094 Going home
Here, Sun Wen and his companions closed the door and discussed matters.
Sun Sicheng asked Jixiang and others to check the luggage one last time and replenish what was needed.
The weather has turned cold, and everyone needs to prepare some thick autumn clothes, as well as some snacks that can be stored for a few days, not to mention food, pots, stoves, and flints.
After repeated consideration, he and Sun Wen decided to let Wang Chun and the other two stay for the time being. The Jiangnan issue seemed to have been resolved, but there was no guarantee that there would be no subsequent problems.
Eight new braised food shops have opened here, and they need someone to keep an eye on them. It's sometimes difficult for Manager Qin and He Jin alone to handle the situation, so it's better to go back in the spring.
The remaining twenty-six people rode in six carriages, one of which was carrying luggage.
Ping An naturally rode in the same car with his master, but this time Sun Wen sat directly in.
This car is really comfortable, only a fool would not sit in it.
They set off in early June and it is now late September. Three and a half months have passed and fortunately, things have been settled. As for what the eldest son and Sun Wen were thinking, everyone else knew nothing about it and was extremely excited.
Lian Pingan couldn't wait to go home.
This is the first time in my life that mother and son have been separated for several months. I don’t know if my mother misses me.
The convoy slowly left the city in the morning light.
Yong'an Prefecture Hundred Medicinal Garden.
Wan Changsheng was immersed in great joy.
My wife felt sick and vomited yesterday. After counting the days, Mei Niang suspected that she was pregnant. Wan Changsheng was ecstatic, but he suppressed his joy and took his wife to Baicaotang.
The results were basically confirmed, but the time was a little short, so the doctor asked them to come back for another checkup in a few days.
I didn’t expect that my wife would become pregnant just three months after taking the medicine prescribed by the eldest master.
In this way, there is a great possibility of having two or three more children in this life.
The couple didn't dare go shopping anymore, so they bought some daily necessities and returned home.
Wan Changsheng carefully helped his wife onto the kang.
Mei Niang laughed and said, "How can you be so delicate? Every woman who is pregnant will do this and that. Some even give birth to children in the fields.
My stomach is flat now, and it will take at least three months for me to be pregnant. I just feel a little uncomfortable, but not tired.
Three months from now it will be the twelfth lunar month, and I don’t know if Ping An and Er Qiang have returned. After such a long time, I miss them even in my dreams. "
"I asked Brother Ge this morning, and he said he should be home in October. Now it's late September, so he must be on his way. If Ping An knew he was going to have a brother or sister soon, he would be very happy."
"Husband, if Erqiang comes back early, will you take him back to He Village? They don't know their elder brother who picked herbs in autumn, and they don't know how their parents are doing?"
"Let's talk later. I'm going to do some work now. You lie down and take a rest. After all, we just rode in a mule cart, so you'd better be careful."
The farmers can have three days off in a month. The rest dates are arranged by the head of the village. Of course, if you have special circumstances, you can also discuss it with the head of the village.
Wan Changsheng did not take any vacation during the past three months. He had always wanted to save it up and promised his brother-in-law and others to go back to teach autumn medicine. However, the journey there and back alone took ten days, and even if he taught medicine for another three days, it was still not enough.
Advance leave is also possible, and everyone in the village is very nice to the couple.
After marrying his wife, he faced her smiling face every day, lived a comfortable life, and his son was doing well. The resentment that Wan Changsheng once felt in his heart gradually dissipated.
Occasionally he would think of his eldest brother and several children, and his deceased parents. He also wanted to teach them how to collect herbs, but he was worried about being pestered by some people. Although he was not afraid, he felt annoyed and upset. He did not want his address to be leaked and his peaceful life to be disrupted.
The more he cares about this family, the more he fears the uncontrollable events.
Two days later in the evening, Manager Ge came to visit. Since Qingshi followed Ping'an, the Ge family would occasionally come to the village, and the two families now have a very good relationship.
"Why are you here, Brother Ge? Come and sit down. Have you had dinner? I'll ask my wife to cook." They had just eaten and were preparing to take a walk.
"Don't worry, we have dinner early. Brother Wan, your house has been rented out to a family of a gentleman from the prefectural school. They are a clean family. Since you need it urgently, I will help you make the decision.
The rent is two taels a month, payable annually, for three years. Twenty-four taels of rent were paid first, and five taels were deposited as a deposit. For the sake of the eldest son, the pawnbroker will not take a penny this time. The agreement is in duplicate, and I brought one copy here for you to take a look."
The couple was happy. They had more than twenty taels of silver in a year, but it was not too little.
The house given by the eldest son has two courtyards and is in a good location, not far from the government school. The couple discussed and decided that since they were living on the farm anyway, they might as well ask Manager Ge to rent it out. Unexpectedly, the rent was only 24 taels in a year, which was enough to build a house in the village.
He spent twenty taels on that house.
Wan Changsheng took it and took a look. It was indeed twenty-nine taels of silver and an agreement.
He put away the twenty taels and put the rest back into his purse and pushed it to Shopkeeper Ge, "Brother Ge, the agreement and deposit are still with you. I'll still trouble you in the future. The remaining four taels are for buying food for the children. I don't know anything in the capital, so I'll trouble you to take care of the house and the fields."
Shopkeeper Ge laughed and said, "Brother Wan, please don't do this. It's easy for me to do this. Besides, the eldest master also told me before he left. If you have any questions, just come to me."
No matter how Wan Changsheng pushed, the other party just refused to accept. In the end, Mei Niang could only carry a basket of eggs and a lot of fresh vegetables.
Shopkeeper Ge did accept it.
"Oh, there is one more thing. Your land is not far away. A family wants to sell six acres of land. It's 15 taels per acre. If you want it, you can give it to the tenant farmers together with the original land next year."
"Yes, we want it."
Six acres is ninety taels. They had saved one hundred taels before, and Ping'an gave him another two hundred taels before he left. This way they didn't have to touch what Ping'an left, and they still had more than thirty taels left.
The house cannot be left empty, especially since Mei Niang is pregnant now.
"Okay, then go to Baicaotang at the beginning of the morning hour tomorrow. I'll wait for you there. Bring your household registration with you."
After seeing off Shopkeeper Ge, the two had no intention of strolling around anymore. Mei Niang asked her husband to dig out the savings, took out ninety-five taels and gave them to him, and hid the rest again.
The red deed has to be processed, and once it is processed the two taels of silver will be gone.
In Wan Changsheng's heart, the house and forty acres of fertile land given by the eldest son were actually for their safety. They would have children in the future, and they couldn't be parents without any family property and then point to the family property to tell their children that these were all for their brother's safety.
Of course, Wan Changsheng would never tell Mei Niang these words. Mei Niang had said that if they left their hometown, no one would know that they were not a real family.
I couldn't hide it from the eldest son at the time, and there was no way I could hide it.
But no one else would say it, Ping'an is the eldest son of this family, and the eldest son of Wan Changsheng.
Just as Wan Changsheng and his wife were immersed in the joy of pregnancy, property purchase and rent collection, Ping An and his group encountered a sudden heavy rain and missed the opportunity to stay in the inn for the first time. They rented an empty new house at the entrance of the village.
The owner of the house felt very sorry for the rent of one or two taels of silver from Jixiang, so he asked his son and grandson to deliver a large bundle of firewood.
The little boy was about the same age as Ping An. When he got a few candies from Ping An, his face turned red, but he still took them.
"Do you have any brothers or sisters? How many are there?" Ping An asked.
"Master, I have grandparents, parents, and a younger brother, but my mother is not well. People in the village say she is going to die."
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