Mrs. Li's rough hands held Shen Nian's, and the calluses on her palms made her palms ache.

“Don’t worry, Sister Nian, your grandpa and I are keeping an eye on it. Your uncle and the others don’t dare to raise the fish indiscriminately. They promise to follow your method and leave the fish farming to us. Don’t worry.”

Shen Nian smiled sweetly and said, "My uncles are all neat people, I'm sure I can rest assured."

After saying that, he turned to Uncle Li and said, "Uncle, my shop needs thirty fish in three days. Can you deliver them?"

Uncle Li patted his chest, "Yes! I will keep it and deliver it to you when the time comes."

Shen Nian curled his lips in satisfaction, "The price will be according to the market price, ten cents per catty. I told the people in the store that when the time comes, my uncle will go directly there. They will know how to cook the fish when they see it."

 “Ten articles?!” The Li family all exclaimed.

 I was so shocked that I forgot to breathe, swallow, and blink...

"Yes, Shiwen!" Seeing that his uncles' expressions were not right, Shen Nian blinked, "Is it too few?"

 “No, it’s quite a lot!” Uncle Li said in a loud voice.

 A fish weighs at least three catties, and one catty is ten cents, which is... thirty cents.

 Sold thirty pieces a day, that’s... nine hundred pieces!

 Furthermore, Sister Nian said that the store needs fish every day, and he is only worried that there will not be enough fish to sell by then.

Others also said: "It's quite a lot, it's really quite a lot."

Old man Li was so excited that he burst into tears and said, "Your uncle goes out to work hard for people. He works extremely hard and only earns twenty coins a day. You are throwing money at your uncle's face."

“Yes, Sister Nian is such a good boy.” Mrs. Li also wiped away tears.

Xiu Niang did not do anything wrong in raising this daughter. Such a capable and kind-hearted child should be pampered!

 The adults were like this, and the little guys who didn't understand anything also looked at Shen Nian with tears in their eyes.

“Sister Nian’er, you are so powerful. I wish I were as powerful as you.”

“Sister Nian’er, I don’t have any skills, I only know how to do some needlework. I will make a skirt for you when the time comes.”

 “Sister Niannian, you are so kind!”

"Sister Niannian, I will protect you when I have the ability."

 …

Li Sidan, who was no taller than the table, refused to be outdone. He stood on tiptoes and shouted in a small voice: "Sister Niannian, I will break the basin for you from now on!"

Shen Nian knew that breaking pots was for dead people. The corners of her mouth twitched, "..." How much do you have to hate me to say such a thing.

When Aunt Li heard what her son said, her scalp went numb. She grabbed Li Sidan with her backhand and slapped him on the buttocks several times.

He reprimanded: "What are you talking nonsense about? Who did you learn this from? I don't want to teach you a lesson."

Why is it so unlucky to break a basin?

 That brat just needs a lesson!

Li Sidan was beaten before he could react. The little guy looked confused, his buttocks hurt, and he cried out.

“Bad mother, bad mother, bullying, I don’t want to get along with you, wow…”

Li Sidan is the youngest child in the family. He has always been pampered, but this is the first time he has cried like this and no one cares about him.

They were all stunned by his sentence of "breaking a basin".

Disliked that her grandson was crying for being too noisy, Mrs. Li pulled him in front of him and wiped his tears, "I heard who told me to break the basin. These words are not good. You are not allowed to say them indiscriminately in the future, you know."

Li Sidan was so frightened that he nodded aggrievedly, "I understand."

Second Aunt Li replied to Shen Nian sheepishly, "Sister Nian, I'm really sorry. If this brat doesn't know where he learned it from, don't be as knowledgeable as him."

She was really angry, but what could she care about with a child who didn't understand anything?

 You can only teach it slowly.

Uncle Li also had a sullen face, "This kid is afraid that he heard the villagers talking nonsense, so he took these words to heart. A bunch of bad-mouthed, black-hearted guys, they will say anything to the child. When I find out who it is, I have to Go to the back door of that house!"

Ever since his family started raising fish, gossip in the village has never stopped. They either badmouthed him or asked a few boys in the family to make random inquiries. It was really annoying.

Shen Nian didn't pay attention to the children's childish talk.

"I'm not angry, uncle and auntie, don't be angry either. Sidan is still young, just teach him slowly." Seeing Sidan's eyes and nose turned red from crying, she stretched out her fingertips and poked the child, causing him to stagger with just a little force. Falling back, "A man who cries and moans is not powerful at all."

Li Sidan’s little face was confused, “Am I powerful if I don’t cry?”

   …”

Shen Nian was silent for a moment, then when he saw the child starting to pout again, he hurriedly said: "Mighty! Mighty! Mighty if you don't cry!"

 Oh my god, this is so howling.

Li Sidan smiled through his tears and blew out a snot bubble.

Seeing that it was getting late, Shen Nian declined the Li family who wanted to see him off, and Shen Nian left alone.

As soon as she left, the door of Li’s house was crowded with people.

“Li Da, why did Xiu Niang and her daughter come to your house? Is it good?”

“I’m afraid that my daughter’s arrival has something to do with your fish pond. If you are a fellow villager, if you can make money, don’t forget to recruit us.”

“There are so many fish in your fish pond, I’m afraid you’ll get a lot of money from selling them, tsk! Your family is going to make a fortune...”

 …

Uncle Li sneered in his heart, but with a simple and honest smile on his face, "Sister Nian came to see her grandma. There seemed to be many fish in the fish pond, but they couldn't be sold for much. What we earned was the hard-earned money from working early in the morning and working late in the day. We are not getting rich. Don’t think about it that much.”

  Bah! Even if you get rich, it has nothing to do with these pink-eyed people.

The people in the village were so jealous that they had no sense of propriety at all, and they still talked plausibly.

“Oh, boss of the Li family, you are so humble. We can see clearly that it is impossible not to make money, so stop hiding it.”

"That is to say, there is nothing to hide. People say that distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors, so why be so stingy."

“Last time your little egg fell into a ditch, I was the one who pulled him out!”

 …

 Everyone condemned the crime.

The Li family could not argue. They were forced to retreat, and every one of their faces turned green with anger.

 Until the village chief came over in a hurry.

"What are you doing!"

The people surrounding the door of Li's house didn't feel any guilt at all, and they confidently gave the village chief eye drops in front of the Li family.

“Village chief, you are here, tell the Li family quickly and let them make money and bring it to the village.”

“I can barely feed myself by farming, and my family can’t even afford a piece of cloth. Since the Li family has the means, why can’t they help the village.”

“Every family in our village is related to each other, and they share the same blood in their bones. You can’t be too selfish.”

 The words reached Village Chief Li’s ears.

 His eyes flashed with disbelief, and his face turned red with embarrassment.

 “Shut up, everyone!”

 The village chief shouted coldly.

 The noisy crowd suddenly fell silent and looked at him blankly.

 “You don’t have any shame! You don’t have any shame when you say such things.”

 As he spoke, he reached out and slapped himself in the face, his voice full of anger.

"Shame on our ancestors! Shame on our ancestors! Listening to what you said, I just want to dig a hole and bury myself."

“Why should I tell you how other people make a living?”

"Why are you so big? Because you are so poor that you have no backbone?"

“If it were you who had a way to make a lot of money today, would you be willing to tell the whole village?”

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