Chapter 100 Silver Notes
"Dad and Mom, this is your room. It was cleaned yesterday."
Gu Mingda moved his parents' packages into the room with the best sunlight.
Old Mrs. Gu stood in the yard, looking around. Although she had been living in Qingshui Village for many years, she was not stupid.
The house that Gu Mingda rented was a little remote, but it was very large, with five rooms. Even in the countryside, it would be difficult for them to live in such a spacious house, let alone in the city.
But Gu Mingda did not mention how much the rent was, and Old Lady Gu did not keep asking to annoy people. She was just nervous the whole time, her mind was full of thoughts about what to do if Gu Mingda did not take the house and land in the countryside and did not have money to pay the rent in the city in the future.
The old lady was looking forward to the shop making more money.
But when she thought about the fact that the share of the shop belonged to Niu Niu and Zhang Yuniang, the old lady was afraid that others would say that Gu Mingda was a gigolo.
In comparison, Old Man Gu is much more casual.
After he became confused, he didn't care about these things at all. He would get on the carriage when his family told him to, and get off when their family told him to. He didn't show any discomfort in the new place. However, the old man kept his eyes on Niu Niu from beginning to end, fearing that his precious little girl would disappear if he glanced at her carelessly.
"Grandpa, Daddy said that he would give me half of the yard to grow ginger, and you the other half to raise chickens." Niu Niu said with a smile, holding Old Man Gu's hand.
"Grandpa, take a look at this land to see if we can grow ginger." After saying this, Old Man Gu glanced at the yard, squatted down, grabbed a handful of soil and smelled it.
Niuniu looked at him expectantly and asked, "Can I? Can I?"
Gu Zhao squeezed over as if to join in the fun, and also picked up a handful of soil and put it to his nose to smell it.
"Grandpa, can you smell any difference between this soil and the one in our village?" Gu Zhao asked curiously.
Father Gu said, "The soil is very dry. We need to water it more."
Niuniu immediately looked at him with admiration and said, "Grandpa is so awesome! He knows everything!"
Hearing his granddaughter's praise, Father Gu immediately laughed and said, "Grandpa will build a fence for the chickens today, and turn the soil early tomorrow morning."
Niuniu was not the kind of lazy kid, so she quickly said, "I'll help grandpa!"
The second branch moved from the village to the city. Gu Mingda knew his parents' personalities and knew that they would not be willing to throw anything away, so he specially rented two horse-drawn carriages, which were filled to the brim with the two old people's belongings.
Gu Mingda originally thought that the six chickens that Old Man Gu raised for Niu Niu, even if they were not killed for New Year's Day, he would probably give two to the first and third wives when he went to the city.
But I didn't expect that the old man was a man of his words. Even though he was confused, he said that the chickens were for Niu Niu, but he really didn't give them to the first and third wives. He made a cage and brought all six chickens into the city.
Even the bamboo strips used to fence the chicken coops were brought into the city from the countryside.
Old Man Gu quite enjoyed having his granddaughters around to help him, and picked some easy tasks for Niu Niu and Gu Zhao to do.
The chicken coop was half-enclosed when there was a knock on the yard door.
Gu Zhao was so bored that he was counting on his fingers. When he heard the voice, he rushed to the door: "I'll open the door!"
Liu Xiaoru walked in holding a basin, smelling of braised food.
"Aunt Liu! Niu Niu misses you so much!" Niu Niu put down the bamboo stick in her hand and threw herself directly into Liu Xiaoru's arms.
Liu Xiaoru hadn't seen Niu Niu for more than ten days and missed her very much. As soon as she saw her, she hugged her in her arms like her sweetheart.
Gu Zhao smelled the tempting aroma, his mouth watering, and asked, "Aunt Liu, what's delicious? Let me see!"
Zhang Yuniang walked out of the room, reached out and tapped Gu Zhao on the top of his head, and said, "Don't talk like that. Come in and pour tea for your Aunt Liu."
Gu Zhao lowered his head and ran into the house to pour tea.
"I specially saved some braised food for this." Liu Xiaoru handed over a plate that was bigger than a washbasin.
Zhang Yunniang smiled and said, "That's good. I can cook two fewer dishes for dinner."
After Liu Xiaoru handed the plate over, she held Niu Niu even tighter in her arms, reluctant to let go.
"My dear, take this." Liu Xiaoru took out a purse from her arms and handed it to Niu Niu.
The purse was made of the little girl's favorite pink cloth, and there were no common flowers or plants embroidered on it. Instead, there was a ginger seedling on one side and a large piece of ginger on the other side.
"Ginger purse!" Niu Niu opened her eyes wide with a look of surprise.
Zhang Yunniang looked at the situation and shook her head helplessly, saying, "Your eyesight is not good and you are busy at ordinary times. There is no need to embroider this purse for her."
Liu Xiaoru smiled and said, "The things in the store are selling well, I'm not busy at all."
Niu Niu thought that having a purse as a gift was already a surprise enough, but she didn't expect to feel something prickly in her hand. When she poured it out, she found that it was a handful of silver melon seeds.
"Is this... money? Or melon seeds?" It was the first time that Niu Niu saw silver in this shape, and she was immediately confused.
Zhang Yunniang hurriedly said, "Niuniu, this is money. Let's return the silver to Aunt Liu and keep the purse, okay?"
Although Niu Niu has started saving money, she is not greedy for money and nodded obediently.
Liu Xiaoru originally wanted to hold down Niuniu's little hand, but when she pinched it, she suddenly felt the fleshiness and comfort, so she couldn't help but hold it.
"Sister, it's not even the end of the first month of the year yet. Isn't it normal for elders to give younger ones New Year's money?" Liu Xiaoru said with a smile.
Zhang Yuniang said, "This is too much."
Liu Xiaoru smiled and said, "Sister, you have been in the countryside, so you don't know how much money we made this year. When you know, you won't think it's too much at all."
"Besides, isn't the New Year's money meant for the child to be safe and happy in the coming year? This is my blessing to Niuniu."
Zhang Yunniang simply had no idea what to do with her sister.
Although Liu Xiaoru always favored Niu Niu, she didn't do it too obviously. She gave each child a purse of silver melon seeds as New Year's money, but only Niu Niu's purse was embroidered by her herself.
Seeing that she had spent so much money at once, Zhang Yunniang felt a tremendous psychological pressure. She now hoped that Liu Xiaoru would remarry as soon as possible so that she could give her a thick dowry.
Old Mrs. Gu had heard of Liu Xiaoru a long time ago. She knew that she was now in charge of the entire shop and had just given the children a large amount of New Year's money. She was very polite to her and did not neglect her at all because of her divorce.
There aren’t so many people nowadays, and since we’re all family, we don’t have separate tables for dinner.
Niu Niu could eat by herself, but Liu Xiaoru insisted on holding her in her arms and feeding her. Liu Xiaoru didn't eat much herself, but every time Niu Niu looked at a dish for a few more seconds, she would notice it at the first moment.
At a table, the old couple sat at the upper seat, Gu Mingda and his wife sat opposite them, and Gu Yan and Gu Zhao sat at the lower seat.
Niu Niu ate her food mouthful after mouthful, with her family surrounding her in front, behind, and on both sides. She felt like she was the happiest child in the world.
After the meal, Liu Xiaoru placed two silver bills directly on the table.
Zhang Yunniang looked at the money that was said to be the dividend for herself and Niuniu, and asked in disbelief, "You made so much money in just a dozen days?"
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