In the barracks, He Xiyuan felt warm inside. The coat and quilt his fiancée had given him were warm. Everyone else was freezing, their noses red from the cold, as were their hands.
"Your jacket is so warm." Someone else said that the jacket He Xiyuan was wearing was good.
He Xiyuan did not tell others his identity, just as he was an ordinary soldier. When he heard others say his coat was good, he felt happy.
"It was given to me by my fiancée." He Xiyuan was a little proud.
When Liu Yanjing passed by, he heard what He Xiyuan said. It was hard for him not to know. In the past few days, he had heard many people say that He Xiyuan's fiancée was very good. No wonder He Xiyuan worked hard to marry his fiancée.
"Talking about your fiancée again." Liu Yanjing walked to He Xiyuan.
"Yes, I am the one who has a fiancée." He Xiyuan emphasized, "Brother-in-law, don't you agree?"
Sooner or later, those people would know that Liu Yanjing had a good sister. He Xiyuan thought that he would never let those people flatter Liu Yanjing, nor would he let those people have any ideas about Liu Yanjing's sister. He Xiyuan wanted to let those people know that his fiancée was Liu Yanjing's biological sister.
"It's just an engagement, you haven't gotten married yet." Liu Yanjing said.
"Unless I die in battle, I will still get married," said He Xiyuan.
"..." Liu Yanjing was silent. After all, the man in front of him had given up literature and taken up military service for the sake of his sister. He Xiyuan could obviously pass the imperial examination and become an official without taking such a big risk.
"Let's go, let's go eat." He Xiyuan said in a good mood, "We still have training later."
He Xiyuan thought that those cotton-padded jackets were really good, and the people around him were greedy. When his uncle was still sleeping, he gave the cotton-padded jacket to other soldiers to wear while they were on guard duty, which made He Xiyuan embarrassed, but he took out one cotton-padded jacket and kept one for the one made by his fiancée.
At night, He Xiyuan was still holding the coat. Many people knew that He Xiyuan had a fiancée, and that fiancée was Liu Yanjing's sister, so no one tried to snatch his coat.
The amount of cotton the Liu family sent to the barracks was small, only about 600 to 700 kilograms. Even if they were frugal, they only put two taels of cotton per coat, which still made thousands of coats. Those coats weren't as good as the ones Liu Yulian made for He Xiyuan and Liu Yanjing, but they were warm enough that the soldiers could feel it.
General Xu also ordered that more cotton be planted in the spring so that soldiers could wear cotton jackets as much as possible, so that the winter would not be so unbearable.
In the small town, Su Qiuya suddenly thought that after the Liu family sold the cotton, the shop might be empty.
No one from the big house lives in town, so it would be a shame to leave it empty. But the big house needs to sell things later, so it will take a long time, so it would be a waste if it is empty.
It just so happened that the second wife didn't have enough money to buy a shop in town at the moment, and if they rented one, it would cost a lot of money. If they rented the shop from the first wife, wouldn't it be cheaper? After all, if they didn't rent it, no one would rent it, and who would be willing to rent it for just a few months?
Therefore, Su Qiuya told Liu Yanbo about the problem of the eldest wife's shop.
"If they need to be empty for a few months, can we rent it?" Su Qiuya said, "Just a few months. It's winter now, and it's cold every now and then, so we have to go early."
"Okay, I'll go ask." Liu Yanbo didn't feel embarrassed. He was originally a bastard and had embarrassed himself in front of legitimate children many times. Besides, renting the shop would also bring income to the eldest wife.
It's not like they're occupying the shop and refusing to return it, nor are they refusing to pay.
Liu Yanbo thought he still had some dignity, and he always had a clear conscience.
"When you go to ask, bring some money with you." Su Qiuya said, "So that they won't accuse us of empty talk."
Su Qiuya and his wife both thought that the people from the eldest wife's house were greedy for money. If they didn't bring any money with them, the eldest wife would probably not be willing to rent a house to them.
When Liu Yulian sold the cotton and her father was closing the shop, Liu Yanbo arrived.
"Dad." Liu Yanbo walked up to Liu's father and said, "Are you going to sell anything tomorrow? Or will this shop be empty?"
When Father Liu heard this, he knew his son had other ideas. "You want to rent a shop?"
Father Liu directly said to rent it. This shop was not bought with his own money, but with his daughter's hard-earned money. Even though his daughter only sells some embroidery and tofu recipes, it is also the money earned by his daughter's hard work. How could Father Liu just give the shop to his other sons?
"Yes, we thought that if you don't need it, we'll rent it for a few months." Liu Yanbo said, "If it doesn't work, forget it, we'll wait a little longer."
"..." Liu Yulian thought that she hadn't even said she disagreed yet, but this person said this.
Liu Yulian had originally thought that the second wife's family wouldn't appear in front of them much, after all, they preferred to be self-reliant and to save face. However, it was normal for them to rent a shop. They were people who could make a living and didn't avoid setting up a stall just because they were high-ranking. This showed that the second wife was capable of working and making a living.
The people in the second house are indeed good at living, and they are not stubborn about not renting the shop in the first house.
