Please remember the domain name of this site:

Chapter 74: Making a Quilt, Liu Si Niang Gets Beaten

(Girls' Literature)

Back home, Su Zhi simply cooked two dishes. It was winter now and there were no fresh vegetables, only cabbage, radish and potato. Unlike many ancient people who called cabbage "white cabbage", cabbage was called "baicai" here, and potatoes had another name, "earth fruit". Su Zhi regretted that people had discovered potatoes at that time, otherwise she could have taken the lead. But she was also glad that potatoes were available at that time, otherwise she would have lost another dish this winter.

Not only were potatoes discovered to be edible by the ancients who relied on food as their primary need, but even sweet potatoes were discovered, but they are still called sweet potatoes.

Su Zhi didn't feel depressed. It was a good thing that potatoes and sweet potatoes were already grown as food in this world. If these opportunities to make money were gone, wouldn't there be other things? Aren't things like peppercorns, aniseed, and hawthorn fruit all waiting for her to promote their deliciousness?

What makes her happiest now is that she can eat potatoes and sweet potatoes this winter, as much as she wants! She doesn't have to wait until next year or until she finds them. She doesn't want to never find these things here in her lifetime, which means she won't be able to eat them for the rest of her life!

Su Zhi skillfully stir-fried a dish of shredded potatoes with chili peppers and a dish of stewed pork with radish. After a moment's thought, she added a cabbage heart, thinking that it was a pity that there was no vinegar, otherwise it would have tasted even better. However, with these three dishes and rice, Su Zhi felt that it was much better than when she first came to the Shen family. At that time, she had stir-fried vegetables, mixed with vegetable porridge, and coarse grain cakes every day. The best meal she had was the seasonal taro flour cake, because it was fried in oil. It could be said to be the best meal. Just thinking about it makes people feel sad.

Shen Zian is very satisfied with the current situation. He used to think that as long as they separated from the family and lived on their own, he would be able to give his wife a good life. Now this life is better than he imagined, because he did not expect that he would marry such a good wife. He ate the food cooked by his wife and felt it was delicious.

Just after finishing the meal, Aunt Jinhua and her family came.

"Sister, your garden is really big, almost as big as the manor of that landlord. I think if you have money in the future, you should hire someone to be your gatekeeper. Otherwise, the gate will just be a decoration."

Sister Li said as soon as she came in.

Although Shen Zian's house has a main gate to the garden, it is only covered and not closed. Only the door to the small courtyard is closed. Otherwise, once the main gate to the garden is closed, they will not be able to hear anyone knocking on the door.

Jinhua's mother smiled and said, "My niece, you said you would invite the holy beast to live in your house. Will it really come? If it comes, I guess no one will dare to come to your house."

When Su Zhi heard this, she thought that this woman was worthy of being the head of the village, as she was still thinking about this matter!

"I will go and invite them, but it's hard to say whether the Holy Beast will always stay here or come to stay for a while from time to time." Su Zhi saw that the three women were looking at her, so she replied, "If they want to be scared, they can wait until the Holy Beast is not around to come and play. Besides, if the Holy Beast can get along with people, it won't bite people easily, unless someone provokes it."

Sister Shugen nodded and said, "That makes sense, but I really don't have the courage to see the holy beast. If it really comes, you should go out and talk to your sisters-in-law and aunts."

Mrs. Li smiled and said, "That's good. We don't have to worry about not having a doorman anymore. No one dares to come to our house. This is more useful than hiring hundreds or thousands of guards!"

Everyone laughed and stopped talking about this topic. They asked Su Zhi to take out the cloth, needles, thread and cotton. They planned to start making quilts.

Shen Zian went out, leaving the inner room to a few women.

It is almost December now, and it is already winter. But the weather is good this year, so it is not too cold. The room does not feel cold because the kang is heated. Su Zhi spread two old quilts on the kang mat, both of which are clean and dry, so that it does not feel hard to sit on, and it can keep the kang warm. She was afraid that others would get dirt on the kang when wearing shoes, so she had prepared a few pairs of cotton shoes, but without hard soles. The soles are also made of cotton and can only be worn on the kang. In this way, people who go on the kang will not make the kang dirty by changing into these shoes, and they will not have cold feet because they have no shoes to wear.

Su Zhi called them cotton socks.

"Sister, you are so smart to come up with such a good idea. I will get a few pairs at home in the future."

After changing into the cotton socks, Sister Li kept praising Su Zhi. She wondered what was going on in this girl's head, why did she have so many ideas. But when she thought of the blueprints of the house and furniture, and then the kang, she didn't find the cotton shoes specially made for the kang that surprising anymore.

Aunt Jinhua and Sister Shugen also praised her. They planned to interact more with Su Zhi in the future. This young lady has a good heart and a smart mind. Maybe there will be some good things in the future that will benefit them!

