Rich Peasant Girl: The General's Wife Has Space

After Xiao Zhengping started school, he ate lunch in the school, and his father Xiao drove a donkey cart to pick him up and drop him off every day.

As the days passed, the Xiao family's workshop was basically built, and the new house was almost completed. Apart from the headman's family, Xiao Wan's family was unique. In fact, it was not very ostentatious. It was very ordinary, with blue bricks and red tiles, but the house was a little bigger.

From now on, this will be my home root.

Xiao Wan especially liked her own yard. She planted a relocated osmanthus tree in the yard, and built a round stone table and four stone benches next to the tree. Just think about it, when the osmanthus flowers bloom in September, it would be such a wonderful thing to sit under the osmanthus tree and drink tea.

After the new house was built, Zhao Lizheng came in person to preside over the beam-raising ceremony. After the ceremony, Grandpa Xiao, Zhao Lizheng and several elderly people in the village sat at the main table, while Grandma Xiao and Lizheng's wife Zheng sat at another table.

The villagers all brought something, more or less. You brought a handful of eggs, I brought half a bag of brown rice, you gave me five cents, I gave me three cents. Xiao Wan didn't mind and accepted them all with a smile.

Zhao Wu and Zhao Mingyuan from the Zhao family also came. The father and son took five taels of silver, which was unprecedented in the village. It seemed that although Zhao Wu was dismissed from office, he still had some family wealth.

Xiao Wan was busy cooking and only had time to look at Zhao Mingyuan. Both of them blushed a little. Liu noticed it and smiled.

The banquet prepared by the Xiao family also met the standards for weddings in the village. Xiao Wan, Liu, Third Aunt Xue, as well as neighbors Aunt Wang and Ni'er, all came together to neatly prepare several tables of banquets.

There were chicken, fish, meatballs and other main dishes on each table. The villagers did not expect the Xiao family to be so honest. The atmosphere was lively for a while and everyone enjoyed the meal. Xiao Wan felt very satisfied watching this.

Li Chunhua also came with her son Shitou, who was only three years old. Li Chunhua sat at the table and ate with her mouth full of oil. While she was wolfing down the food, she also picked up some food for her son. She also held a broken porcelain bowl in her hand and put some food into it from time to time. The villagers were disgusted by her.

Someone couldn't help but sneered, "Li Chunhua, you're eating and taking things at the same time. Did you give them any gifts? You even brought your children to eat with you."

Li Chunhua was embarrassed when she heard this. Her face turned red and she stammered, "I brought it... I brought it..."

"Let's see what you brought."

"That's right, what did you take?"

For the first time, Li Chunhua did not argue with the villagers, but lowered her head instead.

Someone who came with her said that Li Chunhua brought a basket she had woven herself to the Xiao family. Although Li Chunhua had no other skills, she was quite good at weaving baskets.

The villagers burst into laughter. Li Chunhua lowered her head even lower, her face flushed red, and her hands unconsciously clenched her chopsticks. The three-year-old Shitou looked at the laughing crowd with a confused look on his face, not understanding why no one was eating such delicious food and instead just laughing.

Thinking of this, Shitou picked up the chopsticks with all his strength, stretched out his hand to a plate of food, and laboriously picked up a piece of food for his mother. Li Chunhua saw how sensible her son was, and tears fell from her eyes. Everyone was frozen for a moment.

Someone told the truth. It turned out that Li Chunhua's husband Wang Daniu came back a few days ago, sold the Wang family's old house, took the money and ran away with his lover, leaving Li Chunhua and her son homeless. They had to squeeze into the two small houses in her mother-in-law's house. The three of them had not eaten anything for several days.

After hearing this, everyone fell silent. After all, Li Chunhua was just a chatterbox and didn't do anything harmful. The atmosphere became tense for a moment.

Xiao Wan was serving food at another table. Seeing the situation at Li Chunhua's table and how filial Xiao Shitou was, she walked over with a smile on her face.

She gently touched Little Stone's hair and asked softly, "Little Stone, is the food Auntie's cooking delicious?"

"It's delicious! Auntie is so awesome. Shitou, mom, and... grandma haven't eaten for a long time." Shitou replied innocently and cutely. This auntie is so gentle.

"Thank you Shitou for the compliment. If it tastes good, you and your mother should eat more. That will make your aunt happy. When you go home later, I will bring you some back for grandma, okay? Shitou will also pick up some food for your mother as a reward. He is so filial." Xiao Wan gave a thumbs up gently and amiably.

Shitou was so happy that grandma could also eat it. This aunt was so nice.

Li Chunhua listened from the side and looked up at Xiao Wan in disbelief.

Xiao Wan smiled and said to Li Chunhua, "I was wondering who sent the bamboo basket at the door. It's so exquisitely woven. It turned out to be made by Sister Chunhua. I just happened to need it in my workshop. I'll go find Sister Chunhua later and ask her to make some more for me. I'll pay her according to the market price."

Li Chunhua widened her eyes and rubbed her ears, thinking she had misheard, only to see Xiao Wan looking at her with a serious smile in her eyes.

Li Chunhua was in a trance, thinking of the past. She was about to cry, but she held it back. Today was a good day for the Xiao family, so crying was not allowed.

She knew that she was not liked by others, and she also knew that no matter what, she had nothing to do with the Xiao family. She didn't bring any gifts, so she didn't have the confidence to come to dinner.

But her son was hungry, and her mother-in-law was also very hungry at home, so she had no choice but to shamelessly bring a bowl with her, wanting to eat something herself and also take some dishes back for her mother-in-law.

She was in a really embarrassing situation just now. She even wanted to take her son to die, but her son was so sensible and so young, and there was also her mother-in-law. Fortunately, Xiao Wan generously rescued her.

She lowered her head and wiped her face with her hand. When she raised her head again, her expression seemed like a different person. She nodded and replied firmly, "Hey, Wan'er, I don't have any other skills except weaving baskets. Tell me what you need and I'll weave it for you, no charge."

"Sister-in-law, you can't ask for money. This is a skill. I will come to you when I am done. You can take Shi Tou and have a good meal first." Xiao Wan smiled softly, turned around and asked everyone to continue eating and drinking.

Seeing this, the villagers were happy for Li Chunhua and her son, so they changed the subject and started eating.