But Tong Wenyao, determined to get the best deal, said, "Let's forget about the horse rental!" The waiter immediately replied, "That's different. Before, you didn't buy the horse, so we had a normal transaction. Now that you want to buy the horse, it's a new transaction!"

Tong Wenyao pursed her lips tightly after hearing this, pretending to be dissatisfied. "In that case, let's go to the horse market and buy it. These twenty taels can buy a fine Liezong horse. Please return the deposit to me."

As soon as he finished speaking, the waiter said embarrassedly, "How about this, I'll give you a discount of one tael of silver." Tong Wen Yao didn't want to push him too hard, so she agreed. She was going to give the car dealership five taels of silver, but after deducting one tael, she directly handed four taels to the young man.

"Here, hand me the contract document for my signature." The waiter reacted quickly, saying, "Okay, okay." He had originally thought he would have to return the two taels, but he hadn't expected her to offer a discount of one tael. It wasn't like no one had bought horses from their dealership before, but that was only once a month. Now, unexpectedly, this opportunity had fallen to him. He smiled, becoming even more enthusiastic towards Tong Wenyao. He quickly wrote the document and handed it to her respectfully.

After taking the document and confirming that there was no problem, she signed it. Before leaving, she handed him half a tael of silver and asked him to take the document to the government office for stamping when he had time, and she would come to the county to get it in a few days.

The waiter happily agreed, and his colleagues all envied him for his good luck! They all congratulated him on the successful order. If it weren't for this order, he would probably have packed up and left at the end of the month.

After Tong Wen Yao finished her business, she drove the carriage to the wonton shop. They had been on the road since early in the morning. Although they had breakfast in the morning, they also had dry food at noon. It was so cold, so they had to eat something hot to warm their bodies, otherwise they would be cold when they returned!

Second Uncle can now eat some liquid food. There is no porridge in the wonton shop, but he can eat some wontons, and drinking some hot soup is also great.

It was around one or two in the afternoon. There was only an elderly couple in the shop, warming themselves by the fire. When she got off the carriage, the old woman hurriedly stood up to greet her.

"The girl wants to eat wontons." Tong Wenyao nodded and said, "Grandma, where do you buy wontons?"

"A small bowl costs three cents, and a large bowl costs five cents." She said with a smile, "Grandma, give us three large bowls of wontons." After that, she counted out fifteen copper coins and put them on the table where the old lady was sitting. When the old man behind her saw it, he put the copper coins away, got up and went to the stove to work. The old woman took out wonton wrappers and wrapped the meat filling in them to make wontons.

When the first bowl of food cooked by the mother-in-law was brought to the table, she asked, "Mother-in-law, my uncle is in the carriage. He is not feeling well. Can we bring it up to him?"

Since it was inconvenient for her second uncle to get off the carriage, she asked Tong Wenyao to go up and feed him with a bowl, while she sat by the wonton shop and warmed herself by the fire. After seeing Tong Wenyao come down, the two of them started to eat. The fresh wontons were smooth and tender in the mouth, the meat inside was delicious, and even the soup was excellent. Seeing that they liked it, her mother-in-law was also happy and couldn't help nagging, "We have been making wontons for many years. At that time, our son liked to eat meat wrapped in skin. He heard that it was called wonton. My husband bought the ingredients and tinkered with it himself. Unexpectedly, he actually made it. Even our son praised it. That's why we came to the county to do business."

After Tong Wen Yao swallowed the wonton, she nodded hard and praised, "Grandma, your wonton is so delicious." As soon as she finished speaking, her grandma smiled and added a few pieces of charcoal into the brazier.

"Of course, it's my son's favorite food." Tong Wen Yao said, "Mother-in-law, why don't you see your son coming to work?" Maybe this sentence made her think of something bad. There was a moment of sadness on the mother-in-law's face, and then pride rose on her face again, "My son went to the front line to fight and died. He died in Ancang Mountain." Tong Wen Yao didn't know what to say after hearing this, and his throat seemed to be choked. They also lost their father in that battle.

Then, the mother-in-law said, "My son has done a good job in protecting the family and the country. His dream is for a peaceful world. Unfortunately, he can't see it, and neither can we." Tong Wenyao asked puzzledly, "Mother-in-law, why do you say that?"

Grandma sighed and said, "From your accents, you seem to be from the capital. You're probably here temporarily, but the border is unstable right now, and the barbarians harass us regularly. After General An died for his country, his family was confiscated and exiled. This chills the hearts of the people. Who will be willing to sacrifice themselves to fight the barbarians in the future?"

The old man at the stove stopped her sternly, "Old woman, you are talking nonsense again, don't stop." After hearing this, the mother-in-law stopped talking and just took out her handkerchief to wipe her tears from time to time.

This made them both feel very uncomfortable. After quickly finishing their wontons, they took their leave one after another. After eating and drinking their fill, Tong Wenyao drove the carriage back to the village.

Near the village entrance, Tong Wen Yao was sitting in front of the carriage. Workers had already started working on the other side of the rocks. The villagers were surprised to see the carriage, and there were even children following behind the carriage. They had just moved in not long ago, and many people in the village could not recognize them. Only those who had worked at Tong's house before could barely recognize that they were from the Tong family.

They drove through the village and arrived at the end of the village in the carriage. It was now close to three or four in the afternoon. The sound of reading could be heard in the yard. Second Aunt and Mother were sitting at the gate of the yard sewing clothes. She waved her hand and greeted her mother, "Mom, we are back."

She looked at Tong Wenyao, who had a smile on his face and followed her call. After arriving at the gate, she jumped off the carriage. Second Aunt put the clothes in the basket, stood up and asked, "Yao'er, why didn't your second uncle come back?"

Just when she didn't know how to answer, her second uncle's voice came from the carriage, "Mother Cui, I'm here." After hearing the voice, Mother Cui walked over, lifted the gray curtain, and saw him lying inside covered with a quilt, with a white cat beside him.

Her mind went blank, and she asked in a trembling voice, "What...what's going on?" Second Uncle waved his hand to signal her not to worry, "Mother Cui, please bother you and Wen Yao to move me into the room."

"Hey... Hey." Second Aunt responded foolishly. Tong Wenyao carefully pulled her hand and whispered, "Second Aunt, let's talk about Second Uncle's injury in the room first."

She seemed to react and nodded suddenly, then started to pick up the shelf with Tong Wen Yao and moved him in. Fortunately, they were both strong and did not stumble like Tong Wen Yao did.