Three days later, Jiang Jinchai came back home alone!

As soon as she entered the door, she threw herself into Liu Cuihua's arms with red eyes and cried loudly!

"Chai'er, here's your son-in-law! Why don't you see him coming back with you?"

Early this morning, Liu Cuihua spent a lot of money and bought a few kilograms of pork. She also found the clothes she had been reluctant to wear and put them on.

I stood at the door of my house early, looking forward to Jiang Jinchai's glorious return.

Unexpectedly, the son-in-law did not wait, but waited until his daughter came back alone and disgraced.

Originally, she was getting married in a hurry, but she hoped that when she returned home, she would let the people in Jiangjia Village take a good look at her daughter's marriage to a good family.

Now I'm fine, I have to be criticized by the villagers again.

"I originally promised to accompany me back home last night, but... But early this morning, I was called by that old woman to pick up his cousin."

Jiang Jinchai was crying and talking about the grievances she had suffered in the Wang family.

Spreading her rough hands: "I just walked in and she asked me to wash clothes and cook. Look at my hands..."

Liu Cuihua felt extremely distressed.

She could only wipe her tears, she had become someone else's wife, and no matter how much she wanted to, she couldn't interfere with the Wang family's affairs.

"Mom, if Jiang Mingzhu knows that I have been so wronged, will she die of pride?"

The more I thought about it, the more unwilling I became.

It seems that whether she can live happily has a lot to do with Jiang Mingzhu.

Ever since she was little, she has always felt that the things she snatched from Jiang Mingzhu were the best.

If asked how much she liked Wang Yunlai, she couldn't tell clearly. She just felt that she could marry into a town and have no worries about food and clothing.

Now, all hope is gone.

The Wang family is not a wealthy family, but a not-so-rich merchant in the town. There is only one old lady in the family, and this old lady only listens to Mrs. Wang's orders.

In the past few days, she had deeply felt the malice and harassment from her mother-in-law.

Liu Cuihua wiped away her tears and was almost heartbroken.

At the door of Granny Hao's house, Bao Ya swayed her little feet, knocked on melon seeds, and listened to Chen Juhua's loudspeaker, spreading the news that Jiang Jinchai had returned home alone.

That expression and posture seemed like she was Jiang Jinchai.

Come on, Chen Juhua, the loudspeaker, knew that Jiang Jinchai returned home alone. As expected, everyone in the village soon knew about it.

Baozhu's new home is in full swing. With the matter of Mingzhu's marriage out of the way, Jiang Qiuniang devotes herself wholeheartedly to the construction of the new home.

When the new home was completed, it was already November.

The weather in the south is getting colder, and Jiang Qiuniang plans to go to the county to sell the peony painting that she spent half a year embroidering.

There was no way to sell embroidery like this at a good price in the town, so we simply took it to the county.

Grandma Hao happened to be thinking that the weather was getting colder, and was thinking of sending some thicker clothes to Jiang Cheng, so she followed Jiang Qiuniang and the other four to the county in an oxcart.

This is the first time for Baozhu and the others to travel far away, and it's still a county town.

I couldn't be happier.

Baozhu has big eyes that never stop looking at him along the way.

The county is obviously much more prosperous than the town.

Seeing how happy Baozhu was, Jiang Qiuniang endured her heartache and bought a pair of candied haws for each of her siblings.

At noon, I found a small stall and ordered a bowl of wontons for the three of them.

At first, Jiang Mingzhu was too embarrassed to eat, so she shared a bowl with Jiang Qiuniang and then started to use chopsticks.

Bao Zhu didn't care so much, and finished the bowl of wontons in a few seconds, looking at the wontons that the boss had not yet finished cooking.

Jiang Qiuniang felt very distressed. Wonton was just a common food for wealthy people, but for poor people like them, it was too luxurious.

Seeing that Bao Zhu was really hungry, he ordered two more bowls, one for Bao Zhu.

There was only one bowl left for Mingzhu and Dongsheng, who had smaller appetites, to share it.

The new home is about to be completed, and it’s time to spend money.

Because of years of war, cotton has become more valuable, and I don’t know how much it will rise again this year.

This time she went out with a full twenty taels of silver in order to buy more cotton and make some quilts and cotton-padded clothes for her three children.

In previous years, she would take those old clothes and quilts that were worn out and couldn't be mended, wash them, take them apart, buy a few pieces of coarse cloth, and re-sew them with reed catkins that were not very warm.

This year is a big year and it will be twice as cold as previous years.

The most important thing is whether we can survive this winter, so I plan to replace everything with new cotton, and then make two warm cotton coats for several children.

In the past, if she had this money, the new clothes she had just made for her children would have been taken away and dismantled by Mrs. Jiang, or they would have fallen into the hands of Liu Cuihua and Jiang Jinchai.

This year...she wants all three children to wear new clothes for the New Year.

She went to an embroidery shop she was familiar with, sold the embroidery for two taels of silver, and then bought cotton and cloth with three orbs.

Seeing Jiang Qiuniang buying cotton, Grandma Hao gritted her teeth and bought ten kilograms, planning to make a cotton coat for Jiang Cheng.

She is old and not resistant to freezing.

It is said that if the old man does not survive the winter well, he will not live long next year.

I gritted my teeth and bought five more pounds, which I used to put in old cotton and renovate the quilt.

"Qiu Niang, have all your furniture been finished?"

The furniture in the new home is also a big problem. You can’t sleep on the ground in the middle of winter, right?

The weather in the south is damp and cold. Even if you lie on the ground in the water, your quilt will suffer.

"Not yet, I haven't decided who to do it with yet."

Jiang Qiuniang shook her head, there were not many carpenters in Jiangjia Village.

The craft of carpentry is mostly passed down from ancestors.

"Then I will introduce someone to you, would you like to hear it?"

Granny Hao's eyes lit up, and she thought of her nephew from her mother's side: "To be honest, my nephew has been a carpenter for several years, and his mind is also flexible. Otherwise..."

"Okay, of course I trust the person introduced by Grandma Hao. I just don't know where your nephew is from?"

She wanted a lot of furniture because she was afraid that he would be too busy and delay moving into the new house.

"Not far away, there are people from the mountain village next door."

Granny Hao said with a smile that she was worried that Jiang Qiuniang would dislike her nephew because he was young.

Nowadays, these people like to find older masters to do the work, which is guaranteed.

Although her nephew has become a master, his age is such that when people hear that he is young, they are reluctant to hire him to make furniture.

"Qiuniang, don't worry. My nephew is honest and will definitely help you do a good job."

After thinking about it, he said: "When we get back, I will take you to Kaoshan Village to meet someone. No, I will ask him to come to my house for you to meet."

If he accepts Jiang Qiuniang's job, his brother's family will have an easier time this winter.

Jiang Qiuniang smiled and nodded. Her whole family lived in her house, so this little thing was not worth mentioning.
Chapter completed!