Sixteen or seventeen years old?
I also want to be sixteen or seventeen years old. Even if we don’t talk about my age in modern times, I would be twenty-one years old in the Qing Dynasty.
In order to avoid a lot of trouble, Jiang Ranli did not explain anything and nodded in agreement with Aunt Li's words. Anyway, she looked very young, so it was reasonable for her to pretend to be sixteen or seventeen years old.
After dinner, everyone sat together and chatted about the weather, the harvest, and family matters. Laughter floated in the breeze over the small village.
It was already late at night when we saw the villagers off. We had a great chat and became more familiar with each other.
In the next few days, Jiang Ranli and Yin'er worked with the villagers in the village, experiencing harvesting wheat and planting crops. When they were tired, they sat together in the fields, ate some dry food, drank some mountain spring water, lay on their backs on the grass, and watched the clouds floating in the blue sky.
However, after a few days of leisure, Jiang Ranli and Yin'er faced a financial crisis.
"Brother Xiaojiu, we only have ten taels of silver left," Jiang Ranli blinked his big eyes, his cheeks slightly puffed.
When Yinzhen saw this, he smiled and pinched her cheek with his slender hands, "Your husband has found a way to make money to support the family."
When Jiang Ranli heard the words "earn money to support the family", her heart skipped a beat. Those four words made her feel that she and Yinzhen were the most ordinary couple in the world. Their life was filled with the dull daily necessities and warm companionship, without any undercurrents or wealth built up by countless lives. There were no legitimate wives, concubines, princesses, or maids, only them.
"What method?" Jiang Ranli asked curiously. She really wanted to know what method Yinlang, a guy who had been a favored child since birth, would come up with to make money to support his family.
Yinzhen pointed mysteriously at the scorching sun-filled sky and said, "The weather is so hot, watermelons must be selling well. My fifth uncle has planted dozens of acres of watermelons. I have already agreed with him to get the goods from him, and then we will go and sell the watermelons."
After hearing Yin'er's plan, Jiang Ranli was amazed. She thought that this guy was really smart, and they were together every day, so she didn't even know when he had agreed with his fifth uncle.
Chang Shun, who was standing by, heard this and objected with all his strength, "Master Jiu, Madam, you are rich daughters, how can you go out in public to sell watermelons? You can't go, I... I will go."
Yinzhen crossed his arms over his chest and looked at Chang Shun seriously, "It's rare for me to think of a good way to win Li'er's favor, but you have to interfere, don't you?"
"No, no, I... I don't want to interfere with you, Master Jiu, and your wife. Even if I were given ten times the courage, I wouldn't dare to do that." Chang Shun shook his head like a rattle, fearing that if he shook it too slowly, Yinzhen and Jiang Ranli would not believe him.
"Since you don't have any, just stay at home and water the vegetable garden, cook when you have nothing to do, and wait for Li'er and I to come back with the money we earned." Yinzhen was originally teasing Chang Shun, and when he saw that his goal had been achieved, he immediately laughed again.
Chang Shun knew that his master's decision would not change, so he looked at Jiang Ranli for help.
"Okay, we are just going to sell watermelons, it's no big deal, you can wait for us at home." Jiang Ranli couldn't ignore Chang Shun's aggrieved look, so she had to comfort him.
Chang Shun originally thought that if Jiang Ranli was willing to persuade his master, then he would definitely succeed, but the result was...
"Master Jiu, Madam, can I go with you?" Chang Shun was still worried. He wanted to follow his two masters and help them.
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