In the book, she became the daughter of a vicious villain who died early

After getting the accurate information, Lin Boyu couldn't wait to run out and share it with his friends after finishing the work at hand.

"After the banquet, will our family still have any money left?"

No matter how big or small the banquet is here, chicken and fish are the two indispensable dishes.

A feast is not complete without chicken, and fish symbolizes "abundance every year."

On the day of the move, families with the same surname and those they were on good terms with in the village would come to the banquet. Liu estimated that there would be at least ten tables to accommodate them.

Assuming a table of half a chicken and a fish, these two dishes alone would cost about two or three taels of silver. If other dishes are included, the cost would probably be around four taels of silver.

The villagers would give gifts for the banquet, but it shouldn't be much. Based on ten cents per family, the most they could receive was two taels of silver.

Based on her many years of experience, many families do not necessarily give red envelopes when they have a banquet. Some give eggs, meat, etc., and some people even just bring a bunch of vegetables as a gift.

To be honest, it's a loss to hold a banquet here. Liu was very reluctant. The family's just a little income was going to go down the drain, and she felt very uncomfortable.

Others hold banquets for the sake of excitement and celebration, and to bring relatives and friends closer. Liu herself has few people to talk to in the village. After her father died, she stopped communicating with her family members and had no one to visit. In addition, she likes quietness, so she doesn't like this banquet that costs most of the family's money.

No matter how unhappy she was, Liu didn't dare to say anything against it. If her husband really wanted to go down that path in the future, he would not be able to live without social life.

"Don't worry, it won't cost much money." Lin Anru comforted her.

No one knew whether Liu had listened to her husband's words or not. She was used to keeping a low profile in the village, and not many people paid attention to her. It was just that the village women mentioned it when they were gossiping these days, "That Lin Anru wife went out to pick wild vegetables in the hot sun again."

The story of Liu and her children picking wild vegetables is already a thing of the past. Even if someone mentioned it, everyone would just listen to it. No one has a strong desire to talk about this topic.

Since they had not moved to a new house, the herbs they picked were basically kept in their own house, the house of the two elders of the Lin family, and the main house.

Every two or three days, Lin Anru would go to the county town to sell the prepared herbs so that he could make room for the freshly picked herbs.

Lin Anru always went out before dawn because she didn't want too many people to know that they were making money from this.

However, it was difficult to hide the truth since they lived under the same roof. Every once in a while, the "wild vegetables" placed in the house were taken away by his son, which made Grandpa Lin very confused.

"Where did San'er take this thing?"

Old Master Lin was puzzled. He went to his son's new home to help every day, so he knew that the money was definitely not taken to the new home. If it was not taken to the new home, where else could it have gone?

Upon hearing this, Mrs. Lin rolled her eyes at him and looked at him as if he was a fool.

Since the separation, Mr. Lin has become accustomed to his wife's increasingly "insolent" behavior towards him.

Old Mrs. Lin didn't answer him, so he had to think about it himself.

He thought of all kinds of possibilities in his mind, and finally rejected them. Finally, his eyes lit up and he ran out in a hurry.

Lin Anru had just returned from the county town when he was stopped by his own father. Looking at Grandpa Lin's excited expression, he had a bad feeling.

"Eh!"

"What's bothering you, mother?"

Looking at her daughter's clear eyes, Liu shook her head.

These days, she was picking herbs while thinking, realizing that her troubles were all self-inflicted.

It’s all my fault for being too greedy.

Even though her husband has been in debt for more than ten years, her family has lived a comfortable life.

Apart from worrying about my daughter's health, I really don't have much to worry about. Who would have thought that this life without many worries would change once the family had some money?

Shouldn't they, who were penniless, live happier after they have money? So why is this?

The only reason for this situation is that I am too greedy!

From originally hoping that her husband would have a stable income and slowly pay off the debt so that they could live a less difficult life, she now hopes that her husband will continue on the path of imperial examinations.

It's her heart that has grown bigger.

Her father had spent his entire life and countless amounts of money without success. Now that her family had just a little more income, she was wishing that her husband would continue on that path, the path where even spending money made no sound.

Liu laughed at herself, she was too greedy!

Lin Shiyu didn't get an answer and didn't take it to heart. Anyway, as long as she had money, she would have less troubles in the world. It was better for her to try to make money than to comfort Liu with empty words.

"I'm home!"

When Liu looked up, she saw her husband and subconsciously smiled. However, when she saw her husband's expression clearly, her smile immediately disappeared.

"What happened?"

Lin Anru lowered his head. He looked a little irritated and guilty, and his whole body gave off a signal that he was very unhappy.

Thinking about what Grandpa Lin had just talked to him about, Lin Anru felt helpless.

"My father should have guessed that my family was selling herbs. He just asked me about it."

Lin Anru said this, and the rest need not be said. Liu probably knew what happened. It was nothing more than a way to make money and bring along brothers and sisters at home.

"You admitted it?"

Liu was sullen and in a bad mood.

"No, I just ignored it." Lin Anru answered immediately.

He didn't know any herbs, so he didn't know how to teach his brothers and sisters how to pick them. Besides, they had already separated, so why should he share his money-making methods with his brothers and sisters?

If he were well off now, he wouldn't mind bringing his family along.

The problem is that their family is still in a mess. When his father said this, he didn't even think about his situation. He just wanted to divide their wealth. Don't even think about it.

Before the family business was divided, most of his income from copying books was handed over to his family.

His family never supported him when he was studying, but he never neglected a penny when he had income. He feels guilty for doing this.

Liu heaved a sigh of relief when she heard that, but the breath got stuck in the middle of her breath: "Then we can't keep it secret for much longer."

Thinking about the money that was about to leave her, Liu felt depressed. She decided to collect all the herbs in the village before anyone noticed.

"We can keep it a secret for now, but even if we can't, it doesn't matter. They don't know how to identify herbs, and they don't know how to process them, so we still have a big advantage."

Compared to Liu's anxious mood, Lin Anru was more calm.