"If possible, we'll charge the same rent as other shops around here," Liu Yanbo said. Their second wife definitely wouldn't take advantage of the first wife. "Pay the deposit first."
Father Liu did not answer, he looked at Liu Yulian.
"Dad, I'm waiting for your answer." Liu Yulian didn't have to make all the decisions on her own. This was not a big deal. There was money to be made, and if her father agreed, it would be fine.
It's impossible for us to stop communicating with each other forever just because we split up. That's impossible.
Liu Yulian knew too well how much the ancients valued their family, and she also knew that Liu's father was disappointed with his sons, but that didn't mean he didn't want them to live a better life.
"Okay." Father Liu said, "Just follow the rent of the shop next door."
"We just have to wait two days," Liu Yanbo added. He wanted to see if anyone was messing around in the shop. He was worried someone might buy cotton and then decide it wasn't good and want to return it. "We need to sort things out."
Liu Yulian had no idea what was going on in Liu Yanbo's mind. She just thought it was really cold outside. Even if she was wearing a cotton jacket, the wind was still cold.
"Then wait two days and go to my house to get the key when you want to rent it." Liu Yulian said.
Liu Yulian is a flexible person like the male and female protagonists, not someone who only cares about slapping people in the face. She is relatively easy to deal with. The male and female protagonists could not have stayed in the countryside all the time. According to the original route, they were supposed to enter the town later, but perhaps they were provoked to enter the town earlier.
In the original novel, the second wife lived the best, but now, the first wife lived the best. Of course, the second wife also wanted to live a better life, so she took a bigger step. She did not wait until she had saved more money to move to the town, but rented a shop first.
Su Qiuya wanted to buy a shop directly, but she didn't have that much money. She also saw the people from the big house riding in ox carts and looking very comfortable, so she couldn't help but want to relax a little.
She didn't dare think of riding an oxcart every day like her eldest wife, as it was too expensive. They decided to rent a shop to cook food first, and then buy a shop when they had more money.
Su Qiuya thought it was impractical for them to buy an ox cart, as they were mainly in town for food. If they had an ox cart, they would have to go back and forth between town and village. If they had a shop, they would just stay in town.
It’s just that the prices in the shop are much higher, so it’s not that easy to save up enough money.
What Su Qiuya thought was also what Liu Yanbo thought.
"Okay." Liu Yanbo nodded. "Are you going back so soon?"
"It's time to go back." said Liu's father.
All the cotton has been sold, so of course they have to go back. There is no way they can stay here.
Aunt Zhao was already waiting by the oxcart, with the thirty kilograms of cotton she had bought on it. She couldn't carry it back alone, so of course she had to go back with the eldest wife's family in the oxcart.
Liu Yanbo and Su Qiuya did not go back so quickly. They still had to do business at noon and had to wait until almost evening to go back.
"They're all sold out." Liu Yanbo whispered.
"It's all sold out, including the cotton." Liu Yulian had only woven one bolt of cotton cloth, and a wealthy family happened to buy the entire bolt. This meant Liu Yulian didn't have to sell the cloth separately, which was quite a stroke of luck. "Do you want to go back?"
"Not so fast." Liu Yanbo said, "You guys go back."
Liu Yanbo turned around and looked for Su Qiuya. He had not forgotten the business on the stall, so how could he let Su Qiuya stay there alone to look after the shop?
After Liu Yanbo left, Father Liu looked at Liu Yulian and asked, "How many months can you be free?"
"Three or four months," Liu Yulian said. "The strawberries planted in the fields haven't bloomed and borne fruit yet. They'll be around February or March next year."
Strawberries are not like cotton and are not so easy to store. Liu Yulian thought that she would have to sell them to the wealthy families. Ordinary people probably wouldn't be willing to buy strawberries.
You should know that the price of strawberries is very high in later generations, not to mention in ancient times when there were few varieties of fruits.
Liu Yulian was able to buy a lot of land to cultivate because there were few fruit varieties in ancient times and many crops were not yet popular. If she were in the future, she might not be able to buy such land, but transportation in the future is better.
Wow, her life skills are maxed out, but her infrastructure skills are not maxed out, so she has no idea what the cement recipe is.
The game system doesn't sell cement. After all, houses in the game are basically built with wood, wooden houses, bamboo houses. Even those large scenes are designed by the game.
Don’t expect to have everything in the game, that’s impossible!
"Three or four months is enough for them," said Father Liu. "When it's cold, they just need to avoid the wind."
Otherwise, what else do those people want?
It is impossible for Liu's father to care so much about his other sons. The eldest son has gone to the military camp, and there are grandchildren at home. It is difficult for the eldest son to be a wife.
Zhao Yi Niang saw Liu Yanbo talking about renting a shop from afar. She thought the people in the second house were too ruthless. On the one hand, they hinted that they should not have too much contact with the first house, while on the other hand, the second house went to the first house to rent a shop. The people in the second house were too calculating. Zhao Yi Niang thought that she must tell her son to be careful when she returned, so as not to be sold out by the people in the second house.
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