Song Sanniang's Journey to Wealth

After half a day of bumpy ride, the donkey cart finally stopped in front of Song's house. The three people in the house had been staring outside for a long time. When they heard the noise outside, they rushed out quickly.

The people outside parked their cars and took out the things in them. When the four women and the other two saw the things that everyone took out, they started shouting with joy.

"It's great to have a rabbit lantern."

“I see there are masks, and I like masks.”

"You bought a lot of things. I even saw some cakes."

When the adults heard their voices, they couldn't help laughing. Everyone put their things in first. The fourth and fifth mothers pestered Song Ersao and Song Sanniang to get the gifts, while Qin Haoxi ran to find Qin Haodong.

Song Sanniang gave the two of them the rabbit lantern and mask to choose from. After some whispering, they each chose their own item. Qin Haoxi also got his own little wooden sword and was happily gesticulating with it.

Song Sanniang called him over and gave him the remaining masks to choose from. He didn't expect that he also had a mask, so he put it on happily. Then he and Si Niang, who had also put on a mask, looked at each other and laughed.

The four women were no longer greedy. Before Song Sanniang and the others could open the cakes and give them some, they went out hand in hand to show off. Song Sanniang couldn't stop them from doing this.

"Dad, this is a gift for your dad." Song Sanniang handed the silver bag to Song Laoer. Song Laoer didn't expect that he also had a gift. He was so happy that the wrinkles on his face were smiling. He immediately changed his old purse and put the money inside into the new purse.

After Song Sanniang and the others had distributed the gifts, they began to count the money. All the mooncakes were sent to the city to be sold. After deducting the cost of the mooncake boxes, the total amount sold was 749 taels and 2 cents.

Song Lao Da and Niu Lao San each received 74 taels and 9 qian, Qin Haodong received 37 taels and 4 qian, and my grandmother and the other six helpers each received 12 taels, 4 qian and 8 wen.

First, the money was divided among everyone present. Song Sanniang also settled Master Huang's wages for the past few days. She also gave him an extra two taels of money for his hard work. Master Huang's tanned face was full of smiles.

"Master Huang, we will go to the city to renovate the store after the Mid-Autumn Festival. We would like to ask you to pick us up at that time. Do you have time to make a trip?" Song Sanniang has already made an appointment with Master Huang.

"Yes, yes. When you are going, just go to the dental clinic and let me know in advance."

Master Huang quickly agreed. The hard work fee given by Song Sanniang was indeed not small. It was equivalent to his running for ten days. After agreeing, he drove a donkey cart back first.

Originally, Qin Haodong was going to go back with him to return the other donkey cart, but because the day after tomorrow was Mid-Autumn Festival and Song Sanniang planned to go to the county to do some shopping the next day, she asked him to return it the next day.

It was almost dark at this time. Song Ersao went out and paid all the helpers their wages. Only Aunt Niu's wages were given to Niu Laosan to take back. Song Lao Da and the others also followed Song Ersao out and returned home.

This time, Niu Lao San didn't have to worry about anything for almost a year or two, and he could even buy a wife for his eldest brother.

The eldest son, Song, thought that even if his two sons failed the examination for the title of Tongsheng, he could still let them continue their studies, so they both returned home with smiles on their faces.

Niu Laosan returned home with the gifts, which made Niu Qianqian and Niu Zhuangzhuang very happy. Aunt Niu San was originally unhappy that she didn't have her own gift, but when Niu Laosan gave her her wages and his own wages, she was instantly happier than Niu Qianqian and Niu Zhuangzhuang.

"I plan to spend money to find a wife for my eldest brother after the Mid-Autumn Festival." Niu Lao San said his plan.

"Well, I'll help look for one too. Twenty taels will be enough." Aunt Niu San calculated and thought that of the twenty taels, fifteen taels would be used as betrothal money, and the remaining five taels would be used to buy some betrothal gifts and spend money on the wedding banquet.

"Okay, that's it. I'll go to my eldest brother's place and tell him. By the way, we're going to have dinner at my second brother's house on Mid-Autumn Festival. We're a family, so we should go there early to help and bring some things over." Niu Lao San ordered.

Aunt Niu agreed, and the family began to prepare dinner. The atmosphere was harmonious and warm.

When Boss Song returned home, he gave the gifts to everyone. Mrs. Song was the happiest and kept repeating how filial Boss Song was.

Song Chunhua and the other two were not very happy to receive the new handkerchiefs, thinking that their mother was still suffering in the nunnery.

Boss Song didn't care what they thought. He asked them to cook dinner and gave the wages to Mrs. Song for safekeeping.

Mrs. Song knew that the eldest brother Song had been working for the second brother Song recently. She thought that if the eldest brother Song could get so much money, then the second brother's family would become rich.

She thought about how much money was in the hands of Song Ersao, and her heart immediately felt painful. She couldn't help but regret it.

But she didn't dare to say it out loud, so she could only keep her anger to herself. The eldest brother Song said that he would not eat at home during the Mid-Autumn Festival, but would go to the second brother's house for dinner.

She felt even more upset, unable to speak out her suffering. She couldn't stop the two brothers from getting close,

She had messed up her family like this, and now there were only three of them having dinner together on Mid-Autumn Festival. Her face looked even uglier.

Boss Song gave her the money and went back to his room to rest. He didn't even think about eating dinner and didn't pay any attention to Mrs. Song's expression.

When it was almost time for dinner, the four women came back, still unsatisfied, all sweating and no one knew how they had played so crazy. Second Mrs. Song scolded them, wiped the sweat off their bodies, and changed their clothes first.

As autumn came, the nights in the village started to get a little cooler. If you sweated, you would easily catch a cold. Qin Haodong also learned to wipe Qin Haoxi's sweat and change his clothes.

After a busy schedule, everyone finally sat down at the table to eat. While eating, Song Sanniang and Song Laoer talked about renting a shop, which confused Song Laoer.

"Is it settled now?"

"Yes, it's a two-story shop with three rooms. We can live there directly. After the Mid-Autumn Festival, we will go to the shop to prepare to renovate it." Song Sanniang replied.

"This is a bit too fast," Song Laoer felt that Song Sanniang's hands and feet were a bit too fast, and he was a bit confused.

"We don't know anyone in the city, so I plan to ask Miss He to add some money, and we'll give her some share and use her name." Song Sanniang proposed another plan.

Boss Song was still receiving news that the family had rented a shop and was going to the capital city. Now he heard that they wanted to bring Miss He along, so he couldn't help but ask, "What if it doesn't make money?"

"If we don't make money, the worst that can happen is that we will lose all the money we've made recently and start all over again. We've survived such hard times before." Song Sanniang said something that made Song Laoer's heart skip a beat.

"Let's build the house first." Song Ersao spoke up.

"Yes, let's build the house first." Song Lao Er agreed. Once the house was built, even if the business suffered losses, his family would have a new house.

"Okay, I'll calculate how much money I have on hand later. Don't worry, Dad and Mom, I know what I'm doing.

I will definitely keep some money as a backup plan and not invest all my money, otherwise I will never be able to make it back.”

Song Sanniang had a plan in mind, and she believed that her business would only get better and not worse.

"Okay, let's eat first and talk after we finish eating." Mrs. Song made the decision, and everyone continued to eat.

Qin Haodong and Qin Haoxi began to worry. If the Song family went to the capital, what would happen to their two brothers? Would they let them go with them? Or would they not be able to use them? They ate the meal with great anxiety.

After dinner, after clearing the table, Song Sanniang took out paper and pen to settle the bill.