The sisters also looked at Chen Zhaozhao, waiting for her answer.
She looked at them for help.
Chen Simei had no intention of helping at all, and even complained, "Who told you to tell her that you love her every day? Tell Xiaoni, do you love her father?"
"You should think about it before you talk." Chen Sanmei said, "Love is normal. If you don't love Xiaoni, you will definitely be sad and ask you why."
People in this era rarely talk about love, especially parents towards their children, but they are influenced by the thoughts of later generations and are eager to express their feelings.
Chen Zhaozhao would tell Chen Xiaoni that he loved her every day.
Why does mother love Xiaoni? Everyone in the family, grandparents and father, will say they love Xiaoni.
He also said that mom loves grandparents and aunts, and we are a family that loves each other.
So maybe Chen Xiaoni has heard a lot about who she loves, and Chen Xiaoni can draw inferences about other cases at a young age.
Chen Ermei and Chen Damei also looked at Chen Zhaozhao and nodded.
Chen Zhaozhao, "..."
"Mom..." Chen Xiaoni looked at Chen Zhaozhao expectantly.
Chen Zhaozhao looked at her and smiled softly, "How about we leave this question to you later? Mom will answer you when Xiaoni grows up."
Not being able to answer "I don't love you" will hurt Xiaoni's heart, and will also lead to more questions such as "Why don't you love me?"
She couldn't answer "love" because she was lying to her, and it wouldn't be embarrassing if she told Yu Jinggui.
So, she could only delay.
"Why?" Chen Xiaoni asked in confusion.
"Because we have to make a question agreement." Chen Zhaozhao rambled on in a serious manner, "This way Xiaoni will not be able to ask her mother questions until she grows up. Otherwise, she would have answered all the questions when she was a child and would have no problem chatting with her when she grows up, okay?"
"Okay." Chen Xiaoni nodded heavily.
Chen Zhaozhao secretly exhaled a breath, after all, he is so young, so fooled.
"Has Xiaoni eaten enough? Let's get off the table after we are done." Chen Zhaozhao quickly changed the subject.
"I'm full." Chen Xiaoni got down from the stool.
The sisters were also full. Chen Damei put away the dishes and Chen Xiaoni reminded, "Auntie, keep the tofu."
"Okay, don't worry, I'll keep it." Chen Damei's heart almost melted at Chen Xiaoni's heart.
There were many children in the village, but she had never seen any child as well-behaved and smart as Xiao Ni.
She couldn't help but think that in the future her child would be half as good as Xiao Ni and half as smart.
But then, she became sad again. What was she thinking about now? She hadn't even seen the shadow of her child yet.
After taking a short break after lunch, Chen Zhaozhao took Chen Xiaoni to take a nap.
Chen Zhaozhao got up after sleeping for about an hour. As soon as she left the room, Chen Simei pulled her and spoke in a confidential manner.
"Chen Lili is back!"
"Oh." Chen Zhaozhao responded calmly.
"Why aren't you surprised at all?" Chen Simei said excitedly, "Didn't I say she was going to be imprisoned for half a year? Wang Erniu and the others were actually willing to pay to take her back?
Sun Hong and Wang Erniu went to pick it up in person, and when they came back they brought half a catty of meat and half a catty of brown sugar cubes. They said they were to replenish Chen Lili's health."
"I heard from Aunt Li when I came back in the morning." Chen Zhaozhao said, "I heard that it was because Chen Lili was pregnant that Wang Erniu and the others went to pick her up."
"Ah?" Chen Simei was shocked, "I see, why didn't you tell me such big news earlier? I was shocked when I saw them coming back."
"I forgot, he is an unimportant person anyway."
Chen Simei smacked her lips and said, "You know what? I saw Chen Lili looking like that today. It was so scary. She lost a lot of weight and her whole person looked gloomy."
