Guo scoffed, "Did she give birth to that little Fu Bao? Even if she could, it's because she's a big, healthy woman with a good physique. That place is great for raising people. Ever since they got little Fu Bao, their family's life has been getting better and better!"
"The eldest daughter is not only no longer stupid, but also shrewd and capable. No matter how many boys in the second daughter's school are studying, they can't compare to her. The third, fourth, and fifth daughters are all clearly blessed." "How come other families can't find a little lucky baby, but they did? It's all because the Niu family has good feng shui!"
They didn't know that the Niu family's pickled vegetables were so profitable, and they hadn't learned to sell them in the past. However, they had seen the Niu family raising fish in their pond and making some money.
They also dug a pond in their backyard, but unfortunately, everything they tried to raise died.
Chen stopped arguing with Guo and instead called Niu Jiejie over, saying, "Jiejie, let me tell you, even that little girl Zhao Zhaodi can get some food from Xiao Fubao. Why don't you know how to play with Xiao Fubao?"
"Grandma, I don't like playing with Xiao Fubao! She dresses prettier than me, wears a beaded flower in her hair, and has lots of snacks to eat every day. She doesn't give me any, she gives them to that brat Zhao Zhaodi. She's more likable than me, I have nothing!" Niu Jiejie said, "I feel like a clown on a stage."
“I’m clearly her cousin, and I share her surname! She even said that Zhao Zhaodi was abused by her parents, that she was pitiful and knew how to be grateful, while I only know how to take. I hate her,” Niu Jiejie said. “She’s just pretending. If she really sympathized with Zhao Zhaodi, why didn’t she ask her own parents to adopt her?”
“You silly girl, I told you to play with her, but I didn’t mean you should only play with her. You need to find out how she raises those fish! That’s a big business!” Chen said.
Chen had never gotten along with Niu Da's mother.
She always wanted to be superior to Niu Da's mother in everything. Finally, Niu Da's father died, and Niu Da's mother became a widow. She was finally able to hold her head high for once.
Who knew that the son born to someone else was better than the son born to her? A few years earlier, Niu Da had gotten along well with the steward of Jia Dafu's family and got a pretty good job.
Fortunately, for every good thing, there is a bad thing.
Niu Da's eldest daughter became mentally impaired after falling ill.
The house and its surroundings have fallen into disrepair again.
Later, she gave birth to several more children who were financially unprofitable, but she didn't give birth to a son. Chen was extremely pleased with herself.
Some people are like that; they fear your success and wish for your failure. Chen herself favored sons over daughters, so she felt that others were jealous of her.
She felt that Niu Da said that sons and daughters were all the same because his family couldn't produce a son.
Xiang Jinlan said that sons and daughters are the same, but that's because she already has a son, so she said that to pretend to like girls and coax her two daughters-in-law.
“There are some rice cakes at home. You can use these to coax her to play with, and she’ll definitely play with you!” Chen pretended to give Niu Jiejie a few rice cakes.
It was as if her bran rice cake was some incredibly rare and precious item.
"You're not allowed to steal any food!" Chen said.
Niu Jiejie, holding the rice cake, nodded and said, "Okay, Grandma!" and then ran to Xiao Fubao's front yard.
"Auntie, where's Xiao Fubao? I want to go play with her!" Niu Jiejie said.
“Oh, she and Baolan went to Niu the Mute’s house to see Niu the Mute’s daughter!” Chenyu said.
Niu the Mute's family had previously helped Niu Da bury his ox and received a sum of money, which they used to buy twenty acres of land. Niu the Mute's eldest son then sold ten juicers to Niu Da, even though the juicers were not yet finished.
But Niu Da had already paid for ten, and with the family's savings, they bought dozens of acres of land. When Zhang Min got the ginseng last time, he unexpectedly discovered that he was pregnant again.
Although her eyesight isn't very clear now, she's not blind anymore. Now that conditions are better, she's thinking of having the baby.
She just gave birth this morning.
Upon hearing this, Niu Jiejie went to Niu Yaba's house.
Xiao Fubao was a little puzzled: "Why did you want to see me?" Niu Jiejie almost never asked her to play!
"Little Fu Bao, here you go!"
She thought that it would be great if she could switch places with Xiao Fubao. All the girls in her family could go to school, and if she went there, she would definitely be able to go to school too.
Anyway, everyone knows that Xiao Fubao is not her biological child. Raising her and raising Xiao Fubao are the same thing, right?
"I don't want to! I don't like eating bran rice cakes!" Little Fu Bao said.
Niu Jiejie said, "Little Fubao, I know you're disgusted by what I gave you, but this is the best I could offer! Just take it!"
Little Fu Bao frowned, quickly withdrew her hand and stepped back, saying, "I'm not disgusted, I just really don't like eating bran rice cakes, I don't want to!"
Niu Jiejie took two steps forward and said, "Just take it! Take it back for your sisters to eat!"
Little Fu Bao took two steps back. "You can give it to yourself!"
Niu Jiejie took two more steps closer: "Take it!"
Little Fu Bao frowned. "Your house is so close to mine, you could give it to me yourself. My third sister is home today, you can ask her to keep it." "I still need to play for a while, it's not very convenient to carry it around."
She's just rich now, so she thinks she's some kind of rich lady and looks down on everyone! Just wait, once she finds a way to make money and her family is rich too, she'll go to school and have her family find her a martial arts master. Then she'll definitely trample Xiao Fubao under her feet!
"Then forget it!" Niu Jiejie stopped.
“Little Fu Bao, let’s go to your house to play!” Niu Jiejie said.
"No, I just came to see the little girl. I want to play with her," said Xiao Fubao. "The little girl is so cute!"
Niu Jiejie said, "What's so fun about being so small? Come play with me!" implying that she wasn't cute or likable.
Little Fu Bao felt a little annoyed, but she was too young to understand why she was annoyed, so she let Niu Jie Jie pull her away to play.
"Little Fu Bao, I heard your dad is looking for a martial arts master for you. What's the point of that? What's fun about studying and practicing martial arts? We're not boys. It's better for us to learn housework so that we can be like Grandma says, serving men well and raising children."
Niu Jiejie said.
"What does it mean to serve a man and be a good wife and mother?" Xiao Fubao asked.
Niu Jiejie shook her head and said, "I don't know either, but my grandma always says that. Anyway, everything my grandma says is good! You can't disobey my grandma!"
“Grandma is right. There’s no point in girls studying or practicing martial arts. Your sister shouldn’t have gone to school! If girls study too much and practice martial arts, they won’t be able to get married in the future!”
Little Fu Bao felt quite uncomfortable listening to this.
She followed Xiao Fubao into the yard. "Where are your dad and mom?"
“They went to the fields,” Xiao Fubao said.
Niu Jiejie walked around the yard once and said:
"Little Fu Bao, where is your room?"
Xiao Fubao pointed to a room on the east side, and Niu Jiejie ran in immediately, plopping down on the mattress. Their bed was padded with thick straw, just as soft as Xiao Fubao's bed.
Niu Jiejie opened Xiao Fubao's makeup box again. Although she didn't wear makeup, it was full of her hair ties and bracelets. On the second layer, there was a string of gold beads engraved with Buddhist characters.
Little Fu Bao reached out to stop him.
"Little Fu Bao, what's in here?" Niu Jie Jie asked.
"It's nothing! You can't go through my things. My mom said only ill-mannered people go through other people's things!" Xiao Fubao said.
"Fine, I won't look! Why are you cursing me? I'm not playing with you anymore! You're so stingy!" Niu Jiejie stormed off in a huff.
Little Fu Bao put on the string of gold beads that she liked very much.
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