Her Cultivation Diary
Chapter 1050 - 1030. Aunt Lianhua’s Morning

Chapter 1050: 1030. Aunt Lianhua’s Morning

At five-thirty on a winter morning, it was still pitch black outside, yet the faint sounds of someone getting up echoed through the old rural courtyard.

Aunt Lianhua tidied herself up briskly, then turned to look at the elderly woman lying on the nearby bed.

Under the light, the elderly woman’s cheeks appeared plump. Although deeply wrinkled, her complexion was glowing with a healthy reddish hue. With good food and restful sleep over the past few weeks, even her upper body had gained strength.

This time, she didn’t need her daughter-in-law’s help. Using both hands for support, she propped herself up and sat upright. She first put on her padded jacket, then maneuvered herself onto the wheelchair beside her with some difficulty.

"Mom, you seem to be moving a lot more smoothly now."

Aunt Lianhua watched from the side, her eyes full of surprise and delight.

"Yes indeed!" The elderly woman was pleased herself.

Previously, her daughter-in-law had to attend to her for everything. While it saved her effort, it was a psychological burden. Besides, it was exhausting!

Her son, whom she had raised herself, wasn’t much good to begin with, and now she was adding more trouble for his wife. Aunt Lianhua kept herself from even drinking water much at home back then.

But now things were different. Sitting in her wheelchair, she first reached for her thermos and gulped down plenty of hot water. She then pushed the wheelchair out toward the courtyard — she was heading to the restroom.

That restroom? It had a flushing toilet that Lianhua bought in October, with two fixed handrails on both sides. She only needed to brace herself with her hands to sit down.

Although she faced the opposite direction while seated, at her age, it didn’t affect its usability one bit. The flushing, drying—everything worked just fine!

And this "smart" toilet? It was 3,000 yuan!

An entire month’s wages for Lianhua!

But the elderly woman had compensated her. Over the summer, she’d been weaving straw mats for Lao Song’s family. Since she came up with creative designs, she earned over 8,000 yuan during her best month...

Oh my! If only she had known earlier about this invention that washes and dries your behind, she would have bought it ages ago! No need to let her daughter-in-law suffer all these years.

After coming out of the restroom, the elderly woman washed her hands while giving instructions:

"Finish getting yourself ready, and pack up the bedding. Once I’m done, we’ll head straight up the mountain."

Aunt Lianhua moved nimbly: "I packed up the blankets and sheets last night, Mom. First, drink this silver ear soup; we’ll eat breakfast with the cafeteria on the mountain today."

The mountain cafeteria always served breakfast every day, but the elderly woman felt awkward eating there since she wasn’t doing any work herself. She figured cooking two eggs for breakfast would do just fine.

This silver ear soup used the leftover silver ear fragments Song Tan had given them. Ever since getting older and sitting for long periods, using the restroom wasn’t all that smooth for her.

But drinking a bowl of silver ear soup every morning made a difference! After discovering this, Aunt Lianhua had been cooking her a bowl every evening.

As for herself?

She didn’t need it.

She ate her meals up on the mountain every day, but Lao Song’s family was always generous with tea snacks—she benefited a lot from them!

Because of this, she worked all the more diligently.

The two were efficient people. After the elderly woman finished the small bowl of silver ear soup in a few gulps, Aunt Lianhua tucked her bundled-up sheets and blankets into her arms, then pushed the wheelchair straight toward the mountain.

The village was quiet, its streetlights long off. Yet in the dim morning light, the asphalt road surface was still clearly visible.

The road was built so well!

The elderly woman muttered, "I’ve saved twenty-two thousand yuan this year. I’ll give you five thousand, keep two thousand for myself, and ask Tantan’s family to check on those... electric wheelchairs I saw on Douyin. They can run on public roads, you know, and they’re pretty fast too!"

"See if you can inquire whether twenty thousand yuan would be enough to buy one?"

Her current wheelchair worked fine as long as she pushed it herself, but it was tough going uphill. If not for her arms gaining strength recently, she wouldn’t even be able to make it.

And anyway, if something unexpected happened while she was outside... Aunt Lianhua was always worried... She worked for other people but was constantly preoccupied with home—how could she not feel guilty considering Lao Song’s family’s kindness?

After finishing her thought, the elderly woman chuckled to herself: "Oh my, how extravagant am I now? Willing to spend twenty thousand yuan like it’s nothing!"

Thinking back, she had been such a miser before. All she did with her money was save it—she wouldn’t even part with ten or twenty yuan! Forget other things, even that smart toilet costing only 3,000 yuan could have been bought earlier. No need to let Lianhua wait on her for years.

Aunt Lianhua burst out laughing: "You’ve got to spend where it’s needed! Yanping told me once, that’s called a necessity—something you absolutely have to buy. The sooner, the better!"

The elderly woman nodded, chuckling in agreement: "Yes, yes, yes! Don’t underestimate Yanping—he doesn’t do much physical work, but he graduated from a top university and makes money with his brain. He’s an honest person, too."

"Back in the summer, his classmate called saying he’s now earning over twenty thousand a month. If Yanping goes for a job, he’d definitely be at that level. We can’t earn that kind of money, but it’s always right to listen to capable people."

Aunt Lianhua nodded "Mm, mm" repeatedly. The elderly woman tended to reminisce and repeat things in her old age—this wasn’t the first time she had heard it.

It wasn’t just Zhang Yanping; she had gone through everyone in Lao Song’s family one by one.

Fortunately, today’s main topic was something else—

"Lianhua, do you have enough money to set up your place on the mountain? If not, just take this twenty thousand too."

The elderly woman came up with a bright idea: "Yes, take the twenty thousand to arrange the house. We’ll hold off on buying the wheelchair! When that worthless man comes home for New Year’s, I’ll throw a fit and get it out of him!"

Tough talk about a biological son who neither acknowledged his mother nor recognized his wife—what kind of person could that be?

Thinking about the man who used to make her feel ashamed, Aunt Lianhua was now calm: "It doesn’t matter whether he comes back or not. If you’re uncomfortable, we’ll head up the mountain to live. I already set up a smart toilet up there too."

"Whether the wheelchair gets bought or not, the money can stay put for now. I’ve already taken care of everything up there. Once the bedding and sheets are placed today, if necessary, we can move over there; it’ll be just as nice."

She was clearly confident.

The elderly woman pursed her lips: "Alright, let’s leave it at that for now."

She muttered while thinking aloud: "The feng shui in this village must be bad. Why is everyone so unfilial? Come New Year’s, should we hold a big meeting and move the ancestral graves somewhere else or something..."

"Not everyone’s unfilial!" Aunt Lianhua laughed.

The elderly woman had already begun counting: "Look at Tantan’s grand-uncle; has his son come back all these years?"

"Zhang Wang’s family, those three kids."

"That Old Man Li, who herds cattle... Tantan was talking about it during the summer too. If they were truly filial, Old Man Li would’ve securely tidied up his house this year. But by the looks of it, come year-end, things are likely going downhill for him!"

"And then there’s our own worthless one."

Although she was elderly, her mind was sharp.

Other villages had cases of unfilial children, too, but not to such an extent. At worst, they were reluctant about paying for their parents’ hospital bills...

Not outright shameless like this!

Thinking it over, could it really be because the ancestral graves weren’t properly situated?

But then again, those graves were scattered across different family plots...

As she pondered further, the elderly woman let out a sigh: "It’s all my fault for not teaching them well!"

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