"Humph, the pregnancy must have been a big blow to her. I heard that she made a big fuss in the detention center and wanted to abort the child, so Wang Erniu and the others had to spend money to take her back."
"Is she so cruel? She doesn't even want her own child?"
"Then it depends on whose child it is."
"But if she marries Wang Erniu, doesn't she have to have children with him?"
"I guess she won't be willing to spend her whole life with Wang Erniu like this."
"Ah? No way? If she doesn't want to live her whole life with Wang Erniu, does she still want a divorce? Will Wang Erniu and the others agree?"
"I definitely won't agree, but she can run!"
"Run? Where can she run? She won't survive if she escapes."
"Then I don't know. Anyway, she must have had good intentions at first, but now her hopes are in vain."
In this era, people were strictly required to go out. They had to have a letter of introduction to go from one village to another, and they were not allowed to live in other villages for too long.
When rural people go to the city, they need a letter of introduction, and even if they have a letter of introduction, they will not be able to stay for a few days.
If you insist on staying in the city, you are considered a black householder. If you are caught, you will be sent back to the village for the crime of blind migration.
Moreover, nowadays there is a clear division between rural areas and cities. It is difficult for urban people to find jobs in the city, let alone rural people. In addition, buying anything requires a ticket, making it even harder for rural people to survive in the city.
Chen Simei nodded, "Third uncle and the others went to see her when they heard she came back. When I went out, I heard people say that grandma, third uncle and the others scolded us for being unfilial. Grandma was injured and lay in bed for so long, and we didn't even visit her."
Jiang Chunxiu completely collapsed on the bed. Her waist injury is no longer so painful, but her legs have lost feeling. However, according to Zhao Langzhong, she still has the possibility of recovery.
She has been undergoing treatment recently.
Chen Zhaozhao's face darkened when he heard this, "We have completely severed ties with them. She is asking for this. She wants us to see her. It's a waste of time."
"That's right." Chen Simei also said angrily: "When they did that to us, they wanted us to visit her. They said it was a visit, but in fact they just wanted us to give her money, so they didn't give it.
She doesn’t even know how much money she robbed us from.”
The two chatted about these things and then went to the kitchen. At this time, Chen Damei was frying bean dregs balls in the kitchen.
After staying in the kitchen, Chen Zhaozhao went to Chen Ermei's room. Chen Ermei was sewing clothes and pants. Now she was very skilled on the sewing machine.
Chen Zhaozhao was knitting a sweater while chatting with her. She was going to knit the sweater today.
Then in the evening, we would open up some clothing materials and make a shirt for Yu Jinggui to exchange for food stamps.
In the evening, Chen Dawang and others came back.
Chen Zhaozhao saw that his parents looked unhappy.
"What's wrong? What happened?"
Liu Guihua and Chen Dawang looked at each other, hesitating and not wanting to say anything.
"What happened?" Chen Simei asked.
"Yes, don't hide anything from us." Chen Ermei said.
Liu Guihua sighed, "I just met your second aunt on the way back."
Chen Zhaozhao's face instantly darkened, "What did she tell you?"
Liu Guihua glanced at her daughter's face, then looked at Chen Dawang, exhaled and said, "Your grandma has been paralyzed in bed for some days. She spent a lot of money on her waist treatment. We haven't visited her yet. They have some ideas."
"Have any ideas?" Chen Zhaozhao said angrily, "Are they embarrassed to have any ideas? They must not just come to you to express their dissatisfaction, right?"
"We are not waiting around. We are our sons and daughters-in-law after all, so they asked us to pay for the medicine."
"Pay for some medicine?" Chen Zhaozhao smiled sarcastically, "How much?"
"Our family has ten yuan per person, so the total is ninety yuan." Liu Guihua said with some embarrassment.
"Ninety yuan?" Chen Simei exclaimed, "Why do they have the nerve to ask?"
Chen Zhaozhao frowned and looked at Liu Guihua and Chen Dawang, "What do you think?"