TFWYH – Chapter 105 A Disaster

“Milk isn’t expensive. Gesang has some. Sanya-jie, want to come with me to fetch it?”

“Lead the way!”

Yang San asked someone else to mind his shop, then took Tang Wan to find Gesang.

After learning what she wanted, Gesang looked at Tang Wan in surprise. “A Central Plains woman actually likes drinking milk? You look pretty sturdy—are you sure you’re not from the northern border like us?”

“You’re overthinking.” Tang Wan didn’t want to waste words. “Do you have it or not?”

“I do!” Gesang said. “Here’s what we’ll do—go wait at the pavilion outside the city. I’ll bring it to you.”

Tang Wan: …

I just want some milk. Why’s this so complicated?

Gesang seemed to notice her frustration and chuckled. “The cows in this yard are all slaughtered. The live ones aren’t kept here.”

“Alright!” Tang Wan nodded and didn’t ask further.

A cunning rabbit has three burrows—let alone a smuggler of cattle like Gesang. Having multiple hideouts was normal.

“I’ll head out right now.” Gesang strode off. At over 1.9 meters tall and heavily built, he looked quite different from Central Plains men.

Tang Wan secretly thought to herself: Under those clothes, he’s probably all muscle!

Uh…

That’s kinda… something…

No! Stop it!

Everyone has their own tastes. She didn’t like muscle-bound men. Her “beautiful husband,” with his delicate, fair looks, was her ideal type.

After that, Tang Wan also left Yang San and went to wait at the pavilion.

With nothing better to do, she took out the silver she kept in her spatial stash and began counting.

Since arriving in this world, she had actually earned quite a bit in dribs and drabs—plus the dividends Ling Yue had given her.

She didn’t realize until she counted it all that she had over 230 taels.

She was actually this rich?

So… could she buy a house for her beautiful husband now?

Thinking of this, Tang Wan packed up the money and went straight to her father.

When Tang Hongba heard her plan, he nearly choked on his own saliva. “What? You want to buy a house in town?”

Tang Wan nodded. “Is there one?”

“…” Married just over a month and already talking about buying property? Tang Hongba snapped his jaw shut. “There is! What kind are you looking for?”

“Something nice, big, and spacious!”

“The magistrate’s residence is nice, big, and spacious. Can you afford that?”

“Well, no.”

She’d love to, but her purse wasn’t that full.

Tang Hongba rolled his eyes at her, then thought for a while before saying: “There’s a family moving out on the street behind ours. Small courtyard, with seven or eight rooms, and a well in the backyard. If you want it, I’ll go talk to them.”

Tang Wan nodded. “Thanks, Dad. Try to bargain them down as much as possible. I’m poor!”

Tang Hongba nearly rolled his eyes into the sky.

Poor, my foot!

The shop was making money, and then there was that beef jerky…

Just the other day, he’d reluctantly bought a pack.

And damn, it was delicious!

The key was, according to Li Dashan who sold it to him, they were making a killing—earning five copper coins on every pack.

Thinking about his lazy, good-for-nothing daughter-in-law at home, Tang Hongba frowned. But still, he thickened his skin and said to Tang Wan, “Your sister-in-law’s always idle, gossiping at home. Since she has nothing better to do, how about giving her some beef jerky to sell? At least it’d be a livelihood, better than wasting her days.”

Tang Wan didn’t even hesitate before refusing. “She’s not suitable!”

Hearing that, Tang Hongba was displeased. “What, you’ve struck it rich and now you don’t care about your mother’s family?”

“I can put some on your stall to sell, that’s fine. But not her! I can’t stand her. She’s dishonest, and she’s not fit for this kind of work.” Tang Wan’s tone was sharp and unapologetic. Then she added, “Dad, she’s nothing but trouble. Don’t bring it on yourself.”