When we returned to the village, it was almost noon and we only saw a few people outside.

After returning home, Zhang told Li what happened today.

Li looked at the money in his hand and raised his head to look at Liu Tangxi.

She really didn't expect that she would meet such a good daughter-in-law. Half of the more than one hundred yuan was earned by her.

If you can earn twenty or thirty coins a day, that's one or two taels of silver a month, and you can earn twenty taels in less than two years.

Her twenty taels were well spent.

"You all have worked hard." Mrs. Li looked at her three daughters-in-law and said, "Let's have a meat dish tonight."

"Thank you, mom."

"I will collect all the money first. I will record for you how much each family earns and how much each family spends. Although the third brother does not earn any money, the taxes and corvée he was exempted from after passing the imperial examination have also been converted into money for him. The money for your father's medical treatment, the money for everyone's meals, and the money for buying seeds and farm tools will be shared by everyone. I will show you the accounts at the end of the month." Li said.

Li actually said this to Liu Tangxi.

After Wei Daniu got married, Li started to do this and explained it to Zhang. When Zhou got married, Li told Zhou about it. Now she has told Liu Tangxi.

Liu Tangxi was very surprised after hearing this. She didn't expect Li to be so sensible.

"Our family is small, and if we divide up, it will break up. However, the three brothers are all married and have their own families. It may be fine for one or two days, but if it goes on for a long time, they will inevitably feel dissatisfied. So, mother has figured it out for you all, and everyone knows the situation, so no one should complain." Li explained a few more sentences.

In fact, this idea was not thought up by Li, but by Wei Hanzhou.

Wei Laosan has four brothers. He is the third oldest in the family. He is neither old nor young, and neither his father nor his mother loves him.

When Wei Hanzhou was born, the Wei family had not yet split up, and Wei Hanzhou's family of five was squeezed into a small compartment.

The third son of Wei gave all his earnings to the government. But when his family needed money, they did not give him a penny, but gave all his earnings to the first and fourth wives instead.

Wei Lao Si needed money for his studies and for marrying a wife, and the children of the Wei family also needed money for their studies, but no one gave Wei Hanzhou money to study.

This is also the reason why Wei Hanzhou started school at the age of ten.

Seeing his son growing up, in order to help him succeed, Wei Lao San gritted his teeth and separated from the family. When he left, he didn't get anything.

The reason why Wei Hanzhou was able to go to school was because of the money that Wei Laosan, Wei Daniu and Wei Erhu earned for him by working in the town.

In order to avoid the same mistake as the old man, Wei Hanzhou asked Wei Lao San to keep a record of the money earned by his two elder brothers from the first day of school. Even though his proposal was unanimously opposed by everyone, who thought that Wei Hanzhou's action was too distant, Wei Hanzhou still insisted on doing so.

Presumably, his grandfather, uncles and father had a very close relationship in the past, but later on they all cared about their own interests.

The years after Wei Hanzhou was born were the time when the brothers in the old house had the most trouble. He had been tormented by these things since he was a child, and he really didn't want to see the father, son and brothers in his family fall apart in the future.

Under Wei Hanzhou's insistence, Wei Laosan did as he suggested.

At the beginning of each month, everyone will record the money earned and spent in the previous month, so everyone knows exactly who spent how much.

Gradually, Wei Lao San's family discovered the benefits of doing so. Especially after Li and Zhou married into the family, although Wei Lao San's family did not split up, the family remained harmonious.

In the past few years, it was the families of Wei Daniu and Wei Erhu who earned money to support Wei Hanzhou's studies. When Wei Hanzhou became a scholar, the benefits fell on Wei Daniu and Wei Erhu. After these benefits were converted into money, they actually owed Wei Hanzhou. After sorting these out, Wei Lao San and Li didn't need to say much. After tasting the sweetness, Wei Daniu and Wei Erhu's families would work harder to earn money to support Wei Hanzhou's studies. Because they will get a greater reward in the future.

For example, taxation, door lintels, and children's education and marriage issues.

Liu Tangxi didn't know that this idea was from Wei Hanzhou. He just thought that Li was a very wise person, and it was no wonder that their family could cultivate a top scholar. It was a pity that this top scholar had bad intentions.

She didn't know if it was because the people in Wei Lao San's family left such a good impression on her that her impression of Wei Hanzhou had improved a lot now. She felt more and more that Wei Hanzhou, who grew up in such a family, should not become that kind of person.

Maybe it was because of the sudden disaster that stimulated him, so his temperament changed?

I originally thought that Wei Hanzhou was just a paper villain, but now I feel that he seems to have flesh and blood.

After the daughters-in-law left, Li went inside with a smile on her face.

Wei Lao San was half lying on the bed at this moment. Seeing his wife smiling, he asked, "Are the eldest and third wives back?"

Li smiled and nodded, saying, "Well, I'm back. Look, I made a lot of money."

Wei Lao San glanced down at the copper plate in Li's hand and asked in surprise, "So many?"

Before this, Zhang and Li had also been doing embroidery work. Every time they went to the shop, they took out similar handkerchiefs and purses, but the money they earned was not so much.

Although it is only twenty more cents than before, for poor families, these twenty more cents are really not light, and the difference can be seen at a glance.

"That's right. It's all thanks to the third son's wife," said Mrs. Li.

Then, Li told Wei Lao San what Zhang had just said to her.

After hearing this, Wei Lao San nodded.

Li put away the copper plate and said, "You used to not let me listen to the fortune teller and complained that I was spending the money that the third son saved for the exam. But now you see, not only has your illness recovered, but your third daughter-in-law is also very capable."

He didn't know that Li used all the family savings to marry his daughter-in-law. At that time, he was already very ill and could not get out of bed.

