Chapter 57 The Ke Family's Situation
Su Ming opened his mouth exaggeratedly, "Brother Shen, your yard is much bigger than my house. But I also have a chicken coop and a straw shed for cattle, but we don't have a special wall around them."
The area where the Su family raised livestock next to their yard was surrounded by a one-meter-high wall made of adobe and wooden boards, which was not as strong as the stone wall of the Shen family's yard.
Su Tai carefully examined the wall for a long time before exclaiming, "Are these all stones?"
Shen Yi nodded, "My old house was built with adobe. After experiencing a severe drought, it was severely weathered. I thought about it and decided to use stones directly. At least houses built with stones can withstand wind and rain erosion. Shenjiazhuang is close to the Daxun River, so there is no shortage of big stones. These stones have been washed by the river for many years and have no sharp edges, so they are very suitable for building houses.
My family has a fishing boat and a donkey cart, and we can pull stones several times a day, so building a house is not a big deal."
Su Ming was envious when he heard this. "Brother Shen's family is still the best. Although our family also built a stone house, the stones were all found in the mountains, and some of them had to be polished. My father asked most of the uncles and aunts in the village to help him build it."
Su Tai also thought that this house was excellent. It could be said that it was the only one in Shenjiazhuang. There was nothing to pick on. The only thing left was the furniture.
The three of them worked out the furniture they needed. Su Tai thought of her secret and said to Shen Yi, "Brother Shen, I also want to build a small stone mill in the yard, a stone mortar and pestle, and a stove in the kitchen. Is that okay?"
Shen Yi nodded repeatedly, "These are not problems."
Su Ming was dumbfounded when he heard this. "Brother Shen, you dote on my sister too much! How can you give her everything she wants? What if she wants the moon in the sky?"
Su Tai slapped him on the forehead with a smile and scolded, "Nonsense!"
Shen Yi just laughed and said nothing.
After the siblings were sent back by Shen Yi, Su Ming immediately complained to Han and took the opportunity to describe the Shen family's new house in an exaggerated manner.
Han was so happy that she had already started thinking about how to arrange Su Tai's dowry.
Two days later, Su Chunlin came back at dusk, with an untidy beard and a tired look.
Everyone in the Su family breathed a sigh of relief.
Han brought him a large bowl of warm water and sat down next to him. "How is it? Did you find the person?"
Su Chunlin gulped down a bowl of water, and nodded after he recovered. "My eldest sister and her husband moved again. I spent a whole day asking around on the ice field before I found their home."
Su Chunlin couldn't say any more after saying one sentence. He wiped his face and choked up a little. "My elder sister's life was so hard! The five of us lived on those fifty sheep. My elder sister said she had raised eighty sheep before and wanted to find a wife for my eldest nephew, but wolves came in the winter and ate five of them. My brother-in-law was also injured.
I sold two sheep to pay for my brother-in-law's medical treatment, and sold a dozen more as my little niece needed medicine all the time. Now our family is left with fifty sheep and can't do anything.
In the past two years, all the children have been starving to the point of being skin and bones. Only the youngest, Yunyun, is doing better. But her health is so bad that my eldest sister always secretly wipes away tears when she talks about that child. She also asked me if I could help find a doctor to see Yunyun. I plan to ask my eldest brother later."
The most capable person here is Doctor Li in the town. However, Doctor Li is very old and may not be able to cure Ke Yunyun's illness.
Han's heart skipped a beat when she heard this. "Then give them all the food you brought with you!"
Su Chunlin nodded. "They were really happy to see the food I brought. My eldest sister and brother-in-law didn't want to take advantage of me, so they insisted on exchanging sheep with me. I refused, so don't blame me."
Han glared at him in reproach and said unhappily, "Am I the kind of person who is short-sighted? I will only blame you if you really take it. Did you tell them about Xiaoyu and Xiaotai's marriage?"
Su Chunlin nodded, "When we got married, I took you to the ice field. We haven't seen each other for more than ten years since then. I have to tell them about the situation at home. Big sister will be very happy to know that our family is living a good life.
I just felt bad seeing my eldest sister suffering so much, so I told them that now that the drought is over, the sheep in their area cannot be sold at a good price, but here they are scarce, and after the autumn harvest, every household will have surplus food, so they can drive the sheep over and they will definitely make some money. At the very least, my eldest brother and I can help them sell some.
My brother-in-law was worried about the marriages of his two children, and he was moved when he heard this. He said he would come after the autumn harvest and would not come when Xiaoyu got married. He asked me to explain it to my eldest brother and sister-in-law.
Han could understand the Ke family's arrangement, and explained it to Su Yu carefully before going to Huang to inform her.
The busy days passed by like a flash, and in the blink of an eye it was the end of May. Just a few days before Su Yu got married, Su Chunlin's new courtyard was completed.
All the furniture inside had to be rearranged, and since Su Yu strongly requested to marry out of that courtyard, new arrangements had to be made.
Su Chunlin and his wife were so busy that they had no time to take care of other things.
At the same time, the ten acres of cabbage in the earth time and space were ripe.
With no one watching, Su Tai could enter the earth time and space without any worries and command the moles to do their work.
After harvesting ten acres of cabbage, she had 50,000 kilograms of cabbage in her hands. She sold them all to the automatic trading cabinet and got 15,000 virtual coins.
She didn't plan to continue growing cabbage. After all, she would live with Shen Yi after the autumn harvest. Shen Yi knew her secret, so she didn't have to hide it. From now on, she had to make plans for life after marriage.
The first thing to do is to grow cotton and make quilts.
She had already inquired about it. There were no clothes made of cotton in Zhaohua County. The rich and powerful used brocade and silk, the well-off used fine linen and gauze, and the poor could only use coarse cloth.
After wearing it for so long, she still couldn't accept the feeling of the coarse cloth rubbing against her skin, as well as the anti-cold measures of that era. Although the quilt with many miscellaneous anti-cold items was warm, it felt like a thousand pounds when covered on the body, and it was uncomfortable to turn over. She often worried that she would be suffocated by the quilt.
Wearing it as a jacket feels like carrying a heavy weight, making it difficult to work.
In short, when it comes to winter, she has a lot of complaints.
When Su Tai asked the seed store owner to buy cotton seeds, the owner was a little surprised.
According to her request, the boss selected a high-quality cotton seed for her, which cost two hundred yuan per pound.
One acre of land requires four kilograms, and ten acres of land requires forty kilograms, which costs another eight thousand coins.
After Su Tai gave the cotton seeds to the gopher, she eagerly looked forward to the harvest four months later.
In a blink of an eye, it was the day of Su Yu's wedding.
Su Chunlin and Han got up early and started working. They killed a few chickens at home. Su Chunlin carried back half a pig and processed it in the cowshed.
Su Tai and Ruan Xiaoyu were busy mixing fine flour to make steamed buns.
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