In their current situation, she could only rely on herself.
She looked up and said, "Right now, I just want to raise my children well. I can't afford to get involved in anything else."
No one spoke at that moment.
Wang Xiangxiu added, "I wronged him in the past, but we won't have any contact in the future."
She took a deep breath and got up to go home and cook. As she turned around, she saw Tonglai standing at the door. She immediately went over and said, "Come on, let's go cook. I'll bring food to your brothers later."
Tonglai: "Okay."
Tonglai followed Wang Xiangxiu and asked, "Mom, when are they coming home?"
Wang Xiangxiu: "I don't know. We'll have to ask the doctor at the hospital."
She chopped some cabbage and, after hesitating, added a thumb-sized piece of meat to the pot. Tonglai saw it and swallowed hard, saying, "It's meat."
Their family used to eat meat fairly often, but it had been a long time since they last had any.
