Chapter 216: Zhang Shi’s Intention
Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
“Mom, get a bowl of cold cakes for Aunt Zhang and Aunt Juanzi!”
“No, it’s okay!” Zhang Shi hurriedly said, before Liu Shi could reply.
“Why not? You don’t come here often,” Liu Shi replied and started to cut the cake.
“That’s right. We’re neighbors, don’t be so polite!” Lin Xiaoyue replied and went to Liu Shi to get the cold cakes.
Li Juanzi and Zhang Shi looked at each other with smiles on their faces and did not stop them.
“Then, I’ll buy 6 bowls to-go!” Zhang Shi smiled.
Usually, her family would come to the Liu family to buy the cold cakes, but most of the time, it was her mother-in-law or the children who did that.
…..
She was busy with chores and sometimes she even had to go to the fields, so she did not have time to come over.
“Hehe, sure!” Liu Shi replied with a smile.
Lin Xiaoyue brought two bowls of cold cakes to Aunt Zhang and Li Juanzi. Then, she went to pack the cold cakes for Aunt Zhang.
The three of them continued to chat while eating.
“Actually, I’m not here just because of Juanzi. I also have something to discuss with you,” Zhang Shi ate a few mouthfuls of cold cake and said to Lin Xiao Yue.
Lin Xiaoyue looked at Zhang Shi and placed the bowl down.
“Please tell me.”
“You see, my son Laishun…he is only a year younger than Shuanzi, and he is also a hard worker. There’s not much work at the town dock now, so I was wondering if he could…” Zhang Shi glanced at Lin Xiaoyue a few times.
Lin Xiaoyue understood immediately.
Zhang Shi saw that Wang Shuanzi was making money by selling cold cakes, so she wanted her son to do the same too.
Not much work at the dock?
It was still the busy farming season, and the Li family had a lot of land. They were probably busy harvesting. Li Laishun probably didn’t even go to town recently.
What an excuse…
“Laishun has a good relationship with Shuanzi. He heard from Shuanzi that he could earn 450 wen a day by selling cold cakes in the neighboring village!” Zhang Shi said excitedly.
Li Juanzi was surprised, but she didn’t show it too obviously.
Her sister-in-law was so ignorant.
These words made her feel a little embarrassed.
Seeing that Lin Xiaoyue did not reply, Zhang Shi also realized that she was a little too excited.
Then, her expression changed, and her face was filled with worry.
“Eh, Laishun isn’t that young anymore. I think it’s time to get him a wife after the new year.”
“When that happens, we’d need the money. We might seem to be living comfortably, but we have a lot of expenses. In the past few years, we have been living on our savings. Besides, Huaiyu…” Zhang Shi stopped talking.
It was true.
The Li family was not that prosperous.
She and her husband only had one son.
Huaiyu, their nephew’s parents passed away early.
He was practically raised by her, and she had never harbored any ill intentions towards him.
Laishun was not cut out for studying. Her father-in-law had high hopes for Huaiyu, and she had never opposed it.
She even hoped that he would succeed and that he could help the family in the future.
It was just that studying was expensive. Huaiyu’s annual expenses at Qingyun Academy were quite high..
Her father-in-law and mother-in-law were old and respectable people, so they almost never went to the fields..