Chen Lan walked back to the grain and oil shop first, while her mother-in-law followed behind, slowly pushing the cart with the two brothers. By the time they reached the back door of the grain and oil shop, Chen Lan was already waiting with sixty silver dollars. After the brothers verified the goods face-to-face and settled the payment, they took their cart and left. Sudan Novel Network.
After the brothers were gone, Chen Lan asked her mother-in-law to keep watch to prevent anyone from seeing.
Chen Lan quickly scanned – sale, even the pear wood box was sold.
The remaining five large wooden crates were not wanted by the system, so Chen Lan had to store them in the system warehouse.
Once everything was done, Chen Lan immediately clicked to check the total income, which was 144,000,800 yuan, with an account balance of 144,825,500 yuan.
Chen Lan's heart pounded with excitement. She took several deep breaths to calm herself down before calling her mother-in-law. Her mother-in-law also looked at Chen Lan eagerly.
Chen Lan nodded to her mother-in-law, suppressing her excitement, and said, "Mom! Father-in-law said we made a fortune this time. If we do this a few more times, we'll truly have no worries about food and clothing!"
Her mother-in-law asked curiously, "Didn't your father-in-law say exactly how much we earned?"
Chen Lan dared not say for fear her mother-in-law couldn't handle it and would faint from excitement. What did over a hundred million mean? How valuable were silver dollars at this time! She didn't know how to convert it to money seventy years later. It was better to be safe than sorry, so she decided not to say it!
Father-in-law didn't say, only that it was more than all the family property we had donated combined. He said we are good people and will be rewarded, and our family will have peace and smooth sailing from now on!
Her father-in-law, whom she had never met, was truly omniscient. His words were absolutely correct for her mother-in-law.
Chen Lan noticed that the system time was already 11:40 AM, so she said to her mother-in-law, "Mom, it's almost lunchtime. Let's go to the government office and wait for Er Hu and Uncle De! I guess they should have finished their handover. After telling Comrade Zhao at the government about donating the horse carriage, we'll find a nice restaurant and have a big meal to celebrate!"
Her mother-in-law waved her hand decisively and said domineeringly, "Let's go, we'll have a big feast today, and we'll also pack some meat dishes to take home for them to eat tonight!"
The mother and daughter-in-law chatted as they walked. Chen Lan pretended to ask casually, "Mom! Are there many high-ranking officials in our county?"
Her mother-in-law asked back in confusion, "How could that be? Why do you think that?"
"Mom, look at this pawnshop in a small county. There are so many antique items from the previous dynasty. These old items clearly aren't for ordinary people to use; only wealthy families would use them."
"You're talking about this! I actually know some. Our Gu'an County is a good place because it's the closest to the capital. In ancient times, it was called 'under the emperor's feet.'"
"As for those old items, I guess most of them were scattered among the people when the eight-nation alliance invaded the capital and caused destruction and looting during the time of the damn Eight-Nation Alliance. The mother-in-law said this, gritting her teeth in anger."
Her mother-in-law calmed herself down and continued, "Xiao Lan, you must remember, our family has a deep hatred for these invaders."
Chen Lan looked at her mother-in-law with confusion.
Her mother-in-law continued, "My parents-in-law, that is, your and Ming Xuan's grandparents, twelve or thirteen years ago, your grandparents took your uncle and aunt to Nanjing to celebrate your great-grandfather's birthday. They unfortunately encountered the R country's Nanjing Massacre. Your grandparents, your uncle, your aunt, your great-grandfather and his entire family, thirty to forty people, all died in this massacre." The mother-in-law began to choke up as she spoke.
"Your father-in-law, I, and Ming Xuan, because Ming Wei had chickenpox and couldn't be exposed to the wind, and we were afraid of infecting others, didn't go with them. Our family was thus spared."
To divert her mother-in-law's sad mood, Chen Lan said, "Mom! Now I completely understand Father-in-law and Brother Ming Xuan."
Her mother-in-law was immediately distracted. She looked at Chen Lan in confusion.
"I now know why Father-in-law and Brother Ming Xuan were willing to go bankrupt to support the revolution!" Chen Lan explained.
The mother and daughter-in-law chatted as they walked and soon arrived at the government gate. Uncle De and Er Hu were waiting at the entrance.
Her mother-in-law told Uncle De about donating the horse carriage. Uncle De hesitated for a moment, then nodded and told Er Hu to go fetch the horse carriage.
After handing over the horse carriage to Comrade Zhao from the government and receiving the receipt, Chen Lan saw that Zhang Haoyang had not yet returned, so she wrote down Xu Mingxuan's basic information and gave it to Comrade Zhao, asking him to forward it.
The family of four had a big meal at Hongbin Tower, a well-regarded restaurant in the county, and then packed four meat dishes in food containers. As they left Hongbin Tower and prepared to go home, they remembered they had donated the horse carriage. They asked Er Hu to rent a horse carriage from the carriage rental shop. The family happily headed home, returning with a full harvest!