There is strength in numbers, this is an eternal truth. The kang in Su Zhi's house is quite large, even if there are kang cabinets on both sides, two quilts can be placed. There are exactly four of them, two people make one quilt, and they started making the quilts while chatting and laughing. Su Zhi didn't think of asking others to make all the quilts for her, she only took out the fabrics for two quilts, two mattresses and a cotton curtain. Several people worked quickly and finished it in less than two hours.

"Thank you, sister-in-law and aunt. Don't leave today. Zi'an and I will treat you to a meal. Go and call the village head, elder brother Shugen, elder brother Liqing and the children. I will cook a delicious meal."

Su Zhi folded the last mattress and put it on the kang cabinet, and said to the three people that she was very close to them now, and she would have to visit them more often in the future. She had asked them to help her today, so it was a good opportunity to treat them to a meal to get closer.

Aunt Jinhua shook her head and said, "No, you just moved into a new house and you are quite busy. I won't trouble you.

Let’s wait until the housewarming party to have it together. If you really want to treat us all to a table, wait until after the housewarming party when things are going smoothly!”

The two sisters-in-law also agreed.

Su Zhi thought it was okay, but they came to help her and didn't even bring their children. She was quite grateful and packed three bags of melon seeds and candies.

"Take these back and give them to Shuanzi, Xiaosuo and Huzi. Tell them I'll make some snacks for them to eat."

Su Zhi insisted on giving it to the girls, and the three of them accepted it after some hesitation. Seeing that it was getting dark outside, and that they had to go home to cook for the family, they stood up and said goodbye.

Su Zhi sent the three people away, then came back and saw Shen Zian carrying a bundle of branches. These branches were best for weaving baskets. Su Zhi said that there were a few baskets missing at home, so Shen Zian wanted to weave a few more for her. As soon as he had some free time, he started to prepare.

Su Zhi was also very interested in weaving, otherwise she wouldn't have been able to weave so many knots. Seeing Shen Zian bringing back a strip of thread, she also followed him over with great interest, intending to weave together.

Shen Zian had just put down the branches, and the two of them hadn't sat down yet, when they heard Sister-in-law Li's voice. They went out and saw Sister-in-law Li running towards them, her face flushed, and she was panting. She was beating her chest hard, trying to calm herself down. However, when she saw Su Zhi and her husband, she grabbed Su Zhi and started talking.

"Sister, Liu Si Niang was beaten up, and she was beaten very badly. Now many people have gone to watch the excitement! You should go and have a look too, this matter is related to us, because we lent her money and got into trouble!"

Su Zhi raised her eyebrows. She was not surprised that Liu Si Niang was beaten. With such an evil mother-in-law, it would be strange if she was not beaten. But she was surprised that this matter had something to do with her.

"what is going on?"

Su Zhi comforted Sister Li and helped her walk outside. She thought that no matter what the matter was, she should go see Liu Si Niang first. This woman's beating must have something to do with her. She felt uncomfortable when she heard about it. Shen Zian also locked the door and followed her out.

Mrs. Li calmed down by now and said, "Si Niang lost the money, didn't you lend her money? Originally, this matter was kept secret, but it was exposed. The fault lies with Dazhu's wife!"

It turned out that when the three of Jinhua Auntie left Shen Zian's house and walked back home, they passed by the back of Liu Si Niang's house, and saw a lot of people watching the excitement. It turned out that Liu Si Niang was beaten by her mother-in-law again, and this time the beating was quite fierce. Jinhua Auntie and the others had just talked to Liu Si Niang today and knew that she had lost her money. They thought it might have been leaked, so they went to ask people, and it turned out that it was indeed leaked, but to their surprise, it involved another matter, which was still related to Liu Si Niang's reputation.

Sister Li said angrily, "It's all that Dazhu's wife's fault. She deserves to be stabbed in the mouth! She learned from Old Lady Li that Si Niang came back in your car, and she also knew about the meat. She knew that Si Niang had lost the money, and she must be jealous that Si Niang could ride in your car while she couldn't, so she told this to Old Lady Li, and even exaggerated it, saying that Si Niang got the money illegally, saying that it was given to her by a wild man. When we heard that this was impossible, we went to talk to Si Niang, but Old Lady Li didn't believe it. I had no choice but to come to you and ask you to be a witness. This woman's innocence is a very important matter, and we can't let Si Niang be splashed with dirty water by them like this!"

Su Zhi was also very angry after hearing this, thinking that she had made a mistake while helping others!

The most hateful one is that old lady Li. How can she believe everything she hears? Not only did she beat and scold her daughter-in-law, she even threw dirty water on her. How good is this for the Zhao family? ! And Dazhu's wife, I thought she was just a bad habit because of her talkativeness, but now it seems that this is no longer a bad habit. She is really vicious!

Su Zhi felt as if she had grown grass in her heart, and hurried to Liu Si Niang's house. Even from quite far away, she saw that the place was full of people.