The happiness on their faces faded a little, turning into heavy helplessness.
Two years ago, when their son got married, they emptied their savings and sold their old home site to help buy a house.
After the wedding, they lived frugally and managed to save some money.
Not much, but about forty or fifty thousand yuan.
They originally thought that since Xue finally came back this time, they could give her this money in person to make up for the family's shortcomings towards her.
But now it seems, if their daughter-in-law finds out, this family might be turned upside down.
The relationship between mother-in-law, daughter-in-law, and younger sister-in-law is an age-old and complicated one.
However, they indeed felt guilty towards Xue.
The family had two home sites in the village.
One was the old house where they had lived for half their lives, and the other was a former chicken coop, which had been left unused after it became unprofitable.
