While indulging in such fantasies inwardly, she wore an expression of tearful delight and said, "Fourth Uncle, you treat me so well."
"Our Lici has always been a good girl. As long as you study diligently, Fourth Uncle will have other rewards for you too." Wang Shouzhe smiled and rubbed her head. "For example, delicious little dried fish and the like."
Hmph! Even if I, Wang Lici, am just a young girl, a young girl has her dignity too. Don't think a few dried fish can buy me off...
Yet when the words reached her lips, her eyes lit up and saliva filled her mouth. "Fourth Uncle, Fourth Uncle, how much can you reward me with?"
"You can handle the seafood snacks we brought back from this trip." Wang Shouzhe said generously.
"Wuwuwu~ Fourth Uncle, you're so good to me." Wang Lici was so moved that tears fell from her eyes. She gazed at Wang Shouzhe with watery eyes, feeling that she never should have grumbled and slandered Fourth Uncle in her heart, much less beaten his face into bloom. Where could she ever find such a good Fourth Uncle?
"Yes, Fourth Uncle trusts you to handle it well. You must distribute them fairly among everyone," Wang Shouzhe added. "Everyone in our family under twenty gets one share of these snacks. You've studied Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art and Accounting, right? Remember, whoever receives theirs must sign the ledger."
E-qual! Dis-tri-bu-tion!
And she had to personally deliver those precious snacks door to door. How cruel—how utterly brutal!
Fourth Uncle, you've gone too far! I'll fight you to the death...
Unfortunately, after Wang Shouzhe finished giving his instructions, he had already vanished from before her.
Only the young girl remained, clutching several books as she stood utterly disheveled in the