Chapter 136: Take advantage of today to think about what is missing
Sang Yu still trusted her grandmother's ability to manage accounts. She said that there was definitely not much money at home, and most of the money was spent by her own hands.
Sang Yu began to carefully recall the expenses during this period. Building the house was definitely the biggest expense, a full two taels and seven cents.
In addition, I spent half a tael of silver on buying pork to make sausages, and about half a tael of silver on miscellaneous expenses such as spices and vegetables.
Other miscellaneous expenses, such as buying a straw raincoat and giving gifts to Village Chief Shen, are counted as half a tael, and the iron pots and spatulas in the kitchen are about half a tael.
Even if she deducted the one or two taels of pocket money given to Sang Yongjing, there should still be more than one or two taels of silver left, which gave her the confidence to go out and make purchases.
Unable to figure out where the money went, Sang Yu chose to ask Mrs. Shi directly: "Grandma, how much money is left in the house now?"
"One tael of silver still leaves more than four hundred copper coins." Mrs. Shi's answer was straightforward.
"...There are still quite a few left." Sang Yu breathed a sigh of relief, and felt his heart, which had been beating wildly with fear, fall back to its normal position.
Old Madam Shi asked doubtfully, "But Yu'er, didn't you say you wanted to make a big purchase? How can you buy anything with less than two taels of silver?"
In the old lady's impression, anything related to shopping would cost dozens or even hundreds of taels of silver. Compared to that, the little money at home was really nothing.
"Don't worry, Grandmother. I'll take you tomorrow to see how much you can buy with this little money. You can use today to think about what you need."
Sang Yu was very confident. She had gained some understanding of the local prices over the past few days. As long as she didn't waste money, she could definitely buy all the household items she needed with 1,400 wen.
If it really wasn't enough, her father still had a tael of silver on him, and he should have contributed it to buy things for the family at the critical moment.
The lunch was sumptuous, but the dinner was relatively simple. After dinner, the family sat in the yard to enjoy the cool air and chat.
Looking at the large open space in the yard, Sang Yu suddenly had an idea.
"When we have time, let's dig up the empty space in the yard and plant some vegetables."
These days, it’s impossible to grow any flowers or plants in the yard for viewing. It always feels like a waste to leave a large area of vacant land.
Instead, you can cultivate the land into small vegetable plots, grow some vegetables for daily consumption, and save some money.
"Yu'er, your idea is good, but..." Xie Qiujin stopped talking midway, looking embarrassed: "But we don't know how to grow vegetables."
What she said was true. Looking at the six members of the Sang family, no one had ever been involved in farming.
The closest I ever got to fields was probably when I went to a village outside Beijing to escape the summer heat and saw endless stretches of fields from afar.
Not to mention growing vegetables, they don't even know how to till the soil or sow seeds.
Sang Yu hadn't planned to count on them in the first place, so she patted her chest confidently and said, "I can do it!"
"You can? Really?" Xie Qiujin was skeptical.
"Of course, books contain golden houses and beautiful women, so they certainly also contain methods of farming."
Anyway, they probably haven't read books like Nong Sang, so Sang Yu just lied with her eyes open and attributed everything to her learning from books.
"But winter is coming soon. Won't the vegetables we grow be frozen to death?" The person who asked this question was Sang Yongjing.
Although he had never farmed or grown vegetables, he loved to eat. Every winter, even in the most prosperous and affluent capital, there were not many green leafy vegetables to eat.
Sang Yu shook her head slightly: "No, the temperature in Lingnan is high and the winter is short. Many vegetables are cold-resistant and will not freeze to death."
She has grown vegetables herself and knows that many vegetables are cold-resistant. Some vegetables can even survive the winter in temperatures of several degrees below zero, such as spinach, leeks, radishes, etc.
Even if she wants to grow some vegetables that are not cold-resistant, it is not impossible. She has built greenhouses before, but she needs to study what materials to use to replace plastic film.
Sang Yongjing thought of something, his eyes lighting up: "Then our family won't have to buy groceries anymore."
You can be self-sufficient and never have to worry about money again.
"How can such a good thing happen?" Sang Yu rolled her eyes at him. "You have to spend money to buy seeds and seedlings. You can't just eat vegetables every day without meat. I can only buy less."
You can save some seeds after planting a crop, so that you can sow and grow seedlings yourself in the future without having to spend money to buy them.
After chatting for a while, as the bright moonlight spread across the yard, the family returned to their rooms to rest.
Sang Yu was lying on a hard bed covered with a straw mat, feeling the pain in her ribs. She guessed that other people in the family felt the same way as her, so she had to go buy some bedding tomorrow.
Sleeping on her side was too uncomfortable, so she simply lay on her back with her hands crossed behind her head, staring at the dark ceiling, but feeling extremely satisfied in her heart.
After being in this world for so long, this was the first time she felt that she had really settled down and had a family.
Although her life before was similar to now, she always felt that she lacked a sense of security and belonging.
It seems that he has not yet emerged from the shadow of exile, but is being pushed forward under the pressure of survival.
But now, she can finally say with peace of mind that she has a home.
She has her own room, a family that loves her, and a sense of belonging.
I don't know when I fell asleep, but I was woken up by the crowing of roosters one after another.
Sang Yu opened his eyes drowsily and found that it was getting light outside the window. It must be dawn.
She jumped out of bed, opened the door and saw Sang Xingjia coming back with water. She was stunned at first, then she understood everything.
No wonder the water tank in the kitchen was full yesterday. It turned out that he was the one who fetched the water.
"Brother, why don't you sleep a little longer? You have to get up to work so early." She stretched and asked casually.
Sang Xingjia was embarrassed to tell her that he didn't sleep all night because he was too excited after moving into the new house, so he made up an excuse to get away with it.
"I just woke up, so I thought I'd bring some water back for later use. You've arrived just in time, the porridge in the pot should be almost done. Eat it first, I'll go wake up my parents."
The kitchen stove is generally on the left, and there is a large vat on the right wall.
That was also sent by Carpenter Wang. He said that all the water used in the village had to be fetched from the stream, so a water tank was needed. He happened to have an extra one, so he gave it to them.
In fact, no one knows whether it is really redundant, but it is indeed much more convenient.
Their house is relatively close to the stream, but the yard is still dozens of steps away from the stream, making it very troublesome to go back and forth.
Sang Yu plans to buy a smaller tank later and use the two tanks together.
Fill the large vat with raw water and use it directly for daily washing or other purposes.
The small jar is used to store boiled water. In this way, you can boil a pot of water in the morning and put it in the jar, so you will have water to drink all day long. You don’t have to boil water again when you want to drink water.
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