"Grandma, it's getting colder every day, shouldn't we start preparing winter clothes?"

Lin Xue may be old, but he has internal energy within him.

While she held on, she didn't feel particularly cold, but Ge Xiaoyu did notice the change in the weather.

Is winter coming?

"It's time to prepare some winter clothes. What do you think, should we buy ready-made clothes or buy some fabric and make them ourselves?"

Perhaps because of her advanced age, Lin Xue always felt lazy and her favorite thing to do every day was to sit at the door and bask in the sun.

Lin Xue originally thought that being close to the mountains would mean she would go hunting from time to time, but after the house was built and she moved in, her favorite thing to do was to sit at the door and daydream.

The initial enthusiasm for hunting and eating meat has faded considerably.

In addition, she had already taught the Wang brothers hunting skills, so even if she didn't go up the mountain herself, her family would not lack meat.

"Let's buy some fabric and make it ourselves. I learned how to sew from the embroiderers in the village. Although my family won't give me the money to continue learning, I still have the skills!"

Ge Xiaoyu knew that her grandmother was old, so she would never let Lin Xue worry about anything she could decide for herself.

Buying fabric and making clothes would cost a lot of money, so Lin Xue only gave her a portion of the money for groceries as household expenses, while Lin Xue kept the larger sums for herself.

So as the weather got colder and colder, Ge Xiaoyu started to get a little anxious.

"Then go and tell the Wang family to send someone to help us catch the carriage tomorrow morning, so we can go to the county for a stroll!"

Lin Xue originally suggested that the Wang family stay at her house for the winter, and then figure out how to make adobe bricks to build a house in the spring.

But the Wang family members were all principled, saying that the shack was sturdy enough and they didn't need to stay at Lin Xue's house.

If they can't hold on any longer when it snows, then it's not too late for them to come and bother us.

Lin Xue remained noncommittal about what Old Man Wang said. In any case, she had already spoken, and she herself didn't like living in other people's homes. She didn't mind if the Wang family was willing to live in the shack.

In short, it's just a few steps from the door.

Because of the friendship they formed on the road, and because of Professor Lin Xue's skills in digging traps and hunting heads, the Wang family always respected her.

He just wanted someone to help him if anything happened, so he sent Ge Xiaoyu out to call for help while he continued to sit at the door in a daze.

"bite!"

"Host, there's a side quest here. Would you like to accept it?"

The system hasn't spoken for a long time, probably because it knows that Lin Xue's body is too old and lacks energy, so it doesn't bother her when there's nothing else to do.

In any case, Liu Enze has been returned to his parents, and the mission of this world can be considered completed. The rest is up to the host's own wishes.

If you want to stay in this world, you can stay for another ten years or so. If you want to leave immediately, even if you leave the world now, this body of yours will still be considered long-lived.

I imagine that someone will come to help with my affairs after I pass away.

An elderly person who dies peacefully in their sleep is different from someone who dies a violent death.

This is considered a joyous funeral, and everyone is willing to come and lend a hand to share in the good fortune.

Day 2.

Wang Sanzhuang arrived early to help hitch up the cart, and Old Man Wang, Wang Dazhuang, and Wang Erzhuang's wives also came along.

"Grandma Su, the weather is getting colder and colder. My mother-in-law wants us to go to the city with you to buy some fabric to make clothes!"

Because they could hunt prey every now and then, the Wang family's life improved considerably.

They usually couldn't bear to eat these prey; apart from the ones sent to Lin Xue, most of them were sold to city dwellers.

It's important to know that there's a significant price difference between wild game and pork; buying a pound of wild rabbit can buy several pounds of fatty pork.

Especially those wealthy families would buy all the wild animals without batting an eye, not caring about the money at all.

"Xiaoyu, go and close our courtyard gate. Let's set off now!"

Lin Xue went out with a cloth bag in her hand, and only when she was about to get on the oxcart did she sling the bag over her shoulder.

This is where she usually keeps her silver; she carries it with her every time she goes out.

"The gate is closed, Grandma, let me help you up!"

The women all lent a hand, helping Lin Xue to sit down on the oxcart, while Old Man Wang sat next to the driver, Wang Sanzhuang.

Ge Xiaoyu and Dazhuang's wife sat on either side of her, protecting Lin Xue.

The oxcart was driven onto the main road, swaying and rocking.

Because the road from this side is not as close to the county town as the one from the east end of the village, villagers generally do not choose to take this route.

Of course, Lin Xue and her group had an oxcart, so they didn't mind taking a slightly longer route.

The oxcart swayed and wobbled as it entered Yulin County.

After agreeing on a return time with the Wang family, Wang Sanzhuang drove the oxcart to the place where the livestock were kept.

Livestock are not allowed to roam back and forth on the main street, to prevent them from defecating in the street.

All the oxcarts, horse-drawn carts, and donkey carts that enter Yulin County will turn into the livestock market via a side road, where there are places to park the livestock.

If you have something to do, you can pay a few coins to have the vendors here watch over things for you. If you have someone at home watching over things, you don't need to pay extra.

Villagers from various towns and villages would almost always bring their oxcarts here.

Wang Sanzhuang was left to watch the car, while the women went shopping together.

Old Wang went to the vegetable market alone and searched for a while before finding what he wanted to buy.

The stall was filled with large, yellowed leaves.

If Lin Xue were here, she would definitely recognize that these are tobacco leaves.

Lin Xue led several women to Liu's Cloth Shop and told the shopkeeper to pick out some cotton cloth to make winter clothes.

Then she bought more than ten kilograms of cotton, which was more expensive than cloth. Fortunately, she was not short of money and was willing to spend the money so that she could wear warm clothes in winter.

The women of the Wang family also bought some cloth, but only a few kilograms of cotton.

"We still have a lot of old cotton-padded clothes at home that we've outgrown. When the time comes, we'll take out the cotton, mix the old and new cotton, and we can make warm cotton-padded clothes!"

Seeing Lin Xue's puzzled look, Da Zhuang's wife spoke up to explain.

"New for three years, old for three years, patched and mended for another three years, that's how it should be. Save where you can, after all, your family is going to build a house next year!"

Lin Xue understood as soon as Da Zhuang's wife explained. Anyway, they had been doing it this way every year, so they must have gotten used to it.

After buying the fabric, Lin Xue went to the pharmacy and got some medicine to prevent colds and flu.

After Dazhuang and Erzhuang's wives came out of the pharmacy, they said they wanted to go to the grain store to buy some grains.

Lin Xue then took Ge Xiaoyu to a pastry shop not far away.

She can make most of these snacks, but now that she's older, she's too lazy to do it, so she buys some whenever she goes shopping.