Chapter 216: Chapter 216: Visitors from Ms. Wang’s Family
The old woman behind Ms.Wang spat, "It’s been years since Xiaxia last saw you, it would be normal for her not to recognize you." As she said this, the old woman got off the ox cart.
"Xiaxia, you are Xiaxia, right?"
"I am." Yang Chuxia felt quite affectionate looking at the kind and gentle features of the old woman and nodded.
Once the old woman confirmed that she was Yang Chuxia, she quickly took her hand, "Good girl, I am your maternal grandmother. It’s been so many years, you probably don’t recognize me anymore, do you?"
Even in the original owner’s memory, there wasn’t much impression of this grandmother and second aunt.
However, seeing the familiar features with Ms.Wang, she was sure that it wouldn’t be wrong and quickly invited them in, "So it’s grandmother, please come in quickly."
Once they entered the house, Ms.Wang’s mother introduced them to Yang Chuxia, "This is your second uncle, who visited your mother two years ago, do you remember?"
Yang Chuxia thought to herself that she had no recollection of these events from two years ago, and there was no useful information in her head. But although she thought this, she still said out loud, "Of course I remember, hello second uncle."
Hearing her call him second uncle, Ms.Wang’s mother introduced the others, "These two are your cousins from your eldest and second uncle’s families, as well as a niece of your second aunt from her maternal family, who lives with your second uncle."
Yang Chuxia was slightly surprised after hearing this, as she wondered why they were living with their aunt. Well, even if they were living with the aunt, why did they all come to visit relatives together?
Despite her confusion, Yang Chuxia didn’t say anything more. She simply asked Ye Zi’an, "Brother An, can you go to the field and call my mother and father for me? Tell them that my grandmother is here."
"Sure, I’ll go right away."
As Brother An left, Yang Chuxia actually noticed the niece of the second aunt’s maternal family disdainfully curling her lips. Yang Chuxia frowned upon seeing this.
However, the cousin from the eldest uncle’s family glared at the girl, then ran over and started talking to Yang Chuxia, "Xiaxia, I’m your older cousin. Grandma and the others all call me Yun Xia. Your second cousin is called Yun Lian, and your second cousin’s cousin is named Xiao Jing."
"Hello, older cousin." Yang Chuxia wasn’t used to close contact with strangers, so she casually withdrew her arm.
Yang Chuxia had a lukewarm conversation with the others, and after a while, Ms.Wang, Yang Dachuan, and Ye Zi’an came back together.
As soon as Ms.Wang entered the room and saw her mother, she hugged her and cried non-stop.
It was only after mother and daughter had cried for a while that Ms.Wang greeted her second uncle and aunt and caught up with them.
With relatives visiting, they couldn’t skimp on lunch. Luckily, Yang Chuxia had saved plenty of crabs and a large plate of prawns when she made the drunken crabs.
Yang Dachuan took advantage of the time to go to the butcher’s house in Li’s Village and buy some meat to bring back.
For lunch, Ms.Wang cooked a full table spread.
Steamed large crabs, braised prawns, red-braised pork, stir-fried shredded pork with potatoes, stir-fried pork with cowpeas, stir-fried eggs with red chili, stir-fried white radish, and winter melon and shrimp soup. This feast left Ms.Wang’s mother and her daughter-in-law dumbfounded.
As it turned out, Ms.Wang’s mother hadn’t visited her daughter in Yangshu Village since she got married. Firstly, it was because Old Lady Hua was there, and secondly, because they were poor and heard that Old Lady Hua’s other daughters-in-law were all from wealthy families, she was afraid to embarrass her daughter.
It was only in the last two years that her eldest and second sons started working outside and earned considerable money, even buying some land and building a new house. It finally felt like their family’s life had improved, and she wanted to visit her daughter who was married in Yangshu Village.