Chapter 42 Thief
He felt that this matter was difficult to say. If he was not careful, Cui Qingyi and her servant would think that he and his wife were jealous of others' money. If Cui Qingyi thought that he was a bad person and was unwilling to cooperate with him in the future, he would have no place to cry.
But thinking of his eldest daughter who was only eight years old but very sensible, Qi Moxuan felt that he was just asking. If it didn't work, he would just find another master for Xiaoyuan.
Qi Moxuan was struggling, but Cui Qingyi and Konjac had no idea.
In order to prepare for the first winter of living alone, the two have been busy these days.
First, they cleaned up the side room in the yard near the firewood room. They wanted to use this room to store some long-lasting vegetables, such as cabbage and radish.
These are common vegetables nowadays. As for the others, they are generally seasonal vegetables and will be gone after the season.
The Jin dynasty also cultivated vegetables in greenhouses during the winter, but these greenhouses required constant charcoal burning day and night to keep the vegetables warm, which was very expensive. Therefore, the fresh vegetables grown in these greenhouses were only consumed by the imperial court and the nobles.
Ordinary families and ordinary people rely on dried vegetables and pickles stored in the summer to survive the winter.
Cui Qingyi and Konjac arrived late and had no time to prepare the pickled vegetables.
However, these things can be bought on the street as long as you have money. It was when Cui Qingyi was wandering around the street buying vegetables that she realized with disappointment that her wish to roast sweet potatoes in winter might not be realized, because there were no potatoes and sweet potatoes in the Jin Dynasty.
This also allowed Cui Qingyi to confirm that the history of the Jin Dynasty was at least before the Ming Dynasty.
In addition to vegetables, there is also charcoal for heating in winter.
As soon as winter arrives in Dongping County, many farmers burn charcoal in the mountains and carry it to the city to sell. The charcoal burned by farmers themselves is not as sophisticated and will produce smoke when burned, but the price is cheaper than that of the government charcoal shop.
Cui Qingyi decided to buy more loose charcoal to heat the kang in winter, and as for the charcoal basin used in the house, she would go to the government charcoal shop to buy it.
When it came to buying charcoal, Cui Qingyi and Konjac decided to buy a lot without any discussion. In the past, they had no choice but to make their own decisions. It didn't make sense that now that they were in charge and had money in their hands, they would be so stingy even when buying some charcoal.
Waiting for loads of charcoal to be delivered and piled high in the woodshed, the pitch-black color makes people feel at ease just by looking at it.
These days, Cui Qingyi and Konjac have been busy going out early and coming back late every day, leaving Wangcai at home to look after the house. Fortunately, this guy did not disappoint them. He patrolled around the house every day and cared more about where important supplies were placed in the house than Cui Qingyi and Konjac, the two owners.
Ever since that quarrel with Gu's mother, Feng was forced by her mother-in-law to go out and work with her husband. Feng's husband, Lin Da, worked as a porter and move goods at the dock. He worked hard all day but could earn some hard-earned money.
Feng, a woman, naturally could not do such heavy work, so her husband asked her to follow other women to do some work such as helping people pick up fish, kill fish, and clean up fishing nets.
At first, Feng was bothered by her husband and mother-in-law who kept going out to work early and coming back late, but after a few days she couldn't stand it anymore.
The pier was exposed to the wind and sun, and the smells were mixed. After just a few days, Feng felt that her body was marinated with the fishy smell. She would rather go home to farm than to fish here.
Furthermore, she was a bit of a nagging person, and within a few days of arriving, she had already offended every woman she worked with. But this time, Feng's husband was also warned by his mother not to let Feng fool around for more than a few days and then run back home.
So no matter how Feng acted, she was still forced by her husband and mother-in-law to work at the dock for more than a month.
As the weather turned colder, many ships stopped going out to sea and there was not much work to be done at the docks, so Feng was allowed to go home.
But as the old saying goes, it is difficult to change one's nature. Feng was well-behaved at home for just a few days before she started to go back to her old ways.
The Cui family went shopping these days. If there were some things that the master and servant could not carry together, they would spend a few cents to ask the shop assistants to deliver them to their door. They were afraid that it would be difficult to go out due to the snow in winter, so they naturally bought a lot of things.
In addition, many farmers and small vendors selling charcoal also came, and Feng's conjunctivitis came back as she watched.
She hid in her own house and observed for a few days. When Cui Qingyi and Konjac were out, she climbed over the wall of Cui's house. She was familiar with the route because she had climbed it many times when the Wang family, who had lived in this house, left.
At that time, the house was empty, and even if she was seen climbing in and out, no one would do anything. But now the house is owned by Cui, and if she continues to climb in and out, it would be considered a thief, and if she was caught, she would be thrown into prison.
Feng made sure that no one was passing through the alley, and she swiftly landed in the Cui family's yard.
When he took a closer look, his eyes became even more red. Looking at the potted plants still blooming in the corner, he secretly spat, "I don't know where these two little bitches got the money to waste it."
She had been here many times and was familiar with the layout of the yard. She walked towards the kitchen.
She saw that the two little kids bought a lot of good things.
Feng didn't take Cui Qingyi and Konjac seriously, and was completely focused on the good things that were about to come to her, so when she realized something was wrong, it was already too late.
A bloody mouth came straight towards her face, and Wangcai showed his ferocious look. He had seen it as early as when Feng climbed up the wall, and was just waiting for this person to come over and was ready to hit him with one blow.
Feng was so scared that she almost died. How come she didn't know that the Cui family also had a dog?
"Ah~ Get out of the way! Help! Help! The dog is biting someone."
The previously silent alley was completely awakened by Feng's shout. Naturally, the first to hear the sound were Feng's in-laws. Old Mrs. Lin was teaching her granddaughter needlework when her daughter-in-law's shout startled her so much that she felt like a needle sticking into her thumb.
Blood immediately gushed out, but she didn't care about that. She looked at her granddaughter and asked, "Daya, where is your mother?"
Daya, Feng's daughter, looked around in panic: "I don't know. I haven't seen her since dinner."
Daya had long been accustomed to the fact that Feng Shi was often nowhere to be seen. Her mother was incredibly lazy and would always disappear after dinner.
"Ahhh, mother, Daya, help me..." Feng was still calling for help.
The grandfather and grandson, who heard it so clearly, didn't care about anything else. They threw down the needle and thread in their hands and ran out.
Several families living nearby in the alley were also attracted by Feng's miserable cries for help, and the men in the house also rushed over with tools.
Although everyone was annoyed by Feng's mouth, they lived in the same alley after all. It would be too cold-hearted to ignore her if she was in danger.
When everyone saw Daya and her grandson, they hurriedly asked, "What happened to Daya? Why is your mother screaming so miserably?"
Daya stared at the Cui family's house opposite, extremely panicked.
She also didn't know why her mother was in the Cui family's house, and the door was locked.
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