Traveling through ancient times, I led my family to prosperity

Taking advantage of the fact that Sheng Yugui's family was having a dinner party tonight and no one was at the third brother's house, Cui was persuaded by the second brother and was also curious about how the third brother made his fortune.

After the second son arrived at Xiaolan's house, he began to rummage through the drawers and cabinets. When Cui asked him what he was looking for, he did not answer, but just kept rummaging around. In the end, he found nothing. As a thief never leaves empty-handed, he cleared out everything in the cabinet in the main room in a fit of rage. When he was about to leave, he came back and caught two rabbits.

Seeing that she couldn't control the second son, Cui cursed him in a low voice, and then the two of them hurried home.

After coming back, Cui was always feeling uneasy. Now the third brother had separated from the family and things were different from before. She was afraid that there would be trouble in the third brother's family, and then she would be accused by the second brother, and then she would lose face. People need to maintain their dignity, and trees need to maintain their bark. She is so old, she needs to have some dignity.

She heard it when the second house started to quarrel. She pricked up her ears and listened carefully, but because they were too far away, she could only vaguely hear the shouting of the third house, the thief broke into the house, the house was searched, and then there was a fight with the second house, as if they had caught the thief red-handed.

When the few people came to the upper house, the third room kept holding on to the second room and demanded that they compensate for their losses.

The two families couldn't continue to quarrel. If the second son let the cat out of the bag, she would be exposed. "Shut up, you thief or not, we are all family, what's wrong with eating your food?" Cui said.

"Grandma, if you say so, then no matter if there's anyone at home, we can take things as we please." Xiao Lan rolled her eyes, "Big sister, Xiao Wen, follow me to move things."

Cui was so angry that she fell backwards. She couldn't take back what she had just said, so she could only watch the three children rummaging through the boxes and cabinets. Xiaoliang and Xiaocao from the second child's house followed suit and also started to look for things.

As Xiao Lan was rummaging through the paper, she couldn't help but laugh in her heart. This was a case of trying to hurt others but ended up hurting herself.

Old Master Sheng coughed. He didn't want this farce to continue. "Stop it, Second Brother. Take out the money and compensate Third Brother's family."

Sheng Kai knew he was in the wrong, so he didn't argue. "Dad, where do I get the money? Mom is the one who controls our family's money."

Cui saw that he wanted her to pay, so before Mr. Sheng could open his mouth, she glared at Sheng Xuan, meaning that he should quit while he was ahead.

Sheng Xuan gurgled twice in his throat, but remained silent in the end. If he dared to betray, not only would Zhang not forgive him, but even the children in the family would not respect and love him as before. Moreover, his family was the victim in this matter. If he raised it high this time and let it go lightly, there would be no end in the future.

Seeing that Sheng Xuan didn't say anything, Cui became so anxious that she started coughing repeatedly.

Chunhua patted her on the back a few times before she slowly stopped coughing.

"Hurry up and give the money to the third brother's family. You think it's not embarrassing enough? Why are you talking so much?" Old Master Sheng shouted in a low voice.

Wanting Cui to pay money is the same as asking her to die. The third child is hers, so how can she control him? She doesn't believe it. "Third child, now that you have separated and lived separately, you should act like the head of the family and show your manliness. Don't treat yourselves like a man. You still have the final say in the family..."

"What about the silver? You want me to get it myself, right?" Old Master Sheng interrupted Cui.

Xiao Lan noticed that the old man had been smoking his pipe since he entered the room, and the room was already filled with smoke. Having already forced the Cui family to this point, they probably wouldn't dare to do it again next time, Xiao Lan winked at Sheng Xuan.

"Dad, Mom, let's just leave this matter alone. How can I ask you to pay for my second brother to steal things from my house? You should just stop early. We are going back." Sheng Nuo said.

The whole family came out of the upper room one after another and returned to their home.

The people at the gate had not yet dispersed. When they saw Sheng Xuan's family holding brown sugar, white sugar and ginger, they smiled knowingly and slowly dispersed.

Zhang Shanfeng and Zhang Qingfeng heard the noise of several people coming back. They stood up and saw that they were not injured, so they felt relieved. "Go to bed early. You are exhausted today." Zhang Shanfeng said.

"Hey." Sheng Xuan and Zhang said in unison.

Xiao Lan was really tired. She had just fallen asleep when she was woken up by a burst of crying.

"Who is this? It's so late and still not peaceful. Can't I sleep?" Xiao Lan complained in a daze.

Zhang patted her and whispered, "It's your grandfather and your grandmother."

The mother and two other children were all woken up. After a moment of silence, they pricked up their ears and listened for a while. The sound was indeed coming from the upper room. Cui was crying intermittently.

Finally, the old man said, "Don't wail anymore. Your in-laws are resting next door. You are not ashamed of yourself. You are really going backwards as you get older."

Then, Cui’s crying was no longer heard.

Xiao Lan thought that Mr. Sheng knew everything and knew that it was Cui and the second son who robbed her house. He didn't get angry at the time just to save Cui's face. Now it was late at night and it was a good time to settle the score.

The next morning, Zhang Shanfeng, Zhang Fengnian, Sheng Xuan and Xiaowen were setting up a stove and a shed in the vegetable garden behind the house. They had bought the cow yesterday, and the stones they had ordered were also piled up behind the house. The millstone was scheduled to be delivered this morning.

Just as they started working, they heard the sound of a carriage coming from outside the gate. Xiao Lan was wondering if the stone mill was delivered by a horse-drawn carriage today, as it had always been delivered by a mule cart before.

Xiao Lan hurried out of the house and saw Xin leading Fu, Xiaoyan and Xiaohu pushing the door open and Zhang Qingnian tying up the carriage.

Xiao Lan was full of surprise. After greeting everyone, she hurriedly called out to Zhang, "Mom, grandma and the others are here."

After a brief greeting, several people started to work.

Zhang Qingnian and Xiaohu went to the back of the house to help, Xiaoting and Xiaoyan were in charge of lighting the fire, and Xiaoting was in charge of teaching Xiaoyan; Zhang taught Shen and Fu how to filter and wash the dregs. Xiaolan was still in charge of ordering the tofu, and after ordering, she called Shengxuan and Zhang Qingfeng to pour it into the mold and press the tofu.

We are still making eight layers of tofu today, mainly to give everyone some practice. Tomorrow we will be making a larger quantity, and it would be a bit of a waste of time to learn it now.

Sheng Hao saw them setting up a shed and stove at the back of the house, so he brought Xiao Tao to help. Liu and Xiao Ye were worried that they had a recipe for making tofu and might not want to use outsiders, so they didn't go to Xiao Lan's house. Sheng Yugui and Sheng Jiaxing also came to help.

Several people in the front yard each did their own job and cooperated smoothly. They finished the work in a short while, and then everyone went to the back of the house to help.

There had to be someone staying in the front yard, so Xiaolan, Xiaoting and Xiaoyan stayed at home, and the three of them started preparing lunch.

When Sheng Xuan bought a cow yesterday, Xiao Lan asked him to buy half a pig's back. In order to keep it fresh, Xiao Lan put it in the vegetable cellar. His father avoided people when he brought the meat into the house. It was probably because Sheng Kai didn't think about going to the vegetable cellar in the dark last night, so the pig's back was spared.