In the book, I was fed by my sister

When Li Qianhua returned from Song Ran's house, she happened to see the family eating in the yard.

When her mother-in-law Ge Ruiyun saw her coming back, she said in a sarcastic tone, "Oh, you still remember to come back! What happened? You've been away for so long, how are things going? I see you look miserable, I don't think anything good will come of it."

Li Qianhua silently glanced at her husband who was eating with his head down, without saying a word, she walked straight into the kitchen, took out her own bowl, and then sat silently in the corner of the table.

She looked at the bowl of food on the table. There were only some vegetable leaves left in it, and even the lard left for cooking had been eaten up.

Thinking about the table of meat dishes she had just seen at Song Ran's house, Li Qianhua suddenly felt that the vegetables in her mouth became extremely bland, as if she was chewing wax.

She couldn't help but think of herself. Ever since she got married, she had to run around every day but never received a single good word.

Her in-laws were always sarcastic and mocking towards her, not taking her seriously at all. They were not even as enthusiastic as Song Ran, whom she had only met twice. She suddenly felt extremely aggrieved.

Ge Ruiyun glared at him fiercely, "It's really hard to get anything out of him even with three sticks!"

Li Qianhua said silently: "I want to go to the city to work."

Fu Wu slammed his chopsticks on the table and angrily scolded, "I don't know what has bewitched you. You become crazy as soon as I come back."

Before Li Qianhua left the house, the two had quarreled. Fu Wu cursed Li Qianhua behind her back, making sure that Li Qianhua would not get any good result.

After Fu Wu finished his rage, Li Qianhua slowly spoke: "You should know that boss, she runs a braised meat business in the city, and you once brought back a portion of braised meat."

Although she couldn't even pick up a piece of food with chopsticks at that time, the tempting fragrance is still unforgettable to her.

"There are many unscrupulous bosses in the city. Even if you work hard day and night, you can't make much money."

Ge Ruiyun echoed, "Yes, you see, he worked as a laborer in the grain store for many years before he became the manager. With your ability, I'm afraid you won't even be able to wash the dishes. And if you leave, who will take care of the children at home? Who will do the farm work?"

Li Qianhua looked at Fu Wu's angry face, and her heart was filled with doubts and confusion. She really couldn't understand why her husband was so strongly opposed? Seeing her mother-in-law's bossy look, she couldn't help but sigh deeply.

Or she should just compromise like she did before, at least the majority are happy.

"Mom, give me more rice." The eldest son handed over the bowl as usual.

Li Qianwen looked at the empty bowl and said softly to her son, "Yuan'er, you have grown up and can reach it. You can get the rice yourself..."

Before she could finish her words, she was interrupted by her mother-in-law: "What's the matter? You stay at home every day and don't even want to take care of my eldest grandson?"

Li Qianhua felt bitter in her heart. In the seven years since her marriage, she had worked diligently to take care of the household chores and raise children. She handled all the matters inside and outside the home by herself, and she never slacked off in the farm work.

However, in the end, she became a useless person in the eyes of her whole family.

Thinking of the grievances she had suffered over the years, Li Qianhua held the chopsticks tightly and said, "I want to go to the city to work!"

"Hey! Why are you still so stubborn?"

Li Qianhua continued, "The boss said that I can get food and accommodation, and she will show me how to do it. If I can do it, she will give me one or two months' salary. The business of the shop is very good, and there will be dividends for me at the end of the year."

"One tael! How is that possible?" Fu Wu asked in disbelief. He only earned one tael of silver a month, and his employer didn't even provide food and accommodation.

"How is it impossible? I came back to discuss it with you. Two kids can live there, and I was thinking of bringing my sisters over as well." Li Qianhong looked at her husband's blushing face, feeling a little confused.

She still doesn't know how much her husband earns every month.

Since her husband became the housekeeper last year, he has not taken care of the housework at all. Recently, there have been some rumors in the village. Seeing that he had an affair with a widow in the city, she has been worried that she will be abandoned one day.

Ge Ruiyun opened his mouth but didn't say anything in the end. One tael of silver, with food and lodging included, so if you calculate it this way, you can earn twelve taels of silver a year for your family.

Fu Conghai, who had been sitting there without saying a word, was silent for a while, and finally said, "Then you go and try it first."

