When Mrs. Cui saw her like this, she quickly changed the subject and asked about other trivial matters in the village.
They were eating and talking happily here, but the Jiao family's village next door was not so lively.
When they married their daughter into the Hou Mansion, in order to make it easier to move around in the future, the Jiao family bought one at a high price next to the village in the Hou Mansion.
Now, Mrs. Cui wants Zhuangzi back in the Hou Mansion, and the Jiao family doesn't like it.
Especially in the past few days, as Cuijiazhuangzi was packing things and registering them for storage, the manpower left behind by the Hou Mansion would sneak in from time to time to deliver messages.
Thinking of the food stored in the warehouse, Mrs. Jiao felt so hateful that her whole body ached.
At this moment, she was sitting in the yard, listening to my mother's scolding.
"You are just too easy to bully. She is just a second cousin. What are you afraid of her for? She just gave her the dowry, and in the end, Zhuangzi was robbed. We don't have enough food at home, and we want to take some from you. Well, it's good now, there's no hope."
Mrs. Jiao gritted her teeth angrily and argued with her mother in a low voice, "Do you blame me for the lack of food at home? Who asked you to sell all the food in stock? The emperor moved the capital, and people gathered here. Food is rich and valuable. Don't you know?"
"Of course I know, that's why I sold it!" Mrs. Jiao said confidently, "I still had hope in you, but I never thought you were so useless."
Mrs. Jiao got up and left in anger. She shouldn't have come back to her natal family.
Originally, the Marquis Mansion ran out of supplies from Zhuangzi, and she wanted to go back to her parents' house to get some, but she couldn't get the items, and she was furious to death.
At this moment, a woman suddenly ran in to report.
"Madam, what a great thing! The concubine from Zhuangzi next door actually brought a child back from outside and was standing at the door talking and laughing with the eldest man of the Liu family."
"What?" Before Jiao could be happy, Mrs. Jiao had already stood up in surprise, "Maybe this child is the bastard she gave birth to outside! No wonder she made a quarrel with the Marquis when she arrived in Jiangnan. It turns out there is someone outside."
Mrs. Jiao was also very happy. , but still knew to be cautious, so she quickly changed into a set of coarse cloth dresses worn by ordinary women, and then sneaked to the village next door to visit.
Jiayin didn't know that she had caused trouble to Mrs. Cui when she came out to play. Now that she had eaten and drank enough, she hugged Mrs. Cui's neck and walked out.
Liu Zhiheng asked someone to prepare a basket of eggs, two boxes of soft and easy-to-melt snacks, and two pieces of soft cotton cloth, put them together in the carriage, and gave instructions to his adopted sister.
"This is what I gave to the little girl, not yours!"
Mrs. Cui laughed when she heard this. "I know, my step-brother likes his daughter so much, so he should hurry up and have another one with his sister-in-law."
Liu Zhiheng glared, "Isn't that weird? You have found a lot of work for me, and I haven't seen your sister-in-law for three days."
Mrs. Cui quickly apologized, "I will come back from the gravel beach tomorrow, and I will leave this place to me. My sworn brother will go back to accompany my sister-in-law.
"Forget it, Zhuangzi is in your hands. I'm afraid it will be ruined within two days. When I sort it out, I will find you two reliable stewards." Liu
Zhiheng waved his hand and put aside his dislike for his adopted sister . It was shining brightly on his face.
Finally, he squeezed Jiayin's chubby hand and shook it, "Fu Niu, come and play again next time, uncle will prepare delicious food for you."
"Thank you, uncle!" Jiayin nodded with a smile, and her cute little appearance annoyed Liu Zhiheng. Another rare meal.
Soon, the small convoy set off. In the front car was Mrs. Cui holding good news, and behind there was a carriage and a mule cart, pulling an old fruit farmer, a cart of coarse grains and a cart of fine seeds.
When the good news didn't come out, I was looking forward to it, but after leaving for only half a day, I started to miss my parents and grandma, and I was excited and looking forward to getting home soon.
Mrs. Cui did not restrain her and let her play. However, Jiayin was tired from playing and fell asleep in her arms.
Mrs. Cui gently patted the fat baby in her arms, suddenly feeling greedy. If she got married again and gave birth to a daughter or son like this, would she also be very happy?
Thinking like this, she also felt sleepy, and slowly fell asleep with Jiayin in her arms.
They had no idea that someone had consciously grasped the situation and was almost going crazy with joy.
On the other side of the gravel beach, the Li family was also looking forward to it unconsciously. No matter what they were busy with, they couldn't help but stare at the intersection.
On weekdays, everyone is used to carrying good news at home or holding it in their arms.
Suddenly the child was no longer around, and everyone felt empty. They couldn't even eat lunch, and they always felt like they were missing a lot of things.
After finally looking forward to the return of Mrs. Cui's carriage, the Li family, old and young, hurriedly embraced it.
The old lady didn't care about the pain in her shoulder, and hugged her sleepy granddaughter, "Oh, grandma's good granddaughter, you are back!"
Tao Hongying also quickly touched her daughter's arms and legs, making Mrs. Cui dumbfounded, "Fu The girl is fine. She can eat, drink, and play happily."
The Li family was embarrassed, "It's not that I can't trust you, it's because this child has been around all the time, and when he suddenly went out for a while, the whole family was lost."
Jiayin's heart was filled with warmth . , and was afraid that grandma would injure her shoulder wound, so she gave her a big kiss and ran to her mother's arms.
Seeing her brothers coming over, she pouted and kissed each of them, making Jia An's family happy to play with her sister.
Tao Hongying put her daughter on Jia Xi's back and told her, "It's nearby, don't run too far."
Jiayin quickly reached out to the car, "Snacks, my snacks!"
Mrs. Cui smiled and took a box. Pass it to Jia An to hold.
The three brothers and sister then ran away happily, obviously looking for a place to share.
Everyone was laughing, and it happened that the village chief also brought someone over, and then they got down to business.
The fruit farmer Liu Zhiheng helped find was named Han. He was an old man over fifty. His dark complexion and calloused hands showed that he was an expert at working all year round.
The village chief was extremely satisfied. After a few words of greeting, he was led to take Old Han up the mountain.
The villagers had already sent the fruit seedlings up the mountain, but they didn't dare to plant them, for fear that something was wrong and they were in urgent need of guidance.
Mrs. Cui pointed out the fine seeds to everyone again, "This is the fine seed from my sworn brother Zhuangzi. You can plant it with confidence. In addition, I also asked people to pack a thousand kilograms of coarse grains. Don't dislike it, uncle, village chief, keep it for everyone to make." Ration."
"I don't mind it, I don't mind it. This is a timely help, and it helps a lot." The village chief was so happy that he loudly called Li Laoer to come forward.
"Second Brother, please make sure to write it down. In the autumn, we will double the amount of fine grains and return 20% of the coarse grains."
Li Laoer agreed, and immediately took out his charcoal pen and made two notes in his small notebook.
Mrs. Cui still wanted to stop her. She was afraid that the villagers would be so polite, so she didn't bring too much coarse food.
But Mrs. Li took her hand and said, "The village chief made the right arrangement. No one's food is blown by the wind. If you borrow and return it, it will not be difficult to borrow again."
"Yes," the village chief nodded with a smile, " There are so many people in the village that it is not easy to get into the habit of asking for whatever is needed. Mr. Ye even gave the saplings and recorded them in the book. From now on, he will pay the capital. Everyone has mountains and land now, as long as they work hard , I will definitely live a good life."
Mrs. Cui no longer insisted, but she admired everyone even more in her heart.
Who wouldn't like such hard-working and self-reliant people?