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Chapter 88 Daughter-in-law made a fortune?

Dong Rong hurriedly helped her younger brother up, took his hand and comforted him, "Maybe my sister is thinking too much, so don't overcorrect. No matter when a gentleman suffers more than a villain, what my sister wants you to do is to be flexible and yet not lose." A gentleman with a heart. Do you understand? My brother Ping is so kind and intelligent, and my sister would rather listen to the teachers and students of the academy praise you for your good writing, uprightness and courtesy. What do you think?"

Dong Ping thought about it carefully, and indeed, he seemed to prefer his teacher to praise him for his good writing, and his classmates really admired him for his outstanding talents, compared to everyone surrounding him asking questions and envious of the auspicious fruits produced at home.Although he couldn't tell the difference between the two for the time being, the latter obviously made his back straighter.

"Sister, I understand."

Dong Rong's treatment of her only younger brother was so painful to the bone, how could she really be angry with him.As soon as I heard my brother's words, I immediately laughed, and joked, "It's good to understand, don't make me angry in the future, talking about the truth is the most tiring."

After finishing speaking, she turned to the smiling silly Zhu, "And you, anger is the natural enemy of beauty. If you dare to make me wrinkle, I will... stop making braised pork!"

"No, sister, Brother Ping is obedient, don't cut off my braised pork." Dong Ping'er hugged her sister's arm and begged, as if someone had robbed her of her beloved, which made Dong Rong laugh stand up.

The three laughed and went to the east room together. Dong Ping opened the box and took out various silks and satins and jewelry with rouge and gouache, and smiled and offered treasures to his sister.Dong Rong looked at everything with great interest, and put aside if she liked it.Let Shazhu record the rest in the booklet, so that they can be given gifts or rewards in the future.Silly Zhu looked at his little daughter-in-law with bright eyes, like a cute little mouse searching in a pile of cheese, and smiled dotingly and helplessly.There are only so few good things now, and she is so happy.If he handed over a hundred shops to her in the future, wouldn't she go crazy with joy...

The north wind seemed to be lazy at night, and the mountains were rarely quiet.Dong Rong got up early and went out to make breakfast, only to find that the mountains and the mountains were all white.It turned out that the sporadic snow particles falling during the day turned into heavy snow at night, and it fell three inches thick in just one night.

As the old saying goes, Mai Gai has a three-layer quilt, and next year he will sleep on a steamed bun.For farmers, Dongxue is a good harvest messenger, but it is another disaster for those homeless refugees.

Dong Ping obviously thought of this, and before he had breakfast, he took the silver ticket and took Xi Zi down the mountain to find Guan Shi.Manager Zhang called Wang Lu for help again, and went into the city to frantically purchase food and various sundries.

Dong Rong and Sha Zhu drank two bowls of porridge indiscriminately and hurried to Cao's house in padded jackets. If they recruited refugees to work in the orchard, they would have everything to eat and drink, but the only difficult thing was to live.Even if Dong Rong is willing to spend money, she can't build dozens of houses overnight.

It may be necessary to find a way nearby, but Yimianpo Village is only three miles away from the orchard, and the road is flat, so it is the best place to resettle.But Dong Rong has only been married to the village for more than half a year, and she rarely shows up on weekdays. There are still many people in the village who don't know her, so how can I say this, so I have to invite old man Cao to come forward.

After all, the old man has lived in the village for decades and is very prestigious.If he came forward to invite some other old men in the village to have a drink and talk about this matter, then he would call on all the people in the village who have vacant rooms to lend a few, and the orchard would add some food for the house fee, and the refugees would have a place to live.

The air after the snow became much colder than before the snow, and the small north wind stings like a knife on the face.Dong Rong hid behind Silly's back, stepped on his footsteps, and finally entered the village.

The industrious villagers were wielding wooden push boards and brooms to clean the snow in and out of their yards. The naughty boys were dressed as plump as wax gourds, holding two snow balls in their red hands, throwing each other from time to time.Occasionally, the adults will inevitably be yelled and scolded when they hit the house, but this can only make them be honest for a while, and then the snowballs will fly all over the sky again.

Dong Rong and Sha Zhu escaped five or six snowballs all the way, and finally arrived at the gate of Cao's house.The two children of Sister Cao's family were urinating on the courtyard wall. When they turned their heads and saw the rich uncle and aunt coming back, they happily ran to block the way.

Dong Rong glanced at the two children's padded jackets, which were harder than iron, and sighed secretly.For children, having a good mother is the greatest blessing.Obviously, these two nephews were too lucky.

She reached out and took two pieces of snacks from the basket and handed them over. The two children smiled and took them and stuffed them into their mouths without thanking them. Finally, they ran into the yard and mumbled, "Uncle Wuwei is here! Uncle! The house is coming!"

Among them, the slightly smaller one, Xu, ran a little too fast and fell to the ground with a somersault, choking the dim sum in his throat.A dark and thin old lady jumped out from nowhere, picked up the child and patted the back vigorously.The child stretched his neck and finally spat out the snack, and the old lady cursed loudly, "Which young man is going to kill my grandson, see if I don't expose her skin..." After finishing speaking, she followed suit again. The boy's buttocks twitched twice desperately, "A worthless dead child, choking half to death on a piece of snack, if I give you big fish and meat, won't you be full?"

