Chapter 19: Eat More candies and You Won't Be Bitter

 Chapter 19: Eat More candies and You Won't Be Bitter

Shu Yu remembered that the old man who drove the cart was called... Lu Lao san.

So the woman in the county who took advantage of him and got Lu Lao San to carry her basket for free was Lu Sanjie, who was from the Lu family?

So the chubby boy's parents were them, and it really was quite a coincidence.

Lu Lao San grumbled a few words at the door, probably because the old lady's threat had frightened him, and he didn't dare to come in. He stayed outside for a moment before returning.

The old lady snorted coldly. "You're becoming more and more out of touch."

She approached and immediately put on a smiley face, saying to Shu Yu, "Miss Shu, why are you standing here? Go inside and rest in the hall. I've borrowed a cart from the village chief and we'll leave early tomorrow morning."

As she spoke, she handed the basket of vegetables she was carrying to Ruan Shi.

Ruan Shi visibly breathed a sigh of relief. She had been worrying about what dish to make for dinner tonight. There was a small vegetable patch in the yard, but only a few beans and cabbage were planted. They had just picked the beans yesterday, and it would be two more days before they could pick the next batch.

If they didn't have any guests, they could just drink some porridge and eat some pickles to get by.

Now she didn't know where her mother-in-law  she got the vegetables from, and with the meat that Miss Shu had brought over, they could finally make a few decent dishes.

Ruan Shi was left to take care of the kitchen, while the old lady brought Shu Yu back to the hall.

She found that although the old lady spoke harshly at times, the elderly woman also had her own wisdom. When Shu Yu chatted with her, she didn't feel awkward at all. Listening to her talk about the interesting things in the village was actually quite entertaining.

She also learned that San Ya and Da Hu were twin siblings, the only dragon and phoenix twins in the village. She had an older sister above her who was three years older than her Da Ya and already married, living in the neighboring Da Yan village.

Lu Erbai had four siblings: the eldest, Lu Dasong; the second, Lu Erbai; the third, Lu Sanshu, who had just been scolded outside; and a younger sister, Lu Sihang.

As for why the old lady would live with her second son, she didn't say.

But Shu Yu guessed that perhaps the old lady saw that the Lu family was living a difficult life and wanted to help out.

As they were talking, Shu Yu saw San Ya and Da Hu secretly observing them outside.

Shu Yu looked over and the two quickly withdrew their heads.

Shu Yu smiled, and San Ya pulled Da Hu to sit on the steps in the courtyard. She took out a candy from her pocket and put it in Da Hu's mouth, whispering, "This is from Sister Shu, it's so sweet."

The first candy Sister Shu gave her was so sweet that she couldn't even eat half of it before putting it away, thinking she would give the other half to Da Hu when he returned.

But later, Shu Yu gave her all the remaining candies, and San Ya suddenly had a lot of candies in her hand.

When she came back just now, she gave one to her mother, one to her father, and now one to Da Hu, so everyone had one. She wanted to keep the rest for herself and give some to her older sister when she saw her in the future.

That way, her older sister's days would be sweet too.

San Ya told Da Hu her thoughts, and Da Hu nodded repeatedly. He added, "Let's keep one more for when we find Second Sister in the future."

"Okay." San Ya nodded vigorously. She thought for a moment and said, "I'll save two for Second Sister. Mom said Second Sister is alone outside and might have suffered a lot, so if she eats more candy, she won't feel so bitter." 

(End of this chapter)