Chen Heng told him stories about Calabash Brothers fighting the snake demon and Black Cat the Chief Constable (Sheriff). The little guy's attention was diverted and he was not so sad anymore.
Although it is cold, the weather is still quite warm.
Xia asked Chen Heng to wash the radishes and vegetables with her. After washing, they were hung on a bamboo beam to dry, saying that they would be pickled in a few days.
This is new. Chen Heng has only seen it occasionally on food shows or when watching short videos. It turns out that radishes and cabbages can be pickled.
"We can dry this part of the radish and make dried vegetables. We can use it to steam meat during the Chinese New Year. It's really delicious." Xia made plans: "It's a bit troublesome, though. We have to dry it three times and steam it three times, otherwise it will get moldy."
Chen Heng looked at the two baskets of radishes in front of her, one basket each of cabbage and radishes. It was really a lot, but when she thought about the pickled vegetables she had eaten a few times before, they were pickled years ago, she didn't think it was too much.
"Uncle is back." Little Xie Min, who was helping to wash radishes, saw the candied haws in his uncle's hand and happily ran over to take it and eat it.
"What did they say?" Xia put down the work in her hands and asked Xie Jian.
Xie Jian took out a piece of paper. There were signatures and seals on it. There were more than dozens of them. "All agreed."
Chen Heng had never imagined that selling a house in ancient times would be so complicated, requiring even asking relatives and neighbors. Since families lived together and governed themselves, the house had to be sold to relatives and neighbors first. If they didn't buy, they had to sign a contract before it could be sold to a broker. (The Song Dynasty apparently even had laws for this.)
"Do they really want us to leave?" Xia smiled bitterly.
Chen Heng quietly washed the vegetables. Her thoughts were straightforward. Neighbors were all well-connected, so there was nothing to linger over. But home was a sentimental thing for the ancients, and moving was a major event. No one would want to leave their familiar home for an unfamiliar place.
The Xie family was forced to leave, and their next place of residence was outside the city, just like the difference between the city and the suburbs, so they naturally felt reluctant to leave home.
"Sister-in-law, I have already told Master Qi that Min'er will start his education with him in November. If we move out of the city then, it will be difficult for him to come here." This was all Xie Jian thought about. As for relatives and neighbors, he had never cared about them since he was ten years old.
The friendship between teachers and students, the loyalty between neighbors and friends, all ceased after his father was beheaded.
He went from panic and fear to blaming everyone and everything, hating everything. When he saw his sister-in-law being bullied and Min'er coming home injured every time, he swore that he would abandon everyone except his sister-in-law and Min'er, including his so-called wife, who had always despised him anyway.
Chen Heng was just thinking, "That's right. This apartment in the city is in the school district, so it's convenient for Min'er to go to school." She looked up and caught Xie Jian looking at her coldly. "Hmm?" His eyes suddenly looked so ruthless. What happened?
"Then what will you do? The imperial examination will be held in the spring of next year." Xia said anxiously. She was still thinking about letting Ajian go to college to study before the exam. The family's savings could allow Ajian to study for two months, which was better than not studying at all.
"I'll just read the books in the bookstore." Xie Jianyu: "It's settled. I'll copy the books."
Chen Heng looked at Xie Jian enviously. In ancient times, men did not have to deal with housework, even in the 21st century, most of them were still like this. Although she knew that it was hard for men to make money, she still preferred to make money herself.
"Aheng." Xia called out loudly to her sister-in-law who remained silent.
"ah?"
"You, you don't even know how to persuade him. Don't bother, find a way to convince him to study at the academy."
"Sister-in-law, no matter what Ajian says, I think he is right and I will listen to him." After Chen Heng finished speaking, she quickly picked up a pile of washed vegetables next to her and put them on the bamboo beam to dry.
This night was no different from the previous ones.
Xie Jian copied and read books, while Chen Heng soaked her feet in the bed and thought about this and that. One of the things she must think about was her livelihood.
Financial freedom is a great cause that one must strive for throughout his life, no matter what era.
She thought about it and realized that she didn't know any of the business tricks that others had used when they traveled through time, but she could still rent a shop and do some small business, and she could afford it.
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