Chapter 1178 What's so good about living in the city?

The adults watched the play while reminiscing, saying that remembering the bitter past makes the present even sweeter.

The children, however, couldn't sit still. They ran around playing with all sorts of pretty lanterns, their laughter echoing through the valley.

"Unexpectedly, people would rather live in this valley than in the bustling city."

Moreover, it's the capital city, a place that countless rich and poor alike dream of.

Hearing the villagers' discussions, Zheng Huiniang sighed.

Old Mrs. Qiao, however, saw things very clearly:

“What’s so good about living in the city? It’s lively, but also very noisy. It’s not as quiet as our valley.”

Moreover, the city is full of all sorts of people, and you have to be cunning in everything you do and say. It's nothing like the comfortable way we get along with our fellow villagers.

Most importantly, everything costs money in the city, and money is hard to earn. Unlike us here, we are self-sufficient and earn money quickly.

What good jobs can we laborers like us find in the city? Here, we can make big money with Ranran. What can they do in the city?

Anyone with a sound mind knows that staying in the village with Ranran is the only way to ensure a better life for their family.

Wu Qianqian, who was holding her child, also expressed her agreement:

"Yes! I'm so glad that I chose to flee the famine with Ranran and brought my family here, and that I chose to stay with you. If I had chosen to go to the city back then, I'm afraid our lives wouldn't be so good now."

Everyone knows that as long as you follow Ranran, you can keep making big money. Even if you have a skill, you can't find a job with such a high income once you leave Shenxiangu.

Opening a shop in Beijing is out of the question; the rent is too high, and it's hard to compete with those established shops. Only by following Ranran can we continue to have a good life.

The Wu family sold all their property to come here with the people of Qingshui Village to escape the famine. It was impossible to buy a big house in the capital with that money, but it was feasible to buy a small courtyard in a more remote street and rent a shop to continue doing business.

However, Wu Qianqian decided to settle down with the people of Qingshui Village in what was then a desolate and terrifying Devil Valley. Old Madam Wu and Madam Wu supported her decision, which led to her current good life.

Although it's not as comfortable as renting a shop and being a shopkeeper, you can definitely earn more money than if you opened your own shop.

The Wu family had servants who helped with land reclamation and farming, so the masters didn't have to work so hard. The grains, medicinal herbs, fruits, and vegetables they grew were purchased by Shenxiangu Supermarket, earning them several thousand taels of silver every year.

Madam Wu was also skilled in embroidery and worked as an embroidery manager in a clothing workshop, earning a considerable monthly salary.

Before marrying into the Qiao family, Wu Qianqian also worked as a manager in the workshop. She was supposed to hand over the money she earned to Madam Wu, but Madam Wu refused and told her to keep it for herself, as the family had enough money.

She couldn't go against her mother's wishes, but insisted on handing over half to the central government and keeping the other half for herself.

As a result, when she got married, Madam Wu not only returned all the money she had paid, but also gave her a generous dowry.

The daughter married into a good family, but the family cannot take advantage of her.

If it weren't for Ranran saving her daughter, allowing the Wu family to flee the famine and settle here, and even making a fortune together, the Wu family would be in a terrible state now.

The Qiao family is the benefactor of the Wu family. It is already lucky for their daughter to marry into such a good family. The bride's family has no way to repay them, so they can only try their best to give their daughter a generous dowry so that she can live a peaceful life as a wife and mother in her husband's family and repay the great kindness of the Qiao family.

Wu Qianqian always remembered the great kindness Qiao Ran and the Qiao family had shown her. She didn't treat Qiao Ran as a niece, but as her best sister, and she was always thinking about how to treat Qiao Ran better and better.

As she spoke, Wu Qianqian looked around for someone:

"Hey, where's Ranran? Why didn't she come to watch the show?"