Ever since the village eldest son Lu Yuanping came to help, Father Lu's burden has become much lighter.
Occasionally, if you need to weed and fertilize, let Lu Yuanping hire someone, and he can arrange it properly.
Father Lu smiled and said, "Yuanping is a capable man. He manages our twenty acres of medicinal fields in an orderly manner, which makes me feel a lot more relaxed."
Gu Yunxi's eyes lit up, and he thought to himself that Lu Yuanping actually had management skills!
This is really hard to find, and it takes no effort at all!
Gu Yunxi felt happy. She had originally planned to buy a shop and do some business, and she had to hire a trustworthy helper to help manage the shop.
However, it is difficult to find reliable people outside.
Isn't this, Lu Yuanping, the person she wants?
Gu Yunxi began to figure out when to go find a shop. She didn't know what the prices of shops in the county were, and whether she had enough money...
As Gu Yunxi's savings increased, the Lu family's life became better and better, and the lives of the people in the village also improved.
It stands to reason that there should be more and more smiles on everyone's faces.
However, there is one exception.
Ren, the youngest daughter-in-law of the village chief, was crying and beating her clothes in the small river behind the village.
There were two large buckets full of clothes piled at her feet, which were washed by everyone in the family yesterday.
As she beat, she kept complaining about the favoritism of the village chief's wife, blaming her man for not living up to expectations and not fighting for the opportunity to make money.
At this time, Mrs. Li happened to come to the river to wash clothes.
Mrs. Li was a little surprised when she saw Mrs. Ren: "Oh, isn't this Yuancheng's wife? Why are you doing the laundry at your house? Where is your sister-in-law?"
You know, she usually comes to wash clothes, but she has never seen Mrs. Ren. It is almost always either the village chief's wife, or Yuanping's daughter-in-law, Mrs. Liang, who comes to wash clothes.
When did Ren become so diligent?
When Mrs. Liang heard what Mrs. Li said, her face felt a little uncomfortable. She laughed twice and moved to the side to make room for Mrs. Li.
Mrs. Ren responded: "Mrs. Li, are you here to wash your clothes too? Where are your second and third girls? Why don't you let them do the washing?"
Mrs. Li spat and cursed: "Forget it, Er Niu, that loser, is making a fuss at home, saying that Da Niu influenced her marriage proposal."
"Let alone the third girl. If the second girl doesn't do anything, she won't do it either."
"My life is really miserable. I gave birth to a lot of debt collectors. If I had known, I should have thrown them into the back of the mountain as soon as they were born. Now I won't have my old lady busy serving the whole family."
Mrs. Li began to share her bitterness with Mrs. Ren, which gave Mrs. Ren an instant sense of balance in her originally depressed and uneven heart.
Compared with herself, Mrs. Li is much miserable.
However, her happiness was only temporary. Mrs. Li beat her clothes hard while crying and complaining about how hard it was.
When they finished talking about her family, the conversation somehow suddenly turned into talking about Ren's family and the village chief's family.
Mrs. Li said: "Yuan Cheng's wife, if you ask me, your sister-in-law is not as good as you."
"Your sister-in-law has been married for so many years, but she only gave birth to a little loser named Niuniu. You are different. You have given birth to the only male grandson of the village chief's family, and you are also the eldest grandson."
"You are just too young to let your mother-in-law and your sister-in-law bully you. No, they are going to make money, and you are working hard at home doing laundry, and you don't have any money."
After saying that, Mrs. Li showed a sympathetic look and looked at Mrs. Ren, as if she was looking at a fool.
Ren's face was a little tense. She originally felt it was unfair, but after Mrs. Li said this, she punched her clothes a little harder.
What Mrs. Li said makes sense. Her father-in-law and mother-in-law favored the first wife and bullied their second wife.
"Aunt Li, to be honest, my father-in-law and mother-in-law are really partial. As a daughter-in-law, what can I do?" Ms. Ren laughed at herself.
Mrs. Li rolled her eyes and said, "You can go back to your natal family and let your natal family make the decision for you!"
Ren's mother's family is not far away, in another village next door. It is also very convenient to ask her mother's family to come over.
"Auntie, thank you." Mrs. Ren was convinced of Mrs. Li's idea.
She made up her mind to go back to her parents' house later.
Anyone can wash these clothes if they like, so why should she be bullied by herself! snort!
Mrs. Ren did it as she was told. She only washed half of her clothes, so she hurriedly put them all away and carried them home.
Behind her, Mrs. Li smiled meaningfully.
When I came back, the village chief was not at home, only the village chief's wife, Niuniu, and her son Zhongsheng.
She put her clothes heavily in the yard and went straight into the house without calling anyone. She took the gold and silver with her and left immediately.
When she came out, Mrs. Ren was carrying a package with a few changes of clothes inside.
The village chief's wife was a little confused: "Ren, where are you going?"
Ren didn't answer and called her son Zhongsheng over, but Zhongsheng just raised his eyes, looked at her, and continued playing with Niuniu.
There was nothing I could do, it was because Ren was too fierce on weekdays and did not care for her sons. Most of the middle school students were brought up by the village chief's wife.
Ren's eyes were a little dark, and she called her son a few more times, but Zhongsheng still ignored her.
She was a little angry that her son didn't kiss her, so she turned around and walked out the door without looking back.
The village chief's wife felt that Ren was a little confused, but she was so busy looking at Niuniu and Zhongsheng that she didn't notice that the clothes Ren had brought back were not washed.
Until noon, Mrs. Liang came back from the fields and saw that the clothes in the barrel were still wet.
Mrs. Liang wanted to hang her clothes to dry, but found that they were not washed.
"Mom, didn't my brothers and sisters go to wash their clothes this morning? This, is it not washed, or is it not washed?"
Liang picked up one of them, and it was even stained with mud.
Only then did the village chief's wife react and said, "Ren really doesn't know how to do things. Just before you came back, she put down her clothes and carried a package and went out."
Lu Yuancheng frowned. After hearing what the village chief's wife said, he immediately rushed into the house and started rummaging through the boxes.
After a while, Lu Yuancheng rushed out.
"Mom, where did Ren go?" Lu Yuancheng was a little anxious.
The village chief's wife replied: "I asked her where she was going, but she didn't say anything. I guess she went back to her parents' home?"
Ren had a conflict with Lu Yuancheng before, and Ren went directly back to her parents' home. After a few days, she came back on her own.
So this time, the village chief's wife didn't really care.
Lu Yuancheng clenched his fists, hoping in his heart that Mrs. Ren would really go back to her parents' home.
All his money was given to the Ren family. Now that it was gone in the house, it meant that it was all taken away by the Ren family.
I just hope that Mrs. Ren will know some sense of propriety and not lose all her money to him.
Otherwise, he couldn't spare her.
