Chapter 216： Awkward mother and daughter

After the group had finished their meal, the servants brought tea and left silently.

Seeing her carefree look, Mrs. Tao couldn't help but ask, "How have you been doing these past few years? Why did you become so prosperous all of a sudden?"

Jiang Ning sneered, "What's wrong? You're not happy that I'm rich!"

"Hey! You **** kid, can you stop speaking so rudely?" Tao was so upset.

“I’ve always been like this!” Jiang Ning remembered that the original owner always talked like this to Tao. The difference was that the original owner was deliberately angry with Tao. She just didn’t want her to change too much and arouse Tao’s suspicion.

Tao Shi glared at her and asked depressedly: "Where is that little ruffian? Why haven't we seen him for so long? What's wrong? Don't you want to see us?"

Jiang Ning blinked and immediately smiled, "I would have died long ago, otherwise I would be here today?"

"What do you mean?" Tao was shocked, with both hatred for her daughter and worry in her eyes.

Jiang Ning shrugged, "You said he was a little ruffian, a second-rate bastard, how could he end up well! Die early, die late, what's so surprising!"

Tao Shi frowned subconsciously, "What's wrong? Did he make you unhappy? I said that was not a good thing at the beginning, but you insisted on getting married, but... forget it! Let's not talk about it! What about now? What's the situation now? How many children are there? ?”

“Five.”

Tao Shi breathed a sigh of relief and finally had a smile on her face, "Five is a lot! It doesn't matter if the little ruffian is unreliable, we still have children, how many boys and how many girls?"

“Four boys and one girl, the youngest is a girl.” Jiang Ning said concisely and to the point.

Tao subconsciously believed that Jiang Ning's good life today was brought about by the outstanding achievements of her sons, and her smile deepened a lot, "Where are my grandchildren?"

Jiang Ning replied funny: "Only the second couple are here, the others are in Ping'an County and have not come with me. I really hope they can come with me to Ping'an County for a visit. Don't talk about me. Tell me what happened to my father and brother?"

The smile on Tao's face suddenly disappeared, and she looked away and secretly wiped away tears.

Jiang Ning looked at Jiang Xiaoqiu, "You tell me."

Jiang Xiaoqiu was suddenly called by name. She was startled and shouted dryly: "Auntie! My father and I went to sea five years ago and encountered a storm. They were gone. My eldest brother went to sea with a group of people to fish for pearls some time ago and went out. It’s no accident. My mother-in-law cried her eyes out because of my father’s death.”

Jiang Ning met Guo's dull eyes and asked, "Have you seen the doctor? What did the doctor say?"

Jiang Xiaoqiu lowered his head and said, "I have only seen the doctor near Hankou Village. The doctor can't cure me well."

Tao sighed repeatedly, "All the men in our family have a bad life, and all the ones left behind are women!"

Jiang Ning was speechless and asked again: "You didn't live on a boat before, so why did you suddenly move to Hankou Village?"

Tao fell into memories, "Back then, your father caught a big fish weighing more than 30 kilograms in Weijiang River and sold it for 30 taels of silver. With the 300 coins given by Yang Hu, we could barely settle down on land and get ashore. Who wants to live on a boat?

Later, your father went to inquire about it. After asking for a long time, he found a village in Fucheng that was willing to sell land to us. At that time, we were just happy and didn't think much about it. It was only after I moved in that I realized that people in the fishing villages are all related by relatives. Almost 80% of the fishermen in a village are from the same family. We are considered migrant households and it is difficult to establish ourselves in the village.

Fortunately, your father and your eldest brother are still able to get along. Although our family has not been fully integrated into Hankou Village, we have not been bullied by the villagers. Later, your nephew even married a girl from their village.

If nothing happens in spring, our family will be able to integrate into that village in another ten or twenty years. But now that things are happening like this, I'm afraid we won't be able to stay in that village anymore! "

Tao Shi was a little confused. She had been floating on the water for most of her life. She thought she would have a stable place to live in the rest of her life, but she didn't expect that everything would be in vain in the end.

Hearing these words, Jiang Ning felt as if a big stone was pressing on his chest. In the original owner's memory, Tao and Jiang's father were both diligent and down-to-earth people. The couple gave birth to a pair of children, and they treated both children equally, not because the original owner was The daughter disliked it, but because she was a girl, she was not allowed to interfere in many heavy and tiring tasks, which was why the original owner developed a lazy and unclear temperament.

The same goes for the eldest brother of the original owner. With such a little sister, he naturally has to dote on her unconditionally and always leave good things to her. He will not do anything the original owner says. Unfortunately, the original owner who was pampered by the whole family is not grateful. Instead, the older he gets, the more he dislikes her. From a poor family, in order to escape from the ship, he even did not hesitate to elope with someone like Yang Hu.

Jiang Ning inherited the body of the original owner. In the eyes of outsiders, she was the original owner. Before she could say sorry to her family on behalf of the original owner, the two family members who loved her were no longer there.

"Okay, Aniang! I'm still here, aren't I? It doesn't matter if you can't live in Hankou Village. As long as I'm here, it won't be a problem even if you want to be neighbors with the prefect." Jiang Ning said half-jokingly and half-seriously.

Tao Shi glanced at her angrily, "That's nonsense again! You are now a member of the Yang family, and this matter has caused such a big fuss today. Will your parents-in-law, uncles and sisters-in-law find out about it and cause trouble for you?"

Butler Zhu came in to change the hot tea. After hearing this, he immediately replied respectfully: "Don't worry, old lady. Madam is the head of the family. No one dares to object to what she says."

Tao Shi was not used to this title and felt uncomfortable all over. She asked in surprise: "What's going on?"

Butler Zhu asked meaningfully: "Have you ever heard of Mrs. Muyi, Uncle Guang En?"

Tao Shi paused and said, "Mrs. Muyi has heard of it. It's the one that grows taro. No one in Quzhou Prefecture knows about it. Uncle Guang En doesn't know much about it."

Butler Zhu looked at Jiang Ning respectfully and said, "Madam is the wife of Muyi whom the emperor has conferred, and she is also the uncle of Guangen who has been conferred by the emperor. Our number one person in Quzhou Prefecture, even the prefect, must bow to my wife when he sees her."

Everyone in the Jiang family was stunned by the news and looked at Jiang Ning with different expressions.

Tao Shi was dumbfounded and murmured: "Pinch me quickly, I'm not dreaming!"

“Grandma, pinch me by the way.”

As soon as Jiang Xiaoqiu said this, Jiang Ning burst into laughter and said: "This is the Dongli Villa that was gifted to me by the emperor. I gave it to the second brother. The second brother opened an inn and built a kiln workshop in the village. He knew many masters who built houses. , If you want to buy another piece of land to build a house, I will ask my second brother to help you. If you want to buy a ready-made house in Fucheng, I will ask Butler Zhu to do it. "

“That’s not possible! You’ve been married for so many years, why don’t you buy a house for your natal family?” Tao frowned subconsciously.

Jiang Ning was puzzled, "Auntie, don't look at what you are doing now. I don't care. You are more serious! Man! Living a comfortable life is the real thing. If you insist on saving face, you will only suffer."

okay! Just do what I say on this matter. You just have to decide whether you want to buy land or a house in the city. "