Mrs. Sun looked serious, "And your eyes, why have they turned completely black? Are you still not planning to tell the truth?"
Yu Xiaolian threw the sunflower leaf that blocked the sun away, made up her mind, and knelt in front of Mrs. Sun, "Mom, I do have something to hide from you. At that time, the silver was indeed not in the rice bag; it was in the space."
Mrs. Sun frowned, "Space? What space?"
"That night when I had a high fever, I was burning up and dazed, and I dreamed of my brother. He said he had already been reincarnated into another world.
And that place is a future world thousands of years from now. People there have magical abilities. My brother cares about you all and gifted me a space, entrusting me to take good care of you and Dad."
At this moment, Yu Xiaolian even admired her own quick thinking and ability to make up lies so easily.
However, after today's lie, it should be easier in the future. With Mrs. Sun covering for her, she could rightfully take things from the space and use them.
"Really? You really dreamed of your brother?" Mrs. Sun couldn't believe it.
Yu Xiaolian saw that there was no one around, took out two duck eggs from the space, "Mom, actually the duck eggs we ate a few days ago weren't really wild duck eggs; they were from the space my brother gave me."
Mrs. Sun was amazed to see Yu Xiaolian conjure up two duck eggs out of thin air, and her mouth dropped open in shock.
She hurriedly looked around, then anxiously said to Yu Xiaolian, "Quick, quick, put them away."
As she spoke, she pulled Yu Xiaolian up from the ground.
"My brother... my brother reincarnated, still thinking of me as his mother, I..." Mrs. Sun started sobbing.
Yu Xiaolian put the duck eggs back into the space and supported the shaking Mrs. Sun.
"Mom, actually, I don't need to take Grandma's silver; I have silver in my space. But she often scolds me, so I stole her money. Did I do wrong?"
Mrs. Sun saw from the corner of her eye someone approaching, hurriedly wiped her tears dry, and pulled Yu Xiaolian, "Let's talk at home."
Back home, Mrs. Sun saw that Yu Changhe was still weaving baskets, and loudly said, "When I went to borrow money this morning, Fengshou went fishing, and insisted I bring back two fish to eat this afternoon. I sweated all over. Changhe, quickly take the fish and clean them."
Yu Changhe, seeing there were fish to eat, was delighted and grinned widely, took the fish from Mrs. Sun's hand, and went to the backyard to clean the fish.
Mrs. Sun led Yu Xiaolian into the house, "Don't tell your father about the space.
And don't tell him about taking your grandma's money. Your father is very filial. If he finds out you stole your grandma's money, it would be awful."
Seeing Yu Xiaolian nod, Mrs. Sun continued, "What is your space like? Can I go in and see? Can I meet your brother there?"
Yu Xiaolian shook her head, "Mom, you can enter, but you won't be able to see my brother. I only saw my brother once when I was feverish and dazed, he said a lot to me but I don't remember it clearly.
I only remember he said to be filial to you, probably because he repeated it many times, so I remembered."
Mrs. Sun lowered her head in disappointment, after a while she said, "As long as my brother is doing well, I don't ask for anything else."
Then, at Mrs. Sun's request, Yu Xiaolian brought her into the space.
As soon as Mrs. Sun entered the supermarket, she was as amazed as Grandma Liu entering Grand View Garden, her eyes wide, filled with disbelief.
She looked here and there, touched this and that, extremely surprised.
"The things from the world where my brother lives are different from ours, much better than ours."
"Mom, my brother also told me how to treat Dad's leg injury. Dad's leg will gradually get better."
Mrs. Sun nodded repeatedly, "Great, that's wonderful."
Mrs. Sun hugged Yu Xiaolian, tears of joy streaming down.
"Mom, let's go out now, otherwise Dad will be back in the house soon."
Seeing Mrs. Sun nod, Yu Xiaolian willed them back into the house.
Yu Changhe's voice came at this moment, "I've cleaned the fish. Do you want to stew it or steam it tonight?"
