The fourth son has lost his wife, so he'll have to remarry in the future! When that happens, let the head of the household find him someone close to the first wife. Once this pillow talk spreads, I believe he won't forget the grudge against Jiang!

But now that Jiang is alive, the feud may have been renewed.

Liu's thoughts turned around and she started to hate Xia Daohua again.

This girl is really a jinx, specifically one who brings bad luck to the eldest wife! If she hadn't been so nosy, Jiang Shi wouldn't be alive right now!

Without Jiang in charge, no matter how carefully the First House planned, the Fourth House's silver would never fly out of the First House's palm even if it grew wings! Even if it flew away, the First House could catch it back!

The more Liu thought about it, the more angry she became, and the more she hated Xia Daohua, to the point of feeling itchy.

It’s a pity that this is the old house, and no matter how much she hates Xia Daohua, she can’t say it out loud.

Otherwise, if someone with too much gossip heard it and the word spread, she would be in an even more passive position.

Liu couldn't help herself and lowered her voice to scold Jinhua. Seeing Jinhua's swollen face and crying, she looked completely unattractive. Liu felt even more furious and her throat was boiling with anger.

"Quickly stop crying! You feel like crying now, what were you doing before?

If you hadn't lost your temper and slapped Jiang, things wouldn't have gotten to this point, and instead ruined your father's business!"

Jinhua sobbed in dissatisfaction and retorted:

"I just patted her hand gently, but I didn't expect her to be so fragile.

Don't even look at her ugly face, she's wearing a shrimp-whisker bracelet! That silver thread, stretched so thin, is even thinner than my embroidery thread!"

When Liu found out that the trouble had been caused by a shrimp whisker bracelet, she was almost furious. She raised her hand and tapped Jinhua's forehead with her index finger. Every time she tapped, Jinhua couldn't help but take a step back.

"You short-sighted bastard! How come you only see that shrimp whisker bracelet?

Even if it is a top-quality gold shrimp whisker bracelet, how much is it worth?

If this thing is successful today, we can get a share in the fourth room's business first, and then we can get a lot of money, right?

Once your father figures out those recipes, we can break away from the fourth branch and go it alone.

By then, how many bracelets will you need to buy?

You! You!

What do you want me to say?"

Mrs. Liu sighed and her eyes hurt just looking at Jinhua. She couldn't sit still in the room anymore and went out for a walk.

Taohua was in the kitchen, looking at Jiang's medicine.

Lihua was the one who made the medicine before, but Xia Youtian took the children back to get the things for Jiang's confinement. Lihua also went with them, but asked Taohua to help.

At this moment, Taohua was sitting on a small stool, holding a palm-leaf fan, looking at the fire carefully, very attentively.

When Liu saw this situation, an absurd and bold idea suddenly came to her mind.

If the peach blossoms were to bloom at this time...

No, this is too big a matter! She wouldn't dare make a decision on her own without discussing it with Xia Youcai.

Liu forced herself to suppress the evil thought in her heart.

She kept reminding herself not to act rashly and that everything had to be discussed with the head of the family first.

Half an hour later, Xia Youtian and the children came over with bags of various sizes.

There were so many things that several people couldn't carry them all, so they had to push a cart.

Dragging so many things, it looks like moving house.

Zhou's face couldn't help but darken:

"Why have you prepared so many things? Are you afraid that I'll be cold and your wife will be hungry?"

Xia Youtian explained calmly:

"Mother, Jiang Shi is not suitable to move right now. She has to stay with you for confinement. This is really bothering you.

How can I have the nerve to work for you while asking you to pay for it?

Besides, these food and supplies are not all for Jiang.

There's also a portion for you and my father."

Xia Youtian spoke so naturally. Zhou, hearing her son's words, knew whether Xia Youtian was sincere or not. Her expression instantly melted. The inexplicable anger that had arisen faded away faster than wings.

From this day on, Jiang officially began her confinement period in the old house.

The locust flowers also gradually grew from a newborn baby that everyone who saw them said was black to a newborn baby that was black.

Although she is still a little thin, her delicate facial features and smooth and delicate skin have gradually revealed themselves.

It really suits her name.

The entire family of the fourth branch loved this little guy to death, and they were also particularly enthusiastic towards Jiang, who was almost separated from them forever.

The whole family couldn't help but hang around Jiang and Huaihua. Xia Youtian still insisted on working in the fields every day, and Wulang still went to the village school every day, but the pickle workshop led by Xia Daohua had been temporarily suspended.

Liu sent Jinhua back to town and asked her to stay at home and take care of Xia Youcai.

After giving Jinhua away, she discussed her ideas with Xia Youcai, and then returned to the Xia family's old house and continued to show her courtesy to the old couple.

When Liu came back this time, she not only brought gifts for the old couple and several sisters-in-law, but also brought back a small light green porcelain vase that was three villages tall.

The small porcelain bottle contains a dark brown powder, which is said to have a very strong medicinal effect.

Whether a woman is in confinement or menstruating, if she takes this medicine, she will lose a lot of blood rapidly and cannot stop it, commonly known as hemorrhage.

If Xia Youcai didn't have special connections, ordinary people wouldn't be able to get this kind of medicine.

However, although Liu brought the medicine, giving it to Jiang was not as simple as she thought.

Although the people in the fourth room didn't say it out loud, everyone was very wary of her.

Whenever she went to see Jiang, there was always someone by her side.

And no matter whether it was pear blossoms, rice blossoms, or water lily blossoms, everyone would stare at her intently, completely disregarding any politeness.

Liu was puzzled. Could it be that he had made a mistake somewhere?

In fact, Liu had no flaws.

However, the children of the fourth room were all resentful of Jinhua for causing Jiang to give birth prematurely.

Therefore, whenever someone from the eldest wife's house showed up, they couldn't help but be alert, fearing that if they were to fail to pay attention, someone from the eldest wife's house would cause trouble again.

Unexpectedly, this would actually have the opposite effect, and Liu's sinister plan would have failed.

Liu tried for more than ten days but didn't find an opportunity. Gradually, she lost her patience and stopped getting close to Jiang.

Of course, Liu did not give up the idea of drugging him.

However, the strict precautions taken by the Fourth House would probably not work if the medicine was added to the food. They could only go back to the original plan, lure the person who made the medicine away from the mountain, and then sprinkle the powder into Jiang's medicine.

However, the medicine that Jiang drank was mostly for conditioning the body and replenishing qi and blood, and the medicinal properties might conflict with the powder that caused hemorrhage.

By then, it is hard to say whether it can play the expected role.