Chapter 322 Ride My Little Donkey

A vegetable patch was also set up in the backyard, which was obviously also taken into consideration of Lu Qinniang's preferences.

Back in the main courtyard, everyone looked around carefully again.

There is a grape trellis in the southwest corner, with vines climbing all over the bamboo fence, and a stone table and stone benches underneath.

Xiao Yan deliberately left a piece of space in the southeast corner, preparing to build a swing.

The three sisters were very happy about the new house.

Arya, in particular, couldn't help but touch the pillars and said, "I never dared to imagine that one day we would be able to live in a house as big as this. I want to go to my room and take a look!"

Daya looked around for a place that needed to be cleaned up, but found that everywhere was already tidy.

Lu Qiniang pulled Xiao Yan aside and asked, "Where did you get the money? You didn't borrow money from a loan shark. Don't touch that thing."

"Abandoned Mother," Xiao Yan said with a smile, "How much do you think I can earn every day now?"

"You, do you still have any income?" Lu Qiniang was shocked.

Isn't she the one who supports the family?

Xiao Yan is lucky enough to support Xiong Da and the others, how can he still have money left over?

Xiao Yan didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and spread out the five fingers of his right hand.

"Five taels of silver?" Lu Qin's eyes almost popped out.

That's almost the same as her shop.

"Fifty taels." Xiao Yan said calmly, with an air of treating money as dirt.

"Mr. Duo?" Lu Qiniang couldn't believe her ears.

"Abandoned Mother, I've been preparing for so long, shouldn't I make some money?"

Xiao Yan now has more than a hundred people under his command, in addition to Xiong Da and his men.

Lu Qi Niang: "No, it's too easy for you to make money."

This money seems to have come from the wind.

"I can only work nine months a year. After deducting wages, I can only make 18,000 taels a year."

These incomes are astronomical figures for ordinary people.

But for a powerful family, it is too ordinary.

Lu Qiniang said that she would not compare herself with the powerful and wealthy. She was just an ordinary citizen and would only compare herself with the people around her.

This is incredible wealth!

It belongs to Xiao Yan and also to her.

"I won't always be at the docks. If I become an official in the court in the future, I'll have to hand this over to someone else. So I'll save some money first," Xiao Yan said, "and buy a house and land. That way, things won't be too difficult in the future."

"How much did this house cost?" Lu Qiniang couldn't help but ask.

"One thousand five hundred taels. The location here is average, so it's not expensive. If it were in the city, it would probably cost double that."

"This is good enough for us to live in. We don't need to mess up the house anymore."

Lu Qiniang said that she had moved twice in two years and could not move again.

Every time I throw things away and buy things, no matter how rich I am, I can’t afford such a waste!

She felt distressed.

"Okay, I'll give you all the money I earn from now on."

"Don't give it to me." Lu Qiniang waved her hands repeatedly, "You manage it yourself. If I have a lot of money, I will give it to you. How can I manage so much money?"

Xiao Yan thought for a moment and said, "Then leave it to Zhao Zhao. Since Zhao Zhao has chosen a son-in-law, she will be in charge of the family's finances. She knows how to manage her expenses according to her income."

"That's great!" Lu Qiniang slapped her thigh, "Why didn't I think of that?"

She wished she could give all the money to Daya immediately.

God knows how uneasy she felt when she thought about the several thousand taels of silver she still had in her hands.

Because it was Lu Qin's mother's birthday, after Yun Ting came back from studying with Mr. Liu, the whole family went to a restaurant for a meal.

Lu Qiniang got drunk after drinking two cups and was carried back by Xiao Yan.

Looking at the intimacy between the two, Daya couldn't help laughing.

It seems that I can finally rest assured.

On the 15th day of the fourth lunar month, San Ya put on the new clothes made by her eldest sister, carried the school bag and writing brush, ink, paper and inkstone bought by her second sister, rode on her little donkey, and went to school.

Xiao Yan helped her lead the donkey.

In fact, San Ya said that she could go alone, but it was the first day of school after all, and her family would not be at ease.

If Lu Qinniang hadn't been afraid that their family was too poor and would bring shame to San Ya, she would have planned to go.

Fortunately, Xiao Yan was here. Even if others looked down on him, they were afraid of his aura and dared not show it.

On the way, San Ya said to Xiao Yan, "Dad, I'll come by myself tomorrow. You won't have to come with me. Let's see where to tie the donkey today."

Xiao Yan couldn't help but be infected by his little daughter as he looked at her with a sunny face and fearlessness about the upcoming new life.

"Okay. In the school—"

"My mother has told me," San Ya said, "You are not allowed to bully others, and you can't be bullied. If you have any problems, tell the teacher, and tell your parents when you get home. Study hard, don't make the teacher angry, don't be distracted in class, don't sleep, and don't whisper with others..."

These past two days, her mother's nagging has made her ears callused.

Xiao Yan smiled and said, "Your mother's advice is right. Other things are secondary, but you must not suffer any injustice. You don't have to go to this school. If you feel wronged, then go home."

What he was worried about was that schools would restrict freedom and imprison the soul.

In Xiao Yan's mind, San Ya should be the little wild horse that roams freely in the northwest Gobi Desert.

Life is not easy for a woman.

Xiao Yan had even decided that if there was a suitable candidate in the future, he would marry into the family of Erya and Sanya and would not hand his daughters over to others.

Therefore, San Ya doesn't need to learn those pedantic principles.

"Let's see first." San Ya said, "My mother said that if you don't accept the monks, the food will be free. Let me go and try the food first to see if it's delicious, and then see if there are any friends who can play with me."

When we arrived at the school gate, the morning mist had not yet dissipated, but the locust flowers had already covered the blue bricks.

San Ya sat backwards on the donkey's back, swinging her legs. The hemp rope bridle with copper bells jingled, and she looked around curiously.

Xiao Yan gripped the donkey's reins tightly and watched the eight-treasure carriages that filed into the vermilion lacquered gate.

Their little donkey is particularly conspicuous.

Xiao Yan felt a little regretful that he had listened to San Ya and not let her ride Wangyun.

San Ya said that if Wang Yun was waiting outside, she would have no mind to study.

Such an expensive horse was taken away by someone. She was so angry that she wanted to destroy the school.

Besides, there are so many carriages, and they all look pretty much the same. How can they be as impressive as her little donkey?

Didn’t you see that everyone was envious of her?

"Okay, Dad, I'm going in now. You can go home now." San Ya jumped off the donkey and watched Xiao Yan tie the donkey under the locust tree. She waved to Xiao Yan and skipped back in. "You don't have to pick me up in the evening. I can ride the donkey home by myself."

Then Xiao Yan looked at her, looking around, looking at the school curiously, with a happy face.

Xiao Yan couldn't help laughing.

It’s the first day of school. I hope she will still be this happy when I pick her up in the evening.