Chapter 73 Individual Dowry
Song Yuntang had already made a list of the things she wanted to buy. Now she hired Grandpa Sun's ox cart. Xu Qingye directly led her to buy the things she needed one by one in order of distance.
There were a small amount of bricks and tiles and two large wooden boards needed to renovate the toilet, wood and quilts needed to build the bed, a half-large water tank and two small tanks, as well as pots, pans, and some necessary ingredients, filling up an entire ox cart.
On the way home, Song Yuntang bought ten meat buns and a bucket of brown rice.
The things on this ox cart alone cost her one tael and eight cents of silver, plus the ten cents she spent on renting the ox cart. Now she still has three taels and two cents of silver left.
As for tables and chairs, she planned to wait and buy them in a few days. Fortunately, Song Jinsheng came today and brought her 900 coins that Song Mazi had settled the bill for her, otherwise her wallet would have been empty.
When the ox cart arrived outside the yard, Song Jinsheng and other two hurried over to help unload the goods.
Xu Qingye was also helping, but considering his physical condition, Song Yuntang didn't dare let him do too heavy work.
When Mu Dong saw that she bought a jar, he helped her move the things into the yard and then went home to get a bucket of water.
Several people were busy.
Wu Wei and Song Jinsheng were still busy in the toilet. They compacted and leveled the filled soil and then laid blue bricks on it. They also put tiles on the bottom of the curved squat toilet behind the toilet. This trough was connected to the water tank behind the toilet. The two large wooden boards they bought were just enough to cover the water tank.
Xu Qingye helped make the bed in the house.
Song Yuntang took out the ingredients and seasonings one by one and put them in order.
After cleaning one of the small jars, she used it to store brown rice, and she planned to use the other small jar to store shampoo.
Just as he had finished packing his things, Mu Dong came over with a load of water.
The two of them worked together to clean the water tank and placed it under the eaves of the kitchen. Mu Dong poured the remaining water into the water tank and continued to fetch water.
Song Yuntang washed the pot, exchanged a liter of brown rice for a large bundle of firewood from his neighbor next door, and cooked a pot of thicker brown rice porridge, intending to eat it together at noon.
The few of them were busy until noon before they finished the work in the yard. By then, the porridge in Song Yuntang's pot was ready and the buns in the pot were also hot.
Because there was no table, the few people gathered around the stove and had a casual meal.
After dinner, Mu Dong and Wu Wei left. Song Jinsheng originally wanted to go back early to help Song Mazi, but when he saw Xu Qingye was still there, he stayed for some unknown reason and used the remaining wood in the yard to make a small stool for Song Yuntang.
Seeing that Xu Qingye looked a little pale, Song Yuntang quickly poured him a glass of water.
"well enough?"
Xu Qingye shook his head. "Just take a rest for a while."
Song Yuntang put the water in his hand and pinched the pulse of his other hand.
After a moment, she withdrew her hand.
"You've only been taking medicine for twenty days in total. It will take some time for your body to recover. You need to rest more in the near future. I'll make some adjustments to your previous prescription."
Xu Qingye withdrew his hand and replied calmly, "Okay."
Song Jinsheng glanced at Xu Qingye and said reluctantly, "This is all I can do for a job. How can I take care of my sister in the future?"
Although his muttering was not loud, Song Yuntang and Xu Qingye both heard it.
Xu Qingye covered his lips and coughed lightly.
"Tang'er and I haven't decided on our marriage yet. It's too early to say anything now."
Song Jinsheng stopped what he was doing, "Almost everyone knows about your marriage now. If you want to withdraw now, what will my sister do? She first withdrew from the Huang family's marriage. If she doesn't follow up with you, who knows how others will look at her."
Song Yuntang stroked his forehead and said, "Second brother, go back first. Brother Mazi must be short of people. Don't delay your work."
Song Jinsheng pointed at Xu Qingye.
"What about him?"
Song Yuntang glanced in the direction of Xu Qingye and said, "I'm worried about him leaving like this. Let him rest here for a while. It won't be too late to leave after the sun goes down."
After hearing what Song Yuntang said, Song Jinsheng, who had already stood up from the threshold, sat down again.
"Then I'll rest for a while."
Without saying anything, Song Yuntang stepped forward, grabbed Song Jinsheng's arm and pulled him up.
"Let's go, this is a rare opportunity to make money. Come back when you are free after this busy period. You can stay at my place for a while then."
Among the Song family, Song Jinsheng is the only one she thinks has a clear mind.
Song Jinsheng followed Song Yuntang's force and walked out while saying dissatisfiedly, "Tang'er, your discrimination is too obvious, isn't it? Why can Xu Qingye rest here, but I have to leave after eating? I am your real brother!"
"If you weren't my brother, I wouldn't care whether you made money or not." Song Yuntang pushed him out of the courtyard and said, "Go back. If I have something to ask you, I'll ask Mu Dong to deliver the letter."
Song Jinsheng looked somewhat reluctant.
"Be careful when you're out there alone. I'll come see you when I'm free. Also, don't waste money buying tables and chairs. I'll go to Brother Ma Zi's and make them for you."
Song Yuntang pursed his lips and smiled.
"good."
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After sending Song Jinsheng away, Song Yuntang returned to the courtyard.
After resting for a while, Xu Qingye felt better. Seeing her come back, he stood up and took out a purse from his arms.
"This is for you."
Perhaps because he had been ill for many years and was away from home, his skin was not as rough and dark as that of ordinary farm men. His hands were clear-cut, slender, fair and delicate.
The hand holding the purse exerted a little force, and the blood vessels under the skin bulged slightly, outlining a perfect curve.
Song Yuntang did not reach out to take it.
"This is?"
Xu Qingye placed the purse directly in Song Yuntang's palm.
"I have saved this money over the years, you can use it first."
The purse felt heavy in his hand, probably containing thirty taels of silver. Even if the Xu family was wealthy, they were still farmers. Xu Qingye had been ill in recent years, and the thirty taels of silver he could save was probably all his fortune.
An indescribable emotion surged in Song Yuntang's heart, and he looked up at him.
"I gave them all to me, what do you use?"
"I will be at home for the next period of time, so I don't have much money to spend. You can take these and consider them as my betrothal gifts to you. Even if this marriage doesn't work out in the future, I won't come to you for them."
Song Yuntang pursed his lips and smiled.
"Aren't you afraid that I will really run away with the money?"
Xu Qingye raised his hand to touch his nose and said jokingly, "Anyway, no one else saw me giving it to you. Even if you don't run away, if you say the silver is yours, then it's yours."
Song Yuntang smiled and put the silver back into his hand.
"This betrothal gift is too much. You will need to take medicine and study in the future, so there will be a lot of money to spend. I still have money to use now. If it is really not enough in the future, I will definitely not be polite to you."
After she finished speaking, she turned and went into the house to make the bed.
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