Jiang Shuyue walked towards the inner courtyard, her mind filled with doubts.
This is a two-courtyard house. The garden is overgrown with weeds, and occasionally you can see a few blooming flowers among the weeds.
In the courtyard, the bluestone slabs on the ground were covered with moss.
As you walk into the corridor, the vines in the garden grow wildly, winding and spiraling up the pillars of the corridor, some of them already climbing up the glazed tiles on the roof.
Seeing that everyone had changed into cotton clothes, with their sleeves rolled up high, they were fetching water, sweeping the floor, and wiping away dust.
Jiang Shuyue glanced at the sky, then turned and walked out.
She went out into the street, found a general store, and bought pine resin, candles, lanterns, and other items.
She bought a lot of steamed buns and mantou from the steamed bun shop next door.
The shopkeeper sent someone to deliver the goods.
After the deliveryman left, Jiang Shuyue had a thought, and a copper lock appeared in her hand.
She put it into her spatial dimension when she escaped from the manor.
The brass lock was hung on the front gate.
With a thought, several bags of rice and flour and a basket of eggs appeared in front of her.
Lin Miaoshou watched as the sky grew darker and night fell.
He put down the wooden bucket in his hand and said, "Everyone just needs to clean up the dormitories and kitchen. I'll have someone clean up the rest of the place tomorrow."
"Old Lin, we can't afford to hire anyone right now. Let's take care of things ourselves."
Su Huai-ren has already prepared a study.
There is a small couch in the study, big enough for one person to sleep on.
Su Jin retrieved a tinderbox from the carriage, put the remaining pine resin into the candlestick, and lit a wick.
"Uncle, let's go see the lanterns! Mom is hanging them up!" Sui Sui excitedly ran over and pulled Su Jin's sleeve, trying to drag him outside.
Su Jin followed her out and saw Jiang Shuyue carrying a lantern, tiptoeing to hang it on a hook under the eaves.
"Sister, let me hang it up. Watch your step."
Su Jin quickly took the lantern from Jiang Shuyue's hand. He was quite tall, and he easily hung it up with a slight lift of his hand.
“Ah Jin, you’ve come at the right time. I bought some daily necessities at the general store in front. The items are in the front hall. Hang up the rest of the lanterns and then bring the items in.”
Jiang Shuyue pointed to the lantern on the ground, then took the candle and walked towards the kitchen.
Su Jin watched Jiang Shuyue's retreating figure, hesitating to speak.
With enough candlelight, the courtyard was brightly lit, and everyone ate steamed buns, dumplings, and boiled eggs with water.
Qiuju steamed a bowl of egg custard for Suisui and Shuisheng respectively.
After the meal, Su Jin and Su Nan went to feed the horses.
Lin Miaoshou led Shuisheng to the main room to rest.
Jiang Shuyue moved into the west wing with Sui Sui and Qiu Ju, while Su Huai Ren and his wife moved into the south wing.
Su Jin and Su Nan checked into the guest room.
Jiang Shuyue let Qiuju stay alone in the room next to hers, and watched as Qiuju took her quilt and went to the next room.
Jiang Shuyue secretly rejoiced. Luckily, she was quick-witted enough to have the general store deliver the items in advance, which made it easier for her to take out the items from her spatial storage and mix them together.
In addition to rice, noodles, and eggs, she also took out a cotton quilt from her storage space.
The quilts she took from the village were all soft, and the covers were all new. She had taken some out to use during the years she had been in Yunling Village.
The house had been uninhabited for a long time, and the quilts and mosquito nets inside were no longer usable. Jiang Shuyue had plenty of items in her space, so she wasn't worried at all.
"Mom, without a mosquito net, will bugs bite us?"
Jiang Shuyue turned around as if to get something, and with a thought, two cloth bags appeared in her hands.
"Look, with this, the bugs won't come near us." Jiang Shuyue turned around and held up the cloth bag in her hand, which contained the mosquito-repelling herbs she had prepared.
"Mother, Sui Sui is sleepy."
The little guy yawned and then slumped onto the blanket.
Jiang Shuyue was also exhausted, so she extinguished the candle and went to bed.
The next day, Aunt Su, Su Hui, and Qiu Ju continued to tidy up the spare rooms, while Lin Miaoshou took Su Jin out early in the morning.
After breakfast, Jiang Shuyue took out a bag of silver and handed it to Aunt Su. It contained about a hundred taels of silver, all of which were the money she had earned from selling medicinal herbs.
When Aunt Su saw that there was silver in the bag, she pushed it back: "Yue'er, this is all your savings. I still have several dozen taels of silver, enough for us to live on for a while."
"Auntie, after resting for a few days, I'll go out and see what business I can do. I'll leave everything at home to you. I also have medical skills, so don't worry about me running out of money." Jiang Shuyue pushed the silver bag over.
Jiang Shuyue isn't worried about not having money to spend right now; she's racking her brains to figure out a legitimate way to use the remaining silver in her space.
“Your uncle said he would try his luck at the academy. This isn’t the capital, so maybe an academy would be willing to hire him.”
“Ah Jin and Nan Nan are also planning to find work. With the three of them earning money, we won’t have too much of a hard time.” Aunt Su said, pushing the silver bag back again.
Jiang Shuyue stood up and said, "Auntie, please don't refuse. Shuisheng and Suisui are still young and growing. There are many expenses at home."
Aunt Su couldn't resist mentioning Sui Sui.
She hadn't been eating or sleeping well on the journey, so she needed to buy some meat to nourish her child.
Aunt Su gritted her teeth and put away the money bag: "Alright, Auntie will keep it all. Don't go too far when you go out. We're new here and don't know much about this place. We don't know if the local customs are as open as the rumors say."
Seeing that Aunt Su had accepted the money, Jiang Shuyue smiled and pointed outside: "I'll go out and take a look now."
Watching Jiang Shuyue walk out happily, Aunt Su swallowed back her nagging words.
Upon arriving on the street, Jiang Shuyue saw the bustling crowds and the prosperity far surpassing that of the capital. She quickly walked forward.
She walked and observed, opening a clinic was something she had been planning for a long time.
There are medicinal herbs in the space; all you need is a shop to open one.
The sounds of vendors hawking their wares rose and fell on the streets, while the area in front of restaurants and teahouses was bustling with people and vehicles.
After looking down a street, she noticed that the food options were very limited.
Most of the restaurants are three stories high. Looking at the grand and elegant restaurants, she suddenly missed the hole-in-the-wall eateries on the modern snack street.
Spicy crayfish, stir-fried snails, fried chicken cutlets, oden, spicy cold pot skewers, and barbecue.
barbecue!
Yes, this doesn't require a very large store; it's suitable for Suzhou and southern Jiangsu.
The remaining silver in the space was enough for them to rent a shop. If she spent too lavishly, not only would the Su family be suspicious, but even Qiu Ju would become suspicious.
As Jiang Shuyue walked, she pondered the situation and realized that she still needed to open the clinic first.
Using a clinic as a cover, she gradually amassed more money. It could also be said that she was treating people of high status, and that they were being generous with their money, which was plausible.
She followed the flow of people forward, but there were so many that it was difficult for her to stop and look around.
Suddenly, a brokerage shop came into view.
In front of the shop, a tall flag reads "Household Brokerage".
Jiang Shuyue squeezed through the crowd and headed towards the dental clinic.
Suddenly, a strong hand grabbed her arm from behind.
Hey! What are you doing here?
A voice, barely cooked, rang out.
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