Chapter 387: Chapter 387: Silver is the most tangible Chapter 387: Chapter 387: Silver is the most tangible “Sangsang, what does making dried fruit have to do with splitting the family?” Lu Qiubo was confused.
Isn’t making dried fruit a good thing? How could it be related to breaking up the family?
“Grandma, I built such a large drying house on Manghuang Mountain. From now on, I will need to pick wild fruits from the mountain to make dried fruit and sell them. Otherwise, why am I doing this?”
Lin Caisang said, pointing to the bamboo canister in her hand.
Lu Qiubo stared fixedly at her granddaughter.
“I want to open a store.”
Lin Caisang said directly to Lu Qiubo.
“My dried fruit tastes really good. I think it will surely sell. If I could open a snack store, business would surely be good, so our family wouldn’t lack money.
But as you know, Brother Changfeng is a scholar. If he wants to continue to pursue higher examinations, to become a candidate, and participate in the imperial examination, how could we have a businessman in the family? It would greatly affect his future prospects.
I really couldn’t think of any other solution, and that’s why I thought about splitting the family. We can split the family without breaking the bond, listed as two separate families in the family record, but still share the same dwelling and meals. In this way, my business would have nothing to do with Brother Changfeng.”
Lu Qiubo turned her head to think, squatted down, and slowly started picking vegetables from the ground.
“Grandma, I know you don’t want to divide the family, but think about Brother Changfeng.”
Lin Caisang also squatted down, helping Lu Qiubo pick up the vegetables from the ground, while continuing her persuasion.
“This year, it was still manageable for Brother Changfeng to go to Yejun as it was not too expensive to take the examination to become a candidate. But our family still couldn’t afford it. If Brother Changfeng passes the exam, he has to go to Jian’an City next year, right?
That place is like a money drain. Whether for eating or sleeping, everything involves spending money. Not to mention making friends, and flattering high-ranking officials.”
“Do you need to please high-ranking officials?”
Lu Qiubo was totally confused. She was totally unaware of these things. If it were really as Sangsang said, there were so many places to spend money. What could the little money in her hand do?
“Can we not please them? Changfeng can’t do such conscienceless things.”
Grandma actually said what she proposed was conscienceless…
“Grandma, this is not a conscienceless thing. It doesn’t mean that we have to give a lot of money to the high-ranking officials. Think about it, if everyone else goes to give gifts to the officials, and only Brother Changfeng doesn’t, what will the officials think? Wouldn’t they deliberately make things difficult for Brother Changfeng?
I only heard about these things, whether they are true or not is uncertain, but money is definitely the most practical. It’s always right for us to earn more money and give it to Brother Changfeng, right?”
Even though she said this, Lu Qiubo was already convinced that if Lin Changfeng really went to Jian’an City, a lot of money would be spent.
“So, are we really splitting the family?” she looked uncertainly at her granddaughter and asked again.
“Grandma, splitting up the family doesn’t mean breaking off our kinship. It’s just a solution. Once we split, I can make money by running a shop, and Brother Changfeng can focus on his exams. Isn’t it good? Plus, we still live together.”
Lu Qiubo snorted lightly, looking at her granddaughter with displeasure.
“Who are you trying to cheat? From the things you have prepared on Manghuang Mountain, I think you have been wanting to split the family for a long time, haven’t you?”