Grandma Jiang's house collapsed and couldn't be rebuilt anytime soon. Although she came from a wealthy landowning family, as a recipient of the village's "Five Guarantees" (a government-provided social welfare program for the elderly and disabled), the village head still made a token visit to her.

I wonder if the brigade leader had also been hurt by Grandma Jiang. As soon as he saw that she was about to speak, he quickly said, "Take good care of Grandma Jiang," and then took his leave.

It looked exactly like they were fleeing in panic.

Li Xiangdong gained a new understanding of Old Lady Jiang's fighting prowess.

While preparing dinner, the third sister whispered to her younger brother, "Grandma Jiang's family used to be big landowners, the one you mentioned last time, do you remember? Not only Quanshui Village, but also the neighboring Lanshui Village and Zhouguantun, all of them used to be their land! The residents of Quanshui Village were all their tenants!"

"However, the Jiang family is kind and honest. They have shops in the city, unlike some nouveau riche who would rather exploit their tenants. The Jiang family is quite lenient with their tenants, and their rent is 20% less than others."

"Grandma Jiang, of course, back then she was still Miss Jiang. She even opened a school in the village and taught the tenant farmers' children to read and write for free."

Li Xiangdong finally understood why Old Lady Jiang, who should have been living at the very bottom of society, could live such a carefree life, criticizing whomever she wanted, while others were left feeling resentful but unable to vent their anger!

"Was my third brother-in-law's father also a tenant farmer of Old Madam Jiang?" Li Xiangdong asked curiously.

"Of course it is! Your third sister's husband's family has been poor farmers for eight generations, their ancestors were beggars!"

Third Sister pulled the bellows, which made a "clattering" sound. The breeze from the bellows slowly blew into the stove's ventilation duct, and the flames in the stove flickered and grew stronger.

Outside, the rain was pouring down, but the fire in the stove was especially warm. Li Xiangdong asked again, "Your mother's family must be a wealthy one, right?"

Li Ying's voice lowered even further, "I overheard my mother-in-law and Grandma Jiang chatting. It seems like they knew each other back in the city. Look at how they behave; they're so different from the people in our village."

“Our grandma always says she comes from a wealthy family!” Li Xiangdong laughed.

"Our grandma's family wasn't that big! Her family was from the neighboring Xiaocheng County, where they did business. I don't know how they got rich, but they owned two shops. I heard that her father worked with his employees every day."

The two sisters chatted for a while longer, and Li Xiangdong then instructed his third sister, "If Mother has any vases, coins, or other antiques, don't sell them! In a few decades, those things will be very valuable!"

Li Ying glanced at her second brother and said, "What kind of antique is that? It was all smashed during the Cultural Revolution a few years ago. How could it be worth anything?"

Li Xiangdong chuckled and stopped talking about antiques. "By the way, sister, you should also tell your brother-in-law not to worry about the poor wheat harvest. The wheat stalks you sent me can be pressed into 70,000 to 80,000 catties of oil!"

"What?!"

Li Ying's eyes widened in disbelief. "Wheatgrass seeds can be pressed for oil! And seventy or eighty thousand catties of it?!"

Li Xiangdong nodded with a smile.

Li Yingfeng stopped playing the box, pinched himself, and said, "Is this a dream?"

"Once you've pressed the oil, people will definitely come to buy it from you. Don't tell them you're selling it; just let them barter with other goods. That way, no one will accuse you of speculation!"

Li Xiangdong had thought it through. He also planned to sell the wheatgrass seed oil from Lijiapo Brigade in the same way, bartering, and no one would have anything to say about it!

A little while later, Daxia ran over and insisted that her second uncle play house with her. The two of them would act as doctors and treat Grandma Jiang, who was lying on the kang (a heated brick bed).

Li Xiangdong had originally planned to get closer to the old lady and get her Yuan blue and white porcelain pillow in advance, but now, looking at the old lady Jiang's appearance, it seems that getting close to her will not be easy.

Li Xiangdong looked up to the sky and sighed, but the allure of Yuan blue and white porcelain was too great, and he didn't particularly want to give it up.

Despite her sharp and sarcastic demeanor towards others, Grandma Jiang was incredibly indulgent and doting towards Daxia.

Not only did they cooperate fully in playing house with her, pretending to be patients, but they also praised Daxia, saying that she was smarter than her parents combined!

Li Xiangdong had no other choice but to think of a way to deal with it later. So for now, he put his mind at ease and patiently played cat's cradle with his niece.

Grandma Jiang secretly glanced at him several times, but Li Xiangdong pretended not to notice.

After dinner, we chatted for a while and then prepared to rest. Maybe the rain would stop tomorrow, and we'd have to go to the fields to harvest wheat.

The two old ladies shared a room, while Li Xiangdong and his third sister's family of three slept on a kang (a heated brick bed).

Third Sister and her husband carried the dozing Da Xia ahead of them, with Li Xiangdong following behind. Just as he was about to lift the curtain and go out, Old Madam Jiang called him back.

"Young Master Li, don't leave yet, I want to say a few words to you!"

Li Xiangdong turned around and saw that Hongshui's mother was still smiling, and Old Madam Jiang still had a cold and world-weary face.

I don't know how these two ended up hanging out together.

Li Xiangdong sat down on the edge of the kang (a heated brick bed). "Aunt Jiang, what's on your mind?"

This is how he addresses his third sister's husband. His mother and Grandma Jiang are like sisters, so he just calls her "Grandma".

"You saved my life today. I'm not one to owe favors. Here's a pair of gold earrings for you."

As she spoke, Grandma Jiang took out a pair of gold earrings from her bosom. They were simple, just thin, round sticks made of gold, bent into a circle, with one end pointed to make it easy to pass through the ear piercing, and the other end slightly thicker.

This is the simplest style of earring.

Looking at the gleaming gold earrings under the lights, Li Xiangdong felt no impulse.

Gold is currently worth about 20 yuan per gram. These earrings weigh at most two or three grams. For an ordinary rural child, fifty or sixty yuan is a lot of money, but Li Xiangdong doesn't care about it.

Grandma Jiang stared intently at Li Xiangdong, only to see that his expression remained unchanged, and there was no joy in his eyes as he directly refused.

"I rescued you by sheer chance, but you are truly blessed with good fortune and a long life. This thing is too valuable for me to accept!"

Grandma Jiang snorted coldly, "I think you think it's too light!"

Li Xiangdong smiled but remained silent.

Grandma Hong smoothed things over, saying, "Sister Jiang, Xiang Dong is a good boy. He's not a greedy boy."

Grandma Jiang said again, "If you don't want it, I'll keep it! This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!"

This is because I feel he's being insincerely polite.

Just this one moment.

Li Xiangdong suddenly felt a bit bored.

Why bother?

Not to mention that he has been reborn and is fully aware of all the opportunities to make money in the future, even in his previous life, when he was completely clueless and struggled on his own, he still managed to build a huge business empire!

Even though he was the one who saved the person, he was too preoccupied with the rare Yuan blue-and-white porcelain pillow, which made him hesitant and inefficient in his actions.

Forget it, I don't need it!

If you don't eat or drink anything, you can make money anywhere!

Li Xiangdong understood almost instantly.

“Aunt Jiang, you don’t need to test me anymore. When I say no, I really mean no. Saving a life is better than building a seven-story pagoda. I’ll just consider it as accumulating good karma for myself.”

"Keep this gold. If I want it, I can earn the money to buy it myself!"