Tian Chengcheng nodded seriously, "Yes."
"Okay, we don't have any other requirements. As long as Xinxin and Zhuangzhuang can have enough food and drink, we will be willing to eat coarse food." Li Qiuju quickly agreed.
Tian Xin and Zhuang Zhuang were also very happy.
"Sister Fubao, can I really eat at grandma's house in the future?"
"Okay, but you two have to remember one thing: you have to obey the management of whoever you serve. I remember what Third Aunt told me before." Tian Chengcheng smiled slightly and turned to look at Li Qiuju, "Third Aunt, am I right?"
Li Qiuju's face looked extremely ugly.
I knew this little bastard had no good intentions.
They asked Xinxin and Zhuangzhuang to come for dinner, but in the end they had to be under their control. It was obvious that they wanted revenge.
"What can't Xinxin and Zhuangzhuang do? Let them eat and drink well first. When they grow up and become capable, how can they not respect their own grandmother? Besides, as a grandmother, how can I care about my own grandchildren?"
Li Qiuju opened her mouth and said it as if it was a matter of course.
"The key is that grandma is gone, and her health hasn't fully recovered yet. My uncle has to go back to college, and the tuition and living expenses are a huge sum of money. He has to apply for a loan, and he has to pay it back after graduation."
Tian Chengcheng smiled and said, "Aunt San, if you don't believe me, go ask at the university."
She speaks based on evidence.
Li Qiuju was choked.
"Hengyuan wants to continue going to school? It's not appropriate to go back now. The old lady isn't fully recovered yet. Although the family caught a pig, the food they got in exchange for it was distributed to the villagers. Where can we get the money?"
How can Tian Hengyuan go to school?
She had already inquired about it and found out that it costs a lot of money to support a college student.
Before, she was determined not to come to serve the old lady, and she also wanted to force Tian Hengyuan to give up college.
Wouldn’t it be better to give that money to her Xinxin and Zhuangzhuang?
"I will earn money to support my uncle's schooling." Tian Chengcheng said seriously.
"You?" Li Qiuju curled her lips in disdain. "Do you even know what making money is? Aren't you afraid of getting your tongue blown away by the wind?"
Tian Chengcheng really didn't want to pay attention to her.
But for the sake of future development, he still said, "Now is the lean season, and people in the city are also short of vegetables to eat. I saw someone selling wild vegetables the other day, 50 cents a pound."
"...How much?" Li Qiuju thought she had misheard.
These days, white flour is only fifty cents a pound, and wild vegetables grown in the mountains are only fifty cents?
"50 cents a pound, wild vegetables." Tian Chengcheng repeated, "I plan to go to the mountains to dig up some wild vegetables when I have time, and bring them to the city to sell every day."
"Really?" Li Qiuju still didn't believe it.
If wild vegetables on the mountain cost fifty cents per pound, she would dig up all the wild vegetables on the mountain.
"Of course it's true, but wild vegetables can't be kept for a long time. It's best to dig them in the evening or early in the morning. They want to buy them fresh."
This is not nonsense.
She paid special attention to it when she went to the vegetable market and asked about the price.
At that time, wild vegetables were scarce, and everyone had been eating cabbage and pickles all winter and was already tired of them. Although fifty cents per pound was not cheap, it was still affordable for an ordinary family to eat them occasionally for a meal or two for the sake of novelty.
"Then I'll go dig it up early tomorrow morning. Can you help me take it to the city to sell it?"
"Can."
Tian Chengcheng agreed readily.
Find something for Li Qiuju to do and earn some money so that she won’t be thinking about others all day long.
This person is always looking for trouble and staring at others, he is just bored.
After hearing such a straightforward answer, Li Qiuju began to feel uneasy again, as if she was being taken advantage of.
Seeing her expression, Tian Chengcheng said directly, "Why don't you go sell them yourself? You can't dig wild vegetables during the day anyway, and it only takes you three or four hours to go back and forth."
Li Qiuju gave up as soon as she heard that.
"Forget it, you should just sell it."
"I'll be frank with you. If I can't sell it, I'll bring it back to you."
"...Then I've worked in vain?"
"Then just think of it as digging vegetables for your own family and eating them yourself."
Tian Chengcheng said.
After arguing for a long time, Li Qiuju forgot the purpose of coming here. All she could think about was that a pound of wild vegetables could be sold for fifty cents. If she dug ten pounds a day, wouldn't she be able to sell them for five dollars?
Immediately, Li Qiuju left with her family.
When Tian Xin left the old lady's house, she had a bad feeling.
Sure enough, when they got home, Li Qiuju urged them to go to bed quickly and get up early the next day. She decided that the whole family should go out to dig wild vegetables.
Such a good thing cannot be known to other families.
"Mom, do you really believe what Fubao said? She only sells it for fifty cents a pound. Why doesn't she dig it herself?"
"Hmph, who cares about her? She said it anyway. I'll give her the wild vegetables after I dig them. She has to sell them whether she wants or not. Anyway, she has to give me the money." Li Qiuju said.
Tian Xin was a little speechless.
She instigated it, but nothing good came to her.
On the contrary, if wild vegetables could be sold for money, she would probably have to get up early and be dragged to dig wild vegetables in the future.
It was different from what she imagined.
"What are you thinking about? You have a lot of tricks up your sleeve, but I tell you, it's useless to think too much. Just work hard for me, or I won't give you anything to eat."
Li Qiuju loves her children very much.
But she is really lazy.
Even though Fubao is gone, someone still has to do the housework. I can't bear to leave my son, so I can only arrange for my daughter.
"Mom, I can't get up." Tian Xin wiped her tears in grievance.
"Go to bed quickly. I'll call you tomorrow. When I have money, I'll buy you delicious food and new clothes."
Li Qiuju couldn't bear it and could only coax her.
On the contrary, Zhuangzhuang is heartless. When he hears that he has money to buy delicious food, he doesn't care anymore.
Here, the old lady was feeling uneasy.
"Fubao, can wild vegetables really be sold for fifty cents per pound?"
She always felt it was unrealistic.
Who would buy wild vegetables at 50 cents per pound?
"Grandma, it's true. I specifically asked about it. There aren't many wild vegetables at this time, so the price is a bit higher."
Tian Chengcheng hurriedly comforted the old lady, "Grandma, why don't you come with us to the city tomorrow? The house we rent there is big enough for you to live in, and then we'll go to the hospital for a comprehensive checkup."
The old lady's health improved a lot with the help of spring water.
But you still need to do a comprehensive inspection to feel at ease.
The old lady refused without a second thought, "I won't go. I'm an old man, why would I waste that money? Besides, this is my home, I'm not going anywhere. You guys are young, if you want to go out and explore the world, go ahead. I can walk around and take care of myself, so you don't have to worry about me."
Tian Chengcheng expected that the old lady would not agree easily, so she said, "Grandma, please check it out first to make sure you're not worried. Otherwise, my uncle and I will be worried if you're alone at home."
"Fubao, don't try to persuade grandma about this. I know that everyone's life span is limited. To be honest, I thought I wouldn't survive this winter. Now I'm getting better, and I'm very satisfied. I'm not afraid of death. As long as you're well, I'm fine."
The old lady touched her hair with a loving look on her face.