After the great plague more than ten years ago, my wife and children were gone, and I lived like a ghost.

I don't know what kind of bad luck he got later, but he actually married a woman several years younger than himself, and the woman gave him a son.

Although Zhou is average-looking, she is several years younger than herself, so she can barely be called a 'loving wife'.

The son was born again in middle age. Now he suddenly changed his temper and devoted himself to guarding the family. He held his wife and son in the palm of his hand and did whatever the wife said.

Suddenly, a figure flashed past the door of the kitchen. Mrs. Zhou chased her to the door of the kitchen, only to see her mother-in-law Yu Mu turning the corner and heading towards the backyard.

"My mother-in-law walked so fast without even saying hello. She might have gone to the toilet. Xingkui, please stop eating and go to the main room to have a drink with old Uncle Yang..."

"Hey, okay, let's go now!"

Yu Xingkui stuffed the last piece of rice cake between his fingers into his mouth and hurried to the main room.

In the hall, Old Yangtou was sitting there with a normal expression, eating vegetables and drinking by himself.

Yu Xingkui looked around, and sure enough he didn't see his mother.

"Old Uncle Yang, let me drink with you." Yu Xingkui sat down.

"Okay." Old Yangtou smiled and nodded, picked up the wine cup in front of him and touched it with Yu Xingkuna.

After three rounds of drinking, Yu’s mother still didn’t come back.

It was not easy for Yu Xingkui to ask, because his wife said that my mother might have gone to the toilet, and it would be inconvenient to lift the toilet while eating.

"Old Uncle Yang, you're almost done drinking. How about I bring you some food? After dinner, shall we go back to Changping Village?" Yu Xingkui asked again.

Old Yangtou did not object.

During this meal, Lao Yangtou ate two large bowls of rice, drank three or four taels of wine, burped, and went out satisfied.

When he was approaching the door of the yard, Old Yang asked Yu Xingkui to stop, turned to Mrs. Zhou who was standing behind him at the door of the kitchen and watched: "Xingkui is always by my side to take care of me, so I will leave his mother to you to take care of me."

, you have to take good care of her, if she is wronged, I will take it from you!"

Mrs. Zhou smiled apologetically, "It is a daughter-in-law's duty to be filial to her mother-in-law. I don't need Old Uncle Yang to remind me. I understand that."

Lao Yang nodded, glanced at the backyard, and warned Mrs. Zhou again: "Your mother is afraid of heat. She was like that when she was a girl in her parents' family. You need to cook more mung bean soup for her to drink, which can reduce the heat."

, it would be better if it had a little Coptis chinensis."

Mrs. Zhou was confused when she heard this. How come Uncle Yang knows so much about his mother and cares so much about her?

And this tone sounded so much like a father-in-law teaching his daughter-in-law? Ms. Zhou was shocked by her ridiculous idea.

"Okay, I'll leave now. I'll come back to see your mother another day and take good care of her." Old Yangtou gave one last warning before leaving.

After Lao Yangtou left, Mrs. Zhou then remembered that her mother-in-law had not come back since she went to the toilet in the backyard.

Could it be that the weather was too hot and my mother-in-law fainted in the toilet? Thinking of this, Mrs. Zhou didn't even bother to clean up the dishes on the table and ran to the backyard, just as Yu's mother came back.

"Mom, why did you go to the toilet and squat for so long? I thought something had happened to you and you were going to look for it!" Mrs. Zhou said.

Mother Yu waved her hands, came to the table and sat down. There was sweat on her face and forehead, and her face was a little pale.

"Mom, what's wrong with you? Why are you looking like this?" Mrs. Zhou asked again, reaching out to touch Yu's mother's head.

Yu's mother tilted her head to get out of the way, and said to Ms. Zhou: "Look back and find Xingkui secretly. Let him find an excuse to go home. Come back alone and don't bring anyone else with you. I have something to tell him."

"

"Yes, I understand." Mrs. Zhou buried her head and started to clear away the dishes.

Suddenly thinking of something, she asked again: "Mom, did Old Uncle Yang have a good relationship with our family in the past? Before he left, he told me to be filial to you!"

"Where did you come from with so much nonsense? Just do your thing!" Yu's mother glared at Mrs. Zhou angrily, got up and entered the house.

Zhou froze on the spot, a little dumbfounded.

My mother-in-law has always been an old lady with a good personality. She has never scolded her loudly in the past few years when she came into the house. This is the first time. What's going on?

Did you...did you say something wrong?

…

On the way back to Changping Village, Old Yangtou said to Yu Xingkui in a serious voice: "Your father passed away early. It was not easy for your mother to support you by herself. She suffered a lot."

"Hey!" Yu Xingkui could only sigh.

Old Yangtou continued: "I saw that your house was low, humid, and stuffy. Your mother is not in good health. As a son, you have to think of ways to improve her living environment!"

Yu Xingkui's face was filled with shame as he spoke.

"Old Uncle Yang, to be honest, I want to do it too, but I don't have the ability..."

When I was working as a farmer at home, I couldn't save any money at all. It was a blessing that my family could not go hungry.

The situation really got better after I came to Changping Village to do the job of serving your elders. Life at home gradually became better. Not only did we pay off the foreign debts we had owed for so many years, but we also saved five taels of silver.

But five taels of silver can’t build a new house!

Renovate and repair it. It takes time and money. It's not cost-effective. Rather than doing that, it's better to save money to build a new house, so I can only wait.

The two entered the village and returned to the newly built house at the entrance of the village. They opened the door and saw that the hall was very cool. The Eight Immortals table, stools, teapots and bowls were all brand new.

When the little white cat saw Old Yang coming back, it meowed and jumped on his lap to act coquettishly.

Old Yang stroked the little white cat's head, glanced at the bowl of stew on the ground at the door that was almost untouched, and said to the little white cat in a doting tone: "You little beast are still picky about food? What? No?"

Do you like stewed meat? Yes, I’ll give you whole dried fish to eat later!”

Yu Xingkui looked around, and the strong contrast in the room made him feel even more guilty for his mother.

They are all sons of man. The third and fourth elders can make Old Uncle Yang live such a good life, but my own mother cannot enjoy the happiness. I am really useless!

Each of the several rooms in this house is better than the one at home. It would be great if I, my wife, and my children could live in such a spacious and cool big tile-roofed house!

"Xingkui, go back and take the bedroll to my sleeping bunk. You can clean up your own room and go get your mother to live there!" Old Yangtou's voice suddenly reached Yu Xingkui's ears.

Yu Xingkui was stunned for a moment, thinking that he was hallucinating. He turned around and saw that Old Yang's hand was stroking the little white cat's head. The little white cat narrowed its eyes with an expression of enjoyment.

The old man continued without raising his head: "Our house has many rooms and can accommodate so many people. The doors and windows have screens so mosquitoes can't fly in."

"There are also big trees in front and back of the house to enjoy the cool air. I don't know how much better than your house. The dog days are coming soon. I'm afraid your mother's body won't be able to bear it. Why don't you take her over and live with you?

It’s not too late to send it back when the autumn breeze cools down!”
Chapter completed!