Before they reached their grandmother's house, a woman in a red cotton dress passed by them and saw that Sun Chen's brother and sister had stopped.

She stared at Erniu for a long time, until she was a little embarrassed to stare at him, and then she said excitedly, "Are you...... Sister Yating's child? ”

Yating is Sun Chen's mother's maiden name, at first glance someone called out and still a little unable to turn around, and after Sun Chen reacted and nodded stunnedly, he saw that the woman's eyes instantly turned red, "Ah Chen, Erniu, I am your third concubine (aunt)." ”

Sun Chen searched carefully from his memory, and only then did he connect the person in front of him with the three concubines who used to smile like flowers. It's just that the woman in front of her has long since lost her original beauty after years of devastation.

It seems that the life of my grandmother's family has not been easy in the past few years!

"You two look a little different from when you were a child, and I almost don't recognize you." Sun Chen's three concubines came to Linjia Village when their mother was alive, but at that time, Sun Chen was only eleven or twelve years old, and the second girl was only seven or eight years old.

"I didn't recognize the concubine just now!" The second girl actually said the words in her heart directly, causing Sun Chen to roll her eyes, but she didn't seem to receive it, and added again, "Sister, why is your hair so white?" ”

Not only has the hair turned white, but the wrinkles on the three concubines' faces have also increased a lot, and their hands are even rougher.

"Life is not good, you can't think about your hair if you don't want to be white~" The third concubine was very helpless about the change in her appearance, "Don't talk about me, you two haven't seen your grandmother yet, right?" She's in a bad situation, and she's been looking forward to seeing your brother and sister for a long time. ”

"What's going on with Grandma's body?" Sun Chen remembered the old lady who was always smiling in his memory, whenever Sun Chen followed his mother to Blue Mountain Town, she would always sit under the big locust tree in the yard and take out a piece of candy or a piece of mung bean cake from her pocket.

When his mother died, Sun Chen seemed to have heard from several uncles that the old lady was bedridden because she couldn't stand the blow. Could it be that my grandmother has never had a better time since then?

As if knowing what Sun Chen was thinking, when the three concubines led them forward, they told Sun Chen's brothers and sisters about their grandmother's situation.

It turned out that the old lady really couldn't afford to be sick since she lost her beloved daughter. Because of her depressed mood and her age, although her sons and daughters-in-law served her quite carefully, the old lady's illness did not improve.

The family also had to give her medicine for a long time, and the cost suddenly increased a lot. Sun Chen's uncles were honest farmers, because of the lack of land, the harvest in the field was sold for imperial grain, and the rest was only enough for them to eat and drink. The money for the old lady to get medicine was all earned by them taking advantage of the slack time to do part-time work.

Because their brothers did not have any skills, they could only earn money by labor, not only did their income not be high, but they were also tired half to death every day, and the family naturally had less to do. A few of his concubines are busy all day long, how can they still have the energy to pay attention to whether they are old? But then again, how can they not get old after such hard work?

After listening to the three concubines' narration, Sun Chen's heart felt a lot of emotion. He didn't expect that his grandmother's family, who had always lived a well-off life, would indirectly live in such a difficult life because of his mother's death.

Thinking of his father, who had not come to visit since his mother died, Sun Chen suddenly felt that he was really hateful.

When his wife died, he not only failed to protect his children, but also ignored the old lady who fell because of the loss of her daughter. Although there is a big reason because of Sun Yang's control, his behavior is really cold-blooded and ruthless. He found that he was getting more and more disgusted with what his cheap father Sun Zhou did.

Sun Chen vowed in his heart that he must find a way to let this stormy little family find a way out of the difficult life. As for how to do it, he will have to wait until he meets the three uncles before tailoring it for them.

Grandmother Li Wangshi was very excited to see Sun Chen's brother and sister, the old lady had been lying on the bed, so she had to let her daughter-in-law put a pillow behind her, sit up and talk to them.

Grandma had almost no flesh on her body, she was skinny, her two eye sockets were sunken, and her spirit was not very good.

Fortunately, the concubines took care of them carefully and diligently, and there was no smell in the room that patients who have been bedridden for a long time often have, and the bedding on the bed was also very clean.

Because today is the second day of the Lunar New Year, the three uncles are not all at home, only the daughter-in-law has no maiden home to leave, and the third uncle Li Hansen stays at home.

"Ah Chen, I heard that you are a merchant, how is it? Is business good? Are you tired of walking the streets and alleys? Hansen asked him. The old lady stared at him with a kind face, which was obviously what she wanted to know.

"Fortunately, I'm not too tired, and I can earn a lot of money, enough for my sister and me to live." In front of others, Sun Chen never took the initiative to say how much money he earned, and for those who couldn't figure out the details, he wouldn't even tell the truth, but in front of these people in front of him, Sun Chen actually wanted to describe his life better.

"Now the family's savings are thirty taels of silver!" Sun Chen's words surprised the second girl, even if she wanted to reassure her grandmother, her brother didn't have to show her the old bottom, right? Didn't my brother educate himself all day long, and he had to leave a way back for himself at all times, except for their two brothers and sisters, and don't let anyone know the hole cards? Why did it blow up in the blink of an eye? She counted the money at home last night, and it was only twenty-eight taels, okay?

But Sun Chen said this for his purpose. Sure enough, after hearing his words, the faces of the grandmother and the third uncle showed a relieved smile, and there was no trace of greed and jealousy in their eyes.

"So much? Ah Chen is really capable! Grandma patted Sun Chen's hand with a smile, "But even if you make some money, don't spend it lavishly." You're almost at the age of saying goodbye, your father, you don't have to count on it, keep more money for yourself, don't even be able to get the bride price that the girl's family wants. Your uncles don't have the ability to do anything else, and with me as a drag, except for being able to do something, they won't be able to help you at all. ”

"There is also a second girl, and she is not a few years younger than you, and when it comes to the day of going out, you have to accompany her, and it doesn't hurt to save more money."

Grandma's compliance with the instructions made Sun Chen's heart warm. When this old lady who almost ran out of oil and dried up the lamp, when she heard her grandson say that she had so much silver, the first thing she thought of was not herself, not that she wanted him to help her sons who were dragged down by herself, but that she told him to save money and prepare for his future.

Who else can do this? Sun Chen thought, except for his mother, I'm afraid there is no one else, right?