She acted like a dead pig that was not afraid of boiling water, which made Zhang Lao Niang very angry. Zhang Lao Niang covered her chest and felt like she could hardly breathe.
She glared at Zhang Yulan, "I'm in my forties, with both feet almost in the coffin, and I just want to see that your families are doing well. Yulan, you weren't like this before.
How come you've become more and more selfish since you married into the Lu family? Three kilograms of food saved your entire family's lives, and you're still arguing with him over twenty dollars.
In a famine year, which is more important, money or rice? Don't you have any personal considerations? Lu Jiandang, did you say something to him?
I knew that you disliked our Zhang family and were trying to find ways to flatter us. If it weren't for me, would you have Yulan to manage your household?"
Lu Jiandang really felt that he was wronged. He had no say in the family business. It was all built up by them, and he was just an employee.
However, he did not shirk the responsibility, but took it on himself and said proudly: "Mother-in-law, I am very grateful that you raised such an outstanding comrade like Yulan, but this is not a reason for you to ask for my ancestral recipe. I will give it to you.
That ancestor would come to me in the middle of the night. Okay, stop talking. I won’t give it to you.”
Seeing that neither of them could make sense, Old Lady Zhang cursed at her eldest and second cousins and said, "Let's go. What are you still doing here? Can't you see that she doesn't want to teach you? She's saving it to buy a coffin board."
She stormed out and took the chicken she had brought with her.
Lu Jiandang tried to persuade her, "Mom, why don't you eat before you leave?"
Old Lady Zhang turned around, her eyes looking murderous, "Eat, eat, eat. I won't kill you. You might be full, but our family is still hungry. From now on, we'll pretend you're not our daughter, and your parents won't be able to leave."
After she finished speaking, she slammed the door shut. Seeing Zhang Yunan's expressionless face, Lu Jiandang said carefully, "Why don't you let Mom open a branch? That way we don't have to make such a fuss. If I really don't let you leave in the future, it will be so unpleasant to hear people say behind your back."
Zhang Yulan glanced at Lu Jiandang and knew that he was doing this for her own good and didn't want her to become too estranged from her family.
But her family is a bottomless pit. Once they give in, they will only get worse.
She didn't want to have to deal with the troubles in her mother's family while doing business, so she simply turned against them from the beginning to avoid having to clean up the mess for them later.
She is old and just wants to live her own life. Her children are grown up and she has someone to rely on.
As for the old man, doesn't he still have his son to support him? She keeps talking about her son all the time, and it's unreasonable not to provide for him in his old age.
Just like what Zhang Lao Niang said before, daughters are all money-losing goods. When they grow up, they have to contribute to their parents' family. Whether they can marry a good man depends on their luck.
Once she took the betrothal gift, she had nothing to do with her daughter anymore. Once a daughter is married off, she is like spilled water.
In the future, if you don’t have anything to do, don’t go back to your parents’ home. Without the autumn wind to blow for her, our family won’t have enough food.
Her brothers also treated her badly. Even though Lu Jiandang was the team leader, when there was no profit to be made, Old Lady Zhang was still unhappy.
On the contrary, she dotes on her idle brother like a treasure, and he is worthy of being the honor of the grandfather.
Now that her family is doing well, she wants to get close to her and get rich together. What a dream!
Even if she lost the money, she would not give it to him. Wouldn't Mrs. Zhang think that being kind and gentle to her is a gift to her?
It's funny. She is no longer at the age where she needs a mother. Now she is a wet nurse.
After all these years, her mother still hasn't seen the situation clearly and still wants to control her.
She brought her cousin here without even saying hello to him. Did she think that since she brought him here, it would be difficult for him to offend her?
Why do I get more confused as I get older?
What kind of good people are her cousins? They are greedy and forget their principles.
She had even encouraged her mother to sell her to an old widower in the village, and she was lucky enough not to refuse them entry.
He even wants her to lead them in business and make a fortune. That's crazy.
Zhang Yulan sneered, "If you don't want to leave, then don't leave. Anyway, you didn't leave before. When you went back to your parents' home on the second day of the Lunar New Year, did they treat you well?
Don’t you still think that as a team leader, you are too poor to be in public, and you can’t even give a decent New Year gift? Let them be. Anyway, we don’t need to ask anyone for help now.
If we get along, we can go. If not, forget it. By the way, we need to find a helper. I have to go out in July, and someone needs to look after the store. Otherwise, if the whole family leaves, what will happen to the business?
I have to manage the money, so I have to find someone I can trust."
Yes, I am going to Northeast China in July. If I don’t plan ahead and just leave, how much money will I lose in one month?
Just thinking about it made his heart bleed.
Zhang Yulan glanced at him, a smile flickering in her eyes, "You old men are just careless. I have already made plans. You go to the vegetable market later and carry the vegetables back.
I'm going back to the countryside. I want to look for my second aunt's daughter and our eldest son."
Her eldest daughter is still farming in the countryside. How can her mother not think of her now that she has money? They are her confidence.
Speaking of his eldest daughter, Lu Jiandang agreed. "With her husband, who is honest and simple, how can she manage money? But she is good at housework."
Unlike the younger daughter Lu Xiaomin, Lu Xiaofang is down-to-earth, hardworking, filial, and well-liked by her husband's family.
He also praised this daughter highly. If both of them were raised in a wrong way, he would have to doubt his own educational methods.
I treat my eldest daughter the same way as I treat my youngest daughter, so why are they so different?
Maybe it's just that he's not good at all and was born bad. Apart from this, he can't find any other reason.
Zhang Yulan said with certainty, "You underestimate your daughter, don't you? Xiaofang has been good at arithmetic since she was a child. If her family had been poor and couldn't afford to send her to school, she would have found a job in the city.
We owe her a lot, and now is the perfect time to let her come and help us prepare for the future. Her husband is also a good man, and I feel at ease with the two of us. Three of us are enough to run the store. I won’t say more, I’m going to the countryside first.”
She was impatient and left immediately. Lu Jiandang reminded her, "You haven't eaten yet. Aren't you going to leave after you finish eating?"
Lu Xiaofang married into the next village, which takes two hours to get to from the county town. She must have been so hungry that she would vomit acid.
This woman really doesn't care about her own body.
Zhang Yulan took a few pieces of egg cake, stuffed them into her mouth, and hurried out. "It'll take quite a while to go there and back. There's no time to waste here. After you finish eating, go carry the vegetables quickly to prevent them from getting wilted in the sun."
The sun is very strong in Yunnan Province, especially in the afternoon, which is perfect for making pancakes and frying eggs.
The eldest daughter appears too little. I think her name is Xiaofang. Oh my god, if I'm wrong, I'll change it as soon as I find it (??? ? ???)?
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