Reborn as an Ugly Wife in the Countryside

Chapter 1396 - 1398: She Said She Wants to Lend You a Hand

Xiaoxiao originally wanted to refuse, but the old lady insisted, so Xiaoxiao decided not to delay and thought it would be better to eat at her uncle’s house.

However, with so many mouths to feed, it’s like hosting a banquet, so naturally the food needed won’t be scarce. Her uncle’s house was not wealthy, so they couldn’t really expect her uncle’s family to prepare everything. It’s just borrowing a place to eat, so the rice, flour, fish, and meat—she would still send them over.

The old lady held onto Xiaoxiao’s hand and said, "You don’t need to run to each uncle’s house, later let your cousins make the rounds."

"Okay, then I won’t run around. Let Fifth Uncle and Fifth Aunt come over too," Xiaoxiao instructed, afraid of leaving them out, considering the old lady previously didn’t get along with them.

"You silly girl, don’t worry, grandma is fine. After all, they are my own children; there can’t be any major grudges," the old lady said with a smile.

Xiaoxiao: "..." Grandma, you weren’t like this before.

Besides her uncle and a few other uncles, the Yang Family had two aunts. Xiaoxiao had been here for almost a year and hadn’t seen the two aunts even once. Xiaoxiao asked Yang Ming why this was, and he replied that the two aunts married far away and weren’t wealthy, so they only returned to their maternal home every few years.

Xiaoxiao didn’t know if the old lady asked her for benefits for her sons, would she ask benefits for her daughters too? If someone were left out, it might cause talk later.

So she asked, "Grandma, how are the two aunts doing? Do they need some support too?"

By mentioning the two aunts, this made the old lady very happy, pleased that Xiaoxiao remembered them. She said, "Granddaughter-in-law, to be honest, your two aunts aren’t doing well either, otherwise they wouldn’t come home so infrequently. But right now in our family, only your father-in-law’s family is doing well; the others aren’t doing so great. Grandma thinks it best to leave it for now."

"If other families manage to do better, Grandma is thinking that when the New Year comes, we should send someone to your two aunts’ homes and have them come back this year, so we can support them then."

Since the old lady already had plans, Xiaoxiao didn’t say anything further, coaxed the old lady for a while, and then left.

As soon as Xiaoxiao left the yard, the old lady called out to the people in the courtyard, "Stop working, everyone."

"Mom, what’s wrong?"

The old lady called her grandsons, "Quickly go to your uncles’ houses and inform them to come to our house for dinner tomorrow night, everyone should come, except don’t notify your Second Uncle’s family."

"Mom, it’s not a holiday or anything, why have dinner?"

"What dinner? Didn’t you see the granddaughter-in-law just came over? She said she wants to support you, and is inviting you to their house for a meal. I thought it’s better to have the meal here at our place, so I took on the hosting. From now on, be good to my granddaughter-in-law," the old lady said with an expression of pride, implying how good Xiaoxiao was.

Upon hearing Xiaoxiao was going to support everyone, nobody minded the old lady praising Xiaoxiao. Anyway, the old lady often praised Xiaoxiao in front of them, and they were used to it.

When Xiaoxiao’s aunt heard about it, she was overjoyed. If they really could get some help, their family could live well too—not necessarily like the second family’s lifestyle, but at least they could have white rice, flour, and the children could go to School. She hurriedly instructed her sons, "You all quickly go and notify."