Reborn Just To Be a Big Shot Family Freeloader

Chapter 25: They Met the Three Little Ones

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

After thinking for a while, Gong Yuhao added, “First Granduncle and Second Granduncle’s sons have already sent us food. My father left us a few taels of silver before he left. I also have two taels of silver from selling some wild chickens and rabbits that I caught yesterday.

“My mother asked me to buy clothes and food for the winter. It won’t be a problem for us to go out in the cold now. Don’t worry about us. With First Granduncle and Second Granduncle watching over us, we will not go hungry.”

He was afraid that the old man would worry too much, so he didn’t mention the silver he had received after saving two people’s lives in town. Their Great-grandfather was satisfied with what he had heard.

After the old man had finished eating his flat bridge tofu soup bowl, Yan Lingsu asked her second brother to take the empty bowl to the kitchen. She also told Gongyu Hao to take the remaining tofu to Second Granduncle’s house. She stayed in the house to massage her great-grandfather’s legs. After the massage, Yan Lingsu waited until the old man fell asleep before leaving the house.

After sending the remaining trays of tofu to their second granduncle’s house, Gongyu Hao had returned to his first granduncle’s place. He wanted to bid his grandfather farewell, but Yan Lingsu stopped him. “Great-grandfather hasn’t slept well these past few days due to his hurting legs. I gave him a massage just now to help with his blood flow and relieve some of his pain. He just fell asleep. Let’s try not to wake him. We just need to inform Aunt Guo, and then we can leave.”

Their granduncle and grandaunt had gone out to visit some of their relatives, so they were not home. Their two uncles had also gone to work. Apart from their great-grandfather, only their aunt and a few of their cousins were home.

At this moment, all the boys were in the study. Gongyu Hao took a glance and left. As the two siblings made their way out, Aunt Guo sent them on their way.

Yan Lingsu said, “When First Granduncle returns from visiting his relatives, you can tell him about the tofu business.”

Aunt Guo agreed helplessly. “Alright, I will tell your first granduncle about it when he gets back. Don’t be such a nervous nellie.”

However, Aunt Guo felt that her father-in-law would not agree to it so easily. First Granduncle wouldn’t feel good about inheriting the tofu business because it was like exploiting the kids of their hard-earned money. Besides, he would also be ashamed to pass it on as a family business. Not to mention, the old man had an affinity for scolding people. Even if other people were around, he would still scold his family members for being unreasonable.

But the Guo family was extremely moved by the idea of starting a tofu business. She then thought to herself, ‘Looking at Yan Lingsu’s expression, she sincerely wanted our family to get into the tofu business.’

It would be a waste if they were to reject the idea. Aunt Guo could at least tell her mother-in-law about this idea first and then let her persuade her husband to take over the tofu business. Members of their families would run the business. They would not want Yan Yongwu and his family to have too much on their hands. First Granduncle could make sure to give thirty percent to Yan Yongwu’s family, so it wouldn’t seem like he was taking advantage of the family. If First Granduncle had considered this, he would not argue further on this topic.

First Granduncle doted on Yan Yongwu because he was the only son of his eldest brother. Since Yan Yongwu returned home from the city, the old man had nothing but kind things to say about him. He seemed to value Yan Yongwu more than his grandsons. First Granduncle cared for Yan Yongwu so much because he respected his brother a lot and wanted to take good care of his descendants as well.

The small amount of property that Yan Yongwu brought back from the city was nothing compared to a wealthy family. As for the struggling people in the countryside, it was considered a sizable amount. First Granduncle had advised Yan Yongwu to save his money for the future. Besides, First Granduncle has paid for Yan Yongwu’s studies and daily expenses. It could be said that he had spent his entire life’s savings on Yan Yongwu.

The Guo family thought it was good that they had not wasted their love on him. Yan Yongwu was extremely dutiful to First Granduncle and Second Granduncle. He was also a brother who was the direct descendant of the family to his cousins. He treated the other children as if they were his own and taught them diligently.

