“My mother gave me a name too,” Huang Xiaosi said proudly. “My name is Huang Kun now.”

"Did your mother give you a name too?" Huang Lao Er said sourly. "Mom, my name doesn't sound good. Can you change it for me?"

As he was speaking, Huang Lao Er felt someone pull him. He looked down and saw his wife looking at him shyly.

“Husband, Mother also gave me a name, Xie Jiao.”

Another heavy blow, and Huang Lao Er was indignant.

"Mom, you must change my name today. Huang Shu is awful. It's not as good as my eldest brother's Huang Chuan, and it's even worse than my mistress's Huang Lin."

"Second brother, stop messing around," Jiang Nuan said with a headache. "You're already a father, how can you change your name?"

"I shouldn't have let Grandpa name me," Huang Lao Er said dejectedly, burying his face on the table. "Compared to the rest of the family, I'm just someone picked up from outside."

“Don’t talk nonsense,” Jiang Nuan comforted, “This name is very good. It takes ten years to grow a tree, but a hundred years to cultivate a person. Your grandfather’s expectations for you are quite high.”

"Really?" Huang Lao Er asked incredulously, "Grandpa thinks so highly of me?"

“Yes!” Jiang Nuan nodded heavily and immediately turned her head to the side.

She was afraid she wouldn't be able to stop herself from laughing.

Old Huang really takes naming things easy, just pick whatever comes to mind. His second and third sons are named Shulin (Forest), and his eldest nephew might be named Huangshan (Yellow Mountain), right? Mountains and rivers together would be more fitting.

"So my name is so important," Huang Lao Er chuckled foolishly. "Alright then, I won't change it."

Madam Xie knew that Jiang Nuan was just trying to coax her, but she didn't expose her. She secretly glanced at Jiang Nuan, who was trying not to laugh, and then smiled happily herself.

"Daughter-in-law," Old Master Huang asked Wang in a low voice, "Did your mother give you a name too?"

Wang nodded shyly.

Seeing this, Boss Huang's eyes lit up. "What's your name?"

“Wang Hui, Mother said it means intelligence.”

"Wang Hui," Old Huang secretly grasped Wang's hand, lowering his voice even further, "From now on, when no one's around, I'll call you Hui'er."

"Mmm!" Wang nodded almost imperceptibly, too shy to look up.

Jiang Nuan saw everything the two of them did, and was stuffed with a bunch of high-energy dog ​​food late at night, making her stomach hurt.

"Alright, that's enough for today. You're all tired, go home and get some sleep. Remember not to work tomorrow, you need to go shopping."

"Mom, I want to sleep with you." Huang Xiaowu jumped over in a few steps and grabbed Jiang Nuan's arm, refusing to let go.

"Xiao Wu, how old are you? You still want to sleep with your mother. Aren't you ashamed?" Huang Xiao Si made a face.

"Fourth Brother, I'm still young," Little Fifth Brother retorted, sticking out his tongue.

“Let’s go,” Jiang Nuan said with a smile, taking Xiao Wu’s hand. “Don’t mind him, he’s just a brat. Let’s go back to sleep.”

"Yes, Mother, let's ignore him." The two laughed and left the hall.

"You brat, I'll get you sooner or later." With a cold snort, Huang Xiaosi also left.

As soon as Huang Xiaosi returned to his room, Fatty grabbed him and dragged him to the bed. "Xiaosi, how did it go? How did your discussion go?"

"Sigh," Huang Xiaosi wanted to tease the fat man, "It's all settled. My eldest and second eldest brothers won't be working tomorrow. They'll go out to buy things, and we'll prepare twelve dishes plus two catties of wine for the family reunion banquet."

"Isn't this too wasteful?" The fat man did the math with a pained expression. "This whole meal would cost five hundred coins."

“My mother thinks it’s worth it,” Huang Xiaosi said with a smile. “I think it’s worth it too. Five hundred coins bought us peace and quiet. Otherwise, people would just think we were playing around and would drown us in all sorts of sarcastic remarks.”