Ge Ruiyun muttered softly: "But the chores at home..."

Fu Conghai responded, "Let Qianhua take the two youngest children to the city. The older children can take the younger ones with them. When we go to work in the fields, we can take the children with us. If we are really too busy, we can hire someone to help. When we are busy, it doesn't cost much to hire two people."

Ge Ruiyun thought what he said made sense, but he quickly added: "You are not allowed to spend this money."

Seeing that her parents-in-law finally gave in, Li Qianhua was very happy. She turned to look at her husband and asked, "Husband, what do you think?"

Fu Wu said nothing and just focused on eating.

Fu Conghai said, "Let her give it a try."

Fu Wu muttered in a low voice: "She will definitely be fooled. Once she suffers a loss, she will know how powerful it is. Humph! You go and try it."

Li Qianhua smiled happily: "Yeah, good!"

After planting the seedlings, Song Ran began to take care of the pond behind the house.

The water in this pond has been there for several months and has now become calm.

There are several fields connected to this pond. Song Ran had spent some money to exchange them with others.

Now that the fields were hers, she no longer had to worry about anyone digging her pond.

Since there is nothing to worry about now, let’s just start growing lotus roots!

The pond was spacious enough, and she didn't expect to make money from the lotus roots. As long as she could be self-sufficient, that would be enough. Therefore, Song Ran only allocated about one-third of the area to grow lotus roots.

Li Bingchang was happy because he had work to do again.

He first piled the silt in the area where lotus roots were planted, and then pulled a cart of cow dung and poured it into it to make fertilizer.

Once the water surface calms down again, you can plant the lotus seedlings.

As the weather gradually gets warmer, Song Ran also starts to cultivate seedlings. Many people in the village are waiting to buy her seedlings.

Song Ran was busy and having fun, and felt that his vegetable-growing skills were becoming more and more proficient.

Song Li watched from the side, and when the seedlings were about to die, he threw some supernatural powers into them.

The rest of the time, she was busy with her own things.

What are you busy with...

"Dongmei, I'm sorry, but I can't continue taking classes with you anymore." Li Zi said.

"Me too. My family won't be able to pay me for the repairs anymore. And I'm grown up now. I should help with farm work."

Li Rongrong also said: "My mother asked me to learn how to weave cloth..." Her family had a small cloth shop, so she had to start learning how to do housework.

Following the three people's statements, the originally lively Dongmei classroom suddenly became much quieter, with only the younger Miaozhen and Song Li left.

Dongmei looked at the scene in front of her silently, and a sense of loss surged in her heart.

"Hey~"

"Hey~"

"Hey~"

After three sighs.

Song Li asked doubtfully: "Is it because their family has no money?"

Dong Mei tapped her head lightly with her fingers and muttered to herself, "It's not a good idea for us to discuss other people's family financial situation like this."

After hearing this, Song Li nodded thoughtfully to show his agreement.

Then she sighed and said that actually she didn’t have high expectations of learning knowledge in class, she just felt it would be more lively with more people around and they could play together.

Half a year ago, she was not willing to play with them. Now that it has become deserted, she is a little uncomfortable.

Especially on the Rain Water Festival last month, everyone thoughtfully prepared birthday gifts for me. Although those gifts were just some colorful chicken feathers or uniquely shaped stones, she still felt very touched.

I never expected that everyone still remembered her birthday!

It’s such a novel feeling, and I have a strange feeling in my heart.

Song Li blinked her eyes and asked curiously, "Can we make money on our own?"

Dong Mei shook her head and answered seriously, "How can a child make money on his own? Besides, if a child has money, he should give it to an adult for safekeeping."

Song Li thought about it and felt a little puzzled. She touched the copper coins in her pocket, then raised her little face and said, "I have some. My sister gives me some pocket money from time to time. Don't you have any pocket money?"

Even though she didn't actually need the money, she still had a lot of coins in her hands at the moment.

However, Song Li's words were like a heavy blow, leaving Dong Mei speechless.

Dong Mei lowered her head silently, sighing in her heart. Every year during the Chinese New Year, relatives would give her some New Year's money, but her mother would always help save it, saying that she would keep it for her to buy paper and ink.

There was a little silence. Song Li stood up, put her hands on her waist and said, "I'll go back and ask my sister if she has any good ideas to make money."