CHAPTER 159: CHAPTER 159 SENSIBLE (3)

"Third Sister, Mr. Mu went to talk with the shopkeeper and just paid the bill." The Second Princess blinked, intentionally keeping them in suspense, "Third Sister, do you know how much our meal cost?"

Li Yuzhu shook her head, "I don’t know."

She was completely unfamiliar with the prices of food and drinks in this lifetime.

Back at the Prince Mansion, the family enjoyed gourmet meals daily, and she had no need to eat out.

Of course, the Second Young Master and Li Xing’an were always out and about.

But they went to top-notch taverns, where the prices were certainly incomparable to here.

No need to ask them for comparison.

"One thousand one hundred and twenty coins." The Second Princess clicked her tongue twice, "He’s really rich. I’ve been busy all day and still can’t afford this meal."

She sighed dejectedly after speaking.

The Great Princess looked at her, "You’re eating like this every day, you’ll only get fatter! Eat something vegetarian; you’ll lose weight and save money."

The Second Princess frowned, "But eating vegetables makes me weak, I eat meat to gain strength." She didn’t want to be weak.

She always wondered why she was very fat and heavy, yet had less strength than the Great Princess?

It made her keep eating nonstop to gain strength.

The Great Princess laughed, "I haven’t seen you gain strength, but you’ve definitely gained a lot of weight."

The Second Princess had a bitter expression, "..."

Mu Yuanxiu returned from the counter and looked at everyone, "I just finished talking with the shopkeeper. Li Er and Third Brother Li, once you catch fish and shrimp, just send them here. Mention my name, at least five hundred pounds a month."

The Second Young Master slightly furrowed his brows; five hundred pounds of fish and shrimp seemed a bit difficult...

Li Xing’an thought the same.

But they had already agreed with Mu Yuanxiu; they ate his feast, and now they felt obliged.

The brothers had to nod bravely, "No problem, no problem."

Mu Yuanxiu added, "Regarding the price, since it’s a bulk purchase, it’ll be slightly cheaper than retail; for instance, retail fish is fifteen coins per pound, but he’ll offer twelve coins per pound."

The brothers hadn’t done business before, but they had bought things; buying in bulk would lower costs; otherwise, who would buy in large quantities?

The two nodded, indicating they understood.

It was getting late, and everyone didn’t linger to chat, they packed their belongings and left the restaurant.

Back at Niu Tou Mountain, Mu Yuanxiu returned to the mountain while Li Yuzhu and her siblings went to the new house.

As soon as they pushed open the bamboo door, the Second Princess shouted loudly, "Father, Mother, I made a big profit today; all the baked goods sold out!"

Her voice was full of excitement.

She lifted her skirt and quickly ran to the back courtyard.

The Great Princess laughed lightly, "Look at how delighted she is!" Her tone was disdainful, but she was secretly envious, thinking about learning a skill to earn money too.

Currently, there were no valuable herbs nearby; she would have to go further to find them.

But would the herbs further away be waiting for her to dig up? Hadn’t other villagers picked them?

Aside from digging herbs, the Great Princess couldn’t think of any way to earn money.

She lowered her head and walked into the house.

The Xue Family took two toys out of her sleeve and proudly returned to her room.

"Everyone rushes ahead without caring for the stuff on the cart?" Li Xing’an was very dissatisfied.

The Second Young Master was moving jars, and Li Xing’an was carrying rice.

Li Yuzhu said, "Aren’t I here? I’ll help out too."

"Stand aside; you’re the shortest in the family. If a heavy load crushes you, you’ll get even shorter!" Li Xing’an pushed Li Yuzhu aside, not allowing her to carry another empty jar.

He called out to the Second Young Master, asking him to carry two jars at once.

Li Yuzhu’s face turned dark with anger, "How am I short? I’m just young!"

Besides the two-year-old nephew Li Jing and seven-month-old niece Li Guoguo, she was the youngest, only eleven years old this year!

She hadn’t even reached her second youth period of growth yet!

"Stand aside, don’t get in the way." The Second Young Master easily ran into the courtyard, one empty jar in each hand.

The brothers wouldn’t let Li Yuzhu carry anything.

Fine, she was happy to relax.

Having brothers is great.

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The Xue Family returned to her room, not seeing the two children.

Both room doors were shut.

Xue Family went to find the main room here.

Sure enough, Princess Consort Luling was playing with the two children.

The Second Princess was talking to Prince Luling about today’s trade.

Xue Family approached and, after greeting "Father, Mother," handed the toys to her son and daughter.

Her son, Li Jing, immediately took it in his hands and started playing happily.

The rattle drum jingled loudly, and he showed it to Prince Luling, then to Princess Consort Luling, and then to the Second Princess, playing with great laughter.

