Chapter 31

Tao saw the old lady’s gaze on her and couldn’t help but shrink back.

In order to arrange the marriage of the sixth brother, her mother exchanged the marriage of the second sister with the Ning family, and only then was the sixth brother able to find a wife.

On the day my second sister got married, she cried so much that she almost fainted.

Now the seventh brother is also getting married, and the other party wants such a high gift, which the family definitely cannot afford. According to the old lady’s style, she will most likely set her sights on her.

She didn’t want to become a victim of Seventh Brother’s marriage.

Ning Jia saw the whole scene clearly. She didn’t say anything, but lowered her head and continued to eat her meal.

“There is one more thing. Our village is going to start a literacy class, and Xiaoxi will teach everyone to read and recognize characters. If you brothers and sisters-in-law have time, go and listen to the class in the evening. It will be beneficial to everyone.”

Li Chuan spoke of this matter with great pride.

The Li family has married so many wives, almost all of whom are illiterate, and only his future wife is an educated youth.

Moreover, she came from Beijing, and her father was a factory manager and her mother was a salesperson. These conditions alone made her beat the other sisters-in-law in the family.

“Okay, we will definitely go when we have time.” Yue Yuan responded.

“That’s great. Others should go and have a look, support Xiaoxi’s work, and learn a few more words themselves, killing two birds with one stone.”

“Yes, yes, yes! All of our family members must go tonight! We must not hold Xiaoxi back!” Old Mrs. Xu said excitedly, “We must show others how high our family’s ideological awareness is.”

“I’m not going.” An Ye said first, “My waist hurts.”

Old Mrs. Xu’s face darkened. “Why do you have to play a trick on me? Your waist doesn’t hurt when I don’t say anything, but it hurts when I talk. You haven’t done much work, why does your waist hurt?”

“You have to ask your son!” An Ye pointed at the cakes in the basket with a cold face.

Li Xu immediately picked up a piece and offered it obediently: “Wife, this cake is choking, please eat slowly.”

After that, he turned his head and said to Old Lady Xu, “Mom, we are all rough people. It’s enough for us to be able to work. Why do we need to recognize so many words? Besides, An Ye really has a backache!”

Old Mrs. Xu glared at the fifth son with disappointment, thinking bitterly in her heart that this son was useless.

Typical of forgetting the mother after getting a wife!

An Ye didn’t want to go, so she turned to Ning Jia and asked, “Don’t tell me you can’t go because your feet hurt!”

Ning Jia said slowly: “I have to go back to my room to do some math problems to prepare for the competition in half a month.”

“You?” Old Lady Xu said with disdain, “You have so little knowledge, it’s embarrassing enough!”

“That’s hard to say. How about we make a bet and sign a written agreement?” Ning Jia smiled and held up two fingers. “How about a bet of two hundred dollars? If I lose, I’ll sell everything I have and give you all the money I make. If you lose…”

Old Mrs. Xu waved her hands quickly: “I’m not going to bet with you! It’s up to you to go or not!”

She didn’t dare to bet with the sixth brother’s wife. She would not suffer any loss whether she lost or not.

Ning Jia put down his chopsticks and pushed the bowl away: “It’s boring. I’m done eating, I’m going back to recuperate first.”

Breakfast is over.

Bai Jinfeng stayed behind to wash the dishes, while everyone else left.

As soon as Liang Lanlan entered the house, she grabbed her husband Li Yuan’s arm and said, “The fifth and sixth brothers are definitely hiding something from us!”

“What can happen to them?” Li Yuan picked up his one-year-old daughter Yingdi and played with her.

“I have a hunch that you two brothers must have made money secretly.”

“Your intuition has never been right!” Li Yuan teased her with a smile, “Last time you told me that you felt you were pregnant with a son, what happened?”

Liang Lanlan’s face changed: “Don’t talk nonsense, I’m talking to you about something serious! Lao Liu was not at home last night, but he came back early this morning. You have two beautiful glass hairpins on your head. Do you know how much one of those hairpins costs? Sixty cents!”

Sixty cents is not a small amount!

Moreover, Ning Jia wore two clips on his head, worth one dollar and twenty cents!

How many pounds of eggs can you buy with one dollar and twenty cents?

“So, Laoliu has other ways to make money?” Li Yuan began to believe what his wife said.

“It must be.” Liang Lanlan gave him an idea, “Go ask the old lady later how much money the sixth son pays home every month, then you will know.”

“My wife is so smart!” Li Yuan gave her a thumbs up.

