The eldest sister-in-law became rich by farming in the mountains

The waiter sighed, "Don't worry about it. Our boss has been ill recently and is recuperating at home. The doctor said that he needs to take good care of himself for a few days before he can recover."

Everything depends on fate. It seems that I am not destined to be with Zui Xiang Lou.

Xu Yingtao smiled indifferently, thanked the waiter, and then turned around to look for her and her three daughters.

The three of them were not far from her, and they heard clearly the second shopkeeper's contemptuous look and the blunt insulting words just now.

If Xie Bai and Jiang Shi hadn't stopped him, Xie Li would have picked up a stone and was ready to hit someone.

As soon as Xu Yingtao approached, she heard Xie Li angrily questioning her second brother: "Sister-in-law is so good to you, but you are unwilling to protect her. Do you have a conscience?!"

Xie Bai sighed: "If we really want to smash that fat shopkeeper, it will really cause trouble for the sister-in-law. You can't just grow in strength without growing in brains."

"Why can't I just follow him and smash it secretly?" Xie Li's face turned red with anger. "You actually said I'm stupid. I won't care if Xie Bao beats you up in the future!"

Jiang held her forehead with her hand, really not knowing what to do with her two children.

Xu Yingtao rubbed Xie Li's head, pulled her into her arms, and said jokingly, "As expected of my sister Li, you fight back when you don't agree. You are truly a heroine!"

Then she changed the subject: "But your second brother is right. If we really beat up that fat guy, I'm afraid we won't be able to get away with it. It's just a few sarcastic remarks from him, and we won't lose any weight. We'll have to wait for him to beg us for help in the future!"

As Hongbinlou's business was booming, she didn't believe that Zuixianglou wasn't anxious.

Seeing that Xu Yingtao had successfully appeased the brother and sister, Jiang said apologetically, "Yingtao, I was inconsiderate. I will buy you a few feet of good cloth to make new clothes later."

In order to save money, she had chosen the cheapest coarse cloth in the cloth shop. She thought that the clothes without any patches were already the best clothes. However, she did not expect that her eldest daughter-in-law would suffer such an insult for no reason.

Jiang was heartbroken.

Xu Yingtao smiled and nodded: "Our whole family has made two new sets of clothes. We have to be in public every day, so we really need to pay attention to our personal image."

She didn't really care about the style and texture of clothes. After all, when she was a corporate slave, she always wore whatever she wanted no matter how ugly she was when she went to work every day, without even putting on makeup, just to annoy her unscrupulous boss.

But after this incident, she suddenly understood what it meant to respect the clothes first and then the person.

In this era, a good outfit can be considered a stepping stone.

When Jiang heard the first half of the sentence, she subconsciously wanted to refuse, but when she heard the second half, she swallowed her words back into her stomach.

When the family led the mule back to the village, many villagers and children came to watch.

"Cherry, is this your new mule?"

"Look at this shiny fur. It's not cheap, is it?"

"Six taels! My God, that's more expensive than buying a person!"

Xu Yingtao patiently answered the villagers' questions and encouraged them at the right time.

For example, tell everyone not to be envious, but to roll up their sleeves and work hard, and by next year at the latest every household will be able to buy livestock.

For example, if everyone works together to make Nanxi Village's major industries bigger and stronger, then the whole village will be able to eat meat every day and live in new houses.

For example, as long as everyone works hard to make money, the boys in our village can go to school, take the imperial examinations and become high-ranking officials in the future, and the girls can go to workshops to make a lot of money, and if they don't want to marry outside the village, they can find a son-in-law.

In short, Xu Yingtao added to and changed the big picture that her former boss had drawn up during the meeting, which made the villagers very excited.

Many women even wiped away tears of excitement at the thought that their children would have a good life from now on.

Village Chief Zheng was stunned when he heard this outside the crowd.

It's a pity that the Dayu Dynasty does not allow women to serve as officials. If this girl were a boy, with her eloquence, she would be more than qualified to take over his job in the future.

