In the year of disaster in the book, the villain girl is the real winner

Old Lady He turned her head and looked at Jin, and spat, "You can make clothes for Dalang and Sanlang? I believed your lies. I gave you the cloth, and in less than three days, it became your new clothes. I don't know you, a silly woman. This is Nannan's stuff, no one else can have it. Why don't you go to the kitchen and light the fire? Do you still want breakfast?"

After being scolded, Jin walked away with a pout in boredom.

"Mother." He Qiudi looked at some of the cloths that were not to her taste and whose patterns were too old-fashioned and dirty, and said, "It's been a long time since I made new clothes for Dalang and Sanlang. I'll make two sets for them so they can change clothes."

Old Lady He thought about it and shook her head, "That won't work. This year I'll use this cloth to make you six sets of clothes, two sets for winter and summer, and one set each for spring and autumn. I'll also make clothes for Dalang and Sanlang, and I'll have to make some for others. There won't be much cloth left. When you grow up another two years, I'll have to make new clothes for you, and I'll have to leave some for you as a dowry. How can there be enough cloth here?"

The others that Old Lady He was talking about were naturally the sisters He Qingya and He Qinglu.

Old Mrs. He has calculated it.

I will make six sets of clothes for my daughter this year. After they become worn out, I will wait two years and make six new sets. This will be just enough for her to wear before and after her wedding.

You can also leave some cloth for your old daughter as a dowry.

They could barely spare enough cloth to make two sets for Dalang and Sanlang, but there was none for Erya and Sanya.

Since the budget is not enough, let’s not do it at all.

When it comes to keeping a balance, Old Lady He is still somewhat confident.

In fact, before He Qiudi got into trouble, Grandma He tried her best to treat the four children from the second and third wives equally, but the status of her grandchildren was far lower than that of He Qiudi.

He Qiudi reached out and took Old Lady He's hand, and said earnestly: "Mom, Qingya and Qingqiu are still your granddaughters and my nieces. I can make several sets of clothes but I don't make them for them. What will others say about me?"

"Besides, if they hadn't accompanied me into the mountains yesterday, I definitely wouldn't have gone in. How could I have met Master Yan and received these thank-you gifts?"

"Besides, my fifth and sixth brothers are going to take the imperial examination soon. When they pass the examination, our He family will have three scholars. My niece won't be able to afford decent clothes. You can buy my clothes later."

Old Mrs. He hesitated: "Then... make two sets for each of them?"

"Mother, I have an idea."

"What's the idea?"

He Qiudi leaned close to Old Lady He's ear and told her his idea.

After listening, Mrs. He nodded approvingly and said, "Then let's do as you say."

After arranging how to divide the gifts for the banquet, Old Lady He returned all the change that He Qiudi had gotten from the bandits yesterday.

The extra money given by Master Yan was kept by Old Lady He.

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When Mr. He brought his second and third sons back from outside, breakfast was ready at home.

Because of the meat and eggs sent by Yan Shi, the He family's breakfast, in addition to mixed flour steamed buns, salty cowpea fried with soybean oil, and millet porridge, also included stir-fried pork with shredded carrots and black fungus, and scrambled eggs with leeks.

At the dinner table, everyone gathered together, waiting for Grandma He to distribute the food.

The man had four steamed buns, two spoonfuls of millet porridge, two spoonfuls of fried minced meat, and two spoonfuls of eggs.

The woman and He Qiudi, Dalang and Erlang had three steamed buns, a spoonful of millet porridge, two spoonfuls of fried minced meat and two spoonfuls of scrambled eggs.

The sisters He Qingya and He Qinglu only had two steamed buns, a spoonful of millet porridge, a spoonful of minced meat and a spoonful of eggs.

After the meal was distributed, there was still some porridge left in the basin. Old Lady He shared the porridge between He Huaiping and He Huaian: "Today we have to pump water and plow the fields, which is very laborious. You two brothers should eat more."

It hasn't rained much this year.

But spring ploughing cannot wait, so we have to use a pump truck to draw water from the storage pond at the entrance of the village and irrigate the fields. Only when the soil is moist will it be conducive to plowing, loosening the soil, and allowing the seeds to take root, germinate and grow.

There is not much water left in the reservoir, so we have to compete with the villagers for water to irrigate our fields.

Spring plowing and spring harvest are carried out alternately. The two sons are the main laborers in the family and they really need to eat more.

There were still some eggs and minced meat in the big bowl, so Old Mrs. He divided them equally between Old Man He and He Qiudi.

(T_T)

That's why it is said that Old Mrs. He is the person at the top of the pyramid of the family's survival chain, because she is in charge of the He family's finances, controls how much each family member eats at a meal, and decides who will go hungry or not.

