The road to wealth of a peasant widow

When Chen Cui returned to the capital from Yinping, it was already early October. The weather began to turn cold, and some of the fire walls began to burn.

She sat back on the couch in her room, feeling the warmth in the room, and couldn't help but sigh: "Home is still the best!"

Qin Ruozhi smiled and said, "Since mother feels that home is good, just stay there forever. There is no place like home where we can be comfortable and relaxed!"

Chen Cui knew that her daughter-in-law was secretly advising her not to go out again and to stay at home and recuperate. However, she didn't take advantage of the few years when she was still in good health to go out and have a look. Was she going to wait until she could no longer walk?

"Don't worry, I will wait until you are out of confinement and the baby is a hundred days old before I leave!"

Qin Ruozhi has been pregnant for more than six months and is expected to give birth in the first month of the year. Zhang Hongjuan is about to give birth too. The reason why Chen Cui came back is to take care of her two daughters-in-law and help with the New Year's arrangements.

Zhang Hongjuan gave birth to another son at the end of October. Changan was very happy. Chen Cui went to help take care of the child and also invited Zhang Hongjuan's mother to come and take care of her during the confinement period. Both mother and daughter were very grateful.

After all, no matter how good the mother-in-law is, she is not as caring as one's own mother. But if the husband's family does not give the permission, it is not easy for the mother from your own family to live with you.

After the New Year, it was the fourteenth year of Zhide. On the eighteenth day of the first lunar month, Qin Ruozhi gave birth to a healthy baby boy.

Including her son Suisui, Chen Cui already has seven grandchildren, but there is not a single girl among them, which makes her very puzzled.

Scarcity makes things valuable. Since the Liu family has many boys, they are no longer precious. Chen Cui's several daughters-in-law are now looking forward to giving birth to daughters in their next pregnancy.

In April, when Qin Ruozhi's child was a hundred days old, Chen Cui set out for Jiangnan again in the name of checking on the situation of the girls' school. This time she took a different route and experienced different customs and practices.

When she arrived in Gusu City, it happened to be the plum rain season. It drizzled continuously for more than twenty days. All the washed clothes had to be dried in the stove. Even in the house, a stove had to be lit to remove moisture, otherwise people would get moldy.

This time she stayed longer and established contacts and friendships with many wealthy families in Suzhou. This was also for the sake of the employment situation of the female students after graduation.

Chen Cui has reached an agreement with the owners of local silk and embroidery-related industries that in the future, graduates from girls' schools will be able to work in their workshops and shops, with pay no less than that of male employees.

Originally, there were many women in Jiangnan who worked, but most of them were weavers and embroiderers, so the acceptance of female accountants was relatively high.

It is easier to arrange for women who study medicine. They can work in the clinics opened by Dr. Qian's parents' family or her husband's family.

Because Doctor Qian became famous in the capital, Suzhou was also affected and several famous female doctors emerged. They all came from medical families. Before, they only treated the neighbors at home and their practice was not formal. But now they can actually see patients in clinics, which can be considered a big improvement.

This year, Chen Cui returned to the capital in the twelfth month of the lunar calendar, and it was almost the New Year when she arrived.

As soon as Sui Sui heard that she was back, she went back to her parents' home with a big belly. She acted coquettishly and complained to Chen Cui, saying that her mother didn't love her anymore and couldn't even call her back when she wrote to tell her that she was pregnant. This time she must stay in the capital until her child is a hundred days old.

Chen Cui looked at her daughter's huge belly and felt a little uneasy. Even without Sui Sui's words, she would not leave the capital easily.

Suisui was pregnant with twins this time and went into labor a month early. Fortunately, she was in good health and took good care of herself during pregnancy. In the end, both mother and child were safe and she gave birth to two baby boys.

Although these two babies are premature, there is no problem with their health. They are just a little thin and need to be fed and cared for more carefully than ordinary full-term babies.

Wei Shaojing was extremely happy this time, and regarded Suisui as a great contributor to his Wei family. He now had three legitimate sons, and the issue of succession that he had worried about before would finally no longer bother him.

Chen Cui felt sorry for her daughter, so she let her stay in bed for two full months to replenish the energy lost during childbirth. She also advised her not to have any more children, saying that three sons were enough.

From then on, Chen Cui seldom went out except for occasionally visiting Jiangnan to inspect the school, until she received the news that Chen Shangen was critically ill.

It took Chen Cui less than twenty days to rush back to Yinping from the capital, and she finally saw Chen's father for the last time.

While crying, Chen Cui almost fainted. Even though she knew that birth, aging, sickness and death are inevitable and that Old Man Chen died due to aging and did not suffer much, she just couldn't help it.

After the funeral, Chen Cui was afraid that Zhang would feel too sad, so she stayed at home with her to ease her pain of losing her husband.

The old couple had been together for more than fifty years, going through ups and downs hand in hand. The sudden death of one of them could be imagined as a blow to the other.

However, before Chen Shangen reached his 57th day after death, Zhang passed away peacefully one night, which made Chen Cui doubly sad.

Within a month, she lost both her parents. No matter how grand and elaborate the funeral was, it could not alleviate the grief in her heart.

The three brothers of the Chen family are all in their fifties or sixties. Chen Dahai even has great-grandchildren, but they still find it difficult to accept the death of their parents calmly.

After Chen Cui returned to the capital, her children and grandchildren often came to accompany her, helping her to get over the pain of losing her loved ones.

Later one day, when Chen Cui saw Sui Sui looking at her with a worried look, she suddenly came to her senses.

She is already fifty-three years old this year. Judging from the life expectancy of most people in this world, she is probably not far from death. After she dies, she actually doesn't want her children and grandchildren to be too sad and miss her.

From then on, Chen Cui lived peacefully in this mansion as the old lady, enjoying a life surrounded by her children and grandchildren.

In the 34th year of Zhide, at the end of August, Chen Cui was watching her little granddaughter dancing with swords under a sweet-scented osmanthus tree. This was Zhang Hongjuan's youngest daughter and the only granddaughter of the Liu family. In the eyes of her grandmother, Chen Cui, she was the most proud person.

However, when the little granddaughter stopped and turned around to ask Chen Cui how her dance was, she found that her grandmother had a smile on her face and was no longer able to respond to her.

Chen Cui had been in this world for exactly forty years. In this August, she died of natural causes at the age of seventy-three.

At this time, the three brothers of the Liu family were all important officials in the court. Changping was already a first-rank official, and even Changfu, who had the lowest official rank, was already a fourth-rank official.

Because of the high status of her sons, Chen Cui's funeral was held with great ceremony. Even the current emperor personally wrote a elegiac couplet and presented it to the emperor, who placed it before the coffin.

The three sons and one daughter whom she personally raised cried until their voices were hoarse, their eyes were red and swollen, and they could not stop crying. Dozens of grandchildren whom she cared for also gathered in the mourning hall, crying non-stop!