Travel to ancient times and become rich women with your bestie

"What are you going to eat? You're killing chickens. You just paid out so much money and you still don't know how to save money! Caifeng, come back and stop working. Let's go back home to eat!" The village chief stopped Wang Caifeng who was about to catch chickens.

"But, but..." Chen Houjin, who had been honest all his life, did not cry when he was surrounded by a group of burly men just now, but now he started to cry.

Old Master Chen came forward and patted Chen Houjin on the shoulder: "Don't say buts, who needs your meal? Besides, we are all from the same village, and there will be plenty of opportunities to come to your house for dinner in the future. Are you sure you won't welcome me anymore?"

"How could that be!" Chen Houjin waved his hands repeatedly.

"Yes, Uncle Hou Jin, you were also frightened today. They turned the yard upside down, but there are still many things to do. Let's go back first." Zheng Yuan couldn't bear to see the skinny old man with gray hair like this.

"Okay, stop talking. We're all leaving." Afraid that Chen Houjin would say more, the village chief waved his hand, put his hands behind his back, and strode out of the courtyard first.

Zheng Yuan, Duan Minmin and others also followed him out.

The two walked out, and the village chief stood by the door and smiled at them: "You two are good people! Not bad! Now that you have a clear mind, I will lead you children to live a good life in the future. Seeing that the children are growing up, are you still afraid that you will not have a good life in the future?"

After saying that, he put his hands behind his back and walked towards his home.

Why does this sound like they were not in a clear mind before, although they were indeed not very clear-headed.

"Uncle Village Chief, let's have a meal before going back!"

"Yes, Brother Youzhi, we haven't had dinner together for a long time. Let's have a drink?" Old Man Chen also shouted towards the village chief's back.

The village chief waved his hand without even turning his head.

Hey! This old man is quite cool. Is this what a real man does when he never looks back?

Chen Houjin stood there for a while, wiped his wet eyes, and turned to go into the old couple's room. After a while, Liu Cuilan's sobbing could be heard from the room, and no one knew what Chen Houjin said to her.

Mr. Jiang, who had watched the whole farce, looked at the family's backs as they entered the house with a thoughtful look on his face. Could there really be two such women in this mountain village?

After spending so much time next door, the sun was about to set. Zheng Yuan hurried to the kitchen to prepare the meal because Agui had to go back to town.

Aji and Agui have already returned. They were all next door just now, so the two of them couldn't squeeze in and the gate to the courtyard was not open. They could only stand at the door holding their things and wait.

Thinking that Ah Gui had to go back to town, Zheng Yuan quickened her pace. Fortunately, there were many people, so she didn't have to prepare the dishes. She only needed to say something, and the dishes would be neatly placed on the stove according to her requirements.

Soon, two tables of steaming hot meals were placed on the table.

Due to time constraints, there were no big dishes, but there was meat, vegetables, and plenty of oil. Everyone was very satisfied with the meal and the whole table was cleared out.

After finishing their meal and cleaning up, Old Mrs. Chen and Old Man Chen took their family back home.

"The food at Second Aunt's house is so delicious. It would be great if I could eat here every day." Halfway through the journey, Shitou smacked his lips, thinking about the meal he had just eaten with a look of nostalgia on his face.

"Ouch!"

Old Mrs. Chen hit Shitou on the back of the head, which scared him.

"Grandma, why did you hit me?" Shitou said aggrievedly, covering his head.

"You're so greedy! You can say this in front of us, but you can't say it to others. Your second aunt has become nicer and more generous now. She is willing to invite us to her home for dinner because she is generous. We can't take it for granted. The same goes for you guys. We go to help her because we are a family, but you can't think that your second aunt owes you anything because of this. Do you understand?"

"I know, grandma. It's just because Second Aunt's cooking is so delicious. I just said it nonsense. I definitely won't tell anyone else." Shitou rubbed his head aggrievedly.

"Mom, our whole family knows about it." Li Shuhua also quickly assured.

She was bullied so badly by the second son's wife in the past that her legs would tremble when she heard her speak. Now she is a little scared when asked to go to eat. How could she come forward?

"That's good to know. Now, let's go home."

Here, Aji took out all the things he brought and put them in the main hall, and asked Zheng Yuan and Duan Minmin to go over and see if there was anything missing. If there was still something missing, he would go back with them to buy it today.

The two of them looked through it and found that everything they needed was available and of good quality. As expected of a company that came from a trading company, their efficiency was very good.

"There is nothing missing. Thank you for your hard work, brother Aji. Then brother Agui, please stay here for one night. Anyway, your master's letter has not been written yet, and it will be difficult to travel at night." Seeing that it was about to get completely dark and thinking that it was unsafe to travel at night, Zheng Yuan asked Agui to stay for one night.

"No need, aunt. Aji came here on horseback today. The young master has written a letter, and Aji can deliver it to the town on horseback. I have to go to the market tomorrow to buy some things with Zhang the steward, so I will go back first."

Yes, tomorrow is market day, and I almost forgot that they have to go to town as well.

"Okay, drive slowly."

"Okay!" Agui responded, bowed to Mr. Jiang and ran out.

As soon as Agui left, Sizhu walked up to Aji and looked at him admiringly: "Brother Aji, you can ride a horse! You are so awesome! Wouldn't it be as majestic as a general when you ride that horse? Is the horse very tall? Even taller than the door of our house? Where is the horse? Can I see it too?"

Seeing this kid's servile look, Zheng Yuan simply couldn't bear to watch it.

Aji was so flattered by him that he wanted to take him to Zhao Youwang's house to ride the big horse. Dashu and Erhe were also very interested in the big horse and wanted to go out too.

Zheng Yuan hurriedly stopped him. Why was he riding a horse so late at night? After a lot of persuasion, he finally got Sizhu to ride back.

Since he couldn't go riding, Sizhu became Aji's little tail, following him around and asking him questions. Aji liked this boy very much and told him a lot about horses.

Seeing that he was quiet, Zheng Yuan didn't care about him. He had to go to town tomorrow, make ice jelly tonight, and make ice again tomorrow morning.

They are now living in Duan Minmin's house. The two of them plan to move all their stuff over there. They don't know when Mr. Jiang will leave, so it's not convenient for them to stay here.

Duan Minmin even went out of her way to find the money basket that Xu Huiniang had made and took it with her.

The two men directed the children to gather up the things they would need and move them over one by one. They also told Young Master Jiang about going to the town to attend the market tomorrow and told him that Tao'er would stay and cook for him.

Mr. Jiang had no objection, so the two of them followed him.

There are a lot of things, and Erhe has to go with them tomorrow. Before going back, Zheng Yuan reminded him to remember to get up early, because no one will wake him up tomorrow.

Erhe nodded to show that he understood, and Zheng Yuan let them go back. Go to bed early, you should be able to get up tomorrow morning. Don't let them get up after calling for a long time, and then they can't get in and delay things.

It was already completely dark. The two men, holding torches, led the girls to knead the ice jelly, put away the things they would take tomorrow, and then started to wash up.

Before going to bed, the two went to the girls' room.

"Tao'er, you will be in charge of cooking tomorrow. You can follow the dishes that Auntie taught you every day, or you can cook anything you want. There is nothing to do in the fields tomorrow. Hui Niang, after dinner, bring your sisters and get some cloth to make clothes here. Don't stay over there."

"I understand, mother." Hui Niang nodded.