The poor little girl who traveled through the book, her father was lazy, her mother was stingy, and

But she didn't dare say what she was thinking, for fear that her mother would scold her for corrupting the child.

Li Taohua patiently guided Guyu: "Guyu, if you have money, you can buy food. Where does the money come from? Your father and I can make money by selling food, and your aunt and uncle can also make money by working. So we all make money by being diligent and hardworking, right?"

Guyu was successfully brainwashed.

"Mother, I want to wrap eggs and make my own money when I get home."

Lin Xiaoman looked at the seven-year-old kid who vowed to make money and couldn't help laughing and said, "Guyu, you have been making money for a long time. The chickens and ducks at home were originally made by you digging earthworms. The chickens and ducks grew up and laid eggs, which were then turned into preserved eggs and sold."

Lin Guyu opened her eyes wide: "Sister, so I make money too?"

"Yes! We are a family, and everyone can find something to do."

"Sister, I understand. Leave all the small matters at home to me from now on!" Lin Guyu patted his chest and promised.

Lin Xiaoman chuckled.

Successfully tricked Guyu into becoming a young strong man.

Doesn’t her family want to be rich?

The north wind is blowing.

The journey back to my mother's home is free and easy.

Since the family separated, Li Taohua has returned to her parents' home more often.

In the past, it was managed by Old Lady Lin, who visited once a year.

Now, I am the master of my own house and can go back whenever I want.

"Grandpa, aunt is back!"

Li Zhu's youngest son, Li Zining, had been waiting at the entrance of the village since early morning.

When he saw his aunt's family from afar, he ran away and went home to inform them.

"Grandpa, aunt is back!"

In this way, Li Zining shouted all the way, and now everyone in Shadi Village knew that the daughter of Li Zhong's family who owned a workshop had returned to her parents' home.

Li Zhu rolled his eyes at Li Zining and said, "Why are you making so much noise? Why didn't you come back and tell me? What were you shouting about all the way? Are you afraid that your aunts and uncles won't know that your aunt is back?"

Li Zining pouted innocently and argued: "Dad, I'm going back to my parents' home on the third day of the first lunar month. Even if I don't call them, all the aunts and uncles know that my aunt is coming back. Isn't it just right for me to call them? Everyone knows that my aunt has just returned. I can't come to bother her right away, right?"

Li Zhu was speechless because of his son's words.

He said in one breath, "You little bastard."

Li Zhong laughed out loud: "Old Four, what Zining said makes sense."

When the donkey cart stopped in front of the Li family's gate, the Li family's gate was wide open, and the four brothers and several nephews were all at the door.

The children of the Lin family have long called each other grandpa, uncle, and brother.

This made Li Zhongzhi agree.

Li Shan stepped forward and took Li Dong from Li Taohua's arms, and Li Qiao led Lin Dajiang to put the donkey cart.

Li Shi brought Li Taohua and a few others in first, leaving Lin Jingzhe to help Lin Dajiang move all the New Year gifts in the donkey cart into the house.

"Taohua, why are you so polite to our family?"

Li Zhong was surprised when he saw what Taohua had prepared.

Five baskets of sausages, five pieces of cloth, five large live chickens, and a bag of preserved eggs.

On second thought, isn't that right? Last year, the Li family divided the family but not the households, so Taohua's New Year gift suddenly became five portions.

It’s too expensive.

"Dad, except for the cloth, everything else is homemade and not worth much. My brother and sister-in-law gave me all the things they picked and dried in the mountains. They were also worth a lot of money."

Li Zhong waved his hand, "The one who grew up on the mountain, your brother is very strong, it won't take much effort."

"Dad, that's not what you said. If you say that, I won't dare to ask for those mountain products anymore."

"You are so good, Taohua. Your ideas are getting bigger and bigger." Li Zhong said with a smile.

In fact, he just likes Chinese sausage, which tastes good whether steamed or fried.

It can also be kept for a long time.

"Dad, is Mom in the kitchen?"

"Yes, your eldest sister-in-law and second sister-in-law are in there."

After Li Zhong finished speaking, he shouted towards the kitchen with full energy, "Old lady, the peach blossoms are coming."

"Taohua." A thin old lady ran out of the kitchen, looked at Li Taohua, reached out to hold her daughter's hand, only to find that the firewood was still in her hand.

She threw the firewood away and said with a smile, "Don't be a school belle, Taohua. When you get older, you tend to forget everything you do."

"mother."

"Oh, why are you still letting Taohua stand? Come in and sit down. The old man is really tactless. Look at our Xiaoman and Guyu, their noses are all red!"

"Xiaoman, go sit inside. Your uncle has lit a brazier early in the morning, and the fire is burning brightly now." After saying that, she picked up Guyu and said, "Oh, it's only been a short time, and Guyu is so heavy now? Grandma can hardly hold you anymore."

