Chapter 2055: Chapter 2056: Old Mrs. Zhang Reborn in the ’70s Reforms Her White-Eyed Wolf Children (87)

Li Mu heard about the place where Zhang Yu was fishing and when she arrived, she saw Zhang Yu trading a big fish she had just caught.

Li Mu quietly watched from the side. Earlier, Li Juan had mentioned that Zhang Yu often had good catches while fishing. At that time, she thought even if there were catches, they would be just small fish.

Unexpectedly, it was a big fish, which made her quite envious. Although their family’s living standards were decent, they couldn’t always eat meat.

Zhang Yu put the newly exchanged coupons in her pocket and looked up, seeing Li Mu, she waved at her.

Zhang Yu didn’t think Li Mu was just passing by. After all, the Li family’s home was quite far from here and Li Mu’s activities wouldn’t typically be in this area, so she was obviously here to find her.

Li Mu walked over to Zhang Yu, "Why don’t you eat the big fish you just caught?"

"If I can exchange for coupons, I do. The two of us don’t have many coupons."

"Plus, I often catch fish, I don’t lack a couple of bites." Zhang Yu continued baiting her fishing rod.

Li Mu didn’t speak, neither did Zhang Yu, silently sitting on the stool.

Li Mu was hoping Zhang Yu would speak, but after waiting for a while, she realized Zhang Yu was just staring at the fishing rod, "Xiao Juan said she came to see you and mentioned wanting to divorce Wei He."

Zhang Yu responded with a "hmm," "Yes, I also expressed my opinion. They are adults and can decide their own lives and futures."

"There’s really no need to speak with me, it’s up to the two of them to decide." Zhang Yu felt the weight on the fishing rod and swiftly pulled it up. Wow, it was a fish weighing over half a pound.

Carefully placing it into the net bag, then into the river, "Li Juan’s mother, don’t worry. I know compared to the Li family, our Wei family is small, and it’s normal if you look down on us."

"If she feels she can’t go on and insists on divorcing, I won’t obstruct."

"Really." Zhang Yu knew why Li Mu came, wasn’t it just to make her intervene and persuade Wei He in some way, and possibly even apologize to Li Juan as a mother-in-law.

No matter what Li Mu’s intention, she maintained one attitude—not interfering in the younger generation’s affairs.

Li Mu’s expression was truly awkward. She never considered the Wei family before, always acting superior. Though she knew the Wei family had opinions, she never cared.

She never thought one day she would need to consider the Li family’s feelings, but there was no other choice; if the Wei family didn’t take action, her daughter would surely become a laughingstock.

"In-law, I’m sorry for my previous attitude." There was no choice, considering that the Wei family was now the stronger side.

What? Zhang Yu was stunned looking at the bowed Li Mu, knowing that until the end, the original had seen her always acting superior.

"There’s nothing to be sorry about." Apologize? Zhang Yu wouldn’t accept, "We became relatives because Wei He married your daughter."

"It’s normal for you to look down on us, the Li family has better living conditions and standards."

"The daughter is always well dressed and pretty."

Zhang Yu originally didn’t want to say it, but thinking about it made her unwilling, "I saw your daughter-in-law a few days ago, her clothing was too plain."

"Didn’t you always say you treated your daughter-in-law well, like your own daughter? Yet look at Li Juan, she’s dressed beautifully." 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝕨𝕖𝗯𝚗𝚘𝕧𝕖𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝕞

"Xiao Juan’s mother, you shouldn’t favor one over the other."

"Even from occasional sightings, I was quite surprised, and how would the neighbors think after seeing it?"

"Never mind, after all, it’s your family’s matter." Zhang Yu pulled up the rod again; nice, a turtle over a pound came up, which delighted her.

They as a couple didn’t particularly like eating turtle, but there’s always someone who does, it’s just great to gift it to that person. They would be generous; perhaps it could be exchanged for some oil coupons or cotton tickets this time.

Thinking about it, Zhang Yu still wanted to trade for some cotton tickets, the cotton in their jackets was already hard, it was time to make new coats to stay warm.

Li Mu also brightened up seeing the turtle. If she could get it, it would be perfect for her son to gift to a superior.

Thinking about this, Li Mu kept praising the turtle. Zhang Yu wasn’t foolish, she heard Li Mu’s hidden intention was to get the turtle for free.

Haha, Li family thinking of getting it for free? Even if she paid money, it wouldn’t happen, "Yes, this turtle is great, I just happen to know someone who needs it for medicine."

"I’ll exchange it with them for some cotton jackets."

"Our cotton jackets were made when Wei Jiang got married, and it’s been many years, the cotton has become hard."

"We can exchange now for cotton tickets to make Old Wei a new jacket. When people are old, they have less warmth, and I can’t let the old man freeze."

"We don’t pursue being fashionable; all we hope for is warmth, right, Xiao Juan’s mother? Seeing how you raised Li Juan, don’t expect much from the Li family."

Li Mu understood Zhang Yu’s implication that her daughter-in-law Li Juan treated her in-laws poorly and shouldn’t be expected to care for the Wei family.

After hearing all the sarcasm, Li Mu, naturally not of good temperament, couldn’t hold back, "I have other things to do, I’ll leave first."

Without waiting for Zhang Yu’s reply, she turned and left quickly.

Zhang Yu wouldn’t waste time on irrelevant people, she continued fishing. Today’s harvest was good, but who wouldn’t want more?

Soon the weather would get colder and the river would freeze, unless digging ice holes, fishing would be impossible.

Fishing was her expertise, but when it comes to digging ice holes, she really didn’t have that skill, as it requires experience.

While the river wasn’t frozen, Zhang Yu planned to preserve all the fish by salting them, and drying them, so they could have fish to eat in winter.

Estimating the time, Zhang Yu picked up her rod to finish up, first to exchange cotton tickets, then take today’s catch home.

Surely on the way back, picking up the kids, it was indeed a busy day.

In a few days, when the river started freezing, Zhang Yu decided to start hibernating for winter.

Walking on the road, Zhang Yu felt the cold northwest wind blowing, feeling the chill on her body.

She had to find out where to buy coal, so she could burn it directly for the kang, which lasted longer and didn’t require getting up at night to continue burning.

This made her remember the benefit of central heating; even living in a Tube-shaped Building, there’d be no worry about winter.

Unfortunately, even if Zhang Yu didn’t favor Tube-shaped Buildings, in these times, they were still sought after, leaving her helplessly sighing.

Since central heating wasn’t an option, she hoped to find cheaper coal, allowing them to heat the kang during the day.

The original was frugal with coal balls, warming up with sunlight during the day, or using coal in the main room if there was no sun.

Now there’s a new core in place, Zhang Yu didn’t want to be so stingy, lest her own family suffers.