Blissful Days After Widowhood - Chapter 58

Although the family was a little richer than before, they were not rich enough to have enough food and clothing. Since that was made, it must be put to good use. And she didn’t know since she didn’t try it. But when she wore that robe, she felt so comfortable from head to toe.

“It’s just a little bit worse, but it’s really warm. Mother, you said it yourself, we sell buns and porridge, not anything else. If they want to laugh, they can laugh.”

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were talking, and Aunt Ge came with the steamer. Seeing Gu Yin’s robe, she couldn’t help curling the corners of her mouth, and then she held back and started talking about business, “It’s really been too cold these two days, and it might snow at night. My old man started coughing, so it’s better to have a holiday tomorrow.”

In the past, because the stall did not make much money, the Ge family was busy from the beginning to the end of the year. After so many years of hard work, there were many small problems in their body. In the past two months, Aunt Ge and Gu Yin had been working together, and they could earn dozens more a day. Although not much, at least they didn’t have to work so hard.

Gu Yin took the steamer in her hand and said with a smile, “Then I’ll wish my uncle and aunt a happy New Year in advance.”

After seeing off Aunt Ge, Mrs. Wang looked at the deserted and empty pier and said, “Then let’s rest tomorrow.”

She knew that her daughter-in-law attached great importance to Wu’an’s schooling. Although the business had been getting better in the past two months, Gu Yin would report the bill to her every day. In addition to the food and clothing expenses at home, she had saved up to six taels. That fifteen was still a long way off.

She was afraid that Gu Yin would not take a break in order to earn a little more.

Unexpectedly, as soon as she said that, Gu Yin nodded and said, “Mother, you’re right. When the snow falls, we won’t come,  We will come again when spring begins.”

Mrs. Wang was overjoyed.

The next few days were gloomy days, the snow fell, and the pier became more deserted. After the Ge family closed their stall, more people chose to rest.

On the first day of the twelfth lunar month, Gu Yin got up as usual, and before she got out of bed, Mrs. Wang happily came in and held her down.

Seeing her happy, Gu Yin couldn’t help smiling, and asked, “What are you happy about?”

Mrs. Wang smiled and said, “It’s snowing! It’s still a small snow, but it’s going to be big in a while.”

Gu Yin knew that Mrs. Wang was in a hurry to let herself rest, so she was ready to get out of bed to see it.

Mrs. Wang held her down and helped her to tuck her four corners tightly, “Am I lying to you about this? It’s really snowing! You sleep, I’ll make the morning meal and call you then.”

She kept watching her, so Gu Yin could only close her eyes again, and fell asleep with even breathing after a while.

After Mrs. Wang made sure that she was asleep, she took the oil lamp out of the room.

She didn’t know it was going to snow, so she didn’t stock ingredients at home.

But fortunately, the weather was cold, and the things prepared wouldn’t get bad easily.

Mrs. Wang took out the minced meat prepared by Gu Yin, clumsily made a dozen buns, and put them on the steamer.

Gu Yin took less than a quarter of an hour to do that work, but she spent more than half an hour.

Later, Wu’an also got up, and Mrs. Wang let him watch the fire, and took the big broom and went outside to sweep the snow.

After a while, Xu Qingchuan next door also came out with a broom, but before he swept the ice, Mr. Xu grabbed the broom and dragged him into the house.

After Mrs. Xu and Mrs. Wang had seen a play together, they didn’t quarrel like before.

The two of them chatted while sweeping the snow together. After chatting, they made an appointment to buy New Year’s goods together in the morning.

When the sky was bright, Mrs. Wang was sweating profusely, and the steamed buns were also hot on the pot.

Xiao Wu’an was already hungry and said he wanted to eat breakfast.

“It’s rare for your sister-in-law to sleep till late. If you’re hungry, you can go to bed for a while. Let’s eat together when your sister-in-law gets up.”

The mother and son were talking, and Gu Yin got dressed and came out.

Seeing her neatly dressed, Mrs. Wang smiled, “You are a seer, how do you know that I have made an appointment with your Aunt Xu to buy New Year’s goods? But I don’t need you to come. You say what you want, I will buy it for you.”

Gu Yin smiled but didn’t respond. After eating the meal, she said, “I have other things to do and I will go out for a while. You can buy new year’s goods. The money is in the small cabinet by my bed.”

Mrs. Wang naturally wanted to ask her what she was doing, but Gu Yin was not going to hide it from her, “In the twelfth lunar month, many restaurants look for helpers. I’ll go there and have a look.”

“That’s so tiring. We can still have a rest for half a day when we set up the stall, but working as a cook, you always get busy in the middle of the night. Can you go and cook so well? Have you already thought about it?”