The villagers now treat Chunxiao as a bodhisattva. They all want to hold her in their arms and invite her to their homes. Unfortunately, Chunxiao rarely responds to invitations and basically stays at home except when she goes to her eldest brother's house.
Yan Bangfa was finally done after being busy for so long, and it was time for Zhang Yuqing and her family to go back. The shock she received this time was greater than that in the previous 20 years, so the idea of suicide naturally disappeared. Although the two children had only been here for more than 20 days, great changes could be seen in these 20 days. Their complexions had improved, and they were slowly gaining weight. She had lived a very hard life in the past, and she would definitely let them live a good life in the future.
She still had 10 taels of compensation silver in her hand. After returning, she would buy another two acres of land and plant cotton in the spring of next year. Then she would have a hopeful life like the people in Yanjia Village.
Before leaving, Yan Bingfa gave her another 30 taels of silver, saying that it was a reward from Dashan Dahe and Chunxiao.
She refused to take it. "Uncle, my children and I are living here for free. My cousins prepare different kinds of food for us every day. How can I ask for your money? I absolutely cannot accept this money. I will go back and buy two mu of land. Next year, I will learn to grow cotton too. Then I can live a good life in the future."
"Take it. It's not like you're eating and living for free. You and the two children go to the farm to work every day. We definitely won't let you work for free. You're right. Save your money for living when you go back. Use these 30 taels to buy land. You will definitely get better and better in the future. We will visit each other more often. It was your uncle who neglected you before. Don't blame him in your heart." Yan Bingfa stuffed the money into her hand. "Don't always hate your parents and think they are bad. Just treat them as ordinary relatives." Yan Bingfa finally sighed, "After all, we gave birth to you and raised you."
Zhang Yuqing held the money and tears fell. She looked at the Yan family, and finally at Zhou, and suddenly knelt down, "From now on, you will be like my parents." Zhou hurriedly helped her up.
Yesterday, Zhou talked to Zhang Yuqing for a long time. The woman's words in private were much more considerate. She first complained about her parents, then criticized her brother and sister-in-law, and made it clear that she did not like what her brother and sister-in-law said.
Zhang Yuqing originally had a lot of complaints about her family, but now that someone was guiding her, she poured them out like a flood breaking through a dam. She cried all night out of grievance as she spoke.
Because of the kindness of the Yan family to her, this farewell became particularly reluctant. Zhou told her to remember to bring the children to stay with her more often. In the end, Yan Bingfa sent them away.
The cotton harvest was late this year, and other crops could not be planted. Many people in the village did not plant any, but no one was anxious. At worst, they could use their family money to make up for the tax payment next year. They could not let other things delay the cotton planting next year.
So everyone became less anxious to till the land, and they would do a little tilling today if they had time, and a little tilling tomorrow if they had time.
Chunxiao's family has three long-term workers, and they are happy and prosperous. There are people working in the fields every day, so they seem to be the most hardworking family in the village.
At the end of the month, she and Daha went to town, and when they came back they really brought back two large boxes.
At first, Daha wanted to open it and take a look, but Chunxiao disagreed. After returning home, he helped Chunxiao move the box into the house, and then Chunxiao opened it and let him see it.
This made him dumbfounded. There were two boxes of white silver. "Chunxiao, you exchanged so much silver. How much is it? This is the silver you can only see in dreams." He felt that the silver was shining. No wonder he was not shown it outside. If it was opened outside, it would be robbed in minutes.
There aren't many, this time there are 1931 taels. "The villagers don't like silver notes. There was nothing we could do before, but now that the money has been exchanged, we can exchange it for them. Second brother, go to the village and ask who wants to exchange the silver notes. Let them do it."
As expected, the villagers were waiting for her to exchange their silver bills. Of the 21 silver bills she had issued, all but one from the village head had been exchanged, and the remaining 20 had been exchanged back. If it weren't for the silver she'd received mid-month, she wouldn't have had enough. Fortunately, the distribution was generous this time. However, this left her with only 21 taels of silver. Besides the 9 large bills, she still had 29 smaller bills. It looked like she'd have to exchange some small change from the restaurant.
In November, she chose a day with good weather to go to the farm. This time she went to the restaurant specifically to exchange 100 taels of silver. The purpose of her visit today was to give bonuses to the guys in the farm.
Shufeng naturally wanted to join in the fun of such a lively event. Now that the farm was no longer growing cotton, she didn't have to stay there every day. She would go and take a look when it was convenient, just like Chunxiao.
Half a basket of broken silver colliding with each other made a clanging sound. "So this is the sound of silver." Shufeng couldn't help but lift the curtain again to take a look.
"You little money-grubber." Chun Xiao laughed, "I hope your mother won't confiscate the ten taels I give you."
"No, I have everything I need. I asked my mother to pack a small box for me so I can save all my money. I also told my father that if he wants to buy land, he should buy me three acres."
"Wow, you're so amazing. You've even learned to manage your own finances."
"What's the point of managing finances, aunt? I'm talking about buying land."
"What Auntie meant by financial management is to make money from money. You bought the land because you wanted to make money from the land, right? It's the same idea."
"Hey, Grandpa said it's getting harder and harder to buy land these days. People from the villages around our village are lining up. There are especially many people buying land this year."
"Of course there are more. They are just like you. They want to make money with money. As long as you are not stupid, you will do the same."
"Grandpa and the others said yesterday that your farm could grow more cotton and less grain."
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