Around noon, after a morning of work, the three brothers returned home together.
Upon returning home, the two brothers, still wearing their traditional Chinese jackets, went to pour cold water on themselves as usual. Suddenly, Qingshan saw his wife gracefully bring over warm water and gently hand him a towel...
"My lord, don't let my second brother get too cold. It's late autumn, he should wipe his sweat with warm water."
After more than a month of rest and recuperation from the heavy snow, her skin had become much fairer, and when she stretched out her hand, two sparkling silver bracelets were revealed, looking incredibly beautiful.
Seeing his sister-in-law and elder brother so affectionate, Qingsong was both happy for them to finally be together and saddened.
If he had confessed his feelings to Fangfang earlier, would they have gotten married yesterday?
Ah, good things often come with difficulties~
"Here you go, second brother."
Seeing that her second brother looked somewhat downcast, Da Xue realized what her husband had mentioned to her and quickly handed him another clean handkerchief.
Qingsong was taken aback for a moment, then smiled and thanked him:
"Thank you, sister-in-law!"
His eldest sister-in-law is like a mother to him; he'll have two "mothers" from now on!
"Third brother, your water basin is in your bedroom."
After making arrangements for her husband and second brother, Da Xue came to remind her third brother, who was covered in sweat and had a pale face.
My mother-in-law said that although this third brother is a scholar, he is not a bookworm. Now he needs to balance work and rest.
"Thank you, sister-in-law."
Qingyun was surprised to receive a share, so she quickly thanked him and hurriedly went back inside to change her clothes.
After a morning of work, he finally understood the meaning of his mother's ditty, "Hoeing the fields at noon, sweat drips onto the soil; who knows that every grain in the bowl is the result of hard work?"
Jiang Yue watched all this quietly, then called out after a moment:
"After you've washed up, come have lunch. Today's lunch is all Daxue's cooking; you'll have to get used to it whether you like it or not~"
"Mother's here!"
"Okay, I know~"
"Mother~"
"I'm here~"
"Woof woof woof~"
Dinner's ready!
Little White stopped baring its teeth at Big White, picked up its food bowl, trotted over, squatted down at its owner's feet, and stuck out its tongue while grinning foolishly...
"Eat more meat during the heavy snow!"
"Mom, you should eat more too~"
"Yaoyao, eat more!"
"My sister-in-law is so kind~"
"Hmph, you ungrateful little thing, yesterday Second Brother was the best~"
"Second brother is good too~"
"Where's my older brother?"
"Hello, big brother too~"
"Ahem, Third Brother?"
"That's fine, that's fine too~"
"Woof woof woof~"
Little White understood and wagged its tail round and round.
"Our little white dog is great too~"
When there are many people, they tend to coax children.
Although Qingyao felt she wasn't a child anymore, she still hadn't lost all her baby teeth.
The addition of a new member to the family is a little awkward, but mostly welcome.
Especially Qingshan, who married his sweetheart and achieved everything except for the fact that they haven't consummated their marriage yet.
The heavy snow, which had initially blushed, is now completely calm.
Her mother-in-law's family was very kind to her. They treated her very well. There was no mean mother-in-law or any difficult relationships. They all indulged her, coaxed her, and pampered her. She felt like she had fallen into a paradise!
The young couple from Qingshan were deeply in love and couldn't bear to be apart. They worked together and no one could take them away.
Even when washing dishes or pots, the two of them are glued together.
Ahem, of course, Jiang Yue didn't blame Da Xue. She could see very clearly that it was Qingshan who was covered in snow!
There's a family tradition of taking a midday nap. After closing the doors and windows, the whole family members each snuggle up in their own rooms for a nap.
Qingshan couldn't sleep. He was young and impetuous, and he was afraid that things would go wrong with the person he liked, ignoring his mother's warnings.
Therefore, the couple were not asleep in the room, but were counting money.
Qingshan took the money he had received over the past few months out from under the bed board, poured it onto the straw mat on the bed, and happily handed it over to his wife.
The snowstorm was a mix of surprise and joy.
Then, she took out two silver ingots from her dowry quilt.
The young couple smiled at each other, then put the money together.
“Mother said that men should be responsible for external affairs and women for internal affairs. Before we separated the family, half of our earnings went to the public fund, and the other half was to be divided among those who contributed.”
Qingshan told his wife about his family's situation, feeling extremely proud.
He dared to say that there were few families in the entire Wu family village as open-minded as his.
This is all thanks to his mother. Without his mother, there would be no home, and none of this would exist!
“When I was at my parents’ home, my mother said that my mother-in-law was a sensible person and that I must have fallen into a lucky nest after marrying into the family.”
After listening, Da Xue nodded. Her mother-in-law had already told her about it that morning, so she wasn't too surprised.
She knew that such open-mindedness was rare not only in Wujia Village, but also in other villages outside.
Many mothers-in-law enjoy tormenting their new daughters-in-law because that's how they were raised, and therefore they can't stand seeing their new daughters-in-law do well.
Her grandmother had wronged her mother in the past, but after her father passed away and her mother insisted on remaining a widow, her grandmother changed her mind. Especially after her mother severed ties with her maternal uncle's family, her grandmother truly began to treat her mother as her own daughter...
Like a man presenting a treasure to his wife, he handed the money box to her with a silly grin and said:
"Wife, count the money and put it away. I promise I can earn even more money for you in the future. Trust me, I will definitely make sure you and Mother live a good life!"
"Yes, my husband, I believe you."
Da Xue accepted the money box without hesitation. It was a sign of her husband's trust in her, and also her mother-in-law's trust in her!
From now on, she will take it upon herself to serve her mother-in-law and take good care of her younger siblings as the eldest daughter-in-law of the Wu family!
The box contained the silver Wu Qingshan had earned over three or four months selling cold noodles, totaling thirteen taels and more than one hundred copper coins. Adding Da Xue's dowry of ten taels, the total came to twenty-three taels and more than one hundred copper coins.
Qingsong, as if possessed, also pulled out his secret stash of money, counted it for a while, and found eighteen taels and over two hundred copper coins. This was his dowry for getting married, all saved up!
Fangfang, where are you? I wonder how you're doing these days~
As expected of a mother and her two children, Jiang Yue was also counting money in the room at this moment.
This time, when she got married, she spent two taels and two hundred copper coins from the public funds at the silver shop, plus one tael at the pastry shop and three taels to buy the pig, for a total of six taels and two hundred copper coins from the public funds. She only had less than two taels of silver left in the public funds.
It hurts to spend the money, but with several companies offering generous gifts—
The eldest and second sons of the old house brought ten taels of silver, the elder brother and sister-in-law brought ten taels, the village head brought two taels, and other villagers gave a few dozen copper coins here and there...
Finally, she had twenty-five taels more silver in her account!
She didn't plan to give the money to the Qingshan couple. It wasn't that she was stingy; it was that she would have to check the gift list later and add the money back to each person, more or less, to return the money.
She calculated the profit and loss for September. She only made six taels of silver from the cold noodles business in September. After deducting costs and labor, she was left with four taels and three hundred copper coins.
The restaurant made a profit of eighteen taels of silver. After deducting costs and labor, they still had a little over fourteen taels left.
They earned a total of twenty taels. Half was divided among the family business, and five taels were given to each of the sons...
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