As soon as Tao Yin entered the room with two bowls of corn, he saw Chen Guihua holding a bowl in one hand and a big bone in the other. She took a bite of the bone and drank a mouthful of soup. Obviously, she thought it was delicious, or maybe she made it for Tao Yin to see.

In this era, there was not much oil, so it was very rare to be able to eat bone soup, even if there was no meat on the bone.

Tao Yin, on the other hand, wasn't affected by the craving. Her cousin Pandi, who was squatting at Chen Guihua's feet, stared at the pot of soup and swallowed her saliva.

Pan Di was Tao Yin's second uncle's child, and she was his brother's sister.

From her name, it was obvious that her second uncle's family wanted her to give birth to a boy.

They heard that Zhu Xiuyun liked to eat sour food when she was pregnant, so the whole family was sure that this baby would be a boy.

When Pan Di spoke, the old woman took the baby out and showed it to Tao Qinggui. Tao Qinggui was so angry that he threw the baby into the bucket of manure.

Damn it, he served her well for more than half a year, but she gave birth to a good-for-nothing.

Tao Qinggui lost his mind. Chen Guihua saw that she was not holding her chubby grandson, so she turned a blind eye to her second son's behavior.

In the end, Li Lan could not stand it anymore. He picked up the baby, wiped his body, and wrapped him in a small quilt.

Fortunately, he survived. When Tao Qinggui woke up, he took the baby without saying anything. What could he do? He raised him.

Tao Qinggui regretted this decision. Why didn't he throw her to the back of the mountain?

Pan Di was thin and small. She could only speak when she was four years old. Zhu Xiuyun usually focused on Tao Qinggui, so she did not have the energy to care about the little girl. After two years, the couple realized that there was something wrong with their second daughter.

Not only was he the most stupid, he couldn't say a single word for a long time. He was also very dumb, like a fool.

Li Lan remembered that when Pan Di was just born, she was stuffed into a dung bucket by Tao Qingchang. Later, when she was four or five years old, Tao Qingchang put the handle of an umbrella against the back of her head and threw her into the river. Perhaps that was how the child's brain was damaged.

He asked the couple to take their child to the hospital in the provincial capital, but Zhu Xiuyun refused. Li Lan persuaded her twice and then gave up.

As a mother, she didn't care about her daughter, so what else could she say?

"Grandma, I put the corn on the table for you. Eat it while it's hot."

Tao Yin put down the bowl and turned his head to see Chen Guihua squeezing out a kind smile on her wrinkled face. She was not looking at him, but at Pan Di.

"Here, take this bone and chew it. Go back and tell your mother that Grandma gave it to you." Chen Guihua licked the bone one last time, then stuffed the big bone, which she had chewed until there was not a trace of meat left, into Pan Di's mouth.

Pan Di stared blankly at the big, bare bone in front of her with her dull eyes. She stuck out her tongue and licked it. Perhaps she tasted a little bit of freshness. This time, without Chen Guihua holding it, she reached out and picked up the bone herself. She lowered her head and trotted back home, licking it a few times with satisfaction after running a few steps.

Pan Di was young and not very bright, so Tao Yin didn't think much of it. But what was wrong with Chen Guihua? Did she think that her granddaughter's brain was not good enough to fool her?

It was fine if you didn't want to give it to a child, but to fool a child with a bone that you had chewed clean and had saliva on, Tao Yin had never heard of such a thing before. Today, it was an eye-opener for her.

"What are you looking at? Go back to your house and stay there. You're an adult now, and you still want to beg for food from me like your sister?"

Chen Guihua's self-awareness made Tao Yin speechless. She ran back home. She felt sick when she thought of Chen Guihua's face.

She deliberately avoided Chen Guihua, afraid that when she saw her, she would think of the scene that hurt her eyes. But Chen Guihua didn't seem to think so. During dinner, she took a porcelain teapot, pulled a small chair, and sat at the door of the central room. From time to time, she scooped a spoonful of stewed Longan into her mouth and drank a mouthful of thick brown sugar water.

At this time, Tao Jie seemed to have smelled the food. He ran over and lay on Chen Guihua's knees, yelling that he wanted to eat Longan.

This was all thanks to the Longan that Zhu Xiuyun gave him during the day, which aroused his appetite.

But Zhu Xiuyun only got two handfuls of Longan from her mother's family, and they were all in her son's stomach. Zhu Xiuyun couldn't get any more.

Now, seeing Chen Guihua eating stewed Longan at the door with so much brown sugar in it, Tao Jie was very hungry.

Chen Guihua almost gave her precious grandson what he wanted. In addition, Tao Yin and Li Lan were present. Chen Guihua couldn't wait to let them know how good she was to her grandson.

Her darling called several times, and then scooped a Longan into his mouth. His cheeks moved back and forth for a long time, and then he slowly stretched the spoon to his mouth and spat out the Longan with saliva. It was early winter, and it was still steaming.

"My good grandson, I'll let you hold it for a while. It won't be hot. Come on, eat it." Then she put the spoon to Tao Jie's mouth. Tao Jie hesitated, and then opened his mouth and swallowed it.

