Crossing the Unknown Country

The uncle said to Su He's father, "Brother! You know I don't have that much money. You have to lend me fifty taels first."

Su He's father nodded and agreed: "Don't worry, big brother, it's as much as you say, let's buy it first."

Su He's father now had twenty taels of silver on him, so he gave it to his brother first and asked him to pay a deposit first. He made an appointment with Song Bai, asking him to go back and draft the documents, and come over tomorrow to pay the full amount to go to the government office to exchange the house deed.

They came to my aunt's stall together. My uncle strode forward and excitedly told my aunt about the process of selling the store and the location of the store. My aunt packed up her stall with surprise and wanted to go over to take a look.

The uncle came over to talk to Su He's father, and they drove to the store together. Before Song Bai left, he left them a key, and the remaining keys would be given to them when he came to get the house deed tomorrow.

Uncle Su He opened the door and let Auntie come in to take a look. Auntie excitedly touched and looked around, pulled Su He to talk about what he could see here and what he could put there. Finally, she burst into tears. Her family finally bought a store and could do business seriously. She no longer had to stand outside in the wind and snow to sell things. It was really cold to sell tofu outside this winter! But it was worth it no matter how cold it was to make money.

The children are about to go to school, and she will be happier if she thinks about how long they have to travel to and from school every day. They are busy every day for the children. Su He's aunt hugged Su He and both of them burst into tears.

Su He was also affected by her auntie and was a little emotional. She calmed down and said with a smile: "Auntie, please stop crying. This is such a good thing. We should be happy. Let's go home quickly and bring grandpa and grandma tomorrow to visit our store together."

Su He's father and uncle looked at the mother and daughter crying and laughing, not knowing what to say to them. When Su He said she wanted to go home, they asked them to get in the car and go to the academy to pick up the children after school and go home together.

It didn't take long for the gate of the academy to open. First, the younger students came out, and then the older ones came out one after another. Su Pei, as the eldest brother, walked out of the academy with his three younger brothers. From a distance, he saw his own ox cart and his uncle's mule cart parked on the side of the road, and called his younger brothers to go to his cart.

Su He and the others saw four boys coming over, and each of them pulled one aside to ask about the situation in the academy.

Su Pei is more reserved. When answering, he said: "The academy is good, and the classmates are all nice and easy to get along with."

Su Che was more honest and said, "The college environment is good. Some students are nice, but some are not so friendly and discriminate against us. But it's nothing. There are no such people in that place."

Su Feng said implicitly: "The students are not familiar with each other yet, we will know it slowly in the future. As long as it does not affect the study, it doesn't matter."

Su Run smiled and said, "My deskmate is a foodie, and I bribed him with snacks. The others were far away, so I don't know."

The four boys talked about the situation in the academy respectively. Su He and the others were happy for them. All four of them had adapted well and they just needed to study hard in the future.

Everybody got in the car and talked and laughed along the way. Good things happened today, so how could they not be happy?

Su He told her two brothers that the shop would be ready tomorrow, so they didn't have to go home every day, they could just go back to the shop after school. The two brothers were both happy and conflicted when they heard the news. They were happy that they didn't have to waste time on the road, but they were conflicted because they still wanted to go home and be with their parents and sister.

Su He looked at their changing expressions and said with a smile: "If you miss home, just come back with your uncle and aunt. Just leave three people to look after the store, and when you miss home, you can take turns going back. Besides, we will also sell breakfast every morning."

The two brothers stopped worrying. As long as they could see each other every day, they would feel relieved. Then they began to ask about the location of Su He's store, the situation in the store, and how far it was from their academy. The three of them chattered, and Su Pei and Su Che also came over and sat with them. The five of them talked about the situation of the academy and how to run their own store in the future.