Mei Cuiping held her chubby little granddaughter on her lap.

"What's up?"

Yunmian: "Grandma, I told you not to be angry."

Mei Cuiping: "How could grandma be angry with Mianmian?"

Yunmian: "Grandma, you are so kind. Please don't be angry with Dad."

Mei Cuiping was used to doting on her granddaughter, so she didn't think much about it and just replied, "How could grandma be angry with your father?"

Yun Mian had successfully tricked her grandmother, and finally spoke boldly, "Grandma, Dad's braised meat business has grown so big that we don't have enough firewood upstairs. Dad wants to buy some coal to burn at home."

"What? Buy coal. How much is a ton of coal?"

Mei Cuiping's voice suddenly rose.

Yunmian: "Grandma, didn't you just promise not to be angry?"

Madam Chu: "Xiao Pingzi, you can't go back on your word when you promised the child."

Mei Cuiping finally realized something and glared at Yun Yongcheng unhappily.

"Okay, okay, grandma is not angry, not angry, let your dad talk to grandma."

Seeing that his mother didn't lose her temper, Yun Yongcheng breathed a sigh of relief and smiled. "A ton of coal costs thirty yuan, but Mom, business requires investment. If we don't buy coal, we have to spend manpower to go up the mountain to chop wood. You and Dad have to manage the crops in the fields and the livestock and poultry at home. How can you find time to go up the mountain to chop wood? I have to buy materials and deliver them, and I have to run to the town every day. I don't have time to go up the mountain to chop wood. We can only buy coal to burn."

Mei Cuiping: "How long can one ton of coal burn?"

Yun Yongcheng thought for a moment and replied, "Coal releases more heat than firewood. We cook, feed pigs, and stew meat at home. Burning a ton of coal for a month shouldn't be a problem."

"Thirty dollars a month, fine."

Although Mei Cuiping felt sorry for the money, she didn't want her son to suffer even more.

In the past, my son would use his days off to go up the mountain to chop firewood and buy coal. From then on, we would burn coal at home, and my son wouldn’t have to work so hard.

Yun Yongcheng was surprised and happy that his mother agreed so readily.

"Thank you for your support, Mom."

Seeing her son so excited over such a small matter, Mei Cuiping realized how much she had interfered in her son's affairs in the past.

"I'm your mother, and it's my duty to support you, Yongcheng. From now on, as long as you think something is right, just go ahead and do it. Mom won't blame you."

Yun Yongcheng really had something he wanted to do, and he had wanted to do it for a long time.

While his mother was saying this, he quickly spoke up, "Mom, our house is quite far from the village well. We use a lot of water in the summer, and we have to go to the well every day to fetch water. It's laborious and time-consuming. I want to dig a hanging well in our yard. With a hanging well, it will be convenient for washing clothes and vegetables in the future, and it will also be convenient for Aunt Rumeng and her family to use water."

"What? Digging a hanging well? Do you know how many people are needed to dig a hanging well?"

Mei Cuiping was so excited that she stood up from the stone bench holding Yunmian.

Yunmian used her little hands to help her calm down.

"Grandma, didn't you just say that as long as Dad thinks it's the right thing to do, he should just do it?"

The little granddaughter's baby voice left Mei Cuiping speechless.

"That being said."

Mei Cuiping had an embarrassed look on her face.

"But digging a hanging well is too expensive. If you hire someone to help, you not only have to pay them, but also have to serve them with good tea and cigarettes every day. It takes at least half a month to dig a hanging well. The whole yard is covered in dust, so how can you braise meat?"