Chapter 52 Chapter 52 The room is repaired
Miao Dong's wife was from Qiujia Village, which was not too far from them. Miao Dong glanced at her from a distance and was sure that she was not the person sitting in the bridal chamber now.
The joyful atmosphere in the courtyard was swept away. Li Hongying consciously avoided suspicion and took her two children to Miao Ying's room to rest.
The atmosphere in the bridal chamber was stagnant, and only the bride's soft sobs could be heard.
"Don't cry first, explain what happened clearly." Miao Ying handed her a handkerchief.
It turned out that the Qiu family had previously agreed to the marriage and received a betrothal gift of 6.6 taels from the Miao family. When the wedding was about to take place, they heard rumors about the Miao family from somewhere, saying that although his family was a butcher, they actually did not live a good life. They said that Liu Qiong was a difficult person to get along with and looked like a ferocious monster. They also said that the younger brother of their family was also a questionable person and often went back to his parents' home to beg for money. They also said that Miao Dong himself looked like a big man, but in fact he had a hidden illness and would be a widow if he got married. Otherwise, how could he marry his younger brother first and then get married?
So the Qiu family was very panicked, fearing that their daughter would marry into a bad situation, but the betrothal money had already been received, and they were reluctant to cancel the engagement and return the money. It happened that a girl came to their family to seek refuge. She was the child of a distant relative, so they discussed this countermeasure and married her off.
No wonder Huo Xing said he felt weird when he went to pick up the bride, and no wonder Xiao Mu said the Qiu family wasn't as lively as this side, it seemed like they didn't want to have this wedding at all.
The only sound in the room could be heard was Miao Dong's extremely suppressed breathing. Liu Qiong's face was not looking good either, and Miao Dahai was about to go out with a knife to settle the score with the Qiu family.
Miao Ying hurriedly stopped him, but for a moment he had no good way to persuade and comfort him.
At this moment, the girl who had been sitting by the bed suddenly stood up and ran straight towards the wall, about to hit it. Miao Ying screamed, and Miao Dong quickly grabbed her, thus avoiding blood splattering on the wedding night.
Miao Ying looked at the bride who had fallen to the ground and reached out to help her up: "Did you marry here voluntarily?"
Everyone else in the room was very fierce, except for Miao Ying, who looked kind. She shook her head with tears in her eyes, then nodded, "Yes."
Seeing her attitude, Miao Dong's temples jumped and he wanted to curse again, but was suppressed by Liu Qiong's eyes.
Liu Qiong looked at her deeply, then looked at Miao Dong and said, "Since it has come to this, you should just live a good life from now on."
Miao Dong looked at Liu Qiong in disbelief: "Mom?"
Liu Qiong sighed, "What else? Do you want her to die? She's the one you brought back, the one who worshipped heaven and earth with you. Now you want to send her back intact? You're asking for her life, aren't you?"
Miao Dong choked on his breath: "Did I do something wrong?"
"You're right," Liu Qiong said. "She has her own unspeakable secrets. You haven't even met Qiu Mei. It doesn't matter who you marry."
Miao Dong wanted to say something, but Liu Qiong ignored him.
"It's getting late. Let's talk about it tomorrow." Liu Qiong pulled Miao Dahai out of their room, leaving the two people in the new house looking at each other.
Liu Qiong patted Miao Ying's shoulder and said, "Be careful on the road."
Miao Ying nodded, Huo Xing held Huo Xiaobao in his arms, and Li Hongying took Xiao Mu to say goodbye to Liu Qiong.
Liu Qiong felt a little embarrassed. She took Li Hongying's hand and said that she was negligent today. They should talk properly next time with both families.
On the way back, Miao Yingcai told them what happened tonight. Li Hongying sighed that the Qiu family was irrelevant and it was difficult to comment on the rest.
Miao Ying thought for a moment and said, "My mother should have other rules. They should be able to handle this matter."
When they returned home, it was already very late. Miao Ying simply washed up and took Xiao Mu to bed. Huo Xing did not go to the new house either, but slept on the floor next to the bed.
Miao Ying was really tired yesterday. He didn't even know when Xiao Mu got up in the morning. When he woke up, he felt pain all over his body and felt sore and weak.
There was a bowl of water on the bedside. He propped himself up and sat up to drink it. He felt a splitting headache and his body was very hot, but he was not sweating. He must have a fever.
Just as he was about to get up, Huo Xing came into the room with a bowl of medicine. Miao Ying also knew this body well and would get sick if he got a little tired.
"You must have been too tired yesterday and caught a cold at night. Xiao Mu said you felt very hot when he woke up this morning." Huo Xing helped Miao Ying up and said softly while watching him drink medicine from the bowl.
"My body is broken." Miao Ying muttered, "My health was not this bad before."
Huo Xing's back stiffened for a moment. After seeing him drink the medicine, he gave him a piece of candy.
The bitterness on the tip of his tongue was neutralized by the sugar. Miao Ying sighed, "I don't know what the situation is like at home."
Huo Xing comforted him: "When you get better, let's go back and see him."
Miao Ying felt dizzy again after drinking the medicine, so Huo Xing helped him lie down again: "Go to sleep for a while."
Miao Ying hummed and closed his eyes drowsily again.
