Chapter 71 - 070 Stay
Tian Sisi sent over sixty Qingming Cakes. Had it been another family, they would have eaten for at least half a month, steaming four or five each meal, but women would not get any, only the men in the house could eat. However, the Zhong family was different; everyone shared the delicious food together, men, women, and children alike, which is why Zhong Anmei was so generous to steam thirty of them at once and planned to finish the remaining thirty the next morning.
"The Tian family sent so many cakes over? Then our family should also prepare some to send back tomorrow." Yu Xiuhua was somewhat surprised; although she knew her two sons had a good relationship with Tian Xinhua from the Tian Family, she did not expect them to send so many Qingming Cakes.
"But our family doesn’t have as many ingredients as Sisi’s house, I just ate one, and Sisi’s Qingming Cakes had a lot of meat in them." Tian Anmei hesitated for a moment but still spoke up, worried that if their cakes did not taste good, Sisi would look down on them.
"It’s fine, the Tian are not that kind of people, they won’t look down on our Qingming Cakes for having less meat." Zhong Anping spoke slowly, calming his sister; he was a handsome boy, the so-called ’face as white as jade’ referred to someone like him.
Zhong Ankang ate a salty cake, satisfied, he squinted his eyes and agreed, "Yeah, the people from the Tian Xinhua’s family are all quite nice, not like other families. Otherwise, my brother and I wouldn’t be friends with Tian Xinhua."
Zhong Yubai patted his daughter’s head, and said with a gentle smile, "An Mei, don’t worry, we do what we can with what we have, and should neither feel inferior nor superior. Thirty years on, thirty years off; the world won’t always be like this. As long as we are diligent and honest, neither harming others nor being harmed, one day we will see the light. You must have faith in the future."
Zhong Anmei grinned and nodded. Sometimes, when she felt aggrieved and resentful about being born into such a family, just listening to her father’s words would uplift her mood again, making her feel that those criticisms were insignificant. Hmph, now she is looked down upon as a landlord’s child, but one day she and her brothers will rise above and make those who look down on them have to look up instead.
If Zhong Anmei had lived in later times, she would know that what her father Zhong Yubai said was what future generations call ’chicken soup for the soul,’ and her father was like a tap of it, always able to offer a comforting bowl. It’s also because of Zhong Yubai’s optimism and wisdom that the three siblings maintained a cheerful and optimistic attitude in these troubled and abnormal times, which is truly exceptional.