Chapter 67: The Plan
Hearing this, Bai Qingshuang's heart moved, and while cleaning up the dishes and chopsticks, she quietly looked at Bai Zhihong's statement, secretly thinking that they wouldn't really want to beat the idea of the silver in her hand.
In fact, if according to normal people, the old lady in the family celebrates her birthday, as a child, and organizes a lively birthday banquet with some filial piety and silver, it is understandable, and she will never hesitate to contribute the silver in her hand.
After all, family affection in the world is difficult to measure by money, but silver can be earned back by one's own efforts.
However, judging from the fact that the old man actually drove out his mentally retarded grandson like this, and even almost drowned him directly, even if she had more money, she was unwilling to give it to the cruel old man.
"No matter how ashamed my father was at the beginning, we can't really be the unfilial and unrighteous descendants!" Bai Zhihong glanced at his son who was playing with the wooden sticks with pity, and his face was entangled.
"I know, just four hundred taels of silver is not a small amount, and I don't have any jewelry on me that can be pawned!" Bai Yao's eyes also lowered gloomily.
After a moment, her eyelids lifted and she glanced at Bai Qingshuang, who was brushing the pot and washing the dishes on the stove with a bowl, and her mouth was open, as if she wanted to say something.
But Bai Zhihong shook his head at her and said: "Sister-in-law, as soon as they opened their mouths, they were two hundred taels of silver, and now they have changed their hexagram to four hundred taels, which is because they know that our family can't take out these silvers, and they deliberately want to see us make a fool of ourselves."
"Then ......," Bai Yao hesitated for a moment, "Otherwise, I'll go back to my mother's house and ask my mother to borrow some!" β
"If you borrow it, you have to pay it back!" Bai Zhihong's eyes darkened and said, "What's more, my mother-in-law didn't help us a few years ago, and because of this, the relationship between her and the eldest sister has not been very good, so we don't have to trouble her!" β
"Soβwhat to do?" Bai Yao's gaze fell on Bai Qingshuang's thin back again.
She knew that her daughter had silver, and although she didn't know if it was enough for four hundred taels, she thought that one hundred taels would still have it. It's just that she knows that it is her daughter's hard-earned money that she gets up early every day, and she has also promised to let her save for her own dowry, so how can she open this mouth with her daughter because they want to be filial piety.
There was a brief silence in the stove, except for the sound of Bai Qingshuang washing dishes and brushing pots, there was only the sound of Bai Qingfeng playing with wooden sticks.
Bai Zhihong was thinking about the only nine taels of silver he had in hand in the past two months, and he didn't know what cheap and satisfying gift he could buy for his father to celebrate his 60th birthday.
Because Bai Yao couldn't open his mouth to his daughter, he could only bow his head and lament.
Bai Qingshuang has never had an interface, in fact, she is also thinking about how to help her parents solve this problem, anyway, let her take the silver and throw it into the bottomless pit, she is absolutely unwilling.
"I'll go to school tomorrow and go to the street to see if there is anything my dad likes!" Bai Zhihong, who felt that he couldn't think of a reason for his fantasy here, decided that he could only find something cheap and meaningful by looking on the street.
At this time, Bai Qingshuang, who had already washed the dishes and brushed the pot, wiped his hands and sat down beside Bai Qingfeng, and after praising his brother, he suddenly said: "Actually, I have an idea, Daddy can listen to it!" β
"What?" Bai Zhihong's eyes lit up, he now believed enough in his daughter's wisdom, because he saw hope in his demented son, who everyone had given up, including himself.
Bai Yao's expectant look at her made Bai Qingshuang's scalp tingle, which feels good to be expected and trusted, but it also means that it must be acceptable to them, otherwise their disappointment will exceed hope.
couldn't help but scratch her scalp, Bai Qingshuang decided to give her parents a preventive shot first: "Daddy, I'm just thinking about it, you listen to it, if it's okay, let's try, if it doesn't work, don't feel too disappointed!" β
"You say! You said! But Bai Zhihong and Bai Yao's expressions were listened to casually, they were listening to them seriously.
