Chapter 104 Let’s Sell Pickles First

Jiang's concerns also reminded Xia Youtian. He pondered for a while and said:

"I'll go say hello to my parents.

We can’t make this public, but we can’t keep it a secret, or else my parents will be sad.”

Seeing the worried looks on the faces of the children, Xia Youtian said with a smile:

"Don't worry, Dad won't tell anyone about your secrets."

Xia Daohua thought about it and felt that Xia Youtian and Jiang were both reliable people. There shouldn't be any mistakes.

Early the next morning, Xia Youtian went to find the old couple.

Xia Youtian was indeed a reliable person. I don’t know how he talked to the old couple, but he not only got their understanding, but also their support.

Zhou took out ten taels of silver and said she wanted to give it to Xia Yujiao as a share.

Zhou said:

"Yujiao will probably never get married in the future. If she doesn't spend all the money she has on land, she won't be able to have enough food for many years. Since I have this opportunity, I will take the risk and take advantage of you four houses. Do you blame me for being partial?"

Xia Youtian quickly denied it:

"Mother, what are you talking about? Yujiao is not only my sister, but she is also only a few years older than Lihua. I have watched her grow up, so how could I not love her?"

Zhou said:

“Mother knows that you love Yujiao too.

But after all, you have a family and a career, so it is only natural to put your wife and children before your sister.

Mother doesn't expect you to support Yujiao for the rest of her life.

But since you have come across this opportunity to make money, you can help her a little, so that my mother can feel more at ease.

Don't blame your mother for being partial.

The little money for the coffin in my mother's hand was accumulated bit by bit through careful calculation and hard work.

In addition to being a fund for your father and me to bury our dead, it is also for you children, and also to prepare for famine.

Even if he left home to escape the famine, he couldn't leave without money.

Before the family was divided, mother was very strict in managing the money. She knew in her heart that you were all too restricted and it was inevitable that you would have resentment.

But now that you have all set up your own households and are in charge of your own lives, you must have already understood what it means that daily necessities are expensive, right? "

Xia Youtian listened respectfully.

What Zhou meant was that Xia Yujiao would most likely not be able to get married in the future, so it would be better for her to save more money.

Although Xia Youtian didn't quite understand why Zhou felt that Xia Yujiao would not be able to get married.

Didn’t she just break off the engagement with the Xie family and then reject Jin Yong?

But he did not refute Zhou's words.

Zhou just wanted to make some money for Xia Yujiao, and she also contributed ten taels of capital, which was already very generous.

Otherwise, even if Zhou asked him to give up the business and let the first and second wives or even the whole family get involved, he could not refuse out of filial piety.

Xia Youtian took the ten taels of silver and turned around to tell Jiang and the children about it, but Jiang and the children didn't say anything.

Xia Youtian smiled bitterly and said:

"Although mother asked me to take Qi Yujiao with me and give her a share, she didn't say how much interest I should give her. If you are not happy about it, just give her less interest."

Jiang said thoughtfully:

"Don't say that. I'm not upset, I'm just a little surprised.

Yujiao is good-looking, capable, hardworking, and gentle. How could mother think that Yujiao would not be able to get married?"

Xia Youtian said: "I don't know either."

Xia Daohua knew some of the inside story.

It seems that the old couple did a pretty good job of keeping secrets.

Since the old couple are willing to keep it a secret, it’s better not to let my parents be too curious.

Xia Daohua changed the subject and said with a smile:

"What's the matter? Why should you be unhappy?

Anyway, my aunt is free anyway, so there is nothing wrong in letting her join in.

Maybe there will be something to do, and my aunt will be in a better mood."

Since Xia Youtian and Xia Daohua had no objection, it was almost the same as everyone else had no objection.

After all, Jiang only listens to Xia Youtian.

Erlang, Taohua, and the children all listen to Xia Daohua.

Since then, Xia Daohua's small business has expanded from a children's play mode to a cooperative model with the participation of adults involving three households.

The speed at which the membership is expanding is just like a snowball!

Xia Daohua is somewhat happy to see this happen. She is not afraid of more people getting involved, as long as they are obedient and useful.

I don't lack goods, but I lack trustworthy and reliable people.

But the children and the fourth couple were somewhat worried. They were afraid that the money earned from their small business would not be enough to support so many people and that they would suffer losses in the end.

Linghua even suggested that they should buy a batch of sugar and store it first?

By preparing in this way, if you suffer a loss later on, you won't have to worry about not having money to buy candy.

As soon as Linghua said these words, Wulang hit her on the head.

The music made her eyes well up with tears. She took Xia Daohua's hand and shook it back and forth, neither crying nor not crying. Her face looked aggrieved and she pouted her lips to act pitiful.

Xia Daohua scratched her little nose with a smile:

"Don't worry, you'll always have candies to eat! Who knows, I might be able to come up with some even tastier candies in a few days!"

Linghua's eyes lit up, and she couldn't help slurping her saliva: "Slurp... Sister, you are the best!"

She jumped up with a "whoosh", rushed upwards, and hugged Xia Daohua's neck at once. She put her soft little mouth on Xia Daohua's face, and with a "smack", left a wet saliva mark.

Xia Daohua resisted the urge to wipe it, bent down slightly, and put Linghua Fang on the ground: "Stop making trouble, go play. Let me think about making something delicious for you."

After sending Linghua away, Xia Daohua thought that many of the candies in the space supermarket could be used, but the original packaging had to be replaced.

If I don't ask for help from others, I will be exhausted.

If we delegate the task to someone else, there will inevitably be a risk of the secret being exposed.

The most trustworthy ones at the moment are only Rika and Jiro.

During the wolf hunting, Lihua had already shown her absolute trust in herself and tried her best to protect her.

As for Erlang, he probably decided to be of one mind with me from the moment I quietly packed his bags, kept his money without hesitation, didn't show any disapproval towards his plan to marry a widow, and didn't say anything behind his back!

Others, including Jiang and Xia Youtian, may not be reliable.

Of course, the couple would not sell themselves out.

But the two of them would definitely not be able to resist their curiosity and calmly accept those abnormal phenomena, let alone not ask further questions.

What's more, when it comes to secrets, the fewer people who know about it, the better.

Xia Daohua had no intention of revealing her secret.

At least, it cannot be exposed actively.

Forget it, let’s talk about the sugar later, let’s just sell the pickles first!

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