San Shun and the other younger ones immediately joined in the teasing.
"Oh dear, big brother wants to get married!"
"That's right, that's right. Big brother's 16 this year, it's time he got married!"
"Big brother, big brother, whose girl have you taken a fancy to?"
"I... I was just saying!" Dazhu's face flushed red instantly. He shoved Zhuangzhuang into Wuping's hands, who was closest to him, and hurriedly walked out.
"The water in the house is almost gone, I'm going to go get some!"
Wan Shu watched Da Zhu's departing figure carrying water buckets, her eyes filled with astonishment.
No way! Judging from Dazhu's behavior, this kid actually wants to get married!
But thinking about it, it makes sense; Dazhu is already 16 years old.
Although 16 years old would only be a middle school student in modern times, and she always treated Dazhu like a child, this is ancient times.
In ancient times, 16 years old was considered a good age to start looking for a partner.
Sigh, I never imagined that she, a staunch advocate of having only one child, would end up with five more kids after traveling back to ancient times, and she would also have to help them find partners.
If things go well, she might become a grandmother in a couple of years.
This generational ranking has increased way too fast!
Moreover, if Dazhu gets married, the matter of building a new house needs to be put on the agenda as soon as possible.
Newlyweds definitely need to have their own room.
There are only two rooms in this house now. It's not feasible for Dazhu and his wife to share one room while the remaining five people share another.
Putting aside the question of whether there's enough room, they have a son and a daughter, and they're both getting on in years. They can't possibly share a bed, can they? That would be disgraceful!
At current prices, building a brick house and adding some furniture would cost about twenty or thirty taels of silver.
If you don't make the adobe bricks yourself, building a slightly worse adobe house will still cost around ten taels of silver.
She had two hundred taels of silver earned from picking crystal orchids in the dense forest, which was enough to build either an adobe house or a brick house.
However, since she didn't use legitimate means to obtain this money, she can't just take it out rashly.
It seems she needs to think of a way to start a business and make the money public.
While pondering, Wan Shu called to the remaining four children to take the wild boar meat out of the basket.
She used a kitchen knife to cut off five catties of lard and put it in a bamboo basket. She then added two pork bones and two catties of pork ribs, and finally covered it with a layer of wild vegetables before handing it to Wuping.
"Send this to your maternal grandparents, but be careful not to let anyone in the village see the meat inside."
Wu Ping nodded vigorously, and to avoid being discovered, he ran to the Wan family's house as fast as he could.
Wan's mother was sitting in the yard drying potatoes.
This is a method Wan Shu shared with everyone: let it air dry for two days before putting it in the cellar; this will allow it to be stored for longer and prevent it from rotting.
Seeing that Wuping was panting, she quickly put down the potatoes and scooped a ladle of water for him.
"Why are you running so fast, you little rascal? Are you rushing to your next life? What if you fall and get hurt!"
Although the words were harsh, the tone was full of concern and heartache.
Wu Ping grinned and removed the wild vegetables from the bamboo basket, revealing the lard and pork bones underneath.
“My mother asked me to deliver this. She told me not to let anyone else in the village see it, so I ran faster.”
Although lard and pork bones are not as valuable as pork, such a large quantity would fetch at least a hundred coins in the county town!
No wonder Shu'er didn't want anyone else in the village to see her.
With so many good things, those petty villagers must be so envious that they'll say countless sarcastic things!
My daughter is so generous to me, and so considerate.
Wan's mother felt a warm glow in her heart.
However, since her daughter is generous, she can't be impolite.
She only took a bone and put it in the kitchen before waving Wuping away: "It's not easy for your mother to raise five children by herself. Tell her to take the rest to the county town to sell tomorrow and save it for later."
Wan Shu had anticipated this situation and had already taught Wu Ping how to deal with it.
“Mother said that my eldest and second uncles have worked hard today. This is for my eldest and second uncles, and also to show respect to my maternal grandparents. If you don’t accept it, Grandma, I will never come again, and I will not ask my eldest and second uncles for help anymore.”
This means we should stop interacting like before.
This hits Wan's mother where it hurts.
Her daughter had finally made up with her, how could she bear to let her go!
She could only suppress her heartache and accept all the lard and pork bones.
However, she didn't let Wu Ping go back empty-handed.
She went to the kitchen, took a box of pastries that had been stored for a long time, and also took a lot of mushrooms and dried bamboo shoots that had been dried last year, stuffing them all into a five-square-meter bamboo basket.
Wu Ping blinked, instinctively wanting to refuse as well, but before he could speak, Wan's mother followed suit, putting on a stern face.
"If you don't take it back, I won't want anything you send next time!"
Wu Ping scratched his head, realizing he couldn't refuse any longer, so he could only take it back and see how his mother would handle it.
So, as soon as Liu came out of the room, she saw Wu Ping carrying a basket of things and running away in a flash.
Liu was already very dissatisfied. As a brother and sister, and with her husband helping to slaughter the pig, why did she only get such a small piece of pork belly?
She had just argued with her husband in the room, and she wanted him to ask Wan Shu for a few more pounds of meat.
But her husband refused no matter what, saying, "It's not easy for my sister to raise five children alone. We're all family, why are you being so petty?"
Bah! His younger sister has it tough, but do you think their family has it tough? They haven't had a single piece of meat in over half a year!
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