It seemed that only in this way could Old Lady Zhao feel relieved.
Otherwise, it's really unpleasant to be scolded to your face.
Granny Wang and Granny Zhao kept arguing about the same few things, and probably eventually they both got tired of it, so they changed the subject.
"Did you know that the He family at the village entrance had a baby girl?" Granny Wang asked.
After hearing this, Granny Zhao curled her lips in disgust, "Girls are a waste of money. All the girls in my family get styes from looking at them every day."
Old Mrs. Zhao finally breathed a sigh of relief; at least they weren't being scolded anymore. But when she heard "He family" at the village entrance, she didn't understand. "Whose family? Which He family?"
Granny Wang gave Granny Zhao and Granny Zhao a meaningful look, and Granny Zhao immediately realized what was going on.
She also had a look of disgust on her face. "Hmph, I told you long ago that woman's belly could only give birth to girls." It's really a pity for her son. He shouldn't have married such a woman in the first place!
Granny Wang didn't have such a big prejudice; she even brought two eggs she had saved at home to visit He Tiantian.
"That's because you didn't see it. That little girl is absolutely gorgeous. I dare say, no one in all these surrounding villages has ever had such a beautiful child in all these years."
It's so delightful to see, you just want to hold it in your arms and cherish it.
"So what if she's pretty? He seduced my son back then with that vixen face. If it weren't for her, my Xiangyang wouldn't have died so young." Old Mrs. Zhao was so angry that her teeth itched when she heard this.
“You can’t say that, sister-in-law! That little girl is also your second son’s flesh and blood!” Granny Wang advised.
"Flesh and blood? They might not even be from the Zhao family!" Old Mrs. Zhao said angrily and left.
She couldn't bear to hear even the slightest thing about that bitch, otherwise she would always feel a tightness in her chest.
Granny Wang glanced at Granny Zhao somewhat awkwardly, and the other woman also advised her, "Old sister-in-law, you don't know how hard it is to have so many granddaughters. My daughter-in-law is pregnant again. Since you like girls so much, you can take her home when she has another girl."
Granny Wang's eyes lit up when she heard this. "Really? Do you keep your word?"
"How could it be fake? This old woman can still live in this house," Granny Zhao said irritably.
Does this mean they don't believe in her position within the family?
After Sun finished cooking, she came out to call Granny Zhao home for dinner.
But as soon as she got closer, she heard that her mother-in-law was going to give away the child in her belly, and Sun was so angry that her face turned pale.
Although she knew it was true, she was still angry when she heard her mother-in-law say it.
"Mother, I'm sure this baby will be a son!" Sun said irritably.
Granny Zhao glanced at her daughter-in-law and said, "It would be best if it were a son, otherwise you can forget about staying by my side."
He Tiantian was overjoyed to have a daughter, and quite a few people have come to visit her these past few days. Besides the Zhao family, there was also Granny Wang, Zhao Yanniang, and even Erhua's mother.
Even Wang Dazhuang and Shui Wang brought some of their best things to visit.
She can walk around now, but she doesn't have much breast milk yet, just enough for Xiaomingzhu.
The baby needs to drink milk every two hours and poops many times a day.
Seeing that Sister-in-law Yulan washed a huge basin of diapers every day, He Tiantian quickly bought several large packs of disposable diapers from the mall. She used the same excuse as last time.
Sister-in-law Yulan felt very distressed seeing that they had to use more than ten or twenty diapers every day.
Goodness, how can something so white and soft only be used once? It would be so much better if it could be washed and reused, otherwise it's such a waste.
A group of people had just left the house when Mozhu arrived right away.
It was midday, and every household was cooking.
Mo Zhu didn't come empty-handed this time; instead, she brought some tonics as instructed by Song Yun.
These tonics were brought by the old lady when she came; they included ginseng, deer antler, and lingzhi mushrooms—they looked incredibly precious.
"Aunt He, Director Song asked me to send these over. Please accept them."
Looking at these precious tonics, He Tiantian's brow twitched involuntarily. So many good things! Even as a modern person, she had never tasted anything so good.
"Well... okay then." He Tiantian was so flustered she couldn't even speak.
Her family pays Director Song thirty taels of silver a month for cooking, which is a huge sum. How did she manage to snag such a great deal? It's like she was incredibly lucky in her past life.
"Auntie, my mother also praised your family's cooking skills." Mo Zhu took the food and added.
He now comes every day to fetch meals for the adults and the old lady, running up and down the mountain, which is very tiring for him. His family is understanding, so they always have him eat with them.
He no longer has to eat the tasteless communal food in the mine, which is wonderful!
He Tiantian smiled and pointed to Zhao Denglong, who was busy at work, "Denglong has been cooking for us these past few days. It's truly an honor for our whole family to receive praise from the old lady."
In terms of official responses, He Tiantian deserves the top spot.
Mo Zhu looked at Zhao Denglong in surprise. The little girl looked to be no more than ten years old, yet her cooking skills were already so amazing?
In addition, I made some snacks at noon these past few days. The rabbit-shaped snacks made of white glutinous rice are very pleasing to the eye.
As Changfeng Mine gradually expanded, Magistrate Liu, after a period of tireless recruitment, finally managed to bring in one hundred miners from other villages.
Magistrate Liu rode in a carriage, followed by soldiers and yamen runners, and then a hundred young, strong men.
These men, each carrying a bundle on their backs, were filled with curiosity about their future work.
They were recruited by the county magistrate himself; this job is simply too good to be true. It costs one hundred coins a month and includes two meals.
If a family could provide two or three people with physical strength, wouldn't they save four or five meals a day?
Moreover, there is still a long time before the autumn harvest of rice in the fields, and no family has enough food to eat.
Song Yun had about ten thatched huts built at the foot of the mountain as accommodations for the new miners.
With the arrival of the new miners, he became extremely busy, sometimes even forgetting to eat three meals a day.
These were all first-time miners, so they needed someone to guide them before they started working. So Song Yun selected ten miners from Changfeng Village to be their leaders.
These people are all hardworking workers in the mine, including Liu Yonghe, Wang Dazhuang, and Zhao Neng.
Being a foreman at the new mine for a month would earn you an extra thirty coins, making it a total of one hundred and thirty coins a month – quite a lot!
Such a great opportunity was something the three of them were naturally willing to undertake.
Not making money when you can is the mark of a fool.
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