"I have money!" Lan Tian interjected, taking out the passbook from the Sleeve Universe and handing it to Grandma Sun.
"You keep it for pocket money." A large amount of money had been spent on buying the house; how much could be left in the passbook for petty cash? It couldn’t be more than a few hundred dollars. A girl her age needs some spare money. Grandma Sun didn’t accept it, and Zhao Li didn’t think much of it either.
"Keep it, you’ll need to spend money outside. Besides, which girl doesn’t have some pocket money? I will think of a way with your uncle and aunt about the house. If worst comes to worst, we’ll sell our ancestral home to cover urgent needs and buy it back when we have money."
That was just Grandma Sun comforting herself. Zhao Li and Mo Yuanle remained silent, not saying a word. Fourth Mo had long coveted the ancestral home, and as soon as Grandma Sun mentioned selling it, he would buy it.
Zhao Li said, "I’ll go find a job first, no matter how much or how little money I make, it helps with household expenses. Your uncle will stick to his usual trade."
Mo Yuanle didn’t make a sound, but his expression showed he felt the same.
Everyone in the family discussed things together; no one was discouraged, each one full of energy, and Grandma Sun also looked spirited.
Lan Tian smiled with curved eyes, did not accept the passbook, pushing it back to Grandma Sun, "Grandma, your granddaughter has made money, a lot of money, over one hundred thousand! The matter of the house is no big deal." Lan Tian in her previous life wouldn’t even dare to dream of that much money.
"How much?" Zhao Li thought she had heard wrong, her heart trembling, her voice shaky and face incredulous as she asked, "What did you just say?"
"Over one hundred thousand!" Lan Tian repeated, calm and composed, not showing the internal storm of emotions excited by the money she had acquired.
Over one hundred thousand, not a trivial one thousand or ten thousand! In her previous life, she had collected trash for decades and only had a few ten thousand in hand, living in constant fear, seeing everyone as a potential thief, nowhere felt safe to hide the money.
Mo Yuanle’s impassive "coffin face" betrayed no emotion, but inside he was anything but calm. Where had the girl gotten the money?
Zhao Li still couldn’t believe it and took the passbook from Grandma Sun’s hand to check, her fingers trembling as they counted the digits, "One, ten, hundred, thousand, ten thousand," shaking violently when reaching ’ten thousand.’
Grandma Sun also snapped back to reality, unsure of the exact worth of one hundred thousand, but knowing it was a lot, more than the village chief’s house. Seeing Zhao Li this agitated, it seemed the house issue was settled.
Grandma Sun silently breathed a sigh of relief; they wouldn’t need to sell the ancestral home, which was left to Lan Tian by her grandpa.
"Aunty, pinch me to see if I’m dreaming." Holding the passbook, Zhao Li still felt it unreal, something missing suddenly fulfilled, as if in a dream.
Grandma Sun did not hesitate and genuinely pinched her, causing Zhao Li to cry out in pain, flailing her arms while still gripping the passbook securely.
"What kind of business earns so much money?" Grandma Sun asked, fearing nothing but that Lan Tian had chosen a crooked path, with her Divine Skills, taking money from a safe was a breeze.
Mo Yuanle also looked at Lan Tian, eager to know what kind of business could make so much money.
"Selling tea trees." Lan Tian stated truthfully without any intent to hide, as her family would know sooner or later, and there would be other stuff to sell for money in the future.
"What tea tree is so valuable? Made of gold?" Grandma Sun gave Lan Tian a skeptical look; don’t think she’s easy to fool because of her age.
"Are you talking about those tea trees you previously planted in the yard?" Mo Yuanle suddenly asked.
Grandma Sun looked at Lan Tian, her eyes querying if it was as Mo Yuanle said.
Lan Tian nodded, "Yes, those tea trees."
"This money, you got it from selling tea trees?" Zhao Li, surprised, recounted the figures on the passbook, confirming the amount and curiously asked. She hadn’t noticed anything special about the few tea trees at home that could make them worth so much.
"Aunty, you shouldn’t underestimate these tea trees, they have great uses. It’s normal you didn’t notice. I’ve taken care of everyone’s health in our family; we’ve eaten the vegetables I grew, naturally, you wouldn’t feel it. But those few old gentlemen certainly could, they noticed right away."
"What can we do, there are still a few trees at home?" Knowing the tea trees were worth so much, Zhao Li became restless, wanting to go back to Mo Village immediately to hide those trees.
Previously, when they were planted in a corner of the yard where people came and went every day, Zhao Li didn’t think much about it. Now that the tea trees were valuable, she felt as though they were being coveted.
"Don’t worry, I asked Little Tao to bring them back."
The Spirit Gathering Array set up in the backyard was also taken up by Little Tao. With no one at home, the yard would have turned desolate and empty. If the house still thrived uninhabited, that would truly be spooky.