Chapter 318 Comparing Who Has More Fathers
As soon as Granny Fang left, Zhao Fendie stamped her foot. How could she live in this dilapidated house? She couldn't move!
"Cousin, what should I do? I'm not going to sleep in a room with mice."
Zhao Fundie, carrying a small package, said angrily, "Didn't my father say that money can make the devil turn the millstone? Now I have money but I can't spend it."
There were no servants, no one to wait on them, only the two sisters, neither of whom were capable of doing any work.
"Sister Pink Butterfly, you can definitely spend the money."
Lin Yuesha rolled her eyes, considered it for a moment, and decided to take on the business.
She didn't want to miss any opportunity to make money. Without money, it's impossible to get by. If she didn't save up more silver, it would be even harder to go to the capital later.
She was different from these daughters of officials; the others had family support, but she did not.
The thought of her older brother and husband lying about going to the book fair to save money for the family made Lin Yuesha feel heartbroken. Her stepbrother was an honest and upright man, and he must have felt very uneasy and guilty for lying about it.
Ultimately, it all comes down to poverty. Poverty can be a helpless situation, sometimes forcing you to give up your self-respect.
"There are only young ladies and governesses here. Where am I supposed to find someone?"
Zhao Fendie sighed, and Lin Yuesha immediately chimed in, saying that making money was perfectly legitimate, but it had to be done behind Fang Mama's back.
"I can help you, but I can't help you for free."
Lin Yuesha made it clear that she didn't have the money to buy the hairpins and rings she liked and wanted to earn some money, so she could take on this job, it just depended on whether Zhao Fendie was willing to spend the money.
"Ten taels of silver, how about it?"
Zhao Fundie was very generous, asking for ten taels of silver right off the bat. Lin Yuesha clapped her hands and said, "Deal!"
It's just a matter of blocking a rat hole; the ten taels of silver for the job is a bargain.
After making money, I gave the money to my stepbrother as his private savings. It wasn't enough to buy a good book, but it should be enough to buy an ordinary one.
"Then you can clean the house for me while you're at it, and I'll give you another ten taels of silver."
Zhao Fendie didn't think there was anything wrong with it. She was willing to pay money, and Lin Yuesha was willing to do the work. It was fair.
Anyway, the price is a bit high, but the people who enter the girls' school have a different status, so it's understandable that it's more expensive.
"No problem, but you'll have to wait a moment while I clean my own room."
Lin Yuesha's choice of jobs couldn't affect Bai Youran's; she needed to discuss this with Zhao Fendie beforehand. She didn't think she was inferior because she did manual labor; she earned money through physical labor, and those other people couldn't earn as much.
"good."
Zhao Fundie couldn't find anyone, so she readily agreed. Lin Yuesha turned around, intending to borrow a hammer from Granny Fang to install the window first, otherwise the two of them would only be able to feel the cold wind at night.
"Moonlight Maiden, are you short of money?"
Bai Youran pulled Lin Yuesha inside. They had made a bet with Qin Langzhong from Jishetang and won several hundred taels of silver. Later, in the medical competition, Lin Yuesha also received a considerable share.
To actively seek out work for oneself like this is truly a case of being obsessed with money.
"Who doesn't want more money when they're short of it?"
Bai Youran might scoff at her behavior, but Lin Yuesha doesn't demand that others understand her. She just wants to make money, it's that simple and straightforward.
“My family lives in Chenjia Village. A few months ago, we were extremely poor.”
Even if she had a father who was the Prefect of the Capital, what difference could it make? That man had long forgotten her and hadn't done anything for her.
The house collapsed, and if they don't earn money, the whole family will have to squeeze into the other half of the collapsed house.
Making money, as long as it doesn't involve killing or robbing, is always aboveboard.
"I'm sorry, that's not what I meant."
Bai Youran smiled apologetically, but in her heart she did not agree, thinking that Lin Yuesha was demeaning herself by working for Zhao Fendie, and that she would likely be looked down upon.
Lin Yuesha didn't care. In the traditional social hierarchy of scholars, farmers, artisans, and merchants, she was looked down upon for doing business, but without money, she couldn't get anywhere.
She can't control what others say, and she doesn't care.
"I really envy you, living such a carefree and unrestrained life."
Despite being the daughter of a prefect, Bai Youran herself didn't have much money. The money her mother gave her each month was quickly spent on buying odds and ends.
She had less than a thousand taels of silver in her possession, which came from the profits of her shops and was considered her private property.
"If I had money, I wouldn't do this; I should be envying you."
Lin Yuesha knocked on the window, then went with Bai Youran to collect bedding, a basin, and other items, before finally staring blankly at the hard bed.
"There's hay in the backyard, why don't we lay it out?"
Although the dry grass was prickly, it was still better than sleeping directly on a cold bed board.
Bai Youran made the suggestion, and Lin Yuesha thought about it and immediately nodded in agreement.
When the two arrived at the backyard, they found that more than half of the hay was gone. The maids, who had no bundles, took it all. There was only so much hay, and those who had nothing to lay out had to sleep on the cold bed boards.
Now, Bai Youran didn't care about putting on airs anymore. She quickly occupied a spot and held onto the hay tightly.
"Hurry and grab them, or they'll be gone!"
The other ladies, still unwilling to lower themselves, saw that the hay was dwindling and abandoned all concern for their image. They grabbed their skirts and ran quickly, some even tripping over their long skirts.
Lin Yuesha acted swiftly, carrying the grass as she ran, encountering two clueless robbers along the way.
"If you know what's good for you, put down the hay. Do you know who we sisters are?"
Two richly dressed young girls blocked Lin Yuesha's way, hands on their hips, and angrily said, "Leave the hay. We sisters can't do anything to you here at the girls' school, but once you leave this place..."
The two look almost identical; they are twins.
The girl in front threatened Lin Yuesha with a forced smile, saying that if she didn't hand over the hay, she'd give her a hard time!
"Strange, how would I know who you are?"
Lin Yuesha ignored them. She estimated that her clothes were of the worst quality, so soft that even a persimmon could be squeezed. The twins carefully selected their clothes and finally decided to rob her hay.
"I'll give you a hint."
The twin girls were very proud of themselves. They had two fathers: their biological father was a fourth-rank official, the prefect of Yingcheng, and their godfather was also a prefect of a city.
At the Northern Girls' School, they were people that no one dared to offend.
"Heh, so what if you have two fathers?"
Lin Yuesha glanced at the two of them with disdain, having no intention of handing over the hay. Money wouldn't help; she wouldn't mistreat herself just to make money.
"I won't lose when it comes to the number of fathers."
Lin Yuesha wasn't as tall as the twins, so she stood on tiptoe and tilted her head back to look down at them. "I have three fathers: my biological father, my stepfather, and my godfather!"
"you……"
The twins were so angry that they rolled their eyes, unable to find any words to refute the little girl's words.
"Just because you have a lot of fathers doesn't mean you're all that! What are you so smug about!"
Being a naive young girl, she revealed her true nature when she got excited.
"You're already pretty cocky with two dads, let alone me, I can only be even cockier!"
After Lin Yuesha finished speaking, she took advantage of the moment when the two were stunned, grabbed the hay and ran away. If the two of them joined forces to snatch it, she really wouldn't be a match for them.
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