After the rally, the village erupted in chaos again.

"Have you heard? The three Chen brothers made several dozen taels of silver selling those gloves in town."

"These city folks are really strange! What's the use of these gloves? So many people are buying them. Those fox fur gloves that cost two taels of silver a pair are being snapped up by so many people."

"Chen Xiaomi has really struck it rich this time!"

"You did make quite a few dozen taels of silver."

"These gloves are made with only a little bit of fox fur, yet they're so expensive."

"These gloves seem to have been made with the help of Granny Shen."

"It seems that the clothes for the Chen brothers were also made by Granny Chen at Lu Lin's request."

"These gloves are selling so well, I wonder how much silver Lu Lin gave Granny Chen."

"If it's just helping out, it must have cost a lot of money. But there's no work right now, so at least it's some income. Grandma Shen's house has even had its kang (heated brick bed) repaired."

The kang (heated brick bed) in Granny Shen's house was repaired by Zhang Dazhu and others. Lu Lin mentioned it to Zhang Dazhu and the others, and they repaired it for Granny Shen at a price that was more like selling it for half price.

...

Previously, the villagers all felt that Lu Lin was wronged by marrying into Chen Xiaomi's family, but now they all feel that Lu Lin got a great deal, as Chen Xiaomi will live a life of luxury after marrying into the family.

The villagers' feelings were complex. Before, Chen Xiaomi was capable but poor, and everyone found him quite frightening. But now that Chen Xiaomi was rich, they were still afraid, but this fear was mixed with a bit of awe. Seeing Zhang Dazhu, Granny Shen, and the others making money with Chen Xiaomi, they felt a little envious.

As Chen Xiaomi's wealth grew, people, while disdainful of his character, also admired his abilities.

Chen Xiaomi sat on the kang (a heated brick bed), holding the earthenware jar and counting the silver over and over again.

Lu Lin looked at Chen Xiaomi and said helplessly, "Eighty-three taels, five hundred and thirty-six coins, haven't we counted it many times already?"

Chen Xiaomi smiled and said, "I was just afraid of miscounting."

Lu Lin: "..." Even if you're afraid of miscounting, you don't need to count it over and over again!

"I never imagined I'd have so much money," Chen Xiaomi said excitedly.

Lu Lin squinted and said, "This isn't much. If there were two more of this much, we could buy a house in town."

Chen Xiaomi blinked and said, "The town!" The villagers had a natural reverence for the residents of the city, and Chen Xiaomi was no exception.

"What will we eat when we get to town?" Although he doesn't have much land, he can still grow some vegetables and radishes around the house, which will at least provide some food.

"There's nowhere to hunt in town." If you don't have a proper job in town, you'll just be sitting around eating away your savings, and life won't be easy.

Lu Lin smiled and said, "I was just saying it casually. Of course, we still need to consider it carefully."

Chen Xiaomi glanced at Lu Lin and thought to herself: Lu Lin must have been a rich young master in his past life! He made so much money just from a casual idea. He couldn't have made that much money by himself.

Holding the pottery jar, Chen Xiaomi thought to himself: Ten taels of silver was a considerable expense for him. At that time, he hesitated for a long time before deciding to buy Lu Lin's. He never expected to buy a scholar. He made a huge profit!

“I think if we had money, we should buy land. Unfortunately, every family depends on the harvest from the land to make a living. Unless there are special circumstances, no one is willing to sell,” Chen Xiaomi said.

Lu Lin frowned and said, "If we can't buy it, we can't buy it. Farming is hard work!"

Chen Xiaomi glanced at Lu Lin and thought that Lu Lin was a hopeless young master. Just because he thought farming was hard work, he didn't even care about the land anymore.

Lu Lin looked at Chen Xiaomi's eyes, blinked, and said, "Actually, it's good to have land. If no one wants to farm it, you can rent it out."

Chen Xiaomi's lips twitched, feeling even more that Lu Lin was hopeless.

...

In the Shen family, Granny Shen held the silver, her eyes welling up with tears.

"Grandma, is this the money Xiaocai brought?" Chen Chi asked.

Grandma Chen's thoughts churned for a moment, then she said, "Yes! Saying it's a bonus from selling gloves is too kind."

Two taels of silver is enough to buy two pigs. With that much silver, we won't have to worry about getting through this winter.

She didn't want to accept it at first. Lu Lin had already paid her for making the gloves, two coins per pair. She had earned about three hundred coins, and Lu Lin had even given her two pairs of gloves as a gift.

However, Chen Xiaocai mentioned when she arrived that her older brother said there would be many more opportunities for cooperation in the future, and if she didn't accept the offer, it would be difficult to continue working together. She had already earned a considerable amount of money from the Lu family over time, so naturally she hoped to continue cooperating in the future.

Wearing gloves, Chen Chi said, "Grandma, I heard from Xiao Cai that his pile of gloves sold for several dozen taels of silver."

Although it's said that wealth shouldn't be flaunted, many villagers had seen Chen Xiaomi selling gloves at a stall in town. Some, perhaps out of boredom, had been watching for a long time and, after some calculation, could roughly figure it out. Therefore, Lu Lin told Chen Xiaocai that if Granny Shen really didn't want to, she could let slip a hint.

Granny Shen said with some surprise, "I didn't expect to be able to earn so much silver."

Previously, Lu Lin had cut off the perfectly good fur and made it into that strange shape, which made Granny Shen uneasy.

Although it wasn't Grandma Shen's fault that the gloves didn't sell, she was still worried. Hearing that the gloves sold well finally put her at ease.