The next day, Jiang Wan and the other five stayed in bed for no other reason than that the kang was too warm!

Xie Lan usually got up at dawn to practice martial arts, collect firewood and chop wood, but today he slept until noon, which was unusual.

Uncle Xie and his helpers came one after another and looked at the closed gate of Xie Lan's house, each of them confused.

When Xie Lan opened the door, Fourth Uncle Xie asked him, "Xiao Jing, what's wrong? What happened? Why did you get up just now?"

Xie Lan's cheeks flushed slightly, and she coughed lightly to hide her embarrassment, and said, "It's okay."

Xie Lan opened the door for Uncle Xie and the others. Uncle Xie and the others exchanged a few words of greeting and then went back to their work.

The frames of the four rooms have been erected, and the next step is to lay the adobe bricks.

There is strength in numbers. With more than 20 people working together every day, the progress is very fast.

In addition, Jiang Wan was very generous, giving out sweet soup and snacks from time to time, and promised a wage of fifteen cents a day. This made the villagers who came to work very motivated, and they wanted to work with all their strength.

You have to know that working as a porter in town only pays about ten cents a day.

It takes time to go to town and back, and you have to spend money to buy food to fill your stomach at noon. After a day of hard work, you can only save six or seven cents at most.

But now Jiang Wanyi is paying 15 cents a day. The work is not too tiring and the pay is good. Who wouldn't be happy?

The construction of Xie Lan's yard is in full swing. There are rumors in the village that the breakfast and lunch restaurant in Jiang's town can make a profit of dozens of taels of silver a month.

The rumor was so true that someone even came forward and said that he saw Boss Jiang bought a house in town and went to the house to live the life of a lord after closing the restaurant at night.

Not only did she wear silk clothes, she was also accompanied by servants, and every now and then she would go to restaurants to spend lavishly.

Jiang Lao Da's wife, Mrs. Wu, was dressed in gold and looked like the mistress of a wealthy family.

Needless to say, Jiang Lian'er was well-served by maids, and many young men from wealthy families were attracted by her looks. In order to get acquainted with her, they gave her gold, silver and other treasures just to win her smile.

Everyone in the village was talking about these rumors, but they kept them secret from the Jiang family.

After the trouble caused by the Jiang family during this period, the villagers had a very bad impression of the Jiang family.

They knew that the Jiang family was not easy to mess with and that Old Lady Jiang was unreasonable. If Old Lady Jiang knew that they were gossiping about the Jiang family behind their backs, she might go crazy again.

Besides, most people in the village are poor.

If Mr. Jiang was really as rich as the rumors said, they couldn't afford to offend him, and at the same time they also wanted to curry favor with him.

Therefore, the villagers did not spread rumors about Boss Jiang in front of the Jiang family, but only spoke quietly in private.

Of the Jiang family in Lushui Village now, only Liu is left at home.

That day, Jiang Yan'er's face was scratched by Wang Po and her friends, and Old Lady Jiang fainted from anger.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Fang Zhong's wife did not fight with Liu, but hid back in the house.

Liu arranged to send Old Lady Jiang to the town, and Jiang Yaner followed. Liu wanted to go, but she had no choice but to stay at home because there was no one to look after her.

During the days that Liu was alone at home, she suffered a lot of grievances and bullying.

When Fang Zhong and his two companions saw that all the members of the Jiang family were gone, they turned the tables and treated the Liu family, the host, like servants.

Not only did they have to ask Liu to serve them food and drink, but they also had to do the laundry, chop wood, fetch water, and sweep the floor. All the work in the yard was thrown to Liu.

Liu had to empty the urine buckets of the three men every night.

Not only that, they also occupied the bedrooms of Jiang Lian'er and Old Lady Jiang, saying that it would be a waste to leave such a nice house empty, so they should just let them live there.

Liu was angry but dared not say anything about the tyrannical and rogue behavior of Fang Zhong and the other two.

She couldn't beat him, nor could she scold him, so she had to endure it.

