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

Xu Yingtao raised the corners of her lips slightly: "Mom, you now have your own backbone."

When Jiang heard this, she was stunned at first, but then her eyes became brighter and brighter.

Looking back on this period of time, under the deliberate training of the eldest daughter-in-law, she can respond quickly and decisively, whether it is trivial matters in the workshop or big or small decisions that need to be made at home. She is no longer as timid as before, and she no longer feels confused and helpless all the time.

What is even more gratifying is that she took the initiative to make several friends in the village.

In their spare time, everyone can chat together, and she can even act as a decision maker and give them advice.

She also learned several patterns from a woman in the village who was good at embroidery, preparing to make new clothes for her eldest daughter-in-law and youngest daughter.

No matter which one it was, it was something she had never dared to imagine before.

But now, she has done it.

Seeing her eyes change from doubt to confidence, Xu Yingtao couldn't help but chuckle, "Mom, help me light some straw so I can burn some duck feathers."

She was too lazy to pull them out one by one.

Yan Heng caught a cold a few days ago after staying up late to read. He only recovered in the past two days, but his appetite was still not very good. Xu Yingtao thought of making a pot of sour radish and old duck soup for him, which can not only stimulate the appetite but also nourish the body.

The old duck soup cooked by Xu Yingtao herself was rich in color and fragrant. Yan Heng praised it highly and drank three bowls in a row. However, he was not included in the afternoon assessment, so he let her go.

Xu Yingtao looked at the thick stack of copybooks that Yan Heng had prepared for her, and said with despair, "Master, I have memorized everything you asked me to recite, and I can even write out the random paragraphs word for word. Why are you punishing me? And why are you punishing only me?"

That bastard Xie Bai actually still has the nerve to smile at this moment!

How unfilial!

Xu Yingtao was so angry that she gnashed her teeth.

Yan Heng snorted coldly: "Look at your handwriting. If I catch a small insect, dip its tiny legs into ink, and let it wander around on the paper, I'm afraid the resulting work will be more neat than yours."

Xu Yingtao choked.

Then she has never practiced brush calligraphy!

She felt great about herself just because she could write it stroke by stroke.

Looking at Xie Bai's calligraphy again, the strokes have changed from crooked and loose structure at the beginning to neat and powerful now, and even have a bit of artistic conception. Xu Yingtao was extremely frustrated.

Xie Bai said in a gentle and sincere tone: "Sister-in-law, Master said that there is no shortcut to calligraphy. Only by concentrating your mind and practicing day after day can you gradually get better and understand the mystery between pen and ink. In the future, I will help you study calligraphy and improve together."

If Xu Yingtao didn't know Xie Bai's character well, she would have thought that he was just trying to show off in front of his master.

However, Xie Baizhen did what he said. As soon as he returned home that day, he moved the place where he practiced calligraphy from the side room to the main room, and insisted on supervising Xu Yingtao to complete three tracing assignments before he would give up.

Xu Yingtao was in tears.

If she had known this, she would have continued to pretend to be illiterate.

Yan Yunlan and Xie Li were gloating on the side, laughing so hard that they couldn't straighten their backs.

As dusk fell, Zheng Wen and his team, who had gone to the county town to deliver goods, returned to the village safely.

There are now three mules in the village, one of which is kept in the big house and is used by Xie Zhao and Xie Cai to deliver goods and purchases to the town every day.

The other two were raised in the Zheng family, and Zheng Wen and three other men used them when they went to the county town to deliver goods every three days.

Zheng Wen first unloaded about 100 kilograms of dried chilies and spices from the mule cart, then picked up a large leg of lamb. He then returned the unspent silver to Xu Yingtao, and then drove the mule cart back home.

Xu Yingtao cut half of the lamb leg as tomorrow's food, and gave the rest to Xu Youqian as a reward.

It's worth it!

The whole family watched with smiles and had no objections at all.

