Chapter 142: Chapter 142

"Got it! Don’t worry, big sister!" Bai Rushan carefully took the grains and stored them in his cabinet.

"All right, after you’re done tidying up, go and take Xiao Yun and Xiao Xia!" Bai Ruxue surveyed her two brothers’ beds and cabinets and said.

"Big sis, let’s also check out the middle school section! There’s nothing happening here anyway!" Bai Ruchuan, being restless, couldn’t stay still for a moment.

"Alright!" Bai Ruxue nodded and took the lead to walk out.

Each of the little ones was carrying their own things and insisted there was no need for her to help. She gladly didn’t insist on doing the work and felt it was better that way.

At the middle school section, they found the two sisters’ classes. Their homeroom teacher was a woman.

The two sisters had already graduated from elementary school, so there was no need for them to take any exams; they were directly admitted.

Tuition was paid, and their dormitory was arranged.

All first-year students are new, and there’s no concept of newcomers, so when they arrived at the dormitory, there were a few others whose parents had also brought them.

Everyone was busy unpacking.

"Hey? Are you two twins? You look so alike!" A little girl of their age looked towards the door just as Bai Ruxue entered the dormitory with her sisters.

Seeing the pair, she joyfully rushed over to chat.

"Yes!" Xiao Xia spoke up.

While Xiao Yun simply smiled without saying anything.

"Hi! I’m Wang Caihong. Based on age, you should be my classmates, right?" The young girl warmly greeted them.

"That’s right! You guessed correctly! Hi, I’m Xiao Xia, and this is my sister Xiao Yun!" Xiao Xia seemed more sociable than her sister Xiao Yun.

Bai Ruxue urged her brothers to leave.

This is a girls’ dormitory, and they’re middle school girls, practically old enough to be getting married.

"Big sis?" Confused about what’s happening, the two asked their sister.

"Now that you know your sisters’ classrooms and dorms, hurry back! This is a girls’ dorm; as boys, can you just wander in here?" Bai Ruxue questioned her brothers.

The two instantly felt a bit awkward, as they’re at an age where they sort of understand but not entirely. So Bai Ruxue didn’t straightforwardly teach them the lesson but hinted at it.

"Okay, big sis, we’ll head back! Big sis, be careful on your way home!" Bai Rushan grabbed his brother, who seemed to want to ask something, and guided him out.

"Alright! Go ahead! Be careful on your way home on Saturday when you four return." Bai Ruxue reminded them.

"Got it, big sis! We’re leaving!" Bai Rushan responded, pulling his brother away.

When Bai Ruxue turned back inside, her sisters were already starting to unpack their beds.

"Xiao Yun! Come over here!" Bai Ruxue called her sister.

"What is it, big sis?" Xiao Yun obediently went over.

"Just like with the brothers, here’s the grains, along with your eating and drinking pots. And here’s the money and tickets, Xiao Xia is a bit careless, so you hold onto these! I’ll make you something good at home over the weekend!" Bai Ruxue’s words weren’t said in vain.

Although Xiao Yun is timid and shy, she isn’t slow-minded, and Bai Ruxue knew her sister would understand.

Seeing Xiao Yun nod as she gathered the items.

"Alright, big sis is leaving now! Let Xiao Xia know later!" Bai Ruxue glanced at her sociable sister, chatting happily with dorm mates, and left without bothering her.

After stepping out, she intended to head home directly. But then she thought about it; since opening the chicken farm, she hadn’t checked the yard in town recently to see how the supplies were selling.

She then headed to the yard, and upon seeing that half of the supplies hadn’t been dealt with, she didn’t retrieve more.

No urgency for money, she didn’t seek out Wang Cheng, opting instead to visit the milk powder factory.

Since her uncle got married, she hadn’t heard from him.

Visiting her grandparents’ home once, she didn’t encounter her aunt Niu Yingying either.

They said she went to the milk powder factory to deliver clothes to her uncle or something.

Coincidentally, she had some spare time today, allowing her to visit.

She didn’t mention the cottage in town to the little ones, nor told her father.

Because that place was meant for storing supplies.

Family knowing would be inconvenient.

Just as she arrived at the milk powder factory, her father came out.

Beside him was an elderly lady, Bai Ruxue looked closely and initially didn’t recognize her.

"Xiao Xue, what brings you here?" Bai Daliang spotted her and hurried over.

"Dad, the siblings are starting school today, I’m here to send them off. Are you off work today?" Bai Ruxue asked.

It seemed unlikely; if he wasn’t working, he should have returned home already, why would he stay here?

Besides, being here with such an old lady.

"Dad’s still at work, just took a brief break! Xiao Xue, come over! This is your grandaunt!" Bai Daliang pointed to the elderly lady beside him.

Only then did Bai Ruxue vaguely recall, the original owner’s childhood had seen this grandaunt, and she treated them well.

"Hello, grandaunt!" Bai Ruxue stepped forward to greet.

"Is this your eldest daughter? She’s grown so much! It’s been years since I’ve seen her! Since having that fallout with your mom, I haven’t visited!"

She was Grandpa Bai’s only sister, the youngest among them.

Grandpa Bai had two brothers and a sister, but both brothers had passed, their second brother’s widow returning with children to her family, severing ties.

Only Third Granny stayed home, raising her only son.

The youngest sister, pressured by the family to marry off the brothers, was married to a town worker ten years her senior at fifteen, given a position at the textile factory by her in-laws. ᴛʜɪs ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ ɪs ᴜᴘᴅᴀᴛᴇ ʙʏ novᴇlfire.net

Initially, she visited home often, but since that skirmish over her replacing her sister-in-law, not coming back much.

"Indeed! Old aunt, this is my eldest daughter, Xiao Xue!" Bai Daliang smiled and said.

"Takes after her mom, quite the beauty!" Old grandaunt complimented Bai Ruxue. "Child, your dad’s going to grandaunt’s place, let’s go for some familiarization! You can visit for a meal when you’re around!" The old grandaunt took Bai Ruxue’s hand.

Bai Ruxue looked at her father, eyes asking a question.

"Your old grandaunt’s visit concerns succession! Old granduncle worked at the milk powder factory!" Bai Daliang explained to her, "Dad’s just taking leave to pay respects to your granduncle! He passed away days ago!"

"Okay!" Bai Ruxue, hearing the reason, nodded in agreement.

So the old granduncle passed, it’s reasonable for her dad to pay respects.

"Alright, alright! Good child! Let’s go!" Though the old grandaunt seemed frail, she was two years younger than Third Granny.

Who knows what she’s experienced over the years, with her family wouldn’t visit, might she’ve been bullied at her in-laws.

In this era, women had it tough.

Faced with dominant mothers-in-law, some couldn’t even eat at the same table, having to stand aside until they finished eating before they could eat.

Without her birth family’s backing, old grandaunt likely had a hard time at her in-laws.