I used rebirth to bury his captivating gaze.

Chapter 94: Yu Mei's mother-in-law comes to visit; Yu Mei goes to the countryside alone to see

In mid-June, Chen Lixin's mother, dressed neatly, came alone from the province to Lixin Yumei's rented house.

Judging from her appearance, this old lady had married well. Not only was she well-dressed, but she also wore a large gold ring weighing at least ten grams on the middle finger of her left hand. Her two large earlobes were also adorned with large gold studs.

When Chen Lixin saw his mother arrive, his usually tense face immediately lit up with joy, as if a savior had come to his home.

On the afternoon of the day Liu Xiuhua, the mother-in-law, arrived, she took her son and his family of three to stroll along the pedestrian street on the mountain and go shopping.

Every time they entered a shop, Lixin and Yumei acted like two little attendants, accompanying the old lady. Since the old lady had money, she could freely look at and choose from all kinds of clothing in the shops.

The two supporting characters were merely the old lady's lackeys, entitled only to watch, but not to have any principles.

Honestly, if you want to buy clothes, pants, and shoes, as long as you don't buy expensive or brand-name items, you can still afford them now, even if your family couldn't afford them before. It's just that making ends meet is still the priority.

The group browsed through the various clothing stores on the pedestrian street, but the old lady didn't find anything she liked. They continued wandering aimlessly through the shops.

As I wandered around, I eventually arrived at the storefront of Yu Han's "Full House" shop.

The "Ke Man Duo" store has a very large storefront; it's the largest storefront in the pedestrian street.

The group didn't know whose shop it was, but since there was a pedestrian street selling clothes nearby, they went in to take a look. Whether they bought anything or not, looking didn't cost any money.

After wandering around for a while, the group still managed to leave. Liu Xiuhua exclaimed, "This shop is too bustling! It's the largest in the pedestrian street, and the clothing styles are second-rate. The key is that it's all clothing for young men and women; there's nothing for an old lady like me."

These days, Chen Lixin gets up before dawn every day, without eating, gets dressed, washes his face, and rides his Sanli tricycle to the fruit wholesale market at the foot of the mountain to pick up fruit for the street vendors.

Then, after finishing my work in the morning, around eight or nine o'clock, I would pack up and go home.

His mother happened to be there, so he accompanied her shopping. He carried Xiao Sisi on his back, and Yu Mei followed behind.

After the group left, the six sales clerks at Yu Mei's shop looked at them with disdain. When the group came into her shop, she was sitting in the manager's office making a phone call about the renovation and decoration of the textile factory that Yi Chun had contracted.

They didn't care who came or went, and besides, the sales clerks didn't know who they were. Yu Han and Yu Mei didn't usually keep in touch; their relationship was just so-so.

The group then went to the underground shopping mall in the pedestrian street. The clothes sold in the underground mall are usually cheaper than those sold on the pedestrian street itself. They're just ordinary clothing items.

The shops on the pedestrian street sell mid-to-high-end clothing, with few discounted items and virtually no bargaining; all prices are clearly marked.

In the end, Liu Xiuhua bought two sets of summer clothes for herself and two sets for Xiao Sisi in the underground shopping mall on the pedestrian street, but didn't buy anything for Li Xinyumei.

If you don't want to buy it, then don't buy it. Anyway, the old lady bought it for Xiaosisi.

Then the group walked out of the underground shopping mall, went straight to the bus stop, took the bus for five cents, and returned down the mountain.

The group returned home exhausted, having walked almost the entire afternoon. Luckily, while Liu Xiuhua was strolling along the pedestrian street, he treated the family to a meal at a snack bar. After eating, they felt warm and had some energy.

The bus on the mountain has now arrived at the terminus of the bus service down below, and the passengers have disembarked and gone their separate ways.

It only took the group about ten minutes to walk to their rented house courtyard.

Then I rested and walked for an afternoon, but I was too tired. In the evening, I ate some corn porridge and went to sleep.

The next day, Yu Mei asked her mother-in-law to take care of Xiao Sisi for a few days, and she went to the countryside of Gucheng County to visit her mother, Diao Yan.

I just happened to buy two bottles of malted milk powder for Diao Yan at the underground shopping mall in the pedestrian street on the mountain yesterday. I also bought two bottles for my mother-in-law.

After a long-distance bus journey of more than three hours, we arrived at the small passenger station on the west side of Tuandingshan Township.

It was around 10 a.m., and the early spring in Northeast China was still carrying the last vestiges of winter, with a slight chill in the air and a gentle northeasterly wind blowing.

