Xie Pinghuai lowered his head pitifully.
"Are you going or not? I'll take care of it for you at the academy," Xie Qiao said.
"Really?" Xie Pinghuai thought for a moment. Since his eldest sister said so, then…
Even if he skipped class, his father and eldest brother would not punish him. At worst, he would just get beaten up by Teacher Xiao!
In fact, the old scholar did not hurt him at all. He did not even dare to hit him hard. He should not hesitate any longer.
Xie Pinghuai immediately laughed and said, "Yes, I'll go with Eldest Sister. You can order me around whenever you want. I'm very diligent!"
Xie Qiao smiled at him.
Xie Pinghuai instantly felt at ease.
He even looked at the silly girl, Xie Xi, regretfully. All she did was stay in the academy instead of going out to have fun.
Xie Xi's eyes were a little dull, and she looked neither happy nor sad. Xie Qiao asked, "Why doesn't Xi'er want to go?"
Children should love to go out and play, right?
"I'll need to spend money to do that," Xie Xi's words were like gold. She even frowned, as if she had thought of something that she could not accept.
"I won't let you pay," Xie Qiao could not help but laugh.
"I'll earn some silver beans at the academy," Xie Xi said in all seriousness.
Xie Qiao was speechless.
Xie Xi had her own set of rules for earning silver beans. If she left the academy and did not earn any silver, she would lose money…
She loved money so much at such a young age because she had such an unreliable Father.
"Father, after the Meng family sends people to send the item back, the golden eagle can't be sold for a year," Xie Qiao said suddenly before she left.
"Why not?!" Xie Niushan immediately flew into a rage when he heard that.
If it could not be sold, then what was the point of him getting it back!
Now, he was lacking silver!
"Father, do you want the Meng family to know that we are short of silver?" Xie Qiao laughed, "Oh right, Father, I've always been afraid of the cold. Every winter, I would shiver from the cold. It was fine in the Taoist temple. The feng shui there is good, and it's spring almost all year round. But over here... I hope Father can prepare as much silver frost charcoal as possible in advance. The more the better, or I'm afraid it won't be enough."
The reason why the Taoist temple was able to have spring all year round was because people were still burning incense over there. She had inscribed quite a few talismans with Old Man Mo. With some dharma instruments, the place emitted a comfortable aura.
However, it was indeed rather cold at home.
When Xie Niushan heard that, his eyelids started to twitch.
Silver frost charcoal was quite expensive.
There would be an additional expenditure on the account.
Moreover, the weather was cold this year. It was probably not easy to find silver frost charcoal out there. The amount of silver needed to be spent would definitely have to be higher than the normal price.
Xie Niushan could not cry about being poor on the surface. In his heart, he had once again been reminded of the debt from Ms. Lu.
If Ms. Lu saved some money, he would not be so reluctant to buy even a single piece of charcoal!
Xie Qiao left a few words and led her people out in a grandiose manner.
"Eldest Sister, should we go to a restaurant first? I know a restaurant that has excellent dishes, especially the Lion's Head..." Xie Pinghuai's eyes were shining.
"Brother is so generous?" Xie Qiao asked in surprise.
Xie Pinghuai licked his lips feeling speechless, "Forget it. It's more important to get down to business..."
He was generous?! It was not his treat!
However, it made sense. He was a man after all. How could he spend his sister's money when he was out there?
Nevertheless, he was really poor now. He could not even afford ten copper coins. Lion's Head aside, he could not even afford the vegetable soup.
"Eldest Sister, I haven't been staying idle these days. When I was in the academy, I even asked around for you. Xia Yayun has already gathered 50 people. They're all teenagers under the age of seventeen. Those kids are easy to fool. Xia Yayun just gave them some benefits and they're treating her like a god."