Granny Li quickly handed a cup of tea to Old Madam Yun. “Why are you saying all this, Old Madam? We have all seen how filial our aunt is to you. Where in the world can you find such a close aunt and niece? In my opinion, it would be better to wait a few more months. By then, it will be spring, or better yet, early summer. This way, our aunt’s health can handle the journey north.”

Granny Wang also comforted Madam Su, saying, "Don't be sad, Auntie. You and your two children could have lived in a big house and eaten and drunk well. The old lady just couldn't bear to see you suffer here with this whole family."

Madam Yun suddenly had an idea, "Yes, Ya Rong, the cloth shop is in the county town, why don't you three live there? That way you won't have to travel back and forth every day, which will save you a lot of trouble."

Madam Su was stunned, and tears streamed down her face uncontrollably. "Aunt..."

Her aunt still felt sorry for her as always.

Madam Yun nodded. "Let's do it this way. Tomorrow you will go to the county town and rent a house. I cannot accept the Su family's money, but the whole family has benefited greatly from Xiao Youran's good fortune. Your aunt knows your filial piety. Now that we've passed the most difficult time, you don't need to suffer with your aunt in this poor, remote place anymore. Your aunt also likes Xiao Youran very much, but she is young and doesn't understand things. You must protect her more. After you move to the county town, don't let others know about her good fortune, lest it bring her trouble. Do you understand?"

Madam Su pondered for a moment, then suddenly shuddered. "Thank you for reminding me, Aunt. I understand now."

On this side, after dinner, Zhou heard that the clan chief's wife had arrived, and hurriedly went out to greet her.

The clan chief's wife greeted her with congratulations as soon as she saw her, "Tian Kuang's mother, your family has good news. The old clan chief and I are very happy. We'd like to offer our congratulations first."

Zhou glanced at the awkward Zhao Huai beside her, and understood what was going on. She quickly took the old clan chief's wife's hand and sat down together. "Clan chief's wife, it's all thanks to your help that we were able to settle down in the village so smoothly."

The clan chief's wife said with a smile, "You know that every household in our Sanyang Village is not well-off, and this time we've suffered from floods, so there's really not much we can do to help. In my opinion, your family is much better off now than when you first arrived!"

Mrs. Zhou immediately beamed with joy, "Isn't that right? It's all thanks to our little Fu Bao. She even reminded me of this happy event in our family."

After saying that, she looked at Zhao Huai.

Zhao Huai quickly stood up and said, "Auntie, yesterday I carried that wild boar to town and sold it for six taels of silver. I plan to take out five taels of silver as a bride price, cut two catties of meat for the clan chief's wife as a thank-you gift for the matchmaker, and give the rest to the eldest daughter to make her a new dress. Do you think this is appropriate?"

Hearing that her eldest daughter's betrothal gift was only five taels of silver, Zhou felt an indescribable bitterness in her heart.

But the clan chief's wife immediately interjected, "Tian Kuang's mother, you know how difficult it is these days. Five taels of silver for a bride price is already quite a lot. The daughter of Wang Dazhu from the west end of the village only received one tael of silver as a bride price when she married that butcher. And the daughter of Da Niu, who just got married a couple of days ago, only received thirty dou of rice as a bride price. At the current market price, one dou of rice costs thirty wen, so thirty dou of rice is less than one tael of silver. Xiao Huaizi's family is indeed not well-off, but he is honest and can take out all the money he has. When I first heard this, I was shocked. He gave all the remaining money to his eldest daughter to make new clothes. How can he afford to prepare the wedding gifts? But he said that he will try to go hunting in the mountains these days to see if he can hunt something else and try to exchange it for some silver to prepare the wedding items."

Despite the immense disappointment she felt, Zhou forced herself to nod with great difficulty. "Since I agreed to this marriage, there's no reason for me to complain about the dowry being too small. I only have one request: you must treat my daughter well."

Zhao Huai immediately patted his chest and assured her, "Auntie, please rest assured, I, Zhao Huai, am definitely not the kind of ungrateful person."

The clan chief's wife was delighted upon hearing this and took out a red birth certificate from her sleeve. "Then let's exchange birth certificates first, and if there are no abnormalities after three days of worship, we can finalize the matter."

Zhou returned to her room with a heavy heart, took out Yun Manwan's birth chart, and handed it to the clan chief's wife.

Yun Manyan naturally cried for half the night. Knowing that she was powerless to change anything, she slowly fell asleep after being persuaded by Zhou.

When Lao Feng came in early the next morning, he said that two more kids had tried to climb over the wall into the yard the night before, but they were caught outside.

Mrs. Zhou was taken aback. "Who is it?"

"It's Zhao Huai, that kid." Old Feng had a very good impression of Zhao Huai and called him by his name with a smile.

Hongyu exclaimed in shock, "Could it be that the eldest son-in-law has been guarding outside the door all night?"

Upon hearing this, Old Feng immediately changed his tune, "Oh, it's the eldest son-in-law! It must be him. He heard about how we've been frequently robbed these past few days, so he's been keeping watch outside last night."

Hearing this, Yun Manwan blushed and suddenly felt that this young man seemed somewhat reliable.

She suddenly asked, "Mother, can I go and take a look at that cloth shop too?"

Zhou patted her hand, "Let me get to know the other aunts first, then I'll take you younger ones. This is a big business for our family, and everyone will need to get familiar with it eventually."

Yun Manyan nodded, suddenly feeling a sense of anticipation for her future life.

After breakfast, the group arrived at the cloth shop early as usual, with Li's person joining them this time compared to yesterday.

After yesterday, the three Zhou sisters-in-law discovered that Su Shi truly lived up to her reputation as a member of a prominent merchant family, possessing a thorough and familiar understanding of business. So, without realizing it, Su Shi became the central figure in the cloth shop, and everything was discussed with her before being done.

Xiao Youran looked at her radiant mother, who was surrounded by her several cousins, and sighed inwardly.

My mother was worried about my great-aunt's family, and now she has goals and important things to do, so she will definitely not be as depressed as she was in her previous life.

Xiao Youran has already been recognized as a lucky charm by the Zhou family, so they definitely want to take her along.

As for Jiang Youchen, well, he doesn't have much to do in Sanyang Village anyway, so we might as well bring him out for a stroll.

So early in the morning, Su and her four sisters-in-law got busy at the cloth shop.

According to Su's idea, everyone in her cousin's family should first familiarize themselves with all the details and operating procedures of the entire fabric shop, so that everyone can have a clear understanding of it and take turns to be on duty at the fabric shop in the future. In the meantime, they can also find out the clothing styles and colors that the ladies and young ladies like at that time, which can also be regarded as a way to understand the market trend.

Xiaoyou and her brother were playing upstairs when they soon heard a commotion downstairs.

They looked down from the second-floor railing and found it was Manager Liu from yesterday.