"You're buying a carriage?" He asked, somewhat surprised. "Those are for wealthy families. Judging from your family's current situation, things aren't very good. It's not that I'm being offensive, but ordinary families can't afford them."

"Let me put it this way, a horse costs about twenty taels, and you can buy three maids for less than twenty taels. We live in a remote area, and even the most ordinary horse costs fifteen taels."

"As for the carriage, you can have a carpenter make one. But it won't be cheap; it will cost at least six taels of silver."

"If you calculate it that way, Madam Jiang should also save some money."

Jiang Zhiyun nodded. It would be acceptable to use all the money in the family to buy a carriage.

Whether or not to spend all the family's money on this is something we need to discuss with the family.

"If we go to the horse farm, I'll have to trouble Brother Zhao to help us choose one."

"Of course." He was overwhelmed by the hospitality shown to him by Madam Jiang, a laborer. Now that they were acquaintances, she would definitely do her best to help.

There's not much to say about that. Jiang Zhiyun and her mother-in-law sold out all the noodles for the day. They never had any leftovers; as long as they brought soup noodles, they were guaranteed to sell them all.

The pig's head meat was all sold out. At first, no one wanted to buy it when they heard it was pig's head meat, but the first strong man bought it, and the people around him tried some and thought it tasted good.

We each bought some to take home and eat. This kind of braised pork is delicious even when mixed with cold rice.

As they were packing up to close, Jiang Zhiwan linked arms with her husband and followed behind Xu's mother. The three of them smiled as they passed through the market, seemingly "casually."

Jiang Zhiwan was very surprised: "Little sister, so you make your money in this place."

She covered her nose with her hand and said with great disgust, "These guests all smell weird, and the surroundings are all dirty."

“Yunniang, I thought you were doing something important by leaving early and returning late. If you keep hanging out with these people, you'll pick up some strange smell on you. Your mother-in-law was exiled from Bianjing, after all.”

"Does she...know about these things?"

As she spoke, Jiang Zhiwan felt very distressed.

They were clearly at odds behind each other's backs, and he couldn't stand his younger sister no matter what. But now, in front of others, he acted as if he were looking at a rebellious and disobedient younger sister.

Jiang Zhiyun crossed her arms and listened as she began to act again.

She just yawned and said, "Yes, so eldest sister, have a bowl of noodles."

"..." Jiang Zhiwan looked at her mother-in-law with a troubled expression. "This is not a good idea. I always eat clean food at home. The food at our teahouse is top-notch. Eating these things might upset my stomach."

“My mother-in-law needs constant care and can’t eat these kinds of odds and ends. As for my husband, he needs extra nutrition for his studies, and as for you… it’s really hard to explain.”

"I wouldn't have come to a place like this if I hadn't heard you were here."

With a smug look on her face, Madam Xu said condescendingly, "I won't say anything more, Wan Niang. Look at how miserable your sister is after marrying into the Xie family. If you marry into our Ping An family, you'll be burning incense and praying to Buddha for the rest of your life."

"Yes, I will heed my mother-in-law's teachings."

Seeing Xu's mother's sharp and mean-spirited manner, Jiang Zhiyun felt like vomiting.

This Xu mother was extremely vicious. In her previous life, she was submissive and submissive largely because of the various wrong ideas she had instilled in her. Later, Jiang Zhiyun struggled out of her suffering and sent this Xu mother to her death.

Seeing Jiang Zhiwan's respectful demeanor, Yunniang also reminded her, "Elder sister, you should be more careful about your relationship with your mother-in-law. Don't ruin yourself in the process."

"Jiang Zhiyun! It's none of your business!"

She was fine talking about other things, but when this topic came up, she felt as if her sore spot had been touched.

Seeing Jiang Zhiwan jumping up and down, Xu's mother still held her head high, looking very proud and even looking down on Jiang Zhiwan.

Jiang Zhiyun said, "As an elder, Aunt Xu's way of disciplining her daughter-in-law is nothing more than this!"

With a cold expression, Xu's mother looked at the distraught Jiang Zhiwan, and with just one glance, Jiang Zhiwan dared not move.

Pian Shengshi chimed in, "Everyone says Ping An's mother is a skilled disciplinarian, and her reputation is well-known throughout the village. But now, seeing how much Jiang Zhiwan dislikes our Yunniang, she's even come here to get angry."

"What kind of suffering has our Yunniang endured? As her mother-in-law, aren't you going to do anything about it?"

Suddenly, the two mothers-in-law also began to be at loggerheads.

The Zhang family of the past would have been too weak to say anything. But now, seeing someone bullying Yunniang, she seemed to be filled with anger, and her speech became much more fluent.

Then Zhang said, "Mother specially brought us here to patronize your business this evening, so why don't you care about your younger sister? Do you expect me to hold Yunniang in my arms before it counts?"

Jiang Zhiwan burst out laughing.

Unexpectedly, his mother-in-law was quite protective of him in public. Xu Ping'an also said in a low voice, "We're all family, let's not hurt our harmony. That's enough."

Yunniang smiled and said, "Since your Xu family loves me so much, why don't you each buy five bowls of noodles and then throw these away? You don't like them anyway. That way, we'll make money, not eat any noodles, and I'll still feel your kindness, won't I?"

As soon as she finished speaking, Jiang Zhiyun reached out her hand to take it.

Seeing that Jiang Zhiwan and Xu's mother were looking at each other and had no intention of taking the money.

Yunniang knew Xu Ping'an's macho personality best, and said, "Brother-in-law, is it because your family can't afford that much money?"

"I heard from the villagers that the money your family used to buy the shop was obtained through dishonest means. So... it seems you've had a tough time too."

Jiang Zhiyun looked very sympathetic.

Xu's mother was about to explode!

He said very seriously, "How much is it? I'll give it to you, consider it a reward for a beggar."

"Jiang Zhiyun, I'm afraid if I give you too much money, you'll be overwhelmed!"

"I'm not going to burst. No amount of money is enough." Jiang Zhiyun fumbled with the bill, "A bowl of noodles costs twenty coins, so the three of you would be making fifteen bowls. That's three hundred coins! You run a teahouse, you can afford this much."

"..." Mother Xu was short of money and didn't want to tell anyone that the teahouse hadn't made any money yet, and no one went to enjoy the tea and snacks.

Now, all we can do is put on a brave face.

If all else fails, it's good to take this noodle back and eat it for a few more days.

After paying, Jiang Zhiyun had no intention of making noodles. Xu's mother frowned: "Where are the noodles?"

"Of course we're out of noodles! Didn't Aunt Xu see that we've already closed up shop?"

"You didn't even want it to begin with, so giving you money now is just charity. If you'd like, I'll pack it up and deliver it to your house tomorrow, how about that?"

"But if we send it to your house, will anyone eat it?"

"No way!" Jiang Zhiwan said with obvious disdain. "Jiang Zhiyun, how many people do you think value this thing of yours?"

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