The three brothers bought some candy at the market to give to their children, and then hurried home.

After returning home, the three brothers quickly went inside to count the money.

With a whoosh, all the money in the money bag spilled onto the table.

Grandma Su looked at the large pile of copper coins on the table in front of her and smiled so much that her eyes narrowed.

The final amount came to 440 coins, not including the 15 coins they spent and the 20 coins they paid in taxes.

In other words, today's total earnings are 475 coins.

Old Su calculated for a long time, then realized something was wrong.

"Six coins per catty, and that big fish weighed 58 catties, so it should only be worth a little over 300 coins. How did it become 475 coins?"

Su Lao Er chuckled, "Dad, you don't know that Lao San doesn't sell for six coins; he only sells according to the person he's dealing with."

He sells it to the wealthy for nine or ten coins, but to the poor for only six.

Grandma Su patted her third son on the shoulder with satisfaction.

“You’re just as smart as me,” she said, then gave her old man a defiant look.

Everyone stared at the money in front of them, finding it unbelievable.

They all toiled in the fields for a living, and their total annual harvest was less than one or two taels of silver. After deducting food and drink expenses, they could only keep five or six hundred coins, which was a remarkable amount.

Su Erlang, on the other hand, was eager to try his luck and wished he could go and catch two more right now.

It was only because my own niece took my third son there that I had no idea, and I wanted to see it for myself.

Su Erlang asked his third brother with anticipation, "Third brother, shall we go again tomorrow?"

"Whether you go or not, you'll have to ask your niece yourself. If our little darling doesn't go, she won't even get a chance to catch a shrimp."

After Su Laosan finished speaking, everyone burst into laughter.

"Don't think about all these wonderful things lately, and don't go there. Even if my baby can bring you some more fish, it will be a while before the next big market day."

Old Man Su was afraid that his few hotheads would pester Fu Bao to go to the river to catch fish again.

It won't be a market day then, so if they die, they'll only be able to be made into pickled fish, which is a real shame.

They hold market days on the first and fifteenth of each month.

At other times, people in the town buy things almost every day, and although there are quite a few, it's much less than on the first and fifteenth of the lunar month.

"The old man said that everyone will be preparing for the New Year soon, so he will catch some fish to sell then."

Grandma Su was quite greedy, thinking that she would go and sell it around the New Year so that she could get a high price.

Especially for wealthy people, fish is definitely an essential part of the Lunar New Year.

Su Laosan handed the strung copper coins to Su Laotai, who was in charge of the money.

Grandma Su took the money, thinking that it was her own precious child who had helped Su Laosan catch the fish, so naturally she should give some of the money to her precious child.

Then he thought that none of his sons had any savings throughout the year, so he decided to distribute some of the money to each of them for their own use.

I earned three or four hundred coins from selling fish once, which is more than half a year's income!

So each of the three families gave 50 coins, and the old lady counted out another 50 coins to give to her own precious child.

Grandma Su took the remaining money into the house and put it away.

The three brothers felt a little embarrassed after receiving the money, especially the eldest and second sons, who hadn't done any work and had only gone to sell the goods.

I only received 50 coins, what right do they have to do this?

The thought that it was my little niece who prepared the fish made me even more embarrassed.

The two of them counted out another ten coins and handed them to Su Laosan.

“The big fish was after our precious baby. We wouldn’t have caught such a big fish without my niece. Here’s ten coins to buy candy for our precious baby.”

Su Laosan scratched his head. Since it was for his precious child, he certainly wouldn't refuse.

"Thank you both very much. I'll accept it on behalf of my darling and give it to her later."

He took the money and went to his room, where he saw his wife still making shoes.

He tiptoed in and said, "Hey, wife."

This startled Tao Xiu. "You little brat, why are you making such a fuss? If you scare my baby again, I'll beat you to death."

Su Sanlang shamelessly moved closer.

"No way, our daughter saw me the moment I walked in."

Tao Xiu turned her head to look at her little girl on the bed. Seeing the little girl smiling at them, she blushed instantly.

She quickly pushed Su Sanlang aside, saying, "Your daughter is still here. Go away, go away, go stay somewhere else."

Su Sanlang took out the money from his pocket and handed it to his wife.

Where did you get so much money?

"Oh dear, it must have been the old lady who sells fish who divided it up; it couldn't have been something I got for free, could it?"

Tao Xiu never expected that her mother-in-law, who was always so stingy, would give her so much money today.

However, if it weren't for my mother-in-law's frugality, we wouldn't have been able to get through those impoverished days.

Su Laosan then handed the other 20 coins to the little dumpling who was sitting on the bed holding a book.

"This is the money your eldest and second uncles gave you to buy candy, ten coins each, and here are twenty coins."

Su Muyao thought about it and realized that it was probably because her grandmother had given her a share of the money, and her eldest and second uncles felt a little embarrassed, so they gave her ten coins instead.

He looked at his father and asked, "Father, aren't you going to give me ten coins?"

Su Sanlang turned around abruptly, "What? Daughter, you still want your old man's money? Your old man is so pitiful (?_?) Your mother manages all the money, I don't even have any money on me."

After Su Sanlang finished speaking, he stared intently at the money in Su Muyao's hand.

Upon seeing this, the little dumpling quickly put the twenty coins in her hand into her crossbody bag.

"Fine, don't give it to me then, but don't even think about taking my money! Stealing money from a child is immoral."

Su Sanlang rolled his eyes at the little dumpling. "Who cares about you? You're so stingy."

After saying that, he went out.

When Old Man Su saw his third son come out of the room, he quickly called his son over.

When Su Laosan saw his father looking for him, he hurried to the main room. "Dad, what do you want to see me about?"

"Tomorrow, take your wife to town to buy some clothes for our baby. The weather is getting colder and colder."

"Okay, Dad, I understand."

"Don't be stingy with money. I'll have your mom give you more tomorrow. Take your little one with you to town. Buy her whatever she wants to eat, but keep a close eye on her so she doesn't run around."

"Dad, don't worry, I always carry my baby when we go out. I will never let her be kidnapped by anyone."

The two were talking when the sound of gongs and drums came from outside—it was the village chief's son calling the villagers together.

"What happened?"

Old Man Su immediately understood that the village chief was probably going to tell everyone about this little rascal's story of teaching everyone to identify medicinal herbs.

"Village chief, we're going to announce something too. Where's Guabao? Hold Guabao."

Su Muyao was looking at the books in her space. She was originally reading a novel, but as she read, she came across a novel about transmigrating to ancient times and getting rich by using recipes.

Thinking about how many books and prescriptions I brought with me, I realized how incredibly wise I had been.

Su Muyao, still engrossed in her book, heard her father calling her from the doorway.

"What's wrong with Dad?"

"Quickly put on your shoes, your father will take you to your village chief's place."

"good"

Su Muyao jumped off the bed, slipped her feet into her little cotton shoes, and scurried out of the room.

Su Laosan grabbed the little dumpling from the ground, picked her up, and walked outside.