Chapter 698 - 076 Unsettling, New Year’s Eve_2
Lady Yang sighed, tremblingly stood up, lifted the lid of the cauldron, and scooped out the freshly boiled hot water before tossing a handful of dried vegetable leaves and a few stick bones into it.
That was to be their family’s New Year’s Eve dinner. For the New Year, the third son didn’t bring anything back with him, only a few stick bones. When she asked for his wages, he said he had fallen sick in town and spent it all.
Lady Yang sighed, if it’s gone, then it’s gone; one couldn’t possibly let a sick son not see a doctor.
As for Boss, in the past, in order to settle things regarding Lin Yongle, he had made extensive use of silver, and his wages had all gone to paying off debts. It was necessary to pay them off, for several creditors were blockading the door for their silver, and Boss did not want to be the village’s laughingstock.
With no silver, they could only make do with such meals.
Lady Yang added another log to the stove, it was damp and immediately produced a thick cloud of black smoke that almost made her cough out her lungs.
Wiping away tears caused by the coughing, Lady Yang suddenly thought of the second son, who would always send silver and grain reliably for every New Year and festival. Amongst her sons, only the second was most knowledgeable in living life and the most dutiful. Even if he himself couldn’t afford a meal, he would obediently hand over his silver. Alas, such a good son, and she had driven him out from home.
Instead, the ones sequestered at home, two sons, were worse than the other, what a misfortune!