After being a widow for half my life, I found out that my husband was not dead.

After Lan Niang had some free time after selling a few portions of rice cakes, she lifted up the cotton-padded jacket draped over the blind woman.

"Mom, it's getting colder and colder the day after tomorrow. Just stay at home and I'll come out alone." After saying that, Lan Niang coughed a few more times and looked very haggard.

She only cared about the blind woman, and she was sick but she was still wearing thin clothes.

"When the weather gets cold, you may get sick and miss work again."

"I'm fine."

"You have to work harder today and make two more pots of rice cakes. This way you can sell some more money and collect enough to give to Hou'er."

Lan Niang sighed, "It's not that I'm afraid of hard work, but it's just that I can't sell it if I make too much."

"You still want to be lazy!"

Liu Yunxiang could buy some rice cakes, but the guys from Jingchuanyuan and Nanmozhai had had enough, and Yan said he never wanted to eat rice cakes again. Although Lan Niang was poor, she was very strong-willed and did not accept charity.

At this time, a little girl came to Lan Niang's rice cake stall. She was wearing a crimson cotton skirt, which was a little white after washing, but she was clean and tidy. She had a double bun, she was fair and cute, and she had a pair of big eyes, staring at Rice cakes in a basket.

This little girl is Yue'er.

When Lan Niang saw Yue'er, she seemed to know her. She picked up a piece of rice cake from the basket, stood up and stuffed it into Yue'er's hand.

"Eat."

Yue'er held it in both hands and ate until her nose was covered with scum. Lan Niang got up and wiped her with a handkerchief.

"I see you alone every time. Where are your adults?"

Yue'er whimpered and said one word: "Home."

"Who is there in your family?"

"Home...many...many people."

Lan Niang rubbed the little girl's head and said, "Eat slowly."

The blind woman listened attentively and asked unhappily: "If she has any money, will you give it to her?"

"Mom, you're just a child."

"The child doesn't need money? Why are you so loose? If you act like this, all the wealth will be lost!"

"mother!"

"Don't let her go until her family comes with the money!"

The blind woman was afraid that Lan Niang would let her go, so she quickly got up, swung her hands around a few times, grabbed Yue'er, and pulled her to her side, "If you want to eat for free, there's no way!"

"Mom, this child is crazy, you will scare her!" Lan Niang hurriedly stopped her.

“Even a fool can’t refuse to pay!”

Yue'er was frightened when she saw how fierce the blind woman was, and her body was trembling.

Seeing this, Liu Yunxiang hurriedly walked up and shouted: "Let go!"

The blind woman pulled Yue'er and pushed her forward, "Is this your child?"

"Yes."

The blind woman snorted and then let go, "This child ate my rice cake, please give me money quickly."

Yue'er hugged Liu Yunxiang and dug her head into her arms.

Liu Yunxiang patted her back and said, "Yueer, don't be afraid, sister is here."

She comforted Yue'er for a while, and the little girl was no longer afraid, but she still hid behind her, not daring to look at the blind woman.

Lan Niang looked apologetic, "My boss, I didn't expect this child to be from your family. I'm sorry. I'll apologize to you for my mother."

"What's wrong with me? Your bones are naturally soft?" the blind woman shouted.

"Mom, stop talking, this boss is a good person and has helped me!"

"Where's the owner?"

"From the study room."

The blind woman thought for a moment, then put on a smile and said, "It turns out we know each other, blame me!"

Liu Yunxiang shook his head at Lan Niang, indicating that she didn't need to care. I saw Yue'er eating a piece again, obviously not full yet, staring at the rice cakes in the basket and swallowing.

"Lanniang, I want these rice cakes. You can wrap them up."

"Ah, but there's so much. If you don't finish it all, you'll feel stiff, so you'd better order less." Lan Niang reminded.

"You idiot, you can take whatever others want. Why are you talking so much!" the blind woman yelled.

Lan Niang still looked at Liu Yunxiang, "My boss, if you want to help me, I will thank you, but you can't waste it."

Liu Yunxiang smiled, "It won't be wasted. I have a lot of family members."

Lan Niang felt relieved and said, "That's good."

She wrapped the rice cakes in the basket one by one with oil paper, tied them with hemp rope, and carried them to Liu Yunxiang. After Liu Yunxiang caught it, he gave her a piece of silver.

"enough?"

"Enough is enough, there is more, I'm looking for you."

"No, you can take it to check yourself. It won't do if you keep coughing."

When Lan Niang was about to refuse, the blind woman intercepted her words and faced Liu Yunxiang's direction, "Madam, it sounds like you know my Lan Niang. In this case, you have to help her."

Liu Yunxiang didn't like this blind woman, so his voice was a bit cold, "How did you say this?"

"Her husband is going to participate in the Qiu Wei Festival, but he still has ten taels of registration fee left. Can my boss lend it to her? After her husband reaches high school, she will be an official wife, and you will be able to take advantage of my boss by then."

"Mom!" Lan Niang was immediately embarrassed.

The blind woman pushed her and said, "Please, madam, Hou'er's future depends on you."

"Mom, I can't, I..."

"For your husband, there is nothing you can't do, even if it takes your life, you should be willing!"

When Liu Yunxiang heard this, she really couldn't stand it anymore. She looked at the blind woman and said, "Did she owe your family or something in her previous life? Why should she be willing to serve you mother and son? She is said to be a daughter-in-law and a wife, but in your eyes, Do you really regard her as a family member? Do you even regard her as an adult? In your eyes, she is clearly a tool for making money. She is useful if she can make money. Once she cannot make money and cannot satisfy you, she becomes a loser. What a useless piece of trash! Your family has nothing but four walls, and a man has to be supported by his wife. Not only does he have no shame, but he also bosses around all day long. Do you really think of yourself as an official? And you, a blind mother-in-law, who knows that she is useless, what the hell? You are raising a daughter-in-law. Instead of saying you are grateful, you should at least say something nice, right? If you two were like this, if I were Lan Niang, I would have left you alone long ago. Without two burdens, life will only be better! "

When the woman selling vegetables at the stall nearby heard this, she probably couldn't understand the blind woman's attitude towards Lan Niang, so she couldn't help shouting: "Well said!"

The blind woman's face turned the color of pig liver, "You, you... this is my family's business, what are you, you..."

"First, let's see what you two are. With your son's virtues, it's a dream to want to go to high school! And let me tell you, there is no registration fee for the imperial examination. He wants these ten taels of silver, so he may be doing something. Woolen cloth!"

After Liu Yunxiang finished speaking, he nodded to Lan Niang, then pulled Yue'er away.

The blind woman's face turned red and blue, she was so angry that she couldn't help but pushed Lan Niang hard.

"If you have any grievances in your heart, just say it out loud, and you have to borrow words from others. I didn't know you were so scheming! When Hou'er is in high school, my Chen family will never tolerate you!"

"Mom!" Lan Niang's eyes widened and she could hardly believe what she heard, "Mom, it turns out you have never considered me a family member!"

The blind woman accidentally said the words she had buried deep in her heart, and she immediately felt regretful.

"I'm so angry."

The woman setting up a stall next to her smiled and said, "Lanniang, you heard me, don't be stupid!"