The two brothers exchanged a glance, and saw helplessness in each other's eyes.
He Jiuniang ate her meal calmly, occasionally exchanging a few words with everyone. She enjoyed her breakfast in a relaxed and pleasant manner.
After the meal, everyone went about their own business. The eldest son and his wife took a group of children out—some to school, some to do business, some to learn embroidery—and they all went their separate ways.
Lu Lao Er and the Zhang brothers went to check on the chickens and ducks and help with the cleaning, and then the three of them went to check on the crops in the fields.
The Lu family now owns a lot of land, and the three of them take turns inspecting it every day.
Yes, there are farmhands in the fields. Although they don't have to do farm work every day, they still have to go to the fields to check on the growth of the crops.
The younger children had all gone out to play, leaving only Grandpa Lu and his wife, Lu Baichuan and his wife, and Qin Shi at home.
Old Lu immediately said, "Let's go, let's go to the village chief's house first and ask if we can buy a piece of land to build an ancestral hall. After all, we are outsiders, and we don't know if the village chief will allow us to build one."
At that time, people valued clans and such very much. Building an ancestral hall in a certain place meant that they had settled down there and would develop their influence in the future. If the village chief disagreed or the original residents objected too much, it would be very difficult to build an ancestral hall.
However, despite saying that, Old Man Lu still felt that with the relationship he had built with the village chief over this period of time, plus the fact that many people in the village worked in his workshop, this matter should not be difficult to handle.
After the father and son left, He Jiuniang wanted to go back to sleep, since she didn't need to help at the workshop anyway. However, Sun and Qin each took one arm of hers and led her to the main room to talk.
"What are you doing?"
He Jiuniang was bewildered by the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law. Why had she never seen them think so much before?
"Stop with the nonsense and tell me, what's going on between you and Lao San? Didn't it work out last night?"
Sun is an old woman who has been through a lot, so she speaks without any restraint, and her words are always so explosive.
He Jiuniang's shamelessness was acceptable, but Qin Shi blushed first.
"Second sister-in-law, Ms. Sun is asking me, why are you blushing first? You're pregnant, you and second brother didn't... you two last night..."
Qin hurriedly denied it: "No, no, no, I didn't..."
"Hehe, I was just saying, why are you so nervous?"
He Jiuniang looked at her lecherously, and even raised her eyebrows in a particularly lewd manner, making Qin Shi extremely nervous.
"Alright!"
Sun smacked her arm and said, "I'm asking you a question, why are you pulling on your second sister-in-law? There's nothing wrong between them!"
"I'm fine too! We're both healthy!"
He Jiuniang deliberately gave an irrelevant answer, and just as Sun was about to deliver a series of slaps, she hurriedly said, "Stop making a scene, stop making a scene, I'll tell you, okay!"
She pouted and reluctantly recounted some of what happened last night.
Madam Sun was very dissatisfied and asked, "Is that all? Is the third son so useless?"
He Jiuniang shrugged: "You'll have to ask him yourself."
"How can I, as his mother, bring this up? Could it be that he's damaged his health from all these years away from home? Oh dear, what should I do? You're a doctor, you have to take a look at him right away!"
Mrs. Sun was really anxious. It was bad enough that his face was disfigured, but if he also had problems in that area, what would his daughter-in-law still want from him?
I like him because he's ugly, I like him because he's no good, I like him because he doesn't shower.
Sigh, Mrs. Sun is getting more and more worried. Is she really going to find another daughter-in-law?
He Jiuniang had been taking care of Lu Baichuan's health for some time, and she knew his condition best. She knew he was fine, but seeing Sun Shi like this, she really wanted to laugh.
If Lu Baichuan heard these words, he would be so upset, hahaha...
"wrong!"
Suddenly realizing what was happening, Mrs. Sun said, "Dog just saw you two kissing! What happened?"
"Oh dear, what could have happened?"
He Jiuniang didn't want to recall the time she was taken advantage of because she was a little slow to react, so she casually replied, "Gou'er must have seen it wrong, otherwise would I be so calm?"
Mrs. Sun was immediately fooled and thought what she said made sense, but then she thought about how shameless she was and still asked doubtfully, "Really?"
"Of course, we came out quickly, didn't we? If it were really that simple, would it have been over so quickly?"
Sun rolled her eyes: "Who can say for sure?"
He Jiuniang: ...
It seems that Ms. Sun has always been skeptical of her son's abilities.
"I'm serious, when you have time, take a good look at it for him. This isn't just his business, it's your business too, you know?"
Sun tugged at her sleeve and earnestly explained, but He Jiuniang nodded numbly. Luckily, Lu Baichuan wasn't there, otherwise he would have been so angry that he would have vomited blood.
Besides, the Qin family is still here!
She gave Sun a somewhat resentful look, but Sun didn't seem to think anything of it. After forcing her to agree, Sun said she was going to visit the workshop and then walked away, leaving He Jiuniang and Qin staring at each other.
Qin seemed a little embarrassed, scratched her head, and finally managed to say, "Third sister-in-law, um... don't be too anxious, after all, you're a doctor..."
"No, no, no, second sister-in-law, don't say that. I'm not in a hurry, really!"
He Jiuniang was very confident, but Qin Shi was clearly not going to listen. She patted her hand with a look of sympathy and said very considerately, "Third sister-in-law, don't say anymore, I understand! Since you didn't sleep well last night, take advantage of the quiet now and go get some sleep."
He Jiuniang: ...
Okay, now nobody believes anything I say.
"Fine," she nodded and walked out, beginning to give up on her life.
She didn't sleep well last night. Lu Baichuan was allergic and couldn't sleep soundly at night, so she got up several times to apply medicine. So she went back to her room, lay down, and fell asleep in a little while.
I slept for quite a long time, until lunchtime.
Most of my family members aren't home at lunchtime, so it's just a few of them. We can just have a quick and easy meal.
The maids all went to work in the workshop and ate there. The Lu family was kind and still paid them by the piece, so everyone worked very hard.
In a short time, they saved up a lot of money, becoming richer than the maids of wealthy families. They were so grateful to be able to work as maids in the Lu family.
As for the new maid who arrived last night, she was completely captivated by the sewing machine. Even the four sisters, who had never done needlework before, were eager to try out this high-tech machine, praising their mistress's skill time and time again.
Old Man Lu and Lu Baichuan also came back from the village chief's house for dinner. It wasn't that the village chief's family was stingy and wouldn't offer them food; it was just that the women in the village chief's family were all busy at the Lu family's workshop, so the men had to cook for themselves. When the women came back, they could just grab a quick bite and feel embarrassed to offer them a meal.
When they returned, Madam Sun asked, "How was it? Can it be built?"
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