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Er Ya looked at him blankly, wondering what he meant by suddenly saying that.
Seeing that Er Ya didn't understand, Jiang Ermin explained again: "It's just that we're lucky that you came up with the idea. Now we have money, and our family has changed a lot. If you went there now, I guarantee you wouldn't recognize our house."
“What’s the big deal? We’re all relatives. Helping one of us is helping the other. I heard from my aunt that you came up with the idea of hiring children. You’re quick-witted and have a good business sense.”
Jiang Ermin was embarrassed by what he said. He scratched his head and said, "I was just thinking randomly. But I think my mother is quite interesting at doing business. But you're right, we should focus on our studies now."
Jiang Heping looked at Jiang Ermin with satisfaction. This grandson seemed quite reliable. Perhaps the future hope of the Jiang family rested on him. Just as he was about to step forward to say a few words, he was pulled away by the enthusiastic Lin Fugui. He started to make small talk, but in his heart he was wailing: I want to talk to my little granddaughter and encourage my grandson.
Lin Fugui thought to himself: As the village head, I have been solemnly invited here to take charge of things today, so I must treat my second son's family well and not be negligent in the slightest.
Thinking of this, he enthusiastically grabbed a handful of sunflower seeds for Jiang Heping, and they chatted as they cracked them open: "Brother, how many acres of land do you have?"
Jiang Heping replied absentmindedly, "Not much, maybe five or six mu. It'll be enough to eat after paying the grain tax."
"That's quite a lot. Where will your son make his fortune?"
...
After Wang Meili finished looking after the child inside the house, she went outside and saw that Old Lady Shen and Madam Niu had just arrived, empty-handed. They didn't go to the kitchen after arriving; instead, they grabbed a handful of melon seeds and started chatting with the women in the village.
That old hag, her sister gave birth to a big, healthy boy for the Lin family, but she doesn't seem happy at all.
When they saw that her family had come, they were indifferent to them, but they ate quite rudely. Look at Niu Shi, she stuffed the two pockets on her clothes with sunflower seeds, as if they were two bags of urea, ignoring the strange looks from those around her.
He was angry and wanted to embarrass them, so he deliberately shouted loudly, "Jianguo, stop talking to your father, come over and open the things we brought, then put them inside. Don't take up space on the table."
Hearing this, Lin Jianguo obediently opened the tightly packed bag. Inside, it was filled with children's clothes, blankets, and complete outfits for older children—several sets in total. Niu Shi was envious; her second son's family had always been incredibly poor, so why were they so well-off today…
"Her aunt, you're a great aunt! Look at the fabric of this dress, so soft and fluffy, it must have cost a lot of money."
Wang Meili waved her hand and said, "It's not much money. This is my sister's child. Our family should show some support, right? Jianguo, open the one your father is carrying too."
Wow, this basket is full of milk powder, malted milk powder, biscuits, and pastries. It looks like quite a lot. Jiang's mother probably couldn't finish it all in a month.
Niu said sarcastically, "Auntie, you bought so much stuff, can you even finish it all?"
“How can we not finish it? My sister is in postpartum confinement, and she needs to eat something good every day. If she can’t finish it, there’s still Er Ya and Jianguo. If it goes bad, we can feed it to the dogs.”
If Dahei were here, it would definitely be moved to tears. Unfortunately, there are many people coming and going today, and I was afraid it would scare people. Yesterday, I took it to Lin Xiao's yard, but it absolutely refused to go. It was Er Ya who coaxed it to go with two pounds of bones and a pot of stir-fried pork.
After Wang Meili finished speaking, she took out a piece of cloth from her pocket, unfolded it layer by layer, and deliberately patted her leg, saying, "Oh dear, look at my brain! I was just going to see the child, how could I forget to give this bracelet to Xiaobao, and this longevity lock, which we just made."
A group of people were sitting in the courtyard, all wondering and whispering, "Isn't everyone saying that their family is very poor? But look at the food and supplies they bought today, it's not a small amount of money."
"Yes, they've really struck it rich. When Er Ya had her one-month celebration, they didn't buy this many things. It seems like they've made their fortune in the last two years."
"I saw them selling something at the market, all red, it must taste pretty good, there were so many people buying it, it's a pity we don't have any money, otherwise we would have definitely bought some to try."
"Yes, I've seen it once too. There are definitely a lot of people. If you arrive late, there aren't any left at all."
"You guys are not as good as me. I bought some once, it's called something like shrimp, it's very spicy, and it's so satisfying to eat. It's just that there's too little of it. Once you taste it, the flavor is gone."
Hmm, how did the topic veer off course? We ended up talking about food all along.
Niu curled her lip and said unconvinced, "What's so amazing about it? It's just a little bit of money. Who cares?"
Wang Meili carefully put the bracelet away before saying to Niu Shi, "It's nothing special, but I'm a little curious. You, as the aunt, and she, as the grandmother, are shamelessly eating melon seeds here. What have you bought for Xiao Bao? Come on, show it to us all."
Yes, look at that grandma's family. They bought enough clothes for her to wear until she's four or five years old. They're so thoughtful. They also bought so much food. Everyone looked at Grandma Shen and her daughter-in-law again.
Old Mrs. Shen had been trying to make herself as inconspicuous as possible, but now everyone was staring at her, and she couldn't avoid it any longer. She put down the sunflower seeds and peanuts she was holding, stood up, and said matter-of-factly:
“Our own things were brought over yesterday and are still in the house.”
Anyway, she didn't believe that the second son's family would come out and slap her in the face personally; after all, she was still their mother-in-law.
Jiang's mother didn't know how, but Er Ya did. She said casually, "But, Grandma, when you came to eat yesterday, you didn't bring anything with you. You came empty-handed, and after you left, a big piece of meat was missing from my house."
Grandma Shen, enraged, said, "What do children know? Besides, if your family has less meat, why blame us? Maybe the dog ate it."
Seeing Old Lady Shen's furious expression, Wang Meili stepped forward to protect Er Ya and said sarcastically, "Yes, it was probably eaten by a dog. You know, that dog is something else, stealing other people's meat and not even afraid of getting diarrhea."
Niu was furious listening from the side, but she didn't dare to say anything. The more she said, the more mistakes she would make, so she could only swallow her anger.
To be continued!
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