Traveling through ancient times, I led my family to prosperity

Back in the west wing, Zhang and Xiaoting cooked and cooked. After all the busy work, it was already evening. Xiaolan went to wash and change clothes before talking about what happened in the town.

"The boss is really a bad guy. Fortunately, the house in the town is owned by your grandfather, otherwise we would have to sell the ancestral property." Zhang sighed.

"Mom, let's eat. Our family has been divided up, so let them do what they want. The old man's house and land are saved, so let us worry about the others."

The next morning, Xiaolan and her family got up early as usual. The cabbages in the field were curling up, and the radishes were growing well. She planned to go collect firewood with Shengxuan for a few days, and then go to the mountains.

The yard was filled with smoke, which made her cough repeatedly. She looked over the wall and saw that the smoke was even thicker. Was there a fire next door so early in the morning?

She hurried out of the house and lay down at the door of Lao Sheng's house, looking inside. She saw thick smoke filling the kitchen. Wang and Xu walked out of the kitchen. The faces of the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were blackened by the smoke and their eyes were red.

The door to the east room banged open, and Cui poked her head out and said angrily, "Are you trying to set the kitchen on fire and burn us two old men to death?"

"Mom, please go into the house quickly and close the door tightly. The meal will be ready soon." Wang smiled.

Cui snorted coldly, "If you had been so filial earlier, would your father still be lying on the kang without moving? Is the old man's medicine ready?"

Xu quickly responded, "It's ready. I'll bring it in right away."

Cui glanced at Xu, but didn't say anything. A daughter-in-law and a granddaughter-in-law are different. It is not excessive for a mother-in-law to set rules for her daughter-in-law. After all, a granddaughter-in-law is one level lower, so she must give her some face.

Cui was about to close the door when she saw Xiaolan poking her head in. "Xiaolan, what are you doing?"

"Grandma, I'm worried about grandpa, so I came to check on him." Xiao Lan said hurriedly.

"Then come in quickly. What are you standing at the door for? It's so smokey and windy." Cui said this and turned back to the house.

Wang and Xu quickly turned around to look at Xiaolan.

Just now, Cui spoke softly. Only Chunhua and a few people from the first house had received such treatment before. From Cui's attitude towards Xiaolan, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law knew that the status of the third family had been elevated in Cui's mind.

Xiao Lan didn't care what Wang and Xu thought, and hurried to the east room. The old man was lying on the kang, resting with his eyes closed, and his complexion looked much better than yesterday. Cui and Chunhua were sitting on the kang doing needlework.

As soon as Xiao Lan came in, Mr. Sheng woke up and hurriedly asked her to come and sit down.

"Grandpa, I wanted to tell you about what happened in town yesterday, but I didn't tell you because I saw you were asleep." Xiao Lan said with a smile, "Then I went home and thought about it. Brother Yuan and Fourth Uncle went with you. It would be the same if you asked them what happened."

"Xiao Lan, you are a thoughtful child. I am in high spirits now. Just tell me about it now." said Grandpa Sheng.

After listening to Xiao Lan's story, the old man was silent for a long time.

"Your uncle and his family live in the town all year round, and they are no longer in tune with us." After a long while, Grandpa Sheng said this slowly.

"It was all his wife who instigated this." Cui said gritting her teeth.

Although Cui was angry with the eldest brother for this incident, she was still her own flesh and blood, so how could she be so angry? She felt that all the things the eldest brother did were instigated by Wang.

"Now that we are debt-free, we feel relieved. From now on, our family will live a good life by taking care of these acres of land." Old Master Sheng sighed.

"Master, then you should take good care of yourself and we can talk about anything after you recover."

In the morning, Xiaolan and her family went to Nanshan to collect firewood and returned around noon.

The eldest wife came back, and since they had done such a thing, naturally they would not be treated favorably. In the afternoon, Cui rearranged the household chores. Wang, Shen, and Liu took turns to prepare three meals a day, feed the pigs, and feed the chickens.

The first one to come was Wang.

After assigning the tasks, Cui took Chunhua and Xiaocao to the west room where the eldest brother lived. She looked around the room and saw the bundles they brought back yesterday piled in the corner. Finally, she turned her eyes to Wang and said, "You can't wear these when working and cooking in the village!"

Wang had been living in the town all her life, and she usually wore silk and satin and dressed up beautifully. Of course, the other people in the old family did the same.

"Mom is right. I'll change my clothes right away." Wang said with a smile.

"Normally you don't live in the village, you're too far away from me, I can't control you, but now you live right in front of me, you have to follow the rules. I'll find you some clothes to change into later, farmers should look like farmers, if you dress like this every day and make a fool of yourself in the village, it will bring shame to our Sheng family."

Wang lowered her head, looking like a young wife listening to her mother-in-law's lecture.

"Go and open these bundles and the cabinets at home. I will put away the things that you can't wear or wear for you!" Cui glanced at Wang and motioned for her to open the bundles on the ground and the cabinets at home.

Wang was stunned and did not move.

"What are you standing there for? Didn't you hear what I said? You are a black-hearted woman. You look at people all day long. You are really evil-minded. You have instigated my eldest brother to be a bad person."

"Mom, it's not..." Sheng Nuo wanted to plead for Wang.

"You bastard, you locked the door of the house in the town and hid inside to eat and drink delicious food. You didn't care about the debts you owed, just wanting us to take the blame for you. You unfilial son!" Cui scolded.

Sheng Nuo shut up, his face flushed with shame.

"Why do you want me to do it myself?" Cui looked at Wang who was reluctant to move and said to her again.

Wang held back her tears. Although she was reluctant, she had to get up and open the bundles one by one, but the cabinet did not move.

Usually when Wang came back, Cui would give her some face, but this time the eldest family went too far, and Grandpa Sheng was even sick because of them. As Grandpa's bedmate, she naturally had no good face for the eldest family. Because of the ghost marriage incident, the eldest lost his job in the restaurant. From what Grandpa said, he wanted the eldest family to live in the village, and the house in the town would be taken back, so Cui had no scruples.

Now Cui decided to teach Wang a lesson. She felt that it was Wang who led her eldest son astray. She acted like a mother-in-law and set some rules for her.

"Why don't you open the cabinet? Is there anything else I can't see?" Cui was a little unhappy.

"Mom, that's Hong'er and his wife's cabinet."

Listening to Wang's words, Cui's face was gloomy. Sure enough, among the daughters-in-law, the eldest daughter was the most cunning. She was playing tricks on her! She thought that she wanted to save some face for her grandson's daughter-in-law, and she did it on purpose.

Wang's words put Xu in a dilemma. On one side was her mother-in-law, and on the other was her grandmother-in-law. The fight between the two mothers-in-law put her in the middle. She didn't dare to offend either side, and felt very embarrassed.

"Open it too." Xu's face turned red and she said hesitantly.

"You two don't need to open it." Finally, Cui gave face to her grandson and his wife.