"And then there's the money for buying seeds next year. Our family doesn't have enough hands to work the fields, so we'll have to hire people..." The family merrily whispered their calculations, deciding how much land to buy and how much silver to set aside for expenses.
"Second Uncle and Old Uncle He are here," Xiao Qi suddenly ran back and said after stepping out to fetch water.
"They came to our room?" Lian Shouxin hurriedly asked.
"No, they went to the Upper Room," Xiao Qi gestured with his hands, "Old Uncle He even brought two packages of pastries and a jar of wine."
Clearly, they intended to butter up Old Master Lian first and then have Old Master Lian persuade them, already thinking ahead by laying things out beforehand with Old Master Lian.
"I'll go have a look." Lian Manman slipped off the kang bed, left the West Wing Room, and tiptoed up to the window of the Upper Room, straining to listen to the movements inside.