Thanks to the emperor's gift, Yue Jiuyue's family sent out two more baskets of sweet potatoes. These "two baskets" were not just two baskets, so their sweet potato roasting business was put on hold, otherwise they wouldn't have enough sweet potato seeds for next year.
And so, the three Lin brothers began to enjoy their leisure time. They spent their days taking Xiaoman'er to the mountains. Xiaoman'er's once smooth, dark face became chapped, but the little girl was still silly and happy, laughing and having a great time.
"Mother, do you think Doctor Li will still accept these medicinal herbs?"
Lin Chaobei was somewhat worried that their efforts would be in vain.
"How would I know? Once the herbs are all prepared, you can go to town and ask."
Yue Jiuyue gave the most practical suggestion.
"hold head high."
Lin Chaobei responded listlessly, then suddenly seemed to remember something and became energetic again, carrying a basket to the yard to sort out the medicinal herbs, washing and drying the ones that needed to be washed.
"Mom, are those two newly built houses really for me?"
Suddenly, Liu leaned closer and asked in a low voice.
"Yes, didn't we already agree on this?"
Yue Jiuyue didn't quite understand Liu's thought process. They had already agreed on something, so why would she go back on her word for no reason? Besides, she was doing this for everyone's benefit.
The two houses weren't built next to the main room, but rather in the backyard. Between them and the main house where they now lived, there was an empty backyard several meters wide where they kept a group of rabbits and chickens. There was also a straw shed for storing firewood, and even the cellar was in this backyard.
Although we weren't short of money when we built the house, we were only thinking about arranging for our eldest son and his wife to live far away. We didn't have any plans. We just wanted to build two rooms so that our eldest son and his wife could move there, and the other room would be reserved for our daughter.
Now that Liu had suddenly asked this question, Yue Jiuyue couldn't help but overthink it again.
She doesn't know about the second son, but the third and fourth sons are of marriageable age and looking for wives. It seems that the family will soon have more members. Are those two houses too few?
Even if we don't say one room per child, but two or three children per room, we still need to consider gender. A family would need at least three rooms to be enough!
Furthermore, to avoid awkwardness, it's best not to arrange for people to live in the same house, so as not to hear each other making babies in the middle of the night.
Thinking about it, Yue Jiuyue couldn't help but feel a headache coming on. What if the children from each family heard this?
Therefore, the children of wealthy and powerful families all live in separate courtyards. She felt that the landlord's plan had to be implemented. She had to take over one of the hills behind the mountain before the original time for fleeing the famine next year!
Then, can we gradually reduce the supply of water from the ancient well, and stop worrying about the water from South Lake? After all, it's related to whether she can get the mountain at the lowest price next year!
"...Then I'll move there today?"
Liu rambled on and on, but when she looked up, she realized her mother-in-law had drifted off into thought.
Regardless of what Yue Jiuyue was thinking, Liu gently tugged at Yue Jiuyue's sleeve to bring her back to her senses, and then presented her idea.
"Sure, the house is all set up, you can move in anytime you like."
She didn't care about such trivial matters; her mind was already planning that hilltop—enclosing it, building individual courtyards, planting flowers, and so on…
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