Seeing this, Jiang Yuwei quickly grasped Liu's hand and looked at her with concern, saying:
"Mrs. Liu, don't be anxious. Tell me first, what do you want to see me about?"
Liu choked up a few times:
"My mother-in-law...she...she died, sob sob, I don't have any money for her burial, so I...I came to find you, sob sob...I really don't know anyone else, I usually stay at home doing embroidery, so I'm only close to you, only to you..."
Jiang Yuwei was also shocked upon hearing this:
"Grandma Sun is gone? Don't worry, I'll give you whatever silver you need!"
As Jiang Yuwei spoke, she reached for her purse.
Seeing this, Liu was about to kneel down before Jiang Yuwei, but fortunately Jiang Yuwei reacted quickly and stopped her.
"Liu, what are you doing? You've helped me so many times before. We're neighbors, and I'll definitely help you with anything I can."
Upon hearing Jiang Yuwei's words, Liu burst into tears again.
"Yuwei, I really don't know how to thank you. I want to borrow one tael of silver from you to help with my mother-in-law's funeral. However, I can't repay the money in a short time. But don't worry, I will work hard to do embroidery to pay off the debt."
Without saying a word, Jiang Yuwei took out two taels of silver from her purse and handed it to Liu Shi:
“You don’t need to pay back the money. My paper mill needs workers right now. I’ll give you two taels of silver a year. You can come work for me after you finish Grandma Sun’s funeral. I see you’re always bending over doing embroidery, and your health isn’t good anymore.”
Upon hearing this, Liu nodded repeatedly:
"Okay, I will definitely work hard. Thank you, Yuwei."
Jiang Yuwei then took Liu Shi into the courtyard to draft an employment document, which Liu Shi then signed and sealed, so that Liu Shi could quickly go and handle Grandma Sun's funeral arrangements.
After Liu left, Jiang Yuwei sighed helplessly:
"Grandma Sun was a good person. It's a pity. Good people don't live long, but evil people live for a thousand years."
After Jiang Yuwei finished speaking, she glanced at Ning Huaizhi and said in a deep voice:
"I'll go to Grandma Sun's house later to see if there's anything I can help with. You stay home and cook for them."
Ning Huaizhi nodded:
"Yes, Liu is not having an easy time either, we should go and help her."
After Jiang Yuwei and Ning Daya unloaded the things from the car, they went to the paper mill to arrange the pre-ordered quantities for Tiezhu and Ningwu. She also told Daya not to worry about anything else for the next few days and just focus on helping out at the paper mill. She said that once Liu Shi finished her things at home in a few days, she could come to the paper mill to work every day. Jiang Yuwei thought that if the paper mill grew bigger in the future, she would need to find a few more suitable people to work there.
Just as she was about to go out to Liu's house, she saw Zhang Tianhe and Zhang Guang pushing a cart full of paper mulberry bark.
"Tianhe, Zhang Guang, are you here to sell paper mulberry bark? Just take it to the backyard and let Ningwu weigh it for you."
Seeing this, Zhang Tianhe quickly waved his hand and said:
"No, no, I didn't come to sell it, I came to give it to you. Thank you so much for saving my Xiaoman that day. We don't have anything valuable to thank you for. Xiaoyun said you needed paper mulberry bark, so Zhang Guang and I went to the mountain to peel it for a day. I saw you were home today, so I brought it to you."
Zhang Guang also stepped forward and handed the basket in his hand to Jiang Yuwei:
"Sister Yuwei, these are eggs and duck eggs that my mother asked me to bring for you. Please take them."
As if he had just thought of something, Zhang Tianhe hurriedly unloaded a basket from the cart:
"And this is wood ash that my mother collected. You should keep it too, Sister Yuwei. I really wronged you that day."
Seeing how busy they were, Jiang Yuwei waved her hand and said:
“I didn’t take it to heart. You don’t need to do this. I appreciate your kindness, but you still have to give me the money. Let’s go to the backyard to weigh it first.”
Seeing this, Zhang Tianhe quickly waved his hand:
"No, I can't weigh it, Sister Yuwei. If I take your money, my mother will beat me to death."
After saying that, Zhang Tianhe ignored Jiang Yuwei's obstruction, pushed the cart to the backyard where the paper mulberry bark was piled up, dumped it all out, and then poured the wood ash from the basket next to it. Only then did he call Zhang Guang and hurriedly run out.
Seeing this, Ning Huaizhi shook his head helplessly:
"Since they've brought it, just accept it. Farmers don't lie. Tianhe is an honest man; he'll definitely feel bad if you don't accept it."
Jiang Yuwei watched the two figures disappear and smiled:
“I can tell too. Zhang Tianhe is a simpleton. I’ll go to Aunt Zhang’s house when I have time and ask him if he wants to work at our paper mill.”
After saying that, Jiang Yuwei thought she should hurry to Liu's house to help, so she gave Ning Huaizhi a few instructions and rushed to Liu's house.
As soon as Jiang Yuwei arrived at Liu's house, she saw a crowd gathered in the courtyard.
"You wicked Liu, how dare you embezzle your mother-in-law's dowry!"
"Spit it out, spit it out!"
Jiang Yuwei hurriedly pushed through the crowd and stepped forward, only to see an old woman grabbing Liu's arm and shouting.
Liu was usually a quiet person who wouldn't say a word for a long time. She had never seen such a scene before, so she could only stand there awkwardly, being pulled by the old woman's arm.
"I said, Aunt Liu, at least let them finish the funeral first before talking about anything else. Grandma Sun is still lying at home."
"Exactly, she even claims to be from her maternal family, but I think she's just taking advantage of Liu because she's easy to bully."
Listening to everyone's discussion, Jiang Yuwei finally understood the whole story. It turned out that Granny Liu was Grandma Sun's sister. Upon hearing that Grandma Sun had passed away, she rushed to the Sun family early this morning to demand the return of Grandma Sun's dowry, saying that it shouldn't be given to the Sun family so easily. That's why the scene that Jiang Yuwei saw when she came in happened.
Jiang Yuwei naturally knew about the Sun family's situation; otherwise, Liu wouldn't have come to her to borrow money. Seeing Liu being pulled and tugged by Granny Liu, who even tried to search Liu's body, Jiang Yuwei couldn't hold back any longer. She stepped forward, grabbed Granny Liu's hand, and glared at her coldly.
"Are you really Grandma Sun's biological sister? Who can prove it?"
When Granny Liu saw a young woman arrive, she immediately released Liu's hand, glared at Jiang Yuwei, and said coldly:
"Hmph, who are you to meddle in other people's family affairs?"
Jiang Yuwei smiled faintly:
"Never mind who I am, first tell me how you prove you are Grandma Sun's sister?"
Upon hearing this, Granny Liu put her hands on her hips and began to curse:
"Who do you think you are, daring to question me? My sister and I are biological sisters, we all came from the same womb!"
Jiang Yuwei raised an eyebrow and looked at Liu Shi:
"Ms. Liu, do you know that she is your mother-in-law's sister? Have you ever seen her visit your mother-in-law?"
When Liu met Jiang Yuwei's eyes, she immediately understood what she meant and quickly shook her head, saying:
"I don't know, and I've never seen her visit my mother-in-law."
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