The shopkeeper didn't expect Zhang Hulan to agree so readily. He felt that if he insisted on only exchanging it for 115 taels, Zhang Hulan would definitely do the same.
The shopkeeper took out a silver note of one hundred taels and fifteen taels of cash and gave them to Zhang Hulan. Zhang Hulan took it and handed the gold ingots to the shopkeeper with a smile.
Zhang Hulan turned and left, and the shopkeeper immediately told a clerk in the store, "Follow her and see where she went."
The guy nodded and walked out immediately.
But just as the waiter was at the door, Zhang Hulan came back and almost bumped into her.
Zhang Hulan walked to the counter and put three more gold ingots on the counter. "Boss, change three more."
The shopkeeper picked up the gold ingots and checked them. They were in the same condition as before. The price was the same as before. After paying, the shopkeeper asked, "Madam, do you have any more? If you do, you can bring them in to exchange."
"No more." Zhang Hulan waved her hand and turned to leave.
After Zhang Hulan left the house, he got on the donkey cart and went straight to the county government office.
Zhang Hujun saw Zhang Hulan smiling, so he asked, "Big sister, what are you smiling at? Did you pick up some silver?"
Zhang Hulan smiled and nodded, "Yes, I picked up silver. And I picked up sixty taels of silver."
"Sister, just tease me." Zhang Hujun smiled and shook his head.
The waiter followed behind and left only after he saw Zhang Hulan and the others carrying a heavy bag and entering the county government gate.
After the clerk reported back to the silver shop, the shopkeeper sighed and waved his hand, "Alas... forget it..."
Zhang Hulan paid the silver to Xiong Zhubu, got the land deed and left, then went to the cattle and horse trading market to buy a cow.
Zhang Hulan asked Zhang Hujun to pick out ten older cows, at six taels of silver each, so the ten cows were free.
The more Zhang Hulan thought about it, the happier she became. She was considering whether she should exchange the sixty taels of silver from her home.
Then he went to buy ten plowshares. The plowshares used here were curved plowshares, and the whole set was not cheap. Because the plowshares were made of iron, a set cost two taels of silver.
There were two cows at home, so Zhang Hulan bought twelve sets.
The donkey cart was filled to the brim with twelve sets of plowing tools, and there was no room left for pots, steamers, and flour.
Zhang Hulan simply spent another three taels of silver to buy a donkey cart, not a flatbed cart, but the kind with a carriage.
Zhang Hulan asked Zhang Hujun to change the donkey, use oxen to pull the cart, and put the newly bought donkey cart on the donkey.
Then I went to buy a pot, a steamer, flour, and some cotton and cotton cloth. Winter is coming soon, and it's time to prepare cotton clothes and quilts.
Zhang Hujun was no longer surprised by Zhang Hulan's money. Since his elder sister had money now, he did not advise Zhang Hulan to spend it sparingly.
When they got home, seeing Zhang Hulan carrying two carts of shopping, Old Man Zhang and Mrs. Wang were too lazy to say anything.
Zhou and the others were still working. When they saw Zhang Hulan buying so many things, they were all very envious.
After dinner, Zhang Hulan gave the cotton cloth to Wang, Li, and Xiang Chunhua, "Mom, sister-in-law, Chunhua, use these cotton cloth to make quilts and cotton clothes, and also prepare clothes and diapers for the little one. If there is not enough cotton cloth, I will buy more."
Wang said, "Even if you have money, don't spend it like this. You paid us wages, and we would buy what we need ourselves. Now everyone eats and drinks at your place, and if you also take care of our clothes, we won't want our wages."
Li also said, "Yes, sister, I know you are good to us, and we remember it in our hearts. But how can we accept your wages when you are like this?"
Xiang Chunhua touched the cotton and smiled foolishly, "I'm embarrassed too!"
Zhang Hulan said, "Okay, okay, okay, I won't buy it from now on. You can buy whatever you need yourself."
Wang said, "Don't buy anything for us anymore."
Zhang Hulan nodded, then looked at Old Man Zhang who was walking around the newly bought donkey cart in the yard and said, "Dad, stop looking at it. This cart is for you."
After Zhang Hulan came back, Old Man Zhang kept looking at the donkey cart, and he went back to looking after he finished his meal.
Hearing that the donkey cart was bought by himself, Old Man Zhang's eyes lit up, "Bought it for me?"
"Yes, I bought it for you. How do you like it?" Zhang Hulan said with a smile, "You can drive this donkey cart when you go out. I guess the old men in the village will envy you to death."
Old man Zhang smiled so hard that his teeth were showing, "I like it! I like it!"
Zhang Hulan discovered that all men seemed to like cars, no matter what era or age they were.
Just like her father, who bought a 28-bar bicycle in the 1980s. Since there was no road at home in the mountains, her father carried the bicycle back home and then rode it around the village again and again.
In the 1990s, the village began to build roads, and her father upgraded his motorcycle to a motorcycle. He polished the motorcycle with a rag every day and wiped off any dust.
Her father also relied on that motorcycle to support the family, but her parents also died because of that motorcycle.
When Zhang Hulan was fifteen, it was raining heavily and her father and mother fell off a cliff while riding a motorcycle. At that time, there was no compulsory traffic insurance and no insurance was purchased.
Family planning was already being implemented at that time, and Zhang Hulan's parents had only one child. After her parents died, Zhang Hulan went to Guangdong alone.
Thinking about the past and her parents, Zhang Hulan felt a little sad.
Zhang Xinyue pulled Zhang Hulan's sleeve and asked softly, "Mom, what's wrong with you? Why are you unhappy?"
Zhang Hulan looked down at the little girl with a gentle smile in her eyes.
Although her parents died early in her previous life, they still cared about her here. She couldn't have children in her previous life, but now she has three daughters, and she is very content.
Zhang Hulan touched Zhang Xinyue's little head and said, "Mom is not unhappy. I feel that my life is very good and happy now."
Wang and Li feel that their lives are very happy now. In less than half a year since Zhang Hulan came back, their lives have changed dramatically.
In the past, they had no idea where to start, and even in good years they still had to live a tight life. They never thought that life would be so good...
The next day, just as Zhang Hulan arranged to deliver the braised meat, a villager came over and said that many people had come to the village entrance looking for Zhang Hulan.
Zhang Hulan immediately rushed to the entrance of the village, where there were already about three or four hundred people gathered, mostly women, and some elderly people who were not too old, probably in their sixties.
As soon as Zhang Hulan arrived at the entrance of the village, a villager asked, "Mrs. Zhang..., the county magistrate said that you are looking for people to do land reclamation work here, and the wages are 20 cents a day and one meal is provided. Is that true?"
Zhang Hulan nodded and said, "You said it was the county magistrate who said it, so how could it be false?"
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