Happiness System

Yang Nianji had stayed in Mo Nan for a period of time and knew a lot about the situation there.

At first, he was also worried that the Gao family was greedy for his sister's dowry. After all, it was a fact that there were no wealthy businessmen in Mo Nan.

But according to the observations of those who stayed behind secretly, the Gao family was indeed reliable. Although Yang Nianqiu often took out money to supplement the family expenses, the Gao family did not take advantage of the situation and rely on the new daughter-in-law to support the family.

You can install it in a day or a month, but you can’t install it over the years.

Just like this time, based on Qin Yunxi's idea, Mrs. Gao ran to find the general's wife without even thinking about it.

Honglian also knew that the master's decision could not be changed, so she could only send someone to Baicheng to deliver a letter to Jiang Weixiong.

In the blink of an eye, Qin Yunxi and his companions had been in Mo Nan for nearly half a month, and the Fu clan members, who set out three days later than them, had just arrived in Baicheng.

When Qin Yunxi received the news, she immediately sent someone to the academy to inform the Fu father and son, and then she went next door to tell the old lady and Li Mutong the news in person.

After she left, the old lady wiped her tears, took out ten taels of silver from her bosom with shaking hands and gave them to Li Mutong, saying, "A few days ago, Brother Wen's daughter-in-law celebrated my birthday and gave me a red envelope with one hundred taels in it.

Use this ten taels of silver to buy some food, autumn vegetables, and firewood.

We'll leave the food here first, and when Jiaer and her family arrive, we'll make some hot food for them, and we'll give the rest to them depending on their situation."

The old lady only gave birth to two sons and one daughter, but the old marquis had several other illegitimate children. The two illegitimate sons were also in the exile area and came here in the same batch as the old lady's youngest son Fu Rongjia.

Li Mutong knew that the old lady must have given more than ten taels to her youngest son and two illegitimate sons, but she didn't care.

It’s not that she has no shortage of money, but her husband gets paid for working at the academy, and when the academy officially opens, he can also become a manager or a teacher, and then he will receive a monthly salary.

By then, they won't have to worry about their livelihood anymore, nor will they need to work in the fields. Plus, the second wife will always give them filial respect, so what is there to be dissatisfied with in this life?

Especially compared with the Ning family who were divided together, their lives now are so wonderful!

And no one knew when the Ning family next door began to become the Fu family's followers.

After learning that the Fu family had split up, the Ning family also split up after arriving in Baiyuan Village.

The Fu family took the land on the right side of the village, and the Ning family took the land on the left side.

But not all members of the Ning family gathered together to build houses in one place.

After receiving the money from the division of the family property, some descendants of the Ning family were too lazy to make any trouble and simply bought an empty house in the village and moved in.

Moreover, the houses they built were not like the Fu family's courtyards, which were closely connected to each other, but were staggered in an orderly manner.

A small number of people became undisciplined after the separation and simply followed the example of the indigenous people in the village, building houses several dozen meters apart, making the left side a mess.

In addition, some people are reluctant to spend a high price to hire someone, and some are still influenced by the strong mainland mentality, which is to look down on women and think that houses built by women are unlucky.

They didn't even think about it. Almost all the strong laborers in the village had gone to work as helpers at the academy. Only the elderly, children, women and children were left in the village. Those young and strong women were left out. Where could they find helpers?

The nearest village to Baiyuan Village is ten miles away. The Ning family cannot buy or afford so much food, cannot provide food and accommodation, and it is difficult to hire helpers from other places.

Until now, everything has been dragged on, and except for the more courageous family of the former prince of the Duke of Jingguo, whose house has been built and is ready to be moved in, everyone else is crowded in the previously empty houses in the village and lives a chaotic life.

Thinking of this, Li Mutong said to her mother-in-law happily, "Those young boys and girls in the village are idle all day long. I will ask the village head's wife to introduce some diligent ones later and ask them to chop some firewood for the second son and his family. When the clan leader has divided the houses, we can move to their place. As their sister-in-law, I can't give them anything else, but I can give them some firewood to keep them warm through the winter."

The old lady nodded, then sighed and said, "They were only three or five days late, but they arrived at this time. I don't know what happened on the way...

May the Buddha bless all the descendants of my Fu family to be together and intact..."

Seeing the old lady standing up to burn incense and worship Buddha, Li Mutong immediately supported her and said a few auspicious words.

When Li Mutong married into the Fu family, her sister-in-law was only five years old. She was a cute and lively little girl, but unfortunately she died of an acute illness within two years.

After that, the little girl became a taboo in the mansion, and the young ones in the family had no idea that the old lady had once had a daughter.

It was also at that time that the old lady gave up her power and focused on worshiping Buddha without worrying about miscellaneous affairs.

Before going to see the village chief's wife, Li Mutong went to the second room next door to inform Qin Yunxi to avoid duplication.

However, Qin Yunxi had no intention of preparing anything for the remaining members of the Fu family. It was already a kindness on her part to prepare a house for everyone.

The weather in the south of the desert is getting colder.

In the original owner’s memory, this winter was indeed a cold winter, and in the plot, Mobei had cold winters for three consecutive years.

