Traveling through ancient times, I led my family to prosperity

The family tried to keep them, but Mr. Sheng and Mrs. Cui insisted, so Mrs. Zhang, Xiaolan and Xiaoting sent the old couple to the door of their home. Sheng Xuan and Xiaowen were going to send Mr. Sheng and Mrs. Cui to the old house. Su Ye and a farmhand were also with them, carrying food on their backs.

These rice and flour are enough for Grandpa Sheng and Cui to eat for two months, but if Sheng Nuo, Sheng Kai and their family are added, they can only eat for a few days. The old house of the Sheng family has thirty acres of land, six acres of which were obtained by Sheng Xuan when he divided the family, and were taken out specifically to support Grandpa Sheng and Cui. When Grandpa Sheng decided to follow Sheng Nuo to Hejian County, all these lands were rented out. Now it is winter, and this year's rent should not have been paid yet. As long as they can get this land rent as soon as possible, then the food for the people in the old house to get through this winter will be settled.

This means that they can only make a living and not starve to death. However, for ordinary farmers, this is already very good.

Aren't these people in the old house now ordinary farmers? Even their status is not as good as that of ordinary people. At least ordinary people have clean backgrounds. If they can live the life of ordinary farmers, it will be a blessing.

On the way to send the old man and Cui back to the old house, they met many people from the village. When they saw that the followers were still carrying food, they greeted them and praised Sheng Xuan for being filial and that the old man Sheng and Cui were blessed.

"We were planning to let my grandma and grandpa live with us, and our family would support them in the future. But my grandpa and grandma were reluctant and insisted on moving back to the old house..." Xiao Wen said.

Now, the people in the village praised Sheng Xuan's family even more.

Xiaowen told Zhang and Xiaolan all these things after he came back from the old house.

"Why did you come back so soon?" Xiao Lan asked.

"Grandpa wanted to hold our father and talk to him. Our eldest uncle and second uncle also held our father and wouldn't let him go. But I said we hadn't eaten yet. My father had to work in the afternoon, so we finally got rid of them..." Xiao Wen said with lingering fear.

"I think it's hard to ask them to live a good life by farming..." Xiao Wen continued, "When I entered the upper room, I saw those people were either sitting or lying down, and nothing was cleaned up..."

"Aren't there some quilts and mattresses in the cupboard? They didn't even take them out to dry, and they didn't even boil water. I don't know what they are waiting for..."

Xiao Lan said unhappily, "What else can we wait for? Just wait for what our family has prepared for them."

In fact, when Sheng Xuan arrived at the old house, Grandpa Sheng, Sheng Nuo, and Sheng Kai insisted on talking to him. They probably wanted to make requests and ask for things, but Sheng Xuan was finally pulled away by Xiao Wen.

"Our family can only help them to this extent. From now on, it depends on their own abilities to live...Besides, they have hands and feet, houses and land. As long as they are not lazy, how can they not be able to support themselves?" Sheng Xuan sighed.

Xiao Lan nodded, "Dad, they still have a house in town. Generally speaking, the people in the old house are not so poor that they can't even afford to eat."

"Oh, I feel sorry for the fourth family," Zhang sighed, "I don't know if the firewood that the fourth family has worked so hard to collect will be enough for them to burn..."

After lunch, Sheng Xuan continued to lead the farmhands to dig the fish pond.

As soon as the table was cleared, Mrs. Liu came over with Xiao Ye to visit.

"Have you eaten? If not, eat something at home." Zhang said when she saw the mother and daughter.

"The child's third aunt, please don't worry about it. We have already eaten in the food store..." Now Liu and Xiao Ye are helping out in the kitchen of the food store. The food store provides two meals, lunch and dinner. The mother and daughter came here after having dinner.

"Fourth son's wife, does your family have any plans?" Zhang asked.

"Third sister-in-law, I want to move out." Liu said. "They are back with a large group of people. I feel a little breathless when I enter the yard. I was used to the quietness during the days when they were away. Now they are back with a large group of people, and they start to quarrel. I feel very nervous..."

"It's only been a short while, why are they arguing again?" Xiao Lan asked in surprise.

"People can argue for a long time over food and clothes." Xiao Ye said.

After a while, Sheng Xuan and Sheng Hao also came over.

It turned out that Sheng Hao had gone to the riverbank to look for Sheng Xuan, so he didn't follow the mother and daughter in.

"Dad, just tell me straight, do you agree to move or not?" Xiao Ye asked hurriedly when she saw her father coming in.

Sheng Hao hesitated a bit, neither saying to move nor saying not to move.

Xiao Ye couldn't stand it any longer, so he said, "Dad, if we don't move out, we won't be able to live a peaceful day in the future. Look at how scared my mother is in just a short while. And the cabbages, radishes, firewood, chickens, pigs and other things we have collected, if we don't move out, these things will probably no longer belong to us in a few days."

"Third brother, what do you think, should we move out?" Sheng Hao asked.

Sheng Xuan glanced at Sheng Hao and said, "Fourth brother, you have to make the decision on this matter yourself..."

"Dad, this is our family affair, why are you asking about Uncle San? Isn't it just a matter of words to decide whether to move or not?" Xiao Ye said, "In my opinion, we should have moved out a long time ago."

"It's so cold today, where can we move to?" Sheng Hao said hesitantly.

"Fourth brother, I've told you before, if your family doesn't have enough money to build a house, you can take it from me first..." Sheng Xuan said.

"Dad, let's move. I've calculated the money our family has. After we sell the New Year pig, we'll have enough money to build three houses." Xiao Ye didn't want to stay in the old house for even a day. Now, hearing her father's agreement, she hurriedly said to Sheng Hao.

Building a house is a major event in a farmer's life. Xiaolan's family cannot make the decision for them on this matter and can only wait for Sheng Hao, the head of the family, to figure it out.

After returning home, Sheng Hao thought about it and decided not to move out yet. He still wanted to build a large house with four rooms when he had more money.

"Now that you and Fourth Aunt are working in the food store, at least you don't have to look at your boss's face all the time. Just wait until your family builds a new house next year and move out, and everything will be fine." When Xiao Ye complained to Xiao Lan the next day, Xiao Lan could only comfort her like this.