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

As soon as they met, Old Man Chen scolded Chen without any politeness: "Look at your temper. Your parents can't say a word to you. But yesterday you left without even looking back, causing your mother to cry for most of the night!"

Chen had not expected them to come so early. She did not dare to talk back even when scolded. Seeing the three men bent over by the heavy backpacks, she hurried forward to help them unload them.

In total, there was one basket of Castanopsis bitterx and two baskets of konjac. Chen thought that her parents were really fast. They were probably the first people from other villages to send mountain products to their village.

Old Mrs. Chen kept her face tense and didn't say anything, but her brother Chen Fusheng kept groaning and pounding his waist, asking, "Sister, do you really accept these things in your village?"

"Collect!" Chen said, "I'll get you some food first, and then we'll go to the village chief's house to weigh it."

Chen Fusheng asked again: "Didn't the second branch give you the job of collecting mountain products?"

Chen was very annoyed and just nodded expressionlessly.

Chen Fusheng frowned: "You, the second branch, are not kind. Why did you give this job, which is obviously lucrative, to an outsider?"

At this time, Xie Daniu also walked out of the main room, maintaining a polite manner, and invited everyone to sit inside.

Chen Fusheng immediately spotted the mule in the barn and asked in surprise, "Brother-in-law, your family has bought a mule? It's not cheap, is it?"

Xie Daniu never liked this brother-in-law, so he just said indifferently: "He is the owner of the second house. He is temporarily kept in my house to make it convenient for your two nephews to go to town to deliver goods."

Chen Fusheng couldn't help but touch the mule, and then asked in a roundabout way: "Xiao Zhao and Xiao Cai go to the town to deliver goods, I guess they make a lot of money every month?"

Yesterday, his sister only said that her family had benefited from the second wife's job and had been assigned jobs in the village workshop. But when asked how much the monthly salary was, she hesitated and was unwilling to disclose it.

Chen Fusheng knew very well that his sister was so unhappy because she was afraid that he would borrow money from her to gamble.

But his brother-in-law was also a person who could do nothing even if he was beaten with a stick. After asking for a long time, he just said that it was just enough for the family to eat.

Chen Fusheng curled his lips.

Although Old Lady Chen was angry with her daughter, she put on a warm smile to her son-in-law: "Daniu, you should persuade your second branch to hire relatives. People from outside are not as reliable as your own family. We Fusheng are honest and quick-handed. If there is any good job, you, as her brother-in-law, should think of him."

Chen had already confessed to him last night. Xie Daniu was prepared at this time and just nodded perfunctorily.

After dinner, Chen took her family to Zheng's house. Seeing how actively they responded to the call, Mrs. Zhou couldn't help but smile and said, "God favors the diligent. I'll go get the scale now."

After a while, ninety-eight catties of bitter oak and sixty-five catties of konjac were weighed out, totaling thirty-three coins.

Originally, there were still two kilograms of bitter chestnuts short, but Mrs. Zhou rounded up the amount because they were from Chen's family.

It is said that this kind of natural and easy-to-use mountain product can be exchanged for more than 30 cents. Whoever gets it will be very happy.

Mrs. Zhou originally thought so too.

But the old couple of the Chen family had gloomy faces, and Chen Fusheng was also shaking his legs in a sloppy manner.

She finally realized something was wrong.

This family is clearly dissatisfied.

Mrs. Zhou stopped smiling and asked, "What's wrong? Did I not calculate the money correctly?"

Chen Fusheng gave his mother a look, and Old Lady Chen quickly pulled the corner of her mouth and said, "Didn't you say one penny for three catties? How come it has become one penny for five catties?"

Upon hearing this, Chen was so anxious that she almost choked on her saliva. She quickly explained, "Mother! I told you very clearly yesterday that konjac and castanopsis were one penny for five catties, and fern root was only one penny for three catties. You must have remembered it wrong!"

Seeing that Mrs. Zhou looked unhappy, Old Man Chen hurried out to smooth things over: "Alright, alright, why are you in such a hurry? We'll remember this for next time."

Mother Zhou used the excuse of needing help to pull Chen aside and asked with a frown, "What's wrong with your family? I'm telling you, if you dare to cause trouble for Yingtao, I'll be the first one to not forgive you!"

Chen wanted to cry but had no tears. She hurriedly explained, "Aunt Zhou, it's really not what you think. Don't worry."

After leaving Zheng's house and passing a small bamboo forest, the Chen family saw a large blue brick and tile house that was about to be completed. Chen Fusheng couldn't help but exclaimed: "Whose house is this magnificent!"

Because of the courtyard wall, they could not see the whole picture of the house, but they could see the courtyard wall made of blue bricks, the wooden door carved with exquisite patterns, and the roof covered with blue-gray tiles, which were stacked layer by layer, staggered and as fine and solid as fish scales.

At this moment, the golden morning sun shines on the tiles, and the entire roof seems to be covered with a thin layer of golden light.

It couldn't be more magnificent.

Seeing her youngest brother drooling, Chen rolled her eyes and said, "The carpenter is making furniture in the second house, don't go and make trouble."

Old Mrs. Chen was jealous. It was not until this moment that she realized how wealthy the second branch of the Xie family had become.

Thinking of this, she couldn't help but pinch Chen, and said angrily: "You are such a shallow-minded person. I told you not to separate from the second branch, but you refused to listen. Now you have offended someone. How can you arrange a job for your brother?"

Chen looked at her mother in astonishment.

Her mother had clearly advised her time and again that if she didn't separate from the second wife quickly, their first wife would be dragged down sooner or later. But now she is distorting the truth and refusing to acknowledge it.

Chen was provoked to anger. She rubbed the painful flesh on her arm and said unhappily, "Okay, it's all my fault, right? Then don't take the good job I asked for for my youngest brother from the second house!"

The three of them looked at her.

Chen Fusheng was even more excited and asked hurriedly: "Sister, what job did you ask for me? Is the monthly salary high? Is it tiring? Let me make it clear first, I won't do anything that is too tiring."

Old Mrs. Chen finally smiled: "Girl, I thought you were unhappy yesterday. If you had told me earlier that you came back to ask for a job for your brother, I wouldn't have been angry with you!"

Chen deliberately put on a stern face and said, "Go home first and put down the backpack. I will take you to meet the people from the second house. Now our family depends on the second house for survival. You can't offend them."

"Don't worry! If she can find a good job for your brother, I will praise her to the sky!"

Half an hour later, Xu Yingtao looked at the Chen family with a smile and said, "My aunt told me yesterday that she wanted to find an easy and profitable job for Uncle Chen. My aunt has helped me a lot in the past few months. I will satisfy her small request."

The three members of the Chen family rubbed their hands excitedly. Old Mrs. Chen praised Xu Yingtao for more than ten sentences, and every sentence was different. Even Xu Youqian in the chicken coop got some benefit from it.

The chickens raised by wealthy families are indeed different, with bright fur and plump body.

The corners of Xu Yingtao's mouth twitched. She finally understood who Chen's personality was inspired by.

However, when Chen Fusheng learned that Xu Yingtao had arranged for him to work as a peddler in various villages, he suddenly stopped laughing.

If he could endure the hardship of being a peddler going from street to street, why would he lower himself to beg for help?

Seeing that their son was somewhat unhappy, the old couple of the Chen family hurriedly smiled and said, "Cherry, you may not know that our youngest son has been in poor health since he was young. The work of a peddler is really hard. Do you think you can change his job?"