To get rich quickly, you need to be simple and rough

Shi Shuyun scoffed at this: "My son, you are still too young. At the age of fifteen, you have never seen anything good. Our ancestors were very glorious and were always highly valued by the court.

Every year, the emperor bestowed upon us a vast amount of wealth and gifts, tens of thousands of taels of silver alone. I heard from your great-grandmother that our family received over a thousand mu of land from the emperor.

Your great-grandmother was very skilled in Taoism, and when the world went into chaos, she sold all her land. Otherwise, our family would have been screwed when the class status was determined. At least we were given the title of middle peasant and didn't have to face criticism.

Look at the You family in our village. They bought land as soon as they saved some money. Now they are directly labeled as landlords. They didn’t enjoy any blessings but suffered a lot of sins.

The mules, cattle and horses in the house were divided up by others, and even the quilts, pillows and clothes in the house were divided up by the poor families.

In this world, you can only live with your tail between your legs. No matter how capable you are, you have to keep quiet. I don't mind living with a few melons and dates.

I won't go to anyone who invites me in the future. If something goes terribly wrong, our family won't be able to make ends meet. I really don't care about those three cans of food and two pounds of trough cakes.

If we want to eat something, we can exchange it for a ticket and use the main road. I calculated it myself yesterday and found that the situation that was originally hopeless suddenly became a new hope.

God has been kind to me after all. Your father is a good-natured man who is charitable but cannot manage the family. I have to support you two while you are still young and incompetent. It is better for our family to be more stable!"

Shi Huizhen took out a teapot from the cupboard, picked up a tin kettle from the charcoal fire pile at the pot door, and poured some jasmine tea into it.

Soon, a faint aroma of tea wafted through the room. Shi Huizhen took out a tea bowl and poured a cup of tea for everyone.

Tong Yonghui took two sips of tea and said, "After following your mother for so many years, I'm really used to it. I always feel uncomfortable if I don't drink a sip of tea after dinner."

Shi Shuyun smiled and said, "Brother Hui, just drink this. We always had good tea leaves at home before. Longjing, Maojian, and Biluochun were all common. Now I have to ask you to drink this with me.

It's such a hassle to buy this, and it's even in limited supply! I was so worried I ended up grabbing half a pound!"

At this time, the bell for work rang. Tong Yonghui and Shi Shuyun walked out with their shoes pulled up. Before leaving, they each wiped a handful of dust on their faces on the earthen wall.

It's always good to be cautious these days. Everyone else is covered in dust and dirt, but you two are beaming with joy. It would be strange if you didn't attract attention. Generally, no one in the village dares to mess with the Shi family.

Anyone who knows what his family does will go to cause trouble for them. If you really provoke his family, they will kill you without even having to mobilize the entire family.

The naughty boy Tong Zhipeng also touched the courtyard wall. Although this child does not have any inherited abilities, he is definitely as smart as a sieve.

Since he was a child, when people asked him what he ate at home, the child could not even speak clearly, but he could only gesture to others to show them the steamed bread he ate at home.

Shi Huizhen was the only one left at home. She cleaned the house and then lay on the kang to think about the parchment scroll.

The fact that our ancestors attached so much importance to it means that there is something fishy going on. It is impossible to just draw a map and pass it down through the generations.

Shi Huizhen had always wondered why her family didn't go south to Hong Kong Island or even abroad, given their financial situation. Don't say stupid things like they didn't have enough money.

Families like the Shi family, with few descendants and no relatives to share their inheritance, have only had income coming in and no expenditure going out for many years.

Even with the current severe situation, Shi Shuyun can earn hundreds of yuan by doing it a few times a year. Even if Shi Shuyun has little understanding, she still has real skills. It is too easy to use them to make a living.

Judging from Shi Shuyun's temper, she is not the kind of person who would tolerate injustice. Having been spoiled by her grandmother since she was a child, how could she bear the hard life of working in the fields every day?

The eldest lady had never touched a hoe before. Shi Huizhen saw Shi Shuyun wiping her tears several times, and Tong Yonghui used a needle to pick the blisters on her hands.

She knew about the things hidden in the cellar at home. Although there were quite a few of them, they had nothing to do with the glory of her ancestors.

Could it be that all the savings accumulated over the years were just a few dozen boxes? There seemed to be a knot in this that had been bothering Shi Huizhen.

If I'm not mistaken, Shi Shuyun has been guarding something. Now that thing cannot be moved, she has no choice but to guard it here miserably.

After thinking about this for a while, Shi Huizhen fell into a drowsy sleep. When she woke up, it was already getting dark.

When she opened her eyes, she saw her mother had already prepared the meal. She had finally picked the first crop of beans from the garden. Shi Shuyun had stewed the beans with the salted pork from the jar.

I also made a chili and egg sauce and steamed a full pot of rice in a floral enamel pot.

Seeing Shi Huizhen wake up, Shi Shuyun tapped her forehead and said, "Nana, my dear, hurry up and eat. The beans are all bubbling. You are still weak, so you need to nourish yourself. Nana cut a big piece of meat to make sure it is full of oil and water."

Just eat more and you can definitely have an extra bowl of rice."

Shi Huizhen rubbed her forehead. No one would spoil their children like this. This is because the Shi family said that they lived at the end of the village where there were not many other families. Otherwise, who could have hidden the fragrance coming out of their house every day?

Not to mention that the two Shi Huizhens are no match for their mother when it comes to cooking this kind of farm dish. Both of them are gourmets who have been eating since childhood. Shi Shuyun has mastered the saltiness and heat control to perfection.

The beans are stewed until they are soft and smooth, and the bacon is also stewed until it is soft and tasty, with a slight burnt taste in the mouth.

It really proves the saying that the little brat eats his father out of poverty. This big bowl of rice could feed a family of four for a whole day now, but now it is only enough for this family to have one meal.

The tender green onions whetted Shi Huizhen's appetite, and she devoured three bowls of rice in a flash. The Shi family was Manchu, and they had a lot of rules, so they ate in complete silence, without even the sound of chopsticks colliding with bowls.

After dinner, Shi Shuyun stepped back and Tong Zhipeng, an expert at picking up bowls, came over. He did not waste any water from washing the pot. A lot of oil floated out, which he scooped out to make a pot of pig feed.

Tong Yonghui made a pot of tea, and the family chatted around the oil lamp. Tong Yonghui saw that the mother and daughter seemed to have something to say, so he took Tong Zhipeng to the hut to do homework.

The men don't understand what's going on in the family and can't help even if they listen, so they should stay out of it if possible.

Shi Shuyun touched her daughter's braid and asked gently, "Bao'er, what happened to you?"

Shi Huizhen reached out to touch the teapot, and Shi Shuyun suddenly saw the teapot disappear before her eyes.

Shi Shuyun asked in a trembling voice: "Have you fully comprehended Bao'er's thing?"

When she saw her daughter nod vigorously, Shi Shuyun jumped down from the kang and began to kneel down and kowtow towards the night sky, muttering to herself: "Ancestors of the Xiliteli clan, the 21st generation head Shuyun pays homage from afar!

The inheritance of our Xiliteli clan has not been broken. The 22nd generation leader Huizhen has already comprehended the secret of the sect leader's orders, and the restoration of our ancestors' former glory is just around the corner.

May our ancestors bless our Xiliteli family to continue its lineage!"