The Liu family also wanted to go to the members of the Jiang family's side branch for help and support, but after Jiang Yaner caused a big fuss in the Xie family, the Jiang family's side branch wanted to cut off ties with them, so how could they still get involved in the Jiang family's affairs?

Anyone with eyes can see that Old Mrs. Jiang is unreasonable, Jiang Yan'er is vicious and dissolute, Second Brother Jiang is incompetent, Mrs. Liu is confused, and First Brother Jiang is cunning and irresponsible. If you take these members of the Jiang family one by one, none of them are good people.

The Jiang family's side branches are all small families, and they have to rely on the village head for support to make ends meet.

Why would they want to embarrass themselves by standing on Old Lady Jiang's boat and being dragged down by their bad reputation?

So Liu went to ask for help several times, but the Jiang branch pretended to be deaf and dumb, made excuses and were perfunctory, and no one came to help Liu.

Liu looked at the basin full of dirty clothes and was so angry that she almost fainted.

In the past, these chores were done by Jiang Weiran's wife.

After the woman died, Jiang Weiran took over her position. Not only did she have to wash clothes and do housework every day, she also had to go to the fields during the busy farming season.

At that time, Liu complained that Jiang Weiran worked too slowly and made sarcastic remarks about him.

Now that she has started doing the work herself, she realizes how cold the water is in winter and how difficult it is to wash clothes.

Liu was washing while cursing, and in her heart she couldn't help but blame Old Mrs. Jiang for being crazy.

If Old Lady Jiang wasn't crazy, why would she separate Jiang Weiran and Jiang Wan?

It would be fine if that little bitch Jiang Wan got married off. Jiang Weiran, a young and strong man, should stay in the Jiang family.

In this way, someone will do the chores at home and it will not be Liu's turn.

In fact, Mrs. Liu didn't know that Old Lady Jiang had never thought about who would do the chores at home. She didn't even keep Jiang Weiran in the first place in order to save some food for the family.

In addition, Jiang Weiran's life or death was unknown at that time, and Old Lady Jiang did not want to spend money on his medical treatment, so she allowed Jiang Wan to take him away without even asking whether he was dead or alive.

Old Mrs. Jiang had her own plans, which made Mrs. Liu suffer.

Liu was now regretting her decision to the point of death. If she had known that she would be enslaved by Fang Zhong and his two companions, she would have followed Jiang Yan'er to the town.

After lunch, Wang Po from next door went out for a walk. She happened to pass by Jiang's yard and saw Liu washing clothes. She said coldly, "How long will it take to wash such a big basin of clothes? Liu, you used to be lazy and gluttonous, and now you are getting retribution, right? In my opinion, one basin of clothes is not enough, and giving you another one won't be too much."

Liu was so angry that her teeth were itching, but she was alone and weak now and could not afford to offend Wang Po.

Seeing that she didn't say anything, Mrs. Wang got even more excited and sneered, "Liu, you don't look stupid, so why do you have to do stupid things? Old Mrs. Jiang and Old Master Jiang are living a good life in town, and even your husband and two children are living comfortably in town, eating and drinking well, so why are you reduced to washing other people's stinky clothes?"

Liu said angrily, "What are you talking about? The second son and the others are still in the clinic and haven't recovered yet. Yan'er is recovering from her injuries. Mother has to take care of the three of them. How can we live a good life?"

Old Mrs. Wang curled her lips, "Tsk, who are you listening to? Everyone in the village knows that Old Mrs. Jiang has made a lot of money by running a restaurant. She can make a profit of fifty taels a month. Fifty taels, fifty taels a month. Old Mrs. Jiang can rely on her eldest son and hire someone to take care of her. Why would she need to take care of her herself? Maybe Old Mrs. Jiang is living in a mansion now, eating shark fin and bird's nest!"

Liu was extremely surprised, opened her eyes wide, and stood up suddenly.

"You said my eldest brother's restaurant makes fifty taels a month?!"

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