Tuoba Xian's words helped Yang Ruqing unclog the knots in her heart. She also understood that these pains and tears were meaningless to Sun Lao Tai's condition.

Since things have come to this, we must do something meaningful for Old Madam Sun.

Then, what are these meaningful things?

That is to spend more time with her, allowing her to live as happily as possible in her limited lifespan.

The next day, Yang Ruqing arranged the matters at hand. She handed over full authority to Uncle Fu for the medicinal herbs gathering team.

At the restaurant, there are also relevant people in charge.

Sun came to tell Yang Ruqing that she wanted to give up the job of cooking at the academy and instead focus on taking care of Old Madam Sun.

Yang Ruqing said, "Mother, I still don't agree with you doing this. You should still go to the school and cook. Talk to Aunt Guihua and Aunt Dayun, just treat it as a way to clear your head. I'm worried that if you stay with Grandma every day, you'll only become more heartbroken. By then, even before Grandma leaves, your eyes will be red from crying."

Mrs. Sun shook her head, her attitude a strange kind of firmness: "Cooking can be done anytime, but my mother is only going on this one trip, and I must accompany her."

Yang Ruqing's persuasion failed, so she could only turn to Yang Huazhong for help.

Yang Huazhong said, "Forget it, just go with your mother. Only in this way will she have no regrets in her heart in the future."

Since her father said so, Yang Ruqing had no reason to insist any longer.

When it came to the task of cooking at the academy, Yang Ruqing found Xia Qin.

“Qing'er, I'm willing, of course I am! I’ve wanted to go to the school kitchen to cook for a long time. I saw that the school was crowded, so I haven't had the face to ask you.”

Yang Ruqing found Xiaoqin and explained her intentions. After hearing this, Xiaoqin readily agreed.

“By the way, Qinger, what exactly is your grandma sick with? There’s a lot of talk about it in the village now. People say it’s not good.” Xiaoqin added.

Yang Ruqing sighed and said, “Things are really bad, otherwise my mother wouldn't have given up her studies to stay home and take care of my grandmother wholeheartedly.”

Xiaoqin's eyes welled up. "It's a pity, your grandma is such a kind and amiable old lady, she's always so gentle with everyone."

“Last year I cooked at their construction site, and your grandmother came by several times. She saw my two daughters and joked with them, performing magic tricks to give them snacks. The children liked her very much. How could this poor thing happen to her? God is really unfair. My father-in-law, who was so wicked, is still alive and well…”

Xiao Qin seemed to realize that she had said something inappropriate, after all, as a junior, it was not good to curse her stepfather. She quickly covered her mouth and stopped talking.

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Yang Ruqing wryly smiled, "Isn't there a saying that good people don't live long, but disasters last for a thousand years?"

"All of this, it's fate I suppose. But I hope my grandmother in this life suffered hardships, so that in the next life she can be reborn into a good family." she said.

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Xiao Qin said, "Qing'er, don't think too much. Maybe the old man in the sky is just scaring us, and in the end it might be nothing, your grandma will be fine again."

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Yang Ruqing looked at Xiaoqin. Although she knew this was her way of comforting herself, she was still willing to listen and believe that one percent miracle.

"By the way, Xiaoqin, let me tell you about the situation with cooking in the academy,"

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“Two meals a day, breakfast and lunch, and the dishes are delivered every two days...”

“Board and lodging are provided. While you're at the academy, you can bring your two daughters to join you for a meal. After the students finish their dinner, you should also boil hot water for them to drink in the afternoon,”

"Auntie Guihua and Auntie Dayun, the two of them earn one tael of silver per month. You have two children, and you often get delayed, so you can't do as much work as they do. I'll count it as one tael of silver for you."

Usually, people go in the morning. Students can get home after their second-to-last class in the afternoon. It gets dark late these days, so when you get home, you could still do more than an hour of work before it gets dark.

In this more than an hour, Xiaoqin could have managed the vegetable garden, washed clothes, and tidied up the yard.

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Moreover, during the day she went to school with the two children, leaving only Granny Xiaoqin at home.

Her mother-in-law is capable of doing these things.

When Yang Ruqing said this, Xiaoqin was also thinking in her heart, and she found that her plan was similar to what Yang Ruqing had said.

“Both my mother-in-law and I were tending to just a few acres of land, but we couldn't manage it. Last year in December, we decided to lease it out.” Xiaoqin continued.

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“The rent we get back is enough to cover our four mouths' food and expenses.”

"Before, I was cooking on the construction site and I still had some money in my hands. Now that you, Qing'er, are taking care of me, you even let me come to the school kitchen to cook. It's a month-long job with food and lodging provided, and I can still earn one or two taels of silver in pure profit. Such a good opportunity, thank you for looking after me!"

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Xiaoqin said again, moved to tears.

Yang Ruqing smiled, "I can see you're going through a tough time. Big Ping has been gone for over two years now, and you've been holding up this family all by yourself. You haven't even considered leaving. Everyone praises you."

Xiaoqin smiled wryly.

“Dah Ping is good to me, my heart can’t hold anyone else. Besides, with two children, I can’t just leave. To ask me to abandon them, I simply can’t bear it. Alright, I guess this is how it has to be. We'll just have to get through it, things will be better when the kids are older.” Xia Qin said.

Yang Ruqing nodded, "That's right. Your father-in-law is estimated to be released from prison soon. Have you talked about this with your mother-in-law? What are your plans?" Let me know if you have any other text you'd like me to translate!

When it comes to Wangfu, Yang Ruqing has to say one word: 服！(submit)

Last year, because that old man harassed Xiao Qin, Xiao Qin was miserable and sought help from Yang Ruqing.

He couldn't just kill him and throw him off a cliff, that would be harming his yang virtue. After all, Wang Fu didn't pose any direct threat to Yang Ruqing's life or have any immediate karmic cause.

He was harassing Xiaoqin, it was about the cause and effect between him and Xiaoqin.

Yang Ruqing pondered for a while, then came up with a plan.

Wangfu likes gambling, she bribed two people and had them set up a scheme at the casino for Wangfu to participate in.

As a result, Wang Fu was imprisoned and sentenced to three months of hard labor in a quarry.

I originally thought that in the cold weather, Wang Fu would either freeze to death at the quarry or be bullied to death by other inmates.

Unexpectedly, Wangfu stubbornly made it through.

He was supposed to be released at the beginning of February after serving his sentence. However, Yang Ruohqing then found some connections and got Wangfu into trouble at a quarry.

The sentence has been extended by another two months. Now, he'll be released soon, probably within these few days.

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Recently, Yang Ruqing has been preoccupied with matters concerning Grandma Sun and hasn't had time to attend to Wangfu.

>Let it come out if it wants to, that's just a matter of good fortune.

“I hope your experiences at the quarry will make your father-in-law appreciate what he has. If he dares to bully you like before, we’ll keep sending him back to the quarry!” Yang Ruqing said.