The Lucky Farmgirl
Chapter 446 - 435: Confidentiality

Chapter 446: Chapter 435: Confidentiality

Bai Erlang was stunned; without Manbao mentioning it, he really hadn’t thought about this problem.

Now Bai Erlang had a new worry and immediately tossed the frustration of not being able to go to Yizhou for fun to the back of his mind.

After thinking for a long time and still not coming up with a good solution, he could only anxiously ask his two little friends, "What do you think I should do?"

Bai Shanbao said, "You just don’t give it to her, is your mother really going to forcefully take it?"

Anyway, as long as he insisted, his mother would have no way to deal with him.

Seeing Bai Erlang’s face clouded with worry, Bai Shanbao seriously thought for a moment and then said, "You go find your father, let him help you."

Manbao also nodded in agreement, then added in a low voice, "You can’t go to your grandmother."

Bai Shanbao nodded in firm agreement.

"If both my mother and grandmother don’t agree, my father will be even less likely to help me," Bai Erlang expressed doubt about the ideas of the others.

"Trust me, you have like a fifty percent chance if you go to your father, but if you go to your great-uncle’s mother, then you have no chance at all," Bai Shanbao thought for a while and then added, "If your father doesn’t agree, just say that both Manbao and I keep our money ourselves, and we will have to pay for some of the bigger expenses in the manor in the future."

"Eh, wasn’t it agreed that it would be provided by your family?"

Manbao said, "You’re really silly, it’s just an excuse, as long as your father believes it, it’s fine."

Bai Erlang nodded halfheartedly, "Then, then should I call a servant to help me move the money back? Or else, I should first take half back, and when my father agrees, I’ll take the other half."

Bai Erlang looked at Bai Shanbao, "Can you help me keep the other half of the money first?"

Bai Shanbao had no problem with that.

Manbao also put her own money back home, but the silver ingots were too heavy, so for the first time, she only loaded twenty into her back basket before heading home.

The Zhou Family was each busy with their own tasks, so when Manbao came home with her back basket, no one paid much attention at first. It wasn’t until Manbao came home with another back basket and also carried one in her hand that Junior Ms. Qian finally asked, "Manbao, what are you doing?"

"I’m going to Shanbao’s house to get something."

"Then you should come back soon, I have already started cooking," Junior Ms. Qian said with a smile, "Your father has had a chicken killed today and also bought meat."

Manbao promised and ran off as soon as she was outside.

When she arrived at the Bai Family’s, she returned Bai Shanbao’s basket, took her own, and filled it with silver ingots. She loaded twenty into it, and looking at the remaining nine, she hesitated before stuffing one more in.

Bai Shanbao asked, "Can you carry all that? Can’t you make one more trip?"

"We’re about to have dinner at my house."

"Then I’ll help you carry it to your place," Bai Shanbao said, also picking up his own basket to help, and Manbao handed him her heavier one, "You carry this one; it’s heavier. I’ll carry yours."

Considering that he was older and a boy, Bai Shanbao didn’t refuse.

Manbao happily loaded the remaining eight silver ingots into the basket and, thinking for a moment, also took five from his side. Feeling that the weight was just right, she hoisted it onto her back and looked at him.

The Zhou Family became curious upon seeing the two children carrying baskets into Manbao’s room, "What are they carrying?"

Datou, who played with Manbao the most, immediately followed to look; Zhou Wulang, who had been squatting under the eaves waiting for supper, also went up to see.

Zhou Liulang had already gone up before them and reached out to help carry Manbao’s basket, "What’s in the basket?"

As everyone crowded into Manbao’s room and talked, Manbao revealed the contents by lifting the cloth that covered the basket, and with a "clang, clang, clang" as sound effects, she said, "Look!"

Zhou Liulang’s eyes widened, as did Datou and others; they couldn’t help but exclaim "Wow" in unison. When Zhou Wulang squeezed over to see, he was stunned and asked stutteringly, "This, this, this, little sister, Manbao, what did you do to bring back so much money?"

Manbao was displeased, "This is all money I earned."

"Ah? How did you make it?"

In the Zhou Family, only Ms. Qian knew that Manbao, Bai Shanbao, and Bai Erlang had traded wheat with the villagers and then sold it to Old Master Bai; the others, including Old Zhou, thought that Manbao merely facilitated a deal between their family and Old Master Bai, selling their wheat seeds at a high price.

Manbao also belatedly realized that it seemed she hadn’t told her father about this yet.

Manbao immediately covered the money, and with a serious face said to the group of little friends, "This is our secret, you can’t tell the adults!"

Not to mention Zhou Wulang and Zhou Liulang, even Datou and the younger ones were terribly worried, "Little aunt, you have so much money; isn’t it too much? We have to tell the adults."

"No way!" Manbao brought out her trump card, "Your pocket money is still with me, and whenever your parents ask me about it, I never tell."

"But still..."

Zhou Wulang then asked, "Manbao, how did you make this money, do your parents know?"

Manbao replied guiltily, holding her fingers, "Only mom knows, dad doesn’t."

Zhou Wulang breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this, "Does mom really know?"

Manbao nodded, "Of course!"

Zhou Wulang remembered how yesterday their mother absolutely didn’t want to trade the wheat and even argued with their father about it; it seemed she’d known all along.

Zhou Wulang nodded decisively, "Okay, we won’t say anything."

The others weren’t foolish either; they all understood upon hearing and snickered behind their hands.

Only Erya was more worried, "Little aunt, is it safe to keep so much money in your room?"

"Would thieves dare to sneak into our house?" Manbao said, "I have six brothers!"

Erya hesitated, "...Not that, Grandpa might go through Fifth Uncle and Sixth Uncle’s rooms..."

Zhou Wulang, with a grand wave of his hand, said reassuringly, "Dad won’t come to check little sister’s room, have you ever seen our pocket money being checked when it’s with her?"

That was true; from Zhou Wulang down to the youngest, jumping Datou, their pocket money was all with Manbao, and it was an open secret in the Zhou Family, yet no one ever searched Manbao’s room.

Old Zhou occasionally asked Manbao about it, but never checked her room.

Erya thought this over and nodded in agreement, that made sense. In the house, the chores were divided clearly; Grandmother was in charge of the aunts, while Grandfather was in charge of managing her father and uncles.

For some reason, Erya suddenly felt a bit sorry for her father and uncles.

With a new shared secret, the little friends gathered around to count Manbao’s silver ingots, enviously curious about just how Manbao made her money.

Manbao said, "We also sold the wheat seeds to Old Master Bai."

Zhou Wulang couldn’t help but be amazed, "Wheat seeds make so much money? Can we still sell it after we harvest our spring wheat this season?"

Manbao thought about it and said, "We’ll have to see the situation. If our wheat grows well, we probably can."

Datou mused thoughtfully, "So what my dad said is true. You really can make money by farming well."

"Of course you can make money," Zhou Wulang said, "Otherwise, how would your grandparents have raised us?"

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