"Let me go!"
Gou Dan's third cousin tried hard to pry open the vise-like hand that her second sister was holding on her wrist, but unfortunately, she was young and usually had two older sisters protecting her when she was working, so her strength was far inferior to her second sister's, and she couldn't pry it open at all.
"Little girl, here you go."
They were quite far from Yue Jiuyue's house. Erman'er let go of her younger sister's hand and then handed a steamed bun that she had specially saved to Xiaoman'er.
Although Xiaoman'er was unhappy that her second sister had forcibly dragged her out, she didn't refuse the steamed buns; she was too hungry.
After stuffing the cornbread into her mouth, Xiaoman still rolled her eyes at her second sister, clearly unhappy.
"Two steamed buns were enough to get rid of us. Didn't you see that none of their clothes had any patches? Especially that little girl, she's so chubby and fair-skinned, almost as big as the chubby boy from the clan chief's family. She must eat an egg every day. I heard a lot of chickens clucking and squawking from their house."
After swallowing the cornbread in her mouth, Gou Dan's third cousin began to resentfully criticize Yue Jiuyue's family.
Dog Egg's second cousin disagreed with her younger sister's statement, but she didn't refute it. She was more concerned about her younger sister's health and the money she had borrowed.
Although her younger sister said she was faking fainting, she had carried her younger sister all the way to town, so how could she not know that her younger sister was just trying to coax her? Otherwise, why wouldn't she have woken up the whole way? It was only after the doctor gave her an acupuncture that she opened her eyes with a "whoosh".
Then there's money...
“Little girl, what do you need that money for? This money was lent to you by your aunt for your medical treatment. We should pay back the rest to your aunt. That's fifty coins! I don't even know how we're going to pay it back. How could you keep it for yourself? If your grandma finds out, you won't even have half a copper coin left.”
She was filled with anxiety. How was she going to repay the money? Why did her younger sister put the money in her own pocket? What if her grandmother found out?
"Don't worry, Second Sister, Grandma won't find out. As for the money, what's there to repay! They're so rich, and they only gave me fifty coins when I fainted. They're so stingy!"
Dog Egg's third cousin spat behind her and then continued to comfort her second sister.
"Second sister, Aunt's family is receiving imperial gifts and making money selling sweet potatoes. The wheat harvest is just a month away, and they're still selling sweet potato seedlings. They must be making a lot of money!"
They have so much money, they wouldn't care about fifty coins. And Auntie didn't ask us to pay it back, did she?
Besides, we're all one family in Linjiagou Village. We all came from the same parents. Auntie's money should be shared among everyone, just like our grandfather, father, and second uncle. The grain we grow should be eaten by the whole family, and the money we earn should be spent by the whole family. That's how it should be!"
She heard these words from her grandmother, and she thought they were very true!
We're all family, so why can't we share our aunt's money?
It's all because they're stingy!
Grandpa the clan chief, why couldn't he discipline that widow properly? That way, everyone in the village could get a share of the silver, and wouldn't it be better for everyone to get rich together?
Erman felt that what her younger sister said seemed to make sense, but also seemed a little off.
It's true that they share the same ancestor, but so many years have passed that their two families are now beyond the fifth degree of kinship. They've even separated and are no longer considered family. So what kind of relationship do they have? Are they related by blood?
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