Tang Nan and Tang Dong could also count. Watching Tang Bei's little fingers move rather clumsily across the 10-yuan note, the two looked anxious while silently counting along.

After counting, he found there were 50 bills in the stack, which was 500 yuan. Tang Nan could hardly believe it. He took out another stack of ten-yuan bills and silently counted them one by one.

Seeing that his elder brothers had already taken their hands to count, Tang Dong picked up his hand to count as well.

Lin Cuicui and Tang Shengkai also joined in.

Tang Yue watched curiously. She knew that her parents and brothers had never seen so much money before and wanted to try it out; she thought it would be quite fun.

The last family counted out 15 stacks, each containing 50 bills.

"How much is this in total?"

Lin Cuicui had never been to school. She could count and calculate the smaller ones as she went, but when there were many, she got a little confused and couldn't figure out the numbers for a while.

"It's 8547 yuan in total." Tang Bei's voice trembled slightly as he spoke.

"so much?"

Lin Cuicui's voice trembled slightly as she shouted, and Tang Shengkai quickly pulled her arm. Lin Cuicui hurriedly covered her mouth with her hand. Tang Nan and Tang Dong also gaped in surprise.

Tang Yue already knew that the amount of money was considerable. Moreover, she had also learned about the purchasing power of that money during her time in the county town over the past two days.

Her father's injuries were so severe that a hospital stay would normally only cost fifty or sixty yuan. So, this sum of over 8,000 yuan was incredibly wealthy for them.

After the initial shock, Lin Cuicui frowned. "Where are we going to hide so much money?"

Tang Shengkai's face also showed worry. With their dilapidated home, they felt unsafe hiding anywhere. Tang Dong's voice wasn't loud, but every word was clear.

"Why don't we find a place in the backyard, dig a hole, and bury these things?"

Tang Shengkai thought this method was feasible. However, there was still one problem.

"We don't have any plastic at home, these are all paper bills. If we bury them in the ground, they'll rot over time." Sigh, it's really worrying. It's worrying when you don't have money, but it's even more worrying now that you have more money.

Tang Nan seemed to suddenly remember something. "Grandma has plastic. I'll go ask for some."

After saying that, he ran outside, but Lin Cuicui grabbed him.

"Are you stupid? With your qualifications, do you think your grandma would give you plastic?"

Tang Nan chuckled and scratched his head, forgetting that his grandmother didn't really like them.

But for the sake of money, Tang Nan could only watch Tang Shengkai longingly. This was money, enough to buy lots and lots of delicious food; he couldn't let it go to waste.

Tang Shengkai and Lin Cuicui exchanged a glance. He had absolutely no confidence that he could get the plastic from his mother. But looking down at the pile of money on the kang (a heated brick bed), he felt he still had to give it a try.

Besides, now that he has so much money... Tang Shengkai wondered if he should give some bills to his mother?

For some reason, Tang Shengkai blurted out what he was thinking.

The atmosphere in the room instantly plummeted to freezing. Lin Cuicui and the three Tang brothers all looked grim. Tang Shengkai was shocked for a moment, then sighed.