Reborn as a Landlord-Chapter 1580 - 804: Pregnancy (Part 3)

In Thirty Mile Camp, tenant farmers often use the slang phrase "take it as one," which roughly means taking it seriously or valuing it. As for what Lady Zhang said about spending all her money and belongings on useless things after marrying into the Lian Family, it naturally refers to being tricked by Lady Zhou.

"Zhizhi was skinny when she was born because I didn’t eat anything when I was pregnant with her," Lady Zhang continued.

"Mom, when you were pregnant with my sister, wasn’t Grandma also pregnant with my Aunt? If you didn’t eat anything, what about Grandma?" Lian Manman asked.

"We all ate at the same table, so it wasn’t much different. Whatever leftovers there were, I got to eat, and even then, I couldn’t eat freely," Lady Zhang recalled as she spoke. "I was really naive then, just looking at the surface. Back then, I was too embarrassed to say what I wanted to eat, and I didn’t dare to buy it for myself, all because of that. If my mother-in-law didn’t eat anything special, how could I act so spoiled?"

"Later on, I realized it wasn’t like that at all. At the dining table, we ate about the same. But the family’s food was all under her control, so once we finished eating, she secretly ate her own things. How could I possibly see that?"

"But to be fair, back then, the family situation was like that, she couldn’t eat much better. It was just that she’d have a couple of eggs or some rice porridge, white bread or something. It was always when I went to the field to work that she’d secretly make and eat them. Even the festival cakes people brought, she ate them all and never left me a crumb."

"Mom, you’re really easy-going," Lian Manman said. Despite Lady Zhou sneaking food, Lady Zhang still insisted she didn’t eat much. "You have to consider the family’s condition. Given the circumstances back then, does that still count as not eating anything? No wonder my Aunt is as big as my sister, and my sister is so skinny. Turns out it wasn’t all due to the environment, there’s also a natural reason."

"I was really naive back then," Lady Zhang sighed.

"Oh, mom, you never mentioned it before. I only just found out that sneaking food was passed down from generation to generation," Lian Manman added. She remembered the time when she came back from working in the field to find Lian Xiuxiu and Lady Chiang secretly making white bread.

"I said so, my Grandma was also at home back then, she must have known. It means she allowed it!"

Lady Zhang didn’t say anything, but from her expression, she agreed with Lian Manman’s conclusion.

"Zhizhi stayed with me when we were at the old house, and she didn’t enjoy any benefits," Lady Zhang continued. "I also blame myself for being too young and naive back then. Later, when I was pregnant with Wu Lang, I became a bit more cunning. At that time, I didn’t have any money, and neither did your dad. But he was considerate; he’d pick wild fruits or find bird eggs for me to eat. Your grandma also secretly gave me money, and when your dad and I went to the market, we bought some food a few times."

"At that time, whenever I went to the market, I would always run into your grandpa. Every time, he’d buy me food. At first, I thought it was just coincidence, but as it happened more often, I realized he purposely went to every market just to meet me and buy food for me." 𝗳𝐫𝚎𝗲𝚠𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝘃𝚎𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝗺

As she said this, Lady Zhang’s eyes turned a bit red.

"Even so, I couldn’t keep going to the market all the time. Your Grandma was in charge and scolded me once over going to the market when she found out that your Grandpa bought me food there. After that, I stopped going to the market; whatever I craved, I just endured it. I kept enduring until I didn’t crave anything anymore. By the time I was pregnant with Manman and Xiao Qi, I didn’t crave anything at all... " Lady Zhang concluded her pregnancy recollections with a long sigh.

Lian Zhizhi was already in tears, and even Lian Manman felt her nose tingle with sadness.

"We made it through, we made it through..." Seeing her two daughters like this, Lady Zhang quickly wrapped one arm around each, pulling them into her embrace. "No matter what she did, how she fussed or scolded, I listened and watched. I gave her whatever I was supposed to. I owe her nothing, heaven is fair..."

Just then, they heard footsteps outside, accompanied by a few people talking and laughing as they entered the yard.

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