Two black lines slid down his forehead, and Bai Qingshuang could only stubbornly say: "Now, because of the love for flowers left by the Emperor and the Imperial Concubine of our country, every woman likes to use flowers instead of silk flowers to decorate her head, but it has been limited to women. β
"Uh-huh!" Bai Zhihong and Bai Yao didn't know what Bai Qingshuang wanted to express, so they nodded in agreement.
Only Bai Qingshuang couldn't help but twitch the corners of his forehead.
"So, I have a new idea to use the language of flowers to also make some flowers for men!"
"Huh?" Bai Zhihong was instantly dumbfounded.
Bai Yaoshi also looked at Bai Qingshuang with an embarrassed face and said, "Shuang'er, is it possible, you mean that we will send a bouquet of flowers to your grandfather?" β
"Shuang'er, that's not possible, although men also have people who love flowers, but they don't like hairpins as much as women. What's more, your grandfather was deeply influenced by Confucianism, Ling Ran was upright, and he could never like flowers and plants as a child! Although Bai Zhihong has been away from home for more than ten years, he was his father's most proud son, and he still knows his strict father well.
"Dad, mother, don't worry, listen to me first!" Bai Qingshuang knew that it was definitely not easy to change the deep-rooted concepts of these ancients, so it was necessary to do it step by step.
Moreover, she is also going to open a flower shop here to drive the trend of the entire flower market, so it is better to show her hand at the old man's birthday banquet first.
"Good! You said! Bai Zhihong and his wife immediately hinted to each other that they listened to Bai Qingshuang.
"I know that there is a flower language that represents gratitude to parents for their love, tolerance, strong family affection, and longing for their relatives, so I want to send such a bouquet of flowers to my grandfather on his birthday, which represents the love of our family, of course, to cover it with flower language." Bai Qingshuang said.
In previous lives, carnations were flowers given to their mothers by many children, but she thought that giving them to her father would also express the children's hearts.
"This ......" After Bai Zhihong and Bai Yao glanced at each other, Bai Zhihong said with some embarrassment, "Shuang'er, what kind of flower language you are talking about is indeed good, but not many people know about it, I'm afraid your grandfather won't accept it!" β
"yes!" Bai Yao also echoed with a little disappointment.
As soon as they opened their mouths, it was two hundred taels of silver, and two months later, it increased to four hundred taels without authorization, even the noblewomen and daughters in the capital now know that the wreath on Shuang'er's hand can be worth one tael of silver, but this is not enough to see in front of four hundred taels of silver!
"Mother, it's important to give gifts, of course, this bouquet of flowers is definitely not enough to see, so I have another idea, but Shuang'er only knows, but she won't do it." Bai Qingshuang secretly stuck out her tongue with a smile, her sad and tattered cooking skills, in her previous life, according to Du Niang's instructions above, she couldn't make a birthday cake.
Fortunately, she has tried it twice, and the specific operation method still remembers it, although there is no oven in this era, but it should be possible to try it with a pot stove, but you need to buy some molds.
"You say, try it!" Bai Yao didn't know what Bai Qingshuang was talking about, but as long as it was a novelty, she was willing to try it, or with the popular bouquet in the capital, she could also take advantage of it, Old Lady Bo smiled.
"Hmmm! Tomorrow we will go buy some tools and come back, and I will tell my mother! "The birthday cake is still made by herself, it can be regarded as a rare piece of filial piety for the children, plus a bouquet of carnations representing the love of the bath, she doesn't believe that the people of the Bai family will pick out thorns.
"Okay!" Bai Yao nodded.
Although Bai Zhihong felt that relying on a bouquet of flowers and an unknown thing alone could not impress his father, he could only be silent without economic strength as a foundation.
"Oh, by the way, Daddy, I still want to discuss something with you!" was stirred up by the Bai family, and Bai Qingshuang almost forgot that she still had important things to say.
"What's the matter?" After Bai Zhihong relaxed a little, he took the time to guide his son who was playing with wooden sticks.
