Chapter 258 The reply has only two words
Song Yuntang brought her parents-in-law and brother-in-law back to the farm, and Song Jinsheng immediately delivered the reply letter from Xu Qingye to her.
"My sister-in-law just came back and my brother has already written to me? Let's see what he wrote." Xu Wencheng was full of curiosity.
Xu Yongwang slapped him on the head. "Why are you standing by while your elder brother writes a letter to your sister-in-law?"
Xu Wencheng touched his head and walked to the other side of Song Yuntang, watching her unfold the letter.
However, there were only two words written on the letter paper:
【Know】
Song Yuntang blinked her eyes. She wrote on half a page about Lin Hongshen's visit to her and told him to be on guard.
His reply was just two words?
Is he really very frugal with words, or does he have nothing to say to her?
A sense of loss suddenly arose in my heart.
At this moment, Xu Wencheng exclaimed, "Sister-in-law, why did my brother only write two words in the letter to you? It's such a big piece of paper, at least write a few more to save paper."
Seeing that Song Yuntang was not in a good mood, Jiang grabbed Xu Wencheng by the scruff of the neck and took him aside to "reason" with him.
Song Yuntang folded the letter and looked up at Song Jinsheng.
"Second brother, did you help me get the herbs back from the county town today?"
Song Jinsheng smiled and said, "How can I not pay attention to what you asked me to do? I saw that there is still some space in the granary, so I put all the herbs in the granary for you."
Song Yuntang nodded, "I will stock up some more food in a few days. I don't know how serious the disaster is in other places. The prices of food in Cile Town and Anyang County have increased a lot. If we buy more food, we can only transport it from other places. But the risk on the road is also great. I'm afraid we all have to go together."
Song Jinsheng agreed, "That's for sure. When we went to the county town, we heard from the grocery store owner that the bandits in Funiu Village have been rampant recently. Many people's money and goods have been robbed."
Song Yuntang touched his chin.
"The imperial court should find a way to suppress the bandits, right?"
Song Jinsheng said with great excitement, "The bandits must be suppressed, but I heard that the terrain of Funiu Village is special, easy to defend but difficult to attack, and the mountain is steep and difficult to clear out, so in recent years the county magistrate has only controlled the bandits in the mountains and rarely asked them to go down the mountain. Now that the harvest is bad, they want to come down to collect income."
He turned his head to look at the man next to him.
"Second brother knows a lot."
Song Jinsheng waved his hands, "Well, how would I know this? I just heard about it from others and asked my brother-in-law about it, and he told us."
The expression on Song Yuntang's face returned to seriousness.
"In that case, let's wait a little longer to stockpile food. Maybe the bandits will be wiped out soon. Anyway, I don't have that much money on hand to buy food now."
After paying the balance for the bricks and tiles, he still had ninety-nine taels of silver left.
I also have to plan for the shop in the county town.
Even though the harvest is not good, we still cannot delay making money.
"Sister, are you short of money?" Song Jinsheng asked.
Song Yuntang shook his head. "It's just that my expenses have increased recently. It's not a big deal. I'll keep the money for turnover."
Turning to look at him, "I also want to build a few adobe houses on the farm to raise pigs. Second brother, please help me keep an eye on this matter when you are free. From now on, the wages of the workers on the farm will be settled once a month. You can also talk to them."
Song Jinsheng nodded and said okay.
Thinking of Huajianzui, Song Yuntang said, "I think Changbai is quite smart. Ask him if he is willing to work in the wine shop in town. However, the wages there are one hundred coins less than making bamboo pots, but there are rewards for completing tasks in the shop every month. If you are lucky, one month's work there is equivalent to two months in the farm, and you may even become the manager in the future."
Song Jinsheng said hurriedly, "He shouldn't refuse such a promising thing."
Song Yuntang smiled and said, "Brother, please ask for me first. Maybe some people are willing to take a stable salary of 900 Wen."
"Okay, if he's willing, I'll ask him to go to town with Brother Fang and the others tomorrow."
"Leave it to my second brother to arrange it. It's getting late now, and we should go back to Lushan Village." Song Yuntang said, walking towards Xu Wencheng, "Wencheng, go and harness the mule cart. We are going home."
"Okay!"
After being nagged by Jiang for nearly a quarter of an hour, Xu Wencheng felt overwhelmed. When he met Song Yuntang and was told to do something, he responded and ran away quickly.
Jiang sighed and took Song Yuntang's hand.
"Tang'er, Qingye has been a quiet person since he was young, so it's normal that there's nothing in the letter. Don't think too much about it."
She knows her own son well.
He doesn't talk much and is usually indifferent, but his eyes and behavior can't lie.
If he didn't love her, even if she really cured his illness, he would only compensate her in other ways instead of marrying her.
Song Yuntang pursed his lips and smiled.
"Mom, I didn't think too much about it, don't worry."
Although I don’t know what Xu Qingye thinks, at least my parents-in-law are nice people and are suitable for living with.
Moreover, Xu Qingye seemed to be quite considerate and tolerant towards her.
She figured it out.
Just live your life.
Most of the time, it’s enough to be satisfied. You can’t always demand perfection in everything.
Seeing Xu Wencheng had harnessed the mule cart, Song Yuntang hurried to the courtyard and fetched half a jar of sweet wine. The family got on the mule cart and went back.
…
As soon as she got home, Jiang suddenly felt something was wrong. After getting off the mule cart, she covered her stomach and went to the toilet.
After coming out, she pulled Song Yuntang to her and Xu Qingye's room, with joy in her eyes.
"Tang'er, I'm having my period!"
Song Yuntang smiled and said, "Now, the stone hanging in my heart can finally fall to the ground."
"Isn't it?" Jiang patted her chest and said, "I'm already so old, and giving birth to a child would be painful. If I really get pregnant, I don't know what to do."
Song Yuntang looked gentle.
"I will take care of you after your period is over. Maybe you were too busy preparing for our wedding last month."
"Let's talk about it after your period is over. I'll go cook first. We had a late lunch today, so let's have something simple tonight." Jiang patted Song Yuntang's hand and turned to go to the kitchen.
Looking at the busy figures in the kitchen, Song Yuntang smiled, sorted the herbs he had just brought from the farm one by one, and began to grind the herbs to make pills.
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After dinner, it was already dark. After washing up, Song Yuntang tossed and turned in bed, unable to sleep. He took out the letter written by Xu Qingye from under his pillow. With the help of the moonlight, he could roughly read the two words on the paper.
Then I felt that my behavior was a bit childish.
He smiled helplessly, folded the letter again and put it back under the pillow, then pulled the quilt over his chest.
I turned sideways and looked at the moon outside the house. It took a long time before I closed my eyes and fell asleep.
The next day, Song Yuntang got up very early.
She didn't plan to go to town today, she wanted to try using sweet wine to make dough.
If this business really becomes successful, maybe I can add a new recipe to the shop.
Add sweet wine to warm water, mix and knead the dough, then put it on the stove to ferment.
The fermentation time with sweet wine would be relatively long, so Song Yuntang was not in a hurry. He washed his hands and continued to make pills.
The shop was too busy these days and the stock of pills was almost exhausted, so she had to make some quickly to replenish it.
Xu Wenben originally wanted to help her. Just after he finished breakfast, Xu Erniu, who was about the same age as him, came to call for help.
"Wencheng, there are lotus roots in the pond at the foot of the mountain near Dashan Village. We are planning to go and get some to eat as a dish. Do you want to join us?"
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