After the cannon fodder father and daughter married into the family, the whole family regretted it

Early in the morning, Fang Tong took his whole family and left the city with a lot of luggage.

This inn is too expensive. Staying one more day would cost dozens of wen, which is enough to buy two pounds of meat. Besides, they have business to run at home, so they are worried and always thinking about it.

The road was difficult to travel at night and they were worried about accidents, so they drove the ox cart at full speed all the way. When they arrived at the village, it was already evening.

"Huh? Why is there still smoke in this house? Everyone should be gone by now."

Fang Tong looked up and saw his own yard from afar. Smoke was indeed coming out of the chimney. Before he even reached the gate, he shouted, "Tiezhu? Erwa?"

The people in the yard heard the noise and ran over to open the door, and found that Tiezhu was still there.

"Why are you still here?"

When I entered the yard, I saw that not only him, but everyone else had not left. Seeing that they were carrying so many things, they hurried over to help carry them into the house.

Erwa came out of the kitchen and said, "You're back? Didn't you send someone to bring back a letter asking for chestnuts and cake? Everyone was worried about delaying things, so they've been working here late these past few days!"

"Oh, this is really hard work, Goudan! Help me tie up the cow!"

Fang Tong wrung out two towels, wiped Fang Nanzhi's face and hands with one, and handed the other one to Qian Niang.

"How's it going? Is there anything wrong at home?"

Erwa waved his hand and said, "Don't worry, it's all right. I've taken care of everything for you. Three hundred kilograms of chestnuts were taken away by people from the city this morning, along with thirty pots of cakes. Oh, wait, I'll get the money."

Fang Tong walked around the house. Everyone was still working at the moment. When they saw him, they just greeted him. Tiezhu was chopping firewood in the yard.

He followed Erwa over and saw him take out a cloth bag and hand it to him: "Twenty taels and eight cents."

Fang Tong was about to smile, but before he could be happy, he was interrupted.

"Oh, right. Tiezhu and I went to the county town to deliver goods that day, and I saw your father. He was carrying two grandsons and a large bag. He was just coming out of the Qingfeng Teahouse. I felt something was up."

He raised his hand to stop Fang Tong from speaking, "Just listen to me first."

"Originally I wasn't sure and wanted to wait for you to come back to find out what was going on. Then Xiaohu came to me today, specifically saying that he heard Chunhe Teahouse had started selling sugar-roasted chestnuts. I figured it must be your father."

Fang Tong's face turned a little dark, but he had already thought about the fact that people would learn to make sugar-roasted chestnuts. After all, this thing grew wild and it was not difficult to make.

He had originally thought it would start in the county town, but unexpectedly it would start at the Fang family's end, which made him feel very uncomfortable.

"It's okay, this thing is not difficult. We still have the cake business. Even if it's hard to make these sugar-roasted chestnuts, the worst that can happen is that I can just be a small boss. As long as I can make some money, that's fine."

Erwa nodded: "It's fine as long as you don't get angry, but you have to be careful and don't let them interfere with the cake business."

As they were talking, someone suddenly shouted from outside, saying that it was getting dark and asked Erwa if he wanted to leave.

"coming!"

The two walked out while talking. "There are also chestnuts. They have been harvested these days. Sister Liu has been working on it during the few days you were in the capital. Now most of the villagers should be here. I guess even if they do, they can't do much."

Fang Tong nodded, looked at the brothers who were waiting for Erwa in front of him, and patted their shoulders one by one.

"Thank you for your trouble."

Goudan pushed his shoulder with his backhand.

"Tsk, what are you talking about? Let's not even talk about the wages you've paid us. We're all brothers, how can you not care about your own business? Come on, let's go!"

Fang Tong sent his brothers out the door, then he breathed a sigh of relief and turned back to help Qian Niang pack up the things they brought back from the provincial capital.

After a day of traveling, everyone was so tired that they didn't want to move. In the evening, they simply made some porridge to drink, and no one left the table after they finished drinking.

It was Fang Tong who said to count the silver after the meal.

Fang Nanzhi sat at the table, swinging her calves. Although she was tired, she became more energetic when she mentioned the silver.

Fang Tong took out all the bags of silver and money, poured them out onto the table, and began to count them.

After counting for a long time, with Qin Yan helping to remember, the final count was more than fifty-seven taels!

"Wow, I made a lot of money!"

Qian Fengping also had a smile on her face: "You've been so tired every day just for this. Now, your hard work has finally paid off. The money for my second brother's medical treatment is enough."

Fang Tong waved his hand: "Okay, I'll wait until I see the old doctor again. However, there are many places at home where we can use money."

Turning around, he saw his daughter happily fiddling with the silver: "For example, we have to buy our cow from someone else. It's not appropriate to rent it like this."

The cows were related to his family's business, so it was an important matter. Fang Tong took out ten taels of silver and put it in his pocket, deciding to get the job done the next day.

The next morning, Fang Tong got up early, fed the cow he borrowed from the Li family, and then took it back to pay the money.

"Iron Pillar, are you ready?"

When he got home, he went into the yard and saw that all the goods to be delivered today had been loaded.

Fang Nanzhi happened to run from the west room to the east room and pushed her brother out: "Dad, my brother and I are fine now!"

Fang Tong was going to the county town today, so he went with Tiezhu to deliver the goods, and took his son and daughter for a walk.

"I just came back from a trip yesterday. Aren't you tired?"

The little girl shook her head: "I'm really not tired, Dad, just take us there!"

"Okay, let's go out!"

Compared to walking back and forth in the provincial capital, the journey to the county town seemed shorter. Fang Tong and Tie Zhu first delivered the cake and then turned around to run to the dental clinic.

"Dacheng! Is Dacheng here?"

Fang Tong shouted as he entered the yard, and a short man immediately ran out of the house: "Hey, Brother Fang, what brings you here today?"

"Yeah, that's the cow..."

"Ah? Are you sick?" Sun Dacheng's eyes widened before he could finish his words.

It's no wonder he thought the worst. He had just let Fang Tong rent out this dairy cow, and then two cows rented out by other dealers became sick. He originally thought he was the one at fault, but just a few days later Fang Tong came to him.

"Brother Fang, please keep your voice down. I'm going to secretly hire someone to look after the cattle..."

Fang Tong grabbed him and said, "What's wrong with being sick? I'm not sick! I'm doing other things!"

Sun Dacheng is quite considerate. It's okay to secretly find someone to treat the disease, but if he makes a fuss and the dental clinic finds out, he will have to pay compensation, which will not even be enough to buy a new one.

When they heard that the cow was not sick, they relaxed immediately.

"Oh, you scared me. I'm glad you're okay. Then tell me what it is. I will definitely do it for you if I can!" He patted his chest.

"I don't need your help. I just want to talk. You rented me that cow, and I'm thinking of buying it. Can you give me some advice?"