When Xue Huan took the meat buns back, she was careful and did not take them out directly. Instead, she put them in her sewing basket.
On weekdays, in addition to washing clothes for others, the mother and daughter also do embroidery, sewing and mending. Just now, when Xue Huan went out, she put the sewing basket on her arm and said she was going to deliver something.
Of course, the delivery is real too.
I just bought the buns on the way.
Xue Huan placed the buns under the piece of cloth and walked into the house carrying the basket.
Cao Xun was still asleep. This man's daily routine was completely reversed. He would become energetic at night, go out drinking and gambling, and wander around everywhere, while during the day he would usually lie in bed and sleep, with food and clothes provided for him.
I don’t know why Chen would continue to live with him.
Perhaps it was because women in that era were so restricted in their thinking that they felt divorce was a shameful thing. Perhaps it was also because it was difficult for women to live without men.
Anyway, Xue Huan had no good feelings towards Cao Xun at all.
Chen was washing clothes in front of the door, filling three large basins, and there were also a lot of dirty clothes piled in the house.
Her hands had become thick-knuckled and rough from washing clothes for a long time, but in fact, she was only in her thirties.
"Liu'er, there's food left for you on the table. Eat it quickly and come help." Chen said.
Xue Huan nodded and said "hmm".
The Cao family’s breakfast was just porridge with pickles, and sometimes they couldn’t even have porridge.
Xue Huan was just focused on bringing the buns back, but now she couldn't help but feel embarrassed about how to take the buns out.
If she said she bought it with the money from selling her embroidery, Chen would definitely feel sad. Why not say she picked it up?
Xue Huan peeled back the cloth from the basket, revealing the buns in the paper bag. "Mom, I just found ten coins on the road and bought four buns. Let's have two each. Let's eat them while they're hot."
Chen paused while rubbing the clothes. "Picked it up? Where did you pick it up? Did anyone see it? What if the owner comes looking for it? You kid, why did you use it to buy buns? And you bought four at once? That's eight cents, and I have to wash clothes all day to earn that much."
Chen kept muttering.
Xue Huan interrupted her: "Mom, I've already bought it. Eat it now, or it will get cold."
Chen: "I won't eat it. You eat it. Just eat one. The remaining three will be eaten when your father wakes up."
Xue Huan: “…”
It would be worse to feed it to a dog than to give it to Cao Xun. At least the dog will wag its tail at her. Cao Xun would probably scold her after eating it.
Xue Huan didn't say anything. She took out a bun, broke off a piece, and put it to Chen's mouth, "Eat."
Chen: "...you kid."
Finally opened his mouth and ate.
After eating just one, he refused to eat anymore.
Xue Huan ate two and put the remaining one into a paper bag. However, she didn't plan to leave it for Cao Xun, but planned to eat it as a snack when she was hungry.
After breakfast, Xue Huan was troubled by the several large basins of laundry. She had to think of a way to make money.
As if it had read her mind, the system popped up: "Daily Task 2: Accept the book copying task from Yuanji. Complete it and you'll be rewarded 100 coins."
A book copying task? That's possible.
While making money, you can also get closer to the mission target.
After washing and hanging up five large basins of clothes with Chen, Xue Huan was so tired that she couldn't even straighten her back. Before this, washing several large basins of clothes every day was a daily routine for Chen and her daughter.
No wonder Chen, despite being so young, already has signs of hunchback.
The whole morning passed in repetitive hard work, and it was not until noon that the mother and daughter could take a breath.
In the afternoon, I am also busy with odd jobs such as sewing shoe soles and making purses.
Cao Xun just got up at lunchtime, reeking of alcohol. He walked out of the room in slippers without washing his face or rinsing his mouth, and sat at the table waiting for food.
Seeing the two light dishes on the table, his face suddenly fell, "You're just giving me this to eat?"
Xue Huan: “…”
She really wanted to say, it’s good enough to have this to eat, if you want to eat better, give your money back!
Chen smiled apologetically and said, "I also bought you a bun, Liu'er, bring it up quickly."