Mrs. Sun wiped her tears and acted normally, "Stew it, with oil and soy sauce."
She had just seen various seasonings in the supermarket, and Yu Xiaolian told her they could be refilled infinitely, so there was no need to be frugal.
Previously when Mrs. Sun made a pot of wild vegetable soup, she only used a small spoon of meat oil and a little salt for seasoning. Today, she could afford to use precious soy sauce to make fish. Yu Changhe thought Mrs. Sun had picked up silver and felt confident, didn't think much of it.
At noon, Yu Xiaolian was in the backyard making fire to stew fish for Mrs. Sun, Yu Changhe curiously asked, "Why is the meal prepared so early today?"
Mrs. Sun replied while scrubbing the pot, "Xiaolian craved fish, so I thought I'd just make it early. If we're hungry at night, we'll cook some porridge."
Mrs. Sun originally wanted to say they'd have three meals daily from now on, but then thought it over, better not. If they suddenly ate too well, it might arouse suspicion from Grandma Yu.
Yu Changhe, hearing Mrs. Sun's words, didn't say anything and went to the front yard to continue weaving baskets.
Yu Xiaolian openly lit the fire with the lighter in front of Mrs. Sun, making her remark in wonder.
Then, Yu Xiaolian took out a jug of soybean oil and a packet of fish stew seasoning from the space, telling Mrs. Sun to use these for stewing fish. The stewed fish wouldn't be fishy and would taste great.
Mrs. Sun marveled at the oil, "This is oil? Edible oil? So clean! So clear!"
In this era, there were soybeans as crops, but Mrs. Sun had never seen soybean oil.
She had seen rapeseed oil, but it was food for wealthy families. Yu Family, ordinary as they were, mostly ate lard made from pork fat.
Mrs. Sun couldn't open the lid of the soybean oil, so Yu Xiaolian helped her, and then Mrs. Sun carefully poured a little bit of oil into the pot. Even when Yu Xiaolian told her to pour more, she was reluctant.
Used to frugality, no matter how excitedly she talked about it, when it came to action, Mrs. Sun was still unwilling.
The fish cooked with the stew packet was indeed aromatic, the whole yard was filled with fragrance.
Under Yu Xiaolian's strong persuasion, Mrs. Sun finally agreed to make a meal with rice.
As the family was ready to eat, Grandma Yu was seen in the front yard kitchen making a fuss.
Originally, she was cursing Ms. Cao, but seeing Yu Xiaolian pass by with fish, she began cursing Yu Changhe and Mrs. Sun.
In her eyes, none of them were filial, whether it was Ms. Cao, Mrs. Sun, or Yu Changhe.
Yu Changfu, upset that Ms. Cao left with Yu Ziyi, wanted his mother to be displeased and said he wouldn't go to bring Ms. Cao back.
Grandma Yu cursed loudly, "You wish. You want your wife to be lazy at her mother's place, don't you?
She doesn't come back, and I have to keep cooking for the two of you. Tomorrow, go find her and bring her back for me."
Yu Changfu said dully, "I won't go. A married daughter visiting her mother is bothersome. At most, after a couple of days, her sister-in-law will have to send her back. I won't fetch her."
Grandma Yu threw the pot scrubber to the ground, "So much work inside and outside, you want to tire me to death? Oh… I really have a hard life. My oldest son can't help, the second son's family is stewing fish, and I don't get a taste, all the money I saved over the years is gone, oh heaven, why are you treating me this way?"
Yu Xiaolian thought Yu Changhe would give Grandma Yu a fish after hearing her indirect complaints.
Probably Yu Changhe had this thought too, but he was wary of Mrs. Sun's strong character and didn't dare to mention it. After all, the fish was given by Mrs. Sun's brother from her family.
The family rarely had a hearty meal, the rice was gone, and the originally small fish were eaten up to the bones. Yu Changhe exclaimed these were the best fish he ever had, even better than what he ate in the town restaurant when he was a Government Official.