Yu Mei was wearing a black, ankle-length wool coat, a dark purple woolen hat, and black cotton shoes. She quickly wrapped herself up and slowly disembarked from the bus along with the other passengers.

Then Yu Mei walked for another ten minutes or so to the town's main street to see if there were any buses going to Daxing'an Village.

I happened to see a small hand-held tractor parked in front of the old supply and marketing cooperative.

She tried to approach and find out who it was, and just then, came out of the supply and marketing cooperative—it was Zhang Cuihua, followed by her husband, Shao Wenjun. Shao Wenjun was the fourth of five brothers. Therefore, in the village, everyone called him the Fourth Young Master.

The two men, each carrying a package containing unknown contents, walked towards the farm vehicle.

When Zhang Cuihua saw Yu Mei standing next to the tractor, she walked over enthusiastically and greeted her warmly with a few laughs. Then she winked at the fourth young master beside her. The man saw her strange expression but did not react. He walked into the front of the tractor with a stiff face.

Zhang Cuihua helped Yu Mei into the car and sat in the back, then followed closely behind the man, quickly walking a few steps toward the passenger seat.

The car's trunk had no roof, only low metal panels on all four sides.

Zhang Cuihua and her three companions each carried a package, opened the iron doors on the left and right sides of the tractor's front cab, and then entered the cab's iron canopy.

With a loud bang, the two men slammed the door shut on the front of the car!

Yu Han, carrying her not-too-big-to-small package, readily used both feet to push off the large rubber wheels at the back of the vehicle and quickly climbed onto the bare back of the car.

Then, the woman in the carport at the front, with a conscience, glanced back at Yu Mei, who was squatting in the convertible at the back of the car, and then, with a suspicious and sarcastic expression on her face, whispered something to the fourth young master sitting in the driver's seat, and then the car started to move.

Suddenly, Yu Mei's body tilted backward, but she steadied herself and continued to squat in the cold place.

Shao Wenjun had only a first-year junior high school education. He had pursued Yu Mei back then and even asked a matchmaker, Zou Laqian, to propose marriage to her. However, Yu Mei rejected him. Later, this news reached the ears of his current wife, Zhang Cuihua, who then began to torture Yu Mei by locking her in her mind and space.

The vehicle began speeding north along the gravel road. There was no roof or windbreak at the back of the vehicle, and the northeast wind was getting stronger and stronger, with the tractor whipping up gale-force winds of level seven or eight!

The wind blew so hard that Yu Mei couldn't breathe. Her top hat was blown off her head and landed on the metal carriage. She quickly removed her hands from the handrail and moved her squatting body until she picked up the top hat and put it back on her head.

Then, they repeated this action more than ten times, again and again.

The almost icy wind froze her fair, delicate face.

She turned to look at the front of the car, and saw that the backs of the heads of a man and a woman were still facing her real faces.

She shouted loudly, but only the sound of the wind answered her...

She turned back and continued to endure the terrible ordeal, hoping that a face would peek out from the tall building ahead and see her miserable state, even a fox's face would do.

But the backs of their heads were still facing her face, which was agitated by the strong wind.

She had no choice but to risk being thrown off the fast-moving vehicle at any moment. She stood up against the strong wind, her body swaying, moving at a snail's pace. Staggering along with the vehicle, she finally managed to reach the back of the cab. She held onto the handrail with one hand and slammed the front of the truck with the other.

At this moment, the tractor stopped. The two men turned to look at the back of the vehicle, then looked at each other, opened the passenger door, and the woman stretched out a hand, gesturing for Yu Mei to sit in the front shed.

Yang Yumei had made up her mind. If they didn't stop, she would jump, and they would be responsible for the consequences. Of course, this was just a thought; she wasn't stupid enough to hurt herself. She was just a little frozen by the strong wind! There was no reason for her to risk her life like that!

She sat down in the front shed, and only then did her cold body warm up.

After the tractor had traveled a short distance, the two began to talk, and Zhang Cuihua rattled off a series of descriptions of the current situation at the Yang family compound!

Yang Zhi moved out of the large courtyard and built a new red brick house in the south of the village.

Currently, only Yang Chong's family of four continues to live in the courtyard.

When Yu Mei asked her own mother, Zhang Cuihua revealed a major event that caught her completely off guard!

Then Yu Mei stopped the tractor, and then she slowly got off the front canopy with the bundle she had brought.

Then the tractor drove away, and she suddenly collapsed in the middle of the dirt and gravel road and burst into tears...