The young widow Li Xianghe's husband's family has long been deserted, with only an uncle from the next room living next door. But he is no longer in the village and his family moved to the provincial capital to make a living.

Without someone above her who could suppress the young widow, it was inevitable that she would behave a little erratically. The old village chief felt sorry for her loneliness and usually turned a blind eye and let her do as she pleased.

But this young widow is not one who can live a peaceful life.

If she sincerely wanted to find another man to live with, no one would blame her. After all, it is not easy for a widow to make a living on her own, and it is normal for her to find a man to live with.

But the young widow was different. She was flirting with one man after another. Many men in the surrounding villages had affairs with her, and rumors were flying everywhere.

There were many people in the village who gossiped about the young widow behind her back, but she was thick-skinned and these gossips had no harm to her at all.

In her opinion, compared with having food, drink and money to spend, being criticized behind her back was not a big deal at all.

Tian Xiaoman soon forgot about this episode involving the young widow. As Tian Danian led his men to the provincial capital, Tian Xiaoman's mind was entirely focused on hoping for his father's return.

This time, Tian Danian took people to the provincial capital and came back quickly.

The next day, just after dark, several horse-drawn carriages entered the village one after another.

At this time, the Tian family's door was still unlocked. Tian Xiaoman was startled when he heard the neighing of a horse coming from the door.

"Mom, listen, are my dad and the others back?"

Wang shook her head. "No way. It's only been a few days. The last time you were gone you were gone for seven or eight days!"

Tian Xiaoman pricked up his ears and listened for a moment, then a look of surprise appeared on his face.

"Mom, my dad and the others are back. I heard him talking."

The mother and daughter walked out of the house quickly and saw a number of shadowy figures standing in front of their door, one of whom was Tian Danian.

"Dad, you're back?"

These days, there was no time to rest properly. Tian Danian didn't even shave. He looked quite old, but he looked very energetic, especially his eyes, which were dark and bright.

Everyone worked together to transport all the horses and vehicles into Tian Danian's yard again.

Tian Changqing patted the dust off his hands and said to Tian Danian half-jokingly, "Brother Danian, it's time to rebuild the wall of your house. When the time comes, make the gate wider and remove the threshold. Otherwise, it will be too troublesome to unload the truck into the yard every time."

"Then I'll take your good words and rebuild the wall and yard next year."

In fact, Tian Danian was also distressed. It was really troublesome to go back and forth all this time.

Tian Changqing's words woke Tian Xiaoman up. Yes, now that their family started to earn money, it was time to consider rebuilding the yard and building the wall.

but--

Tian Xiaoman looked back at his own mud and thatched house.

It seems that this house should be rebuilt. I heard that the landlord Ma in the next door village lives in a big blue brick and tile house, and the house is very bright.

At night, in Wang and Tian Danian's room, an oil lamp stretched the shadows of everyone on the kang very long.

At this moment, all the members of the Tian family gathered here, staring at Tian Danian with sharp eyes.

Tian Danian did not delay. He reached into his pocket with his right hand, took out a stack of silver bills and handed it directly to Wang.

"Mother, this is the money we earned from selling alpacas in the capital. Please count it."

"I'll do it, I'll do it. Why would you need a butcher knife to kill a chicken? Why would you need my mother? I can do it for you."

Before Wang could even stretch out her hand, Mu Tou, who always loved counting silver, took the lead.

"Dad, you know that this is my only hobby, and it can't satisfy me, your son! It's so tiring for me to count money. This kind of rough work should be done by me, your son. Mom, don't you think so?"

Tian Xiaoman secretly rolled her eyes. Her third brother would do anything to count the silver. Isn't that too high-sounding? Is he afraid that his mother will be tired? Let me ask, who in this world is afraid of being tired from counting silver?

Wang didn't argue with him and let him count as he wanted.

Mu Tou opened a dozen silver bills and was dumbfounded.

The banknotes stacked together looked quite thick, but when they were all opened, there were only a few of them, and one could tell at a glance.

Compared with counting silver bills, counting silver and copper coins is more desirable, especially the copper coins. When one by one collides with another, it is the most beautiful music in the world.

Mu Tou was angry. He slammed the banknotes on the kang again and turned to look at Tian Xiaoman.

"Little sister, why don't you come over? I've made up my mind. No matter what I do, I need to exercise. Don't you think so?"

Tian Xiaoman: I don’t believe you at all.

However, Tian Xiaoman still picked up the stack of banknotes.

Oh, this time it was a silver note of five hundred taels each, twelve in total, totaling six thousand taels.

"Dad? Twelve alpacas were sold for just this much silver?"

It’s not that Tian Xiaoman thinks the money is too little, it’s just that the unit price is too different compared to last time.

Tian Danian said mysteriously, "It's not for twelve alpacas. This is only the silver for four alpacas."

what?

Tian Xiaoman was confused and asked, "What about the remaining eight alpacas?"

It's not like you sell four and get eight free, right?

Tian Danian smiled even more, "The four that were sold were all bought by wealthy families in the city, and the remaining eight alpacas were all taken to the capital by Jin Wanguan. The money will be recovered before the New Year."

"Why does this feel like a dream? Our alpacas were sold to the capital? The capital where the emperor is?"

Even Wang stared at the silver note in Tian Xiaoman's hand in disbelief.

Oh my God, six thousand taels is just the price of four alpacas. This is something I couldn't even dream of.

Tian Danian smiled and said, "You don't know, but I heard that now the noble ladies in the capital city will even bring our alpacas to banquets. It is a symbol of identity and status."

"And..." Tian Danian's face became even more excited, and his eyes were filled with excitement that he couldn't hide. "Jin Wanguan plans to give the most beautiful alpaca as a birthday present to a princess in the capital?"

"Princess?"

Wang's voice broke when she spoke.

Princess! She is the emperor's daughter, a golden branch and jade leaf. She wants to raise their alpaca?

In an instant, Wang's emotions also became high and she felt dizzy and unreal.

If two plus one equals five, can we conclude that what their family does is actually the same as the princess's, which is raising alpacas?

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