"So much money, all earned by our Wanwan!"
Upon hearing her granddaughter's words, Liu Junlan immediately rushed out and hugged Lin Wanyue. She opened the small purse that Lin Wanyue was holding and found several heavy silver ingots inside!
Added together, it amounted to a full two hundred taels!
"Hehe~" Seeing her grandmother happy, Lin Wanyue's smile became even brighter. She nodded with a smile, her little body swaying slightly as she laughed.
"Grandma has never seen so much silver before. As expected, my Wanwan is the most amazing. She can earn so much silver at such a young age. From now on, Grandma will have to rely on Wanwan to support her." Liu Junlan hugged Lin Wanyue and kissed her pink little face twice.
“Okay, I’ll give all my money to Grandma.” Lin Wanyue said without hesitation.
Xuefu also came out and couldn't help but smile when she saw the interaction between the grandmother and granddaughter.
He teased Lin Wanyue, "Is it only for Grandma?"
"I'll buy some for Mother too, and some nice materials and pretty silver hairpins for her!" Lin Wanyue said quickly. Then, thinking of her older brothers, she hurriedly added, "And my eldest brother, second brother, third brother, fourth brother, and father."
Lin Weiming snorted disdainfully, his tone as sour as if he had a vat of vinegar: "Oh, Wanwan actually still remembers me? I bet they took everything, so I'll just leave my name here?"
Lin Wanyue knew that Lin Weiming was jealous, and felt that her father still needed to be coaxed.
She slid off Liu Junlan's lap, ran over and hugged Lin Weiming's leg, saying sweetly, "Wanwan earns money to spend on Daddy too. What do you like? Wanwan will buy it for you tomorrow."
"Really? I saw a chestnut horse at the market last time, it looked quite nice," Lin Weiming said bluntly.
At the market, a cow costs about twenty taels of silver. Horses are used to pull goods to far-away places, so they are slightly more expensive, but usually around twenty-five taels.
But a few days ago, because May was approaching and the weather was getting hot, Xuefu wanted to buy fabric to make clothes for her family, so she asked Lin Weiming to take them to the market.
I saw a large chestnut horse at the market. It came from out of town and was much more expensive than local cattle and horses, costing forty taels a horse.
The price was too high, so it hadn't been able to sell.
Lin Weiming, on the other hand, was very fond of it.
Forty taels of silver!
"Hmm... um..." Lin Wanyue frowned slightly, struggling with her thoughts for a while.
She only has two hundred taels of silver in total. If her father gets forty taels, then the others won't get that much.
However, if the family buys a horse, it will be convenient to go to other places, and it won't just be Lin Weiming who benefits.
As she was pondering this, Liu Junlan had already given Lin Weiming a flick on the head.
"How old are you? Why are you still bullying your daughter like this? If you want to buy a horse, save up some money and buy it yourself. You want to bully your daughter? I'm still alive, see if I don't teach you a lesson!" Liu Junlan held Lin Wanyue in her arms, not allowing Lin Weiming to bully her.
“Exactly.” Xuefu also stood up to speak for Lin Wanyue: “That horse looks beautiful, but it’s so much more expensive. How can our family afford it? Besides, where will we keep the horse after we buy it? And what about the hay we’ll feed it every day?”
"If we were in the village, we could just find a patch of grass for it to graze on. But now that we're in the city, our vegetable garden is only a small patch in front of us. Where would we find enough fodder for it?"
Buying a horse already costs a lot of money, and raising a horse requires continuous investment.
After doing the math, Xuefu felt it wasn't a good deal.
It's much more convenient in the county than in the village. Some people even bring out their mules and horses to help transport goods and people. Even a trip to the provincial capital only costs a dozen or so copper coins.
It's much more cost-effective than buying horses yourself.
Although Lin Weiming's request was rejected, the family had received such a large sum of money for the first time, which was earned by Lin Wanyue.
After discussing it, Liu Junlan and Xuefu both felt they should celebrate properly. So they went to the market and bought a chicken. They also saw half a pork hock at the butcher shop and bought that too, then braised it.
The Lin family has never been stingy when it comes to food, but after all, they had only recently moved to the city and bought a shop, so the expenses were considerable.
But this is the first time this year that such a large pot of braised pork hock has been served, enough to fill everyone in the family just by eating meat.
The Lin family children ate with gusto, their mouths greasy, and they all looked on with envy at Lin Wanyue.
"Little sister, what kind of magic have you learned? Can you teach me too? You can be my master, and we can make money together and eat braised pork knuckle every day!" Lin Zihan said expectantly to Lin Wanyue.
There are four boys in the family. The eldest brother hopes to study hard and pass the imperial examinations, the second brother is focused on martial arts, and now even the youngest brother has become an apprentice to learn medicine.
But he was stuck in the middle, unable to keep up with his older brother in academics or his second brother in martial arts. He thought about going out to play, but seeing his younger siblings all doing better than him, it was hard not to feel conflicted.
After some internal struggle, while munching on a fragrant braised pig's trotter, Lin Zihan thought that if he wanted to continue living such a good life, he might as well learn magic from his sister!
However, despite his good intentions, Lin Wanyue rejected his idea.
"Third brother, learning this requires talent."
"Sigh..." Lin Zihan could only sadly continue gnawing on the big piece of fatty meat on the pork knuckle, wondering what he could do in the future.
Sitting next to him, Lin Ziqiu was also enjoying his meal. While eating, he quietly asked his master, Hu Jiuyuan, "Master, will I be able to earn this much money after I study medicine? I also want to eat pork knuckles every day."
Hu Jiuyuan was beside him, but his gaze had already fallen on Lin Wanyue.
Today, when Lin Wanyue and Lin Weiming went to the Yan family mansion together, the three ghosts in the house, fearing that Lin Wanyue would be bullied by other ghosts, invited him to come along.
Hu Jiuyuan couldn't refuse, so he went along.
Only then did they realize that Lin Wanyue, this little baby, was not only able to communicate with them, these ghosts, but also actually had some skills, able to observe feng shui and give guidance on wealth.
The other three ghosts may not have noticed, but Hu Jiuyuan was, after all, a medical student. When he was alive, he could observe the flow of Qi in the meridians of the human body, and after he died, his ability to observe Qi became even more powerful.
He noticed that after Lin Wanyue said that a small pond with running water should be left in front of the door to raise goldfish so that wealth would gather like water, Yan Dajiang seemed to be enveloped by a layer of golden light.
The more kind words she said, the stronger Yan Dajiang's aura became.
As he was pondering, he heard his little apprentice's words and stroked his long beard, saying, "Of course! Even if you only learn one part of my skills in the future, it will be enough for you to live a life of luxury and comfort, and you can even make a living in the capital."
"However... I think your sister is quite capable. You should learn from her and be careful not to offend her."
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