it all on gifts for us. Such a child!”
Envy, envy!
“An old Chinese doctor, so will Jiaojiao become a doctor in the future? That’s a secure job!”
She won’t have to worry about work in the future.
“No, if your family has this opportunity, why send Yun Jiao to learn? Why not send Xiaowu and the other boys? Girls are all going to get married eventually, and they’ll belong to other families. Why raise them so well? In the end, it will only benefit others.”
It was obvious this was a preference for sons.
Granny Yun disliked hearing this. The smile on her face instantly fell, and she shot a glare at the speaker.
The person next to that old woman nudged her with their elbow.
“What are you talking about? That’s their business. Besides, the old Chinese doctor took a liking to Yun Jiao. Do you really think anyone can be taken notice of like that?”
Granny Yun retorted sarcastically, “Your sons are great, aren’t they? Your son is almost forty and still relying on you, an old woman, to support him. His wife ran away too. If it were like your family, I’d rather have no descendants.”
Yun Jiao instantly perked up. There was gossip!
She pinched the puppy’s ears and tail, her own ears perked up, listening intently.
The old woman was clearly hit where it hurt.
“That bitch was unlucky. Someone as good as our Aji is hard to find. That bitch was still not satisfied, she truly deserved her misfortune.
If she left, so be it. Our Aji is a boy, the pillar of the family. He’ll find someone better later. But that bitch is different. With her reputation, who would dare take her back?”
This old woman, with her upturned eyes and slightly mean appearance, truly lived up to her looks. Her personality and the words she spoke were all sharp and malicious.
Granny Yun pouted. With your family’s situation, you’re still trying to justify yourself for your son.
The daughter-in-law was driven away by a bitter mother-in-law like you.
Anyone who asks around knows the situation of your family in these ten villages. What decent family would dare marry their daughter to you? Even second-hand brides wouldn’t be willing.
Not to mention that marrying into your family would make her a second-hand bride. Moreover, your family is so stingy, unwilling to pay any betrothal gift, yet they are picky, wanting someone who is good-looking, capable of work, and can bear children. The matchmaker, upon hearing their demands, wished she could flee; they truly have no self-awareness of their own situation.
The other old ladies exchanged glances, understanding the implications.
But they didn’t say anything to her face, as this old woman was difficult to deal with, and they didn’t want to argue with her here.
Yun Jiao listened, and found they had changed the topic to something else. Her small eyes instantly dimmed.
She felt like she had eaten a half-baked piece of gossip, and it felt a bit uncomfortable.
But soon, she adjusted her mindset and continued listening.
When the time was about right, Granny Yun, bringing Yun Jiao, walked home with ‘spirited pride’.
After returning home, Grandpa Yun and Father hadn’t returned yet, but Mother and Aunt were back.
“Jiaojiao, your brothers will be home from school soon. Do you want to pick them up today?”
“Yes!”
Of course.
Yun Jiao, with a bag of spicy chips, two dogs, and one cat, went to pick up her brothers, full of spirit.
She actually wasn’t afraid of the cold, as she lived in the cold seabed environment in her previous life.
Although some of her physique was weakened in this life, it still carried over.
But there’s a coldness that comes from your family thinking you’re cold.
Yun Jiao, who was about to go out, was dressed in thermal underwear with small floral patterns, a colorful padded jacket, a scarf around her neck, and a knitted yarn hat.
Yun Jiao was dressed like a chubby little penguin before she was allowed to go out.
Yun Jiao: This heavy love!
But as the weather turned cold, she was always dressed like this when going out, and she had gotten used to it.
After getting dressed with all the equipment, Yun Jiao waddled with her mother to pick up her brothers.
Shen Yunlian thought to herself: My daughter is so cute!
If this were the era of smartphones in the future, she would definitely have taken a few pictures and bragged on her social media.
The seaside is also quite humid in winter, and when typhoons hit, it rains heavily, making the roads here quite muddy.
Yun Jiao wore two pairs of socks before putting on plastic bucket boots over them.
After walking a short distance, her shoes were already covered in mud.
Her feet felt a bit heavy.
Even cats dislike this kind of road.
The cat leader jumped directly into Yun Jiao’s arms and was held by her as she walked.
It was a big, fluffy lump. A normal three-year-old child couldn’t even hold it.
But Yun Jiao held such a large tabby cat with ease, walking steadily.
“Little sister, Mother!”
Yun Xiaowu and the others were also dressed warmly, walking along, laughing and roughhousing with each other. They spotted Yun Jiao and ran towards them like monkeys, their army green schoolbags slung over their shoulders.
Shen Yunlian frowned as she watched, “Run slower, or you’ll have to wash clothes again when you get back.”
These winter clothes are not easy to wash.
As soon as she finished speaking, *splat*, Yun Xiaowu tripped over something and fell into the field.
Those behind were running fast and couldn’t stop in time, tripping over Yun Xiaowu.
The good thing was, they landed on top of Yun Xiaowu.
The bad thing was, they all got more or less dirty.
Yun Xiaowu, annoyed by the weight of the people on him, shouted and pushed his younger brothers off.
Oh dear, now they were even dirtier.
Yun Xiaowu stood up, patted the mud off his body, grinned widely without much concern, and like a show-off, opened his arms wide and shouted towards Yun Jiao’s direction.
“Little sister, don’t worry, I’m fine!”
“A small fall can’t hurt me at all!”
He was quite proud.
Among those behind, Yun Liuliu keenly sensed that Mother was angry and hesitated, not daring to approach.
Yun Jiao looked at her mother.
Then she saw her gentle mother frown, her lips turn downwards, and her eyes filled with undisguised rage.
