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

He Qiudi naturally knew that there were soap balls and bath beans in this world, which had similar functions to soap. In particular, the chemical composition of bath beans, also known as soap, was extremely similar to that of soap.

But she knew that Old Lady He was reluctant to use such "luxury goods", so she followed the local customs and usually used soapberry powder, wood ash or bath bean powder to take a bath and wash her hair.

When He Qiudi asked about the price, he was shocked.

A bath bean the size of a kumquat costs eight cents.

A ball of soap the size of an orange cost twenty cents.

No wonder not many people buy it. Judging from the stock in the grocery store, it has been there for quite some time.

He Qiudi took ten bath beans and six soap balls, and insisted on giving He Huaian two hundred coins.

Business is business.

This requires accounting. No matter who from the He family comes to take something, they have to pay or keep an account. Otherwise, the accounts won't match. Who will make up for the shortfall?

If everyone comes to the store to take things without paying, will this store still be able to do business?

He Huaian asked He Qiudi to take the soap balls and bath beans. In fact, he planned to pay for it privately, but he didn't expect He Qiudi to take so many goods at once, and it was a bit difficult for him to pay. Knowing that his younger sister had money, He Huaian didn't insist anymore and gave the remaining bath beans and two soap balls to He Qiudi.

Old Mrs. He didn't say much about this.

Although bath beans are expensive, the He family can afford them now.

If Qiudi could marry into a wealthy family in the future, she should live the life of a rich lady from now on.

After resting enough, Old Lady He was ready to go back to Shiliu Village. He Huaian went to the restaurant to buy a roast chicken and then sent them back to Shiliu Village.

When they were resting, He Huaian had already arranged for someone to go back to Shiliu Village to deliver a message that their family would prepare meals for them.

They returned to Shiliu Village and found that the He family had not yet started eating.

Lunch was prepared by Wei Sixian and Mrs. Lin together.

As soon as Jin Cuihua heard the voice, she came out of the house to greet them.

"Mother, you are finally back. This family can't function without you. I have been worried these past few days."

Jin Cuihua said this, but she had already taken the luggage from Old Lady He's hand and started to touch it.

After being glared at by Old Lady He, he handed Old Lady He's luggage to He Huaian and kept looking into the mule cart.

"Hey, where are my second sister-in-law and the others?"

Seeing that there was no one else in the car, Jin Cuihua asked subconsciously and wanted to continue asking, but He Huaian winked at her. She was very tactful and did not continue asking. Instead, she turned back and supported Old Lady He's arm and said, "Mother, it's getting late. Come in and wash your face and eat. Father has been waiting for you for a long time."

Old Mrs. He glanced at Jin Cuihua, then saw that Jin Cuihua was smiling. She was too lazy to scold Jin Cuihua anymore.

After Grandma He and He Qiudi washed their faces, the whole family started eating together.

In the past, it was Grandma He who distributed food for the whole family.

Now that the family has a lot of income and can’t afford to eat all kinds of meat and fish, we don’t skimp on staple foods and vegetables like we did before.

Enough.

After lunch, He Qiudi gave Sanlang the gift he bought from Lan County and went straight back to his room to sleep.

He Huaian recounted to the He family what happened in Lan County.

Mr. He smoked his pipe and said nothing.

Wei Sixian sneered in her heart. There was no one in the He family who was presentable. Xu was so disobedient, and He Huaiping was so unfilial. Her mother-in-law didn't even bother to show them respect, and only managed to manipulate her and her master.

It's just that I have some achievements and are easily controlled.

Jin Cuihua has a bad temper.

"In the past, the Xu family lived frugally and treated Erya and Sanya harshly, and they would just send the money back to the Xu family. But this time, they are willing to spend so much money. My goodness, six taels of silver, two purses, and those two sets of clothes are worth fifteen taels! Just give it to the Xu family if you say it will be given to them. Even if the He family has made a fortune, they can't afford to act like this."

"Even if the family has a lot of money, it's not the right way to give it away like this. Besides, this money is not earned by their second wife. Why should they use the He family's things to subsidize their mother's family? When Xu Yushi entered the family, the He family gave her a lot of betrothal gifts!"

He Huaian stopped her, "Okay, Cuihua, stop talking. This is my second brother's family affair."

Jin Cuihua glared, "That's good for Second Brother's family, but it's also the He family's business. How could Xu Shi make so much money? It's all He family's money. The purse and clothes are all gifts from the sister-in-law. I've never seen her waste them like this. She's so proud of herself because she's pregnant, right?"

"I'll bet that this baby is still a girl. I wonder how Xu Yushi will live with dignity in the future! She's such an ungrateful person, it's disgusting."

After hearing Jin Cuihua scolding Xu Yushi, Old Lady He felt much better.

She couldn't scold Xu.

When Jin Cuihua criticized Xu, she was simply acting as her mouthpiece, saying what was in her heart.

*

After lunch, He Qiudi took her clothes to the well to wash them.

The water level in the well has dropped a lot compared to before she went to Lan County, but water is still flowing out. After all, He Qiudi has released water in Shiliu Village and the surrounding villages for more than 20 days, and the groundwater has been raised a lot. It is normal that the old well can continue to flow out water even though she is not in Shiliu Village.

The news that it had rained in Lan County spread to Ningyuan County. The villagers of Shiliu Village went to the city and also learned about this sensational news.

Even though the rainfall in Lan County is not much and the rainy area is not very large, the fact that it is raining is a signal that gives everyone hope, and everyone maintains a relatively optimistic attitude towards the drought.

This made He Qiudi worried.

She interferes with the weather, and it is not known whether it is good or bad.

He Sanlang returned from school early in the afternoon.

He ran over and followed He Qiudi, talking all the time. He Qiudi then took him to the sweet potato fields and corn fields to dig wild vegetables.

Because Shiliu Village has abundant water resources, most of the crops in the fields are growing well.

"Aunt, I come to the field with my elder brother every evening to water the sweet potatoes."

Sweet potatoes are planted by cuttings. He Qiudi pulled out a sweet potato seedling that was growing well and found that it had sprouted, so she buried the sweet potato seedling back.

"After the sweet potatoes are harvested, we'll sell them in the city and give you a share of the profits."

He Sanlang smiled happily.

"Aunt, don't worry. I will take good care of the sweet potato and corn fields. Aunt, when will we go hunting in the mountains again?"

He Qiudi reached out and touched his head, saying, "Since you have already gone to the old student to receive enlightenment, you should study hard. When you and Dalang have a holiday, we will go hunting together. Your second uncle and his family are not at home, so I have to help your grandma with the work."

He Sanlang lowered his head somewhat disappointedly.

It was originally agreed that when He Qiudi returned to Shiliu Village, they would go to Jin's house to play together, but plans could not keep up with changes. He Huaiping and the others were not at home, and He Qiudi didn't want to go to Taohua Village to hunt.

The wild vegetables in the fields were growing well. He Qiudi picked some young leaves and came back to make cold dishes and dumplings.

Recently, she has been deliberately learning from Grandma He and has already acquired certain cooking skills, so she is not afraid of being exposed.