Naturally, Jiang's mother and sister-in-law were not unwilling.

Jiang's sister-in-law also proposed a more constructive cooperation plan.

Sometimes merchants would come to her mother's side on large ships, and she was willing to sell the Xia family's pickles and take a commission from them.

Jiang agreed with surprise.

With the help of sister-in-law Jiang, Xia Youtian and Jiang built a house while also listening to Xia Daohua's advice and building a not-too-big workshop.

Once the money is in place, it will be easy to hire people.

With more people, work can be done more efficiently.

The new house and workshop for the fourth branch of the Xia family were erected in less than two weeks, giving the building a brand new look. On the day of the beam raising ceremony, the entire village came to watch. A full 100 kilograms of red-dotted "happiness" steamed buns alone were distributed.

Wang Lizheng watched the excitement and whispered to his son:

"The fourth branch of the Xia family is finally living a good life. You Tian made the right choice in marrying him!"

After another three or four days, everything in the new house was ready, even the "decoration" and furniture were in place. The newly built kang was also burned for several days, keeping the house dry and clean, ready for occupancy at any time.

The fourth family specially invited a Taoist priest to calculate an auspicious day and moved happily.

Of course, they didn't want to show it too obviously in the old couple's reluctant eyes. However, no matter how hard they tried to hide this kind of joy, the joy in the corners of their eyes and the smile on their lips could not be concealed.

To celebrate the housewarming, the fourth room also held a hot pot banquet.

The fourth branch had always been considered the less favored branch of the Xia family. Feeling that they were not very popular, they only hired a chef introduced by Hu the butcher and set up two tables of medium-sized meals, just for the sake of courtesy.

I didn’t expect that on the day of the housewarming, there were so many people coming to give gifts and congratulate me.

Not only did the Xia family's relatives come, but also Jiang's family, Xia Youtian's cousin's family and the surrounding neighbors came. Even the families of Wang Lizheng and Feng Juren sent people to deliver gifts.

There is almost not enough space for two tables.

Looking at the lively scene, Xia Youtian and Jiang were laughing so hard that they could hardly stop.

Jiang, carrying a large belly, had been busy with all the guests and was feeling quite exhausted. She felt a vague discomfort in her stomach, which frightened the whole family. She had to lie down for several days before she recovered.

What Xia Daohua was most satisfied with about the new house was that, apart from Xia Youcai and Jiang living in the same room, each of the children had his or her own room.

Of course, Linghua took advantage of her youth and insisted on living with Lihua, and Lihua agreed with a smile.

The new house is good in every way. The only drawback is probably that there is no vegetable garden.

Fortunately, the old couple had said that the vegetable garden in the fourth room of the old house would be reserved for them. If they wanted to eat something, they could just send Daohua or Linghua to pick it with a basket.

After the initial few days of adaptation, when the four rooms were completely settled, Xia Daohua started to prepare for a new wave of production within a few days.

The energetic Xia Erlang and Jiang's sister-in-law also started a new round of struggle and became the backbone of pickle sales.

Erlang worked tirelessly under the scorching sun and visited several famous restaurants in nearby towns and counties, negotiating two large orders. However, his hard work was not in vain, and he earned a considerable income.

Otherwise, he would not have put the matter of marrying Zhou Yunniang on the agenda with such confidence.

Jiang's sister-in-law was even more powerful. She went back to her parents' home to stay for a few days and brought some pickle samples. As a result, she actually negotiated a regular cooperation with a customer.

Every time I order goods, the minimum quantity is 500 kilograms.

Xia Daohua’s main worry now is how to take the goods out of the supermarket and put them in the workshop for packaging without arousing suspicion from others.

Xia Daohua felt that she might have been exposed a few times, or was on the verge of being exposed, but with Lihua helping to cover it up, her family might have been kept in the dark, or they might have deliberately pretended not to notice.

Come to think of it, although some things seem a little off when you look into them, after all, it's a good thing that brings money into your family, so who would be willing to throw money away?

Besides, the most amazing thing about Xia Daohua is that she is so agile and does her job so neatly.

She was alone, looking after a room full of cabbages. After a day and a night, she had finished all the work of washing, cutting and pickling the vegetables.

No help from anyone at all.

And he never complains about the hard work or being tired. What is there to complain about such a good child?

However, to expand their business, Xia Daohua has expanded into pickled cucumbers and beans, in addition to their spicy radishes and cabbages. These pickled vegetables are time-tested and popular with everyone, young and old.

The most important thing is that radishes, cabbages, cucumbers, and beans are all local vegetables that are widely grown in Beiguan Town. The raw materials are very easy to obtain, and it doesn’t cost much to purchase them in large quantities.

It's a pity that there's no zha cai available in Beiguan Town...otherwise, she could make zha cai herself. Of course, she could make zha cai now, but the locals were so unfamiliar with it, they'd never even seen it. How could she explain where the raw materials came from?

So she had to give up on the pickled mustard greens for the time being.

The fourth branch of the Xia family is very hardworking, and the whole family revolves around the workshop. The only exceptions are Xia Youtian and Jiang.

Xia Youtian always felt that the workshop could only make a short period of money and it might go bankrupt at any time. No matter when, the most reliable thing was still the land.

However, he didn't say this out loud.

Everyone in the family is very enthusiastic about the workshop, and he can't dampen the enthusiasm of the children.

If there was no work he could do in the workshop, he would work in the fields day after day, doing his best to take care of the land allocated to the fourth family.

Jiang's task was to take care of the baby with peace of mind.

Her belly was already very big now. Because her family was well off, Jiang could eat almost whatever she wanted with this baby. As a result, she gained some weight and her belly became bigger.

Xia Daohua looked a little worried.

However, she couldn't ask Jiang not to eat or eat less, so she could only take Jiang for a walk when she had time. She would also occasionally ask Jiang to help with some less physically demanding chores around the house.

After all, Jiang was an elderly mother, and there were no prenatal checkups or caesarean sections those days. Although Jiang had given birth to several children and was considered experienced, Xia Daohua still couldn't help but worry.

Later, she simply went to Pujitang secretly.

She went to look for Doctor Wang, but she didn't see him. Instead, she met the doctor who was particularly cruel to patients.

When the doctor heard that she came to ask him about her mother's pregnancy, he was actually moved a little and introduced her to a famous midwife.

Xia Daohua gave the doctor an exquisite purse as a thank-you gift, found the midwife herself, paid double the deposit to marry her, and agreed to bring Jiang home to live when she was about to give birth.