CHAPTER 66: PLANS FOR DIVIDING THE MONEY

Lin Ershui pretended to be angry and said, "Old San, why have you learned to be so polite? My brother and I just helped out, how can you share the silver with us?"

"Old Er is right," Lin Shui agreed.

Of course, these were just polite words.

Lin Sanshui naturally understood this.

No family’s life is easy, and even among brothers, accounts must be settled clearly. While his two brothers said that, he couldn’t take it seriously.

"It’s only fair, it’s only fair. Although the beehive was discovered by Niannian, if it weren’t for my big brother and second brother’s help, Dahu and I would have no way of getting it down by ourselves. We can’t let you work for nothing!" Lin Sanshui said, instructing Mrs. Jiang to bring out the silver.

Although the honey was sold for ten taels of silver, in terms of value, it was not worth that much at all.

Lin Sanshui planned to distribute the silver, but he didn’t intend to distribute all ten taels.

Moreover, five taels had already been given to Gu Nian, and a large amount was spent on buying clothes and fabric.

Lin Sanshui roughly estimated the value of the honey and had already told Mrs. Jiang to bring out only two taels of silver.

After the silver was brought out, Lin Sanshui continued, "Big brother and second brother, since the beehive was discovered by our family, I’ll take the larger share, you each get one tael of the two taels."

Of course, during the hive collection, only one person from the second household was involved, but no one minded as the sons of the second household were too young to contribute much.

Lin Sanshui didn’t specify how much silver the honey was sold for, but getting one tael each was already a significant amount.

Lin Shui and Lin Ershui exchanged a glance and didn’t stand on ceremony, each taking their portion of silver.

With lunch time approaching, they didn’t stay long.

Gu Nian was called to eat.

After finishing her meal, Gu Nian sat in the courtyard, sinking her consciousness into the space to find the two chickens she had put there that noon.

However, before she could find the chickens, she found two eggs.

Gu Nian’s smile broadened with joy.

She wasn’t sure how fast time passed in the space, but she did know how quickly the fish in the pond reproduced.

Witnessing this scene, she still found it very magical.

Fortunately, when her consciousness entered the space, time in the space returned to normal, otherwise, she feared she might wither away before even reaching adulthood.

Gu Nian felt someone tapping her shoulder and quickly opened her eyes to see Sanhu standing in front of her.

"Third brother, what are you doing?" Gu Nian asked, pouting.

"Little Hu and I are going up the hill to cut pig grass, are you coming?" Sanhu asked her.

Gu Nian glanced around the courtyard, seeing only Erhu fixing a bench at the main room’s door, with no one else in sight.

"Where are Mom and Dad?" Gu Nian turned to ask Sanhu.

"Mom and Dad took the peas to the village mill to grind into pea flour," Sanhu replied, already wearing the basket on his back, while Little Hu had found a sickle and carried a small basket.

Before leaving, Gu Nian suddenly remembered, "Oh, I bought a sugar figurine on my way back from town, but I fell asleep and don’t know where I put it. Have you seen it?"

Little Hu pointed to the kitchen, "Mom put it in a bowl in the kitchen, it’s so hot it’s almost melted."

Gu Nian went to the kitchen and saw that the beautiful sugar figurine had indeed melted beyond recognition.

Fortunately, the taste was still sweet.

Gu Nian took out the sugar figurine and shared it with Sanhu and Little Hu.

Once outside, Gu Nian suddenly had an idea and said, "Third brother, little brother, let’s go to the place where we caught fish last time. There are lots of grass by the river there, and we can catch fish too."

Little Hu immediately licked his lips, "Sure, sure, and we can collect some snails. The snails my sister makes are delicious..."