After packing the herbs, Lin Feng said goodbye to Lin: "Sister, I'm leaving first. I'll come back to see you!"
Lin hurriedly took some steamed dry food from the kitchen and stuffed it into her brother's hands: "Take care of yourself, and be sure to take good care of yourself outside!"
Lin Feng took the dry food, nodded, and drove the carriage away from Lijia Village.
Parting always makes people sad. Lin stood at the door and watched Lin Feng's carriage disappear at the end of the road before returning home in disappointment.
For the next half month, everyone was busy picking forsythia. Fortunately, the weather was good and it didn't rain during the picking days.
Today is the last day of picking. In the evening, Li Yan exchanged copper coins early and prepared to distribute the wages for these days to everyone.
As the sun set, everyone came back from the mountain. When they approached, they found a basket of copper coins next to Li Yan. Li Yan weighed Xiu'er's forsythia and counted out a handful of copper coins from the basket and handed them to her.
The villagers, who were used to queuing up to have their forsythia weighed, were overwhelmed with excitement when they saw this scene. They couldn't wait to get their wages.
The villagers who received their wages were all smiling and went back happily with three hundred coins in their arms.
Three taels of silver can help the family buy a lot of daily necessities such as salt and oil.
Aunt Liu looked on eagerly at Erya, who was handing out money at her doorstep like a child distributing money. She was also jealous and muttered at the door, "Will we not get our wages? It's one ounce and five cents!"
Mrs. Wu stood behind her and couldn't help rolling her eyes. This daughter-in-law is just too short-sighted!
Xiu'er also received three hundred coins early. She stood behind Li Yan until Li Yan had paid out all the wages. Then she stepped forward and handed the three coins in her hand to Li Yan: "I'll pay you back three coins first!"
Li Yan pushed the money back: "I'm not in a hurry to use the money, you should use it to buy some supplies for the family first!"
Li Xiu hesitated, wondering when would he have to wait to make so much money again?
Li Yan seemed to understand her hesitation and whispered in Xiu'er's ear: "Don't worry, use the money first! There will be opportunities to make money later."
Li Yan comforted Li Xiu and went to her uncle's house first.
When the aunt-in-law saw Li Yan come in, her eyes lit up immediately. However, because Wu was present, she did not dare to ask Li Yan when she would pay her wages!
He swallowed the words he was about to say and watched eagerly as Wu brought Li Yan into the room.
I tiptoed to the door of my mother-in-law's room and listened to the noise inside.
At this time, the little cousin came up from behind and saw his mother put her ear to the wall. He followed suit but found that he could not hear anything, so he asked, "Mom, what are you doing?"
Liu was so frightened that she immediately covered her son's mouth and ran out the door with her in her arms.
In the room, Li Yan explained to Wu the reason for buying the barren mountain and how to divide the wages among them!
Mrs. Wu couldn't help but poke her granddaughter's head with her hand. When she heard the old man come back that day, he said that Erlang's family bought a barren mountain and didn't sleep the whole night. Isn't this a waste of money?
When he heard that Li Yan had spent all the money he had given her, he couldn't help but hold his chest. How long had it been since she gave it away? And she was going through so much trouble!
Although Li Yan explained that she bought the barren mountain in order to pick forsythia, it would only count if it could actually be sold. Now she just hoped that her uncle could really sell it.
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