When Qiao Yunqing came over, he saw Qiao Xin, who was looking downcast. His eyes changed, and he didn't care about the carriage that hadn't stopped yet. He threw down the reins in his hand, stepped forward and asked quickly: "What's wrong with you? Are you in trouble?"
Qiao Xin waved her hands weakly at him and said, "It's okay. I'm just depressed by poverty. It will be fine after a while. You can move your things."
Qiao Yunqing didn't understand what was going on, so he turned sideways and discovered a pile of objects behind him.
Is this what she meant by just buying anything?
How can he not be poor if he buys like this? He is almost clearing out other people's shops!
The clothes and bedding alone almost took up half of the carriage. There were also more than a dozen books, casseroles, kitchen knives, straw raincoats and bamboo hats...
"Hiss!" Qiao Yunqing realized a reality more and more. Qiao Xin said that she had no worries about food and clothing, and she was definitely not lying. People who are used to being poor would never be willing to spend so much on food and drink!
A poor family would definitely not be willing to spend money like this, and it would probably not be easy to meet the adoptive mother's requirements in the future.
The pressure is so great! I need to arrange my studies as soon as possible!
All the money in front of them was earned by Qiao Xin herself. They are all beneficiaries and have no right to point fingers or make comments.
After recognizing the truth, Qiao Yunqing followed behind Qiao Xin silently as a porter. The mother and son bought and loaded the goods in tacit understanding, and finally left the city after an hour when the carriage was almost full.
Qiao Yunqing let out a breath of foul air. This woman suffered more when shopping than when marching to war! Let the eldest brother and the third brother accompany her next time!
"Where are we going? To Xuanzhou Prefecture again?" Qiao Xin sat lazily in the passenger seat of the carriage, watching Qiao Yunqing driving, silently memorizing every move in his mind.
"If the Yang family hadn't gotten into trouble, Xuanzhou would be a good place. But we can't go there now. The prefect of Xuanzhou is a disciple of Old Yang. If we move there, we'll be walking into a trap. Let's go further south to Weizhou."
Qiao Xin yawned and said without much interest: "You decide, I don't care. We can live anywhere! Let's settle down and make money as soon as possible. I can't live in this poor life for a day."
Qiao Yunqing glanced at him and said, "Just this time, you got three thousand taels of silver from Xu Can. This is something that many people cannot earn in their entire lives. Isn't it enough for you?"
Qiao Xin was unhappy now: "This little money is nothing. I have already spent nearly 500 today. You can't be satisfied with this. You do the math. There are 13 people in our family now. The place we live in can't be small, right? At least we need a courtyard with two entrances to accommodate us. How can we buy it without 300 or 400 taels? Even if we build a house ourselves, it will cost more than 300 taels.
The food and drink along the way will cost a lot. When we settle down, we will have to buy some land. That’s not all. We will have to prepare dowries for our children and dowries for our granddaughters. All of these will cost money. You will also go to school in the future. The expenses will be a bottomless pit!”
Qiao Yunqing looked at her with complicated eyes: "She won't think about us like this! You don't have to do this. This is not your responsibility. I will fight for it!"
Qiao Xin knew who this "she" was talking about. But she was herself.
She has her own principles in doing things and prefers to do things by herself to have enough food and clothing.
: "I'm not that great, I just want to make my life more comfortable. Anyway, I absolutely don't want to live the kind of life you used to live where you couldn't even get enough food to eat!"
"You are a woman! It's not easy to go out and do things. If you work so hard, others will poke my spine."
Qiao Xin slapped Qiao Yunqing on the back, almost knocking him off the carriage.
She was so scared that she quickly pulled the person back. The force of the move was much stronger, and she had to adapt to it and slowly get the hang of it.
Qiao Yunqing hadn't known how long it had been since someone had scolded him like a child, and was a little confused for a moment. After a long while, he said dryly, "A gentleman should use his mouth, not his fists!"
"I'll beat you up if you make me unhappy again. No matter if you admit it or not, you have to call me mother now!"
Qiao Xin felt that she needed to make it clear: "What's wrong with being a woman? Women can hold up half the sky. As long as I don't want to, no one can hold me in the backyard. You'd better be prepared for this. If you can't accept it, let's break up as soon as possible. It's better not to play this drama of loving mother and filial son!"
Qiao Yunqing was silent for a while and did not speak again. The emperor was not as strict with women as the previous dynasty, but it was not necessarily the case among the common people. If the foster mother wanted to live a more comfortable life, it would be difficult. He would bear with her in the future.
Soon the family reunited at Liuting. The children saw their grandmother and second uncle from afar and ran over excitedly! Qiao Xin jumped off the carriage and stood still, just meeting their sparkling eyes and the buns they held up to her.
"Grandma!"
"Grandma!"
"mother!"
"mother!"
......
Sanniang even leaned towards Qiao Xin tentatively, "Grandma, you eat it!"
Qiao Xin automatically ignored the small handprints on the buns, as the child had obviously left them for her.
Qiao Xin's heart softened and she picked her up, and handed the bun to her mouth, "Grandma has eaten a long time ago, this is for Sanniang. You must be obedient in the future, Sanniang, and you must eat the food that Grandma asks you to eat first. Do you understand?"
After saying that, he touched the heads of the other children and said, "The same goes for you. You are not allowed to hide food. Only when you are full will you have the strength to travel. Tell me what you want to eat in the future." Qiao Xin repeated these words to his son and daughter-in-law, regardless of whether they believed it or not.
It was getting late and if we delayed any further we would miss our next destination.
Qiao Xin ordered, "Everyone get in the carriage first! Hurry up and get going. Divide the things in the carriage into two. The children will sit in my carriage, and the eldest and second daughters-in-law will sit in the one at the back."
The clothes were not heavy but took up a lot of space, so Qiao Xin had to ask everyone to take off their beggar clothes.
Seeing that Zhang was still putting old clothes into the package, he immediately stopped her and said, "Just leave it on the side of the road. Don't use it."
"Mom, this thing can be made into a few pairs of shoes!" Zhang said with regret.
"No, we need to hurry, so we won't take anything unnecessary. If it's too heavy, the carriage won't be able to move fast! We'll be traveling through wind and rain all the way, and won't stay long in any place. How can we have time to wash your clothes?"
It's not that it can't be washed, but in Qiao Xin's opinion, washing the clothes would be a waste of water, and they would become rags if rubbed. The reason why it didn't get damaged was thanks to the black patina on it!
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