Chapter 523: Survive This Calamity, and I Shall Repay You With a Spring's Worth of Water

The four members of the Kang family ate steamed buns in the dark; apart from the young child Kang Jinze, who ate with relish, everyone else had a mix of complex feelings.

The elderly couple never imagined they would one day need charity, nor did they ever expect to suffer such a calamity.

Their daughter-in-law even lost her life because of this disaster; had it not been for the young grandson being so small, their son would have almost perished as well.

After the incident, most of the families who had previously been friendly with them chose to stay away, and they were forced to accept reality amidst various blows.

They had been family friends with the Kong family for generations, and Kong Yizhang had always had a very close relationship with their son; at this time, Kong Yizhang daring to risk helping them was already enough to make them deeply grateful, but Fu Yan Cheng, who was only an acquaintance of their son, was still willing to lend a hand, which was how incredibly precious.

Of course, they also knew that Fu Yan Cheng was helping them so much only because of Kong Yizhang, but this revealed a person's character even more, so this debt of gratitude, as long as their Kang family survived this calamity, they would surely repay with a spring's worth of water.

After they had eaten until they were seventy percent full, Kang Yuanwei finally dragged his leg, which had not yet fully healed, and secretly went out the door.

On the other side, Liu Chuxue watched Fu Yan Cheng return to the room, only then did she feel relieved, closed her eyes, and fell asleep.

The next day, before dawn, Liu's father and mother got up and started busy work.

By the time Liu Chuxue got up, Liu's mother had already packed everything to take with them: "Xue, these two baskets, one for you, one for Fu Yan Cheng."

Then she pointed to two willow baskets nearby: "Didn't you say last night you would detour to your eldest sister's? Give the larger basket to her, and the smaller basket, you take to your sister-in-law."

Fu Yan Cheng happened to come in and hear these words, feeling warm in his heart: "Auntie, let's skip this time; no need to prepare a portion for her in the future, to avoid spoiling her. The family sends her money and packages every month; she won't lack anything."

Liu Chuxue naturally understood the meaning in his words and spoke up: "Mom, I haven't married into the family yet. Although that girl Fu Yanwan gets along very well with me, there's no need to prepare something for her every time. If someone with ulterior motives finds out, they might spread idle gossip that I'm already currying favor with my sister-in-law before I've even crossed the threshold."

Liu's father and mother heard these words, saw that Fu Yan Cheng also agreed, and nodded along: "We have no other intention; we just thought she is going to the countryside alone and wanted to take better care of her."

Liu Chuxue smiled and patted her mother's hand: "Understood, understood. My sister-in-law is not someone who can be wronged, and besides, there's my older sister; rest assured."

Even if she liked her sister-in-law very much, she didn't want her own parents to toil for others; besides, didn't she have her older brother?

After breakfast, Fu Yan Cheng carried all the items to the cart. Liu Chuxue, thinking that each autumn rain brings more chill, took this opportunity to work with Liu's father to smear a layer of yellow mud on Zui Feng's doghouse.

Not until Fu Yan Cheng had finished packing up on his end did Liu Chuxue wash her hands and leave.

Their home was at the end of the village; even though they left early, many people saw them: "Shanliang's son-in-law is truly down-to-earth; he doesn't disdain our countryside."

Peng Ailan came out to take out the trash, happened to hear these words, and immediately added: "They aren't married yet, but he's already living at his wife's parents' house; he must have been seduced."

But as soon as she said this, everyone subconsciously moved further away from her; this was clearly sour grapes, thinking everyone was like her own daughter?

Besides, seeing that Liu Chuxue was about to marry into the city, and marry so well, only someone with water in their brain would cooperate with her to offend people.