Unlimited Resources: Raising a Minister with a Space Supermarket-Chapter 473 - 428: The Purpose of the Visit

As soon as Sun Erlin finished speaking, his wife took out ten taels of silver from the camphor box next to her, saying, "Fifth brother and sister-in-law, take this silver. If you find Manxue and Manhong in the Northern Land, give five taels to each family!"

Sun Wulin’s wife pushed the silver back, "There’s no need for Second Brother and Sister-in-law to remind me. Manxue and Manhong are also my nieces. If I find them, I will surely take care of them. I won’t take the silver."

"You must take the silver. After all that Second Brother has suffered, will you hesitate to carry some silver back for him?" Sun Erlin intentionally put on a fierce face.

While Sun Wulin’s wife was momentarily stunned, Sun Erlin’s wife stuffed the ten-tael silver ingot into her hand.

Sun Wulin’s wife hadn’t expected not to give her two taels of silver out but instead received ten taels from her second brother-in-law. What a situation!

Next, Sun Wulin’s wife went to other brothers’ homes to give money, but only the eldest sister-in-law readily accepted; the other two families did not.

Sun Wulin’s wife called her youngest son, Mansheng, over and told him to inform Yu Xiaolian that she had decided to return to the Northern Land with them, asking them not to forget to call them when they leave.

After Sun Mansheng ran off quickly, Grandpa Sun came in leaning on a cane.

"Fifth son’s family, once you return to the Northern Land, you must visit our ancestral graves during every festival. Don’t skimp on offerings or fruits, and burn more folded paper silver as well.

Your mother and I are too old to travel; otherwise, I’d really want to go back with you!"

Sun Wulin’s wife nodded in agreement, "Dad, don’t worry. The first thing I’ll do when I get back is to repair the ancestral graves—remove weeds, add soil, erect tombstones, place offerings, and burn paper money!"

"Also, about Fifth Son... I don’t know if he’s still alive. If you go back, you must look for him. Perhaps he has a great fortune and survived!" Although he had dreamed countless times about his fifth son, always appearing as a pitiful starving ghost, without proper news, Grandpa Sun refused to believe his fifth son was already dead.

Despite having four children with Sun Wulin, Sun Wulin’s wife actually had a rather indifferent relationship with him.

Sun Wulin, being the only one among the five brothers who was educated, was proud and often bossed his wife around. Although he didn’t physically beat her, the constant lack of acknowledgment for anything she did was, nonetheless, even worse.

After being taken away forcibly during conscription, Sun Wulin’s wife was initially upset and uneasy, but with time, she found life without someone managing and criticizing her remarkably pleasant.

"Dad, I will look for Wulin. Yu Xiaolian’s husband’s a government official in Yangcheng. If Wulin is around Yangcheng, we’ll surely find him." Sun Wulin’s wife actually didn’t believe Wulin was still alive; she said this mainly to comfort Grandpa Sun.

Grandpa Sun pulled out a silver note worth twenty taels from his pocket, "This is for you, to buy Mansheng a house and wedding gifts!"

"Dad, I don’t want it. When we divided the family assets, we took our fifth portion. We’ve already settled it. If you give me more, once the other brothers know, it wouldn’t be good!"

Actually, it wasn’t a big deal if others found out, but knowing her eldest sister-in-law’s temperament, she’d surely cause a fuss if she found out about the extra twenty taels.

"Just take it. Over in the Northern Land, without a source of income, you can’t just idly eat into your savings. Keep it on hand!

If you don’t say anything and neither do I, nobody will know!" Indeed, when dividing the family estate, Grandpa Sun had been crafty. He appeared to have kept only a few dozen taels, but in actuality, there was much more.

"Quickly, put it away so no one sees!" Grandpa Sun slipped the silver note into Sun Wulin’s wife’s hand and quickly glanced around.

Sun Wulin’s wife put the silver note away, "Dad, Manqing is staying behind. Please look after him for me and make sure he doesn’t go astray."

Grandpa Sun nodded seriously, "Don’t worry, as long as I live, I’ll look after him!"

...

After hearing Mansheng’s message, Yu Xiaolian nodded and said, "Tell your mother we will set off the day after tomorrow. Ask them to pack up, only bring clothes, we’ll travel light."