Chapter 372 Where the Money Comes From

Xia Shuangshan and Lin Yuru looked at Xia Juanjuan in disbelief.

How could their family have so much money?

The war allowance is high, but now the children are older, and they need to pay for school tuition, rent, and daily expenses. How can we save money?

Their daily food is not bad, so where do they save so much money?

Even if we don’t talk about the money, just this glittering gold and jade bracelet, this… where did you get this from?

Could it be given by the Fu family?

But it is not enough. The Fu family holds a high position. Even if they have these things, there are so many children in the family. Even if they feel they owe Juan'er, this is still a lot!

Xia Juanjuan said:

"Now that things have come to this, I won't hide it from you. As for the money, here is twelve thousand in total. It's all saved from the allowance for the battle.

Do you remember that Liu Lan lost a few hundred dollars of her own money?

It was her daughter Li Qiaoqiao who stole the money and was cheated by the educated youth. I got the total of 800 yuan back from the educated youth.

In fact, it is the remaining part of the allowance he received after serving in the army for many years.

There are still 400 yuan left, which was given by Fu's father and grandfather, and also some of the money saved. Dad, Mom, don't think that we don't compromise on food and clothing. I have my own plans and I am calculating everything.

As for these gold and jade bracelets, you should know that Li Zhan didn’t know that the child of the Li family was fostered by someone else. However, his biological mother is actually in our Qingshui Village!"

She had never revealed the relationship between Li Zhan and Shen Wanxue to anyone other than Shen Wanxue and Li Zhan, Yang Qiushi, Xia Shuangshan and Lin Yuru.

However, the situation has eased a lot now, and there will be big changes by the end of the year. It’s okay to speak out now.

Moreover, she also believed that Xia Shuangshan and Lin Yuru would never spread such a thing.

Xia Shuangshan and Lin Yuru were so shocked that they were speechless when they heard Xia Juanjuan say that she got Liu Lan's money back from that educated youth. Now they were even more surprised to hear that Li Zhan's biological mother was also in Qingshui Village.

"Li Zhan's biological mother? Who is she?"

Xia Juanjuan smiled and said, "You still remember Aunt Shen, right? It's her."

Lin Yuru was stunned, and then she cried out, "Oh my god! Sister Shen is Li Zhan's biological mother? This... this is such a coincidence! I said that sometimes when I look at her, I feel that she looks familiar, but I just can't remember who she looks like. Now that I think about it, doesn't she look like Li Zhan?"

Xia Juanjuan said, "The situation was complicated a few years ago. I discussed it with Li Zhan, but we were afraid that too many people would know about it. If he let it slip, it would affect Li Zhan's future, so we kept it a secret from you too."

Lin Yuru waved her hands and said, "Mom knows. Fortunately, you didn't tell me, otherwise Mom can't keep secrets. If she really knew that the relative is Miss Shen, she would definitely let it slip."

Xia Shuangshan asked doubtfully: "But, even if Sister Shen is Li Zhan's biological mother, this gold and jade bracelet..."

Xia Juanjuan then continued, "Aunt Shen was born into a wealthy family. Before she knew something was going to happen at home, she secretly hid some things. This gold and jade bracelet was given to us by Li Zhan after he recognized her as his relative."

Xia Shuangshan and Lin Yuru were stunned for a moment before nodding and sighing, "So that's what happened."

Xia Juanjuan said, "Dad, Mom, my dad went out to haul coal for others because he couldn't stay idle at home. In fact, you also felt that we were living a tight life and wanted to make some money to support us, right?

I'm going to tell you the truth today, and for no other reason. I just want to tell you that my family is well-off and not short of money. I don't object to my father going out to haul coal, as he can just go out to exercise and stretch his muscles. But he can't work day and night. On a nice day with warm sun, he can go. If he has to go out to earn a few cents on a snowy day, I'll be annoyed!"

"There is one more thing I won't hide from you. There is a small storefront opposite the state-owned pastry shop at the entrance of our alley. I bought it. I am thinking of opening a small breakfast shop or something. When the time comes, I will have to go to work, and you two will still have to look after this small store. I estimate that my father can only do this job of hauling coal for about half a year."

Xia Shuangshan and Lin Yuru suffered too much shock tonight and were unable to recover for a while.

After a while, Xia Shuangshan asked, "Juanjuan, isn't it...not allowed for private businesses now?"

Xia Juanjuan's eyes sparkled as she smiled, "It's not allowed now. So I asked Dad, do you think you'll have to haul coal for another half a year? But looking at the current situation, I estimate that it will be relaxed by the end of this year at the latest. Stores should buy up the coal now while it's cheap and no one is interested. If you buy it later when the price goes up, you won't be able to catch up."

Xia Shuangshan and Lin Yuru were still somewhat worried, but their daughter was admitted to Beijing University, her husband was a soldier, and her biological father was a well-known figure in Beijing. They must have more information and opinions than them, so they nodded and said, "Daughter, we will listen to you."

After resolving the knot between Xia Shuangshan and Lin Yuru, Xia Juanjuan went back to her room to sleep, and put the treasure chest back into the space for safekeeping.

The next morning, Xia Juanjuan did not have classes. She got up in the morning, took out the ready-made medicinal herbs from the space, weighed the amounts with a small scale, prepared two doses of lung-nourishing medicine, wrapped them with paper and rope, and then took them to the owner of the store. She did not charge for the medicinal herbs.

The owner's surname is Qi, Qi Jia'an, and his daughter is Qi Ningyu.

Qi Ningyu immediately took the medicine to the kitchen to boil it.

Qi Jiaan took Xia Juanjuan to the street to complete the transfer procedures.

I feel a lot more relaxed now. The staff at the street office are old acquaintances of Qi Jia'an. After asking if it was a 'voluntary' transfer to a 'distant relative', they processed the matter.

Only then did Xia Juanjuan give Qi Jiaan 800 yuan and get the key.

Xia Juanjuan did not continue to follow him back to Qi's house, and went to class instead.

When Qi Jia'an returned home, Qi Ningyu had already prepared the medicine. He boiled three bowls of water overnight and brought the black liquid medicine up.

Qi Jia'an looked disgusted, but he still drank it reluctantly.

However, after drinking it, I don’t know if it was a psychological effect, but that night, my coughing symptoms improved a lot.

Later on, he just pretended to be stubborn but still drank the medicine obediently.

After finishing the two prescriptions, Qi Ningyu ran to the courtyard and asked Xia Juanjuan to visit him a few more times and prescribed new medicine for him. However, Qi Ningyu insisted on paying for the later ones.

Xia Juanjuan naturally refused to accept it, so the Qi family had to give up.

Xia Juanjuan still flexibly adjusted the prescription based on the results of pulse diagnosis and examination.

After a few months of recuperation, Qi Jia'an was in much better spirits than he was six months ago, and he coughed less often. The symptoms of coughing up blood at any time six months ago were almost gone.

However, that is all for later.

However, there are some follow-ups to the incident where Xia Shuangshan went to that alley and had an argument with Wu Er's family that day.