When Feng Xing heard that Xu Yingtao had bought a mule, he also ran over excitedly to take a look, his eyes full of envy.

"Little Master, I will bring you cooked bean dregs every day from now on!"

Xu Yingtao smiled and said, "The mule has a small appetite and can't eat much. You should send all the bean dregs to Grandpa Zheng's house and tie the mule to his house from now on."

They had already agreed beforehand that Feng Xing would give all the bean dregs to Xu Yingtao, and they would make it into fertilizer and give a share to his family later.

Upon hearing this, Village Chief Zheng lost his composure and quickly pushed through the crowd and walked in front of Xu Yingtao, his eyes full of surprise.

"Cherry, you didn't scare me?"

Xu Yingtao smiled and said, "How can I scare you? You know my yard is so small that I don't even have a barn to build one. Besides, you two uncles will help me run errands in the future. This mule is tied to your house so you can use it whenever you want."

Farmers love fields the most, and livestock the second most.

Village Chief Zheng was so happy to receive such great news that he couldn't stop smiling and touched the mule again and again.

"Long-necked mule, long-tailed horse. This mule has a long neck and strong hooves. It's well-born! Very well!"

Xie Li reluctantly handed the reins to Village Chief Zheng: "Grandpa, I go to cut grass every day to look after the mule, you have to take good care of it."

"Okay, okay, come whenever you want." Village Chief Zheng agreed happily, his eyes full of kindness.

Chen arrived late and just happened to hear Xu Yingtao giving the mule to Village Chief Zheng to raise. She was immediately filled with jealousy.

Her yard is not smaller than Zheng's, so the mule should be raised by her family.

When Chen returned home, even her words rang with a sour tone.

Xie Daniu had just finished spreading lime on the field. Upon hearing this, his mouth sank: "It's only been quiet for two days, and it's starting again?"

Chen's body froze, and she finally realized that she was having an attack again. She quickly apologized with a smile, "That's impossible. I just couldn't wrap my mind around it for a while. Just pretend you didn't hear anything!"

Now she has finally figured it out. If she wants to live a decent life, she must stop squeezing out the second wife. Otherwise, her husband will become alienated from her, her son will be full of complaints, and she might even be left without anyone to rely on when she gets old.

Thinking of this, Chen hurriedly pulled the towel to help the man dust off the dust, and then smiled and said, "The eldest and second sons have told me that the business of the second house is very profitable. Head of the family, do you think that my niece-in-law will give some wages at the end of the month for the efforts of our sons?"

Before Xie Daniu could say anything, the second son Xie Cai was unhappy: "Mom, we agreed last night that we would help the second aunt's family without asking for anything in return. If you have such an idea, my brother and I will simply not go. Otherwise, we will not get paid at the end of the month, and you will have to bear a grudge against the second wife again."

Only then did Chen realize that she had said the wrong thing again and quickly shut up.

Five days later, Hongbin Tower.

Shopkeeper Sun laughed so hard that he fell backwards.

Since the restaurant launched a series of red oil dishes and braised food, its daily turnover has tripled, and many old diners of Zui Xiang Lou have turned to the light and switched to his Hong Bin Lou.

The two restaurants have been competing in the town for decades, and this is the first time he feels proud!

The more he thought about it, the happier he felt. Shopkeeper Sun couldn't help sipping his wine and humming a little tune.

Paired with a bite of braised pork elbow, this day is perfect!

Some are happy and some are sad.

Manager Ding of Zui Xiang Lou had been ill for some time, and had asked his brother-in-law, who was in charge of accounting, to take over the management of the restaurant's affairs temporarily. Today, after recovering from a serious illness, he returned to the restaurant without stopping.

However, at lunchtime, the restaurant lobby, which should have been packed with people, only had four tables of guests. All the old diners who came to take care of his business every day were nowhere to be seen.