However, Li Guoguo did not take the toy from Xue Family.

She clasped her hands and stared at that wooden flower, her gaze cool and distant.

Xue Family stuffed the wooden flower into her hand, smiling, "Guoguo, take it and play, won’t you?"

Guoguo ignored it, loosened her hand, and the wooden flower fell to the ground.

Xue Family was angry, "What is with you, child? You don’t want a toy when it’s bought for you? Then don’t play with it."

Princess Consort Luling discontentedly said, "Why are you arguing with a child barely over half a year old? She’s still young and doesn’t know what’s fun."

Xue Family picked up the toy from the ground, "Third Sister worked hard to find this toy, and I didn’t expect she wouldn’t like it, so I got angry."

"Yu Zhu wouldn’t argue with a child; just leave it here, perhaps she’ll want to play with it later," Princess Consort Luling said.

Just as Princess Consort Luling said, Guoguo suddenly reached out to Xue Family, grabbing the toy, and looked at it with delight.

She held the wooden flower, turning it over, and her face broke into a sweet smile.

Xue Family rarely saw her smile.

She couldn’t help but say, "Oh, she likes the flower? Look at that joyful smile!"

Guoguo glanced up at her, and suddenly the smile disappeared.

Xue Family was surprised, "Can Guoguo understand? I praised her for smiling, and she looked up at me and stopped smiling, she doesn’t seem like a child, more like an adult."

Princess Consort Luling frowned, "What nonsense are you spouting? How can you say such things about your own child? She’s only seven months old; what can she understand? Don’t say things like that, it’s not good for the child!"

Only then did Xue Family remember the elders’ sayings, that if you praise a child who hasn’t turned a year old for being sensible like an adult, it will invite the jealousy of spirits and shorten their lifespan.

You must say children are silly, to protect them.

She calmed herself, "Understood, Mother."

"Alright, you went to the market and walked back and forth, it must be tiring, go and rest now," Princess Consort Luling waved her hand at her.

Xue Family bowed to Prince Luling, glanced again at her daughter with a curious look, and left the main room.

As she left, the Second Princess talked even more cheerfully about today’s market stall situation.

"Here’s the money I made." She pulled out money from her backpack and placed it all on the table, "Three hundred and fifty-eight coins are from selling pancakes, a hundred coins from digging herbs, totaling four hundred and fifty-eight coins, all here."

Prince Luling was very pleased, twirling his beard and praising her, "Good, good, very good, Yu En is truly capable."

Princess Consort Luling laughed and said, "You don’t need to give it all to us, keep some for your own spending."

"Then I’ll keep the odd fifty-eight coins." The Second Princess put fifty-eight loose coins into her purse, "Four hundred coins for Father and Mother to save."

"Good, good, save it up," Prince Luling was very happy.

Princess Consort Luling smiled, "I’ll record it in the accounts."

While speaking, Li Xing’an and Second Young Master had finished moving things and came in with Li Yuzhu and the Great Princess.

Li Yuzhu talked about today’s situation of selling herbs.

"This time the herbs were all cheap, only sold for one thousand five hundred and eighty coins. After buying rice, flour, grains, oil, and some daily necessities, and giving each elder brother, elder sister, and sister-in-law one hundred coins, only one hundred coins remain."

Li Yuzhu placed the one hundred coins on the table.

Princess Consort Luling smiled, "You keep the one hundred coins yourself, bring me the money when there’s more to store."

Li Yuzhu thought of the one hundred coin diagnosis fee that Liu Da Niu gave her. She said, "Today Liu Da Niu also gave me a one hundred coin diagnosis fee. This one hundred coins will still go to Mother."

"You child." Princess Consort Luling smiled and had no choice but to accept.

The Princely Heir walked into the room at this time.

He asked everyone about the situation at the market.

Li Yuzhu said, "Elder Brother, you came just in time; let’s talk about business."

Everyone looked at her seriously.

"What’s the matter, Third Sister?" the Princely Heir asked.

"It’s the business introduced by our neighbor Mr. Mu," Li Yuzhu said, telling the Princely Heir and Prince Luling and his wife about providing aquatic products to the tavern, "At least five hundred jin of goods a month, earn at least seven or eight taels of silver a month."

The Princely Heir furrowed his brow slightly, "A minimum of five hundred jin of fish and shrimp? But, where will we catch so much fish and shrimp?"

This one’s truly a bookworm!

Li Yuzhu said, "In the swamp area in front of our new house, there are fish and shrimp, and also, on the road to Qingshui River Village, there’s a large water ditch, surely there are fish and shrimp there too, we’ll just catch them there."