Jiang Liu glared at her daughter disapprovingly: "Yu Kun is also your biological child, how can you say that?"
"Then what can I do?" Jiang Yunniang pretended to be indifferent.
When she found out that her son and his father were plotting against her and her family, she was completely disappointed with her son.
They are indeed father and son, even their ideas are the same.
She raised several children with great difficulty and worked hard for the family, but in the eyes of her son, she was worthless.
Yu Kun actually felt that his food and clothing were all spent on his father's money, which had nothing to do with his mother, and that his mother shouldn't care about his father's concubine, let alone bring the matter to his uncles. This not only made his father lose face, but also made him unable to hold his head up in his uncle's house.
Jiang Liushi: "Why not let him learn to grow some mushrooms? It's better than setting up a stall."
Jiang Yunniang said calmly, "Where to plant? Our yard is only the size of a palm. Let alone growing mushrooms, even if a few more people come in, there won't be enough space for them to move around."
"Don't you have land in Zhangjia Village? Just build a mushroom shed." Old man Jiang said.
Jiang Yunniang: "Zhang Jia sold his land to his elder brother a long time ago. The old house is in a state of disrepair. Besides, Yu Kun grew up in the county town and doesn't know anything about farming."
She once advised her eldest son to return to his hometown and learn how to grow mushrooms from his uncles, but he refused.
Yu Kun thought that he was from the county town and would be laughed at if he returned to his hometown to farm.
Old man Jiang said unhappily, "Neither this nor that is right, so just set up a stall."
After saying that, he got up and left.
She is such a hopeless person, it is useless even if I tell God about it!
Dacheng shouldn't have let them set up a stall next to the shop, otherwise it would cause a lot of trouble in the future.
In the evening, Jiang Dalang set up two or three banquet tables at home, one to entertain Cui Zhaochen and others, and the other since his sister's family was coming back, so he had to prepare some delicious food.
Cui Zhaochen wanted to invite people to his table, so Jiang Dalang invited Chen clan leader, Chen Sanyou, Chen Changsheng, and two teachers from the school.
Including my three brothers and my father, there are exactly ten people.
Yingbao sat at a table with several other children. While eating the fried rice crusts made by her second aunt, she looked at the three-year-old Zhang Xiaolang.
The little kid leaned close to Zhang Yuying, feeling reserved and timid.
Fortunately, Zhang Yuying still took good care of him, picking up food for him from time to time and wiping his hands and mouth with a handkerchief.
And that Xiao Chengyu was a little bully, comparable to the former Wei Zhan.
The little guy not only snatched food from the little demon, but also tried to squeeze Wei Zhan away from Yingbao and occupy that spot alone.
But Wei Zhan refused to give in and fought with him to the end, sitting next to Ying Bao as steady as an old dog.
Jiang Jie, Jiang Wu and Hu Zi were not behaving well while eating. Either they slapped me or I bumped into them, or they used chopsticks as swords to attack each other.
After playing around, the meal was finally finished and the children went home.
Wei Zhan still followed Hu Zi to his house to sleep. Seeing this, Xiao Chengyu also followed him. No matter how Cui Zhaochen threatened or tempted him, he refused to turn back.
The men's table had not finished yet. They ate and drank and chatted until the hour of midnight.
The little demon had already fallen asleep on the bamboo bed, so Jiang Cheng picked him up and sent him back to Chen Zhu's home along with the clan leader.
After washing up, Yingbao went back to the room to organize the six boxes.
He first put the 150 taels of gold ingots into the cave, kept some of the silver ornaments and silk cloth for himself, and gave the rest to A Niang for safekeeping.
There were several sets of ready-made clothes in the box, as well as several pairs of shoes and footwear. The colors and materials were all top-notch. They were compensation given to him by the Xiao family.
The rest are some wines and seeds, various toys, pens, ink, paper and inkstones, as well as cakes and candies.
The list Yingbao gave out had half of the items real and half of the items fake, so that it would be the most authentic.
The King of Dai was indeed a good man. He actually asked the Xiao family to compensate him with a good gift.
Hehe, I’ve made a fortune this time!
Now Yingbao has three hundred taels of gold, more than two thousand taels of silver, and a large basket of copper coins stored in the cave.
There were also forty or fifty rolls of silk and satin, several pairs of exquisite silver head ornaments, and a pile of pearl flowers.
I guess there’s no other young lady richer than her in the entire Qinchuan County.
Yingbao was secretly pleased with herself, and moved the golden ear and snow ear out of the cave.
These mushrooms have been dried, with a total of 40 kilograms of golden fungus and 40 kilograms of snow fungus.
The mushrooms in the cave mature once a month regardless of the weather.
After harvesting, they are directly hung in the cave to dry. It takes more than ten days to completely dehydrate and dry. The drying speed is much slower than exposing them to the sun.
The only advantage is that the picked mushrooms will not rot or mold no matter how long they are kept in the cave.
This is true not only for mushrooms, but also for other crops such as grains, so Yingbao always stores some cooked food in the cave for emergencies.
The next day is Mid-Autumn Festival.
Every family started making lotus cakes.
The lotus cake is filled with pine nut crisps and maltose, and is a favorite among children.
The Jiang family is the most lively this year because there are so many naughty children, often running here and there, attracting children from the same village to run after them.
Wei Zhan and Xiao Chengyu were so happy that they first went to the pond with Jiang Jie, Jiang Wu and Huzi to catch fish and shrimps, and then went to the bamboo forest to scatter grains and catch birds.
Yingbao didn't go anywhere. She just stayed in the house reading and writing, and took some time to practice Yubu as a form of exercise.
"Yingbao! Yingbao!" Chen Zhao brought his little brother Xubao to play with Yingbao.
Yingbao had no choice but to put down the book, run out of the house, let them sit down at the stone table under the grape trellis, and brought out some dates and chestnut cakes to entertain them.
Chen Zhao let his little brother eat the dates by himself and talked to Ying Bao: "My elder sister is back."
Yingbao blinked: "Yeah."
Chen Changping passed the imperial examination this year and became a scholar, so naturally he had to buy Chen Wan back, otherwise it would affect his reputation.
It was strange, shouldn't Chen Changping have passed the examination to become a scholar several years later? He passed it now, and I don't know if it would be disadvantageous to his family.
Chen Zhao added: "Grandma wanted to tell big sister about him, but big sister didn't want to."
Yingbao nodded to show her understanding.
Without being abused by Han, the sisters actually lived a good life. As long as they were diligent and capable, Chen Feng would not beat or scold her granddaughters.
"But grandma said that if my eldest sister doesn't get married soon, it will affect her and her younger brother's future."
Chen Zhao didn't want his elder sister to get married early at all, because ever since his mother passed away, he had been all alone and had no one to talk to, just like an orphan.
My younger brother is still young and doesn’t know anything. All he does every day is eat and crawl around everywhere, making himself dirty. It’s really annoying.
Fortunately, the eldest sister came back. Although she was much quieter, she was very gentle to me and my younger brother, and she took the initiative to help with the laundry and cooking at home.
She didn't understand why her elder sister's failure to marry early would affect her and her younger brother's future.
Yingbao looked at Xubao silently, watching him finish eating the dates and chestnut cakes, stuffing his mouth full, and then use his dirty little hands to play with the dirt on the ground.
Chen Zhao continued to chatter, "Recently, matchmakers often come to our house, not only to matchmake for my eldest sister, but also for my father. Yingbao, guess which girl the matchmaker is talking to my father about?"
"Which one?" Yingbao asked casually.
Chen Zhao said with disdain: "It's Chu Man, the daughter of the village chief of Chujia Village!"