Chapter 114 Going to the Market
The two of them hugged each other for who knows how long. Shen Jinan's face turned red, and Gu Yanqing finally let her go.
"Sorry, that's rude."
His eyes were gentle and he spoke lightly.
"It's okay, we are husband and wife, there is no need to be strangers."
Shen Jinan raised her face and smiled sweetly at him.
"Then let's go back and rest early today."
"good."
The two of them held hands in perfect tacit understanding and walked home side by side.
Gu Yanqing's broad palm wrapped around Shen Jinan's gentle little hand, and his heart was sweet.
When he got home, Shen Jinan suddenly remembered the teaching he had promised to do today. Usually, he used Gu Yanqing's room as half a study to teach. Now that there are so many more students, the room will definitely not be able to accommodate them all.
"Husband, where are you going to teach these children? There aren't enough tables and chairs at home."
Shen Jinan asked worriedly, and Gu Yanqing raised his hand and touched her black bun.
"I'll take away the bedding and let the children use the bed as a table. I don't know if this will work."
He spoke softly, without a hint of complaint.
"But after all, that's your room. Why not move to the yard and use the round table for eating to write? There aren't many chairs in the house, but it should be enough."
Shen Jinan thought about it and came up with a compromise.
"My lady is really smart. I'll just listen to her."
Gu Yanqing's face was full of doting, and his angular face was filled with a bright smile.
Shen Jinan's face flushed again, and she said coquettishly, "You are so slick."
"Alright, my lady, go and get some rest. It's late at night and the dew is heavy. Don't catch a cold."
Gu Yanqing gave detailed instructions with a look of concern on his face. Shen Jinan responded and went to bed after a simple wash.
Early the next morning, Aunt Li and Mingzi came over together. This time, Shen Jinan did not rush Aunt Li to move her things first, but pulled her to sit down and have a good talk.
"Aunt, I want to ask you a favor." Shen Jinan's voice was gentle, but Aunt Li's face turned serious.
"Doctor Shen, if you have anything to say, just tell me. I'll do what I can!"
Aunt Li's determined look made Shen Jinan laugh.
"Don't worry, Auntie. I want to recruit Madam Zhou and Madam Zhang to join us. The three of you will go and sell braised food together. Auntie Li, you will be in charge of taking care of them."
Shen Jinan gently patted Aunt Li’s hand, his eyes full of trust.
Faced with such a big task, Aunt Li was stunned. "I'm afraid I can't do this. I'm afraid I can't do it well."
Her originally loud voice suddenly became several degrees lower.
"Aunt, please don't let yourself down. I've been selling braised food with you these past few days, and I've found you're quite good at business. I'll have to go to the doctor's office in the future, so I can't keep looking after this stall. I'll be counting on Aunt Li's help in the future."
Shen Jinan's words gave Aunt Li great confidence, and she looked at Shen Jinan with some emotion.
Since she came to this place of exile, she has been hungry and cold, with few people working in her family, and her life has been very tight. But she didn't want Mingzi to live like this, so she sent him to study with Gu Yanqing.
Unexpectedly, Shen Jinan helped her again, and now her family no longer has to worry about food and drink.
"Since Doctor Shen trusts me so much, I can't let him down."
Li Chunhua's eyes gradually became firm. "Doctor Shen, please wait. I will go find Madam Zhou and Madam Zhang now."
"Wait a minute, I haven't mentioned the wages yet."
Shen Jinan smiled and pulled the anxious Li Chunhua, and asked her to sit down.
"Since Aunt Li has been asked to work so hard, we can't let her work in vain. How about this? I'll give Aunt Li 70 coins a day, and give Madam Zhou and the others 40 coins each. But we have to sell 15 kilograms of braised food every day. Is that okay?"
Hearing such generous conditions, Li Chunhua nodded repeatedly and immediately rushed to Madam Zhou and Madam Zhang's homes to persuade them to come over.
The three of them went to Shen Jinan's house together, and Shen Jinan briefly told Madam Zhou and Madam Zhang about the work they had to do every day.
Madam Zhou and Madam Zhang were surprised. "Just doing such a small job, and you can get forty coins?!"
"Yes, if you do a good job, there will be a bonus."
Shen Jinan smiled, folded his hands and looked at Li Chunhua, "Auntie, starting from today, our ox cart will be used exclusively for you to sell braised food. It can be regarded as making the best use of it."
"Okay, Dr. Shen, don't worry." Li Chunhua agreed quickly and took the two ladies behind her to move the braised food away skillfully.
Shen Jinan could finally take a break today. After sending Aunt Li and others away, she knocked on Gu Yanqing's door.
"What's wrong, my lady?" Gu Yanqing was assigning homework to Mingzi and Suisui Huanhuan. When he saw Shen Jinan walking in, his sharp eyebrows softened instantly.
"Let's go to the market together today. The New Year is only six or seven days away."
Shen Jinan looked at him with a smile, her pretty face was heart-warming.
"Wow, really? Then can Sui Sui Huan Huan go too?!"
Sui Sui Huan Huan ran over, hugged Shen Jin An's thighs, and pulled one at a time.
"Of course you can. Sui Sui Huan Huan has been doing so well lately, Mommy wants to reward you!"
Shen Jinan squatted down and scratched the noses of the two little balls.
Hearing this, Sui Sui happily threw away the book in his hand and jumped around Shen Jinan with joy.
Mingzi looked at Sui Sui Huan Huan with envy, then tugged at Gu Yanqing's clothes sensibly, "Teacher Gu, I'll go home and review my lessons today."
"Mingzai, can you go to the market with us?" Huanhuan looked at the sensible Mingzai and suddenly hugged Gu Yanqing and begged.
"Then ask your mother."
Gu Yanqing touched Huanhuan's little head with relief in his eyes.
"Mom, can we take Mingzi with us? I want to go with Mingzi and my brother."
Huanhuan's soft and sticky voice softened Shen Jinan's heart. She looked at the sensible Mingzai and waved to him.
Mingzi walked towards Shen Jinan with his calves and shook his head, "Aunt Shen, my mother said that you can't always take advantage of others. You should take Sui Sui Huan Huan with you."
Seeing that the child was so sensible, Shen Jinan's nose was sore, "Mingzi, you, your mother and I are all family now, and we should not have different opinions."
After spending so much time together, Shen Jinan has long regarded Li Chunhua as her own elder sister, and Mingzi is of course her half-nephew.
"Let's go to the market together today. Didn't Teacher Gu say that we should combine work and rest?"
Shen Jinan looked at Gu Yanqing with a smile, and Gu Yanqing also responded to this.
"Your Aunt Shen is right. Mingzai has been studying for so long and has done so well. Of course, he needs to relax."
Seeing that Gu Yanqing had also spoken, Mingzi finally felt relieved and nodded vigorously, “Okay, then I also want to go to the market with Aunt Chen and Teacher Gu!”
So the five of them happily got on the carriage and headed to the town market.
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