Country Maiden: Fields and Fortune-Chapter 95

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At dinner, Yuan Liuwang first poured a drink for his own father, then filled cups for his five brothers before lifting his own cup and said, “Here I am toasting Dad and all my brothers!”

“…” Liuwang’s father, advanced in age, couldn’t help but get teary-eyed.

After all, his son had never been so emotional before.

“Today, I have something to say, Dad…” Yuan Liuwang turned to his parents, “Dad, Mom, let’s divide the household!”

“What?”

Liuwang’s parents exclaimed in shock.

His brothers were also utterly astonished.

Why divide the household when everything was fine, especially when they lived comfortably on the silver Yuan Liuwang was making?

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Once the family was divided, the silver Liuwang made would surely not all be handed over to his mother, and then they would have to live tightly.

“…” Liuwang’s father was silent.

Liuwang’s mother thought it over and understood her youngest child’s mind.

He definitely wanted to marry Xie Zhinuan. But that girl, Xie Zhinuan, was not someone who could be easily married.

Seeing her buying things from the villagers and selling them to those men across the street at high prices, the villagers didn’t dare to gossip – first because Xie Zhinuan never let anyone casually enter her home; those men ate outside in the shed, and most of the time, it was the silly girl Routuan who brought the food out. Even the young master across the street who wanted Xie Zhinuan to cook for him had never appeared, nor did his followers ever enter Xie Zhinuan’s courtyard.

Only children could enter Xie Zhinuan’s home.

When Xie Zhinuan bought things from the villagers, she was generous, and everyone was willing to sell to her. Who would speak to offend someone when it wasn’t money burning a hole in their pocket?

Yuan Liuwang looked at his family, “After the division, I will still give money to Dad and Mom every month. The proper respect will not be less. And for my brothers, I will not ignore them. It’s just that the silver I make in the future won’t all be handed over to Mom anymore. I need to save some as capital for doing business!”

“If we don’t divide the household, whatever you want is fine. How much silver you make and how much you want to give to the family is up to you!” Liuwang’s father said gravely.

Once the family was divided, walking out would be different.

Plus, he was still alive. How could they divide the household without being laughed at?

“…”

Yuan Liuwang thought it over carefully and felt this could work too.

If they didn’t divide the household, he would have money in hand, and when he married Xie Zhinuan in the future, his family would have to be careful not to upset her and always try to please her.

He just wanted to be good to Xie Zhinuan.

Wanted…

It was this desire. On this trip out, he didn’t even go to the Hook Lane, for fear that if she found out, she would be angry, look down on him, and have a reason to refuse him.

“Alright!”

Yuan Liuwang agreed promptly.

His family finally breathed a sigh of relief.

When Yuan Liuwang went out again, he picked up a batch of chili sauce from Xie Zhinuan, roughly over thirty pounds. He protected it well on the road, worried about spoiling it.

Xie Zhinuan, meanwhile, bought a good amount of chili peppers. She made chili sauce, pickled peppers, pickled long beans, dried long beans, and there were plenty of dried vegetables on the shelf at home. Xie Zhinuan thought that once Yuan Liuwang’s chili sauce was sold, she might also go to the city to make some stewed meat with dried vegetables and take the opportunity to broaden her horizons in the city.

What delighted Xie Zhinuan most was that Yuanbao had delivered the mule and mule cart to her.

She had set up a shed in the backyard to keep the mule, and the mule cart was parked under a shed outside, secured with a locked door.

This mule was tall and its fur was golden all over, quite the match for Routuan.

It curiously watched Routuan, who was equally curious about it.

Xie Zhinuan hurried to draw water for it to drink, then earnestly inquired of Yuanbao, “What does the mule eat?”

“Corn stalks, grass, corn, rice bran!”

After hearing this, Xie Zhinuan quickly spoke to the villagers who had come to see the commotion, “Looks like I’ll need to order some corn from you all. The fresh young corn will do for now, and the older one later will be fine too!”

In any case, she intended to take good care of this mule, to make it as smart and agile as Routuan.

Chapter 96