When she heard that she was going to make two bowls of egg-sugar water, Mrs. Xu, Lin Yin's sister-in-law beside her, couldn't help but open her mouth, but when she thought of the generous New Year's gift that she had just moved into her home, she closed her mouth again and swallowed her words.
This second sister-in-law is different from the shabby first-in-law who came to visit her yesterday. She has to distinguish them.
Looking at the appearance of the second uncle, he is a man who loves his wife very much. It seems that this relationship is very good, and he should move around more in the future.
Egg-sugar water is the highest standard treat among country people. It is said to be sugar water, but in fact, there are only one or two grains of brown sugar in a bowl. Sugar is so expensive!
So when the Lin Mengxing family took out a pound of brown, unheard-of high-grade sugar as a gift, the entire crowd of melon eaters who came to watch the Yin family were shocked.
No one in the village has ever seen such a generous gift. Even the young lady who married into the town didn't have such dignity.
Later, a few of these candies were broken into pieces, and each of the respectable elders and chiefs of the clan tasted a piece. Lin Yin's parents each kept one piece, and they also broke it into pieces and gave it to decent relatives among their relatives to taste.
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Yin Daqiang resold the rest of the high-grade sugar to Chen Langjun's family in the town through the Wang family salesman in the village, in exchange for fifty bolts of silk, ten coins, ten jars of turbid wine, and one stone of brown rice for their family.
It is enough for the younger son to marry ten wives.
It is of course impossible to marry ten wives. With the income from this wealth, Yin Daqiang immediately renovated the house for his family and built the village's first brick courtyard with nine rooms!
Not to mention the younger son’s wedding room, the eldest grandson’s future wedding room has been arranged!
All the windfall money was spent on building a house. After receiving the news, the seventh and eighth aunts, as well as the covetous relatives in the clan, had no way to borrow money.
Although Yin Daqiang usually looks stupid, he is also very clever (of course, the matter of building a house was actually brought up by the actual person in charge of the family - Yin Daqiang's wife Liu, which is not fair to outsiders).
For the Lin Meng family and even the entire Lin Family Village, having a baby is the most important thing. After all, no bride has come to the Lin Family Village for a long time, and no newborns have been born.
Mrs. Lin Yin was sitting in the main room of her family's house, drinking egg-sugar water, and her eyes could not help but sparkle when she saw her father, her eldest brother, and her younger brother, who were drinking with her groom with big smiles on their faces.
At that time, for Lin Mengxing and his family, this was a piece of candy exchanged for goldfish maw. The value was definitely higher than goldfish maw, but they never expected it to be so much higher.
Anyway, on the surface, of course it is the face of Yin Daqiang, the head of the family.
Yin Daqiang looked at his second daughter sitting on the cart waving to him, and nodded happily. Who said having a daughter is not as good as a son!
His second daughter bought herself a courtyard house, which directly raised their family's living standard to a big level. It was much better than his son who only knew how to worry about the old couple!
During the Chinese New Year this year, they gave Lin Wanwan the money they had saved at home to use for their youngest son's wedding, the fish maw, as a New Year gift.
If her family hadn't insisted that she keep the pregnancy for two months, she would have insisted on working.
We all live in brick houses and live a good life. We are so happy.
Therefore, the whole family never mentioned the wrong gift to their eldest daughter-in-law, Lin Yinshi. They only said that they did not hesitate to give such a lavish gift because they thought highly of her and wanted to show face to her, the eldest daughter-in-law.
When Lin Meng came to marry his wife later, he saw that the mud house of Yin Daqiang's family had been turned into a brick courtyard. He was shocked that he had actually married a noble lady?
It wasn't until after the Guining Banquet that the family found out the reason. It was actually the house they had received in exchange for the Nacai gift.
Lin Mengxing and her mother-in-law told her not to work in the workshop and to rest at home and raise her baby, but she didn't listen and insisted that she was fine and could eat well.
