After being replaced, she changed from a miserable daughter-in-law to a lucky wife

Xia Wanniang patted its little head gently and looked at the people from Yang Zhu's family: "You should apologize."

Yang Zhu and the others had originally thought of ignoring her, but when they saw Xu Li's indifferent glance, they could only bite the bullet and apologize to Lai Fu: "I'm sorry, we wronged you."

He quickly ran to the wall to check and found that there was indeed a big hole. He regretted it to death, but what could he do now?

The fox that stole the chicken must have run into the forest long ago, so they went to look for it there.

Xu Li looked at Liu Changqing and said, "Village Chief Liu, you can handle the follow-up matters here. I have to go back to the county government office."

Xiao Chiye smiled at him and said, "Thank you, sir, the county magistrate, for clearing our Lai Fu's name."

Xu Li raised his leg to kick him, but he definitely missed.

Xia Wanniang looked at the two people who were serious for a while, then looked down and saw three children shaking their heads. She smiled warmly and brightly: "Let's go and give the New Year gifts!"

Aunt Xiao smiled and nodded: "Let's go."

They first went to their eldest sister's house, which was closest to them.

My eldest sister’s grandparents are still alive, so her father and brothers still live together, and the family is very lively.

Seeing them coming, he quickly invited them into the house to sit down.

Xia Wanniang and her family still had to visit other families to give New Year gifts, so they did not go in. They gave the gifts to their eldest sister's family and left.

The next few families were in the same situation, with the whole family living together and looking very lively.

When Xia Wanniang was going back, she asked, "Mom, do all the families in the village live together like this?"

Aunt Xiao nodded: "It's usually like this in most families. When parents are alive, the family doesn't split up. It only splits up after the parents pass away. But there are also families that don't split up and still live together like this."

Xia Wanniang frowned slightly: "Won't there be any contradictions?"

Aunt Xiao explained to her: "When there are so many people, there will always be some bumps and bruises. As long as it's not too serious, everyone will tolerate it and it will be fine after it passes. Those who really can't tolerate it will separate in advance."

Xia Wanniang nodded: "I think the families of these children are quite harmonious."

Aunt Xiao didn't say anything. The harmony was only on the surface. People's hearts were biased.

But she didn't say these words out loud. At least there were no such bad things happening in their family.

When Xia Wanniang and the others returned home, Xiao Chiye had not returned yet, so they went to the backyard and prepared a place for the horses to live.

The backyard is quite spacious, but it is not easy to build a stable.

Xia Wanniang looked at the cleared space and planned to buy a cow, a carriage and an ox cart in addition to the stable.

This way they won't have to go to the village entrance to squeeze into a ox cart when they go out. She also wants to see if she can buy two more plots of land. Now that the animals in the mountains have run away, she can't count on hunting.

She could only think of other ways to increase the family income. She looked at the money she had now and found that she still had more than two hundred taels, which was enough to buy the land.

She also wants to dig a well at home in the spring so that they can use water more conveniently.

But now I still want to solve the problem of the stable.

She used a shovel to dig up the hard soil. It was impossible to dig it up with human power, so she had to use some external tools.

Aunt Xiao saw her shoveling in a daze and said, "Mrs. Wan, the ground is too hard to break."

Xia Wanniang turned to look at her and said, "Mom, I can figure out a way out here. You and the child can go and have a rest."

Aunt Xiao nodded: "Call us if you have any problems."

Xia Wanniang nodded, moved a stool out of the space and started to search for things in the exchange space. There were quite a few things that had melted snow and thawed, so she could exchange some small things.

She looked at the things in the backyard. There were no suitable pillars now. Building a stable would require pillars and a lot of thatched roofs.

It was not suitable to go into the mountains to cut wood at this time, so she simply took the unused pots and pans in the space and exchanged them for pillars and thatched roofs.

After throwing all these things on the open space in the backyard, she prepared to start working.

When Xiao Chiye came back, he saw things piled up in the backyard: "Preparing to build a stable?"

Xia Wanniang was holding a small bottle in her hand. She turned around and saw him come in, then nodded with a smile: "Well, it's a good opportunity for you to come and help." Then she took the things and walked towards the chosen place.