C22 Meaning the Xie Clan

Qing He County, Xie Family Village.

Xie Zhifeng's grandparents were long dead, and the only Xie Family elders left were Mr. Xie and Mrs. Xie.

Among those in the same generation were second son of Xie Family, Xie Fugui, third son of Xie Family, Xie Changsheng and little sister of Xie Family, Xie Laiyu.

Mrs. Wang was a capable person. Whether it was work in the family or in the fields, she had made it difficult for a picky person like Mrs. Xie to explain.

She had long since prepared food for the family to eat.

The Xie Family s were not poor in the first place, so they had some shade from their ancestors. Adding to that, Xie Zhifeng was a soldier, so he would get someone to bring food back to subsidize them every year.

Logically speaking, the days at Xie Family should be much easier than the days at ordinary farmers' homes. But in reality, their family's days were much harder than others'.

Because they had given birth to a scholar, not only had Xie Changsheng taken the Elementary Scholar examinations long ago, he had even become one of the county's top students.

As the saying goes, a poor scholar should be rich in martial arts. The cost of being a scholar was not small at all!

Putting aside the cost of buying books on a daily basis, just the consumption of paper, pens, ink, and other consumables alone was a huge expense.

There were also scholars who often gathered together to exchange knowledge with their classmates. All of this required money.

Furthermore, in order to not let others look down on her, she shouldn't be too shabby wearing it.

Therefore, even though Xie Family had all kinds of income. However, her life was still tight. It was a good thing that Mrs. Wang knew how to live it.

Wild flowers and plants could be found everywhere in the fields, and she could even make them into food. Although the taste wasn't that great, it was still enough to fill her stomach.

Xie Family's family had all returned, and were standing by the table, waiting for Mr. Xie to take his seat. Xie Family was not big, but the rule was not small.

Mr. Xie hurriedly put down his hoe. He didn't even wash his hands. He just patted it a few times, then sat down with his chopsticks to pick up the bowl and started to eat.

When the others saw this, they hurriedly picked up their bowls and began to eat as well.

Xie Family's food was limited, whoever was slower would starve!

Mr. Xie ate the fastest. After two whole bowls of coarse grain rice were eaten, he put down the bowl reluctantly. He patted his swollen belly and burped in satisfaction.

"Oh yeah, did you send Boss's food over?" Mr. Xie asked Mrs. Wang.

Mrs. Wang paused for a moment and then said apologetically, "I came back a little late to gather the food for my daughter-in-law. Mrs. Wang paused for a moment and then said apologetically," I came back late to gather the food for my daughter-in-law.

When Mr. Xie heard this, he frowned and said, "Your brother is injured and can't move easily. You have to take care of him. Send him his food first, then we can eat!"

Mrs. Wang was scolded in public by her father-in-law, so she bit her lips in grievance. Just as she was about to speak, Mrs. Xie beat her to it.

"Alright, alright! How big a deal is it? Boss was lying on his bed all day, how hungry could he be? We've been busy all day, and we've been starving to the point that our chests are pressed against our backs. We're just looking forward to a hot meal, and yet you want us to hold on to him? Why? Mrs. Wang did not do anything wrong! Bring him food later, and you won't starve him to death! "

Mrs. Wang was delighted to hear her mother-in-law speak up to defend her.

She knew that her mother-in-law never liked her, but compared to her eldest uncle, she still cared for her a little more, which was why she spoke up to protect her.

Mr. Xie was very unhappy with Mrs. Xie's words, but he wasn't willing to refute her in front of so many children. He wanted to tell her about it when he got back to his room.

There was no mother like her. Even if she wasn't able to be even with a bowl of water, there was no reason for her to do so in front of her daughter-in-law.

The small disturbance at the table passed by due to Mr. Xie's deliberate patience.

Mrs. Wang slowly ate the rice in the bowl. After everyone had put down their chopsticks and left, she put down the bowl.

There was still half a bowl of rice left in the bowl and it seemed like there was not much rice left. Mrs. Wang picked up the vegetable soup from the table and stirred it.

Seeing that the rice grains were swollen by the soup and looked like they were half bowls, Mrs. Wang nodded her head in satisfaction.

She went to find a basket to fill the bowl up before telling Xie Fugui to take it to Xie Zhifeng.