As for what the matchmaker said to the Shang family, Li Yu didn't want to know. She was now thinking about how to build a shop for her new home.

When there is something to discuss at home, we get together after dinner, and today is no exception.

Li Yu spoke first: "We don't have a shop in our new home. Mother thought of knocking down a wall and building a shop at the door. That way, if anything happens, family members can help, and it will be convenient for your third brother to come back and live at home. Besides, Xiaobao will be four years old next year. If your third brother has time to start teaching him, it will be convenient for him to study in the future."

Lin Hai asked her: "Mom, how much did this yard cost? Do we have enough money? If not, I have more here that can be used as an emergency." Yang Liu also nodded beside Lin Hai, indicating that she had no objection.

Lin Jiang and Lin Mei also said that they had money and could take it out.

"It hasn't come to that yet, but your mother and I haven't spent much of the money we just got, and we probably won't have enough left to build our shop."

After she finished speaking, she said to Lin Mei: "You can hide the fact of buying a house from others, but you can't hide it from your grandparents. Tomorrow we will go to the town to look at houses. When we come back, I will go to the old house and tell them.

Besides, your mother and I don’t understand the matter of building a house, and you guys are young and need to set up a stall, so it’s most appropriate to leave it to your uncle.”

Lin Jiang said, "Then we should only tell grandpa and grandma, and not tell uncle and the others?"

"I won't say anymore. I'll tell you later. There are so many people and so many gossips. The more people who know, the better. Wait until your brother goes to high school and then tell them." Li Yu said.

The next day, the family went to town happily again. This time they went earlier and did not set up the stall first, but went to see the house first.

Everyone was very satisfied. The house was large and spacious, and they could do business right at their doorstep without having to get up so early and travel.

After looking at the house, Li Yu didn't wait for them to finish setting up the stall. He took Lin Mei and Xiaobao and took a taxi home first.

When she got home, Li Yu didn't continue writing the storybook. She left Xiao Bao and Lin Mei at home. She went back to the old house. It was almost October, and the Chinese New Year was only two months away. She wanted to finish building the shop quickly and open it after the Chinese New Year.

When Li Yu arrived at the old house, Mrs. Zhong, Uncle Lin and their two sons were not at home. The two nieces-in-law were sitting under the eaves doing needlework and chatting. When they saw Li Yu coming, they quickly stood up to greet her.

"Second aunt is here, come in quickly. Mother-in-law and the others have gone to the fields. If you want to find them, I will call them back." The eldest daughter-in-law, Cui, said to her.

The second son's wife also said: "Second aunt, come in, I'll pour you some water." After that, she turned and went into the kitchen.

Li Yu quickly stopped them: "Stop busying yourself. I came here to talk to your grandparents about something. You guys can continue with your own business and don't bother with me."

When old man Lin and old lady Lin heard Li Yu coming in the house, they thought he was looking for Mrs. Zhong, but they didn't expect that he was looking for them.

"Come in." The old lady shouted outside.

Li Yu responded and walked in. The two old people were old and seldom went out to the fields. They were basically at home when they were not too busy.

"What's the matter? Why do you have to run all this way? If you need help, just let the children come over and tell us." said old man Lin.

Li Yu said a little embarrassedly: "There is something I need your help with. I have been staying at home a lot lately, so I wrote a storybook out of boredom.

Unexpectedly, the owner of the town's bookstore took a fancy to my work and published it as a storybook. That's how I made some money."

The old man had never read a book in his life and didn’t know what “huaben” meant, but he knew it was a book.

They were suddenly surprised to hear that the book written by their daughter-in-law was sold, which was even more surprising than Lin He's admission to school.

"Writing...writing a book? Second son's wife, did I hear you right? You wrote a book, and sold it for money?" the old lady asked her excitedly?

"Yes, mother, you heard me right. I was just writing something randomly to try it out. I didn't expect that the owner of the bookstore would like it." She explained.

"I said that no one in our Lin family is educated. It seems that Ah He is like you." The old lady said happily.

Li Yu felt even more embarrassed. She thought that she had nothing to do with Lin He's intelligence.

"What are you talking about, mother? Ah He is smart and can study, but it has nothing to do with me. This child is born with the talent for studying, so I just write nonsense."

The old lady smiled and didn't refute her. After all, everyone thought Lin He took after Li Yu. It didn't matter whether she admitted it or not.

After listening to them, Old Man Lin spoke again: "Since you've made money, save it for your children's schooling. You came here asking for our help. What happened?"

Li Yu then got down to business: "Dad, I thought the house was a bit old and wanted to renovate it, but as the weather got colder, the older brothers and I still had to rush to town every day to set up our stall. It was too tiring.

I didn't plan to renovate any of the houses yet, and instead bought a small courtyard in town. I knocked down one of the courtyard walls and built a shop, so that the children wouldn't have to get up before dawn every day to travel.

I don't know much about repairing a house, and my children are still young and I don't have time to run a stall, so I'd like to ask you and the children's uncle for help." After saying this, he took out 50 taels of silver and handed it over.