The evil mother-in-law does not whitewash, she only abuses her children

At this time, footsteps were heard outside.

Gu Daqiao was so nervous that he wanted to hide the loom.

"Daqiao, I heard that Aunt Tong is back." A voice was heard outside.

Valley Bridge relaxes.

Tong Huaqiong recognized this voice; it was Gu Daqiao's wife, Song Qiaoniang.

"Oh, Aunt Tong."

Song Qiaoniang saw Tong Huaqiong in the shed and greeted her enthusiastically.

She was holding a basket covered with a snow-white cloth. It was obvious that she was bringing food to Gu Daqiao.

Tong Huaqiong didn't bother to exchange pleasantries and asked Song Qiaoniang, "Do you know how to use this loom?"

Song Qiaoniang nodded.

Gu Daqiao smiled and said, "My legs and feet are not convenient, so Qiao Niang always weaves, and I stand by and watch and make corrections if there are any flaws."

Song Qiaoniang understood what Tong Huaqiong meant. She put down the basket, took the cotton thread that had been strung, pulled over a bench, and sat down in front of the loom to start weaving.

Throw the shuttle with the right hand, cross the shuttle with the left hand, and lift the heald with the foot.

Tong Huaqiong cheered in her heart, Song Qiao Niang really lived up to her name, she was indeed a Qiao Niang.

"Look, this loom weaves very finely and densely."

Song Qiaoniang took off the woven cotton cloth and showed it to Tong Huaqiong.

Tong Huaqiong held it in her hands, her hands trembling a little.

It worked, it worked.

She could start the cotton textile industry.

"Aunt Tong, I have also figured out the cotton-fluffing machine. It will be almost done in the next few days." Gu Daqiao said to Tong Huaqiong.

The cotton textile machine diagram given by the Huating County Magistrate included not only a loom but also a spinning machine.

In addition to spinning and weaving, another more important process for cotton is cotton fluffing.

The efficiency of fluffing cotton will directly affect the subsequent weaving.

Tong Huaqiong smiled and said, "Very good, very good. This is the silver as a reward for you."

Tong Huaqiong picked up the basket on the ground and handed it to Gu Daqiao and Song Qiaoniang.

"What reward do you want? Aunt, we are already indebted to you for providing food for our family, so how can I ask for money?" Song Qiaoniang said.

In line with his wife's words, Gu Daqiao waved his hands repeatedly.

Tong Huaqiong said: "It's not easy to figure out a loom. In the whole Qinghe Bay, only the bridge can do it. You have to accept this money."

Gu Daqiao and Song Qiaoniang had no choice but to accept the silver. When Song Qiaoniang pulled away the grass on the basket and took a look, she almost fell to the ground.

Half a basket of silver.

"Oh my god, auntie, what are you doing? Why are you giving so much silver?" Song Qiaoniang said.

Gu Daqiao looked into the basket and saw the silver was so dazzling in the sunlight.

It was estimated to be about forty or fifty taels.

My God, when will his craft be worth so much money?

"There are fifty taels of silver in it." Tong Huaqiong said.

"No, no." Gu Daqiao pushed the basket to Tong Huaqiong.

These fifty taels of silver can buy more than ten acres of good farmland.

It had been ten years since Gu Daqiao dropped out of private school and returned home, but he had not saved fifty taels of silver.

Tong Huaqiong held Gu Daqiao's hand and said very seriously: "Knowledge is priceless. Daqiao, your craftsmanship is worth so much money."

Tong Huaqiong thought that Gu Daqiao was just born in the wrong era. If he had lived in her era, he would at least be a senior engineer.

Gu Daqiao's eyes turned red.

Ever since his legs were crippled, no one has ever valued him like this, or the knowledge in his head.

When Song Qiaoniang saw that Gu Daqiao’s eyes were red, she also started crying.

Tong Huaqiong said, "You and Qiaoniang are both very good, and both of you have skills. You can guess what I am going to do by seeing that I grow so much cotton. I plan to start a cotton textile business. When the weaving workshop opens in the fall, I hope you can work in the workshop, Daqiao can continue to improve the spinning and weaving machines, and Qiaoniang can help me teach everyone how to spin yarn and weave cloth. I wonder if you are willing to do that?"