He Qiudi agreed with He Laotai's precise control.

In ancient times, people were short of food and clothing. If food was not controlled, families would easily suffer from famine during the lean season.

In times of famine, people are more likely to starve to death.

In the life before He Qingqiu was reborn, the He family experienced three years of drought, but no one in the family starved to death. This was inseparable from the fact that Old Lady He controlled the food supply and measured exactly how many grains of rice went into each person's mouth.

"Eat."

After Old Lady He spoke, Dalang and Sanlang, who had been drooling over the meat and eggs, immediately picked up their bowls and started to wolf them down.

The steamed corn bread was made from fermented flour made from several kinds of coarse grains. It had a unique fragrance but also made the throat crack. He Qiudi took one bite and couldn't eat it anymore.

The food in the bowl tasted pretty good.

He Qiudi pinched her throat and forced herself to eat a steamed bun with fried meat and scrambled eggs.

I finished the millet porridge.

O sin.

She wanted to lead the He family to make a lot of money. She wanted to eat rice, white flour buns, braised pork, and chicken stewed with mushrooms for every meal.

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The gift given at the banquet today was eaten like this. Normally, it would be bland and tasteless and hard to swallow.

When they were almost done eating, Old Lady He announced, "Today our family has made a lot of money, and you all know that. But Nannan paid for this with her life, so these things should all belong to her."

Old Mrs. He paused.

Xu and Jin looked at her with their voices hoarse, and neither of them dared to speak.

well.

Very nice.

very satisfied.

The daughter-in-law was trained to be very obedient by her.

Grandma He then continued, "You guys are eating these meat and eggs together, and you're enjoying the good fortune with Nannan. You should remember her kindness. Especially you youngsters, you should be filial to your aunt and listen to her in the future, understand?"

Everyone nodded in unison, especially Dalang and Sanlang, who were almost about to swear and curse that they would take care of He Qiudi until the end of his life.

He Qiudi: ...

I really want to thank you.

She is obviously one month younger than He Qingya, but she is one generation older.

She really can't take advantage of her peers.

Old Mrs. He then said, "It's no wonder that your aunt remembers you. She's thinking about you, too. She decided to use the cloth that was originally intended for her dowry to make two sets of clothes for the four of you. After breakfast, you should clean up and go to the city with me and your aunt to find a tailor to tailor your clothes. It would be a pity if we couldn't give such good material to your mother to make clothes for her. It would be a pity to waste the good cloth."

He Qiudi: “…”

Old Mrs. He, no, her mother has a way of controlling people.

"Mom, do Erya and Sanya have it too?" Xu asked with trembling lips, somewhat unbelieving.

Qingya and Qingqiu have never made brand new clothes.

Over the years, she has been wearing old clothes that her eldest daughter He Qingshu and her sister-in-law don't want.

Every New Year's wish for the two sisters is to have a new set of clothes.

Mother finally decided to make new clothes for Erya and Sanya.

Old Mrs. He curled her lips uncomfortably and said, "Both. Don't make it seem like I favor boys over girls and prefer grandsons to granddaughters. Qingya and Qingqiu are both from our He family. How can I treat them badly? Even the fifth and sixth sons, as well as me and the old man, don't have this treatment. This is a favor that Nannan has given to the younger generation."

"Thank you, mother!" Xu choked and almost cried.

She and He Huaiping are the old oxen who eat the worst but do the most work in this family.

Whatever benefits the He family has, they never get to the second branch.

She looked at the cloth that Master Yan sent, and it was the best cloth she had ever seen. She never dared to dream that her mother would make new clothes for Erya and Sanya.

Do it once, or you will have two bodies.

This is a treatment that neither of my two uncles-in-law who are studying in the county school have.

Xu also asked her two daughters to thank grandma and aunt, and they took turns to express their gratitude.

He Qinglu's face, which was usually gloomy, rarely showed a smile.

Even He Qingya happily pinched the corner of her clothes and laughed.

Old Lady He waved her hands and said, "Forget about these empty formalities. I have one more thing to say. Although the fifty taels of silver given by Master Yan are for Nannan, Nannan feels that you have also contributed, so she decided to take out ten taels of silver for public use. This money can be used for any major event at home. If the family has income, naturally you will benefit as well. Don't think about this money one by one, everyone has a share."

As he said this, he took out two small strings of money that he had prepared long ago and placed them on the table.

Now it was Old Lady He's turn to feel the pain.

A small string of money is one hundred copper coins!

In the past, one liter of grain grown in the fields could be bought for two or three cents.

One hundred coins can buy forty to fifty liters of grain!