The whole family sat around the brazier in the main room, warming themselves by the fire.

Only Li Zian and Lin Jingzhe ran to see the rabbits again.

"You little bastard, you only know how to cause trouble for Jingzhe." Li Shan smiled embarrassedly. His son valued the rabbit more than anything else.

"Brother, don't tell me. It's Zi'an who delivers the rabbits now. It's Jingzhe who is causing trouble for Zi'an."

Li Shan was not good at speaking, so Li Qiao smiled and said, "We are all family. Giving twenty is just giving, giving forty is also giving. We have to go there anyway."

The days are short in winter, so after chatting for a while, dinner was served.

The Li family has many children and grandchildren, and two tables are not enough to accommodate them all.

Several little grandchildren stood up and ate with their bowls in hand.

There was a rich variety of dishes on the table, including chicken, duck, fish and meat.

Halfway through the meal, Li Zhong reminded Li Taohua: "Taohua, your uncles will be here soon, don't be silly and agree to everything."

In the past two years, with the help of the Lin family, the Li family has been raising rabbits and chickens. In addition, the wages from their daily work are not bad, so their lives are getting better and better.

Li Zhong has many sons and grandchildren, and none of his relatives are willing to visit him.

I’m afraid that Li Zhong can’t make ends meet and will come to borrow money.

It is said that we should help in emergencies but not in poverty because we are afraid that we may not get the money back.

But now, in less than two years, the Li family has divided up, built houses, raised livestock, and their lives are getting better little by little.

The relatives who had been watching from the sidelines could no longer sit still.

This won't work. Li Zhong is the poorest brother. How could he change so drastically?

In the final analysis, it is still a good daughter.

They saw clearly how the Li family rose to power.

In the past, I couldn't find an opportunity and was too embarrassed to rush to Shanglin Village directly. Now I have to take advantage of the day when I go back to my mother's house to find a job for a few younger generations.

"Dad, we are just working for the young master. The young master has the final say on how many people to recruit. The head of the family will recruit as many as the young master wants. Besides, Dajiang is the boss of our family. I can't help or say anything."

Li Taohua smiled and said, "I am a woman, I just need to take care of the kids, everything is still up to Dajiang."

"Dad, do you think I can say this?"

"Okay, everyone knows that Dajiang has a powerful mother. If everyone wants Dajiang to make the decision later, just laugh it off."

Li Taohua nodded, "I understand. If there are more people in the future, the younger generations of my uncles can come for the interview if they are honest and hardworking."

Li Zhong shook his head. Didn’t he know what kind of people his relatives were?

"Forget it. Your uncles have high standards, and some of their juniors are following suit. You'd better not mess with them."

"Okay, Dad, I'll make a note of it."

Since Dad said so, there's really no need to even try.

"You don't know, when you first got married, our family was so poor that we couldn't even afford to eat, and there was a famine. Zishun was born at that time, and the adults had no food. I went to find your uncle, who had a lot of food stored at home. But you know, he would rather lend it to the villagers than to me, his brother who was born from the same mother."

"It's useless for you brothers to know some hunting skills. The animals in the mountains are also hungry. The hares and pheasants are no longer on this hill."

Speaking of this, Li Shi's eyes turned red.

Zishun is thin and small, which is useless for him as a father.

The girl is married, so it is not right to take advantage of her.

But his family had to take advantage of it, because Zi'an was so old at that time and still hadn't found a wife, and he had seven younger brothers who were growing up and waiting to find a wife.

Even the occasional prey hunted in the mountains was not enough to satisfy our family’s hunger.

There is no money to save at all.

You can't starve a living person to death just to save money.

The help of peach blossoms is like timely help in times of need.

Li Shi clenched his fist and said, "Dad, if my uncles and aunts make things difficult for Taohua later, I won't let them down."

"Third brother, don't be impulsive." Lin Dajiang knew that Li Shi was the neutral one among the four Taohua brothers. It was New Year's Day, so he should be fooled if possible. There was no need to let others catch him.

"I'll deal with it later. Anyway, I have a bad reputation in Shanglin Village. Let them say whatever they want."

"No." Li Shi disagreed.

"Reputation is worthless. We have to live our own lives. The most important thing is not to make ourselves unhappy. If others say a few words, I will not eat less meat for them. On the contrary, I will eat more delicious meat and make them angry to death."

"Dad, I support you."

Lin Xiaoman covered her mouth and laughed.

Daddy is really good at stealing bamboo shoots!

There are not many people with this personality in modern times.

He is really clear-headed and can be successful anywhere.

Li Shi couldn't be as good as Lin Dajiang, but he envied his carefreeness.

He felt that Zi'an, his eldest brother's son, behaved a bit like his brother-in-law.

When his family was poor, many people said behind his back that Zi'an couldn't find a wife. Even his childhood friends disliked him and gradually distanced themselves from him. But Zi'an was like nothing had happened, eating, drinking and sleeping.

