Chapter 504 - 502: Made Money
Lady Lin echoed from the side, her heart aching. She had eaten a good seven or eight of them in one go, all the way down her throat. Didn’t that mean she had just eaten forty coins’ worth?
What kind of bun could be so expensive? Had she known earlier, she wouldn’t have come to eat and would have rather kept the money for herself.
Old Man Tang had grown accustomed to the reactions of newcomers and didn’t say much, just pointed to the sign at the door that read, "Buns five coins each, no credit!"
Old Granny Zhang still wanted to say something, but Wang Yongzhu persuaded her otherwise. The buns had already been eaten; they couldn’t very well be spit out and returned, could they?
Moreover, Zhang was somewhat of a celebrity in town, so Old Granny Zhang couldn’t lose face over half a tael of silver and just had to bear it.
Her face never looked good on the way home. Wang Yongzhu signaled for her sisters-in-law and their children to go for a stroll while she took Old Granny Zhang shopping, patiently explaining why Tang’s buns were so expensive.
Only then did Old Granny Zhang’s temper cool down, and she even showed a smile.
That evening, when they got home, Old Granny Zhang found an opportunity to explode, saying that they were not to be so wasteful again. They were about to start building a new house, and every large coin counted.
She nagged until Wang Yongzhu promised not to be so generous and carefree with money anymore, only then she let it go.
At night, worrying that her daughter might be upset about what she had said earlier in the day, Old Granny Zhang went to Wang Yongzhu’s room to comfort her properly.
She added finally, "Mother is just afraid you’re too generous, and you’ll end up spoiling them; then whenever they see something tasty or fun, they’ll come to you. As a young woman, you can’t refuse without losing face, and wouldn’t that just benefit them unnecessarily?"