Chapter 70 Storm
When Xia Daohua looked up, she saw Wulang looking at her with a smile.
"I didn't think much. My father was just talking to my aunt."
Wu Lang followed Xia Daohua's gaze and saw Xia Youtian and Xia Yujiao talking and laughing. He suddenly felt as if he understood his sister's thoughts. He raised his hand and gently pinched Xia Daohua's nose:
"Little girl, are you envious? Hehe, in fact, not only does your aunt have a good fourth brother, you also have a good fifth brother!"
Xia Daohua burst out laughing.
Most of the Xia family members of this generation are honest children, and even if they are naughty, they are not very naughty.
She had never seen anyone as boastful as Wu Lang.
However, Wulang is indeed worthy of being called a good brother.
Wu Lang chatted with Xia Daohua for a few words. Seeing that Xia Daohua always looked very happy, he gradually felt relieved.
Just now, seeing his sister frowning and thinking hard, he felt so distressed.
Xia Daohua didn't realize that Wulang came to cheer her up because he noticed her frown, but she was very touched that her brother was willing to talk to her patiently.
She likes this kind of gentle and considerate child.
Xia Daohua looked at Wulang with sparkling eyes, which were full of naked love, appreciation, and trust, and her face was always full of smiles.
Wu Lang's ears suddenly turned red. It turns out that it feels so good to be relied on by your sister...
Wu Lang unconsciously avoided Xia Daohua's gaze and looked at the small vegetable patch that had been newly reclaimed in the yard:
"The new vegetable seeds that mom brought back from grandma's house are really good. Look, these vegetables have grown into a large patch."
Xia Daohua smiled even more happily and nodded repeatedly:
"Yes, it's not just the rapeseed that's good! The weather has been good this year, and I heard that the wheat seedlings in our fields are growing well too!"
Speaking of wheat seedlings, the brother and sister couldn't help but look at each other with a smile.
The new wheat seeds from grandma’s house are really great!
In fact, Xia Daohua had been to the fields and secretly compared her own fields with the fields of the old couple and the first, second, third, and fifth wives.
In my own fields, whenever I use new wheat seeds, the growth of the wheat seedlings is particularly good.
Just looking at the green scenery makes people feel comfortable.
However, the difference between the wheat seedlings is so big, I guess other families should have noticed it? I don’t know if Xia Youtian and Jiang can keep this little secret of the fourth room.
Xia Daohua guessed correctly. Xia Youtian and Jiang were not very good at keeping secrets, especially in front of Old Man Xia and Zhou.
In front of the other families, Mr. Xia and Mrs. Zhou asked about the wheat seedlings. Xia Youtian and Mrs. Jiang told the truth honestly:
The seeds were bought from Jiang's mother's family. The quantity was small, and I'm not sure whether they are as good as people say.
After discussing it, the couple decided to give it a try by growing it at home.
If the seeds grow well, they will be distributed among the families and everyone will replace the seeds together next year; if the seeds do not perform well, at least everyone will not rashly suffer losses together with them.
The old couple believed these words as soon as they heard them; the third and fifth wives also thought they were reliable, but the first and second wives refused to believe them.
The first wife judges others by herself and thinks that the fourth wife is harboring evil intentions.
Liu had a round and mellow face, but her words were like cold knives, stabbing Xia Youtian and Jiang Shi with chills and heartache:
"Oh my, when we were still together, the fourth brother and his wife were like a pair of quails, so honest and kind!
It just so happened that my fourth brother’s wife’s family didn’t even bother to bring any new seeds. But after the family split up, they brought new wheat seeds and new rapeseed, nothing was left out!”
Liu always felt that although the couple were hiding their affair, they were not cunning enough. It was obvious that they could not hide it anymore, so she racked her brains to come up with such an excuse!
Who can be fooled by this kind of bullshit?
The second wife also believed that the fourth wife and her husband were having an affair.
However, Sun thought it was Jiang's idea, while Xia Yougui thought it was Xia Youtian's idea.
The couple in the second house even suspected that perhaps the fourth son and his family could not think so deeply, and that Jiang's family must have contributed to this.
Looking at the aggressive Liu and Sun, the interested Wu, and the slightly frowning Cheng, Lihua and Wulang felt a little nervous.
Seeing Xia Youtian and Jiang blushing but not knowing how to defend themselves, Lihua almost stood up to answer.
Xia Daohua and Wulang held Lihua down and prevented her from speaking.
Although Lihua was a little confused, she was willing to listen to advice, so she just glanced at Xia Daohua and Wulang and then calmed down.
The eldest son came back this time to transport food.
The expenses of living in a big house in town are not small.
Before the family split up, the old couple used all their resources to support their eldest son, Xia Dalang, to study at Songxi Academy.
I wholeheartedly hope to produce a true scholar.
After all, only by producing a true juren can the Xia family bring honor to their ancestors, change their family fortunes, and make their lives truly prosperous.
In fact, in many places in the Great Chu Dynasty, it was considered a small investment for a family to mobilize the whole family and tighten their belts to support a scholar.
In some places, the entire clan or even the entire village would have to mobilize to support a scholar.
However, Beiguan Village is a remote place located on the border between two countries. The local people prefer martial arts to studying. Therefore, for the Xia family, supporting a scholar with all their strength is a huge investment.
However, before the family split up, the "whole family strength" was really the whole family strength. After the family split up, the "whole family strength" was only left to the old couple!
Although it was agreed that after the division of the family, the five heads of the family and even the two daughters would provide the old couple with money for their retirement.
But that was retirement money, or the money for the old couple's funeral. Given Zhou's shrewdness and thriftiness, how could she possibly use that money?
Normally, the crops grown by the old couple themselves are enough for the three of them to feed.
And "supporting Xia Dalang" actually meant money to support Xia Dalang's family's life in the town, which could only be paid from the leftovers of the old couple's daily necessities.
This amount of money has shrunk significantly compared to before the separation!
At first, Liu didn't notice the difference.
You have to know that on weekdays, the food and vegetables of Xia Youcai's family were all brought from the village. Sometimes, Old Man Xia and Zhou would take the initiative to arrange for other sons to deliver them to the town;
In order to pay Xia Dalang's tuition, buy pens, ink, paper and inkstone, and establish good relationships with his classmates in the academy, the family would support him as soon as they had some income and extra money.
The eldest brother and his wife would often come home to complain. In name, they were borrowing money from home, but in fact they never paid it back. However, Grandpa Xia and Mrs. Zhou even sold their land twice because of these things.
The anti-theft chapter has been replaced. I was so sleepy today that I missed the time without noticing. Please forgive me. I am sorry to ask for votes today, but I still want a good night kiss. I love you guys, (づ￣ 3￣)づ! See you tomorrow!
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