Travel to the mountains and make a fortune in silence

"Zhang Xianglan suffered a miscarriage after being beaten by Wang the Cripple, and now she can't get out of bed. That unlucky Wang the Cripple went too far; not only did he steal all the money from the house, but he also hasn't returned home for several days. I wonder where he's hiding to drink and make merry."

With no money left to treat Zhang Xianglan's illness, the three girls had no choice but to gather firewood to sell for some money to pay for their mother's treatment. "That cripple Wang is truly a scoundrel!"

After telling her daughter-in-law about these things with a worried expression and a furrowed brow, Mrs. Zhou let out a long sigh.

"No wonder Zhang Xianglan hasn't stepped out of her house these past few days. But in my opinion, she deserves what she got for raising so many children to death."

Wang Cuiying said with a disdainful look, thinking of Zhang Xianglan's dead daughters, she felt no sympathy for that woman whatsoever.

"Cuiying, don't talk nonsense. We shouldn't make arbitrary judgments about some things. It's their family matter. You have such a big mouth!" Zhou Shi quickly reprimanded her daughter-in-law when she heard her say that.

Seeing that her mother-in-law was somewhat unhappy, Wang Cuiying naturally didn't dare to say anything more and quickly nodded in agreement: "Mother, I know I was wrong, I won't say it again."

Wang Cuiying obediently admitted her mistake, but in her heart she was thinking that her mother-in-law had always been kind-hearted, and that she had only been unable to help because of her family's poverty in the past.

Now that I have a little more money, I will definitely lend a helping hand to Zhang Xianglan's family.

So she tentatively asked, "Mother, how much money did you give them?"

Zhou glanced at her daughter-in-law and said slowly, "It's not much money, but it should be enough for her medical treatment. Let's help as much as we can, after all, those children can't be without their mother."

Wang Cuiying looked worried and said to her mother-in-law, "Mother, it's not that I shouldn't help, but I'm a little worried. What if they try to take advantage of us after this? What if they come to you for everything in the future?"

Zhou gently patted Wang Cuiying's hand and said earnestly, "Cuying, I understand the simple principle that you should help those in urgent need, not those who are poor. This time the situation is indeed urgent, and we can't just stand by and watch someone in trouble and do nothing, letting them die."

Just as the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were discussing Zhang Xianglan, a series of cheerful footsteps approached, and then Mu Yan led Wu Zihao and Ziyuan into the house.

Little Ziyuan blinked her big, bright eyes, her face beaming with a smile, and ran towards Zhou Shi and Wang Cuiying, sweetly calling out, "Grandmother, Aunt, Yuan'er is here~"

In the blink of an eye, the little guy had already pounced on the two of them.

"Oh my, my precious granddaughter!" Zhou Shi beamed with joy and quickly reached out to hug her granddaughter tightly, saying with great affection.

Following behind his younger sister, Wu Zihao quickly walked to their side and respectfully greeted Zhou Shi and Wang Cuiying: "Grandmother, Aunt."

When Zhou saw Wu Zihao standing in front of her, she was startled and her face immediately turned serious. She hurriedly asked, "Hao'er, why did you come back so suddenly? Is there something wrong with the shop or workshop in the county town?"

Seeing her mother and sister-in-law looking extremely anxious, Mu Yan quickly explained:

"Mother, sister-in-law, don't worry! The shop and workshop are fine, it's just that this child is so impulsive, and the arranged marriage..."

"What's wrong with the marriage?"

"I hope there won't be any problems with the marriage."

Before Mu Yan could finish speaking, Zhou Shi and Wang Cuiying were startled, thinking that the marriage had gone wrong, and both of them exclaimed in surprise.

Seeing this, Mu Yan quickly waved her hand and explained helplessly, "Mother, sister-in-law, can you please stop making such a fuss? The marriage will still go ahead, it's just that the wedding date has been moved up."

Upon hearing this, Wang Cuiying slapped her thigh with a sigh of relief, making a crisp sound that startled everyone in the courtyard.

Zhou Shi, Mu Yan, Wu Zihao, and Zi Yuan were speechless.

Daughter-in-law, sister-in-law, aunt, don't you feel pain?

Then Wang Cuiying let out a long sigh of relief and said, "Oh my god, I was so scared! I thought the marriage was going to fall through! Thank goodness, as long as it works out, it doesn't matter if it's a little earlier. Anyway, our family has already started preparing, so it won't make much difference."

It turns out that ever since she learned that Wu Zihao's wedding date had been set in the county town, Wang Cuiying hadn't had a moment's rest at home and had been busy preparing for all sorts of things.

As for Mu Yan, she didn't plan to hold a grand wedding like her fourth uncle's family did for their daughter.

After all, she had only recently moved to this village and didn't know many relatives or friends. At most, she only had a few uncles and a few families in the village with whom she had a good relationship.

As for the second sister's family, Zhou's intention was not to invite them, and they had no choice but to listen to her so as not to upset her.

Then there's Wang Qing'er's family. Whether they come or not is another matter, but they still need to send out an invitation.

Zhou wanted to invite Wang Cuiying's family members over, since her daughter-in-law had recently sent back the money she had borrowed.

They even returned ten taels of silver, but we refused to accept it. In the past, our family was not well-off, and we were worried about burdening our relatives, so we didn't visit them much.

Now that things are better at home, it's time to get back in touch. If anyone needs help, we should lend a hand.

Seeing her daughter's worried expression, Zhou asked, "Yan'er, on which day should we move it forward?"

"Mother, sister-in-law, I don't know what's wrong with this child? He suddenly came back and said he's getting married in four days."

"What? Four days later?" The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law exclaimed in unison.

This mother-in-law and daughter-in-law really do look alike...

Why do they all like to be so easily startled?

"Zihao, why are you back?" Wang Qing'er was helping out at the mosquito coil workshop when she heard the commotion in the courtyard and decided to come out and see what was going on.

To his surprise, he saw Wu Zihao sitting in the courtyard as soon as he came out. He was puzzled and thought something had happened in the county town.

"Sister-in-law, I've come back to prepare for the wedding. The workshop might be delayed for a few days," Wu Zihao hurriedly explained to Wang Qing'er.

"Qing'er, Zihao said the wedding date has been moved up to four days from now," Zhou said, pulling Wang Qing'er to sit beside her.

"Huh? How could this be so sudden?" Wang Qing'er and Zhou Shi reacted similarly, exclaiming in surprise.

"It was all too rushed. We didn't prepare many things, and we didn't even write the invitations." Mu Yan was both happy and worried as her daughter-in-law was about to enter the house.

Wang Qing'er was very puzzled. Why was it suddenly brought forward? Could something have happened?

They just returned from the county town yesterday, and everything was fine before. Could something have happened yesterday?