Aunt Chen and Chen Xuan'er were kicked out of the upper room by Luo Shi, and they were quite unhappy.
But because Mrs. Bai is here, it's hard to show it.
When the two of them saw Xie Chuntao choosing vegetables in the yard, they didn't want to help at all.
They were guests, and no one would let guests do work, but Luo Shi didn't treat them as outsiders.
Zhen actually acquiesced.
Aunt Chen was dissatisfied with her sister.
But in front of Old Mrs. Bai, it was hard to stand still and not help. Old Mrs. Bai dared to say anything unpleasant.
"Aunt, cousin Xuan'er, I can choose this dish myself. Aunt hasn't been here for a long time, so you and cousin Xuan'er can walk around our yard and take a look at our new yard." Xie Chuntao saw Aunt Chen and Chen Xuan'er I want to help choose dishes, so I asked.
Aunt Chen and Chen Xuan'er breathed a sigh of relief, and without being polite, they got up and walked around the yard.
"Mom, I heard before that your aunt's family has become rich, but you and dad still don't believe it. Look at the big yard, the house has been renovated and built, and the barn is filled with food." Chen Xuan'er said quietly.
Aunt Chen's heart felt sour.
These changes naturally fell in her eyes, and she only felt it was an eyesore.
In the past, my elder sister was the noble eldest daughter of the Zhen Mansion. She was a concubine. Although the eldest lady was very kind to me and my elder sister treated me just like her siblings, she still felt unbalanced.
When the Zhen Mansion was defeated, she felt a little happy when she heard that her sister had been sold to Yangzhou.
Later, they were all rescued by the Bai family. She disliked the old Bai family for being poor and followed Grandma Du to Lijiazhuang.
When she grew up, her sister married the poor Baiban, while she married into the wealthy Chen family who did business in another town.
They are all down-and-out daughters of the Hou family, and her sister is even more down-and-out than she is.
Once upon a time in Lao Bai's family, my sister didn't even have enough to eat, and the family was so poor that only a litter of sons was left.
She only watched with cold eyes and never helped.
My sister is quite stubborn and has never cried to her about poverty.
Nowadays, the life of Lao Bai's family is so good, and the clothes my sister wears are all fine silk cotton. The most eye-catching thing is that there is such a charming girl, and she is also made the village head.
How could I not make Aunt Chen jealous.
She took great pains to raise her two daughters according to the rules of the Zhen Mansion, and the beautiful and outstanding eldest daughter was only married to Li Zheng's son.
The title of the village head was beyond the imagination.
"Renovating a house is nothing. Our family is in the town, so it's just a few more kilograms of millet." Aunt Chen said with a forced smile. She wouldn't admit that Lao Bai's family was living a prosperous life.
"Didn't you hear what my aunt said? This year's drought caused my aunt to send a cart of food to my grandma's family, but our family has been saving food these days..." Chen Xuan'er said.
"Can the countryside be the same as our town? There is so much food in the countryside but it's not worth it. Our family has to spend money to buy food. It's normal for the drought period to be short. Having money is the right way. When will our family's food be less than your pocket money?" When Aunt Chen heard her daughter mention the good life of Lao Bai's family, she subconsciously argued.
"That mother knew that my aunt's family had no money, but she still wanted me to marry Bai Panmei." Chen Xuan'er pouted.
In Chen Xuan'er's heart, Bai Panmei was still the poor country boy who was not good enough for her.
"What do you know? Bai Panmei is now a scholar." Aunt Chen said.
"My second cousin is not a scholar, but he is just a country man. He doesn't have two taels of silver a month and can't even afford meat." Chen Xuan'er sneered. She didn't understand why her mother thought the Bai family was poor but still let her Marry Bai Panmei.
"Can two strong men compete with Panmei? I've heard that Panmei won the first place among scholars and studied at Huaishui Academy. Do you know about Huaishui Academy? When your father heard about it, he asked me to take you to your aunt's house."
