The two returned home, and Grandma Yan keenly sensed the difference. Yan Aidang walked with light steps, as if floating on water. If there weren't so many people in the main room, this guy would probably be doing a cramp dance. And Nan Nan was the same, with her eyes shining brightly.
He beckoned Yan Xiaonan over and began to ask her questions in detail. Yan Xiaonan sighed that his grandmother was definitely a shrewd person and could not hide anything from him. He glanced at Yan Xiaoqiang and Yan Daqiang, who were drinking tea and eating rice cakes, and then pulled his grandmother into his room.
On their way home, Yan Xiaonan and Yan Aidang decided to keep their relationship a secret for now, and instead tell their families about the college entrance exam so they could be prepared. However, they hoped their families would keep it a secret, since it wasn't time to go public yet.
Upon hearing Yan Xiaonan's words, Grandma Yan was extremely surprised: "My dear, can you really take the college entrance exam next year?"
Yan Xiaonan nodded: "Grandma, I can take the college entrance exam next year. I'll take the exam for a university in Beijing, and then Grandma will come and live with me in Beijing."
Grandma Yan asked again, "Baby, does that mean your grandma can see your uncle more often?"
Yan Xiaonan nodded: "As long as Uncle is available, he definitely can."
"Baby, where should we stay in the capital?" Grandma Yan began to worry.
Yan Xiaonan was startled. Oh dear, how could I have forgotten such an important thing? Maybe we should buy a house in the capital, a courtyard house? No, that would be too conspicuous. Let's just buy a few small bungalows and have Brother Ai Dang find someone to knock down all the walls of the houses and then renovate them. As for the money, the gold bars in the mountains should appear by now.
Yan Xiaonan whispered in Grandma Yan's ear, "Grandma, I'm going to the mountains to get gold bars. You can ask Uncle to buy us a house in Beijing, then we'll have our own home. What do you say?"
Grandma Yan nodded. This was a good idea. Since she had her own house, she wouldn't have to live with her eldest son. It wasn't good to live in someone else's house, even though it belonged to her eldest son, because he also had a wife.
Besides, I'm not alone here; I also have my son's family. By the way, should Southwest take the college entrance exam?
Yan Xiaonan shook her head: "Grandma, I don't know. Ask Second Brother tonight. If he's willing to take the college entrance exam, let him buy a house in Beijing too."
Yan Xiaonan couldn't make decisions for the Southwest, after all, her second brother had gotten married, and Tang Xiaoling's family was still in Mushroom Village. What if Tang Xiaoling didn't want to leave her parents?
Grandma Yan nodded repeatedly. "Little fairy is indeed little fairy. She thinks of everything so thoroughly." Yan Xiaonan put on the clothes she had just taken off and went out again. This time, Yan Aidang did not follow. He knew that Yan Xiaonan must have something to do. Since she did not want him to know, he would not bother her.
Yan Xiaonan quickly ran to the small forest, used his consciousness to retrieve a box, opened it, and found rows of gold bars inside. Yan Xiaonan counted them; there were thirty gold bars, each weighing about ten taels. He was so rich!
After putting the thirty large yellow croakers into her spatial storage, Yan Xiaonan went down the mountain. She was in a hurry to give the gold bars to her grandmother because her uncle was leaving the day after tomorrow. However, she did not notice Zhongnan lying by the hot spring, or Tiger King accompanying Zhongnan.
He casually used his consciousness to catch a few wild rabbits and pheasants, planning to have Cuihua make some jerky for him to take on the road.
Yan Xiaonan gave the pheasant and rabbit to Cuihua: "Mom, could you please get some dried meat or something? I'll have Brother Aidang take it with him on the road the day after tomorrow."
Cuihua nodded, took the pheasant and rabbit and put them aside. Today is Nannan and her mother's birthday, and Aidang and her older brother are also back. We should cook more delicious food. How about we make some chicken soup and spicy rabbit?
Tang Xiaoling volunteered to kill the chicken and slaughter the rabbit. Today is Grandma and Nan Nan's birthday, so she took the day off to help with the chores at home. Cuihua nodded quickly. There were so many things to do. She had already kneaded the dough and made rice cakes in the morning, and she still had to knead the dough and make steamed buns in the afternoon.
Yan Xiaonan went into her room, and sure enough, Grandma Yan was waiting there. When she saw Yan Xiaonan, her eyes lit up, and Yan Xiaonan quickly nodded, turned around, closed the door, and carefully pulled it to lock it.
"Grandma, do you think these are enough?" Thirty large yellow croakers appeared on the kang (a heated brick bed), their golden light almost blinding Grandma Yan's eyes. Grandma Yan hurriedly covered her eyes with her hands, and only after a while did she open her fingers and peek at the kang through the gaps.
"Oh my god, that scared me to death!" Grandma Yan exhaled a breath of stale air, picked up the pipe from the kang (a heated brick bed), and lightly tapped Yan Xiaonan's bottom. In the old lady's imagination, her precious child should bring home a jewelry box containing a gold ring, a gold necklace, and her favorite big gold bracelet.
Who would have thought there would be so many gold bars? That's enough to make so many big gold bracelets! Oh, right, my little darling is so knowledgeable, I should ask her: "My dear darling, how many big gold bracelets can these gold bars make?"
Yan Xiaonan was stunned. She carefully recalled the descriptions of the weight of the large yellow croaker in the books she had read before. According to the old system, one jin was sixteen liang, so one liang was five hundred grams divided by sixteen, and the answer was thirty-one and two-five grams.
A large yellow croaker should weigh ten taels, which is 312.5 grams. A large gold bracelet weighs 30 grams, so one large yellow croaker can make ten large gold bracelets, and thirty croakers can make more than 300 bracelets.
"Grandma, I've calculated it, I think I can make over three hundred." Yan Xiaonan replied earnestly.
Grandma Yan gasped. She only needed two. With over three hundred, even if she wore them in rotation every day, it would take her a year and a half to wear them all. Even with Cuihua and Nannan, she still wouldn't be able to finish them all. Besides, Nannan definitely wouldn't want to wear them.
Looking at her grandmother, who was lost in thought, Yan Xiaonan chuckled. "Grandma is so cute."
Cuihua knocked on the door: "Mom, Nannan, dinner's ready! Come out quickly, don't sleep anymore!"
Yan Xiaonan quickly took back the gold bars, opened the door and went out to help. Grandma Yan sat still, needing to recover. After a while, Yan Xiaonan had already set out the bowls and chopsticks, but Grandma still hadn't come out to eat. Knowing that Grandma hadn't recovered yet, she smiled and went inside.
Seeing Yan Xiaonan come in, Grandma Yan finally calmed down and grabbed Yan Xiaonan's arm, saying, "I'll ask your uncle if houses in Beijing are expensive later."
Yan Xiaonan nodded repeatedly, as long as the milk was there, there would be no problem.
The dinner was very lavish, and Yan Aidang's mouth was covered in oil from eating. Seeing Yan Aidang's eating habits, Yan Daqiang was a little annoyed: "You brat, you've been starving at home, and you're eating like a starving ghost."
"My aunt's cooking is so delicious, I won't be able to eat it for many years when I go back," Yan Ai said.
Yan Daqiang thought about his wife's cooking skills and joined the scramble for food. Grandma Yan shook her head with heartache. If, as Nan Nan said, he could take the college entrance exam next year, then Ai Dang and Da Xiaozi could come to her house for a meal.
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