After preparing breakfast, I took out toothpaste, toothbrush, and face wash, quickly washed up, and then leisurely ate my breakfast.
As for what exactly she ate, only Zhao Qingyan herself knew.
When Huang and Zhao Minggeng woke up, Zhao Qingyan had already eaten breakfast and even performed a set of Five Animal Frolics.
The mother and daughter were quite emotional as they ate the rather unappetizing porridge made by their own granddaughter (or daughter).
“My darling daughter has grown up and can cook now.”
Zhao Qingyan was speechless at this.
Anyone with long arms can make this, it's just adding water, pancakes, and eggs, does it require any skill?
Zhao Qingyan gradually got used to the Huang mother and daughter's sentiments and mindless boasting.
Another day of searching.
Along the way, Zhao Qingyan also found a few Ganoderma lucidum mushrooms.
As for those who say it's hundreds or thousands of years old, don't be ridiculous. This thing is a fungus, an annual.
Whenever she received something that was fragile or of slightly value, Zhao Qingyan would insist on having it placed in her basket.
This made the mother and daughter laugh at Zhao Qingyan for being a little money-grubber.
Zhao Qingyan ignored the mother and daughter's teasing, thinking, "How could you mortals know of our supernatural powers?"
These days, the men of the Zhao family get up before dawn and leave the village, and don't return until it's completely dark.
They visited all four or five nearby towns.
The price of grain varies from town to town, but what they all have in common is that it rises by one or two coins every day, like a frog being slowly boiled in water.
Over the course of five days, the Zhao family purchased less than 7,000 catties of grain, and their silver reserves were less than 30 taels.
The cellar in the elderly couple's bedroom was half full.
We have enough grain, but we still need to buy salt and oil.
With the last ten taels of silver left, Zhao Qianci decided to go to the pharmacy to exchange them for various pills and external wound medicine.
Regardless of whether the three people in the mountains can find the legendary paradise, the men of the Zhao family are certain that they will go into the mountains to escape the drought.
As for the daughters-in-law and granddaughters-in-law, when they see their husbands leaving early and returning late every day, they know that something big is about to happen.
They informed Old Master Zhao and then went back to their maternal homes to inform him.
Everyone else's family was fine, but Ma's family ran into trouble when she went back to her parents' home.
Sure enough, in the main room of the Zhao family, Ma's mother, Ma Li, was sitting on the ground clapping her hands.
"It was because your family was doing well that I was willing to marry my beautiful young daughter to you."
These are all genuine relatives. What's wrong with them coming to your house to borrow some grain? Your family has money and grain.
"Can you really just stand by and watch your in-laws starve to death? What about the Zhao family's reputation if word gets out?..."
Rural women's tantrums are nothing more than a few things: crying, making a scene, and threatening to hang themselves. If they don't hang themselves, they'll inevitably sit on the ground clapping, rolling around, and blowing their noses.
That's disgusting to the Zhao family.
Old Master Zhao sat in the main seat with a livid face.
Wang and Tian stood on either side, while Ma stood next to her mother.
He neither offered to help nor tried to stop her; his actions perfectly portrayed her as weak and helpless.
The mother and daughter, one throwing a tantrum and the other playing the innocent innocent, put on a show for a long time, but the Zhao family didn't respond at all.
Ma Li cried and fussed for a long time, her snot almost flowing like a river. She casually flicked a wad of snot, just a tiny bit away from landing on Tian's feet.
The Tian family, who never suffered a loss in the past, was immediately furious, feeling utterly disgusted.
"Hey, mother-in-law, have some shame!"
What do you mean by marrying a virgin to my family? What, do you have any virgins in your family who aren't getting married?
What does it mean to have both food and money? Is it simply having enough to get by?
The rice and flour shops in town have plenty of grain and money, why don't you ask them for help?
If you marry off one of your daughters who isn't still single, then you'll definitely have money and food.
In terms of the number of male descendants, your Ma family is no less than my Zhao family, is it?
My Zhao family can barely make ends meet, so why does your Ma family have to come to our in-laws to beg for our money?
The men of my Zhao family all work from dawn till dusk, toiling every day.
The men in your Ma family are all so lazy they could practically glue their butts to the bed, they're so lazy they could pick out maggots, they deserve to go hungry.
If you ask me, every person who starves to death is one less person to die, so we should save more food!
I advise you to quit while you're ahead and go home quickly. My mother will be back soon, and you'll be in big trouble.
Spray Ma Li's first, then spray Ma's.
"Third sister-in-law, hurry up and take your mother back. Don't think that just because your mother-in-law isn't home, you can bring your own mother to make trouble for our father."
When your mother-in-law comes back, how will you handle this?
Or do you feel that the Zhao family can no longer tolerate someone as important as you?
Tian wanted to continue speaking, but Wang interrupted her.
"Second sister-in-law, be careful what you say. It is said that the eldest sister-in-law is like a mother. Since our mother is not at home, I, as the eldest sister-in-law, have to fulfill the responsibilities of a mother."
The Zhao family, consisting of more than 20 people, had a total of over a thousand catties of grain, including the husks, enough to last until the next harvest.
If it doesn't rain soon, the next harvest may be completely lost.
Do you really want your whole family to starve to death because of your family? Can you bear it? The Zhao family has three children you bore!
His cold gaze made Madam Ma shiver.
"Sister-in-law, I didn't mean that."
My family did indeed harvest less grain.
"It's not that I'm just saying this because we bought some grain, but we were thinking of borrowing some grain, or even some silver, to buy more grain."
Ma's words amused and angered Wang.
Old Master Zhao almost fainted because he couldn't catch his breath.
Wang and Tian quickly patted his back and handed him water. The old man finally caught his breath.
“Mrs. Ma, there are many things that I, as your father-in-law, should not say, but since your mother-in-law is not home today, I will overstep my bounds.”
What? Our family bought grain? Who told you that? When did you see our family buy grain?
The Zhao family has only 28 mu of paddy fields and dry land in total, and the annual harvest is not even enough to feed their basic needs.
Where did you get the silver to buy grain? Are you out of your mind?
I reminded you to go back to your parents' home and tell them to store more food. It was a well-intentioned suggestion, but the weather is not looking good right now.
Even digging up a few more wild vegetables, drying them, and keeping them as food reserves is a good thing.
How could you have misunderstood me? How come I didn't know that my third son's wife was so intelligent?
No matter how you put it, my Zhao family has no grain.
Your man goes out into the mountains day and night to find food because there isn't enough food at home. How can you be so heartless?
It is also possible to repay the loan.
If there's still money in the family savings, should we use my coffin to cover the cost if my precious daughter is seriously injured?
These words left Mrs. Ma a little bewildered.
Whether or not the family had actually bought any grain was something Ma didn't know.
It's just a guess, after all, she's lazy and will definitely go to bed when it gets dark.
Even though Zhao Minggeng could not wake her up every night when he went to bed.
So when Old Master Zhao said that, Madam Ma was a little confused.
Do you really think you're dreaming?
Looking at his silly expression, Tian almost couldn't help but laugh. She managed to cover it up by wiping her face with a handkerchief.
"Father, are you telling the truth?" Madam Ma asked cautiously.
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