Zhou unloaded the bamboo onto the ground and sat down on the pile of bamboo. Zhang also sat down beside her.
"Everything is clean? You guys are really quick."
"My sister-in-law works very efficiently. I benefit from her."
"My little sister always says nice things. We contributed almost as much, but she's trying to push the credit onto me," Tian said as she chopped bamboo and glanced up the mountain. "I wonder if Dad and the others found any good stumps. Carrying the trees down the mountain is the hardest part."
"Don't worry. We met them coming down the mountain earlier and they cut a nice piece of wood. Your father said he would use that wood to make a bed for Chunxiao."
"Dad said yesterday that there are a lot of things to make, and the labor costs will cost a lot of money." Tian was a little worried. She took out one tael of silver. If she asked them to take out another tael, it would be the New Year soon, and there would be a lot of expenses. Although they could sell the New Year pig, that was the biggest income of the year after all, so they couldn't take it into account in advance. The family only had a few taels of silver in savings."
Zhang, who was standing by, frowned slightly when she heard Tian talking about wages.
Chunxiao didn't want to embarrass her two sisters-in-law. "Sisters-in-law, it's okay. I got five taels of silver from the Zhou family when I divorced. This money will be paid from these five taels." She didn't want her sisters-in-law to misunderstand that she was hoarding silver and selfishly squandering the family's money. "My parents said this is money for me to live on in the future. I think it's unavoidable that it costs money, so I have to spend it when it's needed."
"Do you really have five taels of silver?" Tian asked this, feeling relieved.
"Really, don't worry."
"Don't touch your five taels of silver for now. I'll ask your father to plead with Yan Laowu and owe you the money first. You can pay it back when you have enough money." Zhou glared at her unhappily and told the girl not to talk about it. What can five taels of silver do? There is still a long way to go in the future. It will be difficult to move forward without money.
"Mom, if it's not much, it's better not to owe it. It's not good."
"What do you know? You can negotiate and owe money to the villagers, but outsiders won't let you buy on credit. You need to buy a pot to start a stove. This iron pot costs one tael of silver. You also need to buy some tools. What can you do with your five taels of silver? I've made up my mind. Don't buy tools for now. If you need them, just borrow them from home. You can make do for a while."
Chun Xiao thought about it and realized that yes, there were indeed a lot of things to buy. She only had one quilt now, and she would have to buy a mattress and tear cloth to make sheets later. When she calculated it this way, the five taels of silver were really pitifully little.
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