Born into a farm family, I became rich by pressuring my parents.

Chapter 34 Counting Money
Today was different from usual. Bai, who usually wouldn't light a lamp until it was completely dark, lit oil lamps everywhere in the house early for the first time.

The whole house was brighter than ever before.

In order to add some joy, Jiang Mingshun also dug out a pair of red candles, lit them and placed them in the middle of the table.

The fiery red candlelight swayed in echo with the red lantern on the porch.

The meals are ready.

Jiang Mingshun took two empty bowls, filled them with a spoonful of rice, poured two more glasses of wine and placed them beside the bowls. He murmured: "Mom, dad, come back for the New Year."

Only when these are ready can we actually start having dinner.

This meal was unprecedentedly satisfying. Even little brother Jiang, who was only two or three months old, had a drop of bone soup to try.

After dinner, the three of them cleared the table together and placed several plates of snacks and fruits again.

Mrs. Bai brought a small stove from the kitchen to boil water at the top and simmer some peanuts and eggs at the bottom.

At this time, the kitchen is finally free. If you were in the old house, you should start boiling water to take a shower and wash your hair at this time. Because there are so many people, it usually takes until midnight to stop.

Jiang Jinyu had already taken a bath, and Jiang Jinyu was sitting on the kang, listening to her parents chatting.

It's not a big deal, everyone was busy throughout the twelfth lunar month.

Jiang Mingshun traveled back and forth between home and the county town all day, and Bai stayed at home doing things and taking care of the children every day, so there was really nothing new to talk about.

After a while, Jiang Jinyu dozed off.Feeling really bored, Bai came out with the money-making box.

It's different now. They no longer have to hide their money under the kang.When we first built the house, we built a hidden cabinet. If we weren't an insider, we would have to push the house down to find the money in the wall.

When Jiang Jinyu heard the sound of money, she immediately became excited. She stopped dozing off, took a straw rope from her father's hand and started stringing money together.

I have to say that counting money is indeed a good job to pass the time.

In this world, ordinary people rarely use silver, and most of the time they use copper coins. Like on TV, there are only a few people who can use silver ingots, let alone silver ingots.

The three of them counted and strung together, and finally got all the money into a bunch before midnight.

Jiang Mingshun put the stringed money back into the box and counted it, and finally said with a smile: "There are more than 52 coins."

This is not a small amount. After buying the house before, the family only had ten dozen coins left. They also had to prepare things for the New Year, which was also a big expense. I didn't expect that I would still have fifty coins left now.

This year, people in the village are rich, and they want to get some good luck when their life is good. The sound of firecrackers was heard outside at midnight.

Little Brother Jiang was crying in his sleep due to the noise. Bai Shi hugged and coaxed him for a long time before he stopped sobbing.

Jiang Mingshun regretfully looked around the brightly lit village. He had prepared a lot of firecrackers. Unfortunately, the children at home were still young. It would not be a joke if they were frightened out of their wits.

After thinking about it, he was still unwilling to give in. He took out a few more red candles and inserted them into the ground in the yard. A large row of candles illuminated the whole yard brightly.

Seeing the lively scene in his house that was no less than any other, Jiang Mingshun nodded with satisfaction.

Jiang Jinyu came out, took her father's hand and walked to the door, pointing to a bundle of firewood behind the door for him to take back.

Although Jiang Mingshun didn't know why, he did as his daughter said.

"Dad, if you take the firewood back, you can make more money next year!" Jiang Jinyu followed to explain to her father.

This is not a homophonic joke, but a custom in her hometown. Every time she goes back to her hometown to celebrate the New Year, her grandfather will place more than a dozen firewood around the house, and after twelve o'clock, the younger members of the family will pick it up.

Jiang Jinyu lowered her eyes, feeling a little sad that she would never see those relatives again.

Jiang Mingshun is said to be very interested. He is a big believer in words. If he can get "wealth" back on the first day of the new year, then he will definitely make a lot of money this year!Compared with Jiang Jinyu's family of three who had a warm and lively New Year's Eve, the old house was much deserted.

Jiang Mingyao and his wife came back to celebrate the New Year without their children.

Ms. Liu was woken up by her mother-in-law Ms. Yang before dawn this morning.

She didn't just get up and take a shower like Jiang Jinyu.

As the Bai family and the Liu family moved out of their old houses one after another, in the past few days, the Liu family was proud of being able to get more land.

But gradually, she found that her life was getting harder and harder.

The first is that there are more and more chores at home.

In addition to the tasks of feeding pigs, chickens, and washing clothes, we also added the tasks of washing and drying white fungus.

The men have to go up the mountain to pick white fungus, and only the Liu family, Yang family and a few younger ones are left in the family.

Yang took over the kitchen duties, and all other housework fell on Liu.

All day long, from the time I open my eyes to the time I close my eyes, I have no time to relax.

In addition to physical fatigue, mental torture is also a big problem.

Mother-in-law and daughter-in-law look at each other all day long. How can there be no conflicts?

It is common to receive three or five scoldings a day.

It seems that this morning, while the whole family was still asleep, Ms. Liu was woken up to prepare dinner for the evening.

It was not her turn to make croquettes and stewed meat. Yang was afraid that she would eat them in the blink of an eye.

Mrs. Liu has not left the waterside all day long. Green vegetables, radishes, pots and pans are all waiting for her to wash and use them.

Mr. Yang is a very calculating person, so he has to calculate the use of firewood. It is absolutely impossible to heat hot water for things like washing vegetables.

At the end of the morning, Liu's hands were red and swollen from the cold.

After dinner, she was finally able to go back to her room to rest for a while. Staring at her hands that looked like carrots, she felt like crying.

But she didn't dare to make a fuss.

If it were before, she would have said a few words in front of the man. When the man went to talk to his father-in-law, even if it was just to look good, he could still get some hot water.

I just watched that from early morning until it got dark, there was no movement at the door.

Jiang Yongsheng's face became darker and darker.

The whole room finished their dinner like quails. During this period, Yang wanted to defend her son, but Jiang Yongsheng scolded them all.

Others dare not speak even more.

After finishing what was supposed to be the most lively meal of the year in silence, without Yang's urging, Liu carried the bowl to the kitchen room very quickly and took her daughter with her.

She washed the dishes and didn't go back. Instead, she quietly went back to her room. Instead of going there to be looked at by others, she might as well be doing needlework on the kang. Anyway, there was no rule in the Jiang family that women had to follow vigil.

Jiang Minghui wanted to leave, but his father was already angry because his brother didn't come back. If he didn't stay with him to watch the night, his father would definitely become the first father in Huangtian Village to be angry to death with his own son.

(End of this chapter)