Chapter 233: Chapter 233 Gluttony Chapter 233: Chapter 233 Gluttony “Your sister is right, Yanyan, take good care of the silver,” Madam Xie also said.
“Take it, don’t cry anymore, it’ll be a laughingstock if someone sees you,” Xuexue decisively put the silver in her clothing pocket, smiling, “We’ll have plenty of good days ahead, this is just small change.”
Mo Yaner thought Xuexue was just comforting her because she was afraid she wouldn’t accept the silver, so she said, “Silly girl, do you think it’s that easy to earn silver?”
“Yes! Look, today I’ve made dozens of taels of silver,” Xuexue said happily, pointing to the pile of silver on the table.
“That’s because you were lucky today. Such good luck doesn’t come every day, you’re really a fool.”
“Yes, Big Sister is a fool, Big Sister is a big fool,” Mo Yaner said with laughter through her tears, tears of emotion.
That evening, the old residence enjoyed a meal with plenty of fish and meat, everyone was overjoyed because Xuexue had earned some silver selling loaches.
Madam Xie said spiritedly, “Now that we have silver, after spring plowing, we should rebuild the old residence.”
The old residence was crumbling, every gust of wind or heavy rain left them on tenterhooks, fearing it might collapse at any moment, so, for safety’s sake, Xuexue had planned this for a while, she nodded and said with a smile, “Mother is right, having a stable home is a long-term plan.”
“Good, then we’ll hire someone to rebuild it after spring plowing,” Madam Xie was even happier with Xuexue’s agreement.
Chuner clapped her little hands, laughing, “That’s great, we’re going to have a new house!”
Life was looking up, Madam Xie found comfort, and having no worries about food and clothing for the family was better than anything.
Li Feng and his wife finally had silver to pay off their gambling debts, the heavy stone that had been hanging over their hearts was finally let go, making their meal even more enjoyable, occasionally bursting into hearty laughter, now they were truly happy.
“Mother, I’m thinking of going home in a few days,” Mo Yaner said to Madam Xie after the meal.
Madam Xie really didn’t want to part with her, her eldest daughter’s in-laws lived far away, and once she left, who knew how many years it would take before they could meet again, so she tried to keep her, “Yanyan, stay a little longer, I don’t want to let you go, and Tuantuan and Yuanyuan have just started to like me, their grandmother.”
Living in the old residence might not be comfortable, but the food was good! Most importantly, there was no need to put up with grievances, no one to make faces at her, Li Feng didn’t want to leave so soon and said, “Wife, your mother is right, let’s stay a little longer, there’s nothing much to do at home anyway.”
“You useless wretch, who says there’s nothing to do! Spring is almost here, and our fields have gone to waste. If we don’t hurry back to get them in order, our whole family will be eating the wind this year,” Mo Yaner scolded him angrily upon hearing this, knowing her husband wanted to freeload off the old residence.
Li Feng muttered under his breath, “Those few acres of lousy land, a year of back-breaking work isn’t enough to fill our bellies. If it weren’t for that, we wouldn’t have to forage for wild vegetables to get by.”
“You dare to mention it, if it weren’t for the gambling debt you owed, nobody would have come to our house and taken all our grains away,” Mo Yaner grew even more furious when mentioning this. It was Li Feng’s gambling debts that emptied their house, leaving them mother and children to gnaw on wild vegetable buns every day, living a bleak existence.
“Li Feng, you can’t go to the gambling house to gamble anymore, even if you don’t think about yourself, think about Tuantuan and Yuanyuan, they’re so young. What kind of life is this for them! Hungry, cold, doesn’t it break your heart as a father?” Madam Xie looked at Li Feng earnestly.