Someone laughed and said, "She has quite a temper."
"I've noticed that he's always been this headstrong since he was little. I heard that the family division was because your son, Lewa, almost got into a fight with his aunt and snatched the egg from her mouth. Otherwise, the family division wouldn't have happened so quickly."
The people in the car started talking all at once about An Manyi, and someone asked out of curiosity, "Mancang, I heard that Manyi is going to be married to a family in town, right? I heard that your older sister found the family for him?"
"These days I've been going to town almost every day, staying at your older sister's place, is it all because of this?"
An Mancang was stunned when he heard this. His parents had never told him about this, nor had his older sister and brother-in-law mentioned it.
Qiao Qiuniang laughed from the side.
"You must have misheard. Yes, Manyi has been going to town with her third uncle and aunt to help her eldest sister's family during this time."
It's no good if this woman's child is left unattended. Didn't she and her family buy a big house in town? They must be busy moving into their new house!
"I'm so busy, like a spinning top, how could I possibly find someone to satisfy my needs?"
Since being adopted into the An Dalin family, Qiao Qiuniang has followed the custom and changed her address to the elderly An Dalin couple, calling them Third Uncle and Third Aunt.
Xu Suozhu turned his head and glanced at An Mancang and his wife.
"Didn't your third uncle and aunt come back a few days ago? And didn't the eldest son's family send An Manyi back as well?"
They were only sent back a few days ago, and I heard they were taken back to town again? You didn't show up on the day your family split up, weren't you taken away by An Manxin?
The news has spread throughout our village that Manxin has found a well-off family for Manyi. They say the family owns a shop in town that sells cloth.
If you ask around in town, everyone who sells cloth on East Street knows that they saw An Manyi working as a shopkeeper in that shop in our village. She hasn't even married into the family yet, and she's already become someone else's shopkeeper's wife.
Qiao Qiuniang looked surprised and somewhat embarrassed, blushing deeply at Xu Suozhu's words.
"Really? Is that so? We haven't heard anything about it here." This young lady wasn't shy at all; she wasn't even married yet, and she was already living in someone else's house.
It wouldn't sound good if word got out. Even though we've separated and aren't family anymore, we're still considered part of Anjia.
"I'm really puzzled. You said this family owns a shop and lives in town. What kind of conditions must they be in? How could they find someone they like? It all sounds a bit far-fetched."
"I also find this a bit strange, but the cloth seller on the east street of this town is a well-known figure. Everyone knows him. If you're trying to lie, you can't fool anyone. You can easily find out by asking around."
"I say, does the shopkeeper who sells cloth on East Street have some kind of hidden illness or something?"
"Don't talk nonsense. I've seen the shopkeeper who sells cloth on East Street. He's perfectly healthy, with arms and legs, and he doesn't lack anything. What kind of hidden illness could he have?"
"I've seen this cloth seller a few times, and I've heard people say that his wife died. She slipped and fell into the well and drowned while drawing water to wash clothes in the snow before the New Year."
"..."
Anle and his family returned to the village amidst the gossip and idle chatter of the people in the car.
At dinner, everyone was enjoying their big steamed buns. An Dalin, while eating his meat bun, glanced at An Ding fiddling with several Rubik's Cubes and asked a question with a suspicious look in his old eyes.
"This piece of wood, can it really earn so much money?"
An Mancang nodded as he counted the copper coins. "You really can earn this much? This is how you earned it all. Tomorrow morning I'll take Lewazi back to that place to set up a stall."
Today, one of the young masters hadn't had enough fun and was clinging to the child, refusing to let him leave. Lewazi said he would go again tomorrow, and only then did the young master let go.
I heard it's the famous young master of the He family back then. I've made quite a bit of money off him alone. I'm sure I'll make even more if I go tomorrow.”
Qiao Qiuniang, who was counting copper coins with An Mancang, strung the coins on a rope with a happy expression.
“Dad, Mancang, this string of coins is a full 1,000 copper coins, which is one tael of silver. Add to that the one tael of silver that Lewazi earned today, and that's a full two taels of silver. After deducting the money already spent on the buns, we still have four copper coins left.”
An Dalin sighed, "This is a divine intervention, a blessing from heaven for you two. Go and pray again tomorrow."
An Yi played with the Rubik's Cube, his eyes shining.
"Little sister, this thing you got from the gods is really interesting. When you go to the temple tomorrow, could you ask the gods to give you another one?"
Anle rolled her eyes at An Yi, who had managed to piece together a face.
"Third brother, you're too greedy. One is enough. We can't make a fortune just by relying on this thing."
An Ning's eyes also lit up as she stared at the Rubik's Cube in An Yi's hand, as if she had seen a way to make money.
"So what! Didn't Father say that young master wanted to buy it for five taels of silver? Five taels of silver is enough for our family to live on for several years."
If you ask me, Dad should sell this thing to him. Or maybe I should sell it to that young master tomorrow?
An Mancang shook his head.
"No, this is a gift from the gods to Lewa, how can we sell it?"
An Yi looked at An Ning as if she were an idiot.
"I'm saying, Fourth Sister, are you stupid?"
This thing can earn more than one tael of silver a day. If we take it to the Heavenly God Festival and set up a stall for five days, we can earn five taels of silver. At that time, this thing will still be ours, and the silver will also be ours.
To sell it for such a paltry gain is, in the words of Mencius in school, short-sighted. One must have a long-term vision.
Anle spoke with a grin.
"I don't plan to sell this thing to that young master, but I have other things I can sell him that are more profitable than this."
But we'll need Dad and my brothers' help.
Upon hearing this, An Ning stared at An Le with suspicion.
"What other ways do you have to make money?"
Anle raised her chin and said, "I have plenty of ways to make money, and I guarantee I can make our family rich."
An Ning took a bite of the meat bun and ate with a satisfied look on her face. "As long as I can afford this meat bun, I'm content. The meat bun is so fragrant. It tastes even better than the egg that my little sister took from my aunt the other day."
An Yi glanced at An Ning and said, "Who can afford to eat meat buns every day? In the village, people who can afford white steamed buns are considered very well-off."
Just like Li Dapang's mother said, that's something only wealthy families can afford. The fact that you can eat it today is all thanks to our little sister. These two taels of silver today were all earned by our little sister." After saying that, An Yi looked at An Le with a sly smile and chuckled.
"Little sister, you said you have a way to make money, what other ways do you have? What kind of help do you need? Just tell me, and I'll do whatever I can."
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