Farmer's eldest sister becomes rich

After they took the silver and money, they smiled like children. After putting away the copper coins, the three of them picked up the buckets and prepared to go home.

Just as a few women carrying wooden buckets walked to the gate, a large group of people came in from outside the gate.

They are from the village.

——Enter the yard.

Several women looked at a large group of people entering the yard, and they were no longer in a hurry to go home. Instead, they put down their buckets and stood together, huddled together to watch the fun.

At this time, the yard was full of people. A short and strong middle-aged man standing in the front asked, "Uncle, are you finally done with your work now?"

Grandfather Jiang Wuwen nodded and asked the man, "Tiegen, weren't you working in the county town not long ago?"

"Uncle, isn't the New Year coming soon? I'm planning to come back for the New Year. I heard that Uncle Jiang can exchange live fish for silver. So, I'm coming here with everyone to hear how it works!"

Jiang Wuwen turned to his son standing beside him and said, "Ah Hai, go to the house and move all the benches out so that everyone can sit for a while."

"Yueyue..." Grandfather waved to An Yue again, motioning An Yue to come over to him.

"Have you thought about how to tell them?" Grandfather asked in a low voice in An Yue's ear.

An Yue nodded affirmatively.

There was a large group of people in the yard, three or two people standing in a group, and two or three people sitting and chatting together.

"Now that everyone is here, please sit down! Next, let my granddaughter, Yueyue, tell everyone about it."

Everyone quieted down and prepared to listen carefully.

An Yue asked, "Elders in the courtyard, Yue Yue sees so many people in the courtyard wanting to exchange live fish for silver, so Yue Yue would like to ask, who should we exchange them for? Who should we not exchange them for?"

Several women shouted: "Of course it's for my family..."

Grandfather saw the commotion in the yard and shouted, "Stop...! What are you all arguing about? Let Yueyue finish what she has to say first!"

An Yue cleared her throat and said calmly, "Don't worry! In order to allow everyone to catch fish for money, everyone should listen carefully to what Yue Yue says next."

"We decided to take turns fishing with families as the unit. Only four families are needed for each fishing trip, and each family will deliver a fixed amount of fish, ranging from 50 to 80 kilograms. In this way, all villagers can earn money for the New Year. Think about it, isn't this the case?"

The person who heard my grandfather's name Tiegen asked again, "So, every family can earn some money, but isn't it unfair to those with more family members?"

An Yue answered loudly and solemnly: "There is no such thing as fairness or unfairness. The number of people in the family is not something Yue Yue can change. However, whether every household can exchange for silver is the problem that Yue Yue should consider."

Uncle Jiang Chenghai also said loudly to everyone: "There are nearly a hundred households in our village, and almost half of them have more than a dozen people in each household."

"Besides, the number of live fish we buy here is also limited. If a family has a large population, they can catch several hundred kilograms of live fish in a day. They send the fish here to exchange for money, and the number we buy is completely sufficient."

"Once the number is reached, we will naturally stop buying. Then, will other people's fish be exchanged for money? In this regard, will families with fewer people not be able to earn money?"

At this time, my uncle said loudly to everyone, "That would be unfair. Tell me, isn't that the truth?"

I could vaguely hear someone in the crowd say, "Yes! There are not many people in my family. If we don't take turns fishing for money, then it won't be my turn to fish for money, right?"

Tiegen paused, thought about it carefully, and then said with a chuckle: "Yes, yes, that's exactly what Brother Hai said."

Grandfather shouted, "Does everyone understand?"

Everyone nodded and shouted, "Understood..."

An Yue said, "We deliver fish to the town every three to five days. Everyone can bring the fish over to be weighed and exchanged for silver at 3 pm in the afternoon."

A man in the crowd asked, "How much silver per pound do we have for this live fish?"

An Yue looked at the three women who had not left and said, "Two cents per pound. You can ask them how much silver they have exchanged today?"

The woman at the back of the crowd asked again, "Which one should we start with?"

When asked this, An Yue frowned slightly. She was not familiar with the people in the village. In addition, she had a very poor sense of direction and was a bit road-dead. She had no idea about the ancient alleys.

An Yue walked up to her grandfather and looked at him with a puzzled look on her face. Her grandfather naturally understood what An Yue meant.

So, my grandfather stood up and said to everyone, "Then two households at the head of the village and two households at the tail of the village should each catch 50 to 80 kilograms of live fish. Remember to catch big fish. They can be sent here for weighing at 3 p.m. in the afternoon."

"If a family has special circumstances and cannot fish on that day, please inform the person who will fish next to you in advance so that the next family can take your place immediately."

"This is a business for all of us villagers to make money together. We must not let it be ruined by a few individuals. Do you have any other questions?"

No one in the yard said a word.

"That's it for today! Let's all go!"

Everyone slowly walked out of the yard.

It was almost the evening hour and the sky was already dark.

Seeing that everyone was busy, Wei went to the kitchen first to cook dinner, followed by her grandmother.

Soon, dinner was ready.

After the family had dinner, they simply washed up and went to bed early.

Grandfather was lying on the bed, and asked leisurely, "Yueyue, the number of fish we caught today looks quite a lot, how many kilograms are there exactly?"

"Today's total is 345 kilograms. If you add yesterday's number, it's more than 400 kilograms!"

When my grandmother heard this, she was very surprised and repeated, "More than 400 kilograms! How much silver can that be exchanged for?"

"Grandma, more than 400 kilograms of live fish is probably worth more than 20 taels of silver."

When my grandmother heard about the more than twenty taels of silver, she sat up in excitement.

She spread out her hands, looked at her ten fingers, and said, "Oh my God, Great Bodhisattva! This is so much silver, I can't even count it with one hand!"

The grandmother's reaction really scared the three generations of grandparents and grandchildren who were lying in the same room.

"Old woman, why are you so startled so late at night?"

"Oh...! I'm really excited. This fish can be exchanged for more than twenty taels of silver. I never dared to dream of it before."

She smiled from ear to ear and slowly lay down again.

An Yue added: "Tomorrow we go to deliver the fish. We will definitely not be able to deliver all the 400 kilograms. If we can deliver more than 300 kilograms to the restaurant, it will be a lot!"