Lin Mengxing was the first to welcome the bride and the first to conceive. The efficiency was amazing. Even if they were not members of their family, they were happy for them.
It didn't look like fine brown sugar, but was thought to be something similar to maltose, so I gave it all to the Yin family.
Naturally, Mrs. Lin Yin burst into tears of gratitude and immersed herself in weaving at home. Later, when she went to the cotton workshop, she studied hard and worked hard. Even when she got pregnant, she never cried out in pain when she had early pregnancy symptoms.
However, compared to hard candies, the value of delicate brown sugar is more clear to everyone, so they are not willing to give it away as gifts.
Lin Wanwan later heard about this from the mouth of the clan leader. After that, when someone in the clan got engaged and got married, she did not dare to give modern candies, but changed them to half a catty of brown sugar.
Later, the Yin family found out that the high-grade candies sent by Master Lin Meng leaked from the hands of Lord Le'an before leaving the house. They were filled with emotion for a moment. These two daughters were considered worthy of marriage!
Talk about people in the countryside. Who would believe that a pound of sugar can be exchanged for fifty bolts of silk, ten ounces of money, ten jars of turbid wine, and one stone of brown rice! Even the salesman Wang, who acted as the middleman, got the middle of five bolts of silk.
What's the fee!
As a result, Lin Mengxing's family and Patriarch Lin, who was also present at the time, did not realize the true value of the candy.
You have already given away the gift, and you must not say any harsh words. This will not only gain no benefit, but only make people laugh, and the gift may be in vain.
Even if it is half a pound of brown sugar, it is a delicate and high-end product that is not seen in Datang, and it is still very generous.
The Lin Mengxing family was the first to suffer a loss. Even if they later learned the actual value of the hard candies, they would only have their teeth knocked out and swallowed with blood. How could they say they were ignorant?
No farmhouse within a hundred miles will ever see such a heroic Nacai ceremony again.
Her eldest sister-in-law was still working in the farmland the day before she gave birth to the baby. How dare she take a rest right after she got pregnant!
How could expert Lin Meng do this?
Lin Wanwan's gift of Alpine hard candies was just a whim, and she only gave them to her when she was about to go out to pick them up.
Knowing that the brown sugar given by Lin Wanwan could be exchanged for so much silk money, Lin Mengxing's family was worried for a long time and had nothing to repay Lin Wanwan.
That evening, when they returned to Linjiazhuang from their parents' home, the Yin family, from oldest to youngest, accompanied the young couple to the entrance of the village. Then, after being pushed aside several times, they watched the two of them leave with a cart full of home-grown vegetables.
This son of the Lin family is not only good-looking, well-off, respects his father-in-law, but also knows how to care about his wife. He is such a good uncle! His second daughter is the right person to raise and marry!
Thanks to the fact that the old wife cared about her daughter and would never let her daughter go to the fields to get rough, she was able to marry so well!
Yin Daqiang looked at his ten-year-old daughter with fondness in his eyes. This daughter of his is also very pretty. He will never let her do menial work in the future, and she will also marry to Linjiazhuang!
Well, from now on, the daughters and granddaughters in the family will not use bad words and will be raised carefully. As long as they have a future, they can give a lot of help to the family.
The eldest daughter-in-law of the Yin family looked at the uncle in front of her and took out something from his pocket for the second sister-in-law, which made the other sister-in-law smile and couldn't help but look envious.
How could she not meet such a good son-in-law? She was just pregnant with a child, and who hadn’t been pregnant before? She had to work in the fields even while she was pregnant with the child, but this second sister-in-law didn’t even bring tea and water.
The second uncle is rushing to do all the work!
Not to mention the conditions at home, just this considerate attitude makes people enviable! And today the second uncle also said that no matter whether the baby is a boy or a girl, he will go to the clan school in the future!
Listen, in Linjiazhuang, even girls can go to school! After two and a half years old, they can enter the kindergarten class for enlightenment!
"Alas!" Mrs. Xu sighed as she glanced at her five-year-old son who was still digging in the mud.