My sister became the empress, but I'm still growing vegetables and raising chickens

We sent them all the way to the stall at the morning market. It was early today and Aunt Tian hadn't arrived yet. Aunt Luo was already there because she had to come early to make and steam the dumplings.

"Hey, Miss Yan, you guys have a bullock cart now? And you bought some tables and chairs?"

Si Muyan smiled and said, "Yes, if I want to sell porridge, it would be more convenient to have tables and chairs."

Aunt Luo nodded with a smile, but her eyes were fixed on the younger sister: "You sisters are really pretty, and Miss Wan is also very eloquent. I saw her shouting yesterday, she was very clever."

The two sisters are twins, so of course they look alike, but Yan is more heroic, while Wan is more beautiful, has a very sweet mouth, and speaks in a very pleasing way.

Aunt Luo used to like Yan Yatou, thinking she was very calm, but now she thinks Wan Yatou is smarter and more lively.

Children in their teens should be enthusiastic and lively, especially those who run stalls, and they especially hope that their children can be eloquent.

It was only then that Aunt Tian came over pushing the cart.

She lived in the county town, close by and only needed to boil water, so it didn't matter if she came a little late. Every day, her husband would help her, bringing the tables and chairs over and then leave, leaving her alone at the noodle stall.

Anyway, the business at the stall is just average. Even if it gets busy, it only lasts for a short while and Aunt Tian can handle it.

But today, following behind her was a little girl she wasn't familiar with, about twelve or thirteen years old. She was very thin and timid, not even daring to raise her head.

When Auntie Tian heard Auntie Luo's voice, she looked towards her younger sister and curled her lips in displeasure: "Bah, what do you mean by clever? She looks like a seductress, and she can't even walk when she sees a man!"

My younger sister was unhappy, but she was too lazy to argue with her.

After all, she is really good-looking. Many young women in the village have said the same thing. If she takes them all to heart, she will be angry to death every day.

But she didn't say anything, so Si Muyan spoke up instead: "My sister is naturally pretty, but her looks are just natural. I can only say that my parents gave her a good foundation. And even though our family was poor, they didn't mistreat their daughters, so they raised my sister so well. So, in Aunt Tian's eyes, good looks mean being coquettish? There are so many coquettish women in this world."

The morning market had just opened, so there were hardly any customers. Only a portion of the vendors were there, and it was quite quiet. Therefore, everyone could hear their conversation.

Maybe it’s because people are too bored on weekdays, so everyone is extremely curious about any little thing that happens.

Especially the woman who was selling tofu pudding and soy milk at the stalls two blocks away. Her family was a tofu grinder. In the middle of the night, her husband would grind the tofu and take it to the street to sell, while she would prepare the soy milk and tofu pudding and sell them at the morning market.

The woman's surname is Tao. She is quite old and is usually called Auntie Tao.

Aunt Tao had just put her things away when she heard the noise over here. She wiped her hands on her apron, stood over immediately, looked at Si Muyan and the others curiously, and couldn't help but speak.

"She is pretty, with delicate skin and tender flesh. I've been to the capital before and have seen girls from wealthy families, and they are all this fair, tender, and beautiful."

What she meant was that these two girls were similar to the ones she had seen in the capital city.

Auntie Tian's face darkened. "Rich families are naturally different. How many of us ordinary girls look like this? Every girl is dark, yellow, and thin. How can they be from a respectable family if they dress like this?"

Si Muyan laughed angrily, "She's dark yellow and thin, which means your daughter doesn't have enough to eat. Auntie Tian doesn't look like she doesn't have enough to eat. The girl next to you, is she your daughter or granddaughter? She is indeed dark yellow and thin, and she looks a little rough. Why do you usually just order her to work and don't give her enough food? No matter what the girls of ordinary families are born with, as long as they are well raised, how can they be so rough? Auntie Tao, I saw a lively little girl coming to bring you water yesterday. She was also very pretty. I thought about when we were kids and went to look for our parents, we probably looked like that, right?"

Aunt Tao loved to chat the most. When she heard Si Muyan talking about her granddaughter, she immediately smiled. Her granddaughter was only seven or eight years old, but she was very pretty. Everyone who saw her would praise her for her beauty.

In her heart, her own granddaughter is even more lovable than the rich girls in the capital city.

When she gets older, she will definitely be prettier than the two girls in front of her - well, I don’t know what others think, but that’s what she thinks.

"Yes, yes, it was my granddaughter who brought me water. Oh, girl, you don't know, my granddaughter is not only beautiful, but also well-fed. The family will never deny her food and drink, and there are adults working, so how can we ask a little girl to work so hard? You don't know, let alone my granddaughter, even my daughter has been doing cooking and washing clothes at home since she was a child. I don't want her to do any rough work like feeding pigs and chopping wood!"

Si Muyan also laughed: "Isn't that right? Aren't girls who don't do rough work usually pretty and fresh? Only when they are too busy every day and do rough work and are exposed to the sun, they will become dark and yellow and thin and ugly. If they don't have anything to eat, they will lose their energy and blood, and their face will lose color, which will naturally make them uglier, isn't it?"

It turned out to be the case.

Aunt Tao thought to herself, "I used to think only women in confinement couldn't afford to lose their Qi and blood, but it seems the children can't either." Anyway, the family was doing well enough. She could just give the children something like egg and brown sugar water every few days. In the future, they would be as pretty as the two girls in front of her.

No, she's prettier than both of them.

"Yes, yes, the girl is right. We are not a family that favors boys over girls. Girls or boys, they are all our own children, how can they not be good-looking!"

After Aunt Tao finished speaking, she glanced at the girl behind Aunt Tian, ​​with contempt clearly visible in her eyes.

Aunt Tian was so angry that she vomited blood. She clearly said that the Si Muyan sisters were too good-looking, so how did it become that she was favoring boys over girls?

And what about favoring sons over daughters? Aren't the money-losing children of every family supposed to work? Sons are the treasures, the ones who will carry on the family line.

But Aunt Tao was still chattering to those around her, "That's right. Your eldest daughter, who just got married, was well-raised, so she caught the eye of Butcher Zhang's youngest son. Wow, what a good marriage! And you, your new wife is so beautiful. You must have been attracted to her beauty, right?"

The women and men who were called all laughed happily.

"Yes, now that we have some money at home, we won't mistreat our children. We can't mistreat them, whether they are sons or daughters. Heavy work is for men, and daughters are precious."

"My wife... Hey, how can I ask her to do heavy work? She just needs to light the fire, cook, and wash clothes at home. I'll do the rest. If we give birth to a girl, I will definitely treasure her."