He slept for a while and worked up a sweat, then he felt much better. He changed his clothes and Miao Ying walked out of the room. Xiao Mu came over and held his hand: "Brother, are you okay?"
Miao Ying nodded: "I'm fine now. Did I scare you?"
Little Mu shook his head: "Brother, eat well and don't get sick." He went to the kitchen to bring lunch to Miao Ying and watched him finish his meal.
After eating, they went for a walk towards the new house to help digest the food. Although he was only away from home for three or four days, the construction of the new house was faster than he had imagined. Now the basic shape of the house was already taken.
When Huo Xing saw him coming, he stopped what he was doing and walked over to support him: "Why are you here?"
Miao Ying smiled and said, "I came here to help digest the food after dinner. I'm not feeling any worse now, so I came to see you."
He was the younger generation, so he went to greet Carpenter Yao again, and then asked about the progress of Li Jun's house. The answer he got was that it would be completed by mid-September.
After returning home, Miao Ying took out his account book and calculated the expenses during this period. The cost of repairing the house was not a small expense. Even if they had more than 30 taels of silver in savings, the villagers were paid on a daily basis. Add to that the cost of buying some materials for repairing the house, and the money was gone like the wind.
They estimated that by the time the house was repaired, their family would be penniless again. After all, if nothing unexpected happened, this house would be their lifelong residence, so they wanted to do everything that needed to be done in one go.
Especially the bathroom. Whether it was in Nankouba Village before or in this small house now, taking a bath was not very convenient. Huo Xing would of course meet all his requirements, so the budget was raised a little bit.
By September, the work in the fields began to increase, and Miao Ying was also preparing to plant his rapeseed.
Although he had informed his mother and grandmother in advance, when it came to using his own land to plant vegetable seeds, Miao Ying could still see the hesitation in his grandmother's heart.
After all, they had no experience and it was their first time planting vegetable seeds, so they were always worried about the final harvest. If there was no harvest, it would mean that their land would be abandoned for a year, which would be a considerable loss.
Miao Ying moved out the remaining rapeseed seeds and asked his mother and grandmother to help him germinate them. He was afraid that direct sowing would lead to a low germination rate due to a series of reasons, so he had to ask his mother and grandmother for help.
They are all good at taking care of crops and can naturally do the germination.
They had a total of three and a half acres of land. In the end, they decided to plant rapeseed on one and a half acres and wheat on the remaining acres. Rapeseed should be planted earlier than wheat, so when they started farming, there was no one on the fields in the village.
The germination rate of these rapeseeds is quite good. Huo Xing hoes the land where the rapeseeds are planted at night. They choose to sow the seeds and then thin out the seedlings when the rapeseed seedlings grow.
By the time they finished planting the rapeseed, the new house was almost completed. On the third day of September, the beams and tiles were put up. The village was bustling for a while. Almost all the villagers came, and the children were looking for peanuts and copper coins scattered on the ground. The whole new house was bustling with activity.
When it came to laying tiles, the villagers' help was no longer needed as everyone was busy growing their own crops. The rest of the work was done by Li Jun's people.
The house was completed on September 15th, but the furniture still needed to be polished, so they had not moved in yet.
Their house was large, with Miao Ying and Huo Xing sharing one room, and Huo Xiaobao sharing another. Originally, they had planned to give one room each to their mother and grandmother, but their mother said that she and grandmother should sleep in the same room so that they would have someone to look after them at night. However, Miao Ying still built an extra room so that if relatives or friends came to stay in the future, they would have enough space to stay.
In addition to the bedroom, a main room, a kitchen, and a separate toilet were built. In addition, a workshop was built next to the house to facilitate Huo Xing to do some carpentry in the future.
Carpenter Yao was helping them make furniture, cabinets, beds and so on. Miao Ying had told him more than once not to work so hard and to let Huo Xing do any work. He agreed verbally, but actually kept working. Miao Ying could only let Xiao Mu go and persuade him before he would listen and take a rest.
In the following period, they also started planting wheat with the villagers. Their family used more wheat, and they also made sugar when the weather got cold. However, they planted less, so they probably still had to pay some extra money when paying taxes this year.
Ye Feng was the first to discover that their family did not plant all wheat. He asked in the field if they did not plant enough.
Li Hongying shook her head and said that they had something else planted in their fields.
Ye Feng didn't ask any further questions and said that if they needed help, they could just ask him.
After the wheat was planted, their house was also completed, and Miao Ying and Li Jun paid the money for the house.
Building this house was a huge expense, and it almost emptied their family's funds. The box that was originally full of savings now only had one or two lonely silver ingots left.
He had discussed with Huo Xing that his master would not make furniture for his house for free, of course he had to pay for it. New beds, new tables, new cabinets, and some miscellaneous furniture and farm tools were all refurbished, which was not a small amount of money.
I have to start making money again and start from scratch.
But Miao Ying was still very proud. Less than a year after he traveled through time, he had already achieved some success. He started his own business with his family, made malt sugar with his own hands, found rapeseed and successfully squeezed oil, got rid of Lao Deng, and repaired the house.
However, the largest portion of the medal of military merit should still be given to Huo Xing, at least Huo Xing earned the most money to repair the house.
Once his rapeseed matures, his life will surely get better and better!
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