"No, no, no, we adults don't want to take the car. You just need to help us transport the children and these things back."

Li Zhuang breathed a sigh of relief and began to joke, "What's the matter? Did you get rich? You bought so many good things."

Look at these, food, cloth, and even a few pounds of pork. It's not a festival, and Li Zhuang can't think of any reason other than to make money.

"How could that be possible? He is a distant relative of mine. I followed my parents to escape famine in Daxi Village a few years ago, and I lost contact with some relatives in my hometown. I just got in touch with him recently. He is a wealthy family and generous. For us, this is just like asking for money."

Listening to Jiang Jiang's self-deprecating jokes, Li Zhuang also understood that it was not that Jiang Jiang's family had become rich, but that they had hooked up with rich relatives.

However, Li Zhuang still felt a little jealous. Why didn't he meet such a relative?

Food is expensive these days, and Jiang Jiang did not suggest sending some to Li Zhuang's family. Firstly, she was not close enough to him, and secondly, the food was bought by the children for their own families, and she did not want to make the decision on her own.

When they finally settled the bill, Jiang Jiang gave Li Zhuang two more cents. It was already a sign that Li Zhuang was willing to make another trip to take them back because they were from the same village. Although the gift was not much, it would be ok to give him two more cents so that he could buy some candies for the children to sweeten their mouths.

Sure enough, Li Zhuang's face was full of smiles. Two cents was not a lot, but it was not a little either. It could only be said that Jiang Jiang was thoughtful.

No wonder her wealthy distant relatives are willing to associate with her. As for the way she behaves, Li Zhuang gave her two words: open and honest.

"Okay, big sister, I'll take you here. You can walk the rest of the way back by yourself. Remember to call me when you go to town next time."

After saying hello to Jiang Jiang and the others, Li Zhuang drove the cows back home.

Its workload today exceeded the limit, so Li Zhuang had to give it some more fresh green grass to replenish its diet.

Carrying large and small bags of things, the whole family struggled to return home. Once they entered the house, everyone sat down slumped, not wanting to move at all.

Only Li Laibao, who was held all day, was in the best spirits. He took out a fried peanut from the small pocket on his clothes and wanted to feed it to Jiang Jiang.

"Milk, eat, eat."

Jiang Jiang took the peanuts with saliva marks from the child without disliking them and didn't peel them anyway.

"Okay, Laibao, be good, drink milk, you, your sister and brother will also drink milk."

After hearing Jiang Jiang's words, Lai Bao looked at the peanuts in his little pocket, thought seriously for a few seconds, then reached into his pocket again, took out the peanuts and distributed them one by one to his parents, his aunt, his two sisters, his brother, and even his uncle and aunt.

After all this, there were only a few peanuts left in the child's pocket. He pouted and seemed unable to hold back his tears. Sun Qiaoqiao couldn't bear to see her son looking so aggrieved, so she prepared to grab another handful of fried peanuts for him.

But before she could do anything, Jiang Jiang stopped her.

Jiang Jiang squatted down and said gently: "Laibao is so generous. He gave peanuts to everyone. Everyone is very grateful to Laibao."

"Yes, yes, thank you for the peanuts."

"My aunt loves fried peanuts the most. Thank you, Laibao."

"Laibao is amazing and smart. He even knows how to share peanuts with his brother."

Li Laibao lost himself in the praises. He tried to straighten his chest. He had become a little man.

"I will share any delicious food with everyone in the future!"

Sun Qiaoqiao, who was smiling, froze instantly when she heard this.

Son, there is no need to do so.

Jiang Jiang squatted down at the same height as Laibao. She looked at Laibao and said, "Laibao is the youngest child in the family, but he is willing to share. Grandma decided to give Laibao a small reward. Dingdangdang, look what this is, two cents. Laibao can use the money to buy all kinds of delicious food."

Laibao's eyes lit up. He was a sensible child and knew that this round thing could be used to buy all kinds of delicious food. In the afternoon, his mother used this to buy a lot of things.

Sun Qiaoqiao was happy again. A small handful of peanuts could actually be exchanged for two cents. It was a good deal.

Although Jiang Jiang distributed five taels of silver to each family in the afternoon, it was boundless water after all, so a little bit of silver would be wasted, and she would not miss a penny as she was a thrifty woman.

"Laibao, give me the money for safekeeping. Next time, I will buy you whatever you want to eat."

Laibao turned around and stuffed the small change into his pocket.

"No, it's what my grandma gave me. I want to keep it and buy delicious food for my brothers and sisters."

Laibao has a pattern in his mind: when he shares things with his brothers and sisters, his grandmother will reward him with more things. Next time he shares again, he will get more rewards.

Jiang Jiang was somewhat relieved. The first wife was fine as she had two sons, but the second wife's situation was a bit complicated. She gave birth to two daughters before giving birth to a son, who was also a little weak. As parents, they would definitely be partial. In order to ease the relationship between the children and let the young Zhaodi and Pandi enjoy more family warmth, Jiang Jiang would pay special attention to some small details.

However, the names of the two girls should be changed. They were not born to summon their younger brother. They have to find an opportunity.

"Okay, okay, let Laibao keep it. It's a good thing that he has this intention."

Seeing that Jiang Jiang had spoken, Sun Qiaoqiao had no choice but to agree.

The two sisters were so touched when they received the peanuts from Laibao that they put them in their pockets and didn’t want to eat them.

Li Sheng felt a little sad when he saw the looks on his two daughters' faces. After all, they were his own children. Although Laibao was the son they had been waiting for for a long time, the two daughters were not without feelings for him.

Li Sheng took out two cents from his pocket and gave one cent to each of his daughters, and received sweet thanks from his two daughters.

"Thank you dad!"

Seeing that every child in the second wife had money, Li Dongliang and Li Yuanchang immediately looked at their parents with expectant eyes.

Li Xu raised his broad palm.

"What are you looking at? You want money? No way. Do you want a slap?"

When the two saw Li Xu's slap, they reflexively lowered their heads.

Jiang Jiang frowned again when he saw this. It was not okay to educate children in this way. He couldn't beat them all the time.

It's not that Li Xu didn't want to give money to his children, but he felt a little guilty towards his younger brother. His two sons have reached school age, and now the family has not divided up. He has to use the family's money to support the two children's education. However, it is still several years before Laibao starts school. Generally speaking, they, the eldest son, are getting the better deal.

Huang Ying naturally thought the same as Li Xu. She always doted on her two children, so this time she and Li Xu stood on the same front.

These things had nothing to do with Li Cuicui. She just became a spectator and watched the show while eating the snacks she bought in the afternoon.

"Okay, okay, everyone come here, I want to tell you something."

Jiang Jiang gathered everyone together and prepared to announce his decision.

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