Chapter 434: Ah Yu’s Money
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
Little Ah Yu took this matter seriously and prepared a gourd of water. It was the kind that did not cause diarrhea.
Old Madam w.a.n.g stopped her calmly and said to her, “Ah Yu, this thing of yours is special. It’s not appropriate to show it to the public, let alone give it out. It won’t be too late to give it to your Sister-in-law after she enters the family.”
w.a.n.g Dalang learned that Little Ah Yu had actually prepared a marriage proposal gift for him. From Grandma’s performance, it was probably an expensive gift.
He hurriedly said, “Little Sister Ah Yu, Big Brother has received your kindness. There’s no need for this. The family has already prepared a marriage proposal gift for me. Keep it for yourself.”
The other brothers in the family also came to express their sincerity. Speaking of which, they did not have much to spend with their monthly allowance.
The aunts at home cooked very well. In order to coax Little Ah Yu, they even made some snacks that were not available outside from time to time.
Coupled with the fact that Meatbail helped to buy some cheap and delicious food from the mall from time to time, Little Ah Yu was never stingy with giving it to her Big Brothers.
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The w.a.n.g Family’s children had long become picky with their food. There was no need to go out to buy food.
As for other things, they did not lack them.
Even the things they were playing with were not as good as those made by Grandpa.
As time pa.s.sed, some money was saved.
“With our money together, we won’t be able to buy any decent gifts. Something worth just one tael of silver won’t look right.” Seeing that his elder brothers were conflicted, w.a.n.g Qilang reminded them, “The wild fruits we planted in the mountainous area have ripened. We can start selling candied hawthorns again this year. Previously, my mother taught me how to make malt candy. Although the taste isn’t as good as the ones Grandma made previously, it should be able to sell for a high price if it’s made into dragon whisker candy and sold together with the candied hawthorns.”
“Seventh Brother, your words remind me!” w.a.n.g Sanlang clapped his hands and said with a smile, “Previously, during the Flower Festival, some county city peddlers came to our town to buy things. I’ve seen a few people selling sugar paintings, and their business is quite good. Our Second Brother’s painting skills are not bad, and Fifth Brother’s skills have also been praised by Grandpa. Shall we sell sugar paintings too?”
“That’s a good idea!” Everyone echoed.
They would give 60% of the output of their mountainous area to the government. The rest would be sold. In two months, they should be able to get a good profit.
Although they could not make it in time for their Eldest Brother’s marriage proposal, there was still the main marriage event in the future. They should have enough by then, right?
They should at least have a few taels of silver.
It should be enough to get a pair of beautiful silver hairpins.
Little Ah Yu was already much more sensible now. When she heard her Big Brothers discussing enthusiastically, she also asked, “Count me in, count me in. I want to follow you to sell candied hawthorns! How much do you want to save?”
w.a.n.g Erlang thought for a moment and estimated the price. “If we’re lucky, we’ll save up seven to eight taels.”
The fruits in their mountainous land had grown quite plentifully. Now that there was the cane sugar business in the village and they could make malt sugar themselves, the cost was not high.
As they spoke, they did not notice Little Ah Yu digging around in her pocket for a while and taking out a large lump of silver ingot that was even larger than her palm.
She placed it in front of her Big Brothers. “I still have silver here. Do you want to put it together for Eldest Big Brother too?”
The boys glanced at it, then back again.
w.a.n.g Wulang lost his balance and staggered to the ground.
“Oh my G.o.d, Little Sister Ah Yu, why do you have so much money?!”
Little Ah Yu: “Grandma gave it to me. Grandma said that this is mine. If I don’t have enough money to buy something, I can take a small hammer and knock a piece on it. I don’t have anything I want to buy, so I haven’t knocked it yet.”
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They had almost forgotten that in their family, the richest person was not Grandma, but Little Sister Ah Yu.
Grandma had long said that the land in Big River Village was registered to Fourth Uncle’s name, but it was actually Little Sister Ah Yu’s.
Not long ago, those tenant farmers had just paid the rent, right?
How much money was that!