Chapter 568: It's impossible to pay it back.

A week later, Chen Jianjun took a sled to town to retrieve the package.

Upon opening it, I was surprised to find three sheepskin caps, sheepskin boots, and military overcoats inside!

It looks very valuable!

The elderly couple gasped, "How much money will this cost?!"

“Sweetie, tell Daddy, where did you get the money to buy the gift?” Chen Jianjun couldn’t help but ask.

After deducting the transportation cost from the hundred yuan he gave me, I'm afraid the remaining amount won't be enough to buy these things.

Helian Jiao said innocently, "It was bought with my New Year's money by Grandpa Gu, and Tingyun's aunt, uncle, and great-aunt!"

The group immediately understood; it turned out to be New Year's money from the Gu family.

Everyone knows the Gu family is well-off, so the red envelopes they give must be quite large; it's not surprising that they can afford to buy these things.

Ma Xiulian thought that she probably couldn't pay back the money, as the two families were in very different circumstances, so she could only send her older brother another bag of wild mushrooms later.

Then, Helian Jiao said in a childish voice, "The money hasn't all been spent yet. The rest is in the travel bag. Didn't Grandma see it?"

Upon hearing this, Ma Xiulian's expression changed instantly, and she cried out, "Oh no!"

Then he quickly walked into Chen Jianjun's house.

She didn't see it when she was packing, and she even washed, dried and put away all the travel bags!

I hope she doesn't ruin this money while she's laundering it!

She retrieved a travel bag from the bottom of the wardrobe, carefully felt around it, and finally found the money in a hidden compartment.

The others followed them into the house.

Fortunately, the money had been washed and dried, though it was a little wrinkled.

Ma Xiulian breathed a sigh of relief, straightened the money, and carefully counted it; there was a total of more than three hundred yuan!

I was shocked. There was still so much left?!

Even Lu Xiaofen was astonished; they had already bought three complete sets of clothes, shoes, and hats made of sheepskin.

"Sweetie, how much did you spend on the gift?"

Helian Jiao said in a tender voice, "Let me think about it. The clothes cost thirty, the shoes fifteen, and the hat ten. The three items cost a total of one hundred and sixty-five yuan!"

Lu Xiaofen was not at all surprised by her memory and arithmetic abilities.

Although she had only been teaching Guabao for a week, she already knew how smart Guabao was. Guabao learned things in no time and was simply a genius!

The problem is that the fingers of younger children are still soft, so they don't have enough strength when writing, and the characters they write look a bit limp.

Ma Xiulian and Chen Dazhu gasped several times: they had never worn such expensive clothes before!

Thirty dollars can buy thirty feet of cotton cloth, enough to make four or five sets of clothes for an adult.

They're not like little kids who grow up every day; they take care of themselves and have enough clothes to last them for several years.

Ma Xiulian counted the remaining money and exclaimed, "There are two hundred and thirty-five yuan left, which adds up to five hundred yuan. I estimate that each red envelope contained one hundred yuan, and the remaining one hundred yuan was given by Jianjun, which I haven't spent!"

Lu Xiaofen's eyes widened immediately. This was too outrageous! It was just a child's New Year's money, and it was already a hundred yuan!

She teaches in the city, and her monthly salary is only a little over thirty yuan!

It seems that the people in the capital are indeed living much better lives than those in other places.

The three adults in the Chen family, however, had become somewhat numb to the unexpected wealth of the Gu family.

"We should invite Qingshan and his family to eat more often in the future," Ma Xiulian murmured as she rolled up the remaining money.

They can't possibly pay back this money!

The little princess waved her chubby little hand generously and said, "Grandma, all this money is for you to buy meat!"

There were no updates this morning, I'm too tired to stay up any longer and need to go to bed early.

Six chapters will be updated tomorrow afternoon around 6 PM, marking the start of the youth arc.

(End of this chapter)