Chapter 90 : Don’t bother with her business

As for Xiao Lanlan, since her mother said so, she naturally did not have any intention of taking the gold ingots. Anyway, whether the money was in the hands of her mother or her fourth sister-in-law, she would still benefit from it, so she wasn’t greedy.

‘Since I can’t get married anyway, I should just focus on taking care of my family and share both the good and the bad.’

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law kept pushing each other, and finally, it was Mother Xiao who took the initiative to say.

“Well,keep the gold ingots with you, but if you really needs money in the future, you can take it out, okay?”

Jiang Sui could accept what Mother Xiao said.

“Okay then, I’ll keep the gold ingots for myself and I’ll take them out when I need them.”

Jiang Sui wrapped the gold ingots in cloth and hid them under the bed, checking them several times a day to make sure they were not lost.

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When Father Xiao and Xiao Hechuan carried two loads of water, several brothers came back. It seemed that a large group of people returned empty-handed. They were all sweating in the sun, and their vests were soaked.

They were just passing by the Xiao family. Father Xiao was carrying water for the third time when he met them and asked. ” Did you find water?”

The village chief sighed, looking depressed. “Don’t mention it, everything is dry, there is no spring water. Are you going to fetch water?” The village chief saw Father Xiao carrying a bucket of water.

“I know where there is water. My youngest son and daughter-in-law found it. I’ll take you there.” Father Xiao replied.

When everyone heard that water had been found, they immediately became energetic even though they had been depressed before.

“Really? Where is it?” asked the village chief.

So Father Xiao told them that Xiao Yi knew where the place was because he had told Jiang Sui and the others about it before, but he hadn’t remembered it.

At the same time, there was water to drink, so everyone went home to get buckets and called all the laborers in the family to go get water together.

But there are dozens of families in the village, and they must all line up to get vaccinated. It seems they will be busy in the next two days.

The men of the Xiao family discussed it and decided to let Father Xiao lead everyone to fetch water first. The sons would have lunch first and then take over from Father Xiao and Xiao Hechuan. They must fill the water tank before tonight.

Fortunately, they had been there a few times beforehand, otherwise, with so many people, it would have been a mess.

But since they found the place first, they should have the priority to get water. But it’s okay because they have plenty of strength, so it’s easy for them to take turns.

But on the contrary, some families are different, such as Chen Jinhua.

She and Jiang Qiaoqiao were the only ones in her family. She wasn’t very active in looking for water, but she was always watching at the door. When she saw everyone was going out with buckets of water, she quickly called Jiang Qiaoqiao to follow with a bucket.

No one calls her, and now everyone finds her annoying.

Jiang Qiaoqiao was unwilling to stay at home. She didn’t know what was wrong with her recently. It might be because of the weather. She couldn’t eat well, couldn’t sleep well, had no appetite, and felt nauseous when she woke up in the morning.

She really didn’t want to move, but there was no water left in the house.

She hadn’t seen Mr. Zhang for half a month, and she went to look for him twice, but he was not at home.

Other families have their husbands to carry the water, but they are an orphan and a widow, so they have to do everything by themselves. The mother and daughter followed the crowd, and when they arrived, everyone was lining up to carry water.

At first, everyone was scrambling to get water, but the chaos caused the water in the pool to be mixed with mud and sand, and it took a long time for the water to settle.

The village chief made a rule that everyone should go one by one and take their time, ensuring they didn’t muddy the water.

Fortunately, the water in this pond is running water, and the water level will slowly return to normal after pumping, but it can’t withstand everyone’s actions.

When they arrived, they had to wait in a long line. They were exposed to the sun and were thirsty. The water in their bodies was excreted as sweat.

In this state, the human body is extremely susceptible to dehydration and heat stroke.

Jiang Qiaoqiao stood in the hot sun for so long that she fainted, scaring Chen Jinhua half to death.

She only has this one precious daughter and hopes she can marry a good husband to take care of her in her old age.

“Qiaoqiao, what’s wrong with you?”

Seeing Jiang Qiaoqiao fainted and her lips turned pale, the people in front of and behind them all stood away, fearing that they would be blackmailed by Chen Jinhua, and did not dare to help.

Besides, almost all the people present were men, all of them came to fetch water. Jiang Qiaoqiao was a grown-up girl, who would dare to touch her?

Chen Jinhua pinched Jiang Qiaoqiao’s philtrum so hard that her nails left deep marks on her. She showed no signs of waking up, and Chen Jinhua couldn’t exert much strength, so she shouted for help. “Please help me, give me a hand, I really have no other choice, please help me.”

Only now did she realize how important it was to have good relationships with people, otherwise, she would not have ended up in such a helpless situation.

A burly lady at the back couldn’t stand it anymore and warned. “Don’t move her. She has heatstroke. Don’t help her or something will happen. Here, I have a candied fruit. Try letting her put it in her mouth.”

The lady still couldn’t bear it. As a woman, she just happened to have a candied fruit on her, so she gave it away.

Chen Jinhua thanked her repeatedly and stuffed the candied fruit into Jiang Qiaoqiao’s mouth.

Everyone did not delay fetching water because of this incident, but bypassed Chen Jinhua and continued to queue up.

After Jiang Qiaoqiao held the candied fruit in her mouth, she woke up soon after. There was a sweet taste in her mouth, and she sucked it subconsciously. Chen Jinhua finally breathed a sigh of relief when she saw her wake up. Only then did she realize that there was a red stain on Jiang Qiaoqiao’s pants.

She quickly blocked her way and whispered. “You silly girl, you didn’t even tell me you had your period, you scared me to death.”

Jiang Qiaoqiao looked very weak, but she smiled when she heard that her period had come. She thought, it’s good that it’s coming, it’s good that it’s coming.

“Mom, do you have any more candy? Give me another one!”

She was still thinking about the sweet candied fruit. Chen Jinhua glared at her:

“I don’t have any candied fruit, it was given to me by someone else. You have heatstroke, silly girl!”

When the old lady at the back saw that the people had woken up, she was still waiting for the mother and daughter to say thank you to her, but the mother and daughter patted their buttocks and got up, never mentioning the matter again.

The old lady thought, well, I won’t bother with her business anymore, and she couldn’t help but roll her eyes to the sky.

Jiang Qiaoqiao couldn’t do the heavy work anymore, so Chen Jinhua fetched a bucket of water by herself. She had to go down to the pond, but it was hard to get the water out. She had little strength to carry the water, so she accidentally sprained her ankle, and the water she had just fetched along with the bucket fell into the pond, stirring up the mud and sand. The people behind her complained.

Chen Jinhua was also extremely embarrassed and made herself look very awkward.

Finally, she went back and forth to fetch water by herself, and it was not until the evening that she fetched two loads of water and brought them back. Half of the water was spilled on the way, which made people who saw it feel heartbroken.

Don’t you realize how precious water is nowadays? If you can’t carry it, just get less!