It took a while, but Yang Baixiang finally managed to stand up slowly and then hobbled back to his own room.
Yang Anshi, fuming with anger, returned to her room, glared at Yang Peili with irritation, and then went to Yang Baihe’s room.
"Mother, even brother no. 5 has changed," Yang Baihe complained with a pout as soon as she saw Yang Anshi, "He never used to be like this. How dare he talk back to you before?"
Yang Anshi sighed, "I’ve raised a bunch of ingrates."
"But mother, even if brother no. 5 didn’t get any silver, Dani is sure to get quite a bit," Yang Baihe smacked her lips, "Last time at auntie’s place, I heard cousin saying that someone in another village once caught a spotted deer and sold it for eighty taels through a middleman. So this bear must be worth at least that much, I reckon Dani will get at least fifty or sixty taels."
"That much?" Yang Anshi’s eyes widened immediately.
"Mhm," Yang Baihe nodded, "But mother, Dani’s just a kid, it’s dangerous for her to have so much silver on hand. You’re her grandmother, you ought to help her manage it."
"That makes sense," Yang Anshi eagerly nodded in agreement, "I’ll go first thing tomorrow morning. We can’t let the Yang family’s silver be swindled away by others."
At that moment, mother and daughter conveniently forgot the fact that they had already split from the family.
Next door to the Yang family residence.
Little Liuzi also recounted the events and then took out a package wrapped in oil paper: "Gu Laodi bought ten meat buns for everyone; I ate three, and here are the leftovers... Xiaoshun has been wanting to eat buns for a while, right? Perfect for his breakfast tomorrow morning..."
"How could three buns be enough for someone your size?" Liu Cuiying, who was mending clothes for her husband, looked up at her eldest son, "You eat two more."
"I’m really full," Little Liuzi said with a chuckle, "Gu Laodi also bought each of us a bowl of shredded pork noodles. These will be enough for father, mother, and Xiaoshun tomorrow morning."
Liu Cuiying didn’t say any more. She had led a smooth life, although a bit tough. Her husband was good to her, there were no in-laws to serve, and most importantly, both sons were filial. Looking at her son, she knew he wasn’t lying; yet, she was still curious, "So, how much silver did they get for the Black Bear?"
"What’s it to you how much they made?" Yang Zhenli glanced at his wife, "You better not..."
"Not what?" Liu Cuiying snapped back irritably at her husband, "I’m just asking casually, and it’s just between us at home. I’m not blabbering about it outside. Look at you, getting all red-faced..."
Yang Zhenli was immediately silenced by his wife’s retort, and just rubbed his nose without saying another word.
Little Liuzi had always liked the way his parents interacted and didn’t intervene, just chuckled silently, and when his father fell silent, he spoke up, "I don’t know the exact amount, but Gu Laodi got a middleman to sell it. They said the bear is valuable, but there are only a couple of families in town that could buy it all at once. It’s still uncertain whether they would be interested. Of course, we could take it to the county city, but in this hot weather, it would probably rot before we got there, so the price won’t be too high, but I guess it won’t be less than a hundred taels..."
"A hundred taels, then there’s a solution for Xun Hui’s medicine," Liu Cuiying sighed.
Yang Zhenli also nodded, then turned to his son, resuming the conversation his wife had interrupted, "Son, you’re grown up now, and in the future, you’ll be the one to support this family. Remember, if you want to last, you have to be honest. Shifty tricks might benefit you in the short term, but in the long run, they’re unreliable."