Chapter 27: Saving for Dear One’s Dowry

Wang Laotai heard her daughter-in-law say this and immediately pinched her eldest daughter-in-law’s arm, “You, you, you! You just don’t know how to adapt.

Your son hasn’t passed the scholar exam yet, right? Do you want him to starve to death on the road?”

Yun Nian’an didn’t care about what was happening with Wang’s family. She was acting cute in front of Yun Laotai.

“Grandma, don’t blame Father. I told Father to buy all this. We’re struggling on the road.

We need to eat well to have the strength to walk. Besides, Grandma, I’ll tell you a secret. Yesterday, I pawned a treasure and earned six thousand taels of silver.”

Yun Laotai nodded when she heard Yun Nian’an say this, “Okay, okay, okay.”

But after saying this, she suddenly reacted, “What? What did you say? Six thousand taels of silver?”

Yun Laotai was so excited that her voice was loud. The people from the next family heard Yun Laotai say six thousand taels of silver!

They thought they had heard wrong and looked up at Yun Laotai, “What did you say about silver? No silver?”

Yun Laotai heard Mrs. Ma Liu say this and shook her head, “Oh my! Now that we’re fleeing famine, everyone who has some silver buys food. Who dares to save money? Food is so scarce now.”

Mrs. Liu nodded when she heard Yun Laotai say this, “Who says it isn’t? Food is getting more expensive every day.

It’s better to exchange all the silver you have for food. It’s more practical.

Yun Laotai nodded, “Who says it isn’t?”

Then she lowered her head and started working on the things in her hands.

When Mrs. Liu wasn’t looking, she lowered her voice and said, “Dear one, what did you say about six thousand taels of silver? What happened? Tell Grandma quickly.”

Yun Laotou was sitting nearby, puffing on his dry pipe, but his ears were perked up.

He also wanted to know what his dear one was talking about. What was six thousand taels of silver?

They had never heard of six thousand taels of silver, let alone seen it. Even six hundred taels, or sixty taels!

Yun Lao San chuckled from the side. The whole family gathered around.

Yun Laotou looked at his grandsons, “You guys go play. Look around and see if there’s anything to eat.”

The grandsons looked at their grandpa and rolled their eyes.

There was no food in this broken place. It wasn’t like they were in the mountains where they could find bird eggs or something. They knew that their grandpa was deliberately sending them away.

But Yun Qingwen and Yun Qinghe were smart. They nodded, “We know.”

Then they took Yun Qingmu and Yun Qingfan from the second son’s family, and Yun Qingyu from the third son’s family, and walked away.

Yun Laotou saw his grandsons leave and then looked at Yun Lao San, “Lao San, tell me quickly, what happened? Oh my, you’re going to make someone anxious!”

Yun Lao San nodded and whispered, “Didn’t our dear one have a master, an immortal? You know that.

The immortal master gave our dear one a glass cup. Oh my, it was so crystal clear, I’ve never seen anything like it. It was obviously a treasure.

Dear one said she pawned it at the pawn shop, and the shopkeeper offered five thousand taels of silver. Dear one bargained, and he gave another thousand taels, for a total of six thousand taels of silver.

But our dear one is good at talking. If anyone else in the family had sold it, they would have been cheated by the shopkeeper.”

Everyone gasped in shock. Their eyes almost popped out.

Yun Lao San described it, but they couldn’t imagine what kind of treasure it was that could be worth so much.

Yun Nian’an looked at her family. Their eyes were filled with shock, not a single one of them had greed.

No one’s eyes betrayed a desire to take it for themselves. Yun Nian’an couldn’t help but think, this is my family.

They are all good!

Yun Laotou and Yun Laotai exchanged a glance. Yun Laotai then spoke, “Although our dear one sold the treasure her master gave her, the money is hers alone. No one in our family should even think about it.

If anyone has impure thoughts and wants to take some of the money for themselves, don’t blame me for not being sentimental.

I will immediately kick them out of the house! They will never be allowed to enter the Yun family’s door again.”

The four Yun brothers nodded in unison. The wives of the eldest, second, and fourth sons nodded vigorously. For them, the money their junior earned had nothing to do with them.

Besides, it wasn’t their child. They had been living a hard life for so long, and now the silly girl had finally woken up. Her master gave her a good treasure, and she even sold it.

So they wouldn’t even think about the girl’s money.

Yun Laotou also coughed lightly and said, “That was a gift from our dear one’s master! It’s not our thing. You didn’t contribute anything, so don’t have any foolish thoughts.

As my wife said, if any of you have any crooked thoughts, don’t blame me for breaking your legs.”

He then looked at Yun Lao San, “Lao San, you two need to hide the money well. This is our dear one’s dowry money.

When our dear one gets married, she needs to take all the money with her. When a woman gets married, she needs to have money to rely on, so that her in-laws won’t look down on her.

So you need to keep this money safe. We lived through hard times before, and we didn’t have this money.

Now we’re fleeing famine. I hear that the capital is prosperous. When we get to the capital, we’ll work hard and earn money. We can support our whole family. Remember that.”

Everyone nodded in unison, “Remembered, remembered, Father.”

Yun Nian’an sat aside, quietly watching Yun Laotou and Yun Laotai.

Especially Yun Laotai, who was holding her like a chick, her eyes fiercely scanning everyone present.

It was as if the four Yun brothers weren’t her own, as if she was afraid that they would steal her money.

Yun Nian’an saw that Yun Laotou and Yun Laotai had finished speaking, and then she spoke, “Grandma, do you remember what I said before?

When I earn money in the future, I’ll buy you a big gold bracelet. You guys are so stubborn, you don’t want to take this money. When I get to the capital, I’ll do some small business.

Then I’ll use the money I earn to support the family. Don’t do this again, where you keep all the money for me as my dowry.

Yun Laotai didn’t take it seriously and nodded repeatedly, “Okay, okay, okay, whatever our dear one wants.”

Liu Zhaodi was not far away. She watched the Yun family gather together, laughing and talking, with a vicious look in her eyes. She muttered something under her breath, feeling very unhappy.

How could the Yun family be so stupid? Yun Nian’an was just a money-losing thing.

But the whole family, from top to bottom, treated her so well.

What’s the use of treating a money-losing thing so well? She’ll eventually marry into another family.

She really didn’t understand how they could be so stupid. Humph! Liu Zhaodi snorted coldly and turned to go back.

But then she saw Wang Yu, who was awkwardly trying to go to the Yun family.

She couldn’t help but roll her eyes and went to Wang Yu, “Yu brother, where are you going? Oh, brother, this is an egg I saved for you. Eat it quickly.”