As he spoke, he winked at Xue Huan.
Xue Huan was speechless. She brought the hot bun over unhappily and placed it on the table.
Cao Xun picked up the bun and started to eat it, with one leg raised on the bench, shaking all over like a big boss.
After finishing a few bites of the bun, he still wanted to eat more. He reached out and touched nothing. "You only bought one?"
Chen's eyes were a little evasive, and she said cautiously: "I just bought one..."
Fortunately, Cao Xun didn't even look at her and didn't notice her guilty conscience at all. He cursed for a while and picked up his bowl to eat.
After eating two bowls, he threw away his chopsticks, wiped his mouth, and went back to his room to fall asleep.
This behavior... made Xue Huan's eyes hurt.
"Liu'er, eat." Chen brought over two bowls of rice, the rice in them barely covering the bottom of the bowl.
As for the two plates of food on the table, Cao Xun complained that they were not oily, but he had almost finished them, leaving only the bottom of the plate for the mother and daughter.
Xue Huan became more and more eager to take Chen away from her scumbag father Cao Xun.
Without Cao Xun, with their diligence, they could have lived, not to mention a good life, but at least they could have had enough food and clothing. It was not like now, where they worked hard to serve Cao Xun all day long, but got nothing in return, and the little money they earned was all taken away by him to buy alcohol and gamble.
What's the point of having such a scumbag father?
After a quick meal, Xue Huan took over the dishwashing job while Chen went to do odd jobs.
After washing the dishes and wiping the table, Xue Huan said to Chen at the door, "Mom, I'm going to be out for a moment."
"Where are you going? When will you be back?"
"Let's go to the bookstore up ahead. We'll be back in 25 minutes at most."
Xue Huan thought that if she wanted to take the book copying job from Yuan Ji, she definitely couldn't just go to his house and ask him directly if he had any book copying work for her. She had to at least understand the situation of the book copying industry first.
Arriving at the bookstore, Xue Huan did not ask directly, but started browsing inside the store. She found that although she had lost her memory, the characters of this era were not unfamiliar to her. She recognized them all and could even write them.
Perhaps the basic skills of reading and writing have been engraved in her bones, just like swimming, once you learn it, you will never forget it.
It would be good if she could read, otherwise she wouldn’t be able to complete the task of copying books.
The shop assistants saw that she was dressed simply and was a woman, so they didn't think she could afford to buy books. After all, a book would cost at least a few hundred coins, which was definitely not something ordinary people could afford.
He came forward and said, "Girl, if you don't want to buy the book, please don't touch it, or it will be difficult for us to sell it if it is damaged."
Xue Huan didn't put down the book after hearing this, and continued to flip through it leisurely. "How do you know I won't buy it?"
"Do you want to buy it? Can you afford it?" A voice came from the side.
Xue Huan looked over and saw that the person who was speaking was a girl dressed as a maid. The woman wearing a veil hat next to her was probably her master. When she saw her looking over, the maid not only did not avoid her, but looked at her with even more disdain.
Xue Huan: "System, are you there? Lend me two taels of silver." Just because of the maid's condescending attitude, she had to buy it today.
Otherwise, wouldn't she be waiting to be slapped in the face?
She has always been the one who hits others in the face, and has never been hit by others. She cannot set this precedent today.
As for where this perception came from, it was not important. What was important was that she had to be the one to get slapped in the face today.
The system didn't respond.
Xue Huan thought, no way! Isn't the system from the same country as hers? Why did it disappear at the critical moment?
Just then, a tall figure came out from behind a bookshelf and looked directly at Xue Huan. "Liu'er, didn't I ask you to buy me a book? Why haven't you finished yet?"
If it’s not Yuanji, then who is it?
I guess he heard what the maid said just now, so he stood up to help her out.
Xue Huan cleverly took the ladder he handed over and said, "I was looking for it, but this guy wouldn't let me touch the book." She didn't even look at the maid.
Ignoring is the loudest slap in the face.
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