FSC [QT] Chapter 17.2

“Look at how proud she is, she doesn’t even know who she is.”

Bai Xiaohua leaned close to her younger sister-in-law Liu Zhaodi’s ear and whispered: “You knew that Xiao San made more than a hundred taels by selling her recipes before, right? But did you know that Xiao San did not hand over all the money to the public’s money and only gave a small amount to her parents?”

“The remaining one hundred taels of silver notes were taken by Xiao San herself, saying that she wanted to come up with new ideas to make money. I’m not coveting the one hundred taels of silver notes in her hand, but I’m just worried that she is young and ignorant, and the money in her hand will be coaxed away by outsiders.”

In fact, Bai Xiaohua was greedy for one hundred taels. She was not only greedy, but when she thought that Xu Baozhu, a girl who had not yet left the home, could actually hold such a large amount of money in her hands, she was almost jealous of the pink eye¹红眼病, hongyanbing: which literally means red-eye disease and is the word for conjunctivitis, or pinkeye. Like so many other word origins this one is probably lost to history, but probably had to do with some metaphor of envy of others causing you to cry, and thus turning your eyes red. . If it weren’t for the pressure from her parents-in-law, she would have gone directly to Xu Baozhu’s room to dig out the one hundred taels.

Why? Bai Xiaohua believed that her dissatisfaction was justified.

In the countryside, as long as the family was not divided, all the income of the family belonged to the public’s money. No matter how much she earned or how little she earned, at least, the money earned by her, her husband, and the second room over the years would be placed in the hands of her mother-in-law.

There was no reason why Xu Baozhu could be an exception. Besides, Xu Baozhu did not only rely on herself to make money.

How much soybeans and cabbage were wasted when she tried the fermented bean curd and kimchi recipes before?

These were all obtained by their hard work in farming, as well as the more precious salt, sugar, and other seasonings. She spent the money that they earned. It made no sense that the money was taken from them, but in the end, it was the little girl who took the majority of the money.

Especially in the later stages, Xu Baozhu researched the recipe but gave up. The fermented bean curd and kimchi sold to Juxiangzhai during that period were all made with hard work by her and her younger sister-in-law Liu Zhaodi. Even her mother-in-law only helped from the side.

Xu Baozhu had added such a large amount of income to the family. Bai Xiaohua was grateful in her heart, but no matter how grateful she was, it was diluted by the unfair treatment now.

“Sister-in-law, are you really willing? It was Dabao and Erbao who were grinding the tofu. Their shoulders were bruised and swollen those days. It was me and you who soaked the beans and washed the cabbage. It was such a cold day, and all ten of my fingers were rotten.”

“To be honest, I’m not willing to accept it. Besides, does Xiao San really treat us as her sisters-in-law? I’m afraid in her heart, none of us together are as important as Lin Xu, an outsider.”

Liu Zhaodi was washing clothes slower and slower. Didn’t she know that this was the instigation of her older sister-in-law, who wanted her to join forces with her to deal with Xu Baozhu?

But, Liu Zhaodi still couldn’t help being persuaded by her.

She would never forget that day. She and her older sister-in-law got up early for more than half a month to make the first batch of kimchi, and the family earned ten taels of silver for the first time. For the first time, her stingy mother-in-law gave her and her elder sister-in-law a hundred cents each.

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