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Chapter 477 Buying a House Again

Grandma Wang firmly denied that she hadn't explained things clearly before, but she took this opportunity to talk to her three sons as well.

Apart from Wang Chuanman, those who stayed at home to farm and those who stayed in town to do business could all take 30% of their business profits as income for their respective households.

Wang Chuangui asked expectantly, "Mom, what about me? What about me?"

Grandma Wang looked at him and said, "Don't worry, you have one too."

A smile bloomed on Wang Chuangui's face, but before the smile could fully open, he heard Old Mrs. Wang say the next thing.

“You are studying and have already owed your family more than 100 taels of silver. According to our rules, you can get 30% waived. Remember to pay back the rest within 10 years.”

Wang Chuangui: "..."

So, out of the four families, he's the only one who's losing money?
"That's not right. How did I end up spending 100 taels of silver? When I came to the prefectural city to study, I only paid tuition once and festival gifts three times."

The tuition fee was five taels of silver, and the gifts were all earned by the couple themselves.

Grandma Wang: "Do you think your writing brushes, ink, paper, and inkstones came out of thin air? Don't you know these things cost money?"

“But—” Wang Chuangui’s eyes widened, “My inkstone is made of stone that my father polished, and my writing brush is also made of sheep hair by my father. The ink stick did cost some money, but wasn’t that a gift from Magistrate Zhang?”

How did it become 100 taels? Come to think of it, the only expense of these writing implements was the paper.

But when he helped others copy books, they would give him extra paper to keep on hand. Over time, he no longer needed to spend extra money to buy paper.

Old Mrs. Wang didn't even blink: "You've probably forgotten, your father used to make inkstones for people. He could sell them for 100 taels, or even 200 taels of silver! And that sheep hair brush, you think it's from an ordinary sheep? It's from A-Yu's little sheep, the wool plucked from the lamb. Have you ever seen it ever curled or frayed? Such fine sheep hair brushes, even if you asked a master brush maker, he couldn't make it!"

Wang Chuangui was speechless after hearing this, and then the old lady Wang calculated that the original debt of 100 taels of silver had become more than 300 taels.

Wang Chuangui was utterly devastated.

He felt like he wasn't his mother's biological son. Everyone's a son, so why not all of us take advantage of each other? Why single out one person to fleece them?

That's so unfair!
Wang Chuangui told Ma about this and complained to her.

Madam Ma, however, was quite open-minded: "Husband, haven't I told you before? Your words are like imperial edicts. You must never go against your mother, otherwise, you will be the one who suffers."

They've been married for so many years, and Mrs. Ma has never seen her husband get any favors from his mother.

However, Ma believed that her mother-in-law had her reasons for doing so.

Wang Chuangui shook his head vigorously: "...Taoniang, you're hopeless, you're really hopeless."

When did your elbow become crooked?
Good heavens, is there really no place in this world where we can reason with people?

While Wang Chuangui was lamenting, Old Madam Wang, taking advantage of the time before curfew, found a middleman in the city and said she wanted to buy a house there.

Wang Chuanfu was surprised: "Mother, why did you buy another house in the prefectural city?"

"Is it because my second brother wants to study, so he bought a house specifically to make it convenient for him to study?" Wang Chuanman reasonably imagined.

Grandma Wang ignored them and instead asked everyone to introduce what houses they owned.

The middle-aged man initially thought she was an old woman and didn't pay much attention, assuming she was just asking casually for fun.

Grandma Wang asked, "Are there any houses with three or more courtyards that would be suitable as new houses?"

Is a house with three or more courtyards built as a new house?
This is a big deal!
You should know that the regulations in the prefectural city are much stricter than in the towns. Ordinary people, even if they are rich, are not allowed to live in a three-courtyard house.

You must have academic qualifications; at the very least, you must be a Xiucai (a scholar who passed the county-level imperial examination)!

(End of this chapter)