Era: Seven money-losing girls? They're trying to trick me into having a daughter again!

When Fang Wei got home, the sun was already high in the sky.

Several girls were squatting in the yard teasing the old hen. When they saw him push the door open and come in, they immediately surrounded him, chattering excitedly.

"Daddy! Daddy's home!"

"Dad, you smell terrible!"

Fang Wei chuckled and patted each of their little heads, saying with a smile, "Stop crowding around me, I didn't bring you any treats from town this time."

The girls looked disappointed when they heard this, and they clung to his trouser leg, refusing to let go.

"Be good, Dad will buy you some more next time he goes to town."

Fang Wei coaxed his daughters to go back to playing and then went inside.

Wu Shaoli was sitting on the bed sewing clothes when she saw him come in. She immediately put down what she was doing and stood up.

Fang Wei walked up to her, and without saying a word, pulled her into his arms and gave her a tight hug.

"What are you doing...?"

Wu Shaoli was being choked and could barely breathe. Her face flushed, she pushed him away.

Fang Wei let go of her, turned around and walked to the door, locked the door from the inside, and then drew the tattered curtains on the window tightly shut.

Watching his actions, Wu Shaoli's heart inexplicably quickened: "Dawei, how much did you make this time?"

"look."

Fang Weichong grinned at her and placed a bunch of ten-yuan notes on the table.

Wu Shaoli immediately picked up the pile of ten-yuan notes and counted them carefully, exclaiming in surprise, "That little bit of gastrodia elata actually sold for so much money?!"

"This price has already been negotiated down."

Fang Wei nodded. "Wife, bring out all the money we had before, and let's settle the accounts."

Upon hearing this, Wu Shaoli pulled out all the money she had hidden and piled it on the table.

Fang Wei carefully stacked the money bills one by one, saying as he did so, "Let's not count the money from selling the Ganoderma lucidum, the loan of 150, the wild boar's 90, plus today's 250, that's a total of 490."

In 1984, an average worker's monthly salary was only thirty or forty yuan.

The money their family has saved now is equivalent to one to two years' wages for an average worker.

Wu Shaoli picked up the pile of money and counted it carefully. The more she counted, the happier she became, and then she inexplicably started to cry.

"Hey? Why are you crying? Don't cry!"

Fang Wei quickly reached out to wipe away her tears, his rough fingertips stroking her delicate cheeks.

"This is a good thing, why are you crying?"

"I...I am..."

Wu Shaoli sobbed uncontrollably, her voice choked with emotion: "I just never imagined... our family... would really end up like this..."

She recalled the days when she was worried about whether her family would have enough to eat, and at that time she really felt that her life might be over.

But now... she actually has four hundred and ninety yuan in her hand!

"Dawei".

Wu Shaoli suddenly grabbed Fang Wei's hand and said excitedly, "Let's go to the credit union tomorrow! We'll use this money to pay off the loan!"

"That debt of 350 yuan is weighing on my head; I even dream about people coming to my door to collect it!"

Fang Wei didn't respond to that, but instead said, "The loan isn't urgent. I thought about it on the way back and decided to fix the house first."

"The interest rate from the credit union isn't high, so we can just pay it back on time next year according to the contract."

"The house...of course the house needs repairing, but..."

Wu Shaoli had never owed so much money before, and she felt uneasy until she paid it off.

"Let's renovate the house properly first."

Fang Wei held her hand in his and said slowly, "My daughters have all grown up. I'm thinking of tearing down the current kitchen and turning it into one room. That will be enough for them to sleep in."

"Then we'll build a new kitchen in the yard, and the outhouse will also need to be renovated."

"Didn't I ask Uncle Li to do the calculations last time? If we only ask Uncle Li and his son, and I also do the work, then 150 yuan is enough to properly renovate the house."

"Anyway, there's an older brother taking care of things at the old forest farm, so it won't be a problem if I go a few days less."

Hearing Fang Wei's words, Wu Shaoli vigorously wiped the corner of her eye with the back of her hand and nodded: "Okay, whatever you say, we'll do."

"My dear wife,"

Fang Wei reached out and pulled her into his arms, resting his chin on the top of her head, inhaling the faint scent of soap in her hair.

"Go get your man something to eat. He still has to go back to work after he finishes eating."

……

After dinner, Fang Wei took out a charcoal pencil and a wooden board and started drawing and writing in the yard.

"dad!"

Daya ran out of the house, stood on tiptoe, and strained to see what he was drawing on the wooden board in his hand: "What are you drawing?"

Fang Wei smiled, bent down, picked up Daya, and let her sit in his arms. He pointed to the pattern on the wooden board and said...

"Dad is drawing a big house for you."

"Look, this is our new roof. It's all covered with new tiles, so it won't leak anymore."

"This is the new kitchen, a bit bigger than the current one. This is the courtyard wall; once it's raised, bad guys won't be able to climb over it."

"And here too,"

Fang Wei pointed to the crooked little square on the corner of the wooden board.

"This is a new chicken coop that Dad built for you. It can also be a rabbit hutch. We'll raise a few little white rabbits so you can hug and play with them every day."

Daya's eyes widened, and her little mouth opened into a round "O" shape.

Er Ya and San Ya also came over, one grabbing Fang Wei's trouser leg and the other hugging his thigh, trying their best to climb up.

"Daddy, I want to watch it too! I want to watch it too!"

"Okay, okay! I'll look at them all! Hmm."

Fang Wei simply sat down on the threshold. He then surrounded his daughters, spread the wooden board on his lap, and began to point and explain like a teacher giving a lecture.

"This is your room. We'll get you a bigger bed later, big enough for all of you sisters to sleep sideways!"

"Wow!"

Er Ya clapped her hands excitedly, "Can I sleep next to Big Sister?"

"Sure! You can sleep next to whoever you want!"

Fang Wei rubbed her head and continued, "Here's a small table for you. You can write and draw on it from now on."

"Once you start school, you'll have your own desk when you get home."

Sanya blinked and asked, "Daddy, can I go to school with my sisters? I want to go to school too!"

"You're not ready yet, you're too young."

Fang Wei reached out and gently pinched her little nose. "You'll have to wait until next year at the earliest, then the three of you sisters can go to school together."

After saying that, he suddenly remembered that he hadn't bought notebooks and pens for Daya and Erya yet.

Next time I go to town, I should make sure to prepare all the things they need for their studies beforehand.