This was the most substantial meal Yang Juan had eaten in recent years.
Yang Juan wiped her mouth with her sleeve, let out a burp, and said, "Sister, how come you're so rich now? If you have a way to make money, please help your younger sister out too."
“If you trust me and have the courage to take the risks, go back and raise ducks, mainly male ducks.”
This is the original owner's younger sister. Although the two have some disagreements, she has never done anything to wrong the original owner, and Yang Cui doesn't mind bringing her along to make money.
Can you make money raising ducks?
“I fatten them up and sell them to the Observatory. The Observatory buys them; I have an agreement with them.”
"Why would such a big restaurant like theirs buy ducks from us? I also heard that you introduced Xiaohe and Xiaojiang to work at the Star Gazing Tower. They get several hundred coins a month, plus meals, and the food is really good. What's your relationship with the Star Gazing Tower? Could it be that one of the managers there is your lover?"
Yang Cui glared at Yang Juan: "How dare you talk like that? How can you say such things?"
Yang Juan pouted: "I was just saying it offhand."
"Can you just say something like that casually? What if it gets out?"
"Alright, alright, it's no big deal. I won't go around telling everyone. Why are you taking it so seriously?"
In the end, it turned out I was the one who was being too serious!
Yang Cuizhen wanted to slap him: "You've finished eating, go home now."
Yang Cui gave them the order to leave.
"You still haven't told me how to make money!"
"I'm not going to tell you anymore, you can raise ducks."
“Raising ducks requires capital! A duckling costs three coins, and even if you buy a lot, each one still costs two coins. I don’t have any capital. Sister, you’re so rich, don’t be stingy and lend me some. I’ll pay you back after I raise the ducks and sell them. Or you can introduce your brother-in-law to a job, and he can pay you back when he gets paid.”
"I've already told you how to make money. I can't help you with the money. You'll have to find another way. I don't have any money to lend."
Is money something you can just lend out casually? It's not like we're that close! Giving someone a fish is not as good as teaching them how to fish. I think I've already done enough by helping her make money.
Moreover, Yang Cui needs to keep the money she has on hand to expand her breeding farm, and there are still unresolved issues with the Lin family. Yang Cui wants to keep more money for herself.
Yang Juan thought Yang Cui was too stingy. When she heard that Yang Cui refused to lend money, her face changed drastically: "Your brother-in-law's family is not well-off, and their relatives are all so poor that even thieves would leave crying. Where would they get the money to lend?"
"If you don't have money, start with a smaller number and take it one step at a time. You can't get fat overnight. Doing business is risky. Even if the Star Gazing Tower is willing to take you in, it's not foolproof. Let's take it one step at a time."
Yang Juan's face was extremely ugly, and her tone was particularly harsh: "Sister, you're being too stingy. Am I not your own sister? I just asked you to borrow some money. Why are you being so stingy? It's not like I'm not going to pay you back."
"You're so generous. If you're so generous, why did you come here empty-handed? Don't tell me you have no money. If you have no money, surely you can afford to bring out some fruits and vegetables from your home. Lending you money is a favor, not lending it is my right. I've already repaid the debt of gratitude we owe each other for being born of the same mother."
"What about sentimentality and obligation? Don't make excuses for your stinginess!"
Yang Cui was speechless. Damn it, does the person borrowing money think they're the boss?
However, Yang Cui wasn't going to put up with her: "I'm just stingy, I'm not lending you the money, what can you do about it? Do you think I'd be embarrassed to refuse and lend you the money for the sake of so-called face? Don't dream about it, I've already shown you the way, take it or leave it."
The original owner was someone who didn't know how to refuse. When she was a daughter, Yang Juan would say a few similar things and Yang Cui would not be able to stand it. In the end, she would compromise herself to fulfill Yang Juan's wishes. The key point is that Yang Juan did not seem to be very grateful. On the contrary, she suffered Yang Juan's resentment and bitterness over the matter of marrying Lin Shikang.
Yang Juan left in anger.
Seeing his wife return in a huff, Jin Duobao came over and asked, "What's wrong?"
"What can I say? I'm just angry!" Yang Juan said irritably. "It's all because you're useless. Yang Cui, a discarded woman, is living a better life than me now!"
Jin Duobao exclaimed in surprise: "Your sister has really struck it rich!"
Just thinking about Yang Juan makes me angry. Why is she so lucky? She married a scholar, while I married a good-for-nothing. Now she's unlucky and useless, abandoned, and should be miserable, but she's still doing better than me.
Jin Duobao kept pestering Yang Juan to find out more. Yang Juan was annoyed, but she still told her husband everything.
"Are you stupid? Your sister is so rich now, why would you offend her? At least you should get some benefits from her, don't you want to live better than her? Besides..." Jin Duobao's eyes were sly, "Borrowing money doesn't necessarily have to be done openly, we can borrow it secretly."
Yang Juan immediately understood.
The next day, Yang Cui wanted to go to the county town to see if the TV series "The Third Son-in-Law" was popular, and of course, she mainly wanted to see how her plans were going. Unfortunately, the weather was not cooperating, and Yang Cui's original plan to go to the town had to be put on hold.
Another day passed before Yang Cui took a donkey cart to the county town.
When they arrived at the theater, they found the Chunxi Troupe listless and in a somber mood.
"Aren't you going to stop performing opera? I heard from my friends the other day that this opera called 'The Third Scholar's Son-in-Law' was really good. Why aren't you performing it anymore?"
Yang Cui, disguised as a theater enthusiast, stopped a theater staff member to inquire about something.
"What else could it be? They won't let us perform anymore. We were doing really well, and our business was even picking up, but then... sigh..."
"It's such a pity that such a wonderful play isn't being performed," Yang Cui said with a regretful expression.
"That's right, but who can blame them for their power and influence? A secretary or a young master, who can afford to offend them?"
The advisor's son?
Yang Cui recalled that there seemed to be such a person. His name was Sun Dewen, and he was Lin Shikang's classmate. When Lin Shikang passed the imperial examination, Sun Dewen personally came to congratulate him. It seemed that the Lin family had already gone to see Sun Dewen.
However, haha, did the Lin family think everything would be fine just because the theater wasn't putting on shows?
Yang Cui had anticipated that this might happen, so she had a backup plan.
Let's wait and see.
...
Anjia Village.
Yang Juan arrived early this morning with her son, who is almost two years old. However, Yang Cui wasn't home.
There are advantages to not being at home.
"Er Ya, take your little brother out to play." Yang Juan handed her son, Jin Dandan, directly to Er Ya.
Er Ya wanted to dig for earthworms, but suddenly looked troubled.
"I asked you to look after your little brother, why are you acting like this? You're just like Yang Cui, so stingy! Hurry up and take your brother to play." Yang Juan said righteously, "Take good care of him, or I won't let you off the hook."
Er Ya is also someone who is not good at saying no. When Yang Juan is fierce, she obediently takes the golden egg.
Yang Juan then slipped into the room where Yang Cui was sleeping and lay down on the bed, pretending to sleep.
After lying down for a while, until all the children had left, Yang Juan tiptoed up and opened Yang Cui's suitcase...
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