Gu Xin rushed home in a panic, startling the three time-traveling family members, who thought she had been bullied outside!
As a result, after hearing what Gu Xin said, they didn't know how to start the conversation.
Finally, Gu Shouxin went inside and brought out the money bag, saying, "Xinxin, here are the silver notes that your father prepared to pay off the debts."
Gu Xin had never seen a silver note before and looked at Gu Shouxin with suspicion.
“Xinxin, this really is a silver note. When your father came home that night, you were too tired to go to sleep, so you didn’t know.” Cai Xiaolian understood that Gu Shouxin was going to tell her little girl the truth, so she helped explain.
"Mother, sister, is this really a silver note? The kind that can be used as silver?" Gu Xin had never seen a silver note before, so she naturally had to ask.
“Yes.” Cai Xiaolian and Gu Nian both nodded.
"Oh, I see! That's good then. Parents and sister, you must have been too busy yesterday and forgot to tell me! Hehe, as long as you have the money to pay me back, that's fine." Gu Xin breathed a sigh of relief.
"Xinxin, aren't you going to ask me where this money came from?" Gu Shouxin asked in surprise.
Cai Xiaolian and Gu Nian looked at Gu Xin in confusion.
“It was earned by Father! Father earned it in Yuzhou Prefecture, didn’t he?” Gu Xin blinked, somewhat puzzled.
She had no idea how much a penny could buy. She could count, but she had never used money to buy anything and had no concept of it at all.
In her mind, three hundred taels was a lot of copper coins, enough to buy a lot of things. But she didn't know how difficult it was to earn three hundred taels of silver; some people couldn't earn that much silver in their entire lives.
After some time, when she learned about prices and gained some understanding of money, she began to wonder how her father had earned that money.
However, after a while, she would also think her father was amazing and would never doubt that he had earned the money through gambling.
“Yes, it’s Dad’s money. Hmm, from now on, Dad will tell Xinxin how much money he earns.” Gu Shouxin felt a pang of sadness.
Just how much did the original owner neglect this daughter?! She was a real piece of trash!
"Dad, Mom, Xinxin, how about this? Let's keep a book and record everyone's monthly expenses and the family's income. This will make it easier for Xinxin and me to learn to read, and it will also prevent us from living in a daze in the future!" Gu Nian suggested.
“Okay, I agree!” Cai Xiaolian was the first to agree.
“Yes. Niannian and Xinxin are girls, so although they can’t take the imperial examinations, they still need to keep up with reading and writing. Reading can enlighten people, reading can increase their wisdom, reading can make people…” Gu Shouxin was about to talk about the benefits of reading when Cai Xiaolian interrupted him.
“Alright, her dad, I’ll go get some paper and pen. Let’s write down today’s income.” Cai Xiaolian was an impatient person.
Moreover, both she and Gu Nian needed to learn to read, because the writing system in Da Zhou was all traditional characters. The two of them, who were used to simplified characters, did not recognize many of the characters except for the commonly used and simple ones.
Gu Shouxin took out paper and pen and began to write.
Family accounting book.
After he finished writing the five characters, Cai Xiaolian told him to stop.
"Her dad, give me the pen, I'll show you how. You have to draw it in this shape, this is..." Cai Xiaolian took the pen and handed Gu Shouxin a simple form.
Gu Shouxin understood Cai Xiaolian's meaning and did as she said.
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