The Second Sister of a Farmer's Family's Path to Imperial Destiny

"Sister!" Sidan saw Daya and Sanya looking out at the door of Rufangzhai and immediately rushed towards them.

Guo Xin looked at everyone hugging each other with warmth in her eyes. These were the family members who would accompany her throughout her life.

Mo Feifei was sitting at the counter. When she saw Guo Xin coming back, she asked, "I haven't unloaded the goods you delivered yet. How about we check the goods and settle the payment now?"

Guo Xin nodded.

……

The four people returned to the village and sat together. Guo Xin took out the pledge and placed it on the tattered table.

The three of them carefully examined the thin piece of paper, unable to believe that this was a contract bought with taro chips.

"Erya, this is our job from now on?"

Daya's eyes sparkled as she looked at Guo Xin expectantly.

Guo Xin interrupted their fantasy embarrassedly: "If it sells well, we will continue to sign."

San Ya was still very excited: "Such a big restaurant will definitely keep restocking."

Guo Xin smiled without saying anything and poured out all the money he earned from selling taro chips today.

The copper coins hit the table, making a clanging sound, which was very pleasant to the ear.

"The three boxes of taro chips we took out today are all sold out!" Guo Xin said crisply.

Daya touched the copper coins piled on the table with an unreal look. It was the first time she had seen so much money other than the betrothal gift.

"One catty was sold at 20 wen, and one at 16 wen. The first three boxes were all sold at 20 wen." Daya explained. "So it was sold for 600 wen. Later, Erya took two catties from the bag and gave them to the shopkeeper of Shunyilou, who sold them for 32 wen."

"The ones I sold to Rufangzhai were also 16 wen per pound, about 160 wen, so today I sold a total of 792 wen!"

Guo Xin knew that this amount of money was really nothing. It cost him 20 coins to go into the city, so after working hard for a few days, he only earned 772 coins.

But he still encouraged his family. This was a huge sum of money for a family that was almost starving to death and owed a debt of 125 taels of silver.

Sidan looked at Guo Xin in confusion: "How much money does the family have now?"

"Now, including the betrothal gift from my eldest sister, our family has twenty-five taels of silver, plus seven hundred and seventy-two coins."

When San Ya heard the number, she lay on the table weakly and muttered, "It's still a long way to go! We still owe 125 taels. If we can't pay it back, we'll be finished."

When Guo Xin heard this discouraging remark, he patted San Ya's head and said, "What are you talking about! We have already earned more than 700 Wen in just a few days, and we must have other ways to make money!"

Daya also helped out and said, "That's right. How can we help boost others' ambitions and avoid showing off ourselves? We have already made over 700 coins at the beginning. Rufangzhai will also buy our taro chips in the future. In the long run, it will be a stable income."

"This is what we're going to do these days. We need to store up enough firewood to fill at least a yard, and we also need to dig up the taro quickly, otherwise it will be difficult to do when the heavy snow comes down the mountain."

"It's time to plant the land at home, right?" Daya asked.

"Yes, we grow some vegetables on the land at home, and we also plant taro on the other half. It's getting cold soon, so we also need to buy some thick cotton to make some quilts."

Daya suddenly tugged at Guo Xin's sleeve quietly. Guo Xin didn't understand why and looked at Daya.

But she kept silent about it.

Guo Xin said, "My elder sister and I will go to the kitchen to see if there is anything else to eat. You guys pack up the money first."

Sanya and Sidan nodded obediently.

……

In the kitchen, Guo Xin asked, "Sister, what do you want to say?"

Daya whispered, "It's time for us to sleep separately at home. When my parents were alive, they said they wanted to separate Sidan from us, but I never dared to mention it because I was afraid that Sidan would be sad."

Guo Xin also found it a difficult task. If she only separated Sidan, he would probably cry secretly in his bed.

After thinking for a while, Guo Xin said, "Sidan knows how to make bamboo beds, so we can make four beds and everyone can sleep separately. It just takes some time."

"It's okay, just separate them. Sidan is grown up now." Daya smiled innocently.

……

The well-fertilized land exudes fresh vitality. Although the weather is a bit cold, earthworms and various small insects are active in the soil.

Guo Xin and three others prepared to plant taro in the fields. They took the sprouted taro to the cleared land and planted it.

To be honest, Guo Xin didn't know how to grow taro. It was only something he talked about on paper and he never had the opportunity to put it into practice.

Today is the first time I planted taro myself, so I had to plant it with a row spacing of about 60 cm and a plant spacing of 28 cm.

Then cover it with a thin layer of soil.

The remaining three people looked at how Guo Xin did it and then did the same. After all, although they had helped to farm the land before, they mostly just went wherever their parents told them to go, so they didn't have the energy to remember how to farm.

What's more, this is the first time to grow taro, so it's more normal.

The three of them followed suit and soon planted half an acre of taro.

Guo Xin, who had been bending over for a long time, was about to stand up, but as soon as he stood up, the world was spinning around him and he fell to the ground with a bang.

Fortunately, this is yellow soil, not concrete, otherwise I would have suffered a concussion.

Daya, who was closest to him, saw what was happening and hurriedly helped Guo Xin up and gave her some water.

San Ya and Si Dan also gathered around and fanned Guo Xin.

"Sister, are you okay?"

"It's okay, I just felt a little dizzy, I'll be fine after a while!"

Guo Xin looked at the thin body and couldn't help but sigh. This body was really too weak. It couldn't bear it after planting only half an acre of land.

The three men helped Guo Xin back. Guo Xin sat on the couch and watched the three people busying around.

"We haven't eaten meat for a long time. Tomorrow I will go to the mountains again to see if I can bring back some hunting. You guys just stay at home and continue to bake taro chips."

When Sidan heard this, he looked flustered: "How can that be possible? You fainted today. If you go hunting again, what if you encounter a wild beast? What will we do then?"

"It's okay. I know what I'm doing."

"Can……"

Daya knew that her second sister had become very opinionated ever since she fell, and if she wasn't allowed to go, she was afraid she would go secretly.

So she interrupted Sidan and said, "If Erya wants to go, she can go. She knows her limits. Look at the family. Which one was not built up slowly by Erya's determination?"

Guo Xin looked at Daya with gratitude.

Daya tapped Guo Xin's forehead and said coquettishly, "You can go, but you have to eat well today. I'll go to the village butcher Guo to buy some pork for dinner."

After settling the accounts last time, Guo Xin felt that the majority of the family's money came from Daya's betrothal gift, so the power of housekeeping was handed over to Daya.

When Sanya and Sidan heard this, they shouted happily, "Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! We can eat meat again!"

The two of them were running around in the small thatched hut.