Liu Xiufen is such a stingy miser, always trying to take advantage and always feeling bad about being taken advantage of. How could she possibly give up any money?
Knowing Liu Xiufen's personality and temperament, Anle kept shutting down any attempts to borrow money.
Hearing this, Liu Xiufen wished she could take off her foot binding socks and stuff them into the girl's mouth to shut that annoying mouth.
She was the one who came to extort money, so how did it become that this girl borrowed money from her?
An Dalin listened on the kang (a heated brick bed) and nodded along, pretending to listen.
"What my granddaughter said makes sense."
My nephew's wife owns quite a lot of land!
That one plot of land yielded a considerable harvest this year.
Liu Xiufen's face darkened.
"My family doesn't have any money to lend. We're already struggling financially, thinking about buying a house. How could we possibly lend you any money?" she said irritably, then lifted the curtain and left.
Qiao Qiuniang stared blankly as Liu Xiufen lifted the curtain and left. "Lewa, you've made her leave in anger. Judging from her appearance, she must be very upset."
Anle scoffed dismissively.
"So what if I'm angry? I did it on purpose. If she can ask to borrow money, so can I."
Besides, she doesn't seem like she's here to borrow money; she seems more like she's come to our house to take it for free.
"Hey, little sister, you're the one."
An Yi gave An Le a thumbs up, his face beaming with a "good job" expression as he winked and made faces.
Anle raised her chin, looking pleased. "That's right. Unless I'm willing, no one can get anything for free from me."
Especially her family, they're disgusting, just looking at them makes me want to vomit.
Qiao Qiuniang pursed her lips and remained silent.
She didn't like Liu Xiufen very much either.
The news spread throughout the village the very next day, that afternoon, that An Mancang had bought two shops and a house.
The whole village was in an uproar, crowding around An's house to join in the fun and ask all sorts of questions.
Anle and her siblings were squeezed out of their room by the entire An family. There wasn't even room to put their feet down in the yard, so they squatted outside the fence, chattering away.
The elders were making a ruckus inside and in the yard, setting out several tables of snacks to go with their drinks, while the younger ones were having a noisy little meeting outside.
Anle's ears were a little sore from the noise.
This is too much noise.
It's already causing such a commotion before it's even open for business; who knows how much more chaos it will create once the store is open.
"Little sister, our family is famous throughout the surrounding villages now. Could it be that you really are a celestial maiden, just like the temple said?"
An Yi spoke with a proud expression, taking a big, enjoyable bite of the meat bun that An Mancang had brought back from town.
Anle rolled her eyes. What a load of nonsense about a celestial being!
She's just using the name as a front to make it easier to do things and earn money.
Anning grinned, her little face beaming with smugness.
"Of course it goes without saying, our little sister is a celestial maiden. Otherwise, would the gods bestow this and that upon her? Would our family be living such a good life now?"
Anle sighed, speaking vaguely.
"I don't know if she's a celestial maiden or not, Third Brother, Fourth Sister, you can't just say things like that to outsiders."
Just listen to what others say, but don't echo their opinions.
What if one day another officially appointed celestial maiden suddenly appears? Wouldn't I then become a fake celestial maiden, swaggering around in the marketplace?
"Pah, pah, pah, little sister, what nonsense are you spouting?"
What's real or fake?
If you weren't a goddess, why would the gods bestow these things upon you?
"That doesn't make sense, you must really be telling the truth." An Ning covered An Le's mouth and spat.
An Ding pursed her lips. "I also think my little sister is right. Let's not go out and spread rumors about this. Just listen to what others say and don't chime in."
The matter of the Heavenly Maiden is no joke; we can't let our own family members spread rumors and cause a ruckus.
An Ning muttered something under her breath.
"This isn't something we said, it's something the people in the temple said. They've already made it up, so why can't we accept it?"
Quietly, who had been listening, blinked and said thoughtfully.
"The Tianqi Kingdom is so big, how come the identity of the Heavenly Maiden fell to our little sister? There may be Heavenly Maidens recognized by the temple in other places."
Anle paused, "Other places?"
To be honest, she's been here for a while now, but she really doesn't know anything about Tianqi. She's never bothered to learn about its culture and geography.
I wonder if I can get a map or history book of the Apocalypse here to learn about its geography and surrounding culture.
"Big sister, do we have any maps of the Apocalypse here? Or any books like geographical atlases or historical records?"
Anjing stared blankly at Anle, who had suddenly uttered a startling statement.
"Huh? A map? Why are you asking about that, little sister?"
"No, nothing, just curious... curious, hehe, I was just thinking that if our shop expands in the future, we can open shops in every corner of Tianqi, right?"
"Then we'll make tons of money, we'll be able to make money everywhere, we'll rake in huge amounts of cash."
An Ning clutched her stomach, her eyes narrowing into slits as she laughed.
"Hahahaha... Little sister, you're too greedy! You're thinking so big."
An Yi looked at An Ning as if she were an idiot.
"What do you know? This is called ambition, do you understand ambition?"
Mencius said, "Those who achieve great things must have ambition." As he spoke, he patted Anle on the shoulder with a look that said, "I believe in you."
"Little sister, I'll go ask Master Meng for you tomorrow."
See if Master Mencius has any of the books you mentioned.
I've heard that Master Meng's house was full of books; I figured he must have some too.
Anle was overjoyed. "Hey? Third Brother, you're so kind! You really understand me!"
An Yi scratched his head, revealing his little tiger teeth, and said, "Hehe, that's right."
Anning muttered to herself, "Our little sister can't read, she wouldn't understand that thing even if we brought it to her, would she?"
Anle's smile froze. Ah, she had forgotten about that.
Seeing Anle's face suddenly fall, An Yi patted her comfortingly.
"It's alright, it's alright, little sister. I'm already in school, so learning to read is no problem. I'll teach you."
Anning chuckled and patted Anle's head like a puppy.
"Fourth sister will also teach you. Fourth sister will teach all the words she has learned to her little sister. Our family is able to live the life we have today thanks to our little sister. We can eat meat buns like this, all thanks to our little sister."
If my little sister could read, she'd be even more amazing! Who knows, maybe she could really do what you said, and have our family's shop open all over Tianqi!
Anjing looked at Anle with questioning eyes, clearly regarding Anle as the backbone of the family.
"Now, making the pastries is the real challenge, isn't it? Little sister, how are we going to make these pastries?"
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