In the end, the old shopkeeper gave them most of the copper coins in the clinic, plus two taels of silver, and that's how they managed to scrape together the money.
The old village chief decided to exchange the two taels of silver for copper coins at the money exchange, since silver was not easy to distribute among the villagers.
"Little lucky star, I'm going to buy you a candied hawthorn."
After saying that, Tie Zhu's father went to the candied hawthorns and asked for one.
Seeing Tie Zhu's father like this, the men couldn't be outdone, so each of them went to buy candied hawthorns.
"If you all buy them, she can't finish them all by herself. Just buy one for your own child."
These villagers didn't care what Su Laosan said; they all bought a string of them and took it back.
Su Muyao saw about ten candied hawthorns and handed them to her, then looked down at her little hands.
Upon seeing this, everyone hurriedly stuffed all the candied hawthorns into Su Sanlang's hands.
The group then hummed songs all the way back to the village in a handcart.
Several elderly women at the village entrance saw a group of people returning from afar and excitedly stood up to greet them.
"I can't see clearly, have they sold them yet? They didn't seem to bring them back."
"If they couldn't bring it back, it must have been sold."
The mean-spirited old woman next to her immediately retorted, "That's not necessarily true. Maybe it's not even a medicinal herb. If they don't want it, they might just throw it on the roadside. Are they going to bring the roots back?"
"You old woman, don't you ever hope for anything good? If the medicinal herbs are sold and the money is converted into silver, your family won't get a share."
The mean old lady was not happy to hear this.
"I'm telling you, you barren hen! Everyone else has one, why don't I? Did you discover the medicinal herb?"
The village chief's wife tried to smooth things over, saying, "Alright, alright, they're back now, aren't they? They'll find out soon enough, so don't argue."
A short while later, the group of people in the distance arrived. "Well? Did the old man sell it?"
The old village chief said to his wife with a smile, "Of course it was sold. That kudzu root that our little Fu Bao mentioned sold for quite a bit of money."
The villagers thought that even if it sold for a few dozen coins, it would still be a considerable sum.
After all, they hadn't been digging for very long, so this was already a pretty high return.
It wasn't until the old village chief took out a large bag of copper coins and called his son back to the room to bring out the four-immortal table from the house that the story began.
The money was poured out in full view of everyone. The people who were following were already shocked, and now the villagers were talking about it.
The table was piled high with copper coins, but in reality, almost every household among the villagers present had very few coins in their hands.
Basically, it's all managed by the parents-in-law, and if they actually have one or two taels of silver, that's considered pretty good.
The old village chief eventually divided the 5,640 coins equally among the 15 people who went up the mountain to dig for kudzu roots, giving each person 376 copper coins.
Those who didn't go are definitely feeling bad.
The old village chief originally said that each household could send one person to the mountain to learn how to identify medicinal herbs, but some people still didn't believe it.
Thinking that going up the mountain would waste half a day, I might as well go to the fields to weed, so I didn't go. Unexpectedly, they received 376 coins in just over an hour.
Nowadays, a normal person working as a porter at the dock only earns 12 coins a day, and meals aren't provided.
They started moving goods before dawn and didn't return until dark.
The family of the mean old lady was the loudest.
"Why does everyone else have it, but we're the only ones who don't?"
The old village chief was also helpless with her, "It's not just your family, but everyone who hasn't gone there hasn't gone either. What's wrong? You don't want to dig anymore, but now you see others making money and you want it too."
"Where in the world can you find such a good thing?"
"He's so old, doesn't he have any shame?"
"That's not right. When has she ever cared about her reputation?"
Someone in the crowd said a few words, and everyone burst into laughter.
The mean old lady probably thought so too, so she didn't say anything, but instead ran over to little Fu Bao who was standing silently to the side.
Upon seeing this, Su Laosan quickly picked up his little girl and held her in his arms. He really didn't know what this old woman was up to. What if she hurt his precious baby again?
The mean-spirited old lady didn't seem to care when she came up empty-handed.
He said to Su Muyao solicitously, "Little Fu Bao, why don't you come to Grandma's house for a while? Grandma has all the candy she has for you."
Su Muyao quickly waved her hand, "Grandma will go to the mountains to find medicinal herbs again in a few days. You can have your uncle go with everyone."
Upon hearing this, the old lady immediately smiled. She knew that the little lucky star was not only blessed but also intelligent.
That hit the nail on the head.
Seeing that the money had been distributed, the old village chief called everyone to disperse.
The old village chief had gone back, but the Su family's house was surrounded by people. Even villagers who weren't usually close to him were trying to curry favor, offering food to one family and sunflower seeds and peanuts to another.
There was also an elderly lady who took out a piece of yellow floral fabric and said it was for making clothes for Little Lucky Star.
Why would Old Mrs. Su accept this?
But if we didn't accept the old lady's money, she wouldn't leave no matter what, so we had no choice but to accept the piece of cloth.
Su Muyao absolutely loved this piece of fabric; its style was strikingly similar to the floral dresses that were popular in her previous life a couple of years ago.
Then I'll have Grandma sew some lace on it, and it will look absolutely gorgeous on me.
Thinking about how my house looks like it could collapse with a gust of wind, I need to build a new one first.
After the villagers had all left, Su Muyao finally mentioned the matter of building a new house to her grandfather.
Grandpa, let's build a house.
Old Man Su and Old Woman Su exchanged a glance and nodded.
Seeing that the two agreed so easily, Su Muyao quickly continued to explain her plans.
“When the time comes, we will build a courtyard house that covers an area of about two acres. I will give you the blueprints.”
Upon hearing this, Old Man Su shook his head vigorously, like a rattle drum.
"No, no, my little one is too big."
"Grandpa, listen to me, my brothers will get married and find wives in the future, it's not a big deal."
Grandma Su chimed in, "My dear child, two acres of land is too big. If you need to use the outhouse, you'll poop in your pants before you even get there!"
Su Muyao burst out laughing.
"Grandma, how can you be so calm while saying such funny things?"
Old Su coughed lightly twice beside him; this old woman in the family never keeps her mouth shut.
Grandma Su didn't think she was wrong at all; it was no wonder that diarrhea was so bad that she couldn't outrun it.
Even a normal trip to the outhouse can't keep up! It's two acres of land, that's quite a distance.
"Grandma, I'll design the outhouse to be located in the main house."
At this point, even Old Man Su couldn't sit still. "My dear, we don't need any design. Grandpa will find someone else to make the blueprints. Then our little one can just move into the new house."
Grandma Su was laughing so hard she couldn't stand up straight. "My dear child, you really dare to think of building that outhouse in your house. Wouldn't it stink?"
Su Muyao slapped her forehead. "Heavens above, earth below, who can teach me how to make a toilet and a sewer? I have so many books, yet I don't know how to do it."
I finally understand that saying: imagination is beautiful, reality is rigid.
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