It's a rare occasion that there's light at night, so of course I have to take out the accumulated clothes and mend them.
The room was completely silent except for the sounds of two children counting and the occasional clatter of coins.
"Want to string these remaining ones together?"
The two men finally counted the copper coins and strung them together. There were ten strings in total, which was ten taels of silver. In addition to the ten strings of copper coins, there were about two hundred copper coins left.
"No more stringing. Put it in the basket and wait for Mom and Dad to make the decision. Let's take a shower and go to bed!"
Lin Shiyu made the decision without asking, and then quietly pulled Lin Boyu out of the room.
In the master bedroom, Lin Anru and his wife were still doing their own things and didn't notice that the two children had gone to rest in their own rooms.
When Liu looked up, she did not see the two children, which scared her. She went to their room and breathed a sigh of relief when she saw the children sleeping soundly.
"Where did you go?"
Lin Anru finished copying the book and saw his wife coming in from outside, so he asked.
"Go find the kids. These two little guys went back to their room to sleep without telling me. They scared me."
"You don't have to worry so much at home. It's tiring to be tense all the time. Relax a little and don't exhaust yourself, otherwise it won't be worth it."
This was not the first time that Lin Anru felt that Liu was too concerned about her children. Ever since her daughter drowned, Liu always felt like she wanted to tie her children to her belt.
Liu rubbed her eyebrows. Sometimes she felt that she had gone too far, but being a mother is always like this, and worry is inevitable.
"I'll try my best."
"Don't think too much, come and see what the children have accomplished."
The two walked to the bed, where a string of copper coins and a small basket were neatly arranged.
“…Eight, nine, ten.”
"There are actually ten taels of silver!"
Lin Anru was surprised. In addition to the five taels of silver from Uncle Lin, he actually received another five taels of silver as a share of the money.
He quickly found the record book. The largest amount on it was two hundred coins, which belonged to Uncle Lin, the village chief and Old Man Lin. There were also several amounts of one hundred coins, including Mr. Li Erye, Lin Ping'an and Li Aniu.
Li Aniu?
"Why did he also give a share of the money?"
Liu was puzzled. They didn't invite Li Aniu. Besides, he came to the old house the day before yesterday and shouted for war.
"Maybe just wanted to apologize?!"
Lin Anru guessed, and it had to be said that he guessed right. This money was an apology in the form of membership fees.
He owed Lin Anru an apology for his rude remarks more than ten years ago and for causing trouble a few days ago.
"What happened to his wife later?" Liu suddenly remembered this incident and wanted to gossip about it.
"What else can I do? Of course I'll just divorce him and go home."
After the matter was exposed, Wang had been trying to find ways to avoid being despised by Li Aniu's family, or at least not to divorce her. For this reason, she was humble and flattering, and endured her anger.
But in the end, for the sake of her children, she took the initiative to divorce.
"That's the village rule. This choice is good for everyone."
If Wang does not leave Yamada Village, the whole family may be the last to leave. After all, killing her stepson is a fact, and there must be punishment.
Murder is a more serious matter than fighting, and the punishment will not be light.
"She deserves it."
Not wanting to waste any more extra emotions on a stranger, Liu sighed and began to change the subject:
"How should we allocate this money? Should we pay off all the foreign debts first as my uncle said?"
Ten taels of silver plus the money from the recent sale of medicinal herbs can pay off the foreign debt, but there will be no money left after paying it off.
"Of course not." Lin Anru didn't want to talk about Li Aniu's family anymore, so she immediately took up the topic of her wife and told her about her own arrangements:
"Foreign debts must be repaid, but they cannot be paid off all at once..."
If you pay it off in one lump sum, outsiders will know that you have money, which will increase suspicion and cause a lot of trouble.
"…Repay it as planned, just speed up the repayment process. I'll keep two taels of the remaining silver for future use, and I'll use the rest to buy things like pens and ink."
Anyway, when the family property was divided, the villagers all knew that he would copy books to earn money. Now that he didn't need to hand over the household expenses, no one would doubt him if he paid back the money faster.
Liu had no objection to her husband's decision, and she fully supported his use of the money to buy pens and ink, so the money was distributed.
"Starting tomorrow, the money we earn will belong to us."
Free from debt, Liu felt as if the invisible shackles in her heart had suddenly disappeared.
Lin Anru touched his wife's shoulder. It was all because of his incompetence that he owed foreign debts for more than ten years, causing his wife to suffer for more than ten years.
At dawn the next day, before anyone in the third room woke up, there was a knock on the door.
Lin Anru yawned as she opened the door: "Mom, what's the matter with you coming here so early?"
"It's already three o'clock in the morning, it's still early?" Old Mrs. Lin rolled her eyes. Don't let everyone become lazy as soon as they move out. This will make mothers think that their children will starve to death because of this.
"I'm here to tell you that it's the third day of the lunar month, and the oil lamps can be blown out and put away."
The oil is so precious that she would feel bad if it took even a quarter of an hour longer.
"Got it, Mom. I'll go kill them now."
The response was the figure of Old Lady Lin walking quickly.
"Mom, don't you want to have a meal before going back?"
Old Mrs. Lin pretended not to hear her son's call, and the whole family did not get up. However, his family had enough to eat.
"Is that mother coming? Did something happen?" Liu heard the voice vaguely, but she couldn't hear it clearly.
But after all, she is someone's daughter-in-law. Even if the family is divided, when the mother-in-law comes to the new house, as a daughter-in-law, she cannot just lie in bed and not get up to see her.
"Nothing, just telling us we can blow out the oil lamp."
"Now that you can blow, why not blow faster?"
That was all money. Liu was even more active than Old Lady Lin. She hurried to each room to blow out the oil lamps and put them away.
"Pour the remaining oil together. You can use it to read at night. It will last for several nights."
"Okay, please ask the child's mother to keep it for me. I will be very grateful."
"Tsk, you're so dishonest."
When Liu heard what her husband said, her face immediately turned red. She rolled her eyes and left with the lamp.
But the speed at which she walked betrayed her panic.
"Sister, what are you doing so early in the morning? Are you feeling unwell?"
"I just ate too much and it helps with digestion."
Lin Boyu was confused by her words. Didn't they just wake up? When did his sister eat?
Is there anything edible at home right now? He couldn't even smell the aroma of food.
“Bang, bang, bang!”
“Bang, bang, bang!”
Lin Boyu, who hadn't figured it out yet, was brought back to his senses by the sound of the door opening.
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