Chapter 81: Is slowly getting better

The sisters were slowly becoming good friends.

Laughter echoed from the kitchen, coming from the two sisters.

Even the old lady, sweeping the yard with Jiang Manyue and Hu Yaya, smiled at the sound.

Okay, okay, okay, she murmured, “My family is getting better, slowly getting better.”

After breakfast, Jiang Manyue went to school.

Jiang Mingyue and Jiang Meiyue, accompanied by Yaya, took incense, candles, biscuits, wine, and a piece of uncut meat to the mountain to visit their parents’ graves.

They soon reached the unified cemetery of Qianjin Village and went straight to Jiang Congwu and his wife’s graves.

The last time they visited was during the Qingming Festival, and half a year had passed. The graves were already covered with weeds, even the mound itself.

The sisters put down their offerings and began weeding.

Hu Yaya, despite her young age, diligently pulled out weeds with her tiny hands.

The three worked together for about twenty minutes, cleaning the area around the graves.

Jiang Meiyue noticed some soil had eroded from the mound and used a hoe to add some back.

With Yaya’s help, Jiang Mingyue arranged the offerings.

Dad, Mom, how are you doing there? My eldest sister, I, and Yaya are here to see you.”

After lighting the incense, Jiang Mingyue softly told her deceased parents about their current situation.

She spoke of her divorce, remarriage to a good man, starting a small business, and their improving family life.

She mentioned her third child studying in the county, ranking among the top ten in his grade.

Mom and Dad, don’t worry. The third child has vowed to go to college and go to the university for me to have a good look at the life on the university campus.”

Though she smiled, a hint of regret lingered in her eyes.

She had always been a top student, but she failed the college entrance exam. Even Zhao Meihua’s daughter got into college, but she missed out…

Every time she thought about it, Jiang Mingyue felt so distressed she couldn’t sleep.

Even now, with two children in her belly, the memory still brought tears to her eyes.

Third sister will pass the exam,” Jiang Meiyue knelt beside her, placing a hand on her shoulder. “There will definitely be college students in our family.

Third sister, Manyue, Yaya, and you, the children in your belly, will all be college students in the future.”

Yes, Jiang Mingyue nodded with a smile and moved aside. “Mom and Dad, you must be tired of listening to me talking so much. Let me follow you. You guys talk.”

Mom and Dad, Jiang Meiyue comforted Jiang Mingyue, but as she spoke to the tombstone, tears welled up in her eyes. “I’m sorry that my unfilial daughter came to see you.”

Jiang Meiyue cried even harder than Jiang Mingyue.

Jiang Mingyue couldn’t bear to see her sister crying, but she also knew she needed to vent.

She took Hu Yaya’s hand and led her to pick flowers on the field ridge, leaving Jiang Meiyue alone.

Second aunt, are you crying because you can’t see your grandparents again?” Hu Yaya, still young, didn’t understand why Jiang Meiyue was crying.

Jiang Mingyue smiled and touched Yaya’s hair.

Yaya wore two braids adorned with a beautiful red hairband, given by Full Moon, and two butterfly hairpins on top.

The butterfly wings quivered as she walked, like real butterflies about to flutter and fly away.

These hairpins were brought back by Gu Dongqing for Jiang Manyue. There were two pairs, one blue with red, and the other red. Jiang Manyue loved them.

But she knew how to share, which made Jiang Mingyue very happy.

The Jiang family might be poor, but their grandparents had raised the sisters well.

Yaya had never seen such beautiful things and couldn’t stop touching the hairpins to confirm their existence.

Jiang Mingyue took Yaya to the edge of the field and picked a large handful of wild sunflowers.

These sunflowers were beautiful, with round flower disks like real sunflowers, but the thumb-sized flowers were white with purple, a refreshing color.

Both Jiang Mingyue and Hu Yaya loved them.

They picked a lot and placed them on the field ridge. Jiang Mingyue saw water chestnuts beside the ditch and asked Yaya to sit and wait while she picked some.

Yaya go, Second Aunt, don’t go,” Hu Yaya grabbed Jiang Mingyue’s sleeve. Second Aunt has a younger brother and sister in her belly, so she can’t go, but Yaya can go.”

The little girl, so young yet so sensible, worried about her pregnant second aunt falling and getting hurt. She wanted to protect her unborn siblings.

Yaya can do it, second aunt, don’t worry,” Hu Yaya pulled up her sleeves, showing her slender arms.

Jiang Mingyue couldn’t help but laugh and cry.

Jiang Meiyue, equally dumbfounded, chimed in, “I know Yaya can do it, but underneath are the sweet potatoes planted by Grandma and the others. What if Yaya falls down and tramples on the sweet potato vines?”

“Mom?” Hu Yaya turned around and called out happily.

Jiang Meiyue came over with a smile, carrying a basket.

Seeing the sunflowers, she put down the basket and said, “You two can pick flowers here, and I’ll pick the water chestnuts.”

Sister, pick more, and we’ll make dumplings for dinner tonight,” Jiang Mingyue suggested, her mouth watering at the thought of fresh water chestnut dumplings.

Especially the horseshoes growing on the edge of the ditch, bright green and promising deliciousness.

Jiang Meiyue readily agreed.

She walked down the edge of the ditch and picked a large bundle of water chestnuts.

The three cleaned the water chestnuts on the field ridge, then carried the basket and flowers back home.

Mrs. Jiang and Mr. Jiang were delighted to see the green water chestnuts.

In the past, everyone would have been happy to see them, but not as much as they were now.

Things had changed. In the past few months, their food had been rich, with fish, meat, slaughtered chickens, scrambled eggs, and more.

The old lady even missed the days of simple life.

Then let’s make a meal of water chestnut dumplings today and have a full meal,” Jiang Mingyue decided.

Jiang Meiyue took out a large basin and began washing the water chestnuts.

While the sisters were busy, the group of people from the Old Hu family, who had come to eat meat, were finally halfway there.