Chapter 566 Sister-in-law, I want to eat fish
Ling Yun opened his mouth, his Adam's apple rolling up and down, but he could only squeeze out a dry call, "Nuan Nuan..."
His gaze was too scorching, like the midday sun, burning Su Nuan's heart.
Su Nuan unconsciously took a step back, "It's getting late, I should...I should go back and prepare dinner..."
Ling Yun stretched out his hand suddenly, but stopped abruptly just as he was about to touch her sleeve.
He squeezed out another dry sentence, "I want to eat fish."
Su Nuan laughed, "Okay, just tell me what you want to eat, no need to embarrass me."
It’s not a big deal, it almost scared me to death.
Ling Yun nodded silently, "Yeah."
Su Nuan was afraid of encountering embarrassment again, so she simply walked home quickly.
When I was in heaven, I saw that the walls of my house had been completely built, but I hadn't yet looked at the main gate.
When she arrived at the main gate, what caught her eye were two half-open vermilion lacquered doors.
There was a plaque with gold characters on a black background hanging on the door lintel. The three large characters "City Lord's Mansion" were written in a majestic and vigorous manner. They must have been written by Ling Cang.
She remembered that when she was riding Feixue and looking down from the air, she saw that the entire mansion had been expanded a lot.
Standing in front of the door and taking a closer look, I found that the wall extended a lot to both sides, and the scale was two circles larger than I remembered.
After entering the gate, the front yard remains the same, except that there are new moon gates on the left and right sides. The round door holes look like two full moons, leading to the two newly built courtyards in the east and west respectively.
She looked around curiously. No houses had been built yet, only the road was paved with stone slabs.
At this time, a woman in an indigo cotton dress came out from the inner courtyard, holding a wooden basin in her arms.
Su Nuan immediately shouted, "Mom, I'm back."
Xue looked up and saw Su Nuan. Her eyes immediately lit up with joy, and the corners of her mouth unconsciously raised, "Nuannuan is back!"
She walked forward quickly, freeing one hand to tidy up Su Nuan's wind-blown hair, "Tell me quickly, what do you want to eat tonight? I'll make it for you."
Her gentle words were filled with unconcealable kindness.
Su Nuan felt her heart burning. If her biological mother were still alive, it would probably be just like this.
My mother-in-law truly loves me like her own daughter, which makes me more and more attached to the Ling family.
"Mom, what is this basin used for?" Su Nuan stretched out her slender fingers and gently took the cypress basin that was shining with water from Xue's hand.
Mrs. Xue smiled and said, "Mrs. Xu came to visit just now and said that her son had gone out to the river early this morning to cast his nets in a boat."
"They say they've caught a lot of freshwater fish. I'm planning to buy some."
She pointed to the wooden basin and said, "I found a bigger one specifically to hold the live fish."
Su Nuan's eyes lit up when she heard that. She tugged at Xue's sleeve and shook it gently, "Mom, take me with you. I'm strong and can buy more."
Xue was amused by her appearance and reached out to touch her nose. "Girl, even if you don't tell me, I will take you there."
"It's a good opportunity to see if there's anything you want to eat and buy it all."
Su Nuan nodded and chuckled, "Mom, are we using special money now?"
Xue took out a purse from her bosom and said, "Here, these are all specially made coins. They are very convenient."
Su Nuan poured the money in the purse into the basin. There were both large and small amounts, which could be distinguished by color, size and value.
The largest is still one hundred, the smallest is one cent, and the denominations in each stage are 10, 5, 2, and 1.
Xue pulled Su Nuan out, saying as they walked, "These coins are much more useful than the copper coins in the capital, and they are also easier to carry."
"If you have too much money, you can exchange it for silver at a bank. If you don't want to exchange it for silver, you can open an account and keep it at a bank."
Su Nuan didn't expect the Northland to develop so quickly. She asked, "Are all the banks complete?"
Xue nodded, "Yes, Cang'er has a clear division of labor, so many shops in the city have opened up."
"This Aunt Feng is from the fish shop, and Aunt Wang is from the vegetable shop..."
Su Nuan listened to her mother-in-law talking about the changes in the city with a smile in her eyes.
Xue seemed to recall something and sighed, "Strangely enough, I thought the locust plague would dampen people's enthusiasm."
"Who knew this locust plague would actually fuel the fire in the hearts of us northerners? We're all so full of fighting spirit..."
The two chatted and laughed as they came to the edge of the square, which was surrounded by shops.
Xue continued, "People in the north have less money these days. Cang'er said that they won't charge rent before the New Year, but will only collect a nominal amount after the New Year to cover the cost of house maintenance."
"Then next year we'll rent it out at normal prices, or we can buy it permanently."
Su Nuan nodded and praised: "Brother Cang is very wise, I didn't expect these."
Xue sighed and said with a look of heartache, "You, now you are like a general charging into battle, while he is the military advisor staying behind."
Su Nuan smiled but didn't respond. In fact, she really didn't want to do such a tedious and brain-consuming task. She might as well go out and fight the giants.
Xue placed the wooden basin on the bluestone slab, raised her hand to block the autumn sun and looked at the street.
There were crowds of people on the newly paved bluestone road, and the sounds of hawking were heard one after another.
From a distance came the sound of "Hey yo hey yo", it was the men ramming earth to build a wall.
An old woman wearing a blue cloth headscarf was handing a large carp tied with a straw rope to a young woman outside the shop.
"Hurry up and take it. You're already pregnant. How can you not take some supplements?"
The woman declined awkwardly, "Mom, this is something my brother-in-law worked hard to get, I can't take it."
Xue smiled and said, "There will be many new lives in the North. Now the reward for each child born is ten silver coins, which is equivalent to ten taels of silver."
"Twenty silver coins for two children, and so on... I think our Northland will soon be filled with children."
Her eyes were filled with joy and anticipation.
Su Nuan hadn't thought that giving birth to a child would earn her money. What about adopting a child? Never mind. She'd ask later.
Mrs. Xue couldn't stand the quarrel between the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law in front of the shop, so she walked over and said, "Dani'er, take it. As long as you can give birth safely, not just one fish, you can get eight or ten."
"You have to trust your mother-in-law and your brother-in-law. They are both very sincere."
"Don't think the North is having a hard time right now. It will get better in the future. By then, I'm afraid you'll be eating so much meat that you'll vomit."
Xue held a very high status in people's hearts. She was cheerful and kind, so with her help, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law smiled at each other.
Danier took the fish and said with a smile, "Mom, the shoes I made for you will be ready in a few days. I will send them to you then."
Aunt Feng was not polite and said with a smile: "Okay, walk carefully, don't be so impatient, and go home quickly."
Danier nodded, bowed to Mrs. Xue, and then left with the fish.
Su Nuan touched her nose and felt like she was invisible.
Xue turned around, grabbed Su Nuan's hand, and pulled her into the shop.
"This is my daughter-in-law. She might have done it."
After Aunt Feng saw Su Nuan clearly, she stumbled and almost fell, "Su...Su Nuan?"
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