Transmigrated into a Grandpa, Embracing the Laid-Back Life

Chapter 13

Chapter 13: This business will drag the whole village down with it.

Su Yang was completely exhausted, practically falling asleep the moment his head hit the pillow.

Su Ming, however, lay awake with his eyes open, staring at the pitch-black ceiling, completely devoid of sleepiness.

Lying beside him was his second brother.

An older brother who, in order to scrape together one tael of silver for him, dared to risk his life against a wild boar.

"I must secure that spot," Su Ming declared in his heart, his voice quiet but firm as molten iron.

"Nonsense, your two brothers almost sacrificed their lives! If you don't get it, I'll be the first to refine you into the ring's artifact spirit!" Lin Yu said irritably. "You need to learn something from this experience!"

"Learn what?"

"Learn the essence of 'laying low'!" Lin Yu's voice was thunderous. "Why did they have to risk their lives? Because they had no other options! They have no skills, no safer channels to earn money! So, once this matter is settled and you return from town, our top priority is to launch the 'Family Poverty Alleviation and Prosperity Drive' Plan Number One!"

"What plan?"

"I need to consider this carefully, but I will absolutely help your family escape poverty and become prosperous," Lin Yu's voice carried a confident, strategic tone.Su Ming's heart was stirred into activity by Lin Yu's words.

Prosperity? Poverty alleviation?

This notion, like a seed, fell into his heart.

"So," Lin Yu's tone softened, "for now, put away those useless feelings of gratitude and guilt. Your brothers' investment is a 'sunk cost'—it's already been spent. The only thing you can do is ensure this investment yields the maximum return."

"Sleep now, conserve your energy. Starting tomorrow, you need to show Teacher Zhou a 'clumsy uncut jade' who will exhaust every effort to seize this opportunity. Play the part fully, secure the spot. That is the best repayment for your brothers."

Su Ming slowly closed his eyes.

Second Brother's even snoring was right beside his ear, that warm body heat passing through the thin clothing, gradually warming his icy hands and feet.

He clenched his fist.

He knew that from tonight onward, the burdens he carried were different.

As dawn's first light barely touched the sky, the Su family's small courtyard was already stirring.

Not the usual leisurely pace of farm life, but a kind of busyness suppressed with excitement.

Wang Chuntao was packing several black steamed buns into a cloth bag, muttering, "Father, Eldest Brother, eat these on the road, don't go hungry."

Mrs. Chen stood to the side, repeatedly checking the hemp ropes binding the game, afraid the pelts might get damaged on the bumpy road and not fetch a good price.

Su Shan squatted in the center of the yard, taking puffs from his long-stemmed pipe one after another, smoke swirling around him, obscuring his expression.

Su Feng and Su Yang were carefully wiping mud off the wild boar's tusks with a ragged cloth. The small wild boar and the roe deer were placed side-by-side on the flatbed cart, like two silent trophies.

want to go with you too," Su Ming walked out of the house, a trace

his eyelids to glance at him, didn't speak, just shook

Feng straightened up, wiping sweat from his forehead. "The road to town isn't easy; your small frame can't handle the strain. Stay home and properly review your lessons—that's your real

chimed in: "Yes, Little Ming, we'll be

Ming looked at them

family, everyone

the books. His brothers' battlefield was in the

at the doorway until the three figures disappeared

they get

know," Lin Yu's voice was lazy. "I'm not a market analyst. But according to the principle of equivalent exchange, one small wild boar plus one adult roe

teasing note: "What? Afraid they'll lose

to his small room, and picked up

day, Su

indistinct. The provocative looks Zhao Rui threw

creaking cart, had flown dozens

brothers carrying the heavy game, imagined the shrewd or mean face of the town

as the sunset glow dyed the sky orange-red, familiar footsteps and cart sounds came from the village

was the first to rush

at the front, his pipe already lit,

Feng and Su Yang followed behind, one pushing the empty

and Wang Chuntao also went to

it go? How much did you get?" Wang

a heavy cloth bag from

take it, just gestured with his

Feng walked over and stuffed the bag into Su

Ming, take it. This is yours

bag felt surprisingly heavy in his

broken silver and a

hundred coppers for the boar, five hundred for the roe deer—thirteen

One tael of silver!

Mrs. Chen's

octave: "Heavens! Over a tael of silver! Now Little Ming's travel

his knuckles white

but his eldest and second brothers' blood and sweat, the hope they had exchanged by

it burned, making

Su Ming lay on the heated bed, placed the money pouch by his pillow, and tossed and

uncertainty. Your eldest and second brothers were lucky, exchanging their efforts unscathed for one tael of silver. If luck had been bad, what might be lying on that cart now

Su Ming remained silent.

right?" Lin Yu's tone became like a shrewd accountant. "But how long can this money last? The tuition gifts for your registration at the county school—fifty coppers; round-trip travel expenses—at least one hundred coppers; lodging and meals in town—even at thirty coppers a day, ten days is three hundred coppers; plus the cost of ink, brushes, paper, inkstones, social expenses and

never calculated so meticulously, always thinking one tael of silver was an astronomical figure. Now, dissected by

one-off deal carries too high a risk for too low a return. What we need

Su Ming was

strategic quality. "Let me ask you, what do

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