The first step to a rich country is to get rich first and then get richer

"Uncle Ye, my parents and grandfather passed away when I was three months old, and my grandmother raised me alone.

My grandmother’s family and the people in the village bullied my grandmother and took away everything in our house, leaving us with nothing to eat, nothing to drink, and nothing to wear. If they had been unable to move our house, they would have probably moved it with us.”

Lan Ning wiped away tears sadly when he said this.

"Grandma tried to find food every day, but she was bullied by people who went to the mountains to pick wild vegetables, and our private plots were also taken away by those people.

I was young at that time, and my grandmother made rice porridge with fine grains for me. I ate whatever was available, and my diet was very simple.

Uncle Ye, you see how thin my grandma is. Actually, she has grown a lot better now. She used to be even thinner, just skin and bones, with sunken cheeks. But it was such an old lady who raised me by digging rat holes.

Now that I am sensible, I have to find a way to make money so that my family can live a good life.”

Lan Ning could no longer hold back his tears when he heard this.

She was pretending just now, but now she was really sad. She didn't expect that she had no family love in her previous life, but in this life she met an old lady who was so sincere to her and gave her all the good things, but she herself had nothing.

So she must treat her grandmother well and make sure she lives a good life.

The little girl didn't say too much in detail, but Shopkeeper Ye's eyes were already red. Fortunately, he had never cheated the little girl of her money, otherwise he would have felt guilty.

"What a sensible girl, don't say anything, don't say anything, I'll give you the money, go buy some thick clothes and quilts today, I'll calculate how much money you need later."

Grandma Lan and the other two had no idea what was going on here. As soon as they arrived at the restaurant, they started looking for work. Although they were not so diligent during the day, they were at that age when they were lively and active and were curious about everything. They were taken by Zhuzi to the kitchen to learn from his skilled fire-making skills.

122 wen for a dish. In the past two days, 318 servings of spicy chicken and 318 servings of homemade fish were sold, for a total of 77 wen, which is equivalent to 592 taels and wen in silver.

Shopkeeper Ye was really touched by what Lan Ning said just now. Ye Gongji did not act like a stingy person today. Unexpectedly, he added the remaining fraction to make it a whole amount, a total of 78 taels.

At this moment, the two of them were in a room upstairs with the door closed, and no one noticed them.

Lan Ning smiled as he picked up the silver coins piled on the table one by one and put them into his sleeves (into the space). Then he turned around, opened the door easily, and went downstairs to find his grandmother and the others.

Shopkeeper Ye was looking at the little girl's sleeves in amazement. Even though she had stuffed so much silver into them, they didn't look bloated at all, and she walked so lightly. It seemed that this girl did a lot of hard labor, and she had so much strength.

Shopkeeper Ye felt even more sorry for the little girl.

Lan Ning still had some conscience and did not call them all away at once. Instead, he asked Grandma and Meng Anran to buy clothes first and kept them to help in the restaurant during the day.

Although the restaurant's business today is certainly not as hot as in the past few days, with the sudden addition of two new dishes, it will definitely not be too cold.

In order to save time, Grandma Lan and Meng Anran walked very fast, which made life difficult for Lan Ning, whose injuries had not yet fully recovered.

She tried hard to catch up but could not shorten the distance between them, and finally she was carried on her grandmother's back to the garment store.

Lan Ning lay on her grandmother's back. Although her back was not broad and to be exact, it was quite rough, Lan Ning was very satisfied and pressed her little face tightly against her grandmother's back.

Lan Ning's head was resting so close on her back that Grandma Lan thought she was asleep, and her steps became much smaller.

Fortunately, the clothing store was not too far from the restaurant, so Grandma Lan and Meng Anran did not walk for too long.

They went to the store where Lan Ning took them to buy clothes last time. Perhaps the store owner had a good memory, for when he saw them come in he recognized Lan Ning on Grandma Lan's back at the first sight.

"Hey, little girl, you haven't been here for a long time. What clothes do you want to buy today?"

Grandma Lan thought her granddaughter had fallen asleep, and was about to ask the shopkeeper to speak more quietly, but her granddaughter jumped off her back.

"Uncle, hello, you still remember me. Today I came to buy some thick clothes for my family."

When the shopkeeper heard that the girl was indeed here to buy clothes, he quickly smiled.

"Yes, we do. The prices are different. It depends on what you want."

The shopkeeper quickly took out a few linen clothes from the cabinet at the side for them to choose. He did not get them very good clothes because she remembered that the last time the little girl came to buy clothes for her family, all of them were linen clothes. Although the clothes she bought were not too expensive, she bought a lot of them, and the amount she bought today would definitely not be less.

Sure enough, when he took out the clothes, the little girl and her family didn't say anything.

Lan Ning took her grandmother's hand and went forward to check the clothes, while Meng Anran stood there without moving.

Checking them one by one, I found that some were thick and some were thin, but I couldn't tell any difference from the outside.

"Does it make any difference?"

Since the parents were present today, the shopkeeper looked at Grandma Lan with a smile, thinking that she would have the final say on the clothes purchasing matter.

"Madam, the cotton stuffed in these clothes is of different quality. Some are old cotton, some are new cotton, some are stuffed more, some are stuffed less. It depends on which year's cotton you want? How much cotton do you want?"

Grandma Lan hadn't bought clothes for a long time. When she heard the shopkeeper say this, she subconsciously said:

"Just old cotton will do, and something thin. I won't buy it for the old lady, I'll buy it for these two girls."

Lan Ning had no intention of interrupting, as she wanted her grandmother to come out and exercise as well. However, as soon as she opened her mouth and said this, she immediately became unhappy.

"Why are you buying old cotton and thin clothes? Why are you asking us to buy them? You don't want to buy them? I specially asked the shopkeeper for an advance to buy clothes.

Uncle shopkeeper, we need new cotton and thicker ones. Two sets for each of the three of us. I will bring my brother to buy some later."

Lan Ning pouted her lips, looking unhappy.

The shopkeeper didn't know whether he should go and get it, whether he should respond, or whether what the little guy said would be useful, so he stood there embarrassedly, looking at Grandma Lan and then at Lan Ning.

Seeing the shopkeeper like this, Lan Ning knew that if grandma didn't agree, the shopkeeper would probably not agree.

She turned around and looked at her grandmother with an unhappy face.

"Grandma, I will be angry if you don't listen to me. We are earning money now, so we must take good care of ourselves, eat well, and dress well. This is the most important thing now. It's not like the past when we had no money."

When Grandma Lan heard her granddaughter say this, she quickly covered her granddaughter's mouth with her hands.

Oh my God, Nannan is so bold, she actually said outside that they have money, and she is not afraid of being heard by others.