Lihua held Xia Daohua's hand with one hand, and with the other, she gently stroked the newly grown hair on Xia Daohua's head. It was fluffy and slightly prickly.
"Good sister, you have suffered!"
Linghua suddenly said:
"There's not a single good person in their family! My grandfather always hopes that Dalang will go to school and help the family and support his brothers. But by then, it's still unclear whether Dalang will recognize us! My parents always like to tell us to get closer to the eldest branch of the family, but they don't see that the people in the eldest branch don't want to get close to us at all!"
Wu Lang was unusually silent, with his head down, not knowing what he was thinking about, and he didn't say a word.
Xia Daohua smiled and said:
"We can't control what our parents think, nor do we need to. We just need to know what the eldest wife's family is like. We just need to get along with them on a daily basis. There's no need to force ourselves to get close to them."
She rolled her eyes and looked at Goro:
"In the future, let's earn more money and support Wulang's education! When our Wulang goes to school, will our parents still need to curry favor with Dalang?"
Wu Lang was shocked when he heard this. He looked up at Xia Daohua in disbelief and said, "Daohua, what nonsense are you talking about?"
Xia Daohua smiled and said:
"How can this be nonsense? When spring comes, we'll go into the mountains to dig herbs, pick mushrooms, collect snake skins, and hunt rabbits!
After a little processing, we can take it to the town to sell for money. We can save the money. If we save for a year or two, it will be enough to send Wulang to school!
As long as we can settle the first year's tuition, then Wulang, you study hard and let the teacher praise you a few times. Then, our parents and grandparents, will they just sit there and watch?"
Wu Lang's eyes widened. This prospect made his breathing quicken. However, he hesitated again after thinking about it.
"But back then, in order to support Dalangge's studies, our whole family worked hard all year round, and we lived a very tight life.
If you send me to school, and rely solely on the few people in our family, how much hardship will you have to endure in the future?!"
Xia Daohua smiled and said:
"Wu Lang, I don't believe you didn't see it. Today, the eldest family came home. What were they wearing? What did they wear? They had to ride in a carriage when they came back from town. Apart from the time when they sent me to Puji Hall, has anyone in our family ever ridden in a carriage?"
Wulang stopped talking.
Xia Daohua continued:
"If you also want to wear a poplin gown, eat delicacies from land and sea, carry a book box on your back and have a servant, call servants every day, and ride in a carriage to Songxi Academy to study, then even if we sell all of us, we still can't afford to support you.
But if your food, clothing and other expenses are the same as they are now, you can just go and find a master and study hard, and don't do these weird things, or try to compare yourself with those rich young men. What's so difficult about supporting your studies?
At worst, we can just grit our teeth and think of more ways to make money!"
In order to win An Wulang's heart, Xia Daohua greatly simplified the difficulties they faced.
But she wasn't deceiving Goro.
Because her greatest confidence comes from her space supermarket.
With the Space Supermarket as her backing, it doesn’t matter even if she can’t hunt valuable prey, dig up precious herbs, or pick delicious mushrooms in the mountains.
As long as I occasionally pick out some items suitable for this era from the space supermarket, take them to the town to exchange for money, and earn some tuition for Wulang, it is so easy.
Seeing Xia Daohua's serious expression, Lihua and Goro looked at each other and decided not to say anything discouraging for the time being.
The younger sister is only thinking about her brother, so we should not dampen her enthusiasm.
Goro and Rika never imagined that their sister was not naive and ignorant of the hardships of making money. As long as she was willing, it would be a piece of cake for her to make their family rich overnight.
The children talked for a while and then heard Jiang calling them to eat.
It turned out that when Jiang saw that Xia Youtian hadn't returned yet, she couldn't help but feel worried. She had prepared the food early and kept it warm in the pot, but even after the cabbage leaves had changed color, Xia Youtian still hadn't shown up.
Jiang really wanted to go over and take a look, but she was worried about her children, especially Xia Daohua.
After hesitating for a moment, Jiang set the table and let the children eat first. She also instructed Lihua, the oldest, to put her younger siblings to bed after dinner.
After giving a lot of long-winded instructions, Jiang went to the old couple's room to look for someone.
Not long after the children fell asleep, their breathing became even and long.
Linghua fell asleep almost instantly as soon as her head touched the pillow.
Wu Lang had just added to his worries and tossed and turned a few times, but he fell asleep in no more than ten minutes.
Lihua tucked in the corners of the quilt for everyone and was the last one to get into bed. She looked at the beams quietly in the dark for a while and then fell into a deep sleep.
Just when Xia Daohua was about to take advantage of this opportunity to go into the space supermarket again, she heard the footsteps of Jiang and Xia Youtian.
She had no choice but to close her eyes quietly and pretend to be asleep.
After entering the house, the two first looked at the children sleeping, and then took off their clothes using only the moonlight.
While making rustling movements, he spoke in a low voice.
There was a hint of tears in Jiang's voice:
"I haven't offended my sister-in-law, why is she doing this to me? Is she deliberately making things difficult for me?"
Xia Youtian comforted her, "Sister-in-law is just too anxious to protect Yinhua. How would we feel if Daohua was injured? Sister-in-law is protecting Yinhua in the same way."
Jiang still felt aggrieved and sobbed quietly for a long time:
"I didn't ask my sister-in-law to do anything to Yinhua. I just wanted to know what happened. But look at her face. She almost pointed at my nose and yelled at me to get out!"
Xia Youtian held Jiang in his arms, stroked her back, and gently comforted her:
"Don't cry, I'll take care of everything.
I'll tell my eldest brother later and ask him to ask Yinhua carefully. If I don't get to the bottom of this matter, not only you, but also I will never be able to get over it.
Let’s forget about it for the next few days, it’s the New Year.
If my sister-in-law makes a fuss, not only will my brother be embarrassed, but my parents will also be unhappy. We just split up the family business, and my parents are grieving. We can’t let them suffer for years to come!
"Youtian, do you think I'm inconsiderate of our parents? But judging from what my sister-in-law said, she clearly wants me to agree to it, put this matter behind me, and not pursue it any further!
If I agree to this, how can I be worthy of Daohua?"
"I know. Don't worry. I'll take care of everything."
The two of them lowered their voices. Suddenly, Xia Youtian burst out laughing, and the sobbing, complaining, and conversation all died down.
But the cold winter night is not as silent as snow. There are some charming scenery flowing slowly in this cold night.
Xia Daohua covered her head with the quilt to drown out the soft whispers that sounded like a cat's meow.
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