Anmantun's expression froze for a moment, then he spoke after a pause.

"Did our parents really say that?"

Liu Xiufen gave a cold snort with a stern face.

“Our parents cherish you, their own sister, and they think she’s worth every penny!”

As people get older, they become more carefree and lose their sense of reason. They don't even think about who they and their spouses are relying on to support them now.

Do they really think they can rely on their youngest daughter?

Are you planning to rely on your daughter to support you and enjoy her blessings?

At this point, Liu Xiufen's eyes lit up.

“Yes, that’s what we should do, Anmantun. Let me tell you, if our parents really want to do that, then let them go to their daughter’s house and be raised by her. I don’t care anymore.”

Anmantun frowned. "What nonsense are you talking about?"

"If you really send our parents to Manyi, won't the villagers gossip about me behind my back?"

"Then you tell me yourself, what should we do about this?"

Anyway, we can't sell this land. We still owe my younger brother's family three taels of silver!

He bought a house in town, and all the money was gone; his pockets were empty.

"You'd better be honest with me today and tell me what you're really thinking."

Anmantun hesitated for a moment before opening his mouth, "It's impossible not to take a single penny, but it's absolutely impossible to take it all."

I think we should tighten our belts and scrape together three or five taels.

Liu Xiufen's expression improved slightly.

"After all, they're all married now, and they all have to take care of their own families. It's not that we're heartless; the hole is just too big, and we can't possibly fix it all for her."

This three or five taels of silver is definitely not going anywhere. Let's just consider this money as a drop in the ocean and make a sound. Give her five taels of silver; any more and we won't have a single coin left.

Her parents had already spent two taels of silver on her.

However, we can't just give her these five taels of silver for nothing. We need to write an IOU as a loan to her, and she'll have to pay it back when she's in a better financial situation.

Otherwise, I'll go to her shop and take some cloth to cover it up. After all, there's no such thing as taking something for nothing.

The money we have didn't grow on trees.

Anmantun nodded in agreement.

“My wife is right, that makes sense.”

Liu Xiufen sighed, "Just thinking about it makes me angry. I'm so angry because of my brother's family."

My brother, I never expected that after we separated, he would become so stubborn. He actually took our parents to court and made us lose those two taels of silver for nothing.

Anyway, I'm not going to get involved in this. I'm going to his shop later to settle the score with him.

Upon hearing this, Anmantun's thick eyebrows furrowed.

"That's enough, don't cause me any more trouble."

Don't go back empty-handed and get yourself sued in court.

"Then I'll have to spend more money and talk my ass off to get you out."

Liu Xiufen paused, feeling a little apprehensive.

This might actually be true, you know. If even one's own parents are capable of doing this, it wouldn't be surprising if it happened to her.

But she felt incredibly frustrated if she didn't vent her anger over losing those two taels of silver.

"So we're just going to waste those two taels of silver like this?"

Anmantun sighed, "What else can we do?"

Are you going to go to your brother's house to ask for it back?

Originally, it was our parents who were in the wrong, asking for fifty taels of silver right off the bat. Of course, we had to take them to court.

You know how temperamental our parents are. They throw tantrums and refuse to leave. What other way is there to get rid of them?

My brother must have been at his wit's end with our parents, that's why he did this.

If my parents had left me any leeway, my honest brother would never have done such a thing.

Liu Xiufen snorted twice, "You're just always taking your brother's side. He's been adopted out now, he's not family with you anymore."

Now that he's become quite capable, he's opened a shop.

"I'll never think of you, my younger brother, again. We were originally brothers, but now we're just cousins."

Anmantun casually uttered a sentence.

"So what? Everyone's just living their own lives behind closed doors. Who cares about anyone else?"

Liu Xiufen's eyes darted around, "Now that my brother is successful, I don't want to ruin my relationship with his family like this."

Who knows, they might be able to help us out in the future!

Let's take advantage of this opportunity to warm up this relationship.

I've heard that each item in his shop sells for two taels of silver!

That's real money, flowing in like water, it's real money making!

I don't know where they learned their pastry-making skills, but they've mastered them so well that people actually go there to buy their products.

I peeked out from outside and took a quick look from afar.

Wow, good heavens, it's all the servants and lackeys of the young masters and ladies from those wealthy families who gathered there to buy it!

But the aroma wafting from this pastry shop was truly wonderful!

I imagine the pastries sold there must taste pretty good.

If I had a skill like that, my family would become wealthy.

Liu Xiufen muttered sourly, her eyes revealing envy, her face a mixture of admiration and jealousy.

An Mantun and Liu Xiufen have been together for so long, she should have known that Liu Xiufen was full of scheming and cunning.

The moment his eyes darted around, he knew he was definitely up to some mischief again!

"What are you trying to do now?"

Liu Xiufen rolled her eyes.

"What can I do? I'm just thinking about my husband and me. I just want to make some more money to spend."

Don't you want to make a lot of money?

Anman sneered and approached, his face all slick and oily.

"Hey, honey, what great money-making ideas do you have now?"

Liu Xiufen grinned and said, "Isn't the busy farming season coming up in a few days?"

With things getting busy, the children are left unattended at the maternal grandparents' home, and there's no one to take care of them; they're barely scraping by.

Xian'er definitely wouldn't be able to swallow those dry vegetable pancakes and rations, so I'm planning to bring her back.

We'll put her in our brother's shop and let her learn the trade!

Even a little bit of knowledge is good.

"Once we master this pastry-making skill, wouldn't we be able to open our own shop?"

An Mantun hesitated for a moment, "Are you planning to steal my family's business?"

Upon hearing An Mantun's words, Liu Xiufen's face immediately fell, and she became displeased.

"What do you mean I stole his business?"

There are plenty of families on this street who open their doors and do the same business!

This isn't the only pastry shop; there's another one across the street called "One-Bit Crisp."

Why don't you say he stole someone else's business from their "one-bite pastry"?

"Yes, that makes sense."