Chapter 13

“Seeds? I do have some honeysuckle seeds. I collect them year-round for medicinal purposes.

I just collected some recently and haven’t processed them yet, so they should sprout. I’ll give you a small bag. This stuff is hard to grow, and even if it does, it won’t amount to much.

Too much would be a waste.”

With that, Old Zhang went into his small house and retrieved some.

About a dozen or so.

Bai Xiuxiu took the seeds, overjoyed.

As she prepared to pay, Old Zhang refused: “We don’t do private transactions. It wouldn’t look good if it got out. Besides, a few seeds like this won’t make a difference. You…”

Bai Xiuxiu thought for a moment and pulled out two candies from her pocket: “Uncle Zhang, I understand. But I can’t take your things for free. These two candies are for your grandson, Xiao Zhu.”

Old Zhang had a hard life. His son died young, and his daughter-in-law was taken back by her family to remarry two months after his death, leaving only a young grandson.

He was heartbroken.

Candy was hard to come by these days. Even if you had money, you still needed coupons.

Old Zhang accepted the candies without refusing and went back inside to grab another bag of honeysuckle seeds, even more than the ones he had given Bai Xiuxiu before: “There’s plenty of this. Take it all.”

“Thank you, Uncle Zhang.”

Bai Xiuxiu thanked him and left with her two children.

“Mommy, Mingming wants candy too.” Wang Nianming tugged at her sleeve, his eyes pleading.

The two children were twins, and they looked seven points alike. Bai Xiuxiu could be ruthless with others, but she had no resistance to her two precious children. She gave each of them a candy: “You can only have one today, or you’ll get a toothache.

Don’t tell anyone what Mommy said to your Grandpa Zhang today, okay?”

Bai Xiuxiu coaxed them.

The two children nodded in unison.

When she got home, the Wang family hadn’t returned yet.

Bai Xiuxiu closed the door: “You two stay in our room or the courtyard. Don’t wander off!”

“Okay, I’ll watch over brother!” Yueyue, with a small adult’s air, spoke with a slight lisp.

Bai Xiuxiu laughed.

Back in the room, Bai Xiuxiu silently thought, “Open the space.” After discovering the space yesterday, she realized it seemed to appear whenever she had the intention.

Soon, the water curtain of the space appeared before her.

She threw the honeysuckle seeds she had brought back into the box on the left side of the curtain.

There were about a hundred tiny seeds.

As soon as the seeds were thrown in, the box closed.

The water curtain also changed: “Medicinal Field Space, owner updated. New space owner: Bai Xiuxiu.

Seeds invested: Honeysuckle seeds, a total of 176.

Estimated harvesting time: Three days later, please collect promptly.”

Three days?

Bai Xiuxiu stared at the water curtain, her eyes wide.

Mature in three days? How powerful was this! In her previous life, Zhou Jiaojiao and Lao Wu almost got scammed by Wang Qinghe because of this?

Was her man too powerful, or were they both too stupid?

This was more than just a windfall!

At noon, Zhao Guifen returned with her third son’s wife.

As soon as they entered the courtyard, they saw the two children from the eldest son’s family. Zhao Guifen looked at the children, her face not looking good: “Third son’s wife, you don’t have to let the children out to play. Don’t always carry them to the field. Look how comfortable these two little ones are at home.”

“Grandma.” Mingming and Yueyue, the two children, called out to their grandmother in unison.

Zhao Guifen snorted: “Get away from me!”

Then she went to the kitchen.

Yueyue started crying immediately.

Inside the house, Bai Xiuxiu heard the child crying and quickly went out.

Seeing her daughter crying like that, her face turned bad, and she hugged the child: “What happened?”

“Mommy, Grandma told us to get away.” The little girl said in a muffled voice, feeling wronged in her arms.

Zhao Guifen was sick!

Bai Xiuxiu sneered in anger. She was puzzled. They were all Zhao Guifen’s sons, but why was her husband, Wang Qinghe, treated like a stepchild? And even her two children were not favored!

Not only her mother-in-law, Zhao Guifen, but also her father-in-law was the same.

“Yueyue, don’t cry, Mingming don’t be afraid. How could Grandma let you get away? If you get away, your father would have to get away too. She wouldn’t want that. Be good, go inside.” Bai Xiuxiu took both children into the room.

Zhao Cuihua, the third son’s wife, watched as her sister-in-law took the children inside. Her eyes changed.

She followed.

Bai Xiuxiu was about to close the door when she saw Zhao Cuihua about to come in.

Zhao Cuihua smiled awkwardly: “Sister-in-law, can I come in and talk to you?”

Zhao Cuihua looked pretty good, and her smile seemed kind.

Bai Xiuxiu noticed that the people in the Wang family all looked good, both sons and daughters-in-law. The Wang family’s sons, except for her husband, Wang Qinghe, whose appearance was unknown, the other four looked more like their father.

The whole family was quite good-looking.

She wasn’t surprised at all that Zhao Cuihua came to her.

Bai Xiuxiu let her in, carried the two children to the kang, and then paid attention to Zhao Cuihua.

Zhao Cuihua looked at the room, her eyes filled with envy.

This was the best room in the Wang family now!

“Third son’s wife, what do you want to talk about?” Bai Xiuxiu took the initiative to speak.

Zhao Cuihua quickly retracted her envious gaze and got to the point: “Sister-in-law, I came here about our family’s house renovation. You see, this year, second brother and fifth brother, one needs to renovate the house, and the other needs to build an extra room.

They also need to buy jobs.

How are we going to live?”

Zhao Cuihua spoke, her eyes fixed on Bai Xiuxiu.

She wanted to split the family! She had a son, and her husband was also quite obedient. If they could split, their lives would be better.

But she couldn’t bring up the matter of splitting! Her mother-in-law was quite good to the third son, and she was also quite good to her, the third son’s wife. As for her son, she was even better to him. Although the eldest son’s family had the eldest grandson, her mother-in-law was actually better to her son.

If she offended her mother-in-law and couldn’t split the family, her life would be difficult.

Therefore, it would be best if Bai Xiuxiu could bring it up.

First, Bai Xiuxiu’s elder sister had married a successful man, and they had even joined the army.

Second, the eldest brother worked the most and was the least likable. Her mother-in-law already disliked them enough, how much more could she dislike them?

Moreover, the eldest brother and sister-in-law were the most wronged and the most disadvantaged!

Zhao Cuihua’s thoughts were almost written on her face.

Bai Xiuxiu didn’t expose her, but simply sighed heavily: “Third son’s wife, you’ve hit the nail on the head. I’m worried too, but what can we do about it? Our mother loves the second and fifth sons, what can I, a daughter-in-law, say?

As for the money in the family, it’s just that much. If we use it for them, we will definitely have less.

Maybe when we split the family later, the remaining money, even if we each get a little, might not be enough for a few meals.”

Zhao Cuihua was startled: “How can that be? We have so many people working in our family… we shouldn’t be out of money, right?”

“Our mother-in-law said buying jobs costs 500 yuan per person, two people would be 1000 yuan. What family has 1000 yuan nowadays?”