Wealthy beyond measure, yet you call me a sister-supporting-brother demon?

"Wife, your old man was a hero today. Ever since Zhang Wen's son passed the imperial examination, he's always been so arrogant. Today I made him lose face, and he'll have to avoid me from now on!"

With a smile in her eyes, Sheng Guihua pinched the flesh on Yuan Laifu's arm. "Stop keeping me in suspense, tell me quickly!"

Yuan Laifu then recounted the whole story in this way and that.

Sheng Guihua felt very relieved. Zhang Wen and Ma Guifen were no good. They had even tried to buy their well and house land for six taels of silver, which was really unreasonable! They looked down on everyone else because their son was promising. They looked down on farmers all day long, even though they were farmers themselves!

"Old man, do you think Zhang Qingshu will take revenge on us after he becomes an official? I feel that the Zhang family members are all petty, jealous, and vengeful."

Yuan Laifu said confidently, "What's there to be afraid of? Zhang Qingshu is only a student who has passed the preliminary examination. It's still unknown whether he can pass the county-level examination. Besides, our Bao'er is going to study too. Our Bao'er has been smart since he was little. If he studies hard, he will definitely be much better than Zhang Qingshu."

Sheng Guihua nodded, "That's true."

For some reason, she now has a feeling that her son can succeed at anything he sets his mind to!

……

Qingchun ate breakfast with the Yuan family. After the hottest part of the afternoon, he opened the refrigerator, and the temperature inside was still very low.

This refrigerator really works!

"Brother Yuan, Manager Cao instructed me that if this refrigerator works, I will order 100 catties of braised pork belly, 300 catties of braised leg meat, and 12 braised pig heads from you."

"How much?" Yuan Laifu's voice was shrill. He quickly calmed down, as the uncle of Manager Cao of Donglaishun, he couldn't act like he had never seen the world, especially in front of the waiters at Donglaishun.

He must have misheard! Over 400 jin of braised meat! How much money is that?!

Zhou Qingchun repeated, "I ordered 100 jin of pork belly, 300 jin of braised leg meat, and 12 braised pig heads. Manager Cao said that if we really can't make them all, we should make as many as possible."

"Okay, I'll try to do as much as possible."

Zhou Qingchun went back to inform Manager Cao that Yuan Laifu no longer needed to pretend! He immediately jumped up with joy!

Wow! That's dozens of taels of silver! He used to work hard to save five taels a year, and now his son earns in a day what he could save for ten years! His son is awesome!

Yuan Sheng smiled and shook his head, "Dad, be careful, you old bones."

Yuan Laifu gradually calmed down. "Let's convert the room next to the kitchen into a kitchen. With such a large output, waiting for one pot to cook is too slow. We'll build a stove and buy pots. We'll be very busy."

The Yuan family has a total of four thatched huts. One is used as a kitchen, one is where Yuan Laifu and Sheng Guihua sleep, one is where Yuan Sheng and Zhu Chenxi sleep, and the other is for the sisters who come back to their parents' home. If that room is converted into a kitchen, the sisters will have nowhere to stay when they come back.

"Alright, Dad, let's make do for now. Once we've saved up some more money, we'll build a big brick house!"

Yuan Laifu and Sheng Guihua smiled like flowers when they heard Yuan Sheng's words.

A large brick house with tiled roof? Only Sun Qingyou, the richest man in the village, has one; even the village head doesn't. Yet, he's going to build a large brick house with tiled roof!

My friend said a four-room brick house with tiled roof would cost over two hundred taels of silver!

Wow, that's a lot of money! But then Yuan Laifu thought about it again and realized it really was a lot of money; his son had earned that much in just five days! Hahaha!

Yuan Sheng continued, "I will reserve a room for each of my seven older sisters. No matter how they live in their husbands' families, they will always have a place to stay in their maternal homes."

Hearing her son say this, Sheng Guihua laughed and cried at the same time, "Yuanbao, your sisters didn't spoil you for nothing! With you as their little brother, your sisters will have an easier time in their husband's family in the future!"

Yuan Laifu felt a warmth in his heart when he heard his son say this. "I have already sent messages to your six older sisters, asking them to come back when they have time."

Yuansheng's six older sisters are already married. His seventh sister is his twin, born just a short time before him, and is currently living at his maternal grandmother's house.

"Okay!" Yuan Sheng thought to himself, he would buy his sisters lots of pretty clothes and jewelry.

It seems to be quite an expense, so he still needs to speed up his efforts to earn money.

"Yuanbao, if each of your seven older sisters has a room, how many rooms will we need to build for our brick and tile house?"

Yuan Sheng thought for a moment, "At least a dozen rooms, I'll build a dozen or so to make do."

Yuan Laifu slapped his thigh and said, "That would probably cost close to a thousand taels. Yuanbao, if we have that money, we should buy land first. Buying land is more important."

"Alright, I'll listen to Father and buy land first."

Yuan Laifu was even happier and excitedly went to mix mud and find stones to build a stove.

Yuan Sheng awkwardly drove the oxcart to town to buy pots, jars, and earthenware pots. One jar wasn't enough, and soon his only 1.6 taels of silver was all gone. Yuan Sheng's pockets were empty again, not a single coin left.

Yuan Sheng brought the items home, where Li Chunjiang was already waiting.

Now, every afternoon, Li Chunjiang comes to the Yuan family to ask about the amount of meat to be delivered the next day and how much money to be paid.

"Uncle Yuan, how much pork will my dad deliver tomorrow?"

Yuan Sheng did the math: Manager Cao wanted 100 jin of braised pork belly, so he'd need to buy 140 jin of raw meat. He also wanted 300 jin of braised leg meat, so he'd need 430 jin of raw meat. "Tomorrow I want 140 jin of pork belly, 430 jin of leg meat, and 12 pig heads."

"What?! Uncle, what did you say?" Li Chunjiang didn't react. Over 500 jin of meat, twelve pig heads? Uncle, did you hear me wrong?!

"Tomorrow I want 140 catties of pork belly, 430 catties of leg meat, and 12 pig heads."

Li Chunjiang covered his mouth, "Uncle, I'll go back and tell my father right away."

Li Chunjiang was so excited that he ran like the wind! He rushed home and disappeared in a flash.

When Li Changshun saw his son, who was panting, he said, "Chunjiang, what did I teach you? Never panic. If you're so impulsive, what great things can you accomplish in the future?"

Li Chunjiang wiped the sweat from his brow. "Dad, my Uncle Yuan said he wants 140 catties of pork belly, 430 catties of leg meat, and 12 pig heads tomorrow."

Upon hearing this news, Li Changshun paced back and forth several times, his voice becoming shrill, "Son, what did you say?"

"My Uncle Yuan said he wants 140 catties of pork belly, 430 catties of leg meat, and 12 pig heads tomorrow."

Li Changshun clapped his hands and excitedly spun around a few more times. That's almost 600 jin of meat! He'd have to slaughter four pigs! Luckily, he'd taken in ten pigs a couple of days ago and kept them in the pen, otherwise he wouldn't have any pigs to slaughter.

It seems he needs to hurry up and collect the pigs.

Li Chunjiang said weakly, "Dad, what happened to the promise that you'd stay calm and collected? What happened to the promise that rashness leads to failure?"

Li Changshun slapped his butt, "You brat, you know how to talk back to your dad now, how can that be the same? Our family is going to be rich in the future!"