Phi-Fic Chapter 606 She wouldn't even dare to think about it.
Chapter 606 She wouldn't even dare to think about it.
Lin Chang'er came up the stairs and saw it as soon as she turned the corner.
"You're back?" Aunt Gu stood at the door, twisting her fingers. When she saw her return, her eyes were filled with both anticipation and mischief, and she looked somewhat uneasy.
Lin Chang'er's eyes flickered, and she immediately understood the gist of it.
Without saying anything, she simply opened the door and said, "Mother, would you like to come in and sit down?"
Aunt Gu nodded and followed Lin Chang'er inside.
After they sat down, Lin Chang'er poured two bowls of tea, pushing one towards Aunt Gu, saying, "Have some tea."
Aunt Gu nodded as usual, picked up the teacup with both hands, took a small sip, and then secretly glanced at Lin Chang'er.
Lin Chang'er noticed, but pretended not to see it. After she drank half a bowl, she added more for her. "My cheap cousin gave me Emei Snow Bud tea. It's almost the end of the year, and there's not much left. There's only about an ounce left. If we finish it, we'll have to wait until next year. I didn't even give my father any."
Upon hearing this, Aunt Gu grinned and said, "Mother knows that Chang'er loves me."
Lin Chang'er chuckled, "Then you drink it, and I'll refill it when it's empty."
After pausing for a moment, he added, "Look at me, I've forgotten it's already night. Drinking too much tea at night makes me sleepless."
As she spoke, she pressed down on Aunt Gu's teacup. "There's peach gum and white fungus stewed in the kitchen. My sister-in-law said she'll bring it up for us to drink together once it's stewed until it's very soft. Although peach gum and white fungus can't compare to bird's nest, it's still a good thing for us country folk."
Princess Zhenbei and Madam Huo were not in very good health, so they drank a bowl of bird's nest soup before bed every night to help them recover.
Lin Chang'er doesn't need to contribute financially; just providing some charcoal stoves will suffice.
Lin Chang'er's meals have always consisted of peach gum and white fungus, and sometimes fish maw stewed with milk. They are not as precious as bird's nest, but they are all nourishing foods.
It's easy to go from frugality to extravagance, but difficult to go from extravagance to frugality. Fortunately, everyone in my family knows how to be grateful.
Currently, Aunt Gu manages the kitchen at home. Whenever she makes dinner, she stews this dessert along with it. After dinner, when she has some free time to sit down and rest, or take a walk, or wash up, she can drink it. It's guaranteed to be stewed until it's very tender.
In the past, she would drink with Aunt Gu, and also with Sister-in-law Gu and Sister-in-law Gu.
Later, her mother came, so she included her mother, and now she also brought Aunt Xu along. They weren't anything fancy, so she could afford to support them.
Of course, if she hadn't used all that money for important projects, she could have afforded bird's nest soup.
However, this is a method of maintaining a moderately wealthy person's lifestyle!
There's nothing to compare yourself to; it only makes you feel frustrated.
Aunt Gu held Lin Chang'er's hand, "Whether it's bird's nest and white fungus or vegetable porridge, Chang'er always gives me the best."
She was speaking from the bottom of her heart. In the past, let alone bird's nest and white fungus, she couldn't even afford to eat vegetables and white porridge.
Even brown rice isn't something we can eat every day.
Nowadays, we eat white flour every day, rice at every meal, and fish and meat.
The rice bin is full of rice, and my pocket is full of silver.
New clothes every season, and no leaks when the weather changes.
These were truly wonderful days that I never even dared to dream of back then.
She has such a good life now, so logically she should have no more desires.
However, the intense gaze the Princess of Zhenbei gave the two children last night frightened her.
Her husband is gone, and her third son is gone too. How can she possibly give away the two children he left behind?
Back when San'er brought the child back, her family was struggling financially.
How much have they suffered from just eye-rolling and spitting?
They were twins, the most difficult twins to raise. Back then, they were only the size of two palms, and we raised them by feeding them bite by bite.
She didn't talk about how hard things were for her, she just said that her child was so well-behaved, obedient and filial, and that she couldn't bear to think that he was someone else's child!