Farmer's eldest sister becomes rich

My grandfather and uncle had carried all the buckets into the backyard, waiting to be weighed one by one.

Soon, Shopkeeper Wang came over and handed An Yue an envelope with the three big words "Letter of Introduction" written on it.

"You two can take this letter to the academy to look for my brother at any time. Whether this will work or not depends on your brother's luck."

An Yue and An Nian bowed to Shopkeeper Wang again: "Thank you, Shopkeeper Wang!"

Shopkeeper Wang quickly stepped forward and helped the brother and sister up.

At this time, the steward from the backyard came over and whispered in Shopkeeper Wang's ear, "Shopkeeper, there are a lot of live fish this time, and we are waiting for you to weigh them."

"Miss An Yue, Mr. Wang is waiting in the backyard to weigh the scales. How about we go over there together?"

An Yue smiled and nodded, then put the letter of introduction in her pocket and led An Nian to the backyard.

After watching the items being weighed one by one, the accountant finally added up the total and said, "There are three hundred and twenty-three catties of live fish and fifteen catties of wild garlic, which makes a total of sixteen taels and one hundred and fifty coins."

The accountant counted the money and gave it to An Yue. Uncle Jiang Chenghai's expression was so excited that he couldn't hide it.

Shopkeeper Wang said cheerfully, "The number of fish sent this time is quite large. I would like to thank Miss Anyue first!"

"Manager Wang, you are so polite! As for An Nian, it is us siblings who should thank you. An Yue will be leaving now."

An Nian also said to Shopkeeper Wang politely: "Uncle, see you later!"

After the brother and sister finished speaking, they both bowed respectfully to Shopkeeper Wang.

Shopkeeper Wang smiled and nodded, saying in return, "Goodbye! Goodbye!"

Then An Yue took An Nian by the hand and walked out of the side door. They found that their grandfather and uncle had put all the buckets on the ox cart.

It was already bright in the sky, and a red sun was rising slowly from the east side of the street.

The cold wind in the early morning blew in my face, and the feeling of holding the silver in my hand was very wonderful, as if it could protect me from the cold winter wind.

Four generations of grandparents and grandchildren were walking on the street pulling a bullock cart. The shops on both sides of the street were open one by one, and there were few early pedestrians.

After walking out of the restaurant, An Nian curiously pointed at the shops on the street and asked questions non-stop.

If I see someone selling candy figures, I will say I want to buy one. If I see a shop selling rice cakes is open, I will wait to buy rice cakes.

He just looked like a country bumpkin coming to the city, wanting everything he saw.

An Yue refused to buy it for him, but his grandfather and uncle spoiled him and bought him whatever he wanted. An Yue was helpless about this.

"The town is great! There are so many delicious and fun things to do that I can't even see them all."

An Yue raised her hands and pinched An Nian's bulging face, reminding him, "Niannian, you came to town and saw food, so you forgot to do your business?"

"...Niannian...I haven't forgotten." His mouth was stuffed full of rice cakes, and even his words were a little unclear.

Seeing that An Nian was too leisurely, the uncle handed the rope to his grandfather, walked quietly behind An Nian, and snatched the rice cake from An Nian's hand with a "whoosh".

An Nian immediately ran after his uncle in displeasure: "Bad uncle! Give it back to Nian Nian! Uncle is so bad, I will let grandpa spank you later..."

In this way, the uncle and nephew, one running in front and the other chasing behind, muttering to themselves.

"Grandfather, we don't have enough wooden barrels at home. We can't always borrow from others to send fish. Can we buy two big barrels and take them back?"

"If Yueyue wants to buy it, let's buy it! You three uncles and nephews go buy it, I'll wait for you at the entrance of town."

"That's fine! Let's go around and buy two over there."

The three of them walked towards the small streets and alleys. There were street stalls and shops in the alleys, but most of them sold farm tools.

There are tables, chairs, stools, hoes, winnowing baskets, bamboo rakes, backpacks, etc. for sale, all kinds of farm tools are available.

After walking past several shops, An Yue saw from afar two large round barrels on a stall on the side of the street. They were about half a person's height and had wooden lids.

An Yue walked over to take a closer look. The workmanship was quite fine. She asked, "Boss, how much is a big bucket?"

"Twenty-seven cents each."

"Boss, can I get two for a cheaper price?"

"Girl, this... look at the workmanship, it's the work of an old craftsman!"

An Yue added: "Two fifty coins, if it works, we'll take it. If not, we'll turn around and look somewhere else."

Seeing that the boss was still hesitating, An Yue pretended to pull An Nian away.

At this time, the boss said, "Come on, come ...

An Yue counted out fifty cents and handed them to the stall owner.

Uncle Jiang Chenghai held a big bucket in one hand, and the siblings each held a lid, preparing to go find their grandfather.

My uncle suddenly said, "Yueyue, we need to buy a big scale."

"Yes, yes, I almost forgot."

The uncle and nephew walked into a grocery store.

The shop owner asked, "What do you want to buy?"

An Yue pointed at the large scale and asked, "How much silver is on this large scale?"

The shop is not big, but it has everything you need, including hoes, sickles, large and small scales, straw raincoats, cloaks, etc.

"One hundred and fifty coins on a large scale."

An Yue was really shocked when she heard this! But thinking about this kind of large scale, the two weights alone are not light, and it is made of iron, so it is naturally not cheap.

An Yue took out one or two taels of silver and handed it to the boss, who gave An Yue fifty cents in change.

An Yue was thinking about exchanging some more copper coins. The villagers sent fish to exchange for silver, and it would be troublesome without copper coins.

"Boss, do you have much copper?"

The boss looked at An Yue with surprise and asked, "Why do you ask this, young lady?"

"I want to exchange my silver for some copper coins from the boss. If I go out with silver, it will attract attention. It will be much more convenient to use copper coins."

An Yue handed the boss two taels of silver, and the boss's expression eased.

He took the silver and said, "Oh...! OK, OK, I'll change it into copper coins for you right away."

The boss took out two copper coins and handed them to An Yue.

Then the uncle, nephew and two others took the things they had bought and prepared to go to the town entrance to find their grandfather.

They put all the things they bought on the ox cart. An Yue thought it was still early, so she wanted to take An Nian to visit the school.

"Grandfather, Yueyue wants to take Nian Nian to the west entrance of the town."

Grandfather frowned slightly and asked, "What are you doing over there?"

"Yueyue just found out from Shopkeeper Wang that the school in town is at the west entrance of the town, so she wanted to take Niannian to take a look first."

"That's fine! Let your uncle go with you! Grandfather will drive the ox cart home first."

After Grandfather Jiang Wuwen finished speaking, he shouted, "Ah Hai, accompany Yueyue and the others to the west entrance of the town."

His uncle was still teasing An Nian to chase him, and he smiled and replied from a distance: "Dad...! I know!"

"Yueyue, make sure to take good care of Nian Nian and come back early for lunch."