Not only did Tao Yin feel that it hurt his eyes, but even Li Lan, who was picking vegetables at the side, frowned. Doctors were most afraid of people who didn't pay attention to hygiene. Many diseases came in through the mouth.

In the past, when there was a famine, many people fought for a piece of sweet potato skin. There was no other way. Now that life was getting better, why did their habits go back?

Chen Guihua still felt that she did a great job. Glancing at Li Lan and her daughter, who turned their faces away, Chen Guihua pretended to sigh.

"Third Daughter-in-law, I think you should make some Longan for the child when you have time. Look at how thin Yinzi is. My heart aches just looking at her."

Tao Yin silently swallowed the breath in his stomach. This old lady clearly said that she was fat this morning, but in the blink of an eye, she changed her mind. Did she think that she was a balloon?

Li Lan looked down on her mother-in-law's behavior more and more, but she was still magnanimous. She smiled and said, "I'm not as capable as you. Longan is very difficult to make."

She laughed in her heart. Only her sister-in-law dared to coax her mother-in-law like this. Although Longan was not commonly seen in the countryside, it couldn't even be placed on the counter in the city. It was not a rare thing. Only Chen Guihua's ears were covered by her eldest daughter. She thought that it was bird's nest and shark's fin.

"That's right. You're just going to the village to see a doctor. Let's see which family can give you such good things. But it seems that they may not even be able to eat it." Li Lan's weakness made Chen Guihua feel comfortable. She thought about asking her eldest daughter to bring two more bags back.

She would eat Longan stew in front of the central room every day.

The next day, as soon as Tao Yin came out of the room, he saw Chen Guihua coming over with her enamel jar as usual.

Tao Yin called out to her and ignored her. He turned around and added a spoonful of water into the pot. In the morning, when they were cooking noodles, Li Lan put an egg in each of their bowls. She poked Tao Qingchang's waist and gave Chen Guihua a look. Tao Qingchang understood immediately and shouted at Chen Guihua, who was at the door.

"Mom, do you eat eggs?"

Chen Guihua was not like Li Lan, who often received eggs from the villagers. The chickens she raised were not good enough. If they were lucky, they could only eat eggs a day. Eggs were something that she never got tired of. They were delicious when boiled or fried. The only thing was that they wasted a lot of oil.

Chen Guihua thought about the golden fried egg in her mind. She waved at Tao Qingchang and said, "You guys eat it. I only have room for Longan."

"Wait a minute," Chen Guihua stuttered for a long time, "Leave one for me. I'll eat it when I'm hungry."

Li Lan and her husband looked at each other and smiled.

"Okay, give mom an egg too."

"Is Qingchang's wife home?"

Old Madam Wang from the neighboring brigade stepped into the room and shouted loudly. She looked inside with a pair of kind eyes.

Chen Guihua immediately saw the basket on Old Madam Wang's arm. It was covered with a layer of red cloth.

Chen Guihua quickly put down the enamel jar in her hand and walked over. She greeted her warmly.

"Oh, Madame Tao," Old Madam Wang said with a red face, "I'm here today to find Qingchang's wife. Thanks to her yesterday, my precious grandson would have suffered a lot in his mother's womb!"

It turned out that Old Madam Wang's daughter-in-law had a difficult birth yesterday. The midwife in the brigade was useless. Fortunately, Li Lan passed by and gave some advice. In less than two hours, her chubby grandson came out. Old Madam Wang was overjoyed.

Chen Guihua listened absent-mindedly. Her eyes were fixed on Old Madam Wang's basket.

"I don't have anything good at home, so I gave some eggs to Qingchang's wife. I really don't know how to thank you!" Old Madam Wang excitedly handed the basket to Li Lan.

"Auntie, you're too polite. I didn't help much. Besides, Xiaofang just gave birth. You can take these eggs back and give them to her to nourish her body."

Old Madam Wang firmly refused. She put the basket by the stove and walked out. She explained as she walked.

"We have a lot of chickens. We don't lack eggs. You can keep them as a gift for the child." Before leaving, Old Madam Wang gave Tao Yin a loving smile.

She looked at Chen Guihua, whose eyes were shining. It was really dazzling.

"There are at least twenty of them, right?" Chen Guihua leaned forward and craned her neck to ask.

Tao Yin counted in front of her and corrected Chen Guihua, "Grandma, there are 26 of them."

Chen Guihua was speechless.

"Okay, Yinyion, put the eggs in the room. You and your father have to eat one every day starting tomorrow morning." Li Lan scooped some noodles for Tao Qingchang and instructed Tao Yin.

Chen Guihua watched as the egg in front of her disappeared without a trace. Her face hung very long.

Tao Qingchang was sweating profusely and didn't notice his mother's bad mood. Li Lan didn't want to pay attention to her at all. She didn't want her mother-in-law to push her luck.

The family of three was sitting together and eating noodles. Chen Guihua was holding the cold Longan. She was jealous.

26 eggs. It was enough for her to eat for a month.

Chen Guihua didn't want to see her third son's family. She picked up the teacup and was about to leave. Before she left, she didn't forget to put the egg in her pocket.

After taking two steps, she bumped into Lu Xing, who was walking over.