CHAPTER 262: CHAPTER 254: THIS IS A TREMENDOUSLY PROUD PERSON

Yesterday, when she first moved here, she visited both Yu Family and Sun Fengshou’s house, feeling quite envious of the Sun Family being able to live with Yu Changhe.

Living at Yu Family not only means eating well, but also sleeping on a warm brick bed when it’s cold, unlike their bare and cold wooden boards.

Sun Manyu was puzzled as to why her grandpa wanted to establish his own household. Wouldn’t it be better to eat and live for free with Yu Family?

Thinking of the clean and bright rooms at Yu Family, the spacious carved bed, and then looking at her own broken straw house with a low large bed, Sun Manyu grew increasingly angry and didn’t want to live here.

"Mom, I want to stay at Uncle Fengshou’s house. You go talk to him."

Sun Manyu now had some self-awareness, knowing that Yu Xiaolian looked down on her. So she didn’t dare mention staying at Yu Xiaolian’s house, and simply decided to try the neighboring Sun Fengshou’s house.

Sun Manyu considered staying at Sun Fengshou’s house a good idea, and Sun Dalin’s wife thought it wasn’t a problem either after thinking it over.

But what Sun Dalin’s wife didn’t expect was that the usually honest and straightforward Sun Fengshou turned her down swiftly without hesitation.

His reason was that he was about to get married and then have kids; he plans to have many, and the current space isn’t enough for his sons to live in.

Sun Dalin’s wife didn’t know that years ago she didn’t lend Sun Fengshou a mule cart, which he has held a grudge about ever since. She thought Sun Fengshou’s refusal was because Yu Xiaolian had warned him about them.

Since Sun Fengshou wouldn’t allow Sun Manyu to stay, Sun Dalin’s wife returned home quietly, only warning her daughter to behave and not spread the word.

If her father-in-law knew they were up to something again, it would inevitably lead to another scolding.

Sun Fourth Grandpa and Sun Fourth Grandma shut their door during daylight to discuss buying land.

Although Sun Fourth Grandpa kept the original owner Li Family’s twelve acres of land under Yu Changhe’s advice, there were too many family members, and twelve acres couldn’t support them all.

The wasteland was cheap, and Sun Fourth Grandpa wanted to buy more, reasoning that they had many hands to work with. While others could only cultivate a few fractions a day, they could mobilize the whole family and open an acre per day without much trouble.

Wasteland only cost two silver taels per acre, so Sun Fourth Grandpa calculated his savings and decided to buy ten more acres.

Once Sun Fourth Grandpa made his decision, he went to Yu Family to find Yu Changhe, asking him to accompany him to the Village Chief’s house.

When Li Family had left, they had already planted winter wheat, so the twelve-acre land was bought at a high price—48 silver taels, plus the 23 taels spent on the house, totaling 71 taels.

Yu Changhe didn’t expect Sun Fourth Grandpa to still have silver to buy land. It seems his mother-in-law was right; Sun Fourth Grandpa sure saved a lot over the years.

Sun Fourth Grandpa did spend the money wisely; despite being a bit frugal, he was a very earnest old man.

Walking to the Village Chief’s house with Yu Changhe, Sun Fourth Grandpa expressed his stance and attitude.

He said if anyone in his family with a thick skin tried to mooch off Yu Family, Yu Changhe should ignore them and merely inform him, so he could handle it.

He also stated that if truly in tough times, he would personally go and talk, instead of having someone else deliver his message to Yu Family.

Yu Changhe admired Sun Fourth Grandpa’s character at that moment, recognizing him as an extremely strong-willed person.

So after helping Sun Fourth Grandpa buy the wasteland, Yu Changhe specially sent two pounds of salt to Sun Family.

Yesterday, because Sun Dalin’s wife came to ask for a cart of grain, Sun Chunfang was upset, hence the salt gift to Sun Family wasn’t mentioned.

This salt was coarse salt brought from the supermarket by Yu Xiaolian. Since the salt from the supermarket was much whiter than ancient salt, Yu Xiaolian intentionally fried it to a pale yellow with low heat, making it edible yet resembling ancient salt granules.

In addition to the salt, Yu Changhe also gave Sun Fourth Grandpa some dried vegetables, which were sun-dried in the backyard by Grandma Sun and Granny Sun during the summer, including green bean strips, potato and radish chips.

Yu Changhe handed some to Sun Fourth Grandpa, though each was given only a little as it wasn’t plentiful in his house either.

Sun Fourth Grandpa accepted with gratitude. Previously, he had a solitary, proud nature, believing in never taking advantage nor being taken advantage of, but he had relied quite heavily on Yu Family nowadays.