Chapter 161 Fourth Sister Song Chunlian
Third Sister Song Chunmei looked at her in surprise.
Cui Cui leaned against her, her big eyes blinking as she looked at this person and then at that person.
"How can you accept this? You were the one who found it. Even a grain the size of rice can be exchanged for an ounce of silver. Yours is even bigger. I can't take it."
Song Chunmei turned her head and walked towards the spring. "I've never helped you much since you were little. You're the youngest. As your older sister, I'm incompetent, and now I'm only causing you more trouble."
Song Chunxue followed behind her, saying, "You are my older sister. I can now manage my own affairs and have money of my own. Third sister, you need it more than I do."
Song Chunmei rubbed her eyes, lowered her head, sniffed, and remained silent.
Song Chunxue knew that she must have cried again.
"Fifth Aunt, my mother definitely doesn't know how to spend gold. What if she gets cheated?" Cui Cui whispered. "It's more reassuring to have silver."
She was telling the truth, and Song Chunxue helplessly patted her head.
"Alright, I have some silver, Third Sister, do you want some?"
Song Chunmei glanced at her and said, "Do you think you're some kind of nouveau riche, giving money away like that?"
“I found a little trinket and actually exchanged it for a few taels of silver. I gave two taels of silver to my second sister last night. If you don’t believe me, you can go to her house and ask.”
As she spoke, Song Chunxue took out a cloth bag from the large bundle. "I didn't lie to you. These are for you. The rest of the bag is for Fourth Sister."
Third Sister Song Chunmei hesitated as she held the cloth bag, "Is there cloth inside?"
“Hmm,” Song Chunxue said, taking out two taels of silver from her purse and handing it to her. “Here you go first. These two taels of silver are enough for you two to do a lot of things. Before you go home, go to the market and buy some things for you two. It would be best to buy a knife and confront Zhao Qian head-on. If she dares to hit you, cut off her hand and teach her a lesson.”
Cui Cui took it and bit it. "Mom, it really is silver!"
Song Chunmei took the silver and bit it in her mouth. "It's a bit harder than the yellow lump from before. Gold is softer than silver."
The actions of the mother and daughter made Song Chunxue unable to suppress her laughter.
"Two taels of silver? Where did you get your fortune and give each of your sisters two taels of silver? Do you know that our family's savings over the years totaled only five taels of silver? Song Chunxue, tell me honestly, where did this money come from?"
My third sister can be quite intimidating when she's serious.
Song Chunxue rubbed her nose. "Didn't I say that I found an old, worn-out jar before? I didn't expect it could be exchanged for money. We got ten taels of silver in total, two taels each for my sister and me. Do you think that's not enough?"
Song Chunmei slapped her hard across the face. "This ten taels of silver is enough for you to buy a small courtyard in the county. Giving it to us is like throwing meat buns to a dog—it's gone forever. You really don't know how to manage money."
Luckily it's cold now, and I'm wearing thick clothes so it doesn't hurt as much when it hits me.
Song Chunxue weighed the gold in her hand and said with no small amount of pride, "But God has been sending me money lately. I can find gold even when I'm taking a piss. Why are you being so polite with me?"
Song Chunmei glared at her and said, "You've had a stroke of luck, but you can't be extravagant. God can't let you be this lucky forever. You have to learn to save."
“Third sister wronged me. I’m not extravagant. I just feel sorry for us sisters. Although second brother is righteous and hasn’t forgotten us over the years, he’s not my biological brother. We haven’t gone back to our parents’ home all these years because we’re afraid of causing trouble for him.”
“Over the years, although I have been farming alone, I have raised a good son. Although the other three are unfilial, my third son has been herding sheep for nine years, which has made my life no worse than yours.”
At this point, Song Chunxue weighed the gold in her hand and said in a low voice, "The person I should thank the most is Sanwa. I will leave this gold to him for his future studies and marriage."
Song Chunmei pinched her ear, "Quickly put it away, be careful someone sees it and tries to steal it and kill her in the middle of the night."
“Alright, since Second Sister doesn’t want it, then I’ll keep it for Third Brother.” Song Chunxue looked up in the direction of her home. “I wonder if Fourth Brother has been bullying Third Brother these past few days.”
Song Chunmei sighed, "I remember Sanwa. His father passed away when he was only six or seven years old. He wasn't even as tall as a sheep shovel. The others were all very naughty, but Sanwa went to herd sheep without saying a word."
“At that time, I thought to myself, as expected, well-behaved children are not loved. You only have eyes for the eldest child. You didn’t even know that when the third child fell on the mountain and scraped his skin, I was the one who applied the medicine for him.”
"I never imagined you could still send Sanwa to school?" She looked at Song Chunxue with some disbelief. "Did the sun rise in the west, or were you reincarnated?"
Song Chunxue gave a bitter smile, "You've been reincarnated, haven't you?"
She got up and led the donkey. "Let's go, let's go to Fourth Sister's house first. The three of us sisters can have a good chat. It's been so many years since we've been together."
"This silver..." Song Chunmei knew her younger sister had money, but she didn't feel comfortable taking silver that was given to her for free.
"You don't know how to spend money, do you?" Song Chunxue pointed seriously in the direction of the market. "How about we go to the street and I'll teach you?"
Song Chunmei grabbed her arm and slapped her on the bottom. "You're getting more and more cheeky. Anyone can spend money. Believe me or not, I'll hit you."
Song Chunxue led the donkey away, "Hahaha, if you don't know how to spend it, I can spend it myself. I've never seen anyone in this world who complains about having too much money."
Song Chunmei glared at her irritably, then stuffed the bag into her old purse. "Hmph, you're trying to put me down. I won't hold back."
Cui Cui laughed heartily, "Fifth Aunt, my mother really hasn't seen any silver in all these years. She only goes to the market a few times a year, and at most she takes ten copper coins. The silver in the cabinet is all saved for my brother's wedding. Otherwise, my father would have taken it all to drink."
"You traitor, stop right there!" Song Chunmei chased after him. "How dare you talk about a scoundrel like your father?"
Cui Cui ran ahead like the wind, then turned around and looked at them with a mischievous grin.
"It's a pity that Mother just can't bear to be separated from Father. Everyone says he's a bad seed, but you still spoil him. If Mother doesn't stand up for herself, I'll burn down our house on the day of her wedding. I'll make you sell your daughter for personal gain, and I'll turn Father into a beggar."
Song Chunmei was suddenly shocked. "You... Cuicui, is this true? You really think so?"
Cui Cui stood there, her fists clenched, her eyes blazing with intense hatred. "I'm not like my mother. I remember every slap my father and brother gave me. If she forces me to marry that old man, one day I will burn down my parents' house and my husband's house, and then go out to beg for a living."
Her voice was neither loud nor soft, but it startled Song Chunmei so much that she stood there, opened her mouth, and couldn't say a word for a long time.
Song Chunxue stood in front of her third sister, looking at her trembling lips, and thought that she probably never thought that her daughter had such thoughts.
Upon careful reflection, she recalled some things about her third sister's youngest daughter.
Although the house didn't catch fire, her final tantrum forced her father to give in.
Song Chunxue couldn't remember where she married, but she never went back to her parents' home.
They walked silently for more than ten miles until they arrived at their fourth sister's house.
"Third Sister, Fifth Brother, how did you get here from over there?"
Fourth Sister was winnowing grain at the door with a winnowing basket when she saw Third Sister's daughter beside her and gritted her teeth, asking, "That bastard Zhao Qian, did he kick Third Sister out of the house?"
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