Qin Yunxi had already sent people to other villages to find strong laborers to go into the mountains to cut wood. Besides her children and three elderly people, she also had to consider the academy.

After thinking for a while, she said to Li Mutong: "Mother, after the drought comes the severe cold. You don't have to worry about me. I have asked people to go to other villages to invite strong laborers to go to the mountains to cut wood together.

Several younger brothers followed their husband to the academy to work, and only their younger sister-in-law was at home, so they were bound to be negligent.

I will go to the farm early tomorrow morning. Please ask my brother and sister-in-law if they need more firewood and charcoal. If they do, just take the silver and look for Honglian."

Li Mutong was stunned for a moment, then she remembered that they had already divided the family business, and brothers had to settle accounts clearly, so the other daughters-in-law had to pay money when they wanted things.

But deep down she still felt that her family had become estranged, and she always felt a little sad.

Li Mutong couldn't hide her worries, so she went back and told the old lady about her troubles.

Her husband was not at home, and she didn't know who to talk to about her troubles except her mother-in-law.

The old lady waited quietly for her to finish, and only replied with one sentence, "Children and grandchildren have their own blessings." Then she waved her hand and asked the little girl who was serving her to go to the other four families.

The little maid went to the main room next door first, but Fu Xiusheng and his wife did not see her, so they had to convey the message to the maid in the main room in the yard.

The farmhouse was not big, so the couple naturally heard what the maid said.

But one of them didn't take it to heart, and the other didn't take it seriously either, even curling his lips in disdain.

Of course, these little maids couldn't see or control her. When she spoke, she deliberately raised her voice so that the people in the room could hear. The rest was not within the scope of her job.

The third, fourth and fifth wives were not like the first wife. As soon as they settled down, they could not wait to take their money to the pawnshop to buy maids and servants.

The third and fourth brothers left behind a concubine, and the fifth family had few people and had a aunt to help them, so the families settled down along the way. Knowing that life was difficult, they were not in a hurry to spend money to buy people to serve them.

At the beginning, Fu Ronglang asked Qin Yunxi for his opinion, and then told the other four sons that they could go to the academy to work.

Because he was not given any preferential treatment and there was no shortage of managers for the time being, Fu Xiusheng refused immediately when he learned that the academy he was going to was just a nameless academy without even a foundation, and that he would be doing hard labor.

When Fu Xiuwu learned that his second brother Fu Xiuwen was also going to work, he immediately nodded and said he would go. After Fu Lei and Fu Mao asked about the wages, they hesitated for a moment and nodded.

When the three brothers went there, they really did hard labor at first. Even Fu Ronglang and Fu Xiuwen sometimes had to do some manual labor themselves.

Later, things gradually got back on track. The brothers passed Ding Hai's test and were reassigned jobs according to their personalities and specialties.

The four of them, father and son, usually lived on the construction site with other workers, and only came back to stay for a night every three to five days.

Having worked as a laborer for a period of time, I knew how hard it was to make money. Also, by mingling with the local villagers, I saw, heard, and knew a lot.

As soon as the father and his two sons got home, they would advise and warn their wives.

The third family's leader listened to the advice. Originally, the female members felt that they were not of the same kind as the villagers and were close to the Ning family.

Persuaded and frightened by her husband, she quickly distanced herself from most of the Ning family, and slowly tried to interact with the native residents of the village and integrate into the village.

In this way, although life is a little harder, the three families naturally know much more than the eldest family.

After hearing what the maid said, without much hesitation, they all went to the second room with the silver, and then went to the mother-in-law to express their gratitude.

The status of concubines in the Li Kingdom was not high. Even if they followed their sons out of the family, they had no right to be the head of the household.

Therefore, Han Shuangshuang and Qian Yanhua lived a pretty good life. They were more polite than respectful towards their husband's biological mother.

The two concubines were quite sensible and just acted like maids, helping with housework and taking care of the children, and they didn't cause any trouble.

If we talk about living a comfortable life, it has to be Qin Yunxi.

She only spent some time thinking and uttering when giving orders one by one, but it was Fu Xiuwen and a few managers who had to run themselves ragged.

The decision to go to Zhuangzi had been made long ago. Xuan Jian and Jiang Weixiong had urged them several times, not to avoid the Fu family.

The next morning, Qin Yunxi took her two children to the next door to have breakfast with her mother-in-law and the old lady. She left one hundred taels of silver for the old lady, asking her to buy some things for the three great uncles to express her apology for her neglect.

Not all of the one hundred taels of silver were given to the three families. Part of it had to be used to buy some food and ask the women in the village to cook food so that the tribesmen could have enough to eat.

The old lady did not refuse. Although the dog emperor was not a human being, the Fu family was also implicated by them, so they had to make some compensation.

After Qin Yunxi and her son walked away, the old lady gave the banknote to Li Mutong and said to her, "Aren't you going to see the village head's wife today? Don't bother two people with one thing, so let's do this together.

Be careful when you go out. The Hu people have already begun to invade. Although we are in the center of the southern desert and the Hu people cannot sneak in for a while, it is better to be careful.

It doesn’t matter if you can’t finish the work today, just be safe.

Brother Wen's daughter-in-law has a house in the city. If it's getting dark, stay there for one night and come back tomorrow morning. Don't travel at night."