Courtyard houses: Those who are capable are rewarded, and many children bring many blessings.

In fact, Bai Hongyan was also conflicted. She also wanted a sister to help her. Others may not know, but the Qin family has four sisters, and Su Wan and Su Ting are also biological sisters.

Judging from Yu Li's tone, she will probably bring her younger sister, Yu Haitang, into the family during this postpartum period.

At that time, they will all be sisters fighting the Japanese together. No matter how close outsiders are, they can't be closer than sisters.

You can't do without your own people at work, and it's the same at home. If everyone were alone, it wouldn't be so bad, but now, all my sisters have family and friends to help them, while I'm still fighting this battle all by myself!

They had already foreseen the future situation in their family. The two sisters, Su Wan and Su Ting, could launch an anti-Japanese movement without asking outsiders for help in their own home.

Yu Li and Yu Haitang are in the same boat, so what about me? I'll be all alone then. Fighting the Japanese alone is too tragic.

If Xiaomin comes, I'll be like a sister to her, no less than them.

She was a young woman in her early twenties, and it was one thing for her to follow him without any official status, but her younger sister was different. She was in the prime of her life and a prodigy.

She's the only college graduate in her family. Needless to say, even if she were to be formally married, her family would definitely not be happy, let alone have a formal marriage.

Bai Hongyan rubbed her temples. Work was annoying enough; she could only leave this to fate.

Bai Hongmin kept the saying "It's better to guide than to block!" in mind. She decided to let things take their course, calmed her mind, and stopped worrying about it. She also stopped having insomnia at night.

In late autumn in Kyoto, it is the season for storing Chinese cabbage for winter.

Although Niu Dazhuang wasn't there, Qin Xueru and her sister still bought several cartloads of vegetables this year: carrots, cucumbers, mustard greens, peanuts, green beans, tiger-skin chili peppers... In other words, they bought everything available in the market that could be used to pickle and preserve vegetables.

Qin Xueru bought some things, no matter how many. She couldn't not buy any, given the large family.

Qin Huairu, who hadn't been seen at the courtyard house for more than half a year, came over to help after work.

The only one not working now is Qin Xueru, the matriarch. She's starting to feel a bit like the head mistress of a traditional official's household.

When Qin Huairu went to work, she brought Xiao Dang over to raise with Qi Jin.

The four sisters were busy washing and chopping vegetables, and the courtyard quickly became lively.

Having learned from last year's experience, the neighbors weren't too surprised. The main issue was that during the lean season this spring, the neighbors in the compound were tired of eating large pickled radishes.

Occasionally, I would go to the Niu family's house and exchange a bowl of cornmeal for half a bowl of pickles, and they would always readily agree to the exchange.

The four sisters worked for two days and finally managed to chop all the vegetables and drain them. Now it was time to make the broth for marinating.

"Seventh Brother, you know the way, lead the way. We need to go to the front gate and invite Xu Huizhen over! I'm not confident I can marinate all these vegetables properly!"

The Qin family now has four sisters and two bicycles. Usually, Qin Huairu and Qin Yueru ride one bicycle together.

Xue Ru doesn't go to work, so Ning Ru rides a bicycle by herself.

It wasn't that Niu Dazhuang couldn't get that many bicycle tickets; he just didn't want to attract too much attention. These two bicycles were bought after the three sisters had worked for half a year.

Qin Yueru was a quick and efficient person. She took off her apron and pushed her bicycle onto the bike.

It only took about twenty minutes to get to the tavern.

It was their first time here; they came in through the main entrance of the tavern.

"Ladies, it's not afternoon opening time yet!"

"We're here to find someone. Xu Huizhen works here, right?" When going out with Yue Ru, Xue Ru usually doesn't get a chance to speak.

"Oh, you're here to find someone. Huizhen is in the back; her house is just outside from here."

Coincidentally, Xu Huizhen's family was also pickling vegetables today, and Chen Xueru even came over to help.

The two Xue Ru finally met. Hehe...

Xu Huizhen knew she couldn't win the argument and had already given up, but Chen Xueru was different; she felt somewhat resentful.

"Hehe... So the two Xue Rus have met. This is Chen Xue Ru, and this is Qin Xue Ru, who is the wife of Niu Dazhuang's cousin."

Xu Huizhen wasn't a busybody, but she wanted to see how Niu Dazhuang, the legal wife, would handle this kind of situation.

They were both intelligent women. When Xu Huizhen went to her house last year to help pickle vegetables, Qin Xueru immediately understood what was going on.

Now that Chen Xueru has also appeared, it's not surprising at all.

Chen Xueru looked Qin Xueru up and down, but didn't say anything, waiting for Qin Xueru to speak first.

Qin Xueru glanced at her and said, "Our Dazhuang really does have a connection with the name Xueru."

After saying that, he ignored her and turned his gaze to Xu Huizhen: "Sister Huizhen, I'll have to trouble you to make this trip again this year. It would be such a waste if I spoiled several cartloads of vegetables."

Chen Xueru felt incredibly aggrieved! It was blatant contempt.

Not fighting back is not in Chen Xueru's nature.

"I've heard my godson mention that his wife is also named Xue Ru. Since you're my godson's wife, shouldn't you call me 'sister' when we meet?"

This "older sister" isn't a title you can just casually use, especially given their special relationship.

Qin Xueru shifted her gaze to her and said calmly, "Logically speaking, since you are my husband's adopted sister outside, it's reasonable for me, as the head of the household, to call you 'adopted sister' along with my husband. However..."

"But what?"

"However, my husband has had many affairs outside. Whether you are really my god-sister or not, I'll have to wait until I get home and confirm with Dazhuang."

"Exactly! Even though we're godparents, our family doesn't just casually adopt anyone. These days, there are some shameless women who always try to claim kinship without even knowing their own worth!" Qin Yueru, with her fiery temper, had long been fed up with this.

Chen Xueru was so angry she laughed: "Who do you think you are, daring to talk like that!"

Qin Yueru stood with her hands on her hips, looking ready to fight: "Who I am is none of your business. But you, you've benefited from the new society..."

In the past, given your status, if you served tea to Lao Ba, he would be doing you a favor by even taking a sip.

Qin Yueru's words were truly scathing!

Seeing the tension escalating, Xu Huizhen quickly intervened, saying, "Yueru, say less. Chen Xueru is Dazhuang's god-sister, after all. It's not good for Dazhuang to look bad by insulting her like this."

"Oh, who do we have here? It's Da Zhuang's sister-in-law! How are you any better than me? Stealing your own sister's husband's woman, what kind of good person are you!"

This is like Mars colliding with Earth.

"Don't be envious. We keep the good stuff in the family. I'm part of the Niu family now, unlike you, who's just a god-sister."