Dressed as a young lady, she became rich by relying on Pinxixi

Although the eldest daughter-in-law had her own concerns, Xu Wangshi was more willing to trust He Xiangmei than the third daughter-in-law. Moreover, since the family split, the eldest daughter-in-law seemed to have a hold on her.

When the boss told her to go east, she obediently went east.

Since the eldest brother promised to take care of Xu Siyu until she gets married, Xu Siyu should give the eldest brother some benefits.

Xu Wangshi rarely nodded to He Xiangmei, indicating her agreement.

The walls of the third house were almost finished, and they had originally planned to choose a date for the beams to be put up. Instead, they just randomly found a suitable date in the almanac and notified the village. Much had happened to the Xu family recently. Although they hadn't stated it explicitly, Xu Huaichuan had moved east of the village, Xu Huaize had built a new house, and the old Xu family house was being renovated...all signs pointed to a split in the Xu family.

Everyone in the village was hoping that Xu Wangshi would make a fuss about her descendants being unfilial, but as it turned out, the second son ran away, and the eldest and third sons competed to be filial. They still listened to Xu Wangshi in everything, and the family remained together even after the division. No one even heard the Xu family complain about Xu Siyu anymore.

The villagers were not used to it.

They also wanted to know what the owner of Xiangmanlou was doing at the Xu family?

Xu Wangshi taught those who framed Xu Siyu a lesson, but didn't tell them what the truth was?

The villagers knew that this was a misunderstanding, but they were also more curious about why the noble man from the county came.

The Xu family has connections with nobles in the county, so they are no worse than the Zhang family.

Not only is it no worse than the Zhang family, Zhang Yue now feels as uncomfortable as if he had swallowed a fly.

He saw that noble man, Lin Yiqing, a scholar of the same class as him, but he was the son of the richest man in the county, and the real son-in-law in Teacher Cao's heart.

The girl from the Cao family visited the Lin family, but even after taking off her clothes, she still couldn't find her ideal husband.

Not only did he fail to get close to her, but he was also thrown into the backyard in front of the ladies with his bare chest.

If the Lin family had not given face to the magistrate's wife, this scandal would have been known to everyone.

But he wouldn't do that. As soon as he heard that Teacher Cao intended to promote him, he asked his family to cancel the engagement.

He would not bring his parents to propose marriage without knowing the other party's knowledge, and would not even ask the official media to propose marriage in order to show his importance.

At that time, he was in high spirits and never thought that the daughter of a prominent teacher would do such a despicable thing to seduce her.

That was the night before the Lantern Festival. He went into the city to invite the daughter of the Cao family to watch the lanterns. Curious about what others were whispering about when they saw him, he hid behind them and overheard this scandal.

The daughter of the Cao family made a fool of herself in the backyard of the Lin family, and her reputation was ruined in front of all the respectable families in the county.

The reputation of the county school was also greatly affected. It was said that all the students in the county tried to get into the provincial school through connections. Those who really couldn't get in left the provincial capital to study at Nanshan Chongzheng Academy.

Even these ignorant students from outside the county still yearn for Changjia County School.

Devastated, Zhang Yue did not stay in the county to wait for admission to the county school. Instead, he returned to Xinshan Village and locked himself in the house to think about life.

The more I thought about it, the more humiliated and embarrassed I felt.

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On the day of raising the beam, Xu Wangshi asked Xu Huaize to host the drinking party himself, and she took Xu Huaishan's family and Xu Siyu to eat and drink like ordinary relatives, and then left at the appointed time.

It was obviously a happy event and many people in the village came to congratulate him, but Xu Huaize felt that he was not so anxious to move into the new house.

However, the progress of the Xu family's house renovation is of concern to both the boss and the shopkeeper Yu. As long as there is a need for house renovation, they can allow Xu Huaize and his family of three who are still busy in Xiangmanlou to take a break at any time.

Every day, Shopkeeper Yu would ask him, "Is it finished? Is the small kitchen in the old house being built?"

Xu Huaize was tired of answering.

A few days ago, the eldest nephew Cheng Qi, who came to help, was called back by Xu Wangshi and asked to carry a pole to exchange for duck feathers in the surrounding area.

Single households rarely have a whole pound of duck down. It is said that Xu Siyu prepared some candy for him, exchanging two ounces of duck feathers for a piece of candy. Xu Chengqi collected five pounds in just three days.

Yesterday, my sister-in-law didn't come to help, saying that she wanted to help Xu Siyu make quilts and clothes.

In the past two days, the relationship between his eldest brother's family, who had separated from his family, and Xu Siyu seemed to have become much closer. It was not the kind of closeness that was forced by Xu Wangshi to like Xu Siyu, but the kind of closeness that was gained from some kind of benefit. Everyone's face was red and they looked very happy.

The more Xu Huaize looked at it, the more uncomfortable he felt. He had to think that he must not be separated from the old house, but he also knew that it would be difficult to change Xu Wangshi's mind.

Xu Huaishan's family was of course a little different today. Today, they all wore down vests inside.

Not long after He Xiangmei put it on, she exclaimed in admiration, "It's such a small piece, but when worn under an outer coat, it warms her whole body."

Siyu said that once she had enough down, she would make quilts for them, one for each of them.

That is, they have to buy new cloth and give it to her to make the lining.

Previously, they worked for the third brother's family. After working for more than ten days, they were able to collect five cents of silver. He Xiangmei handed it over to Xu Wangshi with confidence and waited for Siyu to get them two pieces of plain cloth.

The weather was getting warmer, and they were not in a hurry to use it. They just listened to Xu Wangshi's arrangements all day long and did what they had to do, such as cooking, changing fur, and starting to clean up and prepare for the renovation of the old house.

As soon as the third child moves in, we have to renovate Xu Siyu’s workshop and kitchen.

The family will try to get everything done before March so as not to affect Xu Siyu's supply of cakes to Xiangmanlou, nor to delay their spring planting.

After the spring planting is finished, I will start looking for my eldest son and send Xu Nianyue off to marry...

He Xiangmei felt that this year was particularly promising. She was in high spirits and her sour temperament had softened a lot.

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Xu Siyu and Lin Qingyi agreed to deliver 200 jujube and walnut fortune-bringing cakes on the first day of March. Except for the words on the cakes, everything else remained unchanged.

Pinxixi can meet this customized requirement. Xu Siyu even bought a few of them and sent them to Xiangmanlou as samples for confirmation. After receiving positive feedback, they just had to wait for the first day of the new year to ship them.

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Just when everyone was living their lives as usual, the conscription order for corvee labor was sent to the village again.

The fearless Xu Wangshi immediately asked Zhang Dahe if she could hire tenants as her husbands for money. The reply she received was that money was not an option, but food was.

"Oh my god, where's the ready-made food during this planting season?"

This time the forced labor was to build a dam, which was very hard.

Old Man Xu died in corvee labor, and Mrs. Xu Wang didn't want her children and grandchildren to suffer, so she used to give money to ward off disasters. But this year the money was useless.

"Mom, shall we go buy some grain?" Xu Siyu reminded Xu Wangshi to act quickly. According to her inference, the price of grain would probably increase significantly.

"Don't go. The grain and oil shop in town closed yesterday. They said they'll reopen after all the corvée labor is done." Xu Sinong hurried back home from town, holding up one of his hind legs. "I just went to see my third brother about buying some from Xiangmanlou, but the shopkeeper Yu said they only have enough grain in the building for a month. This is a business, so he won't touch it."