Chapter 301 - 259 Ginger without Pig’s Trotters_2
This was also a small custom, but only those married close by could receive their family’s care.
In the in-laws’ house, whether one had any status or could live a better life often depended on whether her family was supportive.
Mrs. Li had suffered so much in the past and knew very well that for a woman who had just given birth, especially to a girl, a visit from her family might provide some emotional support.
The women who had given birth were particularly vulnerable, and the arrival of their family, bringing food, was simply a sign of care, which would also make their husband’s family treat them and their daughters a bit better from then on.
Everyone at the table had taken a red egg, but as for the basin of pig’s feet and ginger, which looked and smelled delicious, no one had touched it.
Mrs. Lai, upon seeing her family only eating the red eggs, really wanted to finish the eggs in the pig’s feet and ginger dish. But she was too full and had to save that plate for a late-night snack.
Ye Shiqi and her elder sisters shared a red egg. They saw the pig’s feet and ginger that their second uncle brought in the afternoon but didn’t ask their grandmother if they could have some.
It was evident there was plenty before, but now there was only a little left on the dinner table, which clearly meant their grandmother had eaten it.