Transmigrated as A Farm Girl Making Her Family Rich-Chapter 301 - 259 Ginger without Pig’s Trotters_2

This was also a small custom, but only those married close by could receive their family’s care.

In the in-laws’ house, whether one had any status or could live a better life often depended on whether her family was supportive.

Mrs. Li had suffered so much in the past and knew very well that for a woman who had just given birth, especially to a girl, a visit from her family might provide some emotional support.

The women who had given birth were particularly vulnerable, and the arrival of their family, bringing food, was simply a sign of care, which would also make their husband’s family treat them and their daughters a bit better from then on.

Everyone at the table had taken a red egg, but as for the basin of pig’s feet and ginger, which looked and smelled delicious, no one had touched it.

Mrs. Lai, upon seeing her family only eating the red eggs, really wanted to finish the eggs in the pig’s feet and ginger dish. But she was too full and had to save that plate for a late-night snack.

Ye Shiqi and her elder sisters shared a red egg. They saw the pig’s feet and ginger that their second uncle brought in the afternoon but didn’t ask their grandmother if they could have some.

It was evident there was plenty before, but now there was only a little left on the dinner table, which clearly meant their grandmother had eaten it.

They ate the red eggs really just to save the face of their second aunt, who was after all a relative, not because they were specifically craving red eggs—the eggs laid by the chicken at home were much tastier than those brought by their uncle.

The five sisters had all witnessed the face of their uncle when he returned to their mother’s home to bring the news, unhappy that the second aunt had given birth to a girl instead of a boy.

Being females themselves, they had completely understood from birth to awareness that girls were considered worthless in the eyes of their parents.

Ye Shiqi felt oppressed by this male-dominated, unfair society and had always been affected by these sad feelings.

Fortunately, her parents were still okay toward her; otherwise, she would curse the author who wrote their family into such a state.

She was so unlucky to have come to this society, but thankfully had the "Golden Finger," and her parents were not so terrible, allowing her to feel paternal and maternal love in this male-dominated era.

Ye Shiqi would actually strive so hard and risk exposing her space and abilities just to help her family prosper and escape poverty.

It was all for that paternal and maternal love, to ensure that she didn’t have such a hard life when she grew up.

She was helping her family, but actually, it was also for herself. Having become a farmer girl, she wanted to use the "Golden Finger" to live a life similar to that of Miss, and use her abilities to never live a downcast life.

She couldn’t just focus on the present, earning a small amount of money that was otherwise insignificant to her.

After having dinner, Ye Shiqi’s family no longer needed to save on lamp oil, and she would no longer be scolded by her grandma over the lamp oil issue.

In the evening, she wouldn’t waste the time before bed. In fact, she cherished every minute and second of her growth.

Already in the depths of winter’s cold nights, when the room’s door was shut, the windows would not be sealed too tightly to keep out the wind.

To keep the children from being cold, their parents would have someone place a stove in the sisters’ room.

The maid would use this stove to place a clay pot for heating water on top and would also put sweet potatoes on the burning stove to roast, providing them with a late-night snack.

Actually, for Ye Shiqi, living in an ordinary yet happy family didn’t require a refined diet; coarse grains would make her happy too, as long as her family was healthy, safe, and happy, which satisfied her immensely.

She constantly strived to protect this happiness.

While others had dinner, took a bath, and such little children would surely be lying in their beds, she would be writing or drawing instead.

Not practicing a musical instrument at night, lest they disturb their neighbors who were not far away and make them disliked during the night.

Unexpectedly, that night, someone came to their house, and she could hear the sound of the outside courtyard door opening from her room, and she heard her elder aunt’s voice.

Her elder aunt coming to their maternal home so late must be related to her second aunt’s issue.

During the winter, when it got dark early, Ye Shuying and her sister-in-law returned home before dark.

Finding the house still cold and uncared for, Ye Shuying had grown accustomed to their parents’ lazy attitude of not cooking for the family.

Without a word, she started cooking. The newlywed bride who returned with her pursed her lips subtly, having already inquired about this family before marrying in, knowing this widowed mother was not only stingy but also lazy and somewhat selfish.