The stepsister of a peasant family in a book is spoiled by the big brothers

"Actually, I can bring it up."

Those wealthy classmates would not look down on him just because he made a delivery. If they wanted to look down on him, they would have done so long ago. He did not care about their opinions either. He just did his own thing and lived his own life.

"You can also take five, but keep one for yourself and give the rest to the Master and the Master's Wife!" Qin Huiyin said, smiling at Tang Yi beside her, "Pack five for your brother."

Tang Yi smiled in response and placed the five bamboo buckets of jelly in a basket. The basket was woven by Tang Dafu while he was sitting on the bed. It was originally used to carry vegetables for them, but Qin Huiyin took a fancy to it and it came in handy this time.

Third Master Tang arrived and saw Tang Yichen. He said happily, "Brother Chen, I haven't seen you for a long time. How have you been recently?"

"Third Grandpa..." Tang Yichen saluted.

"Oh, you scholars have so many rules." Mr. Tang San laughed, "I've been running errands for your family these past two days and have earned some money. I'll buy some meat when I go back later."

"Third Uncle, if you can help us sell the things, you can get one cent for every five copies." Qin Huiyin said.

"Then I'll bring a few more copies. Maybe someone will want to buy them on the road!" Mr. Tang San asked Qin Huiyin to pack twenty copies for him and put them in a backpack. He carried the backpack and followed Tang Yichen to the private school.

Li Taohua was so exhausted that she found a place to sit down and said to Tang Luwu, "I can't do it anymore. You keep an eye on me for a while."

Qin Huiyin saw that the long queue had loosened up, and she finally had the mood to recall Tang Yichen's appearance. This was her first time meeting the male lead in the true sense. She didn't look at him carefully, but she only remembered that he looked good and had a gentle temperament.

The male protagonist is a powerful official in the future. He is as elegant as jade, handsome, and often likes white clothes. He is as sacred and inviolable as the immortals in paintings. However, that is his future self. Now he is just a good-looking scholar.

Now that we've met the hero, it's inevitable to compare him to the villain. The hero, born in poverty, endures a series of misfortunes early on, yet ultimately remains the untainted, peerless, exiled immortal. The villain, also born in poverty, faces an exceptionally difficult path to success. While the hero's path is paved with benefactors, the villain's is fraught with traps and quagmires, ultimately transforming into the bloody, traitorous official he once was.

"How many copies have we sold?" Li Taohua asked Qin Huiyin.

Before Qin Huiyin could speak, Tang Luwu said, "Except for the 15 extra portions that Third Grandpa took away and the 5 portions that my brother took away, we sold 60 portions. There are probably about 70 left now."

"This is what my brother gave me." Tang Yi smiled and handed a string of copper coins to Li Taohua. "He said he earned this from copying books."

Li Taohua took it, her expression brightened, and she said, "She's quite sensible."

She roughly counted them and found that there were fifty cents in this string, which was enough to pay off the debt for the jelly she had given away in the past two days.

Qin Huiyin smiled and continued to receive the guests.

Mr. Tang San came back, put down his backpack, and said, "Does what you said just now still count? I took fifteen portions out and sold them all."

"Third Uncle, you are so awesome!" Qin Huiyin took the copper coins handed to her by Third Uncle Tang, took out four coins and handed them to him. "The rest should be easy to sell. I won't bother you today. Find a place to rest."

Mr. Tang San made a lot of money these two days. He was very happy and used the money to buy some wine.

Qin Huiyin asked curiously, "Third Grandpa has a good temper and a smart mind. How could a man like him not have a wife?"

There are so many men who beat their wives in the village, but they can all find wives. How could Mr. Tang San, who can make money and has a good temper, not have a wife?

"I heard that when he was young, he had a childhood sweetheart. Just as they were about to get married, she was bullied and committed suicide. He beat the drum of injustice and reported the bully's crimes to the authorities. However, the county magistrate at the time was in cahoots with the bully. Not only did he not punish the bully, he even turned the tables on him. He escaped from prison and continued to appeal the case. It took him two years to win the case, and both the bully and the county magistrate were executed. However, afterward, he rejected all the marriage proposals he received. His parents would sit by him all day, crying and making a fuss. He ran away from home late one night and returned ten years later to take care of his parents in their old age, but he never married."

Li Taohua calmly recounted the story of Mr. Tang Sanye. Even the shrewd Li Taohua, even when discussing other people's love affairs, would reveal an expression of envy. However, that shyness soon vanished without a trace.

"Men like this are like gold in the mud. It's not easy to get them. Girl, don't dream all day that men only love you. You can go to the brothel door occasionally to take a look. That's the normal state of men. Oh, don't say that the men in the village don't go because they have no money and no opportunity to go. But among those who have a little money, how many men are honest?"

"Mom, don't say these scary things, we are still young!" Qin Huiyin said, "How can a man be as cute as money? I just want to make more money and buy whatever I want. If I have a lot of money, what kind of obedient man can I not find?"

Tang Yixiao covered Tang Luwu's ears and said angrily, "Sister, don't listen to her, she's talking nonsense."

Tang Luwu blinked her eyes: "But, Sister Yin is right, money can bring us a good life. With money, we can indeed live a better life."

As for men…

She knew so many examples in the village. Sometimes, men not only failed to bring good luck, but also brought misfortune. It was just that no woman had ever spoken out about it before. Their fathers taught women to be faithful, to obey their fathers at home and their husbands after marriage. No one had ever told a girl that a man wasn't essential.

Tang Yi laughed but wailed in his heart: It's over. My sister has been influenced by this mother and daughter. If my eldest brother knew about this, he would definitely beat me up.

After selling the last portion of jelly, there was still some braised pork left. A few women nearby were watching and when they saw them packing up their stall, they quickly came over and asked if they could sell them the braised pork at a lower price.

"I'm sorry, ladies and gentlemen, today's braised meat is already very cheap, and there will be no discount starting tomorrow. To be honest, my family hasn't eaten meat for a long time, so this little bit of meat is perfect for us to take home and eat ourselves." Qin Huiyin said with a smile, "If you ladies don't want to buy it, we'll pack up and go home."

"What about this braised egg? We're buying braised meat, so you can give us the braised egg, right?"

Qin Huiyin looked embarrassed: "Originally, the braised eggs are three for one cent. If I give them to you, it would be more painful than giving you meat. How about this, if you buy five cents of braised meat, I will give you a braised egg."

"You are such a stingy little girl!" The aunts were not happy.

Qin Huiyin didn't say anything else, with a smile on her face. Even if those aunts were unreasonable, they couldn't embarrass a little girl with a smiling face.

"We are going home. This is the last bit of braised meat and eggs. I will sell them all to anyone who pays for them for 20 cents," Li Taohua said from the side.

"Mom, this is not cost-effective. We will lose money." Qin Huiyin stopped her anxiously.

"The sun is out, and I don't want to stay here basking in the sun. I'm your mother, and I can't make the decision on such a small matter? But they probably can't come up with twenty cents, so why are you in such a hurry?" Li Taohua was furious, her face full of impatience.

The aunts were unhappy. How could the four of them not come up with twenty cents?

"Boss, pack them all for me, we want them all." One of the aunts threw twenty cents in front of them.