Lin Anyi wanted to ask again, but Liu knew that the more she spoke, the more mistakes she would make, so she refused to open her mouth.
"Why are you asking so many questions? Just listen to your third sister-in-law and take good care of your baby."
After all, this sister-in-law has been with her since she was a child. Even though it has nothing to do with her, Sun couldn't help but say something.
Just by saying this, Lin An would not care. After all, that was the second house and her brother's family. How could she just stay away from them?
But the attitudes of the two sisters-in-law were the same, so Lin Anyi had to take it seriously.
"I understand, sister-in-law, sister-in-law." Lin Anyi nodded obediently: "Anyway, I can't move around freely, so there won't be many opportunities to meet you."
The third aunt and her sister-in-law chatted casually for a while and then dispersed. Since none of them were busy, the fact that they could take the time to chat was the greatest respect they had for Lin Anyi.
After Chang Lin came back, Lin Anyi told him what had just happened.
"Since the eldest and third sisters-in-law have said so, let's try not to meet with the second brother's family."
Because of Lin Anru, Chang Lin also trusted Liu. He was not Lin Anyi and did not have such a strong relationship with the second wife.
"Then I'll find a reason to tell Mom that I won't see anyone tomorrow."
The only group missing was from the second house, which was too targeted. She had no conflict with the second house, so it was not good to suddenly target them.
"I'm sorry for putting you through this." Chang Lin gently stroked her head. "I'll find some storybooks for you to read tomorrow so you don't get bored."
Lin Anyi knows how to read. She has liked to follow Lin Anru since she was a child. When Lin Anru was bored, she would teach her how to read.
It is precisely because of this that, despite the huge difference in financial situation between the Chang and Lin families, the Chang family still likes the Lin family's daughter.
These days there are few people who can read, let alone girls who can read.
Apart from the girls from noble families, it is extremely rare to find a girl who can read and write in farming families.
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Second room.
After Zhang and her group arrived home, Zhang took all the copper coins from the children and counted them one by one.
"Where did you get so many copper coins?"
Lin Anxiang heard the voice and took the silver from her hand.
"Your sister was very generous in giving the child a welcome gift."
Zhang was both happy and jealous. A young girl was lucky enough to marry a good husband, but the gift was just copper coins.
I don’t know how she got so lucky that the Chang family took a fancy to her.
She reached out and touched her face, thinking: If I were ten years younger, there would be no Lin Anyi in the Chang family.
"Don't touch this money yet. I'm going to return it to my parents. My parents have been harassing me to death." Zhang reached out and took the copper coins back. "Pay some back first. It will be easier to borrow money later."
Although their housewarming party a while ago was not grand, it was not shameful either, as it was all thanks to the money borrowed from her parents' home.
Lin Anxiang's eyes darkened. He felt unhappy when he thought about his various begging attitudes when he went to Zhang's parents' home some time ago.
It took me so long to borrow such a small amount of money, and now they are asking me to pay it back in less than a month.
Seeing that his face looked unhappy, Zhang wanted to give the money back to him, but she didn't want to cut off contact with the Zhang family.
"Then return it."
Lin Anxiang spoke clearly, saying that because of the unpleasantness over the loan, he did not think of returning the money to the Zhang family immediately after his family had money.
Most of the money he borrowed for the banquet when he moved into a new house was recovered from the gift money. Later, the money he earned from selling herbs was enough to pay it back, but he just refused to pay it back.
Zhang breathed a sigh of relief, but she couldn't sever ties with her natal family.
"Starting tomorrow, have the three of you go to your aunt's house and chat more often. Their uncle-in-law is rich and has made your aunt very happy. The silver that comes out of his fingers is enough to feed our family for a year or two."
Lin Anxiang felt a surge of warmth in his heart when he thought of the betrothal gifts that the Chang family had sent to his sister when she got married.
If the damned third brother hadn't secretly let the younger sister take away all the betrothal gifts, they wouldn't have to live in such a low voice now.
The old man deserved to be angry with him and let him do what he wanted.
"Yeah, okay." Zhang had the same idea and agreed immediately.
Lin Anyi didn't know what the second wife was planning, and it didn't matter if she knew, because she and her husband had already decided not to receive any outsiders for the next month.
After Lin Anru from the third wife left home, Lin Anji from the first wife also wanted to leave.
But compared with Lin Anru, he had to do hard labor when he left, so Sun's worry was more obvious than Liu's.
Serving forced labor is not easy. Every time people go there, they feel like they have lost half their life when they come back. But they have to go, unless you have money to bribe others or have some honors. If you don't have either, then you'd better go to the forced labor obediently.
Every family with adult males had to send someone over, so after Lin Anji and his group set off, the village became much quieter.
Liu felt that Sun would be as worried as she was about her husband not being able to eat or sleep well, so the day after Lin Anji left, she went to see her sister-in-law and comfort her.
But she came up empty-handed.
"My mother went to the fields. If Third Aunt wants to find her, just go to the field in the west and shout." Lin Bowen pointed in the direction of the fields.
Liu walked in the direction she pointed, but didn't shout.
After the busy farming season, new crops have not yet been planted and the fields are empty. You can tell at a glance whether there is anyone in that direction.
"Sister-in-law, have you planted herbs on all the land?"
Liu looked at the green land with admiration in her heart. As far as she knew, only the eldest family in the whole village did this.
"These are all newly opened lands. Since there's no tax on them for the first three years, we might as well use them to grow herbs and sell them for money." Sun explained with a smile, then asked, "How did you find time to come here, sister-in-law?"
"This newly opened land is much better for growing herbs than crops."
After she met Sun, she couldn't tell her the reason for coming to see Sun, so Liu had no choice but to not answer and talk about other topics.
Why is there no tax on reclaimed land for three years? It is because basically no matter what is planted on it in the first three years, there will not be much harvest.
“It’s indeed good.”
Sun nodded in agreement. She wanted to open up a few more acres of land, but Lin Anji was not at home and she was the only adult at home. It was just enough for her to take care of the herbs on a daily basis, but she would not be able to handle the work of opening up the land.
"I see some families in the village also want to open up wasteland to grow herbs. My sister-in-law has this idea, so we should hurry up. There is only so much land that can be opened up and is easy to open up."
"I do want to!" Liu sighed.
Lin Anru was not at home. She was weak and had to put down the hoe within a quarter of an hour of picking it up. The land reclamation had really begun, and she could not reclaim a single piece of land in a whole year.
In addition, his family was busy purchasing herbs, so he had no free time. Even if he wanted to, and knew that he could make more money this way, it was just a thought.
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