After her husband died, her parents came to force her to remarry

After listening to her, the two old men looked at each other and still felt that spending eighty taels to repair the house was a bit expensive. They thought that if they kept a closer eye on it, they could always save some money, so they didn't say much.

Jiang Xiaohe handed the last hundred taels to Zhang Fu, saying, "Dad, we'll use this money to buy land!"

"Buy land?" Zhang Fu was a little excited.

Wang Qiuxia's eyes also lit up.

Jiang Xiaohe nodded: "We are farmers. Our biggest capital is the land and the food from the land. I also know that our family doesn't have much land to begin with. After Dashan passed away, we sold a lot of it."

Yes, not long after Dashan left, many people came to the house to ask for money, holding receipts with Dashan's fingerprints, saying that Dashan bought the goods on credit and they hadn't paid yet. But they didn't have so much silver on them. Every time Dashan went out to do business, they gave him most of the silver in the house. But when Dashan got into trouble and his body was pulled back, he was left without a penny. I guess all the silver was robbed by the bandits.

But the family didn't have much money, so they sold the two brick and tile houses and a few acres of land to balance the account. Otherwise, how could they have so much less land than Zhang Quan and his family?

Zhang Fu nodded: "You are right. For us farmers, land is what allows us to make a living. Okay, let's buy land, all paddy fields." At the end, Zhang Fu's tone was full of joy.

Jiang Xiaohe agreed: "I remember that the paddy field is twelve taels of silver per mu. We can buy about eight mu here. Tomorrow, Dad can find the village chief and ask him to check in our village or the next village. The crops have just been harvested from the land, and maybe someone wants to sell the land."

"Dad understands, but I'll put this silver in your hands first. When the time comes, we'll go through the formalities together." As he said that, he pushed the silver in front of Jiang Xiaohe.

"Okay, I'll listen to Dad!"

After the money was divided up, the three members of the family all had smiles on their faces.

Then, Zhang Fu asked: "Do you want to build the foundation on the original site? Or should we buy a new foundation?"

"Let's build it on the foundation of this house. It's close to my second uncle and second aunt, and it's convenient. But, if possible, Dad will go to the village chief and buy the wasteland next to us. Then we can build a bigger house."

Zhang Fu nodded: "Okay, then I will go to the village chief tomorrow and do these two things together."

After Jiang Xiaohe put away the silver, Wang Qiuxia took her hand and said, "Mother didn't expect that the family would earn so much money in just a few days. In the past, mother felt sorry for Dashan for spending so much money to marry you, but after Dashan passed away, mother felt sorry for you becoming a widow at such a young age, so she didn't want to care about those things anymore. These days, you have been running around for this family, and mother has seen it in her heart. You have worked hard."

Jiang Xiaohe patted the back of her hand and said, "Mom, when I first came back, I said that I would definitely let you and Dad live a good life. Now this is just the beginning. In the future, our family will have a better life."

Wang Qiuxia smiled and nodded: "Then you stay with Chuan'er, mom is going to cook."

The next morning, after the family had breakfast, Jiang Xiaohe poured out a small pot of wine from the two jars left over from the previous day, and gave a few taels of silver to Zhang Fu, asking him to take it to ask the village chief to do something for him.

When Zhang Fu came back, he couldn't suppress a smile on his face.

He took a puff of his pipe, looked at Wang Qiuxia and said, "I've lived in this village for so many years, and today is the toughest day."

"Aren't we just taking advantage of our daughter-in-law? Did we buy the wasteland next to it?"

Zhang Fu nodded: "I bought it and spent five taels of silver."

After that, he looked around the house and asked, "Where's my daughter-in-law?"

"She took Chuan'er to her second uncle's house next door. Just now, the big girl came to look for her and pulled her over."

Zhang Fu thought, there are still some formalities to go through before the land is approved, so there is no need to rush. When the government office stamps it, he will ask his daughter-in-law to plan how to build the house. He put down his pipe and said, "Then I'll go to the land and take a look."

Having said that, the man went out.

At this moment, Jiang Xiaohe was holding Zhang Chuan and watching Zhang Danv embroidering.

Zeng Hua poured her a bowl of water, and it was obvious that there was brown sugar in the bowl.

"Thank you, second aunt!"

"You're welcome! I'm sorry to bother you, big girl."

"how come!"

Zhang Da Nv looked up at Jiang Xiaohe and smiled slightly.

Just now, Zhang Danv came to find Jiang Xiaohe because she couldn't remember a few of the moves, and asked Jiang Xiaohe to come over and help her check if they were correct.

Jiang Xiaohe took a sip of water, looked at the pattern embroidered by Zhang Danniu, and suddenly had an idea.

"Second Aunt, I have an idea that should be able to make a lot of money. Let's see if you and Big Girl want to do it!"

Zeng Hua's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he quickly sat down: "Xiao He, tell me what you have to say."

As soon as Zeng Hua sat down, Zhang Chuan in Jiang Xiaohe's arms reached out to her, as if asking her to hug him.

"Come here, boy, let Second Grandma hold you." As she said that, she took Zhang Chuan from Jiang Xiaohe's arms.

Jiang Xiaohe pointed at the pattern Zhang Daniu had just drawn and said, "This pattern can not only be embroidered on handkerchiefs, but also made into dolls or rag dolls. Winter is coming soon. If we make it into a pattern like that, it will definitely sell better when we take it to the town or the county."

The more Jiang Xiaohe spoke, the brighter her eyes became. Why didn't she think of doing this at the beginning?

But the two of them frowned, somewhat unable to understand what she said: "Cousin, what dolls and puppets are you talking about?"

She hurriedly explained and gestured with her hands, but the two still didn't understand. Thinking of the new cotton she bought two days ago at home, she pulled Zhang Da Nv to her home.

Zeng Hua followed behind holding Zhang Chuan.

Wang Qiuxia was making new clothes in the yard.

When I saw a group of them coming in, I thought something had happened and stood up quickly.

"what happened?"

"Mom, please go to the house and get the cotton I bought two days ago."

Seeing her anxious look, Wang Qiuxia said "oh" twice and hurried back to the house to get it.

Jiang Xiaohe sorted out the scraps of cloth cut by Wang Qiuxia. She instructed Zhang Daniu and Wang Qiuxia how to sew and what style she wanted. When she was in a hurry, she also wanted to sew a few stitches, but her brain knew how to do it, but her hands were very clumsy. Zeng Hua couldn't bear to watch it, so she passed Zhang to her: "You tell her, and Second Aunt will do it."

Jiang Xiaohe nodded and directed the three of them. At first, Wang Qiuxia had no idea what was going on until Zhang Daniu explained it to her. Then she realized that this thing was made to make money. She worked even harder.

After an hour passed, a cartoon version of a rabbit rag doll was finally made.

Zhang Daniu's eyes lit up as she watched: "This is really beautiful! Cousin, how did you come up with this idea?"

Jiang Xiaohe was holding the rabbit doll, but she was actually not satisfied. She was in a hurry today. This doll was all taken apart and sewn together. If it could be made like in the future, it would only look better. But for now, it was still okay.

"I just suddenly thought of it when I saw you embroidering." Jiang Xiaohe made up a random excuse.

Zeng Hua picked up the puppet and looked at it twice: "I wonder how much money I can get if I take this thing to the town to sell it?"