The matchmaker who acted as a matchmaker for Zi'an introduced those who were physically disabled or married twice, which made his sister-in-law very angry. However, Zi'an advised his sister-in-law to be more open-minded, saying that it was all fate and it was up to God, not man!

My sister-in-law was very worried at that time.

I'm worried that Zi'an is too open-minded because he's frustrated.

Later, when the family started to get better, the eldest sister-in-law looked for a girl for Zi'an.

Even the second sister-in-law helped to arrange things, for the simple reason that the eldest son in the eldest sister-in-law's family had reached the age to find a girl.

Zi'an is still the same, saying that everything depends on fate.

The worried sister-in-law wanted to beat someone up. I guess my brother must have had a hard time those days.

It was not until he finally found a girl that my brother could finally have a good life.

I had just finished cleaning up the dishes when there was a knock on the door.

"Is my third brother here?"

Zhang cursed in a low voice: "He came here at the right time, just like a dog sniffing for food!"

"Mom, this will happen sooner or later." Li Taohua had already prepared herself. Since she couldn't escape it anyway, she might as well resolve it as soon as possible.

Don't keep procrastinating and miss your return to the village.

Li Shan went out to open the door and was startled by the people outside.

"Uncle, second uncle, fourth uncle, why are you all here?"

They brought their whole family with them, and it seemed that all the children and grandchildren over ten years old had also come along.

What's this for? Are you trying to blackmail someone?

"I heard Taohua is back? Oh, I haven't seen her for a few years. I wonder how Taohua is doing now?"

Li Shan laughed secretly.

If Taohua's life is miserable, they will not come back. They would rather stay away to avoid getting involved.

You clearly want to work for Taohua, but you're still pretending!

Li Shan deliberately yelled inside: "Dad, someone from my eldest uncle, second uncle, and fourth uncle's house is coming!"

"Dad, we haven't had so many relatives come to our house before, I'm afraid there aren't enough benches for everyone to sit on! How about I borrow some from the side?"

"Shanzi, what should the little kid sit on? No need to borrow one. Besides, who has so many benches?"

After saying that, a group of people came in in a mighty procession.

Lin Xiaoman watched a group of people rushing in, and felt like a black wolf coming down the mountain to hunt.

"Third brother, you said Taohua is back, why didn't you tell us?" The oldest man who was leading the group put on a condescending attitude as soon as he entered the door, blaming Li Zhong for not informing them.

Li Zhong pretended to be extremely helpless and said sadly: "Brother, we haven't seen each other for many years. I thought you had already disowned me, your bastard brother."

Uncle Li paused, and his third brother seemed different.

It's obvious that they are trying to trick him.

"How can that be possible! Third brother, how can you have such an idea? We are brothers, born from the same mother. Even if our bones are broken, our tendons are still connected! You are wrong, you are so wrong!"

Zhang tried hard not to roll her eyes.

He also took out peanuts as a treat from the inner room and made tea for Li Zhong's brothers.

"Big brother, second brother, fourth brother, there is no good tea at home, so Shanzi picked this from the mountain, so you can just drink it."

"This is your great grandfather, this is your second grandfather, and this is your fourth grandfather." Li Taohua took the children to recognize each person one by one.

Lin Xiaoman pretended to be innocent, "Mother, don't I only have one grandfather? How come there are three grandfathers all of a sudden? I haven't seen them before. Weren't they in Shadi Village before? Did they move here from other places?"

Li Taohua smiled embarrassedly, "This child... Uncle and second uncle, please don't be offended. Xiaoman is still young and has never seen you."

Seeing the look of disdain on the other party's face, Lin Xiaoman thought that the other party knew that she was a fool before, and was disdainful of her!

You really have to act superior when asking others to do something for you. You seem to be quite preachy.

What grandpa said was indeed true. If they came to work, it would be hard to say who would be the boss.

By then, he will act arrogantly in the workshop and mess up the working atmosphere of the workshop.

They are totally capable of doing this.

She had to ruin this matter, she couldn't just rely on her parents.

My brother is going to take the imperial examination, so his reputation cannot be in jeopardy.

She pushed Xiaoman's body. Anyway, everyone knew that she was a fool before. A fool can become good in one move, but it is impossible for him to become smart all of a sudden.

I might as well just continue to act stupid and disgust them.

So, she tilted her head and asked again: "Mom, where did you move here from? Are you sure you are our relative? Don't tell me that you are my relative because you saw me working for the young master?"

Another thin old man frowned and pointed at Lin Xiaoman, "Taohua, it seems that Xiaoman is not fully recovered yet! You have to discipline him well. If he goes out and offends the nobles, you will regret it."

"Uncle, our family's recovery is all thanks to Xiaoman!"

"Nonsense! You've been stupid for more than ten years, and you still treat him like a treasure."