CHAPTER 54: CHAPTER 54: THIS IS MY FAMILY’S THIRD CHILD

"Hey～Shen Er, so this is your home?"

The coachman looked at Shen Shan who emerged from the courtyard, surprised.

Seeing him, Shen Shan couldn’t help but shout: "Old Zhao, what are you doing here?"

Old Zhao pointed to Shen Qinglan beside him and said: "I’m delivering something on behalf of this young lady."

Prompted by his gesture, Shen Shan finally noticed Shen Qinglan standing nearby.

Thinking of Old Zhao’s words, Shen Shan was startled.

"You mean to say, all the stuff in this cart belongs to our Qinglan?"

Old Zhao, realizing, said: "So, this little girl is your daughter? Oh my, she’s really something, she caught a bear today!"

"A bear?"

Shen Shan frowned, "Impossible! When she came back from the mountain, she didn’t catch anything, she went straight to the town. Where’s there a bear?"

He was worried at the time and watched from a distance until he saw Shen Qinglan get on the ox-cart back, how could there be a bear in town for her to hunt?

"Huh?"

Now Old Zhao was dumbfounded.

He glanced at Shen Qinglan and then said to Shen Shan: "But... that’s what your daughter said herself. If you don’t believe it, ask her."

Shen Shan looked at Shen Qinglan, only to hear her say: "Just kidding."

Old Zhao: ...

Her serious expression showed no hint of joking at all.

He envied all the way...

Shen Shan frowned: "Qinglan, where did you get so much money to buy all these things?"

These things couldn’t be brought without at least a dozen or so taels.

Shen Shan was very puzzled about where his daughter got so much money.

Shen Qinglan replied: "I borrowed it from Shopkeeper Tang at Shengxiang Restaurant, starting tomorrow, I will work at Shengxiang Restaurant."

Shen Shan couldn’t help but frown upon hearing that: "Shengxiang Restaurant, what kind of work are you doing? Why would the shopkeeper be willing to lend you so much money?"

Shen Qinglan remained calm and said: "It’s a long story, Dad. Let’s move the things back home first."

Shen Shan sighed lightly, and hurriedly helped Old Zhao and Shen Qinglan move the cart’s contents into the house.

Apart from Shen Shan, everyone else wasn’t home, no idea where they had gone.

Once they finished moving things, Old Zhao patted the dust off his hands and said: "Your eldest daughter’s strength is really impressive, I can’t match her."

Shen Shan, hearing this, looked at him as if puzzled: "Who said she is my eldest daughter?"

"Ah? Didn’t you say this is your girl?" Old Zhao was a bit clueless.

Shen Shan replied: "She’s indeed our girl, but she’s not the eldest, she’s our third daughter."

"Third daughter?"

Old Zhao looked at Shen Qinglan, astonished.

This girl seemed a bit dazed, but definitely doesn’t look like a fool!

Seeing his confusion, Shen Shan explained: "She has been well for some time now."

Old Zhao realized and said: "Ah, I see! That’s what I figured...she doesn’t look like..."

The word "fool" was hard for Old Zhao to say in front of the girl, so he hurriedly chuckled, "Well... Shen Er, since the goods have been delivered, I’ll be on my way."

After sending Old Zhao away, Shen Shan looked at Shen Qinglan, somewhat worried: "Qinglan, tell me, what’s the story with this job?"

Shen Qinglan sat aside and said: "I’m working as an accountant at Shengxiang Restaurant, ten taels of silver per month."

"Ten... ten taels of silver? Per month?"

Shen Shan was dumbstruck.

Shen Qingning also worked in town, earning at most two taels a month, which was already quite a lot.

A young girl like Shen Qinglan, what does that Shopkeeper Tang want giving her such a high salary, not to mention lending her so much money?