He had thought that he would marry a good girl with a clean family background, but he didn't expect that she was rescued from a human trafficker. It was obvious that the girl was not from the countryside, and her eyes were looking around with a look of disgust, which didn't look like a good girl.

But it was no use for him to regret it, the money had been spent and his wife was born.

After her son got married, the girl stayed in her room for three whole days without going out.

However, when she went out again, the girl was completely different from before.

Although he still had the same appearance, the look in his eyes was completely different from before, and he looked extremely honest.

At one point he thought that he was too ill before, his brain was dizzy, and he didn't see clearly.

It was not until his daughter-in-law told him that she seemed to have suddenly lost her memory on the wedding day that he understood what was going on.

Although the amnesia came unexpectedly, there was no better reason to explain the change in my daughter-in-law.

"Although this daughter-in-law is a good person, you should listen less to the fortune teller in the future. The third brother said that the fortune teller is a swindler. His stall was smashed a few days ago, and no one knows where he has gone now." said the third brother Wei.

Thinking that the fortune teller had indeed been exposed, the smile on Li's face faded a little.

However, after putting the money away, Li still argued: "Whether he is a liar or not, I found the third son's wife according to his words, and now your illness is really cured. My money was not wasted."

This was something that Wei Lao San couldn't understand. He was obviously a liar, but he really showed him the way forward. However, he still believed his son's words more and believed that the fortune teller was a liar.

"It's possible that he guessed right, or it's possible that the third son is lucky and is destined to marry this daughter-in-law."

Li was not happy to hear this and said, "Even if it was destined, it was me who brought it about."

Seeing that his wife was unhappy, Wei Lao San quickly compromised: "Yes, it's all your credit. You have worked hard these days."

He had thought that he was dying and felt that he owed his wife and children. Now that he was getting better, he knew that his wife had a hard time during his illness, so he didn't want to argue with her anymore.

Li tucked the corner of Wei Lao San's quilt and said, "I know the villagers didn't say anything good about me. They said I was stupid for marrying our son to such a daughter-in-law. They are all waiting to see us become a laughing stock. But I won't let them see it. I want them to know that we are getting better and better."

While Mrs. Li and Wei Lao San were talking here, Liu Tangxi had already gone to the kitchen to boil water.

The walk back and forth took more than an hour, or two hours. Liu Tangxi's legs were already sore and almost felt like they were not her own. However, compared to being tired, she couldn't stand the dirt even more.

After boiling the water, Liu Tangxi went back to the house and wiped himself.

A quarter of an hour later, Liu Tangxi, wearing clean clothes, lay comfortably on the bed.

In the afternoon, Liu Tangxi sat with Zhou to embroider again.

At noon, Wei Daniu's cousin from the next door said that a batch of goods would be unloaded at the dock in the town at 3:00 p.m. and they were short of manpower. So Wei Daniu and Wei Erhu didn't even have lunch and went to the town with dry food and water.

There wasn't much work to do in the fields, and Zhang had originally planned to take over her husband's work from tomorrow, so she went there in the afternoon today, and Li went with her.

Liu Tangxi wanted to work in the fields instead of Li. After all, she grew up in the countryside and had worked in the fields before. Although she felt tired, she didn't want to let the elders in the family work in the fields while she stayed at home idle. She felt uncomfortable.

Li refused.

Firstly, Liu Tangxi looked delicate and tender, and it was obvious that she had never worked in the fields. Secondly, Liu Tangxi could earn more money by staying at home embroidering flowers than working in the fields.

In this way, Liu Tangxi and Zhou stayed at home.

If Li stayed at home to look after the child, she would go to the village from time to time to talk, and the child could go out to play. But Zhou was in her advanced period, so it was inconvenient for her to go out. Liu Tangxi was not familiar with the villagers, and was also talked about by the villagers in the morning. Therefore, except for Wei Bosheng who went to the fields, the other two girls stayed at home.

Liu Tangxi and Zhou were sitting at the entrance of the main hall, embroidering flowers. The light was good here, and they could hear what was going on in the main hall. If something really happened to Wei Lao San, they would be able to hear it.

As soon as the two people started embroidering, Zhou took an extra bench and placed it aside.

"Fuyao, come here, mother will teach you how to embroider." Zhou's tone was very serious.

Liu Tangxi glanced at Wei Fuyao who had just come back from running outside and smiled. Wei Fuyao had always been an active person, and she really couldn't imagine what it would be like for this naughty boy to sit quietly and embroider flowers.

Sure enough, Wei Fuyao did not disappoint her and rejected Zhou immediately.

"Mom, a needle prick is too painful. I don't want to embroider."

Hearing this, Zhou became very angry and wanted to scold her daughter immediately.

However, Wei Fu ran to the west room and asked Wei Lao San for help.

Wei Lao San felt sorry for his granddaughter, so he compromised after listening to Wei Fuyao complaining about his grievances.

Zhou was helpless with her daughter and her face turned red with anger.

After all, Zhou was pregnant now, so Liu Tangxi shouldn't have interfered with her daughter's education. But she was afraid that she would get angry and do something bad, so she advised her: "Second sister-in-law, Fuyao is still young and she loves to play. Don't be angry, maybe in a few months, she will slowly think it through and want to embroider."

After hearing Liu Tangxi's words, Zhou looked at her with a strange look in her eyes.

Then, Zhou said something incomprehensible to her: "Actually, she is not stupid. Her third uncle said that Fu Yao is very smart. But she is naughty and restless. If she works hard, she will definitely learn it."

Liu Tangxi didn't quite understand what Zhou said, so she smiled and followed her words to praise Wei Fuyao.

As if she didn't hear what she wanted to hear, Zhou looked a little disappointed. She pursed her lips, said nothing more, and lowered her head to start embroidering. ,,