Chapter 337 Farewell
Huo Bing didn't hesitate at all and finished speaking calmly and confidently, as if he was just stating someone else's affairs.
She was grateful to her husband for keeping her, but this gratitude disappeared when he agreed to abandon his two daughters. If her mother had not come, she would not have survived alone after her daughters were abandoned. After that, the only person she was grateful to was her mother.
But she did not hate or blame him. After all, without him, her life would be even more miserable, and this misery was caused by her biological father and had nothing to do with him.
She looked at her brother-in-law and sister-in-law who protected her and thanked them: "I'm sorry to bother you during this period of time. Please take good care of my mother for me and don't let her get tired."
"Don't worry, sister-in-law! This is our mother. Even if I die of exhaustion, I will not let mother suffer at all." Jiang Xiangnan expressed his loyalty.
Jiang Xiangxi nodded calmly, and Guan Li smiled and comforted him, "There are many people at home, so you have to take care of yourselves when you are away."
The others nodded in agreement.
Shen Qing was at a loss whether to laugh or cry. She was the eldest in the family, but she was only 37 years old this year!
In China, he is still young and at the right age to make breakthroughs.
However, her children meant well, so she decided not to refute them and be an "old lady" who didn't spoil the fun.
Huo Bing's gaze finally turned back to Shen Qing, reluctant to leave.
She didn't know how she would feel about her mother, but what she was sure of was that no one else could surpass Shen Qing in her heart...
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With two fewer people at home, the place feels a lot emptier during mealtimes.
There were just two people missing, and the freed-up work was assigned to other people. There was so much work to do that I had no time to feel sad. I started working as soon as I opened my eyes every day, and continued to work until I was so tired that I fell asleep in bed.
Because the donkey will not arrive until the 18th day of the first lunar month, I have to wait until it arrives before I can go out to sell goods. But I will not be idle during these days, as there are other things to do.
The first thing on the list is making soap - those made before the New Year can just be shipped out together with the batch made in the first month of the lunar year, and the empty warehouse will have to rely on efforts after the New Year.
Now the tasks of feeding the livestock, cooking, washing clothes, etc. have been assigned to others. Xiangnan and Xiangbei have not gone out to sell goods yet. There are many people and many pots in the kitchen, which is just the right time to boil out all the lard that Shen Qing had stockpiled before the New Year!
Xiangnan and Xiangbei were responsible for boiling lard and heating sesame oil, Guan Lijiang, Shui Jiangyu and Jiang Xiangxi was responsible for carrying firewood, filtering wood ash to extract alkaline water, stirring and other tasks.
Jiang Xiangzhong is responsible for taking care of the two children.
As the head of the family, Shen Qing did not need to do any physical work, so she went from house to house in the village to borrow a donkey.
Fortunately, the six donkeys that Ah Bing and his friends needed for their outing were bought on the spot and did not occupy the house. They could also borrow the donkey carts and ox carts in the village, so they should be able to go out and carry bricks and tiles in time before the 18th day of the first lunar month.
Even if it's too late, it doesn't matter. I believe it won't make much difference by then.
"You want to carry bricks and tiles?" Zhao Mingyue asked in a loud voice.
Zhou Yan didn't react, blinked and asked: "Isn't the house already built? What do we need bricks and tiles for?"
Then I thought of the extra hundred people, but, "Sister-in-law, are you going to build brick houses for them?!"
She said that the adobe house with thatched roof was pretty good. You know, in the past, everyone in Qili Village lived in thatched houses. Wouldn't it be too extravagant to build a brick and tile house directly?
Three brick and tile houses cost more than twenty taels of silver. There are at least a dozen households, which means two or three hundred taels is the minimum!
Just building a house would cost several hundred taels, which even the wealthy families in the city cannot afford. Sister-in-law must not waste money in a fit of rage.
Shen Qing shook his head.
Zhou Yan felt relieved, then thought to herself amusedly, why was she even more worried about her money than her sister-in-law? The money she saved didn't go into her own pocket, but she was just worried that her sister-in-law would spend too much and suffer losses...
Shen Qing knew they were concerned and told them his plan: "I plan to build a house for them after the thaw, and use tiles on the roof. It will save a lot of trouble because we don't have to replace thatch every year.
The floor is paved with rough bricks, which are clean and tidy. On rainy days, there is no need to worry about leaks and muddy houses, or about getting the floor wet when you come back from outside. This saves money compared to brick and tile houses.
This time when Ah Bing went to Bashu, he was lucky enough to have looted several boxes of silver from Lai Ma. After weighing it, it was a full 1,200 taels!
Buying new quilts and mattresses, donkeys and vehicles, and the necessary items for the journey... The biggest expense was the money for hiring the escort, which cost about two hundred taels in total.
The brushes and soaps she made after coming to the mountains have not been sold yet, and she does not have much silver on her hands. Fortunately, she had some gold ingots from Boss Sun and Second Song before. She only kept a few for emergency and gave the rest to Ah Bing, making a total of three thousand taels.
A poor family can become rich on the road, especially the Huo family is still in that situation. If they have more money, life will be different immediately. If they have even more, life will be much better. The difference is huge, so naturally the more you bring, the better!
And she has a mall, so having enough food and drink is not a problem.
However, the sense of relaxation of adults is caused by money. Now that she has much less money in her hands, it would be a lie to say that she is not panicking.
Alas, I still have to work harder to earn money.
Save on everything else you can, and don’t spend on anything that is not necessary.
Hearing Shen Qing say that it was made of adobe tiles, Jiang Ying praised: "That's pretty good too."
They and other people in the village also have the same configuration. It is not only very good in the village, but also not bad in the city.
Especially the rough bricks used for laying, which clearly shows consideration for their lives.
"Each of their families has only two or three rooms, and the cargo can be loaded in a few days," Zhao Mingyue analyzed quickly.
Shen Qing smiled and said, "Aunt San, have you forgotten there is an embroidery workshop?
The space required by each person for embroidery is much larger than that for a brush workshop, and it is estimated that it will not be smaller than that for a brush workshop;
Moreover, the embroidery cloth should be clean and fresh, and the lighting in the room should be good, so the room cannot be too deep, but only too wide.
Embroidery is a delicate craft requiring delicate hands, and it can't handle heat or cold. Otherwise, how can you hold the fine needle with frozen hands? Therefore, not only does the house need brick and tile floors, but it also needs underfloor heating, and to achieve underfloor heating, the floor must be paved with stone slabs...
Add in the embroidery workshop and the volume is huge.”
"Oh my God~" Zhao Mingyue exclaimed in shock.
How much silver this will cost!
Jiang Ying was thinking about something else: "Sister-in-law, besides hiring a bricklayer, you're also going to hire a craftsman to build the stove and kang, and someone to dig the well?"
In other words, the group of craftsmen that the village hired at the end of last year will be invited back again at the beginning of this spring?
Shen Qing nodded: "Yes, fortunately, the number of people in the village has increased this year, so even if we need dozens of men to sell goods outside, it won't be a problem."
Jiang Ying was not worried about the safety of the village. Since her sister-in-law bought 123 people back, the population of their village has almost doubled!
Besides, the women and girls in their village are not delicate little girls, they have plenty of strength and means!
She was thinking...
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