Mother Fan stopped in her tracks, her brow furrowing in hesitation.
Everyone in the village wore straw sandals, but she wore cloth shoes. This was the difference between her and the other women in the village! Especially today, she was wearing cloth shoes that had been made just a few days ago. She treasured them very carefully. She would feel heartbroken if they got dirty or ruined by mud and water.
Seeing that there was a chance, Huang Tao continued to persuade, "Why go when you can go anytime? It's dirty and chaotic on the first day of work."
Besides, you can ask us anything, and we'll tell you everything in detail. Who would dare to hide anything from you?
Mother Fan's eyes darted around, she hummed in agreement, and raised an eyebrow as she asked, "Alright, then let me ask you, what kind of medicinal herbs are those? Are they particularly expensive?"
"How would we recognize what kind of medicinal herbs they are? They're just tree roots, weeds, wild fruits, and the like. If I saw them in the wild, I would just step over them without even giving them a second glance."
"It's hard to say whether it's expensive or not. If it were extremely expensive, wouldn't we just sell it? I heard Aunt Ding say that only well-prepared dishes are valuable. Perhaps what's valuable is the Ding family's craftsmanship?"
Fan's mother began to have doubts. Why did it sound like the Ding family was even more powerful than her son?
Is it possible that the Ding family made the decision, which is why the son couldn't agree to let his elder brother's family come to the herbal medicine shop to help him yesterday?
“That Ding family member is just following my son’s orders, what’s so great about him?”
"You can't say that. We've been doing whatever Uncle Ding and Aunt Ding told us all day. And Aunt Ding said they don't get paid. If they don't get paid, then they're different from us."
"Sister Shuiqing said that Uncle Ding and Aunt Ding recognized these medicinal herbs. Otherwise, they wouldn't have known and would have just mistaken them for tree roots and wild fruits."
"Speaking of Uncle Ding and Aunt Ding, they are really amazing. I'd like to invite them to my mountain to see if there are any medicinal herbs there, but unfortunately I'm not familiar with them and it's not appropriate for me to ask."
"Yes, yes, me too. If we had medicinal herbs on our mountain, even if they weren't precious or valuable, it would be better than just being able to gather firewood, right?"
As Fan's mother listened, she felt a thousand regrets.
This implies that the herbal medicine shop is on his son's land, and the valuable thing isn't the herbs, but rather the Ding family's craftsmanship.
Wasn't she terribly wrong to have so vehemently opposed Ding Jiajia and her eldest grandson?
If she hadn't gone to the Ding family to cause trouble, wouldn't all this wealth have been rightfully her eldest son's family? If Jin Sunsun had married Ding Jiajia, the Ding couple would have been doing all the work for Jin Sunsun in a roundabout way!
Taking a deep breath, Fan's mother thought of what Erzhu and Sanzhu had said yesterday about sending Ding Jiajia home. It wasn't too late. As long as one of the second or third sons married Ding Jiajia, it would be a piece of cake for Ding Heli and Qin Yilin to come to their own mountain to find medicinal herbs.
The work at the herbal medicine shop is like eggs, while the Ding family is like the hen. Marrying Ding Jiajia means you'll have the hen and won't have to worry about not having eggs.
Having figured out this connection, Mother Fan was no longer in the mood to go to her second son's house. She wanted to go home and tell her grandchildren about the good news!
Seeing that Madam Fan returned with a happy expression, Zhao Lan felt uneasy and muttered, "Why did Aunt Fan leave so easily?"
"Things have calmed down today, but I still have a feeling there's more trouble to come," Aunt Wu sighed, her expression worried and pessimistic.
It seems that Shui Qing's days ahead will be anything but peaceful.
The unmarried girls, including Li Tiantian and Zhang Xiaocao, trembled with fear. Before the family was divided, Sister Shuiqing worked hard and endured beatings and scoldings without complaint, yet she was not favored by Aunt Fan. After the family was divided, she managed the household well and was able to earn money. She managed the household and the outside world in an orderly manner, and her children and even her nieces were well-educated. Even so, Aunt Fan still came to cause trouble every now and then. Although she didn't get anything, she still felt annoyed and resentful.
They don't have Sister Shuiqing's abilities, and they've run into a formidable mother-in-law... They don't even want to think about the miserable days ahead.
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