Chapter 41: Recalling Bitterness and Thinking of Sweetness

  The two dogs immediately lit up their eyes and swallowed their saliva, they didn't care about the black pancakes, bone soup was the best, staring at Tuni in surprise: "Tuni, your family is now... really rich?!"

  "What the heck?! Shen Sisi rolled her eyes and said: "It's just a few pounds of chestnuts that I sold to buy some meat, otherwise do you think my family has money falling from the sky? You're the one who should be giving it to me!"

  The two dogs chuckled and scratched their heads, saying "We were just asking, but can chestnuts really be sold for money?!"

  “…Hmm.” Shen Sisi sighed, not expecting the chestnuts to be gone so quickly. It was really distressing. She decided to open up and said: "Hurry up and finish eating, we'll all go up the mountain to pick chestnuts. Whoever picks them gets to keep them. I'll roast them and sell them, one cent per catty...”

  The two dogs' eyes lit up immediately, "Really?!"

  "Of course it's true..." Shen Sisi smiled and said: "But you also have to put in effort, and no objections are allowed. Otherwise, go sell yourself..."

  The two dogs almost jumped up, although the chestnuts in the city were said to be sold for two cents, but they just picked them up, put in some effort, and could get one cent without even roasting, it was already a lot, and they didn't need to pay any capital, nor did they need to roast them themselves, this was simply a cost-free business, the two dogs led by Er Gouzi suddenly jumped up with excitement...

  "Alright, drink the soup..." Shen Sisi's headache stopped their excited laughter, and she divided the soup among them. They each drank with oil dripping from their mouths, their eyes gleaming green, really comical. Shen Sisi was amused by their pitiful yet grateful gazes, and couldn't help but divide a piece of bone among them. They were able to suck the bones clean, almost without leaving any residue. Only when they really couldn't gnaw anymore did they reluctantly throw it away to the green-eyed dog at the door.

  Those dogs didn't disdain it either, they lay down on the spot and gnawed at the bones, while gnawing they stared at the scene in the courtyard, afraid of missing the next bone, several dogs could fight for it...

  He Qiu Xi ate a pancake, drank some soup, and went to the kitchen to see a catty of meat. She felt both relieved and sighed, saying to Zhong Gen Sheng: "Our children are really sensible, but..."

  "The villagers just muttered a few words, let them go, after all, it's just the kids picking up chestnuts and selling them for a few cents, how long can they be jealous? Chestnuts will eventually go out of season... Zhong Gen Sheng seemed to have opened up and thought to himself, "It's just a few idle words, we've heard them before, don't make things difficult for the kids, it's not easy for them to eat meat all year round, now they can earn some money themselves and eat meat, what more can we say?!"

  He Axiu said: "...... It's also, I'm afraid the villagers will make a fuss, although it's just a few dollars, but in the village it's considered a small amount, which family can look down on this little money, I think the chestnuts on the mountain will be picked clean soon, Tuni and them..."

  He Qiu was in a dilemma, fearing that after the children had tasted meat, they would not be able to sell chestnuts for money and would feel distressed. But for the time being, there was no better solution, so she could only sigh and look at the salt jar with an extra catty of salt, feeling both moved and guilty.

  "If only there hadn't been that drought back then, it would have been much better. We wouldn't have had to let the kids suffer with us. Back then we had ten hectares of land, and seven of them were good paddy fields..." He Qiu sighed helplessly.