Dong Rong and Sha Zhu were just one foot in and one foot out of the door. Seeing this, they thought they had gone through the wrong door.The two looked around very puzzled, not knowing when an outsider came to the house.

Granny Cao opened the door when she heard the commotion in the yard, and when her son and daughter-in-law came back, the cloudy face immediately turned sunny.

"Oh, Sister Rong and Zhuzi are back! Come in, it's very cold today, don't freeze."

The old lady took her daughter-in-law's hand enthusiastically, and finally shouted into the room, "Old man, your son and daughter-in-law are back, hurry up and make some hot tea."

Dong Rong has never seen her mother-in-law's smiling face since she married into Cao's family. She was really flattered at the moment. She raised her vigilance and replied with a smile, "Mother, they are all from my own family. Don't be polite."

After finishing speaking, she saluted old man Cao who came to the door.The old man Cao looked like he usually did. He waved his hand to ask her to get up, and started to talk about his daily life, "Is the orchard all busy? The house on the top of the mountain is still warm. If you feel cold, you can move back."

Dong Rong felt warm in her heart when she heard this, but when she was about to reply, Mrs. Cao yelled bitterly from the side, "The wing rooms of the young couple have been taken, and the food tanks at home are also empty. Let them come back to sleep in the yard and drink the northwest wind. ah?"

"Keep your voice down!" Old Man Cao glanced at the door and sighed, "My in-laws came back from the south suddenly, and they have nothing to eat, and my eldest sister doesn't have a vacant house. What if we don't let them live in our house? It's the family of the sons and daughters."

"Who cares where they live? In the past two years, they have enjoyed happiness outside and did not say that they would take the elder sister's family over. Now that they have suffered a disaster, they come back and cry poorly. Who knows how many banknotes they have in their pockets? Eat and drink." Granny Cao spoke louder and louder, making up her mind to let the Chen family hear.

Only now did Dong Rong understand that the black and thin old lady just now was the mother-in-law of Sister Cao. No wonder her mother-in-law was so enthusiastic when she saw her, and perhaps she was counting on her to go home to supplement food and money.

However, even if she didn't speak about this matter, Dong Rong also planned to find a free time to send a bag of round-grained rice back. After all, there are two people who treat her well at home, Old Man Cao and Second Sister Cao.

"Don't be angry, mother. There's nothing you can do about it. Every family has a hard time. I still have some food in my orchard. I'll send someone back with a bag of corn noodles tomorrow."

"There are also sweet potatoes, and I will send two baskets back." Mrs. Cao asked for more, and when she raised her eyes and saw her old man staring, she hurriedly smiled, "Sit down, I'll go to the kitchen to have a look, Mrs. Chen, that thieves always miss Fang Liang I want to save that piece of bacon for the Chinese New Year as a tribute dish to worship my ancestors."

After finishing speaking, she was content to go to the kitchen, but when she opened the door, a person fell into her.Mrs. Chen got up and patted the padded jacket with a dry smile, flattering her, "Old sister, I was just about to come in and say to help you make lunch, I don't want your door to open so fast..."

Granny Cao snorted coldly, walked out with her chin raised high.Mrs. Chen gave Dong Rong a hard look, then turned around and chased after her.

The old man Cao sighed, and told Dong Rong, "The house is a bit chaotic recently, so don't come back if you have nothing to do."

Dong Rong smiled, raised her hand to pour a bowl of tea for the old man, and then said, "Father, Zhuzi and I came back today because we have something to ask for help."

Old Man Cao glanced at Silly Zhu suspiciously, saw him nod slightly, and then asked with a little confidence in his heart, "What's the matter, tell me, I won't watch the fun if I can help."

Dong Rong felt warm in her heart, and then whispered about recruiting refugees to expand the orchard but having nowhere to live.

When old man Cao heard that four hundred people were going to settle down, his mouth was wide open in shock, and he took a long time to persuade him, "Sister Rong, there are so many people who need a lot of food just to eat. The reporter said, is there so much work in the orchard? It is easy to recruit people back, but it is difficult to drive them away. If it is not possible, your mother, my second sister and I will all go to work, and then hire a few young people in the village Bar."

The old man's words can be said to be sincere, which caused Dong Rong to constantly reflect in her heart, whether she was too alienated from her family for the sake of freedom. Even though Mrs. Cao was difficult to get along with, her father-in-law and sister-in-law always treated her well.In the future, I can't say that I should subsidize the family more appropriately, and come and go more times.

Thinking of this, she lowered her voice and said, "Father, don't worry. The orchard made a lot of money a few days ago, um... a lot of money. I guess it's because of the severe drought in the south, It just so happens that the orchard needs manpower, so I plan to recruit the refugees to work and give them a bite of hot food, which can be regarded as accumulating some merit for our family."

The old man Cao was even more surprised when he heard it. Didn't a single fruit in the orchard not be sold, but why did his daughter-in-law seem to have made a fortune again?He wanted to ask more questions, but he changed his words again, "Sure, you just need to think it over carefully. Tonight, I'll discuss it with a few elders in the village. They are all poor people, and anyone who can help I won't watch."

(End of this chapter)