Aunt Guo was married to First Granduncle’s eldest son, and she was a generous person. She gave birth to three sons, and her sister-in-law also had sons. These three families, including Yan Qixun’s family, have ten young boys. However, they still loved Yan Qixun and her other sisters very much.

At this moment, she handed two pots of pickled vegetables over to Yan Lingsu. She said encouragingly, “There are pickled vegetables and dried radishes in each of these pots. I figured your family doesn’t have pickled vegetables, so I made some. It’s a good thing I made two big pots during autumn, and we have a lot of these. You can always come back for more if you run out.”

Yan Lingsu did not argue. She held one pot in each hand and said goodbye to the Guo family. When she had arrived home, Yan Lingsu helped her mother and Yan Lingyu sew quilts and some clothes. Yan Qixun was plucking cattails all by herself. Gongyu Hao picked up a shovel and began to dig a well where Yan Qixun had marked.

Yan Qixun spent a lot of time plucking cattails. As she was plucking cattails, some of the villagers had seen her. Yan Qixun was puzzled.

“Cattails hurt more than grass and reeds. Why are you plucking them? You should be plucking reeds instead.”

It was usual for a village girl her age to help her family with tasks like these, so they didn’t question her much when they saw that she had come out to pluck cattails.

Yan Qixun could not say that she had planned to make paper either. She came up with a vague explanation, “I don’t need to pluck reeds. I have enough at home.”

When she had finished plucking two large bundles of cattails, she saw Little Eight, Little Nine, and Little Ten herding two cows. It was probably the three little ones who had finished their morning classes and came out to help with some chores.

The three of them weren’t riding on the cows, and they were just herding the cows. They walked with such swagger that their relatives wouldn’t have recognized them. Yan Qixun felt that the sight of the three little ones walking with such swagger could be paired with some epic background music from her past life.

It was a pity that it was the end of autumn and the beginning of winter. If only it were the middle of summer, they would be wearing a lotus leaf hat, a red shirt, and a pair of green shorts while riding the cows. They would play a song with a flute, and the surrounding mountains would be filled with lush greenery. Now that would be an incredible sight to see.

Seeing Yan Qixun, the three little ones waved at her from afar. “Sister Xiao Xun, we went over to your house to play with you, but Second Aunt said that you had left to pluck some cattails.”

Yan Qixun’s father was of the same rank as the two uncles of their granduncle’s family. Her father was four years younger than the Eldest Uncle and was the same age as the second son of Granduncle. He was only ten days older than him, so he was considered the second uncle in the family. His younger cousins called him Second Uncle. As such, Yan Qixun addressed the second and third sons of her First Granduncle as Third Uncle and Fourth Uncle. The Second Granduncle’s son was the youngest, and his name was Xingyu. Yan Qixun and her sisters called him Fifth Uncle.

Strictly speaking, Yan Qixun and her second brother had been given away to their maternal grandfather’s family. They were supposed to call each other cousins. However, her second brother had yet to start a family and lived with them. If he had started a family, they would probably have addressed each other differently.

Yan Qixun smiled and said, “I asked Yan Lingsu to set aside some fruits for you. Have you tried them?”

Little Ten patted the pocket sewn up on the front of his shirt. “We did, we did. Lingsu gave us a lot of big red dates, and they were lovely. However, Lingsu didn’t give me persimmons because persimmons were easily crushed. She told us to collect them when we were on our way back.”

When Little Eight saw that Yan Qixun had collected two large bundles of cattails, he thought Yan Qixun might need some help carrying them back to the house. Even though the two bundles of cattails were large, they weren’t heavy. But no matter how light they were, with Yan Qixun’s tiny eight-year-old body, she would need help bringing it back to the house as she was more than a mile away from home.

Little Eight was only one year younger than Yan Qixun. He was the grandson of the Second Granduncle’s family and was very intuitive. “Sister Xiao Xun, do you need help? Why don’t we put those on the cattle and send them back to your house?”

Yan Qixun waved her hand. “Oh, there’s no need. I told my brother to come and pick me up before lunch.”

The three little ones let the cows eat some grass at the side of the road while they played with Yan Qixun..