Song Sanniang's Journey to Wealth

Chapter 225 Reminiscing about the past

Song Sanniang went to the Jin family first. Although the Jin family had no shortage of things, Song Sanniang still bought a lot of things in the capital and sent them to the Jin family.

Jin Zhaohua was also at home. She and Song Sanniang had not seen each other for a long time, but they exchanged letters.

When Song Sanniang saw Jin Zhaohua running towards her with a big belly, she was really scared and quickly went over to help her sit down.

She couldn't help but mutter, "You're already a mother, yet you're still acting like this? Who are you trying to scare? I'm not your husband."

Jin Zhaohua knew that she was concerned about him, so he smiled and said, "It's okay, the doctor said to move around as much as possible."

Song Sanniang nodded, and the two began to chat, talking about Jin Zhaohua's life after marrying into her husband's family, and about Song Sanniang's life after coming to Beijing.

After Jin Zhaohua married into her husband's family, her father-in-law and her husband knew what was good for her and treated her with respect. Her husband had a concubine before, but she was sent away after she got married.

Her mother-in-law treated her like a mother-in-law, and her elder and younger sisters-in-law looked down on her status, thinking that she was marrying above her station, but at the same time they coveted all the good things she had.

The Ma Tong family was like any other family, eating together as a family.

At first, Jin Zhaohua was not used to the Ma family's food and could only eat a little bit, but she would be very hungry if she didn't eat.

So she had to ask the kitchen to cook some simple food to fill her stomach when she was hungry. At first, the kitchen was very active in preparing food with Xiantao Mansion's flavor for her.

Because she was generous, even a small tip would be enough to support the kitchen staff for a long time.

Unexpectedly, her mother-in-law found out about this. In order to give her a warning, she notified the kitchen.

After that, the meals sent from the main kitchen were either not to my taste or were deliberately cooked in a mess.

When Jin Zhaohua got married, the Jin family treated her well. The amount of her dowry was the largest in Xiantao Prefecture.

There are three chefs, from a cooking chef to a pastry chef, and a chef who is well versed in medicine and herbal supplements.

These people temporarily stayed in the store under Jin Zhaohua's name, because the Ma family was too small to accommodate so many people. At first, these people were worried that they would not be able to use their skills.

Jin Zhaohua then applied to her father-in-law for her own small kitchen. She would eat a little when the family ate together, and then go back to eat what was cooked in the small kitchen.

The meals she ate every day in the small kitchen were all sent from her own farm. Sometimes the Jin family would also send her fresh delicacies from the mountains and the sea. She and her husband ate them happily.

This pissed her off so much that her mother-in-law called her over to scold her, but she refused to argue with her.

Her dowry, Nanny Su, went to Ma Tongpan and said something. Ma Tongpan immediately called her mother-in-law and scolded her, forbidding her to interfere in Jin Zhaohua's affairs, which made her even more angry.

So she wanted to ask Jin Zhaohua to come to her side to set the rules. Jin Zhaohua knew that she was pregnant at this time.

So when she was setting the rules on the first day, she fainted before she had even stood there for long.

Nanny Su made a big scene in the mansion, accusing the mother-in-law of wanting to kill her daughter-in-law.

If she hadn't fainted and discovered the pregnancy in time, the child might have been lost. Even Jin Zhaohua's husband was displeased and ran to find his mother.

After being reprimanded by Ma Tongpan again, she still did not learn her lesson. She gave her son a pair of beautiful sisters under the pretext that Jin Zhaohua was pregnant and could not serve her husband.

Jin Zhaohua did not indulge her this time and went back to her parents' home. Ma Tongpan panicked and brought his son to apologize. The sisters were also handed over to the Jin family for handling.

The Jin family treated the father and son to delicious food and drinks, and Jin Zhaohua stayed at her mother's house and waited for three months until the pregnancy was stable before returning.

When Ma Tongpan returned, he brought back a pair of beautiful sisters who were good at playing the piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and also brought back some good things suitable for gifts.

At this point, Mrs. Ma was furious but could do nothing about Jin Zhaohua, and she had to compete with the sisters in wits and courage.

Jin Zhaohua's husband was not an outstanding talent, but fortunately he had a good character, so the couple lived a decent life.

He liked to be elegant, so Jin Zhaohua followed his wishes and gave him various study treasures, calligraphy and paintings, and ancient books.

Between his mother and his wife, he chose to side with his wife. After all, it seemed that his wife really did nothing.

After Song Sanniang learned about Jin Zhaohua's marriage, she also told everyone about what happened in the capital.

The news about the Pink House has already spread to Xiantao Prefecture, and the Jin family has their own channels to get the news from the capital.

Jin Zhaohua laughed and said, "At most, I just fought with my mother-in-law. You are so powerful that you even take charge of government affairs."

Song Sanniang took a bite of the cake and said incoherently, "I am thinking about my own interests. I really don't want to get married so early."

Jin Zhaohua nodded in agreement.

"I'm so annoyed. I just don't feel comfortable at my parents' home after I got married. I think about having to face my mother-in-law's face when I go back.

I get annoyed by my weird sisters-in-law. If I get married later, I can enjoy a few more years of happiness. "

After saying this, she seemed to remember something, and then she said happily,

"Don't I have someone left in the Ma family yard? Guess what?"

Song Sanniang was smart, and immediately asked, "Is someone eyeing your things?"

Jin Zhaohua nodded, "My mother-in-law and my sister-in-law actually ran to my bridal chamber to look through my dowry. They wanted to take away the good things they saw, and told the maid in my courtyard that they borrowed them. Don't you think it's ridiculous?"

Song Sanniang didn't expect that a magistrate's wife would be so careless, and asked in surprise, "Does your husband not care?"

Jin Zhaohua mocked, "What does that idiot know? He just said to remember to return it after borrowing it.

I don't care. My things are all recorded in a book. I asked someone to take the book to my father-in-law to ask for it.

My father-in-law was so embarrassed that his face turned red. He sent all the things back and forbade them to approach my yard from now on."

Song Sanniang shook her head. She really felt that Madam Ma was not presentable enough, but she couldn't say much, so she started talking about other things. Jin Zhaoyi and the others all knew about Jin Zhaohua's affairs, so they just listened to the two of them talking.

Song Sanniang originally wanted to visit the Jin and Tan families in one day, then go to Mr. Hu's place and stay at home for a few days.

But she stayed at the Jin family for a whole day. She had dinner there before going back, so she could only visit the Tan family the next day.

She went back and checked the bills sent by the Tan family and found that the Tan family's business was really expanding very fast. They had already opened branches in three prefectures.

She received several thousand taels of dividends alone, which was enough to buy a house for herself, and even for her two younger sisters.

In this case, I will take advantage of this time in Xiantao Prefecture to buy a house and some land.

The fields in Xiantao Prefecture are quite fertile, but the wealthy families have almost monopolized all the land, so ordinary people can only pick up bargains if they want to buy.

Song Sanniang planned to make arrangements with the pawnbroker first and ask them to reserve the good land for her. Anyway, she was very familiar with the people in the pawnbroker, and if she couldn't find any for a while, she would see if the Jin family had any connections.