Sisi always believed that those who rush to offer advice are not the ones who will succeed. While they were on the road, there were external enemies, but now those enemies were practically negligible, so she certainly wouldn't rush to give them advice. "I'll give them advice when they come to me."
Twelve nodded twice and said, "Mmm."
Feng Chan was amused by Twelve's little expression. "Did you understand what I said to your sister? Just say 'uh-huh'?"
"Hehe..." He couldn't understand, but he felt that he had to echo his sister when she talked to others, so that others would know that he and his sister were on the same side.
Feng Chan touched Twelve's chubby little face. "Why do you like people so much?"
"Hehe... OK! OK!"
"Alright, alright, your third aunt will touch your sister too."
Over here, Feng Chan patted her chubby nephew, then patted her chubby daughter. Patted her chubby nephew, then patted her chubby daughter…
On the other side, Grandma Yun looked at the huge pile of meat Sisi had bought, and thought about the few copper coins they had earned during this time…
Finally, Grandma Yun decided to have a serious talk with Grandpa Yun.
When Grandma Yun arrived, Grandpa Yun was thinking about what other ways he could make money.
"Old man, I just went to the kitchen and checked. The meat that Xiao Liu bought should last for at least ten days."
Grandpa Yun gave a perfunctory "hmm".
"Tell me, how much money does Xiao Liu actually have?"
Grandpa Yun immediately shifted his attention to Grandma Yun. "Why are you thinking about this? Let me tell you, no matter how rich Xiao Liu is, you can't covet his money. Xiao Liu has already helped us a lot; we can't keep trying to take his money."
Grandma Yun glared at Grandpa Yun. "I knew it. As soon as I said that, you'd have time to talk to me. I'm not after Xiao Liu's money. I want you to ask Xiao Liu if he has any ways to make money. If he does, could he take us with him?"
"As you know, we've been working for so long but haven't earned much money. If we run out of those two hundred taels of silver, we can't very well ask Xiao Liu for more, can we?"
Grandpa Yun knew all of what Grandma Yun was saying. But, "Little Six is still a child, how would she know how to make money? If we go and ask Little Six, she'll definitely have to ask her master. We've already troubled them all the way here."
“But this can’t go on forever. There are so many people in our family, and Rui’er and Yao’er should be getting married in a couple of years.”
"this……"
"If we can't make ends meet, we'll have to trouble them."
"this……"
"Think it over carefully. Ying'er and the others have come to us with their children. We can't let Yao'er and the others not even be able to afford to get married, can we?"
"this……"
"We won't let them give us advice for free. If we make money, we'll split it 50/50 with them."
Grandpa Yun was never one to give up easily.
Grandpa Yun wanted to try again.
"Wait a little longer."
"Alright. I'll ask you for it after I've spent those two hundred taels of silver."
Time flies, and two months have passed in the blink of an eye.
Old Bai and his party arrived in the capital.
The letter Zhao Ruliang wrote to Madam Niu has also reached Madam Niu's hands.
After reading the letter, Madam Niu slammed it on the table in anger. "The general's life has been ruined by that woman! She betrayed him, yet he still treats her daughter like a treasure!"
Upon hearing this, Madam Ding quickly dismissed the maids from the room. Madam Ding had served Madam Niu since she was a child, and she had followed Madam Niu when she got married.
"Madam, please calm down. That's just how men are. A wife is not as good as a concubine, a concubine is not as good as a stolen affair, and a stolen affair is not as good as one that can't be stolen. That woman is one that the general can't steal right now."
Madam Niu's mood worsened. "You mean I shouldn't have let Aunt Chu go and watch over the General?"
Oh no! She misspoke! Madam Ding quickly tried to salvage the situation. "No, what I meant was that even if the General still longs for that woman, it's useless; he can't bring her back."
This old woman knew it too, but she kept saying, "Look! Look!"
Mrs. Niu pushed the letter in front of Ding's mother.
After reading it, Madam Ding also felt that General Niu was doomed to fail at Feng Chan's hands. "Madam, this letter says that the woman only met the General once. Madam, do you think the General simply likes children?"
How is that possible?
"Don't try to comfort me," Madam Niu said, rubbing her forehead. "Never mind, as long as he doesn't bring that woman back, that's fine. That woman is different from other women; he's truly fallen for her."
She shouldn't have let that woman go back then just because she was with Yun Laosan.
Now that woman is on his turf, and he cares about her so much, if she were to lay a hand on her, he would likely find out.
If he finds out, her image in his heart will collapse.
He never loved her to begin with, and if he finds out...
She can't take the risk.
but,
Madam Niu looked at Ding's mother and said, "You just reminded me. I should let the children get closer to the general, so that others won't take advantage of the situation."
"...Madam, what do you mean?"
Madam Niu took a sip of tea. "Now that spring is here, let the third young master go and fulfill his filial duties to his father." The eldest son should be getting married, the second son is a bit slow-witted, and the third son is the most suitable.
That evening, Steward Qi was preparing to rest when he suddenly noticed a piece of paper on his bed. On the paper was a drawing of a small longevity lock, with three incense sticks drawn around it.
Steward Qi immediately knew that Sisi had asked someone to put the paper on his bed.
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