[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-sweet-nostalgia-of-the-80s":3,"chapter-sweet-nostalgia-of-the-80s-sweet-nostalgia-of-the-80s-chapter-9":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Sweet Nostalgia of the 80s",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},1060704,1373,"Chapter 9 - 9 9 Worries About Money","sweet-nostalgia-of-the-80s-chapter-9",9,"\u003Cp>9: Chapter 9: Worries About Money 9: Chapter 9: Worries About Money “Really?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since you’re not feeling well, just eat openly, why hide it?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It causes misunderstandings, and that’s not good!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If my dad knew, he might think badly of you,” An Hao said in a soft, gentle voice, but her words were deeply uncomfortable to hear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Bai Xue heard this, she was afraid that An Hao would tattle to An Shuchao.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he found out that she was secretly hoarding food at home, he would definitely be angry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking of this, Bai Xue quickly said, “I was just scared of the mice, that’s why I hid it under the bowl!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’ll take it out tomorrow, fry it and eat it!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Better than letting both people and mice covet it!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Isn’t that the truth!” An Hao chuckled softly, effectively scolding herself in the process.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Xue was initially full of anger and wanted to teach An Hao a lesson, but she ended up being lectured instead, and her face struggled to maintain her dignity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Back in her daughter Bai Yanjiao’s room, Bai Xue sat on the kang bed and started to curse, “That wretched girl An Hao is getting more and more audacious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I secretly made you a bowl of egg flower soup, and she won’t let it go!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She even indirectly called me a mouse!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Yanjiao, hearing her mother’s voice so loud, afraid that their step-father might hear, quickly stopped her, “Keep your voice down, if old An hears, he’ll turn on you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“He sleeps like a dead pig.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He won’t hear a thing.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Reassured by what Bai Xue said, Bai Yanjiao responded, “Mom, I hate her so much.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just looking at her face annoys me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We must find a way to get her married off quickly.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Right.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’m thinking the same thing!” Bai Xue pondered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Tomorrow, I’ll have to ask around for someone to find a husband for An Hao quickly, to get her out of this house.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Right.” The mother and daughter talked a bit more before finally going to sleep.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While they were talking, An Hao, having finished washing the dishes in the kitchen, saw An Ping coming out of the south room, stuffing something into his mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Haven’t had enough to eat yet?” An Hao asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m stuffed, it’s uncomfortable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’m eating some hawthorn to help digestion,” An Ping said offhandedly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hawthorn?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Do we have that stuff?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ah, plenty,” An Ping gestured to An Hao, “Come take a look.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An Hao followed An Ping to the south room and indeed saw a big jar in the corner, filled with hawthorns—big, bright red, and quite nice to look at.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t you remember?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When our mom was alive, she planted two hawthorn trees on the mountain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They bear a lot of fruit, but they’re too sour and nobody eats them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every year we throw out a big jar, and they all go to waste.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Reminded by An Ping, An Hao remembered, and as she looked at the huge jar of hawthorns, an idea suddenly lit up in her mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next day after breakfast, Bai Xue took the ten yuan to find the village chief’s wife, while Yanjiao went to meet friends.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An Shuchao leaned against the wall, enjoying the sun after breakfast, smoking his pipe and scratching his scalp in worry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the new year approaching and the new year goods not yet purchased, he had only thirty yuan on hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he paid back five yuan to the village chief’s wife, he’d be left with even less money.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he worried, An Hao, having finished washing dishes in the kitchen, came out and approached him, saying, “Dad, give me some money, I want to buy something.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Annoyed and in a foul mood, An Shuchao became angry as soon as he heard his daughter ask for money, “Money, money, money, that’s all you want!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why don’t you earn it?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An Hao was scolded as soon as she spoke and felt frustrated inside, but she also understood her father’s struggles and his timidity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having been reborn, she truly didn’t want to stay in this family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But for now, she had nothing and knew she needed to make something happen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once she had some capital, she would take her brother An Ping and leave, letting her father and Bai Xue live their own lives.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From then on, they would lead separate lives, with no interactions between them!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, she tried to calm herself down and said with a smile, “Dad, don’t be anxious, think of it as a loan from me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’m borrowing five yuan from you today.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’ll pay you back double tomorrow.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You can earn money?” An Shuchao was full of disbelief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Just give it a try.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It might work.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“And if it doesn’t?” It would be another few yuan wasted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Dad!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just let me try.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If I lose the money, next year I won’t spend a penny of the family’s money on school, I’ll take care of it myself.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing his daughter putting it that way, An Shuchao no longer knew what to say.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His daughter was good at her studies and had a sharp mind; she might actually be able to make some money.\u003C\u002Fp>",873,"2026-06-03T10:10:23.630Z","2026-06-03T10:10:27.250Z",1,"novelbin.me","62fb2abd6dd6f0c088f6a7452ecf8cc7b8e3b26713985fabbe46c57a887fd80c","sweet-nostalgia-of-the-80s-chapter-10","sweet-nostalgia-of-the-80s-chapter-8",2511,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fsweet-nostalgia-of-the-80s-cover.jpg"]