If she could really get that shop, it wouldn't be impossible to let that woman, Su Ya Ni, marry her older brother.
Mother Wu snorted. "It'd better be that way. Otherwise, I won't let you off."
"Why aren't you cooking yet? Your father, your older brother, and your younger brother will be back from looking for work soon. What are they going to eat?"
"I'm going now."
Wu Chunlian hurriedly climbed out of bed, put on her cloth shoes, and headed outside to the makeshift kitchen.
By noon, Su Ya Ni was exhausted, her hair and clothes soaked through. She had finally finished washing the clothes and bedding and cleaning the courtyard.
She had just sat down on a small stool in the little living room and gulped down two large bowls of cold water to rest when the three men of the Wu Family returned.
Their job search had probably not gone well. Father Wu and Wu Haishan both looked unpleasant, while Wu Xiaojun was thoroughly impatient.
He had never wanted to look for any damn job. His father and older brother had dragged him there by force.
Ignoring her aching back and legs, Su Ya Ni hurriedly got up and helped Mother Wu and Wu Chunlian bring the prepared dishes to the table.
When she was about to sit down and eat, Mother Wu waved to her from beside the makeshift kitchen in the corridor.
"Ya Ni, come over and eat!"
Eat?
Su Ya Ni froze for a moment. She looked back at the dishes already arranged on the table, then at Mother Wu and Wu Chunlian, mother and daughter, sitting on small stools by the kitchen entrance with bowls in their hands.
She was stunned for a moment. "This..." What did this mean?
Wasn't a family supposed