Chapter 45 Shopping

Chen Afu nodded, took the silver, and took out a ten-liang silver ingot and said, "Uncle Yang, can you help me change it into ten one-liang silver ingots?"

Yang Mingyuan changed a small silver ingot for her.

Having made another fortune, Chen Afu was overjoyed and said to Dabao, "Dabao, it's time for us to leave."

When Yang Chao and Yang Qian heard that they were leaving, they were reluctant to leave, especially Yang Qian, whose tears welled up. She said, "Let's play for a while longer. We like Huihui and can't bear to part with it."

The two children were well educated. They did not despise Chen Dabao and her who were wearing shabby clothes, nor did they force Huihui. Chen Afu had a very good impression of them, and his impression of the shrewd businessman surnamed Yang also improved. He should be a good person if he can educate his children in this way. If he wants to eat good food again in the future, he can continue to cooperate.

Yang Mingyuan stood up and picked up his daughter, coaxing her, "Sister Qian, be good. If Brother Chen and Huihui don't go home, it will be too late and they won't be able to leave the city."

Yang Qian didn't force Huihui to stay, but the tears in her eyes fell.

Chen Dabao couldn't bear it and said hurriedly, "Sister Qian, you and Brother Chao can come to my house to play some other day. My family not only has Huihui, but also Jinbao and Qiqi. Jinbao's voice is very nice and powerful. Qiqi looks as beautiful as Sister Qian, and can speak a lot and recite poems."

Yang Chao and Yang Qian looked longing after hearing this.

Yang Chao also said with bulging eyes, "How beautiful it must be to be as beautiful as my sister."

Chen Dabao glanced at Yang Qian, nodded heavily and said, "Yes, as beautiful as Qian's sister." He added, "Our home is in Xiangluo Village not far from the county town, and it only takes half an hour to get there by donkey cart."

Yang Chao happily accepted the invitation and said, "Brother Dabao, bring Huihui and the others to the county town to play when you have nothing to do. My home is only two streets away from here. If my father and we are not in the restaurant, let Manager Xu take you to my house." He said to Manager Xu, "Grandpa Xu, did you hear that?"

Manager Xu smiled and said, "Okay, listen to the eldest young master."

The children's friendship has reached this point, and the adults of the two families have no choice but to express their approval.

Because Chen Dabao and Huihui did a good job in tackling the problem, Yang Mingyuan also asked Manager Xu to send them a crispy duck from the restaurant.

Chen Afu and his mother walked out of the restaurant and headed towards the south gate. They passed by a small cloth shop, where the cloth was cheaper than that of Jinyun Embroidery Workshop. Chen Afu went in and bought a few pieces of fine cloth, more than 20 feet of coarse cloth and two beds of fluffed cotton. She planned to make a set of clothes for each family member, and then make a bed quilt and mattress for herself and Dabao. This cost more than 200 coins, one tael of silver.

It was really expensive. No wonder many families in the countryside who lived a good life would wear patched clothes.

She spent another 50 coins to buy some cloth scraps and made some dolls for Dabao to play with, and maybe she could sell them for some money.

Then, she called a donkey cart on the side of the road and put the things on it. She also bought two pots, one large and one small, a kettle, a set of bowls and chopsticks, a set of tea bowls and other household items to take to the new home. She also bought a bronze mirror, a box of balsam, tooth powder, putty and other things, and bought ten catties of white flour, ten catties of refined rice, and ten catties of vegetable oil. These cost more than two taels of silver.

After being in Dashun for so long, this was the first time she became a shopaholic.

It felt so good!

When they left the city, the sun was setting, and Chen Dabao finally closed his open mouth. Although he knew that his mother had earned so much money again, he was still surprised at how fast she spent money.

He whispered in Chen Afu's ear, "Mom, we don't even have an acre of land, we can't spend all the money."

Chen Afu pinched his little hand and whispered, "Mom knows."

When Chen Ming got home, he was already very anxious, and he was relieved to see Chen Afu and her son return safely.

When he saw the driver helping to move so many things off the car, he felt a little dizzy again. He guessed that Afu had sold the recipe, but that's not how you spend money. When he heard that the recipe was sold for fifty-five taels of silver, his eyebrows smiled a little.

Chen Afu wanted to give him twenty taels of silver, but he refused resolutely, saying, "You are still young, and Dabao is still young, you should save more money to buy land."

Chen Afu thought that what belonged to him was also theirs, and they would make a fortune together in the future. Besides, it was safer to keep it in the space, so he put it away.

Chen Ming saw that only Huihui had returned, and asked where Jin Yanzi and Qiqi had gone. After listening to Dabao's story, he was surprised and said, "Can Jinbao really bring Qiqi back?"

Chen Afu had full confidence in Jin Yanzi, and smiled, "They were brought back by Jinbao in the deeper mountains, not to mention in the county."

Before dinner, Chen Ming asked Chen Dabao to deliver half of the crispy duck to Chen Ye's family.

When Dabao came back, his face was red with anger, and he said angrily, "Grandpa, I sent the crispy duck, but Great Grandma said that our family got the money by some means, and we eat and drink a lot all day long, either braised meat or big meat dumplings, or crispy duck. We wasted all the money, and didn't thank Great Grandpa and her for raising us, and even asked Grandpa to learn from Third Grandpa. I told her that the crispy duck was not bought, but given by someone, but she didn't believe it."

Chen Ming was so angry that his face sank, but he still said, "Just pretend you didn't hear what Great Grandma said. Great Grandma is an elder, and Great Grandpa has helped us before, and we must remember these favors."

Chen Afu secretly criticized that Hu Shi was really the best to the level of Nun Miejue, asking for things from others so confidently and shamelessly.

She vaguely heard Chen Ming and Wang chatting, as if the new courtyard of the eldest house was what Hu Shi had insisted on crying to Chen Shi behind Chen Ye and Old Lady Chen's backs. Chen Shi was grateful to Chen Ye, but he knew that Chen Ye was too proud to tell him this, so he had to grit his teeth and build a courtyard for the eldest house. He never returned to the village again, not even during the Chinese New Year last year, he didn't dare to come back. This was what Chen Shi whispered to Chen Ming before he left.

During dinner, Chen Afu saw that Chen Ming was still angry, and advised, "Dad, don't be angry. No matter what she says, we have made up our minds not to give it to her. We can't indulge her bad habits. I also know that my grandmother and uncle are good. When we become stronger in the future, we won't be afraid of Hu Shi's thoughts. We will be filial and thank them well. And Brother Agui, we will remember all those who helped us."

At night, Huihui was uncomfortable without Qiqi to accompany him, and he cried "Gaga" and refused to sleep. Chen Afu tried to coax him at first, but seeing that he kept barking and his voice was particularly loud, he was afraid that Chen Ming would have a seizure, so he had to close the doors and windows of his room.

Dabao, who was lying on the bed, was also muttering, "Mom, it's dark, why hasn't Jinbao brought Qiqi back yet?"

Chen Afu coaxed him again, "Go to sleep, when you open your eyes tomorrow, Qiqi will be back."

Thank you Hera x-on:Qianlin for the purse.