CHAPTER 76: CHAPTER 73: MRS. JIANG EMBARKS ON THE ROAD TO PROSPERITY

Because when Jiang Mingyue wasn’t paying attention, Xiao Jiang Ran dropped another chopstick. The little guy squatted down to find it and then stood up and said:

"This sister is so embarrassing. You’re so grown up, yet you don’t know how to wear shoes and even have Jian Guo put them on for you."

Suddenly, everyone’s actions seemed to be paused.

Children speak innocent words without knowing the reason, but adults are well aware.

Especially Mrs. Jiang, who initially thought she had brought a treasure home, now felt like she had brought a clump of cow dung back.

Indeed, being too impressed by Little Mingyue had made her lower her guard and think all girls were as good as Yueyue from her family, forgetting that this person was a friend of that Zhenzhu.

Flirting with a man in front of everyone, even if Liu Yinghe has skin as thick as a wall, she could no longer stay.

Mrs. Jiang made a decisive move, forcefully stuffing a can of malted milk as a thank-you gift into Liu Yinghe.

Both sides understood clearly; the favor of saving someone was settled — don’t get any ideas about her son.

Liu Yinghe wanted to fight back a little, but at the door, there was Jiang Mingyue watching her closely; she dared not make any extra moves and ran off with the malted milk.

At least it’s a nutritional product, something to save for the baby in her belly when she returns.

Liu Yinghe’s operations gave Jiang Mingyue a reminder that she must thoroughly deal with this woman; otherwise, she would keep trying to squeeze into their home.

After this incident, Mrs. Jiang wasn’t in a good mood and went to sleep early, while Jiang Zhenmei pulled Jiang Mingyue into the room for a chat.

"I told you, that woman is really shameless. No way! Absolutely not. Big brother can’t marry her. She’s too restless."

Jiang Mingyue contemplated whether to reveal Liu Yinghe’s pregnancy, but seeing big brother’s reaction, she held her tongue.

Big brother was young and easily embarrassed, his face red just from being flirted with; his reaction showed he was wavering.

To save big brother’s face, Jiang Mingyue kept quiet about it.

But that night, she couldn’t fall asleep for a long time, while Jiang Zhenmei next to her slept deeply.

Jiang Mingyue got up and went to the kitchen, then swept the contents of the big pot on the stove into the stove of her space.

Stoked the fire to braise things.

Braised two hundred chickens and made two hundred spicy rabbit cubes, discovering that there were no chili peppers left.

Luckily, the plot of land planted with miscellaneous fifteen crops had mature chili peppers, quickly processed, with mung beans, carrots, yams, etc., harvested too.

Then she sowed half of the idle farmland with rice seeds, and the other half with wheat seeds.

This time, she only planted these two.

In the plot with fifteen crops, she replanted according to the original plan.

Passing by the pharmacy, she suddenly remembered Mrs. Jiang’s ankle, feeling all focused on that "lotus" had caused her to forget about it; would Mrs. Jiang be disappointed? Would her heart be cold?

Jiang Mingyue couldn’t care about anything else and went into the pharmacy to take a bottle of spray for injuries, quietly lit a candle, and went to Mrs. Jiang’s room. She lifted the quilt to check that foot, even more swollen and red; Jiang Mingyue recalled the injury had gone untreated due to Liu Yinghe’s matter last night. None of the children thought of it; alas, what a hurtful thing. If she were Mrs. Jiang, she might regret giving birth to them.

She sprayed the medicine on the hurt area back and forth, not daring to rub, fearing she might wake Mrs. Jiang. After waiting about a minute, she saw the liquid dry, gently covering it back, and only then did she glance at the still soundly sleeping Mrs. Jiang, tiptoeing out.

Only she didn’t know, after she shut the door, the originally sleeping Mrs. Jiang woke up. As a single mother raising four children, she’d long transformed into a protector, easily awakened. That had become a habit, so even when Ming Yue thought she wouldn’t wake anyone, Mrs. Jiang was awakened by the candlelight.

