Traveling through ancient times, I led my family to prosperity

"It's close, and you have a good relationship with the Bao family. Xiaoting can come back whenever she wants in the future..." Xin said.

"Mom, I'm just not used to Xiaoting leaving me so suddenly." Zhang said.

It's not just Zhang who is not used to it. Xiaolan is also not used to it. After all, Xiaoting used to live with her, and now their room is empty.

It is almost the twelfth lunar month. Xiaolan and her family have been busy with Xiaoting's wedding and haven't bought any New Year's goods. Now that Xiaoting has successfully married, Xiaolan and her family are about to start preparing for the New Year. However, Xiaolan has something important to do, which is to take stock of this year's income.

Now that the family has enough manpower, they don't have to run around to buy New Year's goods like before. Now they just need to make a list and let the manager go to buy. Xiaolan's family has also upgraded their equipment. Now all the shops, including the ranch, have hired accountants. Xiaolan has to check the accounts every day. The accounts are clear, so she won't be in a rush at the end of the year.

However, Xiao Lan still planned to let Sheng Xuan go out for a tour, after all, seeing is believing! The next day, the family began to get busy...

Mr. Huang is now in the capital. He has written to ask Xiaowen to accompany him to travel around the countryside next year, because he will be assigned to a local area next year. He is very concerned about his student and says that reading ten thousand books is not as good as traveling ten thousand miles. Although Zhang was reluctant to let Xiaowen go, she still respected Xiaowen's opinion.

The family was talking when Liu and Xiao Ye came. Seeing Xiao Ye's excited look after entering the room, Xiao Lan knew that she must have something new to tell her.

Sure enough, as soon as Liu and Xiaoye opened their mouths, they asked them if they knew that there was a quarrel in the old house because of Xiaoyuan and Xiaoyin's marriage.

Xiaolan and Zhang nodded, and then Zhang, Liu, Xiaolan and Xiaoye started talking about this matter in whispers.

Women are very interested in topics like this. Even women as honest as Liu or kind as Zhang cannot escape this nature.

Xiao Ye and Sheng Hao went to the old house today. Just now, Shen Shi sat in their house for a long time and got first-hand information.

"This matter was not brought up today. The second brother's couple had this idea a long time ago. They had discussed it with the old man and the old lady before. I heard that the old man and the old lady rejected it on the spot and did not agree."

"Then why is the second brother mentioning it again now?" Zhang asked.

"The second brother's family has made a good plan. They think that if Xiaoyin gets married, they won't have to pay a betrothal gift..." said Liu.

Xiaoyin is not suitable to be a daughter-in-law of a farmer. If Lanhua's family really compromises on this matter, then the old Sheng family will have a lot of fun in the future. Besides, the old Sheng family is not Xiaoting, and it will be even more lively if Xiaoyin is added.

Xiao Lan felt that this might not work out. Although Sheng Kai and Shen Shi both wanted Xiao Yin to marry them, Lan Hua, if she didn't want to, this thing really wouldn't work out. Lan Hua wasn't an honest farmer, she wasn't someone who would easily compromise.

"I'm afraid there will be some trouble." Zhang sighed.

"My grandmother would have been able to settle the matter even before my aunt came. Besides, my grandfather wouldn't let them do whatever they want..." Xiao Lan said.

However, there are variables in this matter. Marriage is different from other things. There are more matchmaking than breakup. There is an old saying that goes, "It is better to destroy ten temples than to break up a family."

"It's New Year's Day, and I don't know how long it will be quiet. It's so noisy every day." Zhang said.

"Mom, let them live their lives, and we live our lives. Let them be. As for this matter, we will pretend that we don't know..."

In the past two days, the affairs of Sheng Yuan and Xiao Yin were spread by Sheng Kai and Shen Shi, and the village was spreading all kinds of rumors... Xiao Lan felt that even if the two of them could really get together in the future, it would probably not be a decent thing.

"The second brother's family is really troublesome. I don't know how much effort they have put in behind the scenes and how many relatives and friends they have visited these days..."

No matter what era or where, the speed at which this kind of gossip spreads is alarming, and it will be exaggerated by others. Anyway, the more it spreads, the more outrageous it becomes...

On the fourth day of the New Year, the Bao family will host a dinner party, and Xiaolan and her family will definitely go.

After breakfast, the family dressed up and went to town in a carriage.

The Bao family was in high spirits today. Xiaolan's carriage had just stopped at the front door of the Bao family when Bao, Zhao, Bao Heng and Xiaoting came to greet them at the door. Today was the day for the Bao family to entertain guests, so of course they were not the only ones invited. However, Xiaolan's family arrived early, and other guests had not yet arrived.

Xiaolan and her family got off the carriage, exchanged greetings with the Bao family, and then were surrounded and walked into the yard.

Zhao was an extremely neat and tidy person, and the Bao family was not short of money, so their house was kept particularly clean. There was no paper on the windows, but colored glass, which let in sunlight, making the whole house look spacious and bright.

Everyone came into the house and sat down. Zhao and Xiaoting sat on the kang with Zhang and Xiaolan, while Shengxuan and Xiaowen sat on stools on the ground, accompanied by Bao the Shopkeeper and Bao Heng.

The two families greeted each other, talking and laughing lively. After chatting and laughing for a while, Zhao asked Xiaoting to talk with Zhang and Xiaolan.