After receiving the money, Li Jinyan walked away happily.

Zhou shi sighed, "Mother, our family is too easygoing. We don't act like the village head at all. People must think we are easy to bully."

"How was the village head?" Tian Guihua, holding her little daughter, whispered to the children who had just returned, inquiring about how things went. She briefly replied to Zhou Shi.

"Just like Song Kangfa before, he used to be arrogant and indifferent to others. Everyone was afraid of him and had to fawn over him."

Zhou lowered her voice, "I heard he made a lot of money on the side, otherwise how could his family be living so well."

Then, she asked calmly, "What happened to him in the end?"

How's it going? Didn't work out, huh?

Zhou didn't bring it up this time, "How are the four golds and ginseng selling?"

"Big sister-in-law, you have to hold onto Fatty Four and stand steady."

Zhou didn't understand what he meant, "What are you doing?"

Fu Sijin made an eight gesture with his hand and shouted loudly, "Eighty taels."

Luckily, he had warned me beforehand, otherwise Mrs. Zhou would have been forced to squat with the child in her arms, "Eight... eighty taels?"

"Well...didn't we already send it?"

Fu Sijin nodded. "Yes, it's done. I've already talked to them, and in a few days they will send someone to collect the remaining ginseng."

"That... That would cost quite a lot of money, wouldn't it? Old Fourth, could you hold Four-Fat for me..."

Meng Yan took the small meatball, and Zhou shi freed her hand to start counting with her fingers how much she could sell it for.

"Sister-in-law, there's no need to calculate. I've already figured it out, at least three thousand taels."

Three thousand two?

How much would that cost?

Wouldn't they all pile up into a mountain?

"Hee hee…hee hee…hahaha…" Zhou shi danced with joy, "I didn't expect that planting could yield so much silver!"

Tian Guihua was also happy. This time, her eldest son had finally caught up with his other brothers' pace, and he even surpassed so many of them all at once.

All of it is flesh that has fallen off her body, she hopes any of it will do.

"Big Jin, we're rich!" Zhou looked at the man. "From now on, who dares to say you're incompetent? I think... let's open a shop first, bigger than my second sister's house. Then buy a courtyard in town and hire two servants to take care of us..."

Tian Guihua smiled. It seemed like only her and her mother-in-law had disliked Dajin before.

Fu Dajing grinned foolishly. He hadn't expected this either, "Father, Mother, the ginseng can be sold for money, all thanks to my younger sister who got the seeds back then."

Fu Baiwan nodded, "Well, that's true."

Zhou felt a sense of unease, her daydreams about a bright future instantly vanished. She kept giving the man suggestive glances, but to no avail.

"I said it before, if we sell this ginseng and make money, my sister deserves a bigger share. I think my sister should get six out of ten, and I'll take four."

"Why?" Zhou Shi was the first to stand up in opposition, of course, which was also expected.

Three thousand two vanished in a flash, that was... one five equals five, three five is eighteen, four five is thirty-six...

Never mind, I have a lot of money anyway.

"Da Jin, you water and fertilize those ginseng plants every day, but you're the only one who picks up all that awful manure..."

Zhou glanced at the little dumpling, "Little sister only took back a handful of seeds."

Yes, but not that much.

"Daughter-in-law, you don't have to worry about this. I've already thought it through. If it weren't for the little sister bringing back those seeds, forget about thousands of taels, we wouldn't even have a few taels of silver."

Fu Dajing looked at everyone and finally said in a very firm tone, “Father, mother, that’s settled. No matter how much it sells for, we’ll divide it like this.”

Fu Baiman is not favoring her daughter, but that's the reality. However, she is still very satisfied with her eldest son's actions.

"Big Gold, you did a great job on this."

Zhou was about to cry, feeling like a small silver mountain had been dug away. "Father, aren't you being too biased? That little sister of ours, what does a young girl need so much money for?"

Tian Guihua was unhappy with that remark.

After what happened to Xie Shulan, she felt even more strongly that women should also have money in their hands. Otherwise, their destiny could only be controlled by others.

"Are women not supposed to eat or wear clothes? Why can't they have money?"

Zhou scoffed, "Eating and dressing don't cost that much money anyway. In the end, it all has to be given to her husband's family."

"Money is Qiaochu's, she can do whatever she wants, even throw it on the street. As long as she's happy, nobody cares."

Tian Guihua finally made the decision, that settled it, and no one was allowed to object.

However, considering their daughter is still young, the elderly couple decided to keep the money for her for now.

Fu Jiujiu originally wanted to say that she didn't want much, but her parents were made angry by her sister-in-law and wouldn't let her continue the topic.

Then, Fu Si Jin also told the story of how he sold Xiao Nai Tuanzi's orchid for over a hundred taels of silver.

Everybody knows ginseng is valuable, but a pot of flowers can sell for even more than ginseng?

Fu Baiman didn't understand. "How do those rich people think? Do they just have money blown in by the wind?"

The rich get richer, their money makes more money. If you find the right path, it's like a strong wind blowing in your favor, isn't it?

Zhou heard that Phalaenopsis orchids were profitable. Anyway, after losing a large sum recently, she wanted to make up for it. "Father, Mother, our family's good at growing crops, why not grow these Phalaenopsis orchids too when the time comes?"

This time, before Fu Da Jin could speak, she took the lead and stated, "I'll give half of the money I earn to my younger sister. What do you two elders think?"

The old couple looked at each other and tacitly turned to the little ball of fluff.

"Sister-in-law, will you have your brother plant that moth orchid for you?" Zhou also figured out who to please.

"Daughter-in-law, the money for ginseng is enough to spend.

Fu Dajin is not greedy. The money he made from ginseng alone is more than he could have earned in ten lifetimes.

Zhou rolled her eyes. Wasn't she just after the money?

Can there still be people in this world who would dislike having too much silver?

"Sister-in-law, it's better to plant ginseng than flowers. Ginseng is truly needed when someone is sick, while these flowers depend on the person. If you encounter one you dislike, like me, even a couple of silver coins would feel expensive."

That's true. Compared to ginseng, which is a necessity, flowers are just a matter of love and preference.

And such a precious thing, it definitely can't be planted in the ground on a mountain, so the backyard is convenient to watch.

Fu Da Jin seeing his daughter-in-law was not dead, said again, "The backyard is only that big piece of land, next year we still have to breed strawberries."

"Then we won't plant strawberries anymore. Strawberries only sell for a few cents, let's plant ginseng instead." Zhou shi blurted out.

Fu Baimian's face turned cold, "We already signed contracts with everyone to grow strawberries. It's impossible for us to do something like this and reveal our accounts. Besides, growing strawberries will allow all the villagers to live a good life."

After becoming the village head, Fu Baimian felt that the burden on his shoulders had grown heavier.

It's not truly rich for a single family to be wealthy, but rather for every household to prosper.

At the same time, Fu Baimian also had something on his mind. That was, the cattle plague wasn't out of thin air. He had to find a way to protect the cattle in the village with Wu Jin.

First published on the Traditional Chinese Novel Network

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