"I want to find a place to build a house, Daddy, are you done?"
"Build a house?"
Bai Yao looked at his daughter in surprise, Bai Zhihong's buttocks moved, and he almost fell off the stool that was not very strong.
The faces of both husband and wife were incredulous.
They know that their daughter and the Wanniang who have not yet met have made some money by selling flowers, but building a house? In this capital where every inch of land is valuable? That's a fantasy!
"Shuang'er, do you know that in the capital, not to mention building a house, even if you buy an idle vacant land, it is not something that can be bought for one hundred and eighty taels of silver. What's more, the price of bricks and tiles is also very expensive, unless it is to build an adobe house, counting the labor money, it cannot be built without a thousand taels of silver! β
"So expensive?" Bai Qingshuang stuck out her tongue and said, "Did Dad say that even the land is included?" β
"yes!" Bai Zhihong said with difficulty, "And the land needs to be on the edge of the capital, which is similar to this piece of land here, and if you go in, the price will be even more expensive." β
"How much silver does Daddy say our little yard will be worth if it is sold?" Their house is located in a slum area closest to the northern part of the capital, and the house is made of adobe, so the price is not too high.
"Just now, when your eldest aunt and mother were there, my father said that he couldn't get four hundred taels of silver if he sold the house, although he was more cautious, but the price of five hundred taels of silver was only five hundred taels of silver, and no matter how high it was, I was afraid that it would not be able to sell it!" Bai Zhihong glanced at the roof, where the rain leaked as soon as it rained, of course he wanted to move out, but he had always been decadent and careless, and he never dared to think of such a good thing.
Five hundred taels plus more than four hundred taels of his own, plus selling flowers and saving some before finding a suitable land, he must be able to save thousands of taels of silver.
Well!
Bai Qingshuang nodded secretly and said, "Daddy, then let's prepare to buy a house, let's try to move into a new home before the end of this year." β
The main thing is to build a greenhouse.
Although, now the flowers in the space have bloomed, but because it is a magical treasure, she can't expose the things in the space and take out the flowers to sell them unscrupulously, so she can only rely on the warm house to do tricks.
"This ......" both husband and wife were stunned by their daughter's ambition.
Fang Cai is still worried about not being able to make up the money, but at this time he is talking about selling houses and buying land to build houses, is this gap too big, they need to digest it well before they can absorb it.
"Daddy, you guys think about it first, I have also asked Sister Wan's husband to find out where the land is cheapest, and when the time is right, we will discuss the specific matters!" Bai Qingshuang said.
"Oh! Good! Bai Zhihong and his wife have not recovered from the shock, they just responded instinctively, but looking at their daughter's gaze was a little indescribable.
Isn't their day changing a little too fast?
From the beginning of March to the present, it is only a short period of three or four months, and their family's life has gone from never having food and clothing to being fed and clothed, to having meat that can be bought at any time, and then to changing houses?
"Xianggong, pinch me!" Bai Yao suddenly said to Bai Zhihong.
"It's still a lady, you pinch me and take a look!" Even if he felt that it was in a dream, Bai Zhihong was reluctant to start, but handed the back of his hand to Bai Yao's face.
Bai Yao really wanted to prove that she was asleep and dreaming, so she unceremoniously pinched the back of Bai Zhihong's hand.
"Ah......" Bai Zhihong shouted, and Bai Qingfeng, who was trembling in fright, shook his hand to pick up a wooden stick, and the wooden stick fell, messing up only a few complicated wooden sticks stacked together.
"Daddy!" Bai Qingfeng looked at his father dissatisfied, and challenged again without losing his temper.
And Bai Yao asked, "Xianggong, does it hurt?" Isn't that a dream? β
"It doesn't seem to be!" Bai Zhihong smiled bitterly, and when he looked up, he saw his daughter's weird smiling face.
"Daddy, you guys are so cute! Hahaha! Bai Qingshuang couldn't help laughing, and pulled Bai Qingfeng up, "Brother, wash your face and feet and sleep!" βR1152