Traveling through ancient times, I led my family to prosperity

"It's the only way." Xiao Ye sighed. Fortunately, she and her mother didn't have to stay in the old house during the day, otherwise, they would have to listen to Cui's orders and abuse every day, which would be even more unbearable for her and her mother.

In the evening, Xiao Lan convened an emergency family meeting. The topic was naturally about the Sheng family. "We should live our lives as usual. We can't let them affect us."

The whole family agreed with this.

The next day, after breakfast, Xiaolan accompanied Xiaoting to do needlework for a while, and then she couldn't sit still anymore, "Big sister, I'm going to take a look at our tofu workshop."

"Go ahead." Xiao Ting did not object. She was now doing needlework at home, waiting to get married next month.

"Sister, please help me finish embroidering half of the flower on this handkerchief." Xiao Lan gave the half-finished embroidery to Xiao Ting.

Nowadays, Xiao Lan has no problem with daily sewing, and she has also learned some simple patterns. The handkerchief in her hand is one of the patterns she drew and embroidered herself.

Xiao Ting found that the front lines of this handkerchief are dense and even, but the pattern is a bit simple. However, Xiao Lan is very clever and the color matching is very beautiful, which is very suitable for Xiao Lan's current embroidery skills.

"You embroidered it well. When mother sees it, she will praise you." Xiaoting said with a smile, "Go quickly. When you come back, I will have finished embroidering this half of the flower for you."

Xiao Lan got off the kang and took her maid Xiao Qing to the tofu workshop.

Zhang Qingfeng greeted Xiaolan when he saw her coming. Xiaolan nodded in satisfaction when she saw that her tofu workshop was in good order.

When the older girls and young wives working here saw Xiaolan coming, they all greeted her.

Xiao Lan responded with a smile. Seeing that the tofu workshop was clean and tidy, she felt relieved. After all, it was something that was eaten, so hygiene could not be neglected at all.

At this time, she heard the voices of Zhang Qingfeng and Fu Shi coming from the place where they usually did the accounting and work. She was slightly stunned.

"Your second aunt and your eldest aunt are in that room." A daughter-in-law whispered to Xiao Lan.

Xiao Lan also recognized the voice as Shen's.

"Your second aunt has been here for a while. She told your aunt that she wanted to come here to work, but your aunt didn't agree. Alas, there's really no way she can agree to this. I'm not saying anything bad about her, but she really can't do this job. We've lived in the same village for so many years, and we all know each other. To do this job, we need clean and honest people, otherwise, would the restaurants and hotels dare to buy tofu from our family?"

This daughter-in-law has been a neighbor of the Sheng family's old house for so many years and knows everything about the old Sheng family. Therefore, she does not shy away from talking about Shen.

Since Mr. Sheng came back with Sheng Nuo, Sheng Kai and his group, they quickly settled down in the old house. This time, the old man was really ruthless and kept a strict watch on the whole family. No one was allowed to go out without his and Cui's permission. Xiao Lan was very surprised that Shen came to ask for a job today. Because Shen is a big mouth, she never speaks without a word. It would be strange for Mr. Sheng to let her go out without any worries.

"Your grandfather took your eldest uncle and second uncle out this morning." said Chunzhu's wife.

Xiao Lan asked in surprise, "What did my grandfather take them to do?"

"I heard that he went to collect the land rent." Chunzhu's wife said.

Alas, it is estimated that it will not be so smooth to collect the land and collect the rent. The family that Mr. Sheng rented out at the beginning was not a good person. At the beginning, their family was anxious to go to Hejian County, so they rented out the land like this. In the past two years, with Sheng Nuo, the county magistrate, suppressing them, the old Qu family did not dare to default on the grain rent. It is said that in the past two years, the old Qu family exchanged the grain rent for silver and asked someone to bring it to Hejian County. But now Sheng Nuo not only lost his official position, but also his status as a scholar. So this year's grain rent, can the old Qu family give them so readily?

"I'll go in and see my aunt first. You guys go ahead and do your work." Xiao Lan said.

Making tofu requires constant fire, so the inner room was steaming hot. As soon as Xiao Lan came in, she saw Fu and Shen sitting opposite each other on the kang.

Fu sat on the edge of the kang with her shoes on, while Shen took off her shoes, got on the kang, and sat cross-legged on it.

When Shen saw Xiaolan coming in, she hurriedly said, "Hey, Xiaolan, my dear niece, come here quickly so that your aunt can take a good look at you. You have grown prettier."

When Fu saw Xiaolan coming, there was deep helplessness in her eyes.

"Second aunt, how come you have time to come here today?" Xiao Lan asked.

"I just miss you. It's been a long time since we last saw each other since we came back..." Shen said with a smile, "Now your family is of high status and the threshold is high. Even if I want to enter, I'm afraid I can't. So I'll just come to the tofu workshop today."

Xiao Lan couldn't help but roll her eyes. What Shen said was still so unpleasant to the ears.

"Second Aunt, look at what you are saying. It's not that we don't want to provoke you. Look at the people in our village, who wants to provoke you..." Shen is thick-skinned and stupid. She won't understand if you talk to her in a friendly way. It's better to just speak out. So Xiao Lan didn't be polite to her and told her the truth directly.

Hearing Xiao Lan's impolite words, Shen Shi felt guilty instantly, and hesitated for a while, but in the end, she didn't say anything. Xiao Lan thought Shen Shi would leave because she had no face, but she didn't expect her butt to move at all, as if it was nailed to the kang.

Seeing that Xiaolan and Fu ignored her, Shen began to complain. "Xiaolan, Xiaolan's aunt, our family is in trouble this time, and we have suffered a lot..."

Xiao Lan glanced at Shen and said, "Second Aunt, you look so bloated now, and you're no different from before."

Although Shen was slovenly, she did not look haggard at all. On the contrary, Cui and Xu seemed to have aged several years and had an inexplicable sense of death.

"Look at what this child said. He said I was fat. Didn't you see how thin I am now..." As she spoke, Shen actually burst into tears. "My Xiaoyuan has a miserable life. She married such an unlucky woman. She doesn't care about my Xiaoyuan at all. She only thinks about getting benefits for her family... The Pang family has really hurt us..."