Several boys were washing vegetables and cooking in the small yard. Wu Yue came to deliver vegetables and stayed here to help with the work. When he came, his little brother also came with him. From today on, his husband will also come to Cao Silang to help with the work. He is very happy about this, so that their family can have an extra income.
Chen Hong and Li Mei also come to Qi Wanfeng's place every day to help with the cooking. Now there are more people eating here, and it is not an easy task to cook lunch and dinner every day. Fortunately, everyone came to help, otherwise Qi Wanfeng and Sun Bailian would not be able to do so much work.
Today, they came and saw that there were two more children here with Qi Wanfeng. They looked a little unfamiliar, and no one could recognize them for a while.
Earlier, Qi Wanfeng had some time to fetch two large basins of water for the two brothers Goudan to take a bath. After washing the two children, he took his family's An'an's clothes for the two children to wear. Xiaomao was just right for them, but Goudan's clothes were too small, exposing a large part of his arms and feet. Fortunately, the weather was not cold now, so it would be more suitable if he wore shorter clothes.
The two children who were washed and changed clothes looked completely different, so it was no wonder that Chen Hong and others could not recognize them for a while.
The brothers sat together to wash vegetables and talked about raising chickens and ducks. They all went to Li Zheng to sign up to raise chickens, and now they all talked about this matter. During this period, the vegetables of several families were sent to Cao Silang, and they also made a lot of money. Now their husbands are still helping Cao Silang with the work, and now the family has money coming in every day.
"I told my husband that when we have more money, we will also build a big house with green bricks and tiles." Li Mei's face is full of smiles when talking about the present life. She told her husband that they must work hard when they come here.
Add the money from raising chickens and selling them, and they can build a house with green bricks and tiles. In the past, they envied others who could live in a big house with green bricks and tiles, but they never thought that one day they could live in one too.
"Hey, Li Mei, you guys are also planning to build a big tiled house. Haha, I've also discussed it with my husband. If we work harder and earn more money, we can build a big tiled house. We can also live in a beautiful big tiled house." When Chen Hong heard that Li Mei had this plan, he also said it.
Her husband was setting up a stall with Cao Silang in the town. The monthly income there was really big money. The money he earned from selling vegetables here was at most enough to send the children to school and have better food and clothes. In the past few years, he had saved a few taels of silver from his savings. When the time came, he would add the money he earned to build a new house. Chen Hong planned to wait until the busy farming season was over.
Life is getting better, and people have new expectations for life.
"This is a good thing. When you get up, just tell us and we'll go and help if we're free." Sun Bailian cleaned the vegetables and poured out the dirty water. Then she stood up and scooped water from the water tank into the basin.
Qi Wanfeng, who just walked out of the kitchen, heard their words and was happy for them. He smiled and said, "If you have any difficulties, come and say hello. I'll tell my husband if I can help." "Haha, thank you in advance. Wanfeng, your Silang is our lucky star. If it weren't for your Silang, we would still be growing vegetables to sell every day, and we wouldn't even make a few dollars, and we couldn't even have meat to eat at home. Now we eat meat from the ground every day, and the children are sent to school. In the future, we will also think of them as having a bright future, unlike their father and mother who had to dig for food in the fields and live a hard life." Li Mei was grateful to Cao Silang in her heart. If it weren't for Cao Silang, their family wouldn't be where they are today. She was thinking of Cao Silang's kindness in her heart.
Now that they have enough money, they have sent their children to school. The children go to school and read what they have learned to him. Li Mei couldn't help crying when she heard the children reading to her. She thought that she and her husband couldn't read a single word. Now that the children are going to school, she doesn't have to worry about the children living the same hard life as them.
"That's right. My kids are also sent to school. I hope they will have a good future and let us, as parents, have a good life." Now that the children are sent to school, Chen Hong also feels relieved that there are no children to bother her. She is less angry and her mood is better.
"That's right. It's all because of everyone's hard work. My Silang didn't help us at all." Qi Wanfeng shook his hands when he heard people praising his husband. His son An An was also sent to school. He was very happy that his husband was so good to the child. He smiled and said, "The children will have a bright future if they study and learn to read."
Everyone was talking about the children's education, but Wu Yue sat there silently without saying anything. He now gave all the money in his hand to his mother. He wanted to send the child to school, but his mother did not agree. Seeing other people's children go to school, but his own child was playing with him alone, he felt sad in his heart. When he thought about it, his tears fell.
"Oh, A Yue, why are you crying?" Sun Bailian noticed that Wu Yue was secretly wiping her tears, and asked hurriedly, "What's the matter? Tell us what's the matter and see if we can help you. Why are you crying alone?"
"It's because of that aunt of his." Chen Hong told everyone about Wu Yue's family affairs in a disgruntled manner, and she felt indignant in her heart, "You said his aunt is too much, that money is the money Wu Yue earned from growing vegetables day and night, and his aunt took it and regarded it as his."
In fact, the money of Wu Yue's family is managed by her aunt. Her husband has several brothers, and the brothers no longer live together. Now their aunt lives with them, and all the money in the family is handed over to their aunt. His nanny was mean and stingy. She couldn't even bear to eat two taels of meat, let alone spend money to send Wu Yue's son to school.
Wu Yue didn't know how many times she had secretly wiped away tears because of this.
