Aunt Tian's eyes widened upon hearing this.
"Hey old woman Xiao, how can you be so ungrateful!"
Why would I fool you when I have nothing better to do?
I saw it very clearly yesterday afternoon. Your second son's wife came back in a donkey cart. It was a brand new donkey, a big, green one, and it looked very energetic!
A truckload of good stuff!
There were several bags of rice and plums, which were shared with everyone!
And there were all those little chicks, ducklings, and goslings! So many of them!
She's like an empress now, she's even hired servants. In the future, she'll be waited on hand and foot, eating and drinking the finest food!
They lived a much more comfortable life than you, their mother-in-law! Oh dear, you really are different people with different fates!
With our fate, we work hard all our lives to serve others, and even in our old age we're still busy and never have a moment's rest. Meanwhile, other people marry the right person at a young age and are enjoying a life of happiness!
There's really no way to reason with them!
But then again! You're luckier than me, at least you have a successful son who married a capable wife who can run the household! Unlike me, I'm so unlucky!
Now that your second child has everything, you, as the mother, can finally enjoy the good life too!
Oh, let me tell you, that widow Liu is incredibly efficient at her work! And her cooking is delicious too! Your second daughter-in-law should hire her; she can give your second daughter-in-law a shoulder massage and a leg massage now and then. Oh my! Just thinking about that life makes me happy!
"When will my son and daughter-in-law be successful enough to hire someone to take care of me? Then we'll know we didn't raise this son for nothing!"
Aunt Tian talked on and on, making Old Mrs. Xiao and her two children both excited and angry! They were excited because the second son's family had made a fortune, and they could go and plunder again!
What angered me was that I heard Xie Yushu, that spendthrift woman, was actually willing to hire people to do the work so she could enjoy herself. How dare she! If anyone should be enjoying themselves, it should be them!
Aunt Tian delivered the message, finished fanning the fire, lit the fire, and then left.
Xie Yujiao was the first to object.
"Mother, I'm carrying your precious grandson! My back aches, I feel unwell, and I'm dizzy and lightheaded. There's not even anyone to bring me water. I'm so afraid that if I fall, no one will even know!"
"I don't care if I get hurt, but if something happens to your grandson, how am I supposed to explain it to Yuanhang!"
Xiao Yan also lost her temper, took off her apron, and threw it on the ground.
“Mother, what is Xie Yushu? She was just hired by Xiao Yi for ten taels of silver to look after the child. She didn’t even get a banquet. To put it bluntly, she’s just a servant in our household. She doesn’t deserve to be served. If anyone should be served, it should be you, Mother.”
You've worked so hard to take care of our family all these years, and you haven't even enjoyed any of the good life. Why should others get to enjoy it?
Besides, Mother, didn't you tell me to take good care of myself and find me a good husband? Look at my hands, they're all chapped from cooking! I look like I'm destined for manual labor! Even the maids from wealthy families have more delicate hands than me. Who would want me with hands this rough?
With a grandson and a beloved daughter, the words of these two really struck a chord with Old Mrs. Xiao. In addition, she really thought her daughter was right. If she didn't enjoy happiness, why should others? So she immediately wanted to go to Xiao Yi's house!
I just remembered that Xie Yushu was a reckless and unruly person.
Aside from her, he was quick to attack Xie Yujiao and Xiao Yan. Even though he didn't attack her, he didn't gain any advantage. After thinking for a moment, he asked Tao Hua, who was hiding in the house, to go to the field and call back Old Man Xiao and the others so that everyone could go together!
Old Man Xiao and the others in the fields also heard from others that Xie Yushu had driven the donkey cart back.
Xiao Dayong and his wife were a little envious, but they thought that Xie Yushu was capable, and Xie Tianqi, Xie Tianming and the Liu brothers all worked in the prefectural city. If they helped each other, plus the money Xie Yushu earned from selling medicinal herbs, it wouldn't be surprising if they bought a donkey and a cart.
Although Xie Yushu said that the money from selling medicinal herbs was used to make knives, Xiao Yi and his wife didn't quite believe it. That was more than twenty taels of silver. Even the best kitchen knife only cost two taels of silver. What kind of knife could she make for twenty taels of silver!
This is the understanding of most people. Some even speculate that the ten taels of silver lent to Zhao Yuanhang were actually borrowed by Xie Yushu from Qu Xiaodie under the pretense of being a loan, just to tell Old Madam Xiao that she had no money and to avoid her constantly asking her for money.
It has to be said that this misunderstanding actually saved Xie Yushu a lot of trouble! It saved her from having a thousand-year-old ginseng!
If they knew she had a thousand-year-old ginseng and had made a lot of money from it, Old Mrs. Xiao and the others would probably go crazy!
Upon hearing this news, Old Man Xiao immediately started making plans. Xiao Yi didn't have any land; he only had a little over an acre in the courtyard. There was no need for donkeys and carts. He could just bring them to the old courtyard later. At worst, they could use them when needed!
They really are just like Old Mrs. Xiao and her family. Compared to them, Xiao Dayong and his wife are the exception in the Xiao family! As for Xiao Yi...
To be determined for now!
After all, he still hasn't opened up to her, and she always felt that Xiao Jinyu's affairs weren't so simple!
Although Old Man Xiao was scheming, he couldn't very well drop what he was doing and go to fetch the donkey in front of everyone, lest he become a laughingstock!
Old Man Xiao, who wanted to leave but couldn't, listened to the men next to them praising how good, how pleasing, and how obedient their big blue donkey was while they were working, and became even more anxious.
Just when things were getting tough, Xiao Haitang came running over excitedly.
"Grandpa, Father, Mother, Eldest Brother, Second Brother, Grandma wants you to come home quickly!"
Xiao Dayong looked up and asked
"It's only a few o'clock, it's time to get to work! Going home will only delay things. Did your grandma say what you need to do? If it's nothing, we can talk about it when we get back at noon!"
Old Man Xiao scolded
"Your mother specifically asked Haitang to come looking for someone, it must be something important. Moji, everyone go home!"
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