In previous years, Niu Da would always drive the car out, but this year, the old ox's energy is obviously not as good as before. Since he has made money, he doesn't plan to drive it casually anymore.

While selling eggs on the street, Niu Da saw a gold hairpin in a jewelry store that looked really nice. He had previously sold lingzhi mushrooms, fish, and eggs, and with the money he had earned, he only wanted to buy a hundred acres of fertile land so that Chen Yu could live a good life with him. Now that he had bought a hundred acres of fertile land and had a budget for building a house, he thought of buying a set of jewelry for his daughter-in-law to wear.

Upon entering the gold shop, he saw the prices of gold and jade printed on yellow paper. The shopkeeper recognized Niu Da but was a stranger, so he went up to him and asked, "What would you like to buy, sir? Gold or silver?"

Niu Dadao: "Shopkeeper, I want solid gold jewelry, by the gram. The ones you have displayed here are quite good!"

"Is this for your daughter-in-law? Congratulations!" the shopkeeper said.

Although Niu Da is only twenty-seven years old, his skin is tanned dark from years of hard work, making him look like he is in his thirties. If he gets married at sixteen, his child will be fifteen or sixteen years old.

Niu Dadao: "No, no, it's for my wife! She's suffered with me for ten years, so I thought I'd buy her some jewelry to make her happy!"

The shopkeeper couldn't help but look at Niu Da with new respect. After all, in this world, once ordinary people marry a wife and have children, few people take their wives seriously anymore.

Niu Da placed several dozen strings of cash on the counter, and the shopkeeper introduced the other jewelry one by one: "This is a fixed price, two thousand coins!"

Niu Da was poor in the past, but he wasn't stupid.

He pointed to a solid gold hairpin that he had previously picked out, weighed by the gram, and said, "I want this one!"

"And this, this, and that."

He picked out several solid, high-purity gold jewelry pieces. Although the profit margin wasn't huge, it was still a good business, and the shopkeeper dared not slack off.

Niu Da readily paid the money and went home.

"I bought four bolts of thick jacquard fabric on the street. Make yourself two nice outfits, and also make two sets of clothes for your parents-in-law." "On the way here, I also brought this for you; wear it."

Niu Da took out a gold hairpin from his body and put it on Shen Shi's head. Shen Yu was already very beautiful, and now with some joy on her face, she looked even more radiant.

"We've already made new clothes, why waste money on these?" Shen Yu was reluctant to part with them, but as she touched the comfortable jacquard fabric, she said:

"This material is really good! It even contains mulberry cotton!"

Jacquard fabric was the only good fabric that ordinary families could afford, made from a small amount of silkworms and a large amount of cotton.

Chen Yu picked out two pieces of pinkish fabric. In the entire Niushan Village, apart from the old clan chief's granddaughter who often wore jacquard fabric, even Niu Xiaocao's family, who raised three pigs, couldn't bear to wear such fine fabric.

Her two sisters-in-law were said to have married well, but they only had enough to eat and wear. They always wore brand-new coarse or fine cloth, but they had never worn such fine material.

Almost everyone in Niushan Village is poor. Even if a few are better off and can afford it, every household has to farm, so they can't afford to wear such fine fabric.

"Let's make clothes for the five girls first!" Chen Yu picked out two bolts of bright green fabric and personally measured each of the five girls. "Even if we don't have sons, we still want other families to envy us for having five daughters! They'll look beautiful in them!"

Niu Da scratched his head and chuckled, "My wife and daughter are both beautiful!"

Chen Yu laughed and said, "You're so smooth-talking!"

She then called to the five girls: "Xiao Fubao, Cuihua, Meihua, Baozhu, Baolan, Mom is going to take your measurements and make you new clothes!"

Chen Yu measured the five girls' figures, then picked out a dark blue fabric to make clothes for Niu Da, and measured herself as well.

Niu Cuihua asked excitedly, "Mom, do we really have new clothes to wear again?"

"Yes, but you only have one set, while Xiao Fubao has two sets," Chen Yu said as she measured Niu Da's body.

Niu Cuihua said, "My little sister grows up easily. When she grows up, she won't be able to wear the new clothes anymore, so of course we need two sets!"

Chen Yu cut each child a size larger than usual. A bolt of cloth was thirty-three feet long, and the brocade was just enough to make jackets for four children.

Chen Yu also prepared an indigo-colored coat for her brother-in-law who had not yet returned home. In the dead of winter, snow was falling heavily outside.

Then the measurements and the fabric were given to Mr. Yuan, a tailor.

Everyone in Niushan Village knew that Niu Dajia had a lot of eggs and sold them cheaper than other places. Since the New Year was the time when eggs and chickens were needed, they all went to Niu Dajia to buy eggs and cloth.

In the eyes of ordinary people, eggs are also a very good thing. Every household has relatives, and when relatives come, they will stuff three or four eggs with mugwort leaves into the door, which makes the host look very respectable.

More people bought eggs than meat. Niu Xiaocao's family bought a hundred eggs and gave her twenty eggs as a gift.

It's about two hundred coins.

The Niu family was about to have a wedding, which was scheduled for the 24th day of the twelfth lunar month, the day before the Lunar New Year. The bride needed a lot of eggs to give as gifts to the elders of each family, so they bought about two hundred eggs and gave forty eggs as gifts.

It's about four hundred coins.

Most others bought about 10 or 20 for the New Year, and the Xiang family also bought five to eat during the New Year.

Only the old clan chief's family didn't buy eggs, so the Niu Da and Niu Xiaocao families presented him with ninety eggs. Adding in the contributions of other families who gave five or ten eggs each, there were a total of about two hundred eggs.

In addition, there were gifts of chicken, duck, fish, and meat.

The money box containing Chen Yu's dowry was finally filled.

"Honey, I'm going to check at the village entrance to see when my second brother will arrive. The road is freezing cold; I need to bring him a hot water bottle."

Shen Yu placed the two children on the bed, lit the brazier, and said while blowing on the smoke, "Good, it's just in time for my second brother to come back and warm himself up by the fire."

Niu Da's second younger brother started working at the shop of Zhen Dashan's family in the neighboring Qinglong County when he was twelve years old, earning three hundred coins a month.

Over the past two years, I've been providing a lot of financial support to my family.

"Brother, what are you doing standing here?" Niu Er had a duck in his left hand and a goose in his right. He hadn't bought any grain this year, but he had bought some gadgets for his little nieces.

Niu Da quickly took the goose and handed the hot water bottle to his younger brother, saying with concern, "Brother, you must have been freezing on the way here! You only make a few dollars a year, why did you buy these things?"

"This year, the master gave us a lot of bonuses. He's forty-six years old and finally had a baby with his first wife. He's overjoyed and said he wanted to celebrate with his daughter, so he gave us laborers an extra four strings of cash." "I thought my brother said the other day that things at home have been going well lately, and we can eat meat and fish. I figured my brother and sister-in-law wouldn't want to spend extra money on ducks and geese, so I brought some."

"You don't know, we bought more than ten chickens this time, but we didn't buy any ducks or geese. You're fourteen now, and you'll be getting married in a couple of years. How can we keep spending money on the family like this?"

"Brother, it's alright. We're brothers, and besides, I'm all alone."

"That won't do either," Chen Yu said as soon as Niu Er entered the door. "Second brother's back? It's snowing heavily outside, don't catch a cold. We're starting a fire."

"sister in law"

Chen Yu quickly brushed the snow off Niu Er.