Aunt Chen thought of her husband's words, saying that all the students who study in Huaishui Academy are the first to be promoted. Half of the large number of Jinshi selected in the Jinluan Palace came from Huaishui Academy.
Taking advantage of the fact that Bai Panmei is just a young scholar, we took the opportunity to book her.
Chen Xuan'er curled her lips in disbelief.
A poor scholar wanted her to marry him, but she was not willing to marry him no matter how many good people he said before.
She doesn't want to live a poor life. She wants to marry into a family like Li Zheng like her eldest sister Chen Jing'er, with fertile land and endless money to spend.
When Xiao Fuyuan came out of the upper room, she saw Aunt Chen and Chen Xuan'er standing by the flowers in the corner of the yard, cooing.
Aunt Chen looked up and saw Xiao Fuyuan, waved to her and said: "Come here Xiao Yuanbao."
Xiao Fuyuan walked over and called her aunt.
"Xiao Yuanbao, come here, let me give you some pine nut candies." Aunt Chen took out a handful of candies from her pocket and handed them to Xiao Fuyuan, "This is your sister Xuan'er's favorite. It costs four hundred dollars a pound."
Xiao Fuyuan didn't answer, shook her head, and said confusedly: "Thank you, Auntie, I'm tired of eating pine nut candies."
Aunt Chen and Chen Xuan'er looked at each other in a loud tone.
In the past, Lao Bai's family could not buy a pound of pine nut candies all year round.
"My third brother brings me all kinds of delicious food from town every now and then, such as hibiscus cake, crystal cake, mung bean cake... I have a box of pine nut candies at home now. Sister Xuan'er, do you like it? I'll give you one later. Jar." Xiao Fuyuan said seriously.
"What? Does your third brother earn so much as an apprentice? Then Xu's shop treats your third brother well." Aunt Chen was quite disdainful.
Xiao Fuyuan smiled and said, "I'm afraid I don't know, my third brother and my third sister-in-law opened a silk and satin shop after they got married. The business is going well, and I will go to Huaicheng to open it in a while."
What?
Aunt Chen felt as if someone had punched her in the chest, making her unable to breathe.
Bai Sanzhuang is so promising?
Chen Xuan'er had an engagement with Bai Sanzhuang when she was young. Later, the Chen family regretted it because they disliked the poor old Bai family. Therefore, when Bai Sanzhuang married Tian Maimiao, they only gave gifts but no one came.
Chen Xuan'er's face also looked very ugly.
She lived in the Bai family for a while when she was a child, and was very close to Bai Sanzhuang.
Bai Sanzhuang is good at everything, he is smart and handsome, but he is too poor.
Unexpectedly, the person she regretted marrying turned out to be the owner of a silk and satin shop.
"Aunt, what's wrong with your face?" Xiao Fuyuan asked knowingly.
Aunt Chen forced a smile and said, "It's okay because of the sun. Xiao Yuanbao, I heard that your third sister-in-law is a pig-killer, right?"
"My third sister-in-law is beautiful and capable. She used to butcher pigs, and now she and her third brother open a silk shop. By the way, my third sister-in-law is about to give birth to a nephew for me." Xiao Fuyuan said innocently.
Now it was Chen Xuan'er's turn to be hit in the chest, and she felt sour and bitter in her heart.
At this time, Mrs. Bai stood at the door of the kitchen and shouted to Xiao Fuyuan: "Granddaughter, you go to the embroidery workshop and ask your sister Qiu to come to the house for dinner. She forgot about it when she got busy."
"Okay." Xiao Fuyuan agreed.
"Who is Qiuniang? What is the embroidery workshop?" Aunt Chen blurted out.
"Qiuniang is a cousin of my grandma's natal family. She lives in my house and now manages the embroidery workshop run by my family." Xiao Fuyuan explained to Aunt Chen seriously.
Aunt Chen was stunned by the news.
The Lao Bai family actually made a fortune like this, both from the shop and from the embroidery workshop.
My sister's fortune turned out to be good?
impossible!
Children’s words cannot be trusted!
Aunt Chen didn't want to believe it.