“Alright then,” the fat man paused and then said, “Don’t buy any more wine, it’s a waste. Just buy some wine lees.”

"We've already bought the groceries, so what's a little more money for two pounds of wine? Let's just leave it at that."

"But……"

Before the fat man could finish speaking, Huang Xiaosi pulled him down, saying, "No buts, my mother will take care of this. Go to sleep."

In Jiang Nuan's room, after Xiao Wu fell asleep, Jiang Nuan immediately opened her eyes, turned around, and went into her spatial dimension.

Inside the space, the vegetable seedlings had grown to five fingers deep, tender and green, and looked exceptionally tempting.

"It's ready to eat already? How fast?" Jiang Nuan murmured softly.

Ordinary green vegetables can be eaten in a month or two, and even faster in the space. If it weren't such a waste to pick them now, she would have picked them immediately.

I walked over and looked at the wheat seedlings. They were about the same height as the vegetable seedlings, lush and green, full of vitality.

"It seems we'll be able to eat wheat flour in a month."

After inspecting the land she had cultivated, Jiang Nuan went to the thatched hut and began practicing her cultivation technique.

Emerging from the space, Jiang Nuan, full of energy, saw Xiao Wu fast asleep and had no choice but to force herself to sleep as well.

Having another person is inconvenient, but what can you do with your own daughter? Just spoil her.

The next day, Jiang Nuan took out a piece of silver and asked the two brothers to buy vegetables.

"Buy more, we need to keep some for ourselves too. Don't worry about spending money, Mom will be able to earn money in a while."

“Mother, we understand, don’t worry,” Huang Laoda nodded, “I will keep two catties of meat for the family.”

"Two pounds of meat isn't enough, buy more," Jiang Nuan thought for a moment and instructed, "Also buy some fried dough twists and candied fruit for the kids to snack on, and some brown sugar and red dates too, these are good for your health, the whole family should eat them."

Jiang Nuan wanted to say something more, but Boss Huang didn't dare to listen.

"Mother, I've got it. It's getting late, we're leaving now." With that, she pulled Huang Lao Er and ran outside.

"Why are you running away..." Jiang Nuan was both amused and exasperated.

“Brother, what happened to Mother?” Huang Lao Er patted his chest. “At this rate, two taels of silver won’t be enough to cover her expenses.”

“Don’t talk nonsense,” Huang Laoda shook his head. “Mother just cares about us. She’s more reluctant to spend money than anyone else.”

“I know,” Huang Lao Er touched his nose, “I understand what Mother is thinking, I’m just a little scared.”

"What are you afraid of?" Old Huang asked, puzzled. "Although Mother asks for a lot of things, she doesn't ask for anything for herself. She knows what she's doing."

“Brother,” Huang Lao Er counted on his fingers, “Ahead, Mother bought chicken, meat and fine rice, which cost a lot of money. She also gave my wife 100 coins. My sister-in-law must have given her the same amount. That makes 300 coins.”

Now, the family reunion banquet will cost one or two taels of silver, and the things Mother wants will cost at least half a tael of silver. All of this adds up to a little over two taels of silver. I've roughly calculated our family's finances, and we only have about four or five taels of silver."

As he spoke, Huang Lao Er stopped and looked at Huang Lao Da seriously. "It's almost February, and the corvée labor is coming soon. If this continues, we'll have to borrow money to pay for this year's corvée labor."

Hearing what Huang Lao Er said, Huang Lao Da also felt a sense of crisis. "What should we do? We can't just stop Mother from buying things, can we? Mother has already suffered enough. We can't go against her wishes."

“Brother, that’s my own mother, how could I not be filial?” Huang Lao Er rolled his eyes. “What I mean is, brother, don’t buy too much. As long as Mom didn’t specify a number, just buy a little something to show our respect.”