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Chapter 29: The Showdown Begins, Let's Make Money Together
Su Li didn't want to give up the medicinal herb business easily.
After all, it looks insignificant, but it's actually almost a risk-free business, so she doesn't lose money no matter how much she earns.
But the bandits have arrived, and news that the southern war-torn region urgently needs medicinal herbs will soon reach the villagers, who will find out sooner or later.
It would be better to tell the villagers myself before things escalate, so that I don't become the target of everyone's criticism like I did in my previous life.
After listening to his sister's explanation, Su Xiangsheng gradually calmed down.
"But everyone knows that medicinal herbs can be sold for money. Should we continue to dig for them? If Grandpa and Grandma find out, will they be upset that we told the villagers instead of our own family?"
You should know that he and his sister had been keeping their medicinal herb business a secret from their family.
If Grandma knew they had secretly hidden money, she would definitely be furious. Just thinking about that scene made Su Xiangsheng shudder.
He pouted and looked at Su Li pitifully.
Su Li remained calm. She patted her younger brother's head and comforted him, "Don't worry, leave this to me. You continue to lead the others in digging for medicinal herbs. Don't worry about the rest..."
Su Li was not worried about dealing with the Su family members, especially Old Madam Su.
She was preoccupied with the peach blossoms.
Now that the bandits have appeared, it's likely that Peach Blossom's encounter with the scholar is not far off. She must remain vigilant and absolutely prevent the two from meeting again.
Setting up a snack stall in town was also to prevent Peach Blossom from having any chance to meet the scholar.
I hope everything goes well!
A few days later, after breakfast, Old Mrs. Su was catching eggs by the chicken coop.
Su Li raised her head slightly, a hint of trepidation in her eyes. After hesitating for a moment, she stepped forward and said, "Grandma, I want to tell you something. These past few days, Asheng and I have been digging for medicinal herbs in the village. We..."
"What do you mean?" As soon as Grandma Su heard this, she felt that something was wrong. When did this naughty girl from the fourth son's family take the initiative to talk to her? Judging from her hesitant manner, she must be up to no good!
Anger suddenly flared in Old Mrs. Su's eyes, and her wrinkled face instantly tightened, like a fully drawn bow, her brows furrowing into a deep "川" (river) shape.
"You silly girl, are you trying to ask me for money to buy medicine for your dad? We don't have any spare money. Your dad's illness is a bottomless pit. I'm an old man, and I don't have that much money to burn for you!"
She suddenly raised her voice, her tone sharp and shrill:
“You were upset when I said I wouldn’t treat you anymore. Wasn’t I doing this for your own good? How can you be so selfish, only thinking about your own problems and not even looking at the state of the family!”
Su Li's face flushed red, and she quickly explained, "Grandma, I'm not asking you for money. I was thinking that we could dig up medicinal herbs to sell, so the family could have more income. Besides, my father needs medicine for his illness. Wouldn't that be killing two birds with one stone?"
Su Zhen, standing to the side, smiled slightly, revealing a hint of barely perceptible smugness:
"Don't try to sweet-talk me. Do you even know which are medicinal herbs and which are weeds? You can't even read a few words, yet you're thinking of digging up herbs to sell for money. I think you're just trying to shirk your work. What excuse are you making? You're just trying to fool Grandma!"
Su Li raised her voice anxiously, hastily defending herself: "Grandma, I really didn't, it's not what you think, please listen to me..."
"Don't try to argue with me. How can you be so wicked? You just want to squeeze money out of the family. Do you think I don't know you? Your father is sick, and instead of helping out, you're saying you're digging for medicinal herbs to make money. Do you want to squander all the family's savings?"
Grandma Su irritably pulled two still-warm eggs from the henhouse, but when she reached under the hen's rear end, she found it empty; there wasn't a third egg to be found.
She glared fiercely at Su Li.
That damn jinx! There used to be at least three eggs in this henhouse every morning, but after talking to that brat for a few minutes, one egg is gone. What else could she be but a jinx?
Is it specifically designed to antagonize the Su family?
"Don't stand here in my way, get out of my way! You're just fussing over useless things, I think you're just bored and have nothing better to do!"
"Okay, Grandma..."
Su Li lowered her eyes and had no choice but to turn and leave helplessly.
On the other side, Little Tiger from the village, like a cheerful little sparrow, hopped and skipped home.
He clutched a few copper coins tightly in his dirty little hands, his palms soaked with sweat, yet he remained incredibly excited.
As soon as he entered the house, Xiao Huzi shouted at the top of his lungs, "Dad, Mom! Look, this is the money I made from selling the medicinal herbs! Sister Su Li said that medicinal herbs can be sold for money, and the pharmacies in town all buy them!"
Xiao Hu Zi's father had gone to work in the fields, and his mother was sitting on a worn-out wooden stool mending clothes. When she heard Xiao Hu Zi's shout, she quickly looked up.
She stared wide-eyed in disbelief at the few gleaming copper coins in the child's hand: "What did you say? Medicinal herbs can be sold for money? Just those weeds you all dig up following Sheng the boy around every day?"
"Little Tiger, your parents have always taught you to be honest. Tell me, where did you steal this money from? Return it to the person who stole it right now!"
Although Xiaohu's family was not well-off, the couple were honest people and often taught their children not to do anything like stealing or cheating.
"Oh, Mother! Why don't you believe me?" Little Tiger plopped down on the doorstep, pouting. "I already said it was money from selling medicinal herbs. If you don't believe me, go ask the Su family. I didn't lie."
Little Tiger was so excited that he rolled his eyes around for a while, and then, as if he had thought of something, he suddenly looked at his mother with a serious expression.
"And also, Mother, that's not some nobody 'Sheng boy,' that's our Brother Sheng!"
"The brothers are all working for Brother Sheng. I have to get going, or I'll miss the herb-gathering..."
News spread like wildfire in the village. Upon learning that digging for medicinal herbs could earn money, everyone sprang into action. In the fields and during breaks from farming, villagers could be seen carrying bamboo baskets, searching for medicinal herbs on the mountains.
Selling medicinal herbs can immediately bring in money. With such a good deal, who would complain about having too much money?
When the news reached Grandma Su's ears, she was chatting with several old women at the village entrance.
"It was your Su Li who told us about this. You're her own grandmother, how could you not know?"
Grandma Su was stunned, her smile instantly freezing: "What? It came from our family? How come I have no idea about this way of making money?"
Her voice unconsciously rose, her face full of doubt.
"Oh dear, this is quite a misunderstanding. That's what everyone in the village is saying. Do you think I would make up a lie to deceive you? Just go back and ask your daughter Li."
Grandma Su was seething with anger. As soon as she entered the courtyard, she slammed the basket she was carrying down and yelled at Su Li:
"You brat, why didn't you tell me about something this important?"
"Have you grown too big for your britches and are trying to make a fortune behind my back?"
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