HCB Chapter 387: Mrs. Hua's Plan
Chapter 387: Mrs. Hua's Plan
Cuifener was overjoyed when she took the thirteen taels of silver handed over by her sister-in-law!
She thought: "I have to save some money to find a wife for my youngest son. I think Li Xiu'e is good, but I don't know if she will agree. After all, she hasn't remarried in so many years. Will she be interested in my youngest son?"
It’s not that she hadn’t thought about finding a virgin girl for her son, but she felt that she couldn’t trust the people outside after fleeing from famine!
Apart from taking care of a baby, Li Xiu'e is good in all other aspects. And that baby is not someone else's baby, but her own Shen family's baby. If Li Xiu'e could marry her youngest son, she would definitely treat Xiao Ping'an as her own grandson.
Old Lady Wang stuffed the thirteen taels she earned into Shen Zhixia's arms and said, "Zhixia in our family is the most filial. I will give you all the money I earn. You have been married to our family for so many years and have suffered a lot. In the future, you can buy whatever you want. I can earn money for you."
Shen Zhixia smiled gently and said, "Mom, I have never suffered a bit because I have a good mother-in-law like you. You can keep the money yourself. We are generous and you will have to take care of our family."
Old Lady Hua felt a little jealous, rolled her eyes, and continued to give money to her old sister, Old Lady Fang: "How is it? It's not much more than what you make from selling eggs, right?"
Old Lady Fang's mouth was almost stretched to her ears as she said, "That's way too much. I used to make two taels of silver a month from selling eggs, and I felt that life was very fulfilling at that time. But now I see that it's not even a fraction of what I made."
Shen Mazi gave his mother a thumbs up: "Mom, you are amazing, more than me and my second brother combined."
Shen Douzi followed closely.
After the exciting salary distribution was over, Mrs. Hua announced something: "I thought, there are too many people in the shoe sole group who are sharing the salary, so I will share some of the burden with you.
From now on, my eldest daughter, eldest daughter-in-law, and youngest daughter-in-law will all follow me."
Then he looked at Li Jingshu and said, "Third brother's wife, what are you going to do? Do you want to come to my team? My team will give you money. You have done a lot of work, but Third brother didn't give you any money."
The old lady said this deliberately, because Shen Zhiqiu had said before that his wife would not participate in the profit sharing. One reason was that their family had shares, and the other was that his wife could work if she wanted to, and not work if she didn't want to. We didn't earn any money from the work.
The old lady deliberately pointed this out at this time to let everyone know that our third daughter-in-law has worked hard but has not made any money.
Let's not ask everyone to be grateful, but at least if her daughter-in-law wants to slack off someday, everyone should stop gossiping. It's true that we don't earn the money for work, right?
But Shen Zhiqiu's eyelids twitched wildly, and he quickly tried to make amends: "Mom, please don't sow discord. My wife manages all the money in our family, and she has the final say."
Old Mrs. Hua pretended not to hear and ignored her useless son, instead looking at Li Jingshu.
Li Jingshu smiled and said, "Mom, I won't go over. With the increase in your number, you will get more money to share, and my family will have a lot of shares. You don't have to worry about me."
Seeing her third daughter-in-law say this, Old Lady Hua started the next topic: "Also, among our nine clans, there are a few families with few people and no old ladies at home.
There are no girls in our group, such as Xiu'e, who takes Ping'an with her.
She is the only one supporting the family, and she only needs to share three taels of silver. She won’t be able to save enough money to build a blue brick house in the future, so she will also join our group in the future.”
When Li Xiu'e heard this, she was stunned. She didn't expect that Old Lady Hua would mention her alone.
Just now, when Li Xiu'e heard the old lady say that her daughter and daughter-in-law would follow her in the future, she was extremely envious. But even though she was envious, she also thought that it was natural for her to make a lot of money with her daughter and daughter-in-law in her own business.
People like her have relied on everyone's care along the way, and they are very grateful to earn three or two taels a month, although they feel a lot of pressure because they know they have to build a house.
But thinking back to her past in Shenjia Village, when she had to take care of her children and farm by herself, she could not save more than three taels of silver a year. She and Ping'an were thankful that they could have enough to eat. If it weren't for the help from the villagers and the clan, they would probably not have survived.
But when she heard that Mrs. Hua said she would follow her in the future, Li Xiu'e was even more grateful.
She knelt down before Old Lady Hua and kowtowed, which scared the old lady.
Shen Youyou, who was originally standing next to the old lady, quickly jumped away. She was a junior and could not bear Aunt Xiu'e's behavior.
Old Mrs. Hua also hurriedly pulled her up. As a result, when Xiao Ping'an saw his mother kowtow, he also ran up and kowtowed, crying.
Everyone felt sad when seeing this. Li Jingshu quickly bent down and picked up Xiao Ping'an, wiping his tears and coaxing him.
Old Mrs. Hua was anxious, but she couldn't stop Li Xiu'e, so she could only act extremely unhappy and said, "Don't do this, I don't want you anymore if you continue like this."
Only with the help of several old ladies did they pull Li Xiu'e up. The young wife was so tough that her forehead was even red from the knocks.
Old Lady Hua pulled Li Xiu'e to sit down, and she said earnestly: "Xiu'e, you have never enjoyed a single day of happiness since you married into our Shenjia Village. Now you are safe and sound.
You never cause trouble in the village. Auntie knows you are a good person. Not only me, but also your aunts and sisters treat you as their own daughter-in-law and daughter. You don't have to be like this."
Old Mrs. Fang also said, "Yes, Xiu'e, I also raised a child at a young age, and I know how difficult it is for a woman to raise a child."
Cui Fen also patted Li Xiu'e on the shoulder and said, "Yes, my sister-in-law doesn't need you to be like this. If you are ambitious and want to raise a child by yourself, you should work hard. Even if you have to leave your family in the future, you can make so much money, and no one will dare to look down on you and Ping An."
Old Mrs. Wang also sighed and said, "Yes, don't think too much, just work hard, and stop crying. When I was young, I didn't have the luck of you to have someone to support me like this."
This sentence seemed to be said with a hint of jealousy, but in fact it was meant to tease her. Not only did Li Xiu'e burst into laughter, but everyone else also laughed a few words because of Old Lady Wang's teasing. The atmosphere instantly returned to its previous relaxed state.
Only Shen Zhixia held her mother-in-law's hand and squeezed it hard.
When she was a child, she went to the back mountain to chop firewood and actually saw her mother-in-law, who had just become a widow, fall down the hillside. She ran over and used a lot of strength to pull her mother-in-law up.
At that time, I was not familiar with my mother-in-law's family, but the next day I saw her limping up the mountain with injuries to dig wild vegetables.
This was just a fraction of what she, as an outsider at the time, could see. She was probably the only one who knew how much suffering she went through in her daily life, especially how much hardship and pain a woman with a child went through.
Old Mrs. Wang was very open-minded. She also shook hands with her daughter-in-law, saying that she was doing well and was very content.
Then Mrs. Hua continued, "For example, Laoshi's wife, Fugui's wife, Tietou's wife..."
The old lady also mentioned the names of several young daughters-in-law, all of whom had no mother-in-law or daughters at home.
They are basically the only child, with no other brothers in the family. All the babies they give birth to are boys.
There was a family with a baby girl, who was only 6 years old and couldn't do any work.
But this time the old lady had foresight, she said: "Don't kowtow to me, if you kowtow I won't need you, you just need to follow me, nothing else to say.