Reincarnation in the 60s: My Spatial Supermarket Brings Forth Wealth-Chapter 237: Foolish Little Aunt

"I’m off today, but your uncle-in-law is still working and hasn’t finished yet! Come in, come in! I’ll get you some water!" Bai Xiaomei’s smile was quite charming, she had a bit of resemblance to their grandmother Bai Xianglan.

It’s not unusual for nieces to resemble their aunts.

They were indeed thirsty, so they didn’t stop her from getting water, and they took the opportunity to look around their aunt’s house.

It was similar to the adobe house they lived in before, but there was only one bed platform. A standing cabinet was placed on the ground, and the room was tidily organized with almost no dust.

The bedding stacked on the bed, although old, had been washed so frequently it was fading, showing at a glance that their aunt was industrious.

"Here, here, you’ve been thirsty all the way, quickly have some water!" Bai Xiaomei offered them water not in a cup, but in a bowl, possibly because there weren’t enough cups. After putting down the bowl, she embarrassedly rubbed her hands and sat next to Lin Xue.

"Aunt, we came over because we have some business at the brick factory, and we took the chance to come see you. My mom sent some things for you, and I brought them over!" Lin Xue explained her purpose.

Bai Xiaomei was moved to tears, regardless of what stuff her sister-in-law sent her. The fact that they could still remember her was already touching. Although they weren’t coming specifically to see her, they took time to visit her in the village, which was moving.

"Xiao Xue, how’s your mom? Has her health recovered? And your grandmother, how’s your aunt? Does she like it in the countryside?" Bai Xiaomei held Lin Xue’s hand and asked.

"Everyone is quite well. Grandma has become accustomed, always busy with the kids, she’s never free enough not to be accustomed!" Lin Xue responded, "Aunt, are you unwell? How come you’re resting from work?"

"Oh... it’s nothing, just some old ailments..."

Lin Xue knew, certainly because she couldn’t conceive, and her aunt’s weak constitution, along with the household situation, leading her to not have enough to eat, causing frequent bouts of illness.

"Aunt, have you seen a doctor? Consider getting some treatment for your health," Lin Xue pondered and asked.

"Xiao Xue, you all sit for a bit. Aunt will go make some food!" Bai Xiaomei seemed reluctant to talk about this topic and got up to make food.

"Aunt, don’t make food. We really just came to see you and deliver some things. We have to rush to the brick factory! We’re doing work for the brigade and can’t delay! We’re leaving now!" Lin Xue stood up with her, stopping her.

"How can that be acceptable! You’ve come such a long way to Aunt’s house for the first time, how can you leave without eating! Making food doesn’t take much time! Wait, it’s almost ready!" Bai Xiaomei insisted on cooking.

"Aunt, we truly have urgent matters and must leave now, please don’t cook!" Lin Xue continued to stop her.

Seeing Lin Xue persistently stopping her, Bai Xiaomei had no choice but to hold onto Lin Xue as they were about to leave.

"Xiao Xue, wait for me a moment!" she said, heading to rummage through her things.

At first, Lin Xue thought her aunt had snacks hidden in the cabinet but upon realizing, she covered her face and smiled helplessly.

This aunt truly was a bit silly and sincere, evoking a feeling of both heartache and warmth in her.

Bai Xiaomei took out ten dollars from the cabinet that Lin Xue had once put away and stuffed it into Lin Xue’s hand.

Lin Xue felt that her aunt probably didn’t realize that what she brought over were good things; if she knew, she certainly wouldn’t have accepted money.

Thankfully, it was all stored in a bag, so it couldn’t be seen from the outside what it was. She might have thought it was just vegetables or dried foodstuffs.

In this season, vegetables aren’t scarce, so she didn’t feel much pressure accepting them.

"Aunt, didn’t you spend this money? This is the money I gave you back then, thinking you could go to the clinic and get some medicine! Or buy some good food to nourish your body. You might not want to hear this, but your inability to conceive for years might also be related to poor health due to malnutrition! Maybe if you nourish your body more, you’ll succeed! Don’t always take your health lightly!" Lin Xue rambled. 𝙛𝒓𝒆𝙚𝒘𝒆𝓫𝙣𝓸𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝒄𝒐𝓶

She noticed she had become a chatterbox now. Many of the people around her were like this, not caring about their own health while constantly compromising themselves to save food. She found it hard not to become a chatterbox.

"Xiao Xue, Aunt didn’t have the ability to repay this money, so I didn’t spend it. I know you and your sister-in-law are kind to me, but the family situation is what it is. My mother-in-law is also ill, even though we’ve split houses, we can’t just ignore this, so I didn’t take out this money for medicine. I’m giving it back to you now! Some people have their fate, perhaps giving birth wouldn’t sustain it!" As Wang Zhiyong went out with his brothers, the house held just the two of them; hence, their conversation was unrestrained.

"Don’t say that Aunt, isn’t uncle-in-law always working?" Although her aunt fell ill from time to time, it seemed she didn’t take medication. One person’s labor points could hardly fill two people’s stomachs, right?

"The labor points were converted to money for mother-in-law’s medical treatment, not much of your uncle-in-law’s labor points left. These days, who knows when this drought will end, the labor points aren’t worth much now, and if the harvest isn’t good, what can be done with labor points!" Bai Xiaomei’s face showed absolute despair.

Upon entering, Lin Xue had seen from the outside room’s open cabinet door that didn’t hide the view inside, revealing the absence of grains, at first thinking her aunt locked the grains inside, but now realizing they didn’t have any grains.

Luckily, she brought ten pounds of rice, ten pounds of millet, and some biscuits and brown sugar.

"Don’t lose hope, things will be alright! Aunt, take this money to buy yourself some good food or get some medicine! You don’t need to repay it! Considering the care you showed us, mother and daughter, you deserve to keep this money! I’m leaving now!" Lin Xue put the money back into her aunt’s pocket and rushed out the door, not giving her a chance to catch up.

As she left, the tractor roared to life, and she got on and headed towards the brick factory.

Leaving Bai Xiaomei behind, crying, clutching the ten dollars tightly.

"Xiaomei, what’s wrong? Why are you crying?" Feng Zhuangzhu’s sister-in-law came over from behind.

Sister-in-law was quite nice, with father-in-law and mother-in-law living with the elder brother’s family, they interacted frequently and maintained a good relationship.

"Sister-in-law, you’re here!" Bai Xiaomei wiped her tears and turned around, "It’s nothing, my nephew and niece came to see me, I just feel a bit homesick!"

"Oh, really? Is there something going on at your family?" Sister-in-law seemed a bit anxious.

The second sister of this sister-in-law was in the same brigade as them. The two sisters seldom socialize, and she originally thought her sister-in-law had a poor relationship with her family. The sudden visit of nieces and nephews raised the question of whether something happened.

"Nothing much, they had business at the brick factory and came over to see me! My sister-in-law also sent some things! Come on, sister-in-law! Let’s go inside!" Bai Xiaomei held her sister-in-law’s hand and led her inside, reflecting their usual interaction.

Bai Xiaomei admitted she never expected her sister-in-law to send so much food and good stuff, including some preserved meat, she wouldn’t have drawn attention to the items sent by her sister-in-law.

It’s not about being stingy or anything similar, just genuinely fearing this large amount would cause trouble for her sister-in-law’s family if word got out.

These times, keeping a low profile is wise, even if her second sister knew, it would be troublesome.

Not to say someone would come to compete for it, but also the possibility of starting trouble for the sister-in-law’s family, she understood her second sister too well.