"They will deliver it to us in a few days. We will settle the payment then. We have cooperated with each other for many times. The shopkeeper trusts us very much."

"That's right, otherwise he wouldn't have agreed to it, and he wouldn't have given us so many free porcelains."

She looked carefully at the two small square plates just now. They were completely different from the serving plates they usually used.

The small square plate can be wiped lightly with a rag and it will shine with unparalleled luster. The glaze is smooth and textured, and the patterns on it are rare.

She took it and locked it in the cupboard, and would use it when there were not enough dishes at home. She would be sad if such a good thing was broken.

Seeing that San Ya had accomplished something big, Zhou Mingqin, Zhou Mingzhi and other children all looked at her with approval.

This saves grandma a lot of effort.

"Oh, by the way, your eldest sister told me that you made the soap, and it washes clothes very cleanly. Do you have any plans?"

Old Mrs. Zhou put down her chopsticks, leaned forward slightly, and waited for her reply.

Zhou Mingshu swallowed the food in his mouth and nodded.

"Yes, of course. We have so many family members, and there are piles of clothes to be changed and washed every day. The people who do the laundry are exhausted. With this soap, we can save a lot of energy. Grandma, why don't you give me the soapberry in your room? I can think about it again~"

Old Mrs. Zhou said with a smile, "What a nice girl, you like the things in my room. If you want them, take them, but you have to leave some for washing your hair in the future."

"Got it, grandma. Once all the soaps are made, we won't use soapberries anymore. It's too troublesome to cook. Wait until I make all the soapberries into soap." Zhou Mingshu laughed. "Just like the soaps and ointments, give them all to Uncle Chen and let him sell them. He will definitely make money."

Old Mrs. Zhou was waiting for this sentence. When Daya said it to her, her heart was already pounding. She knew that Sanya was a girl with many clever ideas. She thought that the two spoonfuls of lard that she asked for from her before were used to make soap.

Old Mrs. Zhou was in a good mood. The food was delicious, her children and grandchildren were filial and capable, and her sister also gave her ducklings. She was in a very good mood.

The meal ended happily like this.

As usual, everyone went to the blackboard to learn how to read and write, and it was not the turn of these children to do these odd jobs at home.

Half an hour later, everyone slowly memorized the new words.

Before it gets completely dark, I quickly go get some water to wash up. There is no oil lamp at home and it will disappear shortly after the sun sets.

Zhou Mingshu looked at the ducklings in the chicken coop and thought about her money-making plan in her mind.

When the number of mosquitoes decreases in autumn, the demand for mugwort paste will decrease significantly, and there will be no need to continue making mugwort paste at home. At that time, it would be nice to use ducks to make food.

The ducks at home are still so young, so I will make careful plans after they grow up.

Back in the house, Zhou Mingshu carefully selected several water lily seeds and cultivated them according to the planting method.

After the lotus leaves spread out, she bought two small fish and put them in. Suddenly, she felt very poetic.

……

As expected, when Old Mrs. Zhou took her granddaughter to visit her neighbors, she heard Old Mrs. Yang say that there were some rumors spreading in the village.

"I went to the big willow tree to enjoy the coolness today, and I heard them talking about your family. What happened to your family?"

There is a very large willow tree along the river in Lianglin Village, and its bark is falling off because of its age.

When the villagers have nothing to do, they will take a large palm-leaf fan and sit under the willow trees to enjoy the cool breeze. Any gossip in the village will also circulate here.

"Talking about my home? What's wrong with my home? How come I don't know what's wrong with my home?" Old Mrs. Zhou moved a small stool over and sat with Old Mrs. Yang.

Old Mrs. Yang was sewing the clothes in her hands. Before she got married, she and Old Mrs. Zhou were from the same village, so they had always been good friends.

"You don't know what's wrong yet? Why don't you go and listen? They say that your family doesn't pay back the money and is still eating delicious food. People are hating you." Old Mrs. Yang saw that the person in front of her looked confused and could only remind him.

"Who said I have money but won't pay it back? My second and third sons have only been working in town for half a month, and the little money they earned was all used to pay off the debt. Who is so heartless to spread rumors about my family~"

Old Mrs. Zhou was angry. She was afraid that someone would do something stupid, so she paid back part of the money before selling the grain. She didn't expect that such a thing would happen.

I took my granddaughter to walk under the big willow tree, and sure enough, I saw a few gossiping women there.

When those people saw the person in question coming over, they immediately stopped talking and changed the subject, and greeted her cordially.

Seeing that the young wives didn't mention their own family affairs, she had to take the initiative to bring it up, "I heard that someone is spreading rumors about my family. Have you heard about it?"

When the young wives who had never seen the world saw that the old lady of the Zhou family actually spoke out this matter directly, their faces suddenly tightened, but some of them reacted quickly.

"No way! That's impossible! Aunt Zhou, you are joking." A young wife in a yellow collared shirt laughed as she ate the melon seeds in her mouth.

Old Mrs. Zhou glanced at the person in front of her, but couldn't remember which family this new daughter-in-law was from.

"It's better not to. If I knew, I would tear her mouth to pieces. She has a mouth for nothing. All she does is eat and talk nonsense. If she wants to spread rumors about my family, she'll have to see if an old woman like me is willing to do so..."

Old Mrs. Zhou scolded them severely, and the young wives sat aside in silence.

Seeing that they were relatively honest, Old Lady Zhou pulled Xiao Minghua to the door of the neighbor near the willow tree and cursed him, only then did she vent her anger.

When I met familiar neighbors on the road, I would chat with them for a while. As expected, those people had heard these rumors, which had only spread in the past two days.

However, the debts of these families had already been paid off, so they did not believe these rumors at all. When other people spread rumors, they would even say a few fair words in favor of the Zhou family, but the rumors still spread.

Old Mrs. Zhou knew who spread the rumor, so when she passed by Wang Laizi's house, she deliberately cursed him at the door.

The lair's mother and father, who were cooking in the house, were completely confused by the shouting and cursing outside. They hadn't done anything immoral, had they?

Old Mrs. Zhou cursed half of the village, and when she saw it was time for dinner, she took Xiao Minghua back home.

"Grandma, are you tired?"

Zhou Minghua was very angry. She usually didn't want to make her grandmother angry, but her grandmother was still made angry by other people. She really wanted to kick that person twice, but she didn't know who it was.

"I'm tired. Let's go home and eat."

After cursing for so long, she felt better. The villagers also knew that her family was being wronged, so there was no need to curse anymore.

Although he is poor, he has high aspirations. The family has never thought of refusing to pay back the money they earned. Even if someone remembers him after he ate rabbit meat, he feels ashamed and angry just thinking about it.

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