TFWYH – Chapter 64 Ambitions

Jiang-shi sighed helplessly at her daughter’s words and said, “I just think it’s unnecessary. For a family like ours, raising a cow is enough—raising a horse is too wasteful. We’re about to start doing business again, so we should save wherever we can!”

“Money is made, not hoarded. Look at those wealthy families in town—whose family fortune was saved up? When Sister-in-law married into our family, Grandma took away her dowry silver, and we didn’t give her any of the proper betrothal gifts. Now that she’s rare enough to like this horse, we should just keep it.”

At this point, Lingyue continued, “Don’t worry, I’ll work hard to make money. In the future, not only will I make up the betrothal gifts for Sister-in-law, I’ll build her a horse pen with a hundred fine horses inside so she can ride a different one every day.”

Her trip to town had made Lingyue think about a lot of things.

Plus, she was young, had earned some money, and was starting to get a bit carried away.

The young ladies from wealthy families went out in fine carriages drawn by prized horses—her sister-in-law was no worse than them, so why shouldn’t she have the same?

Sister-in-law treated her so well, teaching her this and that. Without her, who knows what she’d be doing right now!

Now she knew many skills, had a partnership with Zuixian House, and had clear goals. She wasn’t worried about not making money!

Besides, Sister-in-law still had more than a hundred taels of silver herself—was raising a single horse really a problem?

If Sister-in-law liked it, they’d keep it!

She wouldn’t let anyone shortchange her sister-in-law!

Jiang-shi was amused by her words and laughed. “Silly child, a hundred horses? That pen wouldn’t fit them—you’d need to buy a ranch!”

“Then we’ll buy a ranch. In the future, I’ll buy Sister-in-law a ranch, and I’ll buy you a big house to live in, hire hundreds of maids to serve you, and let you enjoy life!”

Hearing this, Jiang-shi laughed even harder.

Although her daughter’s words were exaggerated, the sentiment was sincere.

If it meant her daughter-in-law was happy, then they’d keep the horse!

Jiang-shi decided not to comment further, but Tang Wan took Lingyue’s words seriously.

A ranch…

And a big house for Mother, with people to serve her—that wasn’t something that could be achieved with small efforts.

Hmm!

She’d have to teach her little sister-in-law more ways to make money, or else this goal couldn’t be achieved!

Inside the house, Lingyu heard his little sister’s ambitious words and curved his lips into a smile.

Wanting wealth and honor wasn’t that hard—rather than working so hard, it might be faster to persuade their mother properly!

As for the betrothal gifts…

Would replacing them be enough?

He should go through the full set of formal betrothal rites again with Tang Wan—that would truly be fair to her!

The family was full of warmth, and the simple thatched house was filled with laughter.

To celebrate their first successful batch of business, Lingyue specially cooked a few extra dishes that night to reward everyone.

One had to admit, this girl was really capable.

With Tang Wan’s theoretical guidance, her cooking skills had grown even better.

It showed that talent mattered in everything—Lingyue clearly had talent for cooking.

Unlike Tang Wan, who, when holding a spatula, seemed like she was holding an energy sword—instantly transforming into Thanos, taking out everyone in one strike!

Her dominance was real… and so was the end-of-the-world-level devastation!

After dinner, Jiang-shi and Lingyue washed the dishes.

Lingchen, having made a new friend, didn’t cling to his mother anymore. He ran to Treading Snow’s side, patting here, rubbing there.

At first Jiang-shi worried that Treading Snow might get angry and hurt her son, but when she saw the horse not only refrain from resisting but even roll over to show its black belly for Lingchen to play with, she was completely relieved.

Tang Wan didn’t join the dishwashing team—instead, she was in charge of changing Lingyu’s medicine.

Just as she finished, a rapid knocking sounded from outside, accompanied faintly by a woman’s sobbing.