She doesn't like to owe favors to others. After all, she is Xinghe's uncle. It is relatively safe for her to help. If she pays her wages, they may do their best to help.
As soon as Yun Cuihe finished speaking, Lu Shoucheng immediately raised his watch and determined: "Sister-in-law, don't worry, from now on, I will sleep on the foundation until your new house is completed. I will never miss a brick from you."
Seeing him like this, Jiang Xiuqin covered her mouth and smiled: "Okay, you go sleep on the foundation, and I will ask Yufang and Xiaowei to take turns delivering meals to you every day."
Wang Xuelan wiped the handle on her apron.
"Third wife, are you planning to let Xinghe take the scientific examination again?"
Yun Cuihe nodded: "Actually, this is what Yueyue meant. Xinghe simply wants to take this path himself, so we can support him."
"Now the third sister-in-law's family has finally come to the end of their hardships." Jiang Xiuqin said with a smile.
Yun Cuihe sighed, "Hey, it's not that good, but it's better than when I was hungry before. When the house is together, I'm afraid the family will be unable to open the pot again."
Wang Xuelan hurriedly comforted her, "After all, we have built a house. At least the family can live comfortably. As for the money, we can still make money in the future. We will not be worse off than before."
Yun Cuihe nodded repeatedly: "That's what mother said."
Lunch was ready in a short while, including brown rice porridge, a small plate of wild vegetables and a plate of salted vegetables.
"The mountains have been stripped bare recently, and there is not much food at home. The third sister-in-law and her family have to make do with what they eat." Jiang Xiuqin said.
Yun Cuihe waved her hand, "I don't need to be so polite."
…
At home, Lu Jianqi's little daughter was having a tantrum.
Lu Shanshan had always been curious about Lu Xinghe's good looks and high level of knowledge. From the nearby villages, she couldn't find anyone of his age who had better conditions than him.
Unexpectedly, after her father left, the family became worse and worse. Her father was afraid that she would suffer hardships with Lu Xinghe, so he promised her another family after she was born.
At that time, because Lu Xinghe's family was poor and he didn't want to suffer hardships with him, he followed his family's wishes. After all, the family he got engaged to was a wealthy family in Yaojiagou, with more than thirty acres of land.
Who would have known that Lu Xinghe had only been married for more than a month, and now his family was about to build a brick house?
This made Lu Shanshan, who had always been high-spirited, extremely frustrated.
"Dad, I don't care. Please cancel the marriage in Yaojiagou. I'm annoyed when I see Yao Shangshu."
Lu Jianqi's brows were so worried that he could kill flies.
"Oh, my ancestors, how can you just withdraw from this marriage? Do you think you are just playing house?"
The eldest and second child in Li Zheng's family is his son, and his daughter is Lu Shanshan, who has been pampered by the family since she was a child.
Lu Shanshan looked furious: "Can't we just return their betrothal gifts?"
Li Zheng's daughter-in-law, Chen Shufen, stepped forward and took Chen Shanshan's tender hand: "My dear, you have been keeping the betrothal gifts from the Yao family. My parents have never touched them at all. You were always buying hairpins and hairpins." You are buying a bracelet, are you sure we can still get the gift back? Our family is not as rich as the Yao family, and my parents will never be able to spend so much money to make up for your shortfall."
As he said that, he winked at Lu Jianqi.
Lu Jianqi hurriedly said: "What your mother said is that the Yao family has thirty acres of land and a brick house. It must be much better than that of Lu Xinghe. Not to mention that Lu Xinghe has already married a daughter-in-law. I heard that that Yun is nervous about her daughter-in-law, you can't get in."
As soon as she heard this, Lu Shanshan felt even more unhappy, as if someone else had robbed her of the good life that originally belonged to her.
"She's just a hairy girl. No matter how nervous she is, she won't be able to give birth to Lu Xinghe's child right now. Aunt Yun might just want to make a show of disgusting me."
When Lu Jianqi heard this, he immediately became a little annoyed.
"You are such a young girl, how can you speak so shamelessly? Have all the etiquette, justice and shame I taught you in the past gone to waste?"
Lu Shanshan was told something by her father, her face was full of displeasure, she snorted and went back to the house.
Chen Shufen looked at Lu Jianqi with a sad face: "Master, look at our daughter..."
Lu Jianqi sighed, "Well, let's keep a close eye on her. Don't let her do something stupid and ruin this good marriage. After all, we will get married in two months. Then it will be good to marry into the Yao family."
Chen Shufen exclaimed: "Then Lu Xinghe is really right. It's not a good time to get out of the house. He has to do it at this time. It's like he's afraid that other people won't know that he got lucky. The same goes for your Uncle Tiesheng, who went out of his way to show him the bricks. He came to our house to borrow a dog, I think he did it on purpose."
Lu Jianqi rubbed his eyebrows.
"What can we do? We were wrong in this matter in the first place, and we didn't allow others to show off after the transfer?"
When she heard this, Chen Shufen was not happy, "What's wrong with not taking responsibility? With the conditions of the Lu family at that time, did he want to marry our youngest son to suffer hardship? Besides, it was just words in the past, and there was no token. As for the paperwork, why did we make a mistake?"
Lu Jianqi wanted to say something else, but finally sighed and turned around and went outside.
…
In the Lu family's old house, the family had dinner, and Lu Shoucheng went to sleep on the foundation halfway up the hillside with a bundle of rice straws in his arms.
Yun Cuihe pulled Wang Xuelan and Jiang Xiuqin aside and whispered: "Mom, fourth brothers and sisters, Xinghe asked me to remind you that this year's harvest will not be good, and the price of food may increase at the end of the year. You'd better stock up on food." At home, we don’t have to go back and spend wasted money. Our family also bought a hundred kilograms of brown rice a few days ago, and we don’t know if it will last until next year.”
The two of them heard that it was Lu Xinghe who reminded them, and they had a plan in mind.
"This kid Xinghe doesn't talk much on weekdays, and he always does things safely. It seems that we have to buy some food and come back." Wang Xuelan said, looking at Jiang Xiuqin, "From the fourth brother's family, go to your eldest brother and second brother's new house. Once you go, tell your two sisters-in-law about this, and ask them to keep their mouth shut so that they don’t let it out."
This matter is also a guess, no one can say for sure, so I just bought it if my family bought it. Anyway, there are many people in my family, so I just eat it.
If we let others know that we are following the trend and food prices really rise at the end of the year, they won't be grateful to Xinghe.
If the price didn't increase, people might still blame Xinghe for spreading rumors. She didn't want one of her own people to be taken advantage of.
Jiang Xiuqin said yes and ran out.
Seeing Jiang Xiuqin walking away, Wang Xuelan hurriedly took down three eggs from the kitchen beam and stuffed them into Yun Cuihe's hands.
"When Xinghe is studying, you should eat more good things. Mom, there is nothing good here. You can take these three eggs and eat them as a family."
Yun Cuihe waved her hands hurriedly: "Mom, the two hens we divided last time are also laying eggs. You and dad are getting old and need to replenish your health. I can't take these eggs. You can eat them yourself."