After hearing about Wu Yue's family, Qi Wanfeng was deeply touched. He used to have a nanny in the compound. All his money was given back to his nanny. Later, even the money that his husband used for medical treatment was given to his fifth uncle for his studies, and he drove the three of them away.
Wu Yue's nanny didn't just have her husband as her child. There were several other children. Although they now lived separately, Wu Dazhong was the eldest son, and his nanny lived with them. Now all the money in the family was managed by his nanny. His mother is inevitably partial, and she would secretly give some good things to the other two children.
"Wu Yue, listen to me, go back and talk to your husband about this, your life is good now, it's okay for you to still support your mother, but you should take care of the family's money in the future, not your mother. You two are working together now, and you have a lot of money. Send the child to school, and don't expect the child to pass the imperial examination. I just hope that the child can learn a few words, not be deceived in the future, and know how to manage the family with a husband and children." Qi Wanfeng's words came from the heart. He knew Wu Yue's difficulties, and he also knew that blindly enduring was useless.
"Yes, Wu Yue, your mother doesn't have only one child with your husband. Now you have only given birth to a little boy. Your mother has long been dissatisfied with you. If one day she asks your husband to divorce you and marry another boy to give birth to two more boys for the Cao family, you will have nothing." This kind of thing has happened before. In the past, there was a woman in Caojia Village who had been married for many years but could not give birth to a child. In the end, she was divorced by her husband's family and returned to her parents' home.
Boys will always marry into other families. Only boys can carry on the family line. The old mothers in the family all like their daughters-in-law to give birth to boys. Those who give birth to boys but not boys will not have a good life in the end.
"Then, what should I do?" Wu Yue was a soft-hearted person. She had been married for several years and had only given birth to a little boy, but never another one. Her husband was the eldest son, and her mother had long been dissatisfied with him. She wanted to take a boy from the two younger sons to be adopted by their family. He could only cry silently in his heart.
Now, after hearing what Chen Hong said, his tears were about to fall again, and his face was pale and helpless. His husband was a filial son, and he usually listened to his mother. What if his mother asked his husband to divorce him again and marry another boy? Wu Yue simply didn't dare to think about it, and he burst into tears.
"Hey, don't cry yet. You are just too soft-hearted. Don't cry for no reason. You need to toughen up your temper so that others won't think you are easy to bully." Chen Hong is a tough-tempered person, but his mother is a good person and his husband listens to him, so he lives very well in his husband's family.
"Listen to me..."
Several brothers and Wu Yue sat together, giving him advice. Wu Yue listened silently and kept it in mind.
The sun was high in the sky, and it was almost noon. The kitchen started to fry vegetables. The pork was put into the pot and stir-fried. When it was almost done, the chopped eggs were poured in, and soy sauce, sugar and salt were poured in, and the fragrance came out.
Goudan and Xiaomao sat in front of the stove and lit the fire. Xiaomao smelled the aroma of meat and kept swallowing his saliva.
The rice has been cooked. The rice eaten at home is not very good in color. It is more expensive than brown rice, but much cheaper than better rice. Cao Xiangnan bought it cheaply from the owner of the rice shop. If the rice is kept for a long time, it will not be edible. The owner sells it cheaply as a favor.
Qi Wanfeng has seen her husband cooking several times and has learned a little. Now his cooking skills have improved and the dishes he cooks are delicious. There are many people eating at home, so the amount of dishes cooked is sufficient, including a braised pork and eggs, two vegetables, and a big pot of winter melon soup. When
the rice was cooked, people came in one after another to prepare for lunch.
"Everyone, come and eat." A large pot of rice was carried up, and the dishes were served on the table. Qi Wanfeng shouted.
"Eat, eat..."
Sun Bailian and Chen Hong stood there, one scooping rice and one scooping dishes. The people who wanted to eat lined up with big bowls to get their rice. They first went to get a bowl of rice, and then went to get dishes, one vegetable and two vegetarian dishes, a portion of everything. The
men who got the rice found a place to sit down and ate with big mouthfuls. This meal was rice and vegetables. The amount of rice was sufficient and the taste was delicious. On weekdays, these men didn't have such a good meal when they were working. It was good to be able to fill their stomachs. Now they could eat full and eat well.
"Hmm, it smells so good."
"The boss is really generous. We have rice and meat to eat every day. I have been working for so many years, but I have never met such a good boss."
"That's right. You must work hard after you have eaten."
Qi Wanfeng was so busy that he almost forgot about the two children. When he entered the kitchen and saw Goudan and Xiaomao still sitting there, he quickly took two large bowls for them, "Go and line up to get food. Eat as much as you want. If it's not enough, come back and get more." When
he led the two children out, the line was much shorter and everyone got their food.
"Thank you, mom." Goudan took the bowl, gave one to Xiaomao, and led his brother to get food.
"Go." Standing at the back and seeing the two children line up to get food, Qi Wanfeng smiled.
Sun Bailian, who was distributing the food, saw the two little ones and gave them two more pieces of meat.
Goudan, who was serving the meal, took his brother to a place to eat. Xiaomao ate like a hungry puppy, "Brother, it's delicious." Goudan gave some of the meat in the bowl to his brother and said, "If it's delicious, eat more."
"Brother, eat." Xiaomao scooped two pieces of meat and gave them back to his brother, with a bright smile on his face.