Chapter 692: Chapter 692: Teaching both Silver and Prescription!
Knowing she was pregnant, all her anxieties and worries vanished.
Snorting, she settled down at her family home, demanding that Tong ErLang should come and escort her back home!
But staying at her maiden home doesn’t mean idleness. Her family’s situation isn’t great, she has been used to loafing about at Tong’s house, but now she must suddenly adapt to join her brother and his wife performing heavy farm work.
Being pregnant is a big deal for the Tongs, but for ordinary peasant families, it is nothing. Almost all peasant women have experienced working in the fields while heavily pregnant. The peasants were poor and the workloads were heavy so there was no way they could accommodate an idle pregnant woman.
Having to work in the fields while pregnant is pitiful!
So, she once again started thinking and began rallying her old mother to open a shop selling braised pork.
She failed to sell her recipes at the Zuixian Building last time, but this time she was going to make money from them. What would it matter anyway with Qiao Xiaomai and Tong Tiehu knowing their child was in her belly?
Would they dare to beat her like they used to?
Evidently, even Tong Tiehu would not agree to this!
So, she generously handed over the recipe for braised pork to her old mother. Even though the taste was not as good as Qiao Xiaomai’s, it was pleasant enough for the villagers.
The peasants, accustomed to digging the land for food daily, were thrilled with the savory, oily meat bathed in a red sauce that was perfect with a large steamed bun.
A small amount of money could buy a ladleful of braised pork, which had six or seven pieces, enough for a small household to eat in a day!
The villagers often came to buy some from her, requesting extra sauce every day as they could eat two steamed buns with just the sauce.
As she had thought, her shop that only sold braised pork was quite popular.
She was able to earn several copper coins a day, which was definitely a good business in the countryside.
So, she simply passed on the malt sugar recipe as well. Whether teaching one or two recipes, earning a little extra was beneficial.
With her business running well, she received cash every day and was no longer in a hurry.
And then, after a few days, Tong ErLang appeared.
Unable to contain himself, desperately missing her, he eventually sneaked out to see her.
With Tong ErLang coming to fetch her, it only seemed natural for her to return to the Tongs.
Being pregnant, even Tong Tiehu could not bully her.
Following Tong ErLang back, as she expected, Tong Tiehu, despite his intense anger, could do nothing to her. She deliberately flaunted her belly, showing no signs of pregnancy. Which person would dare be a tough hand to a pregnant woman?
But annoyingly, the Tongs were even trying to split up the family!
Moreover, this separation was a condition they had proposed when originally asking for marriage negotiations with the Qiaos. She and Tong ErLang were kept in the dark about all of this!
They’ve treated her and Tong ErLang as outsiders!
Moreover, with this division, the Zhang’s received sixteen hundred taels of silver and several recipes!
Her departure from the Tongs had resulted in her missing out on these opportunities!
Although Li Rou didn’t benefit from these either, that was because Li Rou was rather dull. If she had been around, she could have gained a lot from the division.
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Although she was resentful and wished she could howl, she didn’t show it on her face. She was enduring.
Tong SanLang was about to take the Imperial Examination, which had higher priority than the little one in her belly.
Everything else can wait until after Tong SanLang passes!
Then, Tong SanLang actually passed, but there was no relief in the tension.
Good, now she could come up with a plan against Qiao Xiaomai.
Tong SanLang was a scholar, Qiao Xiaomai was just a country girl. Now that the Tongs had the upper hand, what arrogance could Qiao Xiaomai display?
Things should go back to the way they were before, with Qiao Xiaomai on her knees, begging the Tongs!
Qiao Xiaomai’s silver and recipes must be turned over!