EBE Chapter 104 Going Back to My Mother's Home to Make a Fortune
Chapter 104 Going Back to My Mother's Home to Make a Fortune
When Zhao heard the villagers talking about how Si Erlang was haggling with the carpenter, she almost fainted again.
The key point is that these people came to their doorstep to say it!
"Cheng, Lin, why aren't you going to kick them out?! How can you let them say such things at our doorstep?! Aren't you shameless?!" Zhao was so angry in her shack that she grabbed her blanket and bit it.
She didn't even dare to lift the curtain of the shed!
Zhao's shack was on the other side of the medicine shed. Before she went in, she saw Cheng Ruo'an boiling medicine and Lin grinding medicine next to her.
Cheng Ruoan was busy preparing the medicine and had no time to pay attention to Zhao Shi. She just casually replied, "Mother-in-law, our house hasn't been built yet, and we don't have a yard. Right now, it's just an empty lot. The villagers are bringing their husbands and sons their evening meals. How can we rush over?"
Their family members are still helping us with the work.
"They help us with the work and then talk badly about our family? Are they all ungrateful wretches?! No way, tell the village chief to replace them, replace our workers! These gossipy men with no housework are not allowed to come and work on our house!"
Cheng Ruoan rolled her eyes.
Is Zhao feeling better now that she's recovered from her illness?
Why are you starting to think of yourself as a "countryside empress dowager" again?
Cheng Ruoan: "Mother-in-law, with the wages we're paying them, they're only coming because of the village chief. And you're asking the village chief to call them back?"
Zhao:......
She shouldn't have spoken to the third son's wife!
Every time she spoke, this Mrs. Cheng showed absolutely no regard for the fact that she was a sick woman!
They dare to say the most hurtful things!
"Fourth brother's wife, go, go and call the village chief for me!"
“Mother-in-law, I…” Lin was in a difficult position, but before she could finish speaking, Si Silang came over and directly lifted the curtain of Zhao’s shed.
“Mother, my wife is working for my third sister-in-law, taking her wages. What do you need me to do? Just tell me.”
Looking at her exhausted fourth son, Zhao Shi had no time to vent her anger on her daughter-in-law.
"I've only been gone for half a day, how come you look like this?" You look like you've been drained of your life force by a female ghost, so listless.
Si Silang waved his hand: "Mother, even if a god came, he would look like this after doing so much work."
"We haven't even cleared the land at home, how can there be so much work..." Zhao's face was full of disbelief.
Si Shilang then started counting on his fingers for her.
Cutting down trees, chopping firewood, carrying water, building houses...
Zhao was stunned: "Why are you going to build a house too? Didn't we already hire workers?"
"Don't even mention me, even my second and third brothers have to help out. There's no other way, my second brother lowered the workers' wages. They were originally 20 coins a day, but he reduced it to 14 coins. A lot of people aren't coming today..."
"What's wrong with the second brother?! How could the agreed-upon wages be reduced?! No wonder the villagers are saying such nasty things!"
"Mother, don't blame your second brother. It's just that we don't have enough money at home. We thought we would have enough to build a house and buy furniture, but this place is different from Bachuan Prefecture. Here, we have to build a kang (heated brick bed) in the house, otherwise it will be freezing cold in winter."
The labor cost for building this kang (heated brick bed) is high, and we didn't budget for it, so we're running out of money.
"Hey, Mom, what were you just about to ask my wife to do for you?"
Zhao:......
She wanted Lin to go to the village chief to replace the workers, or to reprimand those who stood on her property and spoke ill of her family, but now that she knew that Si Erlang had suddenly reduced the wages by 30%, how could she dare to go to the village chief?
But the money isn't enough... but that's not the second son's fault.
The second brother told her at Baicaotang today that Cheng Ruoan gave a lot of gifts to the carpenter's family, which means she still has money. If she has money, why doesn't she use it to help support her family?
And she even got the fourth son's wife to help her with the work?!
So you're still rich!
Regardless of the circumstances, the family hasn't separated yet. Whether it's the third or fourth branch, they're all members of the Si family.
How could Cheng not help support her family?
The second son is right. It is indeed not a good thing to talk about taking money from the daughter-in-law's dowry, but as long as we keep it behind closed doors and don't expose family matters to outsiders, who will know?
Zhao's initial hesitation vanished in an instant: "Fourth brother, let your third sister-in-law in. I have something to say to her."
"Alright!" Si Shilang felt a little excited.
He thought he had successfully sown discord in Si Erlang's eyes, and that his mother was going to let his third sister-in-law take over managing the household!
After Si Silang happily invited Cheng Ruoan into Zhao's shack, he helped Lin grind medicinal herbs outside.
To everyone's surprise, Cheng Ruoan came out shortly after going in, her eyes red and her nose twitching.
Si Silang: "Third sister-in-law, what... what's wrong with you?"
Madam Lin's hands trembled slightly. "Third sister-in-law, it's my mother-in-law..."
"It's alright, you guys keep grinding the herbs for me, and keep an eye on the herbs on the stove so they don't boil dry. Boil three bowls of water down to one bowl and then pour it out."
After saying that, Cheng Ruoan covered her face and ran back to her and Si Shaoheng's shack, crying.
Si Shilang and Lin Shi looked at each other, both extremely shocked.
"What did Mother and Third Sister-in-law say?"
"I don't know, it's so scary..."
Cheng Ruoan: Don't be afraid, I'm faking it.
Cheng Ruoan ran into their shack and started cursing, "Si Shaoheng, has your mother really gone mad? Can't she live without finding a son to favor her?"
Why don't you just do what you used to do, and ask her for it regardless of whether she has it or not?
It's better to favor you than that idiot second son!
She was so angry.
Zhao actually tried to persuade her with "female virtues" in a very earnest way!
They advised her to use her dowry money to help her husband's family through their difficulties!
Si Shaoheng chuckled, put down the book in his hand, and said, "Then how about I just go and tell her that if she wants you to come up with the money to build a house, I'll give you the management rights?"
Cheng Ruoan rolled her eyes. "It's a good thing that Brother Xin and Niannian were taken by Master to dig for herbs. Otherwise, if I heard this, all the persona I've built up in front of them these past few days would have been for nothing."
No, it has to be done as we agreed before. Your mother can ask me to do this housekeeping job, but we can't force her to do it."
"Then we'll have to wait. I never expected the second son to be so stingy and cunning. He's managed to hold out for so many days without saying he can't run the household."
He originally thought that finding workers, craftsmen to build kang beds, and making furniture would be too much for Shijiro to handle.
did not expect.
"Why don't you take the child and go find your mother-in-law? Anyway, in a few days, after I take the entrance exam for the county school, I'll be moving to the county school."
Your brother-in-law and older sister are already helping you collect lard, aren't they?
"Take Doctor Hu with you too." Si Shaoheng lay half-reclined on the simple wooden bed made of adobe bricks, his hand propping up his head, looking very relaxed.
Cheng Ruoan glanced at him, picked up a large bamboo tube, gulped down a mouthful of orange juice, and then snorted coldly, saying, "I think the second brother knows that we will definitely do business in the future, and he is just waiting for half of the income from this house to be handed over to Zhonggong."
Then I'm really not in a hurry to take over the housekeeping duties; I'll just let him handle it.
I'm taking the kids and my master back to my parents' house tomorrow morning. Anyway, my master and I have already prepared the medicinal formula for the hand cream. I'm going back to my parents' house to make a fortune!