"I'm not tired! I just want to feed the animals more! I don't know if it's the blessing of our ancestors, but the pigs are growing so fast this year. In previous years, they would only grow like this after Chinese New Year, but this year, it's only the end of May and they're already like this. I want to try getting a few piglets!"
Jiang quickly waved her hands.
She originally asked Cheng Shun whether they should expand the pigpen, but Cheng Shun just thought of expanding the house.
"Mom, I think Shanshui is right. Hire someone to look after Ning Wa, and then hire someone to help with the housework. As for you, do whatever you want. Mom, you'll be fifty in two years. Now that your children have promising careers, it's time for you to enjoy your life. And Dad, hire a few farmhands to help harvest the corn and wheat. Then you won't have to work in the fields under the scorching sun!"
"Dad, Mom, look at Uncle Dagen. He's busy with the furniture workshop right now. My wife Dajiang said they plan to hire someone to do all the farm work this year. If the furniture workshop does well in the future, they'll just rent out the land."
"Awu, Ayue, Jinyan, Jinxing, what do you think?"
Gu Xuelan looked at her son and younger siblings.
"I agree!"
Cheng Yue was the first to express his opinion.
"Yeah, it's good!"
Cheng Wu nodded.
"Grandpa and grandma should have done this a long time ago. Your grandson studies and takes exams so that grandpa and grandma and the rest of the family can live a better life. Now that our family has the conditions, why not?"
Cheng Jinyan said seriously.
"Yes, Grandpa and Grandma, I think what Uncle Shanshui and Mom said is right! At your age, you should enjoy your life. I see many old men in the city taking a morning stroll with bird cages, playing chess under the big trees, and the old ladies all love to go to the opera!"
Cheng Jinxing doesn't have as big ambitions as Cheng Jinyan, but he also thinks that his grandparents can do nothing.
"Ouch!"
Jiang's tears were streaming down her face, and she patted her legs.
Then she wiped her tears and said excitedly, "Some old women in the village talk about me behind my back. They say I don't let my sons and grandsons go to the fields. They say they spoil their children and grandsons. Be careful not to spoil them and raise ungrateful people."
"Hmph! Tomorrow I'll go tell those old ladies that my children and grandchildren, Jiang Guizhen, are not ungrateful people! What's wrong with them not working in the fields? What's wrong with them? My Ah Wen is a great cook. Who else in the village can compare to her except Fatty? And my eldest daughter-in-law manages such a big embroidery shop!"
"My youngest son is the head constable of the government office. He's very powerful. Even my grandson is smarter than others! If I ask him to work in the fields, he won't have time to be a head constable!"
"My youngest daughter, what's wrong with me spoiling her? My youngest daughter is smart and beautiful, has a good brain, and can earn money. Why should I let her work in the fields? Those old women don't know shit!"
"My eldest grandson is a scholar! He studies hard! He's going to be the top scholar in the future. He works in the fields now, so how can he have time to study? So what if my second grandson is naughty? I will spoil him, I will spoil him! If you have the ability, you can also spoil him to become the top scholar in martial arts!"
"I'm only 48, and my children and grandchildren all told me not to do any work. They asked me, an old country woman, to go to the city to watch operas and have fun everywhere. When you were 48, did your children and grandchildren do the same?"
"Hmph! Ouch... Look at my tears, they just won't stop flowing!"
Jiang said a lot of things, and her tears couldn't stop flowing.
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