Who would have thought that a few months ago, they were almost starving to death, but now they don’t feel sorry at all for feeding the golden eagle with mutton at fifty cents per pound.

Yan Yunlan was a little envious.

It's not that I'm greedy for meat, but that I'm greedy for Xu's money.

She bumped Xu Yingtao's shoulder, and a flattering smile appeared on the corner of her mouth: "Yingtao, why don't you give me the money? I really like it."

This was the first time in her life that she had seen such a clever eagle.

Xu Yingtao smiled gently and said, "Okay, go ask it and see if it's willing to go with you."

Yan Yunlan was immediately deflated.

It's strange to say.

It was clearly she and her mother who were the first to apply medicine and bandage to Xu Youqian, but this bastard only recognized Xu Yingtao and would not allow anyone else to touch her easily.

Yan Yunlan didn't give up, and walked up to her and coaxed her, "You have money, come with me, I promise to give you mutton every meal."

Xu Youqian pretended not to hear her. He was really annoyed by her nagging and simply turned his butt towards her.

Yan Yunlan gave up.

The family was preparing for the routine class. Just as they sat down and waited for Teacher Xiao Bai to start the class, they suddenly heard a slightly timid voice coming from outside the courtyard: "Little Master, Sister Jiang, can we come in?"

Xu Yingtao stuck her head out to look and recognized them as the women who had begged for mercy last night.

She stood up to greet them, smiling and saying, "Come in, my house doesn't have a gate anyway."

I'm moving in about half a month and I'm too lazy to repair it.

Besides, Xu Youqian is the most solid anti-theft door in the world.

Several women walked slowly into the courtyard with hesitation and restraint on their faces. The leading woman said with a smile, "Young Master, I am really sorry to disturb you at this time."

Xu Yingtao remembers that everyone in the village called her Suqin.

She was also the one who slapped her brother without mercy last night.

Xu Yingtao's smile became even more enthusiastic: "We are all from the same village. Aunt Suqin, there is no need to be so formal. Do you have anything to ask me?"

The class was forced to be interrupted, and the whole family was busy moving stools and boiling water to make tea, which made several people even more panicked.

Su Qin waved her hands quickly, her tone somewhat anxious: "Young Master, please stop working, we are here to resign from you."

"Quitting?" Xu Yingtao raised her eyebrows slightly when she heard that, and a hint of surprise flashed in her eyes.

Su Qin quickly explained, "My brothers and I did such a heartless thing, but you, the young master, were so kind that you spared their lives and did not kick us out of the workshop. But we are too ashamed to continue working in the workshop."

Another woman also agreed: "There are many women and old women in the village watching our position. Now that something like this has happened, everyone will definitely be dissatisfied. If we refuse to leave, we will probably be criticized in the future."

Su Qin nodded heavily and continued, "It's not a big deal if you poke us in the back, but if others see it, they will think you are weak and can be bullied. If anyone dares to bully you in the future, then we will really commit a great sin, so just agree to it."

There was sincerity and honesty in everyone's eyes, without any hypocrisy or affectation.

Xu Yingtao was stunned for a moment, and then a warm feeling rose in her heart.

In fact, before this, she had also considered the issue of whether these women should stay or go.

But as a senior office worker who is familiar with labor laws, even though she traveled through time, she couldn't wrap her mind around it for a while and felt that it was really unethical to fire someone suddenly.

After all, she is not a black-hearted capitalist.

But she was also afraid that her momentary weakness would create hidden dangers - if these people held a grudge against her and tampered with the food, the loss would be huge.

Just when she was wavering, she didn't expect that these people would come to her door and resign on their own initiative, and even stand in her position and consider her.

They were all simple villagers and naturally did not know the strategy of retreating in order to advance. That was why Xu Yingtao was even more moved.

But just as they said, now is the time for her to re-establish her authority and she must not let things go.

Regardless, she had to do something.

After thinking for a while, Xu Yingtao came up with a compromise.