Old Lady Hua was so excited at the moment and wanted to get the information about where the money was hidden from Old Yang’s mouth, but Old Yang just wouldn’t tell her.
Even later when she tried to find an opportunity, Old Yang still wouldn’t mention that place.
So she thought of a way. In fact, Yang Dachuan’s injury back then was partly because of the money. She figured that Old Yang would surely take out the silver when his own son got sick, and indeed Old Yang did, but only took out six taels of silver.
Old Lady Hua was so angry that she secretly vowed that if she couldn’t get the money, her own son wouldn’t either. So, she devised a plan to make Old Yang believe that Yang Dachuan wasn’t his son, and she quickly gave birth to another son.
She thought to herself, now that Yang Dachuan wasn’t his real son anymore, Old Yang only had one real son left. She wanted to see if he would still hold on to the money.
But Old Lady Hua was still disappointed because when Yang Xiaochuan was born, Old Yang took out all the remaining silver, but she noticed that the amount wasn’t right. She immediately questioned Old Yang, but he stubbornly insisted that there wasn’t any more.
And for so many years ever since, she never saw Old Yang take out any more silver, even for their children’s weddings and childbirths.
In fact, this was one of the reasons why Old Lady Hua had an affair with Burly Lu from the village. But that’s another story.
"Xiaxia, hurry up and put these things away. They were left behind by your grandpa with great difficulty, and they represent his intentions." Ms.Wang was indescribably shocked to see these things, but even more moved, thinking that her father-in-law still cared about her husband after all.
"Father, mother, do you really want me to keep these?" Yang Chuxia looked at the couple and thought, this is not a small sum of money, are they really trusting her with it?
"Yeah, you keep it. You’re better at keeping things than your mom and dad. It’s agreed that the family’s silver is up to you," Yang Dachuan said.
Ms.Wang also smiled and nodded, "Right, daughter, we trust you with these."
"Well, then I’ll take them. My grandpa was able to hide them for so many years without being discovered, and I can do the same."
With that, Yang Chuxia took the items inside and came out with empty hands. No one knew where she had hidden them.
When she reopened the door, Yang Qingtong and Yang Xiayun’s little heads turned towards her in unison.
But she found that there was even one more person hiding in the corner.
"Who’s standing there?" Yang Chuxia said and walked over.
At that moment, Yang Qingbao from the first branch of the family darted out and quickly ran back. Yang Chuxia squinted her eyes and thought, it seems that they need to build a new house and move out as soon as possible, otherwise, it’s hard to guard against these little devils.
So, early the next morning, she gave the list of things she wanted to buy to Yang Dachuan and took the silver to Land Officer Yang’s house.
Land Officer Yang was shocked when he heard that Yang Chuxia wanted to buy land and build a house.
He knew the situation of the third branch of the family. They had been oppressed by Old Lady Hua for so many years, and they wouldn’t have any spare money. Even though they had made some money after Dachuan started earning, it hadn’t been long since they separated. How much money could they have? Building a house, even a thatched one would cost more than ten taels, while a brick house would cost at least thirty or forty taels.
"Xiaxia, does your family really want to build a house?" Land Officer Yang asked again, not quite believing it.
Yang Chuxia nodded, "Great uncle, of course it’s true. I came to see you to ask you to help us find an empty plot of land. We want to buy a piece to build our new house."