No one believed this, not even the not-so-bright Huang Lao Er.
"Mother, Xiao Wu is truly your precious treasure!"
Huang Lao Er felt a pang of jealousy, and his words were tinged with envy.
"Haha, you all are, you all are."
Indeed, having many children is mentally exhausting.
They all have wives and kids, yet they act like children, complaining and being picky.
“Mother,” Huang Xiaosan said, though she felt uncomfortable, she was too ashamed to argue with her sister, “a thousand taels of silver is too much.”
Houses in town aren't worth much; a hundred dollars is enough to buy a top-notch one.
"Well, with the remaining money, you can buy a house in the county town."
"Buying in the county town too?" Xie asked, puzzled. "Mother, why buy a house in the county town?"
"Buy it first, you never know when you might need it. Father and Mother, you can also use the money you have to buy a shop."
"No," Grandma Jiang waved her hand, "It's more reassuring to keep the money yourself; once it's spent, it's gone."
These words left Jiang Nuan speechless.
Money that can't be spent is no different from stone; life loses its joy.
"As long as Mother is happy!"
"Mother," Huang the eldest asked hesitantly, "should we renovate our house?"
"We'll renovate after the summer harvest; there's no time now, so let's leave it like this for now," Jiang Nuan said, then remembered something, "Oh right, is the roof beam raising ceremony at the school today?"
"It happened this morning," Old Man Huang began. "Since you weren't home, I took Dashan and Xiaochuan with me."
"Is everything alright?"
"What could possibly happen?" Old Man Huang said leisurely. "The feng shui of our Huangjiakou is excellent."
In all these years, not a single house in Huangjiakou has had an accident during construction.
In the neighboring Dingjia Village, someone even fell and became paralyzed while building a pigsty, let alone building a house. Every few days, there's some kind of problem. They used to build everything themselves, but now they hire people to do it all.
Even so, it would cost an extra 20% before anyone would be willing to go.
There's nothing we can do; it's just that the Ding family's ancestor was useless!
They just can't compare to the ancestors of the Huang family.
“In that case, the school will be completed the day after tomorrow,” Jiang Nuan said thoughtfully. “Just in time, the bricks will be laid almost completely, and we can start spring plowing.”
“Perfect,” Old Man Huang said with a smile. “If we prepare the land in March, plant the rice in April, and harvest the wheat in May, we’ll have grain.”
“The leisurely time is over,” Jiang Nuan sighed, “I won’t have any free time anymore.”
Indeed, the only time farmers could have any leisure time, aside from corvée labor, was those two months.
"Working is good, you have to work to eat," Old Huang said dismissively. "Being idle at home all day is unpleasant."
“That’s right,” Grandpa Jiang agreed, “Besides money, nothing is more reassuring than working.”
“That makes sense,” Old Huang said, unusually not arguing with his in-laws. “We farmers are just destined to be hardworking.”
This realization did not discourage many people. Life goes on, and there's nothing wrong with feeding yourself with your own hands.
After talking for a while, the group dispersed. Some practiced calligraphy, while others went about their work. Jiang Nuan also began to optimize the seeds using the space.
At the old house, Huang Shan hesitantly called his mother back.
"Son, what's wrong? Can't we talk about it at your aunt's house?"
Although the two houses are not far apart, it is still very troublesome to run back and forth between them.
“Mother,” Huang Shan said, his eyes darting around, “today is the fifth day of the new year.”
"It's the fifth day of the lunar new year. What, what are you trying to do?"
Sister-in-law Huang thought for a moment, and realized that today was not a special day.
My father-in-law's birthday is in September, and my mother-in-law's birthday is in November. Qingming Festival is only seven days away...
"Mother, shouldn't we bring my wife back?"
Huangshan has its own little schemes.
He knew very well what the Qin family was like; if his wife were to freeload off them, she would definitely be looked down upon.
He felt uncomfortable leaving her alone in the Qin family to suffer as their lives improved.
Moreover, there are also cultivation techniques. The whole family will learn them this time. If we don't catch up, it will be difficult to encounter such an opportunity again in the future.
Especially if the daughter-in-law is not well-liked at home, it's practically impossible for her to receive the same treatment as others, unless... she gives birth to a son!
"It's only been a few days, less than ten days, what's the rush?" Sister-in-law Huang looked at her son with exasperation. "Would anyone from her own family eat her alive?"
“No,” Huang Shan scratched his hair in frustration, “Mother, Second Aunt is not going to teach us the kung fu, I’m afraid she will miss it.”
"What?" Sister Huang wondered if she had misheard. "You want her to learn the kung fu?"
"What?" He was taken aback. "You can't? My wife is also from the Huang family!"
"Of course not," Sister-in-law Huang's eyes sharpened. "Do you think you've forgotten the scars just because you've recovered? With all the disgusting things she's done, it's already a favor that we didn't divorce her. She still wants to learn martial arts? How dare she be so shameless? Even if your second aunt agreed, I wouldn't allow it!"
"Mother, don't get agitated, I won't say anything."
It shouldn't be a problem to sneak a peek, right?
Keep it a secret, don't let your wife know, and don't let your mother know either.
“Huang Shan, I’m warning you, you’re not allowed to go to the Qin family,” Sister-in-law Huang knew what her son was thinking at a glance. “Even if you do it secretly, don’t blame me for disowning you as my son.”
When she said this, Sister-in-law Huang felt very aggrieved.
Everyone says that once a son gets married, he forgets his mother. She used to think it was true, but now she realizes that the old saying is right.
Being beaten by his wife made the mother extremely upset, but her son didn't seem to care at all.
Growing angrier by the thought, Sister-in-law Huang slapped her son hard, deliberately pressing the slap against his wound. "If you dare go to the Qin family, don't blame me for turning against you!"
Huang Shan gasped from the slap and quickly nodded, "Don't worry, Mother, I won't go."
Mother is right. No matter how bad the Qin family is, they are still the wife's family. Even a tiger wouldn't eat its cubs. It's only for a few days. Even if she's not well received, nothing bad will happen.
I was really overthinking things.
A few days later, he regretted his current thoughts countless times.
The Qin family.
Qin was washing clothes for the whole family in the yard.
The weather in March was still quite cool, and the water we fetched and left overnight was especially cold.
In just a few days, her hands became rough, and there were several swollen bumps on the back of her hands from the cold. They were very itchy, but she dared not scratch them.
"Mother," Qin said unhappily, "the water is too cold, my hands are covered in chilblains. Could you please boil some hot water?"
"There's no firewood at home, so you'll have to make do," Qin's mother said, her voice tinged with annoyance.
After coaxing her daughter out of her savings, she became increasingly impatient with this freeloader.
It's not that she, as the mother, is being unreasonable; it's just that her daughter is so useless.
She's good-looking, has a great figure, and even with her own advice, she still can't win over her man's heart.
And his health is really disappointing; he hasn't laid a single egg in all these years.
They dawdle and are slow at their work, not only are they inefficient, but they also cause all sorts of trouble. They haven't done much work but have a ton of demands...
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