Traveling through ancient times, I led my family to prosperity

"Hmph, he doesn't even bother to ask what kind of person I am. If he wants me to give him a gift, he can wait until he is reborn as my father in the next life!" Cui snorted coldly.

Seeing that Cui's words were becoming more and more unpleasant, Xu felt anxious and embarrassed. She was afraid that the old lady would say something shocking again, so she dared not speak any more.

After finishing the snacks, Xu secretly winked at Sheng Hong and went back to her room first. When Sheng Hong came back, he saw Xu rummaging through the drawers looking for something.

"What are you looking for?" Sheng Hong asked.

Xu took out a small bundle from the innermost part of the wardrobe, then carried it to the kang and opened it. Inside were two pieces of silk, some purses and colorful threads. The two pieces of silk were plain, but of very good quality, with auspicious patterns of dragons and phoenixes embroidered on them.

"What are you doing..." Sheng Hong asked in confusion when he saw Xu carefully packing the things in the bag. "When Xiaolan gets married, our grandma won't give anything, so are we really going to do it with nothing?" Seeing that the door behind Sheng Hong was tightly closed, Xu lowered her voice and said to him, "No matter what our grandma is like, no one can do anything to her. That's because of her seniority, and she is the biological mother of our third uncle, but, but who are we..."

"If we really don't give anything, then in the future, when we leave this house, others will really poke us in the back. To put it bluntly, how many years can our grandma live? If she dies, do we have to follow her? How are we going to live on our own in the future? For such a big event, our family didn't give any gifts at all. How do you think Third Uncle, Third Aunt, Xiaolan and Xiaowen will think of us? How can we still be embarrassed to get close to them in the future?" Mrs. Xu was a little angry at the end. "These things are reasonable and we can't be so stingy... Besides, how many things do we need others to do in the future? Even if we don't ask for anything, it's not the way to do things."

Sheng Hong sighed, "I understand what you said, but no one can persuade our grandma, and we don't have any money. Now that she said that today, she will definitely not take out the money to do this."

"So, I have been prepared for a long time. If I had waited until today for everything, my family would have been embarrassed." Xu said.

Sheng Hong showed a hint of joy on his face, and asked Xu, "......When did you start preparing?"

Xu glared at Sheng Hong, "It's too early now. You are happy now. When I didn't give you money to spend, it wasn't when you were angry with me. I didn't give you money to spend at that time because of this use... Have you forgotten that I told you this purpose at that time..."

Sheng Hong just smiled foolishly. Now Cui said that Sheng Nuo's family was living her life, which was not entirely true. Cui had the land given by Sheng Xuan for retirement, and the continuous supply from Sheng Xuan's family. At present, Cui was very well-off, which was the truth. However, Sheng Nuo, Sheng Hong, Xu and Daya's family of four also had their own six acres of land. They did not rent out these six acres of land, and they had been cultivating them themselves.

Originally, Sheng Nuo and Sheng Hong were planning to rent out the six acres of land, but Xu insisted on farming it themselves. Anyway, their family had Cui's support, so they were not afraid of not being able to make ends meet.

Xu had a plan in mind for Sheng Nuo and Sheng Hong. She insisted on keeping the land for herself to farm, and persuaded Sheng Nuo and Sheng Hong. On the one hand, she supervised Sheng Nuo and Sheng Hong to work in the fields, and on the other hand, she hardened her heart and went to the fields to learn how to farm. They were not used to doing rough work, and they farmed carelessly, but it was precisely because of their actions that the people around them changed their views on them.

Even Sheng Xuan and Zhang discussed this matter behind the scenes, saying that the eldest brother's family was not hopeless, and they were also pleased with the family's actions.

The output of six acres of land is enough for food for several people. Cui only needs to take care of her and Xiaocao's food and drink. She only needs to give some silver money to help with fish, meat, oil, salt and other things.

It can be said that the food and clothing of the first-house family nowadays actually depend on themselves, but their current life of luxury is indeed due to Cui's.

Now Sheng Nuo was groveling and taking scoldings in front of Cui, in fact a big part of it was because of the good food and drinks. Because every time after Cui scolded Sheng Nuo, she would use good food and wine to win him back.

Xu didn't have much money. Every year, the surplus grain that her family could sell was very small. In addition, she would raise two pigs and some chickens every year. The money from selling eggs, pigs and grain had to be used to pay for daily expenses. In fact, the money that Xu could save in a year was very limited. She bought these silks and colored threads by saving them bit by bit, and then used her free time to embroider them bit by bit.

She had already known the purpose of these things. First Xiaolan, then Xiaowen, were all going to do something big in the next two years. Preparing needlework, which was time-consuming and thoughtful, was actually very much in line with her family's current status and financial situation, because ordinary farmers did the same. Xu packed the things out of the bag one by one, and then whispered to Sheng Hong, "The third uncle's family is getting more and more prosperous now. Look at the families close to them, which one is not a rich family in the village... We are real relatives of the second uncle's family, how can we be worse than them!" If she had the final say in this family, she would definitely live a better life, far from what it is now. But the truth is always cruel. She is not qualified to be the head of this family. Although Sheng Hong listens to her, he is a person who cannot bear the burden.

Xu lowered her head to hide the dark look in her eyes. She thought about her marriage. She thought that she valued Sheng Hong's identity as a scholar. She thought that since Sheng Hong had a father who was a scholar, he must be a good scholar and his future would be bright. She thought that in a few years, she would be the wife of a scholar, and then the wife of a juren. When Sheng Hong became an official, she would be the wife of an official...