Transmigrating to Book 50, others hoard rice, I hoard money

Zhou family’s Yueban Baba is stuffed with bacon and cabbage. It is salty and delicious. Everyone who has tasted it says it is delicious.

Zhou Jiaguang stuffed a mouthful of baba into his mouth and said, "You can eat such delicious baba today, you should thank me. If it weren't for my good grinding, how could I grind out good flour?

In previous years, I was not the one who pushed the stone mill, so the baba would not be as delicious as it is today."

After hearing this, Zhou's father and mother sighed repeatedly.

The three Zhou Rong sisters kept praising Zhou Jiaguang.

Zhou Rong said: "Qi Guang of our family is indeed a child prodigy. He can even turn the mill better than others. Keep up the good work. My elder sister is very optimistic about you."

Zhou Gui said, "You can grind the mill better than us, and you learn things quickly. I will teach you some other skills when there is a chance. I believe that with your intelligence, you will learn quickly and surpass everyone else."

Zhou Cai said: "There is a reason why your parents love you. Look, if you didn't do anything, it would be fine, but once you did it, everyone was shocked. You have to work hard. The family is counting on you."

After hearing these compliments, Zhou Jiaguang straightened his back and said proudly, "Just wait, I won't let you down."

Zhou's mother couldn't bear to see her stupid son, so after tasting one of the cakes, she asked everyone to eat first while she went out to deliver some cakes to each family.

Zhou's mother gave 6 to each of her brothers and sisters-in-law, and 2 to each of the villagers who went to the Yang family to seek justice today.

Food has always been a precious commodity. Those families who received the baba praised Zhou's mother and gave their own gifts in return.

The families who had become baba would return a few baba to Zhou’s family.

Those who didn’t have rice cakes would bring eggs or their own food to Zhou’s mother.

Reciprocity is a tradition in Zhoujiawan. No one would take advantage of others for nothing. If you really do that and it gets out, you will definitely be laughed at...

When Zhou's mother was on her way home after sending her father off, a white-haired old woman called her.

The old woman came over tremblingly, leaning on a cane, and asked in a low voice: "Yuying, I heard that your eldest daughter got divorced?"

The old woman's surname was Zou. She had bound feet in the old society. Her peers called her Mrs. Zou, but according to seniority, Zhou's mother had to call her Grandma Zou.

“Yes, Grandma Zou, we went to the Yang family today to get the dowry back.”

Grandma Zou sighed and said, "Ah, she is such a poor child. We can find a suitable family for her and marry her off.

Today is the 15th day of the lunar month, it is not appropriate for her to stay at her parents' home, you should discuss with her and go out to avoid it, don't bring bad luck home."

Zhou's mother said unhappily, "Where are we going to hide? Stand outside all night?"

Grandma Zou: "I am doing this for your own good. It is not customary for a married daughter to spend the first half of the lunar month at her parents' home.

What's more, she is divorced. If she stays at her parents' home, it will definitely bring disaster to you and affect the feng shui of the village.

If your sons encounter any misfortunes, they will definitely blame her. Your kindness will cause discord between them, especially your daughter-in-law. Won't she blame you and your eldest daughter?

If the villagers encounter bad things, they will also cause trouble for your family.

For the sake of peace in the home, let her make some sacrifices."

Mother Zhou: "I appreciate Grandma Zou's kindness. I personally selected my daughter-in-law and I trust her character. If you really blame my eldest daughter for this, it only means that she is not suitable to stay in our family.

Zhoujiawan is what it is today thanks to the blessings of our ancestors and everyone’s hard work and unity. What does it have to do with whether Darong from my family is divorced or not?

Besides, who doesn't have troubles these days? Before Darong got divorced, everything was going smoothly for us?

If anyone blames my Darong for their own misfortunes, I will have to have a clear talk with them."

Grandma Zou frowned, slammed her cane on the ground twice, and said anxiously, "Why are you so stubborn? If you don't dare to speak up, I will go and talk to your eldest daughter.

The rules left by our ancestors are all reasonable. Don’t break the rules because of your weakness and bring disaster to your family.”

"No need, we can handle my household affairs ourselves. Grandma Zou has difficulty walking and it's hard for her to walk. Go home and rest."

After saying this, Zhou's mother turned and left.

Grandma Zou looked at Zhou's mother's back, sighed repeatedly, and muttered: "When the family is in chaos, it will be too late for you to regret..."

When Zhou's mother returned home, she did not mention what happened to Grandma Zou. After having dinner with her family, she called Zhou Rong to her room, locked the door, and took out a stack of coins.

“I have discussed your job at the ironworks with your father and we want to buy it and let Jiafu go to work there.

Zhoujiawan has a large population, so our family was allocated a few acres of land. Whether the harvest from the fields would be good or bad depends on God's mood.

Even if there is a good harvest, it is only enough for the whole family to fill their stomachs. I want Jiafu to earn some money for his wife. If there is any surplus, I will give more dowry to Sigui and Wucai.

You are in the same city, so if you get into trouble, you can take care of each other.

He will leave with you tomorrow. Do you think this money is enough? "

The stack of money was found in the Yang family, more than 100 million yuan. Zhou Rong did not take it, saying, "Why would my family give me money? It hurts my feelings. I will take Jiafu to the iron factory to report tomorrow."

Mother Zhou stuffed the money into Zhou Rong's pocket and said, "Take it. I taught you brothers to settle accounts clearly. You should take the lead. I can't let you suffer a loss just because you are my daughter."

Zhou Rong returned the money and said, "I have saved all the resettlement money given by Yang Jinlin. I have no shortage of money. You can keep this money for emergencies.

I am very happy that you went to the Yang family today to seek justice for me. You made me realize the importance of family and let me know that family affection cannot be replaced by anything.

I didn't spend a penny on the work at the iron factory, so it was free money. If I could arrange for my brothers to go to work there, I would be happy to do so.

I was joking when I said I was selling my job the other day. Rich people don’t like my job, and poor people can’t afford it. If the rich don’t do the job, the quota of the iron factory will probably be wasted.”

Mother Zhou stared at Zhou Rong for a long while and asked tentatively, "You are different from before. It seems that you are not the child who came out of my belly."

Zhou Rong said calmly: "You and Dad have placed high hopes on me since I was a child and have cultivated me with great care. Among the daughters of Zhoujiawan, few are happier than me.

I only regret that I was ignorant in the past and could not understand your painstaking efforts. I often went against you and did not respect you well.

I suffered a great loss in the Yang family and learned the fickleness of human nature. If I still can't wake up, your teachings will be in vain."

Zhou's mother's eyes were red and she blinked several times to hold back the tears.

It sounded perfect, but it just didn't feel right.

No matter how a person changes, his foundation is still there. What our ancestors said, "It is difficult to change one's nature," is well-founded.

My own daughter is a bit cowardly and stubborn at heart. Once she has made up her mind, she will not change it easily.

When something happens, she only gets angry and quarrels with her own family members, and dares not confront others. The child's father said that she inherited this temper from her grandmother.

But the "daughter" in front of him was sensible, had a sense of the big picture, had strategies and methods, did not panic when faced with things, and was ruthless to those who bullied her. She was very different from the previous one.

Maybe it was really "repentance", or maybe it was some other reason. Zhou's mother didn't want to and didn't dare to investigate further, fearing that the result would be something she couldn't bear...