It just so happened that before the family split up, it was easy for the old couple to support them.
Not to mention anything else, just taking coarse grains from home to town and replacing them with fine grains saved a lot of money on the eldest wife's daily expenses.
Add to that the rent that the old couple prepared for Dalang, it was not a small amount.
After the family split up, the old couple could no longer control their other sons, and gradually lost their former generosity towards the eldest son.
No matter how much Liu cried poor to them, the old couple remained unmoved.
He was reluctant to spend money or sell land.
After not seeing him for a few days, he became even more stingy than the last time they met, which really made her worried to death.
It seems that we still need to give the head of the family some nourishment.
Once the boss has recovered, let him find a proper job.
As long as there is money to be earned, even if it is not the original two taels of silver, it is better than living off the savings!
Liu thought about it, then took off the two silver-gilt hairpins on her head and replaced them with a copper hairpin and a wooden hairpin. She also placed a half-new, half-old silk flower on the side of her hair.
Jinhua asked, "Mother, what are you doing?"
Liu said, "Didn't you say that we should be frugal? I'll put these away first, so that I can exchange them for money when I need them." But although Liu said this, what she was thinking in her heart was that these should be kept as private property.
If you wear them all the time, when something happens, it is inevitable that someone will think of exchanging them for money.
Jinhua understood Liu better than Liu did herself. She smiled faintly at Liu and said,
"Mother, these are not urgent matters, why are you so anxious? Even if you want to hide your private money, don't make it too obvious.
We should hurry up and take Lihua over."
"Good boy, I'll go back to the village and find your fourth aunt to ask Lihua to help."
Jinhua nodded. "Okay. Mother, be careful on your way. Even if you're anxious, walk slowly."
Mrs. Liu smiled and said, "My daughter Jinhua is filial. You should rest well at home and don't worry. Mother knows what's going on."
Xia Youcai is not at home at the moment. He went out to drink with friends.
Xia Dalang also returned to Songxi Academy.
Liu summoned Zhu and told her to look after her sister-in-law, coax Ah Liu to sleep, and then make more delicious food for Jinhua. If the Dai family came to take Jinhua back, they were to be kicked out.
If you are really too shy to scold others, at least don't open the door for them.
Let’s talk about everything when I come back.
Zhu agreed to all the requests, and Liu went out happily.
Zhu was secretly wondering why her mother-in-law was so happy when her sister-in-law and son-in-law had a falling out?
Or is there something going on here that I'm not aware of?
Zhu's day was relatively peaceful.
She was always worried that the Dai family would come and make trouble.
My parents-in-law and husband are not at home, and I have to take care of A Liu. I am afraid I won’t be able to cope with it for a while.
But the Dai family did not come.
The Dai family is also discussing countermeasures.
The Dai family naturally didn't know that Xia Youcai's family had already plotted against Dai Sanlang to the core.
At this time, they were still thinking about how to bring Jinhua back and cover up the matter without damaging the Dai family's prestige and increasing Jinhua's prestige and arrogance.
After much thought, I decided to leave the golden flower alone for now and pick it up in a few days.
Maybe Jinhua's family members panicked when they saw that their family had not yet come to pick her up, and they no longer dared to make decisions for her.
Thinking of Jinhua's analysis of the household budget, Liu began to think about saving money.
However, thanks to the good life she had lived in the town in recent years, Liu had become accustomed to riding in a car.
If she were asked to walk back to the village to save the bus fare, she really couldn't walk.
So Liu still took the bus back to the village, but she got off the bus some distance outside the village so that she could walk back to the village, creating an atmosphere that she was trying her best to be frugal.
The Xia family continues to work hard and do their job as always.
However, the fourth room's pickle business seems to have come to a halt.
Although there were several jars and dozens of pots in the fourth room, and the smell of pickles still wafted out, judging from the quantity, it was likely that even if the pickle business was still going on, it was not on a large scale.
Of course.
With the exception of a few restaurants Xia Daohua deliberately avoided, all of Beiguan Town's restaurants had already fulfilled their orders, and the market was now saturated. If they wanted to sell more pickles, they would either have to move to a new location or change the variety.
However, after experiencing this incident of defaulting on a debt, Xia Daohua has fully realized how difficult it was for working people in ancient times to do business and make some money.
At any time and anywhere, there are all kinds of forces that you can't afford to offend getting involved. Those who want to get a piece of the pie are not greedy, and some even want to take the pot away from you.
Some pressure comes from within the family, some comes from villagers and neighbors, some comes from hooligans, some comes from government offices, or wealthy families...
If Xia Daohua didn't have a golden finger, she would never dare to do business in such an environment.
To do business, you still need a stable and peaceful environment.
Otherwise, there will be flies, mosquitoes, tigers, and wolves all coming to drink your blood and eat your flesh. For an ordinary person, even if he has a hundred lives, it will not be enough to lose!
Who can bear this?
Xia Daohua couldn't help but think of the tricks used by those famous red-top businessmen in history, and wanted to find a backer for her own business.
In fact, if Jin Yong had married his aunt Xia Yujiao in a formal way, this small piece of land in Beiguan Town could have become a good backer.
However, Jin Yong chose to sell the official salt as private salt.
What was originally a good marriage turned out to be a fait accompli, with the agreement being made first and the rice being cooked later. You must be dumbfounded now!
However, thinking about what Jin Yong had secretly done to his original wife and Xie Jiabao, Xia Daohua felt that it was actually quite good that the marriage didn't take place.
At least Aunt Xia Yujiao will not have to "die of illness" or "die suddenly" in order to find a new place for Jin Yong.
Since Jin Yong's line didn't work, Xia Daohua turned her attention to her "pen pal" Li Gan.
At first, Xia Daohua thought that Li Gan, her "pen pal", was just a whim.
As time goes by, you will naturally forget about it.
However, she didn't expect that Li Gan, for some reason, had been persistently communicating with her for such a long time.
I will also tell her about some big or small things that are not taboo.
Xia Daohua thought this was quite interesting, and most importantly, she also wanted to understand this dynasty in depth, so she relied on comics and the crooked words she "learned" later to persevere in this matter.
Recently, Li Gan wrote to say that he might come to Beiguan Town in the near future to bring her some special products from Beijing. He also specifically asked her if she needed any help.
Xia Daohua couldn't help but wonder whether she should link the Xia family's business with Li Gan?
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