I'm dressed up as the timid eldest daughter, and the whole family has to listen to me!

Su Congxian breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing what Granny Liu said. It turned out that his fourth brother didn't need to spend money to get married, which meant that his family's money was safe.

Besides, if this fourth brother could really marry the eldest daughter of the Li family, wouldn't our family's life also improve?

Thinking this, Su Congxian nodded.

"Alright, I can't interfere with my fourth brother's affairs. You and Dad can handle it. As for the money you mentioned, I'll go back and discuss it with my wife. She'll definitely agree. She was just too anxious earlier. Please be magnanimous and don't take it to heart."

Upon hearing this, Granny Liu waved her hand weakly.

"Okay, you can go now. Don't bother me anymore. I need to rest for a while. You guys have been making me suffer."

Upon hearing this, Su Congxian quickly withdrew and closed the door. He had intended to go to the yard to call Old Su back to the house, but he couldn't find him anywhere. It was getting dark, and he wondered where Old Su had gone for a stroll. After searching for a while, Su Congxian gave up and went directly into the third room.

"Honey, honey, don't be angry anymore, I have good news for you!"

As soon as Su Congxian entered the room, he saw Lin sitting at the table, sulking. He quickly went over and spoke to her gently.

Lin flung Su Congxian's arm away and said impatiently:

"What good things can we expect now? We can't even run a proper business anymore. I think your mother will ruin our family sooner or later!"

Su Congxian quickly pasted it on again.

“Wife, don’t worry. Let me tell you. I just discussed it with my mother. She will lend me the money, but after I spend these two taels of silver, I will have to give her half of my daily income.”

Upon hearing this, Lin slammed her hand on the table and immediately exclaimed:

"What? The family only makes two coins a string of candied hawthorns, and now we have to give half to your mother? Does that mean we'll only make one coin a string of candied hawthorns from now on?"

Upon hearing this, Su Congxian quickly smiled and patted Lin's shoulder.

"Don't worry, wife. Didn't we agree with Su Mo before that we wouldn't contribute any capital and she would provide it? Now that she's not contributing any capital, how can we expect her to pay six coins?"

Upon hearing this, Lin immediately perked up.

"You mean she makes a string of candied hawthorns, we give her two coins, and keep the remaining six coins?"

Su Congxian pouted and nodded.

"Isn't that right? You're always so anxious. You never praise your husband for being so clever. If I hadn't stayed inside and had that conversation with my mother, she probably wouldn't have given us the money, and then our business wouldn't have been possible."

Upon hearing this, Lin quickly hugged Su Congxian and said happily:

"Husband, my dear husband, I was wrong to misunderstand you. Our family still needs you as the pillar of our household, and it's all thanks to your quick thinking. If it were me, I would have messed things up!"

Su Congxian felt even more pleased after being praised by Madam Lin.

"That's right. Even if we give half to my mother, we'll still have three coins. But it's just that my mother invested the capital. We're just acting as middlemen. Once we make some money, we can pay my mother back those two coins."

Madam Lin quickly poured Su Congxian a cup of tea.

"Yes, yes, you're absolutely right. With all that shuffling around, we've actually made an extra penny compared to before!"

Su Congxian took the teacup and took a sip.

"Isn't that right? But that's not the main point. I just heard Mother say that the fourth son won't have to spend any money to get married!"

Upon hearing this, Lin's eyes widened, and she leaned closer to Su Congxian to ask:

"Isn't she the eldest daughter of the wealthy Li family? Why doesn't he need a dowry to marry her?"

Su Congxian glanced out the window, patted Lin's arm, and whispered:

"Oh, that's not what I meant. It's that the Li family is looking for a son-in-law to live with them, and my fourth brother would be doing that!"

Lin nodded knowingly upon hearing this.

"So that's how it is. I was wondering why the Li family, which could find any kind of son-in-law, would be interested in a poor boy from our remote mountain village. It turns out they're looking for a son-in-law to live with them."

Lin pondered for a moment, intending to say something more, but then waved her hand.

"Alright, alright, it's none of our business anyway. As long as it doesn't cost our family money, that's fine. If your fourth brother really does become a live-in son-in-law, maybe we can even benefit from it. Let's get some sleep and not think too much about it!"

After saying this, Lin took off her shoes and got onto the kang (a heated brick bed). Now that this important matter was settled, she felt relieved. Not only could she continue doing business, but she could also earn an extra penny compared to before, which naturally made her happy.

The next day,

As soon as Lin got up, she went to Su Mo's room.

"Oh, Su Mo is busy."

"Oh, Auntie, what brings you here?"

Lin pulled up a chair and sat down in front of Su Mo.

“Didn’t your mother come and make a scene last night, forcing you to pay back the money? I’ve been thinking about it, and I think it would be better to take out the money from our family’s savings to help with this. After all, our business has just started to take off, and we can’t just give up now.”

Upon hearing this, Su Mo immediately perked up and quickly pulled up a chair to sit down opposite Lin Shi.

"Third Aunt, are you really telling the truth? Didn't you tell me before that you didn't have any money at home?"

Upon hearing this, Lin smiled awkwardly, and while smoothing her hair, she said:

“Oh dear, what are you saying, child? I was saving these two taels of silver as my savings. Every family needs to have some savings, right? Besides, business is doing well now, so I’m willing to take out my savings.”

Su Mo disregarded everything else and, seeing that Madam Lin was so understanding, quickly grabbed Madam Lin's hand and nodded gratefully.

"Yes, yes, Aunt, I understand your thoughts. Your concerns are reasonable. Now that our business can continue, it would be hard to give it up. You have truly saved me from dire straits!"

Lin smiled, withdrew her hand, and coughed awkwardly twice.

"Well, I wanted to discuss this money with you today. Your third uncle and I have saved up this little bit of money our whole lives, and we're not at ease putting it all into this business. So I thought we could consider this money as our investment, but we need to pay back our initial two taels of silver first before I can feel at ease. We can then split the profits later, okay?"

Upon hearing this, Su Mo initially didn't want to agree, but she realized that without the support of the transferred silver, the candied hawthorn business would naturally fail, and she wouldn't be able to earn even a single penny, let alone four or six coins.

So he gritted his teeth and said:

"Alright, Third Aunt, I promise you. It's just to put your mind at ease."