She and everyone in the Lin family received five steamed buns and mung bean cakes, while the candied fruit was mainly for her little niece, Lin Yi.
[Ding! Transaction successful, remaining balance 246 gold coins]
Lin Qixia frowned when she looked at her balance: "It's gone so fast."
It seems I need to find a way to earn more money. This amount is far from enough to cope with the famine and chaos to come. I'll find an opportunity to go up the mountain again after I get back.
After all, her biggest gain was when she was on the mountain before.
Lin Qixia put some of the things she bought into her basket, but to avoid arousing suspicion from her family, she put things like sanitary napkins and tissues in her system space. Seeing that it was getting late, she headed towards the entrance of town to meet up with Uncle Zhang and the others.
"Uncle Zhang, I'm back." When Lin Qixia arrived at the agreed meeting place at the entrance of town, the others also arrived one after another.
Zhang Dazhuang, who had been squatting at the intersection, simply nodded in response.
Once everyone had arrived, he stood up and said to everyone, "Now that everyone is here, let's go back together."
When she got back on the bus, Lin Qixia was pushed to the back.
By the time she went up, there weren't many seats left. Since people weren't as afraid of her older brother as before, they naturally wouldn't give way to her.
Lin Qixia forced a smile: "Excuse me, uncles and aunts, could you please make way?"
Xue Yuchan pouted, "There are no seats left here."
“That’s right, Lin girl, why don’t you walk back?” Liu Ermei added.
Liu Ermei finally found an opportunity to vent her anger for her granddaughter Erni, who had been bullied so badly by Lin Qixia.
Seeing this, the others remained silent and still.
Seeing the atmosphere growing increasingly tense, Li Shufen couldn't stand it anymore and yelled at them, "What are you doing? Why are there no seats left?"
"Make way, everyone! Otherwise, you can walk back yourselves!"
The oxcart belonged to her family, and Li Shufen spoke with a firm voice.
Grandma Liu and Xue Yuchan exchanged a glance, and seeing this, they squeezed to the side to make room for Lin Qixia.
Lin Qixia was then able to get onto the oxcart.
After putting the basket down, she said to Li Shufen, "Thank you, Aunt Li!"
The girl had a bright smile.
Li Shufen froze for a moment.
She was a little unaccustomed to this girl being so polite to her today.
"Aunt Li?" Lin Qixia was genuinely puzzled by Li Shufen's reaction, so she asked her.
Li Shufen quickly shook her head, "No, it's nothing! Lin family girl, you can just sit down. Since I promised your sister-in-law, I'll definitely take you back safely!"
After all, they paid money, which is much better than those unlucky villagers who only know how to take advantage!
Besides, even if the Lin family loses Lin Xiao as their support, she won't kick them when they're down.
Looking back, although the Lin family girl had a bad reputation, she had never harmed her family, so Li Shufen had no reason to retaliate against her.
After confirming that everyone was on the cart, Zhang Dazhuang cracked his whip and drove the oxcart away.
It was already 7 PM when I got home.
"Xia'er, you're back~" As the oxcart passed by the Lin family's gate, He Zhilan put down the winnowing basket in her hand and walked towards the gate.
She had been looking worried, but when she saw Lin Qixia, she breathed a sigh of relief.
Lin Qixia jumped off the oxcart and said goodbye to Uncle Zhang and Aunt Li.
Then, walking to the entrance of the Lin family's courtyard, he called out to He Zhilan, "Sister-in-law, come and see what I bought."
As she spoke, she took off her basket and handed it to the other person.
He Zhilan stopped and took the basket from her sister-in-law, which was covered with a cloth.
The next second, Lin Qixia lifted the cloth and saw that it was full of things.
Lin Qixia pulled the chicken out of the box and said to her, "Look, look~ the big hen, we won't need to buy eggs from other places anymore~"
"A hen? Two of them?" He Zhilan was shocked.
Lin Qixia chuckled, "Of course we need two! One egg isn't enough for our family!"
Protein is an essential nutrient for the human body.
Therefore, after having money, this was the first type of livestock that Lin Qixia thought of buying.
As for sheep and pigs, although raising them well and selling them can bring in a good profit, the time cost is also high, and she can't afford to delay any longer.
"Why did you buy so many things?" He Zhilan was quite surprised to see Lin Qixia taking things out one by one.
I thought the herbs she picked would only fetch a few coins at most.
After all, if it were really that valuable, wouldn't everyone else have already taken it all? How could a little girl like her have a chance?
"Well..." Lin Qixia was about to explain when she was interrupted.
Lin Jiudong's voice rang out in the courtyard: "Where else could she have gotten the money? She must have spent the money for my embroidery! Sister-in-law, you shouldn't have given it to her!"
Lin Jiudong is still locked in his room. After what happened this morning, his elder brother gave the order.
She used to be able to move around in the yard, but now she can't leave her room except when she's eating.
Therefore, she could only look out the window at this moment. When she saw that Lin Qixia had bought a lot of things, she got angry and cursed at her.
He Zhilan frowned and looked at Lin Qixia.
If she really did spend the money on the embroidery, it would indeed disappoint He Zhilan.
Lin Qixia glanced at Lin Jiudong with a cold smile and mocked her, "I'm not like some people who never lift a finger, don't know the value of money, and spend it recklessly whenever they have a little bit of cash."
"What are you saying, Lin Qixia!" Lin Jiudong glared angrily upon hearing Lin Qixia's words.
"You know what I'm saying. You only paid me less than thirty coins for the embroidery. You've been embroidering for almost three years, and you only gave me thirty coins," Lin Qixia said, her tone laced with threat.
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