After becoming a top-notch peasant woman, she continues to be a top-notch

"Where's Zhen?"

Qiao Chao sat over and said, "She's asleep."

Qian was also sleepy and yawned loudly, "Sister-in-law, aren't you going to stay up all night to celebrate the New Year?"

Qiao Chao: "I'll guard it."

Qian immediately looked at Qiao Er, who patted her hands and said, "Go and rest if you are sleepy. You are tired too."

Qian smiled, "Okay, Dad and Mom, I'll go take a rest."

Mrs. Qiao Chen: "Go ahead, we will keep watch. Whoever of you feels sleepy can go to sleep first." As for Xiaohua and the others, they had already fallen asleep. Children cannot keep watch all night.

After Qian returned to her room, Qiao Dashan said to his three sons, "In the new year, our family must work hard. When the children grow up, they will need more and more money. We don't have much land. If the third son marries and has children, the second son will also have a son. If we have more children, we don't know if our small amount of land can support them all."

Qiao Chen reminded, "The head tax is increasing. I went to the market before and heard that there was a disaster in the south and there was a war on the border. Here, the situation is much better. I am afraid that something will happen next."

Qiao Dashan: "When a disaster strikes, it is most likely that bandits will appear. I heard that in your great-grandfather's time, there were many bandits. Those bandits killed people without blinking an eye. Whenever they passed through a village, they would kill and rob everyone."

Qiao Er: "There shouldn't be any bandits here, right?"

Qiao Dashan: "Who knows? Probably not at the moment. It still depends on what the court does."

This was the first time Qiao Chao heard this family mention the imperial court. "Since there was a disaster in the south, didn't the imperial court send people to provide disaster relief?"

Qiao Dashan scratched his head: "I don't know either. Maybe the disaster was too big?"

Qiao San on the side whispered: "I heard from the teacher before that it seemed that the inaction of those officials led to a greater disaster." His father's teacher gritted his teeth when he talked about it, but his teacher was afraid of saying something wrong, so he soon said nothing.

Qiao Chao picked up the tongs and fiddled with the charcoal fire, lowering his head, not knowing what he was thinking. On the other side, Qiao Dashan and the others were already talking about other things.

After keeping watch until late at night, Qiao San couldn't help yawning. Qiao Chen also went back to her room to rest first, leaving only Qiao Dashan, Qiao Er and him.

The three of them stayed up until the rooster crowed before returning to their room to sleep. Zhen Yue had already made the bed very warm, and Qiao Chao felt the warmth as soon as he entered, but she felt cold because of his arrival.

Zhen Yue turned around and moved closer to her son. She waited until Qiao Chao's body warmed up before she turned and moved closer.

Qiao Chao: ...

It was a dreamless night, and Zhen Yue woke up the next day in a bustling atmosphere. Little Achu next to her had already woken up and was playing with his fingers. When he saw Zhen Yue looking at him, he immediately burst into giggles and reached out for Zhen Yue to hug him.

Qiao Chao on the side had already gotten up and no one knew where he had gone.

Outside, Mrs. Qiao Chen opened the door early in the morning, and soon some children came to ask for food.

"Happy New Year, Grandma Chen!"

Mrs. Qiao Chen smiled, "Oh, good, good, good, I hope everyone is safe and sound, and all goes well." Mrs. Qiao Chen took out a box and gave each child a handful of peanuts and melon seeds. These were bought before the New Year just for these children.

Over there, after Qian prepared clothes for her daughter, Xiaohua, Xiaocao and the others, she quickly let them go out to pay New Year's greetings.

As soon as Zhen Yue went out, she saw three neatly dressed little flowers, "Aunt/Auntie, I wish you a happy New Year."

Zhen Yue touched their heads and said, "Happy New Year, and peace and safety." Then she took out three red envelopes, one for each person.

The three children were so happy, they didn't expect to get a red envelope from their aunt/grandaunt. In the past, their aunt/grandaunt said that they were money-losing and had no money, so they never got anything, but they didn't expect to get one this year.

Afterwards, Qiao Chao came over and gave each of the three a red envelope. The three little girls were even happier, "Thank you, uncle."

"May the New Year be blessed and happy, grandma."

"Okay, okay. Here you go. I hope you're safe and healthy." Mrs. Qiao Chen happily gave each of them a red envelope and put a handful of food in their pockets.

Qian helped them put the red envelope away and said, "Go out and pay New Year's greetings quickly. Remember to bring more food." It would be fair not to have only others come to their house to get food, but they should also go to other houses to get food.

Xiaohua and the others jumped and skipped along with the other kids to other homes to ask for peanuts and melon seeds. Soon they arrived at the Lin family. As soon as the door opened, Ma looked impatient. She gave each of them two peanuts and was about to send them away.

When Lin Xiaohu saw that Xiaohua and the other two had their pockets full of food, he immediately reached out to grab some. "Give me some. How can you girls eat so much?"

Xiaohua dodged immediately, but Lin Xiaohu still grabbed some of her things from her, "No, these are all mine." She was learning to read these days, and watching how Zhen Yue dealt with all kinds of top-notch people, Xiaohua also became braver.

Her aunt is the most powerful. If she is bullied, her aunt will definitely help her. In the past, Xiaohua would not dare to tell anyone when she was bullied, but now she knows that her aunt will definitely seek justice for her.

"If you bully me, I will tell my aunt." Xiaohua looked at Lin Xiaohu.

Xiaocao and Xiaonian also said, "Sister, I'm going home now to tell my aunt."

Ma's face changed, and she immediately threw the things that Lin Xiaohu had snatched back to Xiaohua, "I'm giving it back to you. Don't talk nonsense. Our Xiaohu didn't take your things. It's really unlucky so early in the morning!" With a bang, Ma immediately closed the door.

Xiaohua and the others quickly picked up the peanuts that fell on the ground. The other children on the other side said, "Lin Xiaohu's family is too stingy. They only gave a few peanuts."

"That's right, we shouldn't play with Lin Xiaohu anymore. His mother is really mean."

"That's it."

"Xiaohua, hurry up, we're going to Grandma Zhong's house."

Xiaohua quickly picked up the peanuts and said, "Okay, Xiaocao, let's go." A bunch of children jumped and ran to other people's homes to pay New Year's greetings.

At home, Zhen Yue also received a red envelope from Qiao Chenshi and Qiao Dashan, "I hope you two are doing well and have another big fat grandson next year."

After hearing this, Zhen Yue and Qiao Chao looked at each other... Haha, what a fat grandson. Although she and Qiao Chao shared the same bed, they didn't have enough feelings to do that kind of thing. Now Qiao Chao was just a money-making tool for Zhen Yue.

Moreover, as for having children, one is enough for now. She doesn’t have the energy to have another one. There is no point in having a child if she doesn’t even have the money.

As for Qiao Chao himself, although he treats Zhen Yue as his wife and will work hard to make money, but... as for having children together, it seems that he is not at that stage yet.

Zhen was indeed different from an ordinary peasant woman, but the difference between the two of them had not actually reached that level.

Even if he wanted to, he felt that he would be beaten up by Zhen Yue, and really beaten up.