When I went back to my hometown to see my mother-in-law, I gave me five catties of noodles before leaving, and when I saw that there was money inside, I gave it to my sister-in-law. When I went back to my hometown from the city to see my mother-in-law, my mother-in-law stuffed five catties of noodles for me when I left. When I returned home, I found something in the noodle bag, and when I opened it, I saw that there was money inside.
My husband and I both work in the city, and we are usually busy and rarely go back to our hometown. This time there was a holiday, so we went back to our hometown to see my mother-in-law together. My mother-in-law knew that we were coming back, so she cleaned up the house in advance, and went to the street to buy meat and prepare dumplings for us to eat.
When we got home, my mother-in-law was chopping dumpling filling, and when she saw us, her face immediately bloomed with a smile and beckoned us to hurry into the house. At lunchtime, the table was full of dishes, including dumplings made by my mother-in-law. The dumplings are hand-wrapped, with thin skin and large filling, which makes them particularly fragrant to eat. After lunch, my husband and I prepared to go back to the city. My mother-in-law sent us to the door and took out a bag of somen noodles, saying that it was flour from the wheat she grew herself, and that she made the noodles at home, and asked us to take them home and eat them. My mother-in-law said that she knew that she couldn't buy such good noodles in the city, so she made five catties for us. I took the bag of noodles and my heart warmed.
Back in town, I cook with my husband. I took out a handful of somen noodles from the somen bag and noticed that something was wrong, there seemed to be something in the somen noodles. I took the noodles in my hand and looked through them, and suddenly I noticed a small cloth bag tied to a thread. I took the thread apart and opened the cloth bag, and there was a wad of money inside. I was stunned with the money, and then my husband also saw it, and he said, this money must have been secretly stuffed by our mother.
I remembered the way my mother-in-law smiled when she chopped the dumpling filling, and suddenly understood her intentions. She knew that we were usually busy with work and didn't have time to go back to our hometown to see her, so she took the opportunity to give us noodles and secretly stuffed us with money. I felt a mixture of emotions and guilt. What touched me was my mother-in-law's love and dedication to us, and what I felt guilty about was that we rarely went back to our hometown to see her.
I showed the money to my husband, and my husband was silent for a while and said, it's not easy for our mother, it's not easy for her to farm and raise chickens to make some money, we can't ask for this money, you go back to your hometown tomorrow and return the money to our mother. I nodded in agreement.
Early the next morning, I got on the bus back to my hometown, and when I arrived at the door of my mother-in-law's house, I called Mom. The mother-in-law came out of the house and saw that it was me, and said happily, why did you come back again. I said Mom. There's money in the five catties of noodles you stuffed into me. My mother-in-law was stunned for a moment, and then she laughed, I knew you would find out.
I took out the money and handed it to my mother-in-law and said, "Mom, you can keep this money for your own use." The mother-in-law took the money, looked at it and said, "I specially left this money for you, and you have a lot of places to spend money in the city." I shook my head and said, "Mom, we can't ask for this money, and it's not easy for you to farm and raise chickens to earn some money." My mother-in-law was a little unhappy when she heard this, this money was not given to you by outsiders, it was my intention, I knew that there was no point in fighting any longer, so I changed the topic and said: Mom, do you know why I came back?
The mother-in-law said, "Didn't you come back to pay me back?" I said, "No." I told my mother-in-law about my sister-in-law living in the city with her children after the divorce, and my sister-in-law was cowardly and honest, and she married a man who was lazy and loved to play cards, and lost all the money in the family, and finally the sister-in-law had to divorce and take care of the children by herself.
I told my mother-in-law: I want to give this money to my little sister, and it is not easy for her to take care of the children in the city. The mother-in-law was silent for a moment and said, "Then you can take it, I will collect the money and prepare to go back."