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

"The money to the village head will be repaid later, and in installments."

The amount of silver owed to the head of the village was huge, as much as five taels of silver. It would be too conspicuous to pay it all at once.

"I know. It doesn't matter if it's later."

Although she said so, Liu still took out five strings of silver from the jar and put it in another place.

In this way, the silver in the jar belongs to their family, and they feel satisfied no matter how they look at it.

Lin Anru laughed at his wife's actions, but did not stop her.

"I plan to give it a try next year. During this time, you three will have to work harder."

Since he was a tongsheng, he did not need to go through the county examination in February, but only needed to take the provincial examination in April of the following year.

With a little over a year left, it's a bit urgent and he needs to prepare early.

"Just prepare yourself. There's nothing to worry about at home."

Someone sent them firewood, and they had their own well for water. The most they needed her husband's help was work in the fields, but he didn't have to help them all the time. Things like weeding and catching insects could be done by the three of them if they worked harder.

The couple was talking when Xiaopang's voice was heard outside the door.

"mother?"

"Go ahead, take your sister with you."

Liu was in a rare good mood and agreed with a smile to give her son and daughter a holiday.

"Aren't you going out for a while too? The weather is nice today, so go out early and come back early."

Liu turned to her husband and said.

Lin Anru wanted to continue taking the exam, so she needed books. But her family couldn't afford them, so they had to borrow them.

It was so hard to find someone who was willing to lend her books. How could Liu not urge him?

Lin Anru hesitated for a moment, wavering between copying books at home to earn money and going out to borrow books to review, but in the end she chose to go out to borrow books.

He was also afraid that the other party would go back on his word and not lend him the book.

After everyone in the house left, Liu closed the door and went back into the house.

She had been smiling at her husband and children, but that smile had long since disappeared. Now she was leaning against the wall with a pale face, her brows tightly furrowed, her lower lip tightly bitten with her upper teeth.

When Lin Shiyu went out, she put all the copper coins in a backpack. When she arrived at the gathering place, she put down the backpack and poured out the copper coins.

"Wow! That's a lot of money."

“Is all this money ours?”

“I’ve never seen so much money in my life!”

……

Several children gathered around the pile of copper coins, touching them with their hands as if they were looking at something rare.

Lin Shiyu pointed at the copper coins on the ground and said, "There are two hundred and forty coins here."

"How much is two hundred and forty wen?"

"One, two, three... ten."

"What's the number after ten?"

……

Please forgive them for not knowing how to count. It was Lin Bowen who taught them how to count from one to ten.

Only Xiaopang learned arithmetic from his grandfather and was still counting seriously.

“Humph!” Lin Shiyu cleared her throat, attracting everyone’s attention: “We agreed at the beginning that I would take 40% of the silver, which is 96 coins.”

She counted the money in front of the children and put it back into her small backpack.

Although the children did not know how to count, when they saw a small pile of copper coins being distributed, they felt the meaning of the word "more" for the first time.

"There are still 144 coins left in this pile, which are for the six of you, 24 coins each."

Lin Shiyu divided the money into six parts and each child took one part. There was one part left for Shi Tou. He was ordered by his family to stay in bed and could not come out today. Xiaopang would give it to him later.

"Count them and see if you are right."

Among the remaining five people, except Lin Boyu and Xiaopang, the remaining three can only count to ten, but this is not difficult for them.

"That's two tens and a four, right?"

After counting, they unconfidently compared the numbers with each other, and only when they found that they were all the same did they happily put them away.

It was the first time in their lives that they received such a large sum of money. The children were very excited and couldn’t wait to take it back to show off to their family members.

Especially Xiaopang, he now immediately wants to throw the money to his grandfather, so that he will call him a spendthrift every day? Humph! Now he is also a person who can make money.

The five people who had no intention of playing or digging for money dispersed immediately after they gathered and went back to their homes.

"Digging for cattle makes money faster than collecting herbs, so why don't we just dig for cattle in the future?"

Lin Boyu sincerely believed this, but there was also some selfishness in it. Digging cattle can also play with friends, which is more interesting than collecting herbs with his mother.

"Go back and discuss it with mother."

"Row."

Lin Boyu tossed the coins in his hand. He thought that as long as he earned enough money, his mother would definitely agree.

The two chased each other back home, but the gate of their home was locked and no one came to open it no matter how hard they knocked.

"Is mom asleep?"

Lin Boyu guessed: "Why don't we go out and play for a while, and come back when mom wakes up."

Lin Shiyu frowned and did not answer. She recalled that Liu's face seemed a little strange when she left.

At that time, because Liu was standing with the light behind her, she couldn't see clearly. At Liu's urging, she went out without thinking much. Now the more she thought about it, the more she felt something was wrong.

"Brother, squat down, I'll go in and take a look."

Lin Boyu didn’t know what his sister would think, but he always doted on her, so if he didn’t understand, he would just do what his sister said.

As soon as he squatted down, he felt his shoulders pressed down, and then he paused for a moment...

A sister as old as him, disappeared?

Lin Boyu: ???

I don’t understand, but I’m shocked!

Lin Shiyu climbed over the wall and entered the house. It was quiet inside and there was no sound at all. She went straight to her parents' room and saw Liu lying on the ground.

Her heart skipped a beat and she quickly ran to Liu, took her hand and felt her pulse, then she breathed a sigh of relief.

She rolled up her sleeves, carried Liu, who was lying on the ground, to the bed, covered her with a quilt, and immediately ran to her small pharmacy.

The medicines inside were neatly organized by her. She put the necessary herbs into the bowl casually but actually precisely, and began to boil the medicine in a familiar manner, completely forgetting about Lin Boyu who was still outside the door.

Lin Boyu squatted at the door of his house and waited and waited but no one came out of the house, and he began to panic.

He raised his hand and knocked hard on the door, hoping that the person in the house would respond to him.

But one person in the room fainted, and the other one was concentrating on giving acupuncture massage to the fainted person, and did not hear the noise outside at all.

"It seems that silver needles should be put on the agenda."

Without tools, nothing can be done easily.

Lin Boyu, who was almost crying outside, suddenly heard a voice behind him:

"what are you doing?"