Back home.
Bai Tian and Jiang Dai walked into the inner room together.
Bai Tian began to report how much money he had spent that day.
“We went out today. The round trip by oxcart for our family cost forty coins. Please ask for less, sir.”
"Six meat buns cost fifteen coins, a peck of coarse rice cost five coins, and a peck of fine flour cost thirty-five coins. That's another fifty-five coins."
"I bought two and a half catties of pork, which cost ninety coins."
"It cost a total of one hundred and eighty-five coins."
Jiang Dai then said, "I took my second and third sons to see a doctor, and it cost fifty coins."
Bai Tian calculated: "That means it cost a total of 235 coins, but the third brother found one tael of silver on the road, and the eldest brother found gold in dog poop and exchanged it for ten taels of silver. So we still made a profit of ten taels and 770 coins."
Jiang Dai nodded, but it was clear that she was still somewhat down.
Bai Tian touched the tip of his nose: "Well, the kids know they were wrong, so don't be angry. I know you're worried about them, but most boys this age are mischievous."
"I know, I'll be right back in a bit."
Jiang Dai dared not say that she was homesick or missing her relatives and friends in another time and space.
Seeing that Jiang Dai was still a little sullen, Bai Tian took out a small paper packet: "Here, candy, would you do me the honor of having one?"
"Thanks."
Jiang Dai politely accepted the candy and put it in her mouth.
Then……
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Having tasted all sorts of modern candies, Jiang Dai really thought this candy was quite delicious!
"Is it sweet? Are you happier now? Eating sweets can make you feel good!"
Bai Tian looked at his wife expectantly.
Jiang Dai couldn't help but chuckle: "Sweet!"
But she looked at Bai Tian with some doubt and asked, "Eating sweets can make you feel better? You know that?"
Bai Tian: "Of course I'm in a good mood when I eat delicious food!"
Bai Tian said, "I want all four children to go to school. Their grades don't matter, as long as they can at least read."
"Although the twelve taels of silver in the house is a lot, it is not a long-term solution to sit around and live off the land without making any money and just thinking about living off these twelve taels."
"But I used to be a scoundrel, indulging in drinking, gambling, and whoring—no, no, I didn't patronize prostitutes! I sold our three acres of land, so now we..."
Bai Tian gradually explained his family situation and his plans to Jiang Dai.
Jiang Dai raised her eyes, looking at her nominal husband with such seriousness for the first time.
Actually, he's quite handsome, not short either, a really good-looking young man.
In modern times, 25 years old is just a recent college graduate.
But now, he is already a father of four.
Jiang Dai didn't like this. Perhaps it was because times had changed, and she wasn't really ready to be a qualified mother.
She doesn't have much ambition. Like most young people, she just likes to relax and has a little money to eat good food.
But now, in this unfamiliar world, without any special advantages, she has to take on the responsibility of raising four children.
Jiang Dai's upbringing instilled in her a strong desire to be responsible for her children, rather than simply raising them for old age and carelessly neglecting their upbringing.
She actually felt the urge to run away.
Juanjuan was unaware that her mother had already decided to back out.
At this moment, her third brother quietly pulled her to a corner.
"Juanjuan, try a bite of this, it's delicious!"
Bai Yun'an took out a strawberry fruit candy with its wrapper removed, and quietly handed it to Juanjuan with an innocent smile.
Eat up, eat up! This is way better than any of the candies here!
[Hurry up and raise their affection level! It's already at 20! I told you, it's really easy to raise a kid's affection level!]
Juanjuan looked at the round, pink, crystal-clear fruit candy in front of her, which looked like a small gemstone.
Is it really safe to eat?
Bai Yun'an looked at the child who was already swallowing hard and said with a smile, "Of course it can! And it's especially delicious!"
Is this all?
"Of course! Brother only gives it to curly!"
Bai Yun'an patiently coaxed the child.
But inside, I was thinking: "Wait, why aren't we eating yet?!"
Why does this child talk so much? Why doesn't he just eat?
Hearing her third brother's urging, Juanjuan said, "Mother is unhappy, brother should go and comfort her."
Bai Yun'an: ...
Why does this child love his mother so much?
"Didn't my brother find some silver today? Didn't he give it to Mother?"
Juanjuan looked at her third brother, then at the candy in his palm: "Then... won't you eat it, third brother?"
Bai Yun'an: ...
"Just eat it if I give it to you! I wouldn't give it to anyone else! Stop asking others if they want some. If I give it to you, just eat it!"
Bai Yun'an, having run out of patience, shoved the fruit candy into Juanjuan's mouth.
[Always concerned about others, a saint in the apocalypse! Even though she wants to eat too, even though she doesn't have any herself, she always thinks of others first.]
The sweet taste spread through her mouth, much better than the malt candy that Da Chui had given her.
Juanjuan suddenly felt like crying.
Perhaps it was because she had never tasted such sweet candy before, or perhaps it was the first time she had received special favor from her third brother, or perhaps she didn't even know, but she just wanted to cry.
"Third Brother."
Bai Yun'an: "Hmm?"
She looked at her somewhat impatient third brother and asked the question she most wanted to ask.
"Why..." The candy was fiddling with in her mouth, and Juanjuan's voice was trembling with tears, "You were so good to me."
Bai Yun'an looked at the child in front of her and said, "You are my only sister, of course I should treat you well!"
But what she was really thinking was: "Isn't it all just to boost my favorability rating? What else could it be? This dawdling kid! I really don't like children."
Having long been familiar with Juanjuan's ability to hear strange sounds, she knew it in that instant.
The words that Third Brother uttered were lies.
The truth is what remains unspoken.
So, what Third Brother said about liking Curly was actually a lie.
Bai Yun'an was prepared for his favorability rating to skyrocket.
The next moment.
Bai Yun'an's smile vanished instantly.
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