Chapter 69 : Chen Jinhua’s Little Thoughts

The mother and daughter were eyeing Zhang Xiucai only because of his status as a scholar, but now it seems that Jiang Qiaoqiao has completely fallen in love with him, with only love in her mind, and only Chen Jinhua remains sober.

For her, it is more reassuring to have money in her own hands than to have her future son-in-law be rich.

Now, the Xiao family has found a way to get rich. Some time ago, they bought a lot of sweet potatoes. She guessed that the production of their hot and sour noodles must be related to sweet potatoes.

It just so happened that Jiang Sui had married into the Xiao family again. She had raised her for more than ten years. If she didn’t make good use of this relationship, it would be a waste. She had to give it a try anyway.

Jiang Qiaoqiao’s mind is now full of Zhang Xiucai. Chen Jinhua actually asked her to please Jiang Sui. She felt annoyed when she thought of Jiang Sui.

‘I saw this girl a few days ago. I hadn’t seen her for a long time. I almost didn’t recognize her. Was the girl with a rosy face, fair complexion and slim figure the same skinny and weak Jiang Sui from before?’

The moment she saw her, Jiang Qiaoqiao was jealous. She was jealous of her beautiful face. When she saw her face at home before, even though it was worn out, she still felt that she was pretty. Now that it has been healed, it is even more dazzling.

Jiang Qiaoqiao is pretty, a beautiful girl from a small family, but she pales in comparison to Jiang Sui’s brightness and agility.

She pouted and said impatiently: “Mom, you may have forgotten how you treated her in the past. She hated us to death and wished she had nothing to do with us. Now we rush to get close to her. Do you think she can pay attention to us?”

Jiang Qiaoqiao felt that this was one of the reasons, and the other reason was that she was not willing to stand with her.

Seeing her lack of ambition, Chen Jinhua couldn’t help but point at her forehead and gritted her teeth and said: “You little bitch, don’t you see who I am doing this for? How do you know it won’t work when you haven’t even tried? Don’t you want to get rich, be a rich lady, eat delicious food, drink spicy drinks, and wear nice clothes every day?”

Jiang Qiaoqiao naturally thought about it, but she felt that as long as she could win over Mr. Zhang firmly, she would be able to become the wife of a juren or jinshi in the future, and she would be able to enjoy unlimited glory and have everything.

But in order to please her mother, she had to agree first:

“Okay, okay, I’ll listen to you. I’ll go find her some other day. I have to leave now. It’s really too late.”

Jiang Qiaoqiao frowned, twisted her waist and walked out the door.

Seeing her like this, Chen Jinhua felt overwhelmed, and now she was completely unhappy.

‘I went to the fields and saw that the wheat was growing in such a terrible way that it was malnourished. How could it produce food?’

She looked at other people’s houses. Although the situation was not good either, it was better than hers. Now there was no water in the ditches of every household, and the river was almost dry. The water level was not enough to flow into the fields.

Many people went to the river to fetch water with buckets, back and forth, but at least they had many family members, but Chen Jinhua was alone, and her daughter was unreliable.

The more Chen Jinhua thought about it, the more she felt that she had to have a separate business, and now Jiang Sui was her only goal to make a fortune.

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Today, Father Xiao stayed at home with his third son. The two of them carried hoes to the fields and watched the wheat grow. Father Xiao sighed repeatedly.

The water output of the well in the village is not very large now. Every household that wants to get drinking water has to queue up and it takes a while to get a full well.

It has been almost three months since it rained. God is really going to cause trouble.

“Dad, what should we do? You’ve seen the situation in the village. In fact, the whole Baima Town is in this state. There is a lack of water everywhere. Look at the land, it’s all dry and cracked.”

Xiao Yi stayed at home and watched the natural disaster, but there was nothing he could do. He couldn’t think of a better solution.

“Go and call your second brother, let’s go to the river to fetch water, so that the wheat can drink some.” Father Xiao was silent for a long time before coming up with this idea.

But this is the only way at the moment.

If this continues, he won’t have the energy to continue going out to work.

Today, the eldest brother helped drive the ox cart to the town. When he and the second brother came back and saw the ox cart, they liked it more and more. This ox is really good, with a big frame, great strength, and a good temper, not stubborn at all.

He saw the business at home these past two days, which was indeed good. He went to the town and helped out a lot.

But they have to return to the county town tomorrow, so the brothers have not been idle these days, chopping wood at home and helping with housework.

The water level in the town’s wells is not as high as before; it has dropped a lot, but fortunately, it is still usable.

Boss He and his team have been honest. They have restored the original price in the past few days and no longer sell hot and sour noodles. Several other stores have started to reduce prices in turn.

‘I guess Boss He was playing dirty, but he couldn’t stand the pressure from the other bosses, so he backed down, but he definitely wouldn’t just accept his fate.’

Xiao Qin helped his family finish the preparations for the stall opening, and then went to the well with a bucket to fetch water.

He happened to meet Miss Song who was setting up a stall. The weather was too hot, so she was going to put up a small shed on her stall to provide shade.

Today, she was accompanied by a little girl about three years old, fair and cute, with two small pigtails tied with red hair strings.

She stood obediently by the side, watching her mother busy herself.

Miss Song was a woman from a poor family, and she was working on the tarpaulin by herself. She had no experience and was sweating profusely before she could tie a corner.

Xiao Qin noticed her and went back and forth to fetch water to his stall. He said hello to Mother Xiao and went to Song’s place.

Xiao Qin was a kind-hearted person. Seeing that Miss Song was having a hard time on her own, he wanted to help her.

When Mother Xiao heard that he was going to do good deeds, she naturally agreed and felt very proud that all her sons were good people.

Miss Song’s hands were sore from lifting them, and Xiao Ni held up her handkerchief and called softly: “Mom, wipe your sweat.”

When Miss Song saw her daughter being so thoughtful, she instantly felt that all the hard work was worth it.

“Okay, come and wipe the sweat off your mother.” Miss Song lowered her head and let her daughter wipe the sweat off her face.

At this time, a clear and powerful male voice sounded behind me:

“Miss Song, no, I am the eldest son of the owner of Xiaoji Noodles. I am here to help you.”

When Madam Song heard this, she turned around and saw that it was Xiao Qin. Xiao Qin had been here for two days, and she recognized him as Mother Xiao’s eldest son.

Xiao Qin is tall, and his skin has a healthy wheat color due to years of hard work. All the sons in the Xiao family are good-looking. Xiao Qin is handsome, and his smile gives people a down-to-earth feeling.

Madam Song got along well with Jiang Sui, who often poured her mung bean soup. She also knew that everyone in her family was warm-hearted, so she had no defenses against the Xiao family.

Thinking of her own embarrassment just now, Madam Song felt a little embarrassed. She thought that the other person came to help because he couldn’t bear to watch it anymore.