“What’s the use of being smart? The old lady still doesn’t like you.” Liang Lanlan pouted, looking unhappy. “When you married me, it only cost you 20 yuan! Now, they want 200 yuan as a betrothal gift! How biased!”

“Don’t say those useless things! If you want my mother to pay attention to you now, the best way is for you to give her a grandson!”

“Hmph.” Liang Lanlan rolled her eyes at him.

“Seriously, wife, let’s do it again tonight?” Li Yuan touched Liang Lanlan’s waist, “Let’s have another baby!”

“What if she’s a girl again?” Liang Lanlan worried.

“I’ll look for a folk remedy later, a remedy that can help me give birth to a son! Let’s both try it and strive to have a boy next time!” Li Yuan was full of expectations.

As a man, how can you not have a son to carry on your family line?

Must give birth to a son!!

Liang Lanlan nodded: “Okay, you can ask around during this time to see what kind of folk remedies are effective.”

“OK!”

The couple talked for a while, but it was getting late, so Li Yuan carried his tools and went upstairs.

Liang Lanlan was holding Yingdi in the yard to bask in the sun, and her eyes kept glancing into Ning Jia’s room.

Somehow, she always felt that there must be a lot of money hidden in Ning Jia’s room.

Liang Nengneng was squatting in the yard digging earthworms for fun when he saw his aunt looking into Ning Jia’s room.

He patted the dirt off his hands and came to Liang Lanlan: “Aunt, my whistle is still with that woman! Can you help me get it back?”

Liang Lanlan glanced at her nephew and said, “Why don’t you go and ask for it?”

Liang Nengneng grabbed her hair and got angry: “She is so annoying, I don’t want to see her at all!”

Also, that woman named An Ye is both annoying and scary!

Liang Lanlan raised her eyebrows, and a plan came to her mind: “Nengneng, come here, auntie has something to tell you.”

Liang Nengneng came forward, stared at his aunt and whispered something in her ear for a while.

He immediately grinned and said, “Okay, aunt, just wait for my good news.”

“Okay~” Liang Lanlan smiled.

Old Mrs. Xu came out of the house holding a quilt, preparing to dry the quilt in the yard, when she saw Liang Lanlan taking her children to bask in the sun.

“There’s not much to do at home today. I’ll take care of the kids for you while you go find something to do.”

Liang Lanlan was very reluctant: “Mom, it’s almost winter now. What kind of work can I do? You know I got sick during the confinement period after giving birth to Yingdi. I can’t do heavy work!”

Old Mrs. Xu snorted, thinking that they were all led astray by Ning Jia.

If I can’t control her, how can I control you?

“I didn’t ask you to dig ditches! Put on the frame and go with Li Tao and the others to the foot of the mountain to collect dry branches! I’ll give you five work points for a day!”

Liang Lanlan: “Oh, I see.”

In this family, only she and her elder sister-in-law go out to work. The two daughters-in-law go out to work, and she feels very unbalanced.

So, she took the opportunity to say, “Mom, let me go with the fifth son’s wife! It’s good to have someone to keep us company!”

Old Mrs. Xu was naturally willing. Who would want to support a person who only eats and does nothing?

“Okay! Go call her out!”

An Ye had heard their conversation in the room a long time ago. She pushed open the door and walked out directly.

When Old Lady Xu saw her, she said, “You and your third sister-in-law should go pick up branches! It only pays five work points a day, and it’s not too tiring!”

An Ye glanced at the room where the Ning family was: “Okay, I have no problem! If I go, Ning Jia must go! Why should I work while she rests?”

“Why are you always staring at her?” Old Mrs. Xu was also convinced.

These two idiots are competing with each other and not doing any work!

“Of course I have to keep an eye on her! If she doesn’t go to work, then I won’t go either!”

Ning Jia heard An Ye’s voice and pushed the door open and walked out.

“Just go ahead, who’s afraid of who? I’ve been lying in bed for the past two days and my hair is almost growing. It’s a good time to go out for a walk!”

When Mrs. Xu heard this, she was immediately happy: “Okay, let’s all go!”

After a while, the group of three set off.

On the way, Liang Lanlan and the other person kept bickering, fearing that they would be dragged into it accidentally.

She quickly made an excuse: “I’m going to find Xiao Tao first, you two can walk slowly!”

After saying that, she quickened her pace and quickly separated from the two of them.

As soon as she left, Ning Jia and An Ye did not go to the foot of the mountain to collect firewood. Instead, they found a deserted place and sat down to rest while discussing how to purchase eggs.

As the two were talking, they suddenly heard a scream.

Ning Jia immediately became alert: “Ye Ye, why does this cry sound so familiar to me?”