Reborn 99 Days Later, Becoming a Landlady and Getting into Tsinghua and Peking Universities

"My aunt married far away because she reached marriageable age and no one in the neighborhood dared to visit her?"

Hua Lichu was stunned.

Hua Yuansheng nodded: "Your aunt's personality... many people can't accept it. I asked around for a long time before I found your aunt's husband."

"Is your uncle's family very poor?" Hua Antao asked tactfully.

Hua Yuansheng's lips twitched: "Poor, but not this poor."

"Huh? What does that mean?"

Hua Yuansheng said in a daze, "Back then, a few months after your aunt got married, she came back and I was furious to see how thin she had become!"

They thought it was your aunt's family mistreating her, so they took your great-grandfather and your uncle Anshan and went to your aunt's family.

result……"

"What's the result?"

Seeing Hua Yuansheng's expression of wanting to recall the past, Yan Moli, who knew the situation, laughed:

"When we got there, we realized that this misunderstanding was huge!"

"Your aunt's mother is known for her gentle nature."

Her family consists of only your aunt's husband, and he happens to be honest and kind. The day after your aunt married into the family, her mother-in-law handed over the reins of the household to her.

Hua Lichu frowned.

If the power in the household is in the hands of the aunt, then how come the whole family is still so thin, like refugees fleeing famine?

Is it possible...

Yes, just as you think.

Your aunt thinks that as long as you don't starve and can breathe, that's enough. Gaining weight just means carrying extra weight and is a waste of food!

Hua Yuansheng sighed, "I don't understand it either!"

Although our family is not well-off, I have never let your aunt go hungry.

How come she's so good at managing her finances?

She wasn't this outrageous even when she was a young girl at home!

Yan Moli whispered, "At first, we wondered if your aunt's family was too poor?"

Every time your aunt comes, we give her both food and money.

But as soon as I turned around, the items were returned to me exactly as they were.

If we give her more, your aunt will get angry with us.

We've inquired around, and your aunt's family are all hardworking people. Their crops are generally doing well. Logically speaking, although life is a bit tough, it shouldn't be like this.

Over the years, we've tried everything to persuade her, we've talked until our saliva is dry, but your aunt...

Ugh!

Leaving aside the adults, your three younger cousins ​​are all growing, and if things continue like this, it might damage their health.

"Peach, Pear, you two are so clever! Try to persuade your aunt more often, see if she has any ideas. This really won't do!"

Method?

Hua Lichu really does exist.

As the saying goes, strike the snake at its seven-inch mark.

To solve a problem, you must find its root cause.

My aunt doesn't dare to eat or drink, which, to put it bluntly, is because she's poor.

Even so, when they went to the county town to set up a stall at night and saw them collecting money, Hua and Qiu's family of five never showed any jealousy or greed in their eyes.

Whenever money or prescriptions were mentioned, the five of them would quickly hide, afraid of hearing or seeing something.

After leaving the county town, the five people helped prepare the peas, then quickly washed up and went back to their rooms to rest.

The two sisters looked at each other.

Hua Antao nodded.

Hua Lichu walked quietly to the door of Hua Heqiu's room and knocked: "Auntie, can you come out and help me?"

The door was opened from the inside, and Hua Heqiu looked at Hua Lichu with a troubled expression:

"Pear, did your grandfather say something to you? Don't listen to him, your aunt is living a very good life!"

Grandpa didn't say anything, but he was really worried about you.

Hua and Qiu waved their hands dismissively: "What's there to worry about? Your grandfather is just being worrisome. These days, who doesn't live like this?"

You go ahead and get busy, don't worry about what others say!

Hua Lichu used her trump card: "Auntie, the recipe for jelly might be discovered by someone."

"What?"

"Since you can't protect it anyway, why don't you learn it and go back to make some quick money?"

"How could it not be saved? This..."

You'll see when you see it!

In the middle of the night, Li Liangping got up groggily to go to the outhouse.

A gust of wind blew by, and he suddenly opened his eyes.

He then walked toward the kitchen with a serious expression.

Upon reaching the door, he didn't go inside, but simply stood there and said in a gruff voice, "Qiu'er, come out for a moment."

As soon as Hua and Qiu stepped out of the kitchen, they were pulled aside by Li Liangping, who had an angry look on his face.

"Qiu'er, we agreed beforehand that we would never covet what isn't ours! How could you..."

"What's wrong with me?"

"Pear and the others are making jelly, how could you go into the kitchen? What if you saw the recipe? How could you, as their aunt, do this? Isn't this bullying?"

Li Liangping looked at Hua Heqiu with a pained expression.

Blame him!

That night, I slept in another room with my three children. I wasn't watching one of them, and my wife slipped into the kitchen.

Li Liangping scratched his head in frustration: "Qiu'er, we may be poor, but we can't be short-sighted!"

Forget everything you just saw. Let's pretend we never saw anything, okay?

"No? It was Pear who offered to teach me."

"Pear is still a child, what does she know?"

When it comes to making food, isn't the recipe the most important thing?

As their aunt and uncle, how could we do something like this without offering some support?

"I……"

"Auntie and Uncle, stop arguing! I offered to teach you. Not just Auntie, Uncle, you should learn too!"

"what?"

"Ah for what?

Are you asking for trouble? Trying to show off your skills and daring to mess with me?

Pear said that the recipe for jelly wouldn't last long and wanted to help us make some quick money, which is why I went into the kitchen.

How could you think of me like that? Am I the kind of person who likes to take advantage of others? Hua and Qiu were both aggrieved and angry.

Li Liangping scratched the back of his head: "Didn't you ask for it?"

"of course not!"

After Hua and Qiu finished explaining, Li Liangping vigorously wiped his face, then stared intently at Hua Lichu, saying earnestly:

"Pear, we've taken advantage of you this time."

That way, we won't have learned your recipe for nothing; we'll give you 9% of the profits!

Fearing that Hua and Qiu might disagree, Li Liangping said, "Only true relatives would Li Zi lead us into this business!"

No matter what, we can't be so ignorant!

“I know. Even if you hadn’t mentioned it, that’s what I was thinking too. I was just a little confused and didn’t have time to say it,” Hua and Qiu nodded.

To be honest, Hua Lichu was a little surprised by Hua Heqiu and Li Liangping's reactions.

But after the initial surprise, I felt a pleasant delight.

"Brother Yan? Brother Yan? Dad, you two come out here for a second, we need to ask you for a favor." Hua and Qiu called out in unison.

When the two came out, Hua and Qiu said, "Father, Brother Yan, we would like to ask you to be our witnesses."

Today, my husband and I learned a recipe for pear-flavored jelly. When we earn money, we'll give 9% to the pear sisters.

Hua Antao, who came upon hearing the commotion, glanced at her sister and refused: "9% is too much, let's do 4%, 4% will do!"

"4%? That won't do! It has to be at least 8%!"

Finally, Hua Yuansheng made the final decision: "You'll have to pay 200 yuan as tuition for this jelly recipe."

The remaining profits will go to 7 for peaches and pears, and 3 for you.

There's only one condition: this recipe must never be known to a third person other than you and your spouse!