She had wanted to call her daughter, wanted to hug her, wanted to pull her over to sleep together, but she restrained herself. Today she had brought such a person into their home, causing the other children’s moods to sour, that was her fault; she wasn’t in a position to show her face.

So she pretended to be asleep.

But when a coolness spread from her ankle, Mrs. Jiang was not stimulated; instead, she almost shed tears. She knew Yueyue was like a small warm package, some might think she spoiled Ming Yue because she wanted to compensate, but that wasn’t it. Ming Yue was like a torch that lit up the whole family, warming everyone, including her, a single mother who had been strong for too long.

With Yueyue joining, this family has hope, it’s warmer.

Awakened, Mrs. Jiang no longer slept; now she had a warmth and no lack of energy.

When the siblings woke up in the morning, Mrs. Jiang had breakfast ready, also made a basket of mung bean cakes to sell.

Jiang Zhenmei couldn’t help but be the first: "Mom, did you sell out yesterday’s peanut brittle?"

Mrs. Jiang smiled and took out a handkerchief from her pocket, inside were two Big Unity bills, change, and coupons.

The older siblings, including Xiao Ran, all had their mouths wide open: "Wow! So much money!"

Even the not-so-alert big brother asked, "Is it really so profitable?"

Jiang Jianjun also curiously watched Mrs. Jiang for an answer.

Mrs. Jiang proudly straightened up: "Of course, after all, I have the skills, unlike some people who can only cook pig food in the kitchen."

The big brother was included in the remark! Mrs. Jiang did not hesitate in teasing big brother now.

Mrs. Jiang stuffed all the money and tickets into her fourth daughter’s hands: "Yueyue, mom said she’d subsidize you, did mom keep her word?"

Jiang Mingyue: "...Yes, but mom, you’re going to town, how could you go without some money?" Jiang Mingyue pushed the money back again.

Mrs. Jiang also pushed the handkerchief over.

"Mom kept fifty cents, which is enough. Yesterday’s peanut brittle was liked a lot, sold out, mom could have returned earlier, just decided to make mung bean cakes to sell today, got delayed buying ingredients."

Mung beans? She has them!

"Mom, you don’t need to carry ingredients back from afar, just tell me what you need, I’ll have Uncle Tiezhu prepare them. Mung beans, flour, white sugar, right? You wait, I’ll get some for you, and vegetable oil, right. I’ll get them all ready for you."

Mrs. Jiang looked at her daughter, recalling last night’s events, unable to resist hugging her youngest daughter.

Jiang Mingyue froze, she hadn’t expected that just a few words would move Mrs. Jiang so much, her heart sourly ached, so, going forward she must coax her more. After all, when women feel good, they age slower.

"Alright, mom will let Mingyue prepare, but be careful, okay?"

"Okay."

The family happily ate breakfast, then went on separate ways, some headed off for work in the fields, some went to town to sell goods, some went to learn.

Jiang Mingyue routinely delivered breakfast to the carpenter master, also to the old lady, and left a portion for Yun Di.

For some reason, that guy still felt shy coming to eat at their home, so Jiang Mingyue handed it to him upon seeing him.

According to Mrs. Jiang, the previous day the bicycle and basket were still returned by Yun Di following behind.

But Jiang Mingyue didn’t expect, a big event awaited her today.

When Xiao Meng came over, Granny Jiao also came by, having taken her medicine three times, she was completely recovered.

"Mingyue, your brother Ah Can dug this up early in the mountain, heard you like it, so we brought it over, don’t refuse."

After several rounds of you-push-I-pull tug-of-war, Jiang Mingyue no longer had the strength to refuse.

When Aunt Jiao heard that the medicine in her hands saved the old lady, she brought over the only remaining brown sugar from home, then more came, once it was wild vegetables, next steamed dumplings, the next wild fruits, and so on... In a few short days, she had received a pile of goodwill they sent.

Honestly, her heart was quite happy; rescuing people turned out to feel so pleasantly buoyant.

However, normally whoever from the Jiao family came to deliver things would leave without staying; today was quite unusual!