manynovel Chapter 30: Never Seen a Silver Note
Chapter 30: Never Seen a Silver Note
Jiang Youzhen has already called on the family to come out and move things. The second sister and the others are still wondering how much stuff can one buy in one trip?
Unexpectedly, when he saw three full baskets on the ground and more things were being unloaded from the truck, his eyes widened.
Even Shen and Jiang Fugui couldn't believe it and pulled Jiang Youzhen aside, "Erlang, are all these things ours? Where did they come from?"
"Of course I bought it. Did I pick it up?" Jiang Youzhen smiled mischievously.
Shen patted Jiang Youzhen's shoulder in anger and said, "Kid, where did you get the money to buy it? Did you borrow money from Master Tong? We still owe them five taels of silver!"
"No, it's my money. It's not convenient here, let's talk about it when we get back."
Jiang Youzhen went forward to move things as he spoke. Xiaowu was actually a hardworking man. He muttered a few words but still got out of the car to help.
The old man and old woman in the upper room of the yard leaned over the window and looked out, and found that the second wife was going back and forth in the house and at the gate of the yard, and no one knew what she was doing.
"It's already dark and you still don't calm down. Why are you not lying on the bed and covering yourself up?"
The old lady had poor eyesight and couldn’t see clearly, so she closed the window.
"Why do I hear the sound of a carriage?" the old man asked.
"It sounds like he's the headman's kid. Maybe Erlang gave him a ride when he came back from town?"
The old lady had very sharp ears and could not hear what these people were saying, but she could still recognize the voice of the village head's boy.
At first, the eldest son's wife wanted to marry Daya to the boy of the headman, but the headman was not happy about it.
Don't even think about the fact that the kid has no father or mother and only has a grandfather to support him, yet he looks down on his own family.
If the boy wasn't a scholar, the old lady would be unhappy!
"Go to sleep! It has nothing to do with us." When the old man heard this, he didn't care anymore.
Tong Huaian's carriage gradually went away at the gate of the courtyard, and Shen sighed.
"Master Tong and the head of the village are really good people, but it's a pity..."
"What a pity?" Jiang Youzhen asked heartlessly while moving things.
It's a pity that I have no father or mother...
"You little kid don't understand." Shen patted her on the shoulder and then carried her things into the house.
The family's faces were filled with smiles. Tong Huaian could no longer see the family's figures, so he lowered the car curtains.
They are poor, but they are easily satisfied.
When a family is together and works together, they will surely be able to live a good life.
He was a little depressed, and then shouted to Xiao Wu: "When you get back, go to the Red Gate!"
Xiao Wu was immediately anxious, "Master, who will take care of you when I leave? Do you think I am not well behaved? I will be careful and cautious in the future and stop talking nonsense."
"If I pass the exam and become a scholar, or even a juren, we will return to Beijing. It's time.
Go to Hongmen to learn the rules. It is a dangerous place. We must be careful and not make any mistakes. Sometimes, an inappropriate word can bring disaster. "
The young master's voice was still cold, but Xiaowu still felt nervous when he heard it.
"Then take care of yourself during this time, Master. I will be back before you return to Beijing."
The atmosphere here was solemn, but over there, the second branch of the Jiang family was smiling happily, and everyone in the family had big smiles on their faces.
"Cotton, there is cotton, and so much cloth." The fourth sister turned around excitedly when she saw so many things.
"Ah~ There is still meat. This half of the pork leg must weigh ten pounds, right?" The third sister couldn't stop smiling. She was so happy.
"Oh! You two should keep your voices down. Don't wake up the people in the upper room. What if grandma asks us to move the things over to pay respect to her?"
My second sister is still living under the tyranny of my grandparents. Poor girl, she doesn't even dare to be too happy about the division of the family property.
The third and fourth sisters immediately covered their mouths and nodded continuously, but joy still showed in their eyes.
"Ji Lang, what's going on?"
The two adults are not like the little ones. Erlang bought so many things when he went out, and she had no money. Her parents were really worried!
"Mom! Ding ding ding, look! What is this!"
Jiang Youzhen slapped a piece of paper on the table as he spoke, and several people immediately gathered around.
"What is this? I can't read! I can't understand what's written." Shen looked confused.
Jiang Youzhen's smile froze. Alas! This group of people has greatly reduced the effect of joy!
How could she have imagined that this family was so poor that they rarely had silver, let alone banknotes?
"I've seen this before, it's a silver note!" Fortunately, Jiang Fugui knew what was good. He had seen the shopkeeper receive it when he was carrying a bag at the dock before.
Fortunately, someone recognized it! Jiang Youzhen looked at his cheap father proudly, but he first picked it up and looked at it carefully for a while, then asked anxiously: "How much is this?"
Forehead......
"Twenty taels of silver!" Jiang Youzhen sat down at the table. This was a huge income for the family. The couple had never had so much money in their entire lives.
Of course, so far.
"Twenty taels?" Everyone gasped.
Shen asked hurriedly, "Where did you get the money?"
Jiang Youzhen could only repeat the speech he had prepared before. When everyone heard it, they all sighed that the man was really rich.
They also said that Jiang Youzhen was so lucky that he encountered such a good thing when he went to town for a rare visit.
"But you can't take so much from others. How embarrassing! Originally it was an honest act, but now it's like asking for repayment."
Jiang Youzhen almost rolled his eyes when he heard this. This father is really pedantic.
"Dad! He is the son of a wealthy family. A meal can cost several taels of silver. In the purse I picked up, there is his private seal, which is very important.
He just randomly picked out a banknote of the smallest denomination to thank me, and threw me some unwanted change, which is nothing to him at all."
"Oh! We have got the silver back. This is also Erlang's good fortune. This silver can improve our family's life, and this matter is over.
With this money, I can return it to the head of the village immediately."
Shen thought that since Erlang didn't take the purse for himself after picking it up, and people insisted on thanking her, she should just take it so that people wouldn't feel that they owed her a favor. This would make both parties happy.
Next, everyone happily rummaged through the things in the basket, and Jiang Youzhen hurriedly asked his family to stay up late to make the bedding.
"Mom! Here are 30 kilograms of cotton. Give each family member a quilt. If it's not enough, I'll go to town to buy some tomorrow. And everyone needs to sew a coat first. It's too cold today."
Jiang Youzhen really didn't want to endure the cold anymore, and he finally had hope for the future.
"It's so late now, and we still need to light the oil lamp. Let's do it tomorrow. Besides, the cotton is soft, but it needs to be bounced to make a quilt. It's useless to stuff it in like this."
Shen was overjoyed as she touched the white and soft cotton.
"Then you can make the cotton-padded jacket, right? Just make it in the evening, finish it early, and wear it early. How can my second sister and the others go up the mountain to collect firewood in such a cold day?"