The little guy smiled and gave him two copper coins.
"Wow!"
Almost instantly, the news spread like wildfire.
Before long, a long queue formed in front of the Chi family's courtyard.
They're all lining up to praise Chi Tang.
Even repeating the phrase "It's beautiful" will earn you a penny!
The adults were too embarrassed to go themselves, so they quickly had their children queue up first before going to queue themselves.
Meng Chenyi didn't care.
But Chi Tang got really anxious!
Money!
It's all money!
She can praise herself!
Give it to her!
Seeing the anxious look on Chi Tang's chubby little face, Meng Chenyi quietly told her, "I have a lot of money, I'll give it all to you, don't worry."
As long as you can stay my friend.
Although the villagers didn't call him a monster, they would instinctively avoid him when they saw him.
Only the pond lily.
I'll like his eyes.
Only the pond lily!
Chi Tang blinked, then angrily slapped her little paw on the older brother's thin shoulder, glaring at him with a cute but fierce look!
What a spendthrift child!
How could you be so wasteful?
"Chi Tang is beautiful and kind-hearted."
"May the fortune of Chitang be as vast as the heavens."
"Chi Tang is immortal."
May the pond and crabapple trees live as long as the Southern Mountain.
...
Gradually, the terms for birthday greetings and even New Year's greetings began to be used.
Chi Tang couldn't help but laugh.
She leaned against Meng Chenyi's chest, basking in all the "blessings and praises" from the boys, her heart filled with sweetness.
I have to say, this feeling is absolutely amazing.
Ahem, this is the kind of treatment a big shot should receive.
Looking at Chi Tang, Meng Chenyi's expression softened considerably.
During this time, Old Man Chi and others did try to stop him, but Meng Kuo stopped them each time.
Despite their young age, these talkative teenagers are masters at spouting platitudes and preaching.
When there were only seventeen or eighteen copper coins left, Meng Chenyi called a halt and gave them all to Chi Shuxing, who had been handing out the coins.
Chi Shuxing, however, said in a condescending tone, "You're just trying to please my aunt. How could I take your money? If I took your money, how could I, Chi Shuxing, ever show my face in Dahe Village again?"
puff!
The adults around who hadn't left yet all laughed.
Meng Kuo then asked him, "But your brothers all took the money."
"I am the eldest brother!"
Chi Shuxing answered in this way.
His younger brothers are still too young, so it's fine for him to do these things.
Meng Kuo paused for a moment, then stood on tiptoe, patted Chi Shuxing on the shoulder, and said, "You're a good older brother."
"I know."
"..."
For the first time, the talkative young Meng Kuo was at a loss for words.
The Chi family members are all quite amusing.
Meng Kuo and Meng Chen ate at the Chi family's house before returning home.
Although neither of them was used to eating brown rice, neither of them wasted any food.
It's really rare to see a child who's only five or six years old.
The Chi family all liked Meng Kuo and Meng Chenyi very much.
After blowing out the lamp in the dark, Aunt Chi felt around under the pillow again, her excitement barely concealed.
"Old man, how should we spend this money?"
Ten taels of silver!
You can buy new clothes for the men in your family, young and old.
You can get new quilts for your home.
It can buy enough food for the family to last a long time.
Can……
"All you do is spend money all day, can't you save it?" said Mr. Chi.
"Save it? Wait until your old lady is still crying and begging for money?"
As soon as Aunt Chi finished speaking, Old Man Chi snorted heavily, then was kicked hard by Aunt Chi and fell silent.
After a long pause, Old Man Chi finally said, "That's not what I meant. I was just thinking that we should have some money on hand, after all..."
“Let’s buy land. With these ten taels of silver, and a little more, we can legitimately buy an acre of land right here in front of our home.”
Aunt Chi excitedly interrupted the old man.
In her opinion, nothing is more reassuring than buying land.
If they buy the land, the Zhou family will never leave.
"But what we have in our hands..."
"We still have five taels of silver left from the silver we found in the well, right? We've saved fifteen taels of silver over the years, and we have less than three taels left for our daily expenses... The Meng family will be settling our wages next month... The old couple in Xiaowangzhuang can still earn two or three hundred coins. If we're careful with our spending, this money will be enough for this year's expenses. We can buy an acre of land and still have fifteen taels of silver left."
The Chi family now only has five acres of land. Although they have reclaimed a few acres, the soil quality is too poor and they need to cultivate it properly. For the next two or three years, they won't be able to grow anything.
Five acres of land, after paying taxes, isn't even enough to feed and drink a family!
"...Okay, whatever you say."
But they've been married for almost 30 years, and they've only managed to save 15 taels of silver?
Old Man Chi could hardly believe it.
But he didn't think much of it.
Aunt Chi turned to tuck the blanket around Chi Tang and stopped talking, but she was already making plans in her mind.
Over the years, they have indeed saved more than fifteen taels of silver.
He saved a total of twenty-eight taels of silver.
She had thirteen taels of silver. Two years ago, during a major natural disaster, she met a pitiful little beggar in town.
Although Aunt Chi was kind-hearted and pitiful, she didn't have much money.
He could only give the little beggar the half-pancake he had prepared for himself as provisions.
To everyone's surprise, the little beggar rushed into her arms to express his gratitude.
But after the little beggar ran away, Aunt Chi discovered that her purse was gone!
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