The Daily Life of a Down-on-Hard-Life Medicine Girl Supporting Her Family

Chapter 131 A Ten-Ten-Taels Bet

"Old clothes and a coffin?"

Upon hearing this, Grandpa Chen subconsciously frowned: "This coffin for my wife is made of our own cypress wood, it's made of rolled wood, it's very sturdy, you could definitely buy something this good outside."

This means they are unwilling to lend it.

Chunnuan had never asked anyone to borrow anything before. When Aunt Luo brought her to explain her purpose, she directly stated that she wanted to borrow, which made Chunnuan a little embarrassed to change her mind.

"Uncle Chen, how much would this coffin cost outside? And what about the funeral clothes? I'll pay double the price for the old lady's clothes, is that alright?"

Before Chunnuan could speak, Zhao Minghua behind her immediately started throwing money at her.

He understood what Aunt Luo meant: if a problem can be solved with money, why owe a favor?

He may lack many other things, but right now he has plenty of money.

The women's tea garden has always been very popular, and ladies and young women from Changzhou all choose to have their banquets and gatherings here.

In Chunnuan's words: Women's money is easy to earn!
The money the woman earned from the tea garden was more than he had earned running a teahouse since he was twelve.

"This……"

Grandpa Chen was tempted. Double the price, what was there to consider? However, he was afraid that the villagers would gossip about him, saying that he was greedy for money and taking advantage of the situation.

In fact, these people simply don't have the opportunity to earn this kind of money, so they feel jealous, envious, and critical, in order to appear as if they are very kind and righteous.

"Uncle Chen, please consider this as helping the Xiao family out of an emergency. The Xiao family will remember your kindness."

When Chunnuan heard Zhao Minghua offer double the price to buy it, she immediately thought of how he had offered double the price to negotiate a cooperation with her. This guy, when he gets carried away, he always offers double the price. I really wonder if it's a strange habit he was born with.

However, the Chen family should not refuse this price; this tactic is simple, direct, and very effective.

So she said a few more words.

“Oh, spring is here. If this were anyone else’s family, I definitely wouldn’t be happy.” Grandpa Chen began to back down: “But your great-grandfather and our Chen family were sworn brothers. My grandfather was your great-grandfather’s sworn brother. He even ate at our house before he went to Beijing…”

Chunnuan listened quietly, nodding slightly in agreement.

In reality, who would remember these old, trivial matters?

Even if that were true, first-generation relatives, second-generation cousins, third-generation relatives, and fourth-generation relatives wouldn't recognize each other. Several generations have passed, so who cares who you are?
Besides, when the family was expelled from the Xiao clan, they had nowhere else to turn and no one came to acknowledge them as relatives.

It's true what they say: "When you're rich, even distant relatives come to visit; when you're poor, no one cares even in the bustling city." Now they're calling them relatives.

If you say we're relatives, then we're relatives, as long as it solves the problem.

Grandpa Chen's words were full of how difficult things were for his great-grandfather back then, when he didn't even have enough money for the trip to the capital, and the Chen family still managed to scrape together the funds.

"Yes, thank you for your help."

Bringing up these things from so long ago only makes them seem more pale and powerless.

He was simply implying that the Xiao family owed him a favor.

If it weren't for the fact that her grandmother couldn't keep the car parked on the ground, she would have liked to turn around and go to town to buy it.

That's not right either. Aunt Luo said that coffins in town need to be pre-ordered; there are no ready-made ones for sale.

Therefore, she had to swallow this insult, endure this humiliation, and even agree with the statement that the Xiao family owed the Chen family.

In fact, Chunnuan knew her great-grandfather's character very well. Although her great-grandfather had passed away many years before she was born, his notes, medical notes, and family letters in his study had all been preserved. They were scattered all over the place by the soldiers during the house raid. As they threw them in front, Chunnuan picked them up from behind, carefully collecting them one by one.

These might be considered worthless paper by outsiders, but in Chunnuan's heart they were far more valuable than gold and silver jewelry, because they were precious documents that she had read countless times since childhood.

If the Chen family had truly helped the Xiao family, how could my great-grandfather have forgotten their kindness, and how could he have not mentioned it at all?
My great-grandfather was so generous to the Xiao family, but didn't he show any appreciation to the Chen family who helped him?
Either the great-grandfather was heartless and ungrateful, or the Chen family was greedy and insatiable. Who do you think Chunnuan would believe more?
However, this time, Chunnuan admitted defeat.

No matter what Grandpa Chen said, he accepted the arrival of spring.

After all, this time they truly needed his help.

"Uncle Chen, here is ten taels of silver. May I call someone to come and carry the coffin and funeral clothes? My grandmother is waiting for them."

Zhao Minghua acts impulsively, not stupidly, but because he genuinely can't stand Grandpa Chen pretending to be a good person.

The most crucial question is, why are you saying so much to Chunnuan?
Even if we wanted to catch up, this wasn't the time.

His fiancée doesn't need to suffer like this.

"Ok, Ok."

When Grandpa Chen saw the ten taels of silver, his eyes lit up immediately.

That's ten taels of silver! That's enough to buy several fine coffins. Ugh, no, no, what would I do with so many coffins? It's enough to buy several acres of land!

Sure enough, seeing a coffin brings wealth; the Chen family really did make a fortune today because of a coffin.

Only a fool wouldn't sell at this price.

"I won't bother two people for one thing. I'll have some of my boys help you carry it over. You can take it away now."

Take it away, take it away quickly, I'm afraid he'll change his mind if we delay.

Grandpa Chen quickly told his eldest son about the resale of the coffin.

"Father, that's the coffin we made for Mother, how can we..."

“Oh dear, you rascal, you're so old, how can you not understand? If this were any other family, I would never agree. But this is the Xiao family. Your great-grandfather and Chunnuan's great-grandfather were sworn brothers, they had a very good relationship…”

Chun Nuan was speechless when she heard this, as the person was once again trying to assert their presence by saying they had done the Xiao family a great favor.

They couldn't stand it anymore and turned to look at Aunt Luo.

Aunt Luo was already shocked by Zhao Minghua's generosity. At that moment, she even thought: Now this is what it means to really afford to spend money!

"Come, come, give me the old clothes, I'll take them back to the old lady. You guys carry the coffin over here quickly. Chunnuan and I will go first and let the family make room."

Aunt Luo pulled Chunnuan away, and sighed as she walked out of the Chen family's door.

"Chunnuan, once you're married into the Zhao family, you must keep a close eye on Young Master Zhao, especially when it comes to money. You need to be careful. Look at him, he has no concept of money. He throws out ten taels of silver at a time. That's enough to order ten cypress coffins from Zhang the carpenter in town..."

"Pah, I misspoke. Children say the darndest things, nothing is off-limits." Aunt Luo spat three times onto the ground. "What I said is just nonsense, nothing's true..."

Normally, Chunnuan would have burst out laughing, but right now, she wasn't in the mood to laugh. It wasn't because of Zhao Minghua's generosity, but because she was considering her grandmother's funeral arrangements and other things that needed to be prepared.

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