Rebirth: Splendid Marriage in the 80s

Chapter 142: Chapter 142 Peace Restaurant

”Little, we’ve made quite a bit of money today, haven’t we?”

Because Chiang Xiao was quick at counting money, she was always the one to collect it.

Tianxiang Green sold for six yuan, the rabbit for nine, and the mushrooms also brought in five yuan eighty, plus the medicinal herbs for three yuan two, which added up to a total of twenty-four yuan.

Chiang Xiao had already calculated the sum in her mind and reported the total to her grandfather.

”Twenty-four yuan?” Chiang Songhai gasped, incredulous.

These days, a good job’s worker only made about twenty yuan a month, and they had managed to earn a worker’s monthly wage in just one morning!

This was simply a fortune!

Chiang Songhai couldn’t believe it for a moment.

”Yes, I didn’t miscalculate.”

Chiang Xiao also quietly sighed in relief; with the money Niu Guiying gave her and what she had earned in the morning, she now had nearly thirty yuan on her.

With this money, they could buy rice, flour, and meat for the house. Moreover, now that they had this hope, the pressure on her grandfather’s mind would be much less.

Tianxiang Green would grow again, and even without wild rabbits, if they could sell Tianxiang Green and mushrooms worth about ten yuan or so at each market, their family’s life would start to get better.

Moreover, her grandfather probably wouldn’t oppose her joining him on the mountain to pick mushrooms anymore. She just had to explore Bai Gu Mountain a few more times with him, and she would have more confidence to venture deeper into the mountains on her own in the future.

”I really can’t imagine...” Chiang Songhai was stunned by the fortune, and the matter of selling the rabbit had been pushed to the side.

”Grandpa, let’s explore the mountains again in the future, maybe we can find more wild products.”

”Right, right.” At this moment, Chiang Songhai indeed couldn’t remember his reluctance to take Chiang Xiao into the mountains again.

The beautiful prospect brought a smile to his face.

This was a joy he had never before managed to express with a smile.

Chiang Xiao thought her grandfather even had an elegant air when he smiled; although he was older, he must have been very handsome when he was young.

Putting these thoughts aside, she linked her arm through her grandfather’s and said, ”Grandpa, I’m so hungry, let’s go to a restaurant to eat! After eating, you can accompany me to the bookstore to buy paints and paper, right?” They also needed to buy rice, flour, meat, and some spices.

”Go to a restaurant to eat?” Chiang Songhai couldn’t help but hesitate again.

There was only one restaurant in town, and it was owned by the government at that time, known for generous portions of food, but not exactly cheap. For ordinary people, dining at a restaurant was considered a luxury.

Villagers, in particular, had never set foot in one.

But Chiang Xiao wanted her grandfather to try everything. The hard-boiled eggs they had brought for breakfast were now cold, and so were the cakes; their health wasn’t great, and eating that would probably leave them uncomfortable. Besides, how could they get full on a single cake?

Now that they had earned money, couldn’t she let her grandfather have a warm meal?

”Grandpa, let’s go, I want to eat there,” Chiang Xiao knew she had to express her own desire to eat for her grandfather to agree. If she only mentioned wanting him to try it, he would definitely be reluctant to spend the money.

As expected, Chiang Songhai couldn’t bear to refuse when he heard she wanted to eat.

”Okay, if Little wants to eat, we’ll go.”

So, it was the first time in his life Chiang Songhai entered a restaurant.

As the only restaurant in town, Peace Restaurant did have a bit of grandeur to it.

The two-storied Old Lou, although not large, was clean and bright, with even cement floors, and the tables and chairs were square with long benches, each set up to seat four people.

There were two round tables on the inside, with round chairs, each of which could accommodate ten people.

The second floor seemed to be private rooms.

The reason Chiang Xiao said ”seemed” was that she had heard it from her classmates in town before, and she couldn’t quite remember clearly.