"Yes, yes."

Without waiting for Tong Huaqiong to speak, Song Qiaoniang wiped her eyes and quickly expressed her opinion.

She originally thought that Tong Huaqiong had given them fifty taels of silver, and that was the deal, but she never expected that Tong Huaqiong would let them continue to do it.

Only a fool would say no.

Gu Daqiao nodded with tears in his eyes.

Tong Huaqiong said: "Don't make this public for now. I will make it public after the cotton harvest."

The couple swore to secrecy.

After Tong Huaqiong came out of the cotton field, he observed the village to see where to build a weaving workshop.

I saw Song Qiaoniang start the loom with my own eyes, and I found that the improved loom was more efficient than Tong Huaqiong had imagined.

With this year's cold winter, cotton products can come in handy.

I’m afraid that the output from my own thirty acres of cotton is far from enough, so I have to stock up on cotton now, otherwise it will be too late by autumn.

As soon as Tong Huaqiong got home, she sent Nie Xiaofeng to Pingchuan to tell Gu Baishuang to stock up 200,000 kilograms of cotton.

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After Tong Huaqiong reminded Gu Honglian that Gu Ruinian wanted to replace her with Gu Xiaoxue and marry Xu Dabao, she became very worried. She dared not go anywhere every day and kept an eye on Gu Ruinian and Jia at home all the time.

Mr. and Mrs. Gu asked Gu Ruinian every day if he had any way to prevent Xiaoxue from marrying Xu Dabao. In addition, when the Xu family came to the house to remind them that there was not much time left to pay back the money, Gu Ruinian was almost annoyed to death.

What made him even more annoyed was that Gu Honglian, who always loved to go out for a stroll, no longer went out and sat at home all day pretending to embroider.

She has the nerve to show off her skill of embroidering mandarin ducks into sparrows.

There are three days left before the repayment deadline. Mr. and Mrs. Gu think that if there is no better way, they can only use Gu Xiaoxue to pay off the debt.

Gu Youtian never agreed. He insisted that Gu Ruinian marry Xu Xinghua, and he had already discussed with Xu Yong. As long as Gu Ruinian was willing to marry Xu Xinghua, he was sure that he could persuade Xu Jin to wipe out the grudge between the Gu and Xu families.

Gu Ruinian was unwilling to marry Xu Xinghua, and Jia, who had always regarded Gu Ruinian as her god, stood on Gu Ruinian's side. Although she was unwilling, she had to agree to let Gu Xiaoxue go to the Xu family to pay off the debt.

Grandpa Gu and Grandma Gu went to the clan and continued to pester the clan leader for a solution. Gu Youtian went to the town, and Wei and Gu Fengnian took the Yao family to an unknown place.

There are only four people left in the family: Gu Honglian, Gu Ruinian, Jia and Gu Xiaoxue.

Gu Honglian sat on the only intact chair in the house, her eyes and ears never relaxing for a moment.

She saw Gu Ruinian winking at Jia, and suddenly her IQ came back online. She guarded against the two of them as if they were thieves. Naturally, even if the two of them were planning something bad, they didn't dare to show it in front of her.

She had to pretend to let her guard down.

"I'm hungry, so I'm going to go to my sister-in-law's house to see if I can get a meal."

Gu Honglian put down her needle and thread, stood up and walked out of the house.

After strolling outside, Gu Honglian quietly walked back home.

The house was quiet. Gu Honglian secretly came to the window where Gu Ruinian was recuperating.

There was a pile of firewood under the window, and Gu Honglian hid herself under the firewood.

There were low voices coming from the room.

The more Gu Honglian listened, the worse her expression became. Several times she wanted to jump out and beat the mother and son to death, but when she thought that she was no match for them, she squatted back down.

Suddenly she saw Maner passing by the door.

Gu Honglian crouched down and whispered something in Man'er's ear. Man'er turned her big eyes and ran towards the clan leader's house.