Chapter 351 A Joyful Journey Upon Leaving Home

Song Chunxue didn't expect that Mei Yang was quite fond of meddling in other people's business.

When He Chuan returned at noon, he carried a small bundle of weeds he had pulled from the field and collapsed in the donkey pen.

The courtyard over there is quite large, but there is no donkey pen, so the donkeys can only be temporarily kept in the fort.

"Mother, I never expected you to have planted so many medicinal herbs, and they're growing so well. There are just a lot of weeds though. I don't usually have time to weed, so why don't we go together this afternoon? With more people, we can pull them all out in no time." He Chuan smiled; he was happy as long as he had land to plant.

Song Chunxue was infected by his smile, "Alright, let's go to the fields together this afternoon, and I'll tell you which fields you'll be managing in the future."

"good."

And so, in the afternoon, Sanwa also went to the fields with them.

The whole family of seven went to the fields to weed. Except for Xiaolong, who didn't know how, Xiujuan and Xiaoxu had long since learned how to weed with Jiang Hongying.

However, Song Chunxue didn't plan to have the children weed; she just wanted them to come and play.

The four adults picked through several patches of weeds in the wheat field, and finished picking through ten acres of wheat field in one afternoon.

Wheat fields don't easily grow grass, and if a few do grow, they tend to grow very tall; they only need to select the very tall ones.

The children played hide-and-seek in the medicinal herb field, having so much fun that they didn't want to go home as the sun went down.

Song Chunxue pointed to the ten mu of land that had already been planted with grain, as well as the ten mu of newly purchased land that she handed over to He Chuan to manage.

But she doesn't plan to give out the land deed yet; it's always good to have a backup plan.

That evening, everyone ate together in the fort.

At the dinner table, Song Chunxue brought up the topic of her child's schooling.

She gave Jiang Hongying ten taels of silver, and they would try to rely on themselves from now on.

"Ten taels of silver?"

He Chuan and Jiang Hongying stared wide-eyed. "Mom, this is too much. We already accepted your money. We can't accept this much..."

“There are expenses for the children’s schooling and other things, after all, you’re going to settle down here. Since I brought you here, I want you to have a better life. I’m not giving you money every day, just this once. Take this, Hongying and Xiaolong will both need to go to school, especially Xiujuan.” Song Chunxue emphasized, “These are my conditions.”

Jiang Hongying nodded vigorously, trembling as she accepted the silver. "Mother, I've never seen so much silver before, sob sob... I didn't know ten taels of silver was so much, it's so heavy."

"..." Song Chunxue and Sanwa simultaneously looked away, lowered their heads and rubbed their foreheads.

Sanwa thought to himself, "If my sister knew, and Mother insisted on giving him a piece of gold to keep, wouldn't my sister jump for joy?"

A virtuous person loves wealth, but acquires it in a proper way and uses it in a proper way.

He was always worried that his mother would become arrogant and develop bad habits once she had money.

Fortunately, there was a Taoist priest by my side who taught my mother Taoism. Now my mother is no different from a Taoist priest.

She could sense that if she weren't still unmarried, her mother would have gone up the mountain to cultivate in seclusion long ago.

She's too lazy to farm now, and she doesn't even bother to look after the rest of the land.

"You can find a school for the children yourselves. I don't know anything about it, so I won't get involved. In a few days, I'm going to invite your second uncle. My maternal family members will be present for Sanwa's wedding, and I'd also like to invite a few of my older sisters along the way."

Jiang Hongying nodded, "Mom, you go about your business and don't worry about us. We both have three children now and are capable of handling things on our own. We promise we won't bother you on weekdays."

Song Chunxue smiled and said, "We'll be coming during the festival, and it's better to have a lively atmosphere during the festival."

"Yes, we will definitely come." Jiang Hongying hugged her and shook her gratefully. "Mom, you are simply my God of Wealth. You give me money, land, and a yard, and I am your daughter... Waaah, thank you so much for taking such good care of me, Mom."

