Chapter 18 Money, Lots of Money

When adding the alkaline water and stirring just now, Xu Zhichun deliberately avoided Liang Mingliang.

After Xu Zhichun said this, Zeng Xiaoyan and Aunt Zhu'er suddenly remembered the confidentiality agreement. They were both secretly scared. In their joy, they almost forgot about the need to keep it confidential.

After all, their husbands are very close to them. The education they have received since childhood has taught them that their husbands are their pillars and their support. They have never thought of deliberately hiding the fact from their husbands.

But it’s different now. Today I really earn money through my own labor. Gotta say it, the feeling of being proud and confident is really wonderful.

Not even my husband can take away this feeling.

Zeng Xiaoyan immediately glared at Liang Mingliang and said, "This is our secret. You are not allowed to ask. How can I tell you the secret to making money for nothing?"

Whose secret recipe for making money isn’t kept secret or even passed on only to the eldest son?

Xu Zhichun was willing to take Zeng Xiaoyan and Aunt Zhu'er with him to make money. Not only the two of them, but also both of their families were extremely grateful.

After hearing this, Liang Mingliang felt embarrassed and ashamed, and quickly apologized to Xu Zhichun with a smile: "I'm sorry, Sister Zhichun, I didn't mean it. I was just curious. Don't tell me, don't tell me, I won't ask again."

All three of them laughed.

Xu Zhichun smiled and said, "It's okay, it's okay. I know what kind of person Third Brother Liang is."

The awareness of confidentiality must be passed on subtly and bit by bit.

They worked hard until dusk, and when the preliminary work was completed, the three of them went home.

Xu Zhichun rubbed his aching waist, stretched his arms, took out a can of happy fat water from the harbor warehouse to refresh himself, ate two pieces of chocolate, and felt refreshed. He began to feed the chickens and two pigs.

Just after the evidence was destroyed, Liang Mingxuan came back, holding a bunch of pig feed as usual.

"Sister-in-law!"

"Mingxuan is back, take a break."

"Um."

Liang Mingxuan immediately noticed the pots and buckets placed in the kitchen and the main room, and said, "Thank you for your hard work, sister-in-law."

"It's not hard, not hard. I made money today!" Xu Zhichun must tell him that they are the only ones who depend on each other in this family, and she is the eldest sister-in-law who is like a mother to her. There is no need for her to be on guard against him.

When Liang Mingxuan heard Xu Zhichun say that he had made so much money, his eyes widened and he was a little shocked.

The steady kid's face once again showed childish surprise.

Xu Zhichun chuckled contentedly, "Isn't my sister-in-law amazing?"

"Yeah, sister-in-law is amazing!"

"Is my sister-in-law the most powerful sister-in-law in the village?"

The child was amused and nodded vigorously: "Sister-in-law is the most powerful sister-in-law in the village."

Xu Zhichun also laughed and reached out to pinch the child's face. The child turned his head away and protested silently, "Sister-in-law."

He is not a child anymore, don't pinch his face.

Xu Zhichun was amused, but also a little regretful that the little guy refused to be pinched.

For dinner, we had scrambled eggs with leeks and fried eggplant with garlic.

Xu Zhichun thought to herself that after selling the things tomorrow, she must buy a few pounds of meat and twenty or thirty chickens. She could raise them and kill them for meat anyway.

But in this case, one chicken coop won’t be enough, so we have to build another one. Uncle Qi Tian should be able to do it.

Not long after the uncle and his sister-in-law had finished their dinner, Aunt Zhuer came over carrying a bucket and a basin.

There is no need to make the ice jelly tonight. The fresher the better. Xu Zhichun can get up early tomorrow morning to make it.

All they have to do tonight is prepare the konjac tofu and konjac noodles.

The konjac paste was enough, but Xu Zhichun still added about two pounds of konjac flour, so that he could make at least ten more pounds of konjac tofu.

Just make it first, it doesn’t matter if you can’t sell it all, you can take it home and eat it yourself.

You can add powder to the ice jelly you make tomorrow, and save some agar-agar seeds so you can use them anytime.

The headman's house.

Zeng Xiaoyan and her husband went back together and went to find Aunt Liang to give her money, and told her how good the business was today. Of course, they repeatedly reminded her to keep it a secret.

Aunt Liang was a little dumbfounded when she saw the bag of copper coins that the third son and his wife proudly handed over to her. She couldn't help but ask, "Is this—what did you earn together today? How come you brought it all back? Zhichun and your Aunt Zhu'er asked us to keep it first? Are we going to divide it up at the end of the month?"

The couple burst out laughing.

"Mom, what are you talking about? This is all ours."

"Well, that's all the money we earned today! We'll still have money to earn tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, hehe!"

"What!" Aunt Liang's hands trembled, and she almost collapsed. "Are you, are you telling the truth?"

Why don't you believe it?

She couldn't help but ask again, "Did you find any money today?"

Zeng Xiaoyan covered her mouth and laughed secretly, her eyes and eyebrows curved.

Liang Mingliang grinned so much that his mouth almost reached his ears. "Mom, this money is earned by us. What are you dreaming of? Who can pick up so much money?"

Zeng Xiaoyan smiled and said, "I think what my mother said is right. This money is just like picked up."

After all, konjac and kiwano can be found on the mountain.

The couple talked for a long time before Aunt Liang finally believed it with a trembling heart. She was delighted and said, "That's really great! You two have made great achievements. Do a good job."

"Don't worry, mother. We will. Don't tell anyone else about this, not even Dad. If anyone asks, just say we only earned twenty or thirty cents."

"Oh, okay, I know, I know. Wealth should not be exposed. Of course, I can't say this."

Aunt Liang counted out sixty coins and gave them to the two people according to the rules. "You can keep them."

Excluding the ten cents for renting the ox cart, the two men earned a total of one hundred and seventy cents. Sixty cents were given to them as private money, and the public account took their one hundred and ten cents.

Zeng Xiaoyan smiled and put it away.

Sixty cents a day is not a small amount in a month. She won’t have to check the price when buying snacks in the future. It will make Zhao very greedy.

Aunt Liang was so happy that she asked someone to crack five eggs in the evening, add lots of leeks, and make fried leeks and eggs.

They had just eaten half a chicken yesterday, and today they had eggs. Even though the headman's family lived a good life, they wouldn't do this on weekdays. Everyone was a little surprised.

Aunt Liang said with a smile, "The third brother and his wife have earned some money today, so let's have something good to celebrate."

Zhao hurriedly laughed and said, "I wonder how much Third Sister-in-law and Third Brother actually earned? The ten cents for renting the ox cart is calculated separately, right?"

Zeng Xiaoyan rolled her eyes without any hesitation.

Zhao is really annoying!

Aunt Liang's eyes darkened slightly as she said calmly, "No matter how much you earn, you've paid me every penny you owe me. Okay, let's eat."

Zhao was unhappy and pouted, not saying anything else.

She pondered in her heart, "It's probably because they don't have much money, otherwise wouldn't her mother-in-law be so proud and showing off long ago? If her mother-in-law is biased, favoring the third child and his wife, then even if the lazy couple earn a penny, her mother-in-law will be overjoyed, and she will specially add extra food and celebrate. Oh, it's really infuriating."

(End of this chapter)