Song Sanniang's Journey to Wealth

On this street, Si Niang bought a festive orange-red goldfish kite, which reminded her of the koi fish she had just seen.

The head of this goldfish kite is like a folding fan opened upside down, with the semi-arc shaped into waves, like flying wings, and a flame-shaped fish tail connected in the middle of the semi-arc. The kite also has fish eyes, scales, fins, and water droplets delicately carved on it, which looks vivid and childlike.

Wu Niang also wanted to follow the trend and buy a kite, but Si Niang secretly told her that her kite would be flown by everyone, so Wu Niang would buy other things so that everyone could have more things to play with. Si Niang is really a clever little girl.

Everyone originally thought that Wu Niang wanted to buy the set of wooden tumblers with the twelve zodiac animals, but who knew that she finally fell in love with a set of simple bamboo tube tossing arrows. Song Laoer agreed to make a set for her, so she bought a rattan cuju.

Song Laoer kept persuading Song Sanniang to buy a toy as well, as if he wanted to make up for her childhood of material scarcity. Song Sanniang was very moved, but then refused, which made Song Laoer very regretful.

Imagine a teenage girl, who is about to get married in this world, playing with a toy that only a little child would play with. Others would probably think that she is a poor little fool.

Song Sanniang shook her head vigorously to get the image out of her mind.

Then I walked to the place selling clothes, jewelry, accessories, rouge and powder. It was full of women, women, and women. It is no exaggeration to say that the fragrance was overwhelming. The whole street felt fragrant. It was really beautiful.

Occasionally, there would be a few male guests accompanying their female relatives. They would either squat at the door and wait, or the store owner would bring a stool for them to sit on and wait. Tsk, what a familiar scene, Sanniang thought.

So poor Song Lao Er gave the man waiting outside the door an awkward but polite smile and joined the waiting line.

In fact, Song Ersao and her three sisters only went in to buy handkerchiefs. They didn't buy random things because they had to live their lives. As mentioned before, the family's towels, handkerchiefs and other things were all used up like rags.

Song Ersao and Song Sanniang carefully selected headscarves, bath towels, and handkerchiefs for the entire family, and also prepared two sweat towels for Song Laoer, because he had to do heavy work and sweat a lot. Besides, men, even if they washed their clothes every day, the side they slept on would still have oil marks.

No matter what Si Niang and Wu Niang bought, they would always have animals on them. They had embroidered cats, dogs, ducks, and even pigs. They had different designs on headscarves, bath towels, and handkerchiefs.

Song Ersao wanted to teach them a lesson, but was stopped by Song Sanniang.

It’s normal for children to like small animals. It’s just a few cents more. We’ve spent so much money today and it’s their first time here, so let them have fun. It will be a beautiful memory when they grow up.

Mrs. Song didn't know what she was thinking of. She nodded, her eyes welling up with tears. She looked like a loving mother again and touched the two of them on the head. They had suffered so much in the past. Everyone had suffered so much.

Since we have a good life now, we should live every day well.

Si Niang and Wu Niang didn’t quite understand yet, but they knew that every day when they took a bath they would be able to see cute puppies, kittens, and ducklings jumping around.

After leaving this fragrant street, we arrived at the place that Song Ersao wanted to go the most, the livestock market.

She wanted to buy some chicks to raise, but unfortunately there was no pigpen at home, otherwise she would have liked to buy two piglets to raise.

She walked around several stalls but didn't see anything that satisfied her. She walked to the back and saw an old lady's stall with chicks that were all full of energy. Each one was walking around lively in the chicken coop, drinking water and eating food.

She carefully prepared food and water for the chicks, unlike other stall owners who might think that they would have to sell them sooner or later and therefore didn't want to waste food.

Mrs. Song carefully selected ten chicks, two roosters and eight hens. When each chick was caught, it flapped its wings and tried to escape, making childish chirping sounds.

Si Niang and Wu Niang's eyes lit up. Si Niang said, "Mom, buy the chicks home and I'll help you feed them."

Wu Niang: "I want to feed too. I want to feed too."

Song Sanniang chuckled and said, "Once you guys grow big, we will eat them."

Si Niang and Wu Niang stared blankly at the eldest sister who was smiling like a ghost. Si Niang was the first to react and shouted, "Eldest sister, you have become bad. You can't eat chickens. They are so cute." Woo woo, the eldest sister has become so scary.

Wu Niang was like a yes-man and also said, "You are not allowed to eat it."

After teasing the two little kids, Song Sanniang felt happy.

Song Ersao and the old woman finally finished bargaining. Song Ersao bought the chicks for eight cents each. She was also in a good mood. She bought a small chicken cage for ten cents and put the chicks in it. The chicks immediately huddled together.

Si Niang rushed to carry the chicken, even giving up the kite. Song Ersao almost turned into a tigress again, but she kept thinking of her own child, her own child, and then she suppressed her anger and said, "You carry it for a while, and let me carry it when you can't carry it anymore."

Si Niang had no idea that she had escaped a disaster. She grinned and nodded vigorously, and together with Wu Niang, she carried the chicken coop into the cage.

The last stop was Song Laoer’s stall. On the way, Song Laoer bought glutinous rice chicken and fish ball soup for Qin Haodong and his brother.

Seeing Song Lao Er and Song San Niang, Qin Haodong stood up happily to greet them. Seeing Song Er Sao and three others following behind them, he felt a little embarrassed, as this was the first time he had met Song Er Sao.

He greeted Second Sister Song in a reserved manner, "Hello, Sister Song."

Mrs. Song smiled and nodded, "Good boy." Then she touched Qin Haonan's head and said, "This is your brother, Haonan, right?"

Qin Haodong nodded vigorously, and then asked Qin Haonan to greet Song Ersao. Qin Haonan obediently called Song Ersao "Hello, Auntie Song."

Song Ersao was so happy that she couldn't stop smiling. She pulled out the fourth and fifth sisters behind her and said, "Come here, these are your two sisters. The fourth sister is Ruyi, and the fifth sister is Fulu. When you have time, come home and play with your sisters."

Qin Haonan responded sensibly, looking at Si Niang and Wu Niang with a shy look, "Sister Ruyi, Sister Fulu, hello."

Si Niang's eyes widened. "Are you the brother my sister was talking about? But aren't you the same age as me? You're shorter than me, so why should I call you brother?"

Qin Haonan looked at his small body and was instantly shocked. He didn't know how to answer and could only scratch his head in embarrassment.

Song Ersao's patience along the way finally broke, and she grabbed Si Niang's ear and said, "Song Ruyi, I think you are itching for trouble. I asked you to call me brother, so you called me brother. Why do you have so many reasons?"

Si Niang covered her ears and begged for mercy, "Mom, I was wrong, I was wrong, I shouldn't have said that." Then she called Qin Haonan "Brother."

Wu Niang was afraid that her ears would be pulled too, so she quickly followed suit and called out "Brother."

When Qin Haodong saw that Si Niang was being scolded because of his brother, he immediately advised Second Sister Song, "Si Niang is still a child, Sister Song, please don't blame her. Our Haonan is a little shorter now."

She wanted to laugh, but was afraid of discouraging Qin Haonan, so she added, "When Haonan grows up, he will be taller."

Song Ersao put down the hand that was pulling Song Si Niang's ear. Song Lao Er invited Qin Haodong and the other man to go eat.

Qin Haodong didn't expect that Song Laoer's family would think of bringing food to the two brothers while shopping. He felt warm in his heart, so he and Qin Haonan thanked him and started eating.