"Say no more. Finish your meal and go back to your home. I still have things to learn," Song Chunxue said irritably. "It's only natural for me to spend money on my daughter."

Sanwa chimed in, "That's right. The reason Mother gave the courtyard to my sister was because she was afraid you'd bother her. I don't even dare bother her anymore. Sometimes I don't even eat when I'm meditating."

"I didn't," Song Chunxue patted him. "Go eat and go to sleep."

She just didn't want to waste time.

Life is too short to struggle for food, so she should do something useful.

*

Three days later, she went up the East Mountain to find her senior brother and found him packing his bags.

"Senior brother, are you going out?"

The Taoist priest didn't even look up, stuffing the things on the table into a cloth bag. "Weren't you going out?"

"Senior brother has predicted it again. I just came to ask when you're setting off."

"Leave today. Aren't you in a hurry to go back to your parents' home? Go early and come back early, so you won't worry about me all the time."

"I'm still wondering what you meant by digging for something else. I'm so anxious about it."

He chuckled casually, "I was just kidding you, and you actually believed me?"

"Impossible, otherwise why would you insist on calling me? It's okay if my senior brother doesn't tell me, I'll find out when we get there."

The Taoist priest went to the front hall to offer incense, and then locked the door.

"Let's go, tell Wang Shouming, and then take a carriage. We have a carriage now anyway."

"That's what I think too." Why make your own legs suffer when you can rely on others for support on this long journey?

Anyway, it's not good for Ma Guan to stay in the industry for too long.

The two brothers went down the mountain together, visited a clinic, and then returned home to prepare their carriage.

Song Chunxue changed into an ordinary Taoist robe, tied her hair back with a hairpin made of lightning-struck wood, and then put on her packed bundle.

Afterwards, she went to Hongying's house to say a few words to her, leaving the household affairs to her and letting Sanwa eat with them.

Afterwards, she bought some gifts and food for visiting friends and relatives on the street, and also bought several jars of wine.

"Alright, senior brother, we can set off now." Song Chunxue tossed her things into the car and climbed into the car herself.

The Taoist priest was sitting outside driving the carriage. Just as he was about to say something, someone shouted, "Taoist priest, are you going out? This carriage is impressive. Speaking of which, where did you pick up a Taoist nun from? I haven't heard that you got married!"

"This is my junior brother, don't talk nonsense."

"Haha, I understand, Taoist Master..."

"If you don't go home soon, you might end up being cuckolded."

"Huh?" The man panicked. "Master, are you trying to fool me?"

"Go home as soon as possible, there might still be time."

Song Chunxue lifted the curtain and saw the man running home in a panic.

"Is Senior Brother trying to scare people again?"

“Why should I scare him? He should have thought of that long ago. He’s not home for ten or fifteen days at a time, always thinking that the flowers at home aren’t as fragrant as the wild ones. But he never thought that others have been eyeing his home flowers for a long time.” The Taoist priest shook his head and sighed, “There are so many foolish people in this world.”

"Tsk, I've never heard you mention anyone having a bloody disaster or anything like that. It's all about illicit affairs between men and women. It's boring."

"I didn't have time to say anything before he ran away, so who's to blame?"

"Huh?" Song Chunxue exclaimed in surprise, "There really is?"

"What else can he do? Can he tell his mistress, 'You have great taste'?"

"I..." Song Chunxue was both amused and annoyed, "What if?"

"So, if I encounter this situation in the future, will I praise it?"

"..." Song Chunxue was utterly speechless.

She raised her hand and pressed her left eyelid. "Is it true that a twitching left eyelid means good fortune?"

The senior brother said irritably, "Even if you don't jump, I know you're bound to make money today."

Song Xuechun slapped her thigh, her face beaming with joy. "Really? I'd like to see how I'm going to make money this time."