But it wasn't as good as living in the two side courtyards. After asking, I learned that they were about to join the army, so they wouldn't be staying in the courtyards anymore. They would give the courtyards to Xiao Wu to live in, and Xiao Wu was weak and not suitable for a noisy place.
She thought it made sense. Now, the second son's family lived on the right side of the side rooms, and the fifth son lived on the left side. That was good. When she walked through the veranda and arrived at the backyard, the furniture in the seventh son's room was also arranged.
The main hall was used to receive guests, but there were no armchairs on either side. Instead, there was a small table in the middle, along with several small round stools. Behind it was a table with upturned corners, an eight-immortal table, two armchairs, and a pair of flower stands.
The room on the right now has a canopy bed, a chaise lounge, a wardrobe, a dressing table, and a flower stand. The bed is already made up and the curtains are hung up. These were also bought in Jinnan City. Xiaoqi is hanging clothes, but she is too short and can only stand on a stool.
"Mother, why are you here?" Xiaoqi heard footsteps and turned around to see her mother at the door.
"I was worried about you, so I came to check on you. How's the tidying up going? Is there anything I can help you with?"
Xiao Qi shook her head, "Mother, Hua Hua can't get help from you here. I'm a big girl now and can't rely on you forever."
An Shuyi chuckled, "Huahua, who taught you that? You said you'd go with your mother yesterday, how come you changed your mind today?"
“It was Fifth Brother who said it,” Xiao Qi explained. “Fifth Brother said that I am now a grown woman and need to learn to manage my own affairs. In addition, I will work in a garment workshop in the future and learn embroidery and making clothes from my sisters.”
"Although I don't live in the same courtyard as my mother, I can still see her."
An Shuyi patted her head, "Our Huahua has grown up and doesn't need her mother to worry anymore. That's good. Then, let me hang up your clothes for you. Also, the room next to you, you don't use the study, so we'll use it to store your dowry."
"However, Huahua, it's good to learn how to make clothes, but you can't keep making clothes all the time. You can't spend too much time embroidering every day, otherwise it will affect your health and your eyes."
"You don't want your bones to be bent and your eyesight to fail you in the future, right? So you can only study for a little while. The rest of the time, you can play with those older girls, understand?"
The child is still young, and maintaining one position for a long time can deform the bones and irritate the eyes. For the sake of her health, she does not recommend that her daughter do this.
Xiaoqi nodded in fright after hearing what her mother said, "Mom, don't worry, Huahua will only study for a short while from now on, it won't be for too long." Thinking about what her mother said, it was really scary.
"Then I'm relieved. When you have time, you should also read some books. If you don't understand something, go to your maternal grandfather or your fifth brother. Although girls don't have to take the imperial examinations, it's still important to be knowledgeable and reasonable."
"I understand, Mother. Don't worry, I will study." She can learn books every day, but aren't the other three a bit too difficult? They need a tutor to teach them.
Xiao Qi thought to herself, and An Shuyi was also thinking about whether to find a teacher for Xiao Qi, and it had to be a woman. That would be a bit difficult, so let's take it slow and see if we can find one later. First, let Xiao Qi learn to read.
After hanging up Xiaoqi's clothes and seeing that there was nothing to do in the room, we went from the backyard to the front yard. Xiaoqi wanted to stay in the room for a while, so we didn't go out with her.
After An Shuyi came out, she went to the back house, where An's father's family lived. When she arrived, everything inside had been tidied up, and An's mother and sister-in-law were wiping the tables and cabinets.
Seeing that she didn't need any help, she prepared to leave.
"Father, once you've settled things here, I'm off to check on how the other families are doing." "I also need to have the managers tally up the accounts so we can distribute the money tonight."
Father An nodded, "Go ahead, you don't need to worry about us here, everything is fine now." It really is fine, all thanks to his daughter and Mrs. Xia.
"Then, Father and Mother, I'm leaving." After An Shuyi finished speaking, she went out of the courtyard to find Xia Hua. The two of them wandered around the village to see if everyone else had finished packing. However, the villagers were quick; only a few had not yet finished packing. Those who had packed were already working in the workshops, and some had started cooking.
An Shuyi and Xia Hua went over and asked them to make a more lavish meal tonight. They were to braise a variety of meats, as well as tofu, bean curd sheets, eggs, and braised chicken and braised pork. They were also to stir-fry some of the tomatoes from the garden.
There was also tofu, so they stir-fried some Mapo Tofu, and finally made a soup. After giving these instructions, the two of them carried baskets on their backs, took hoes, and went to their fields to dig potatoes.
It's already June, and the potatoes in the field are ready to eat, and at their best. The two of them are in the field, looking for the withered potato vines, and starting to dig up the potatoes.
Although the soil here isn't very good, it doesn't require very good land to grow potatoes and sweet potatoes. The potatoes they dig up are bigger than their fists, though there are also smaller ones. A bunch of potatoes can yield seven or eight, and there are even more small potatoes.
They only stopped when they had dug up a whole basketful, still feeling unsatisfied.
"Huahua, I love living here. I can grow whatever I want to eat, and I can go out whenever I want." Unlike in modern times, where even though they are rich, they always have bodyguards with them when they want to go out.
If you want to go to farther places, you have to be kidnapped. Now it's so much better. You can earn money in the village, grow whatever you want to eat, go hunting, and travel everywhere.
Although they had only been to Flower Field City, that was only after they had settled down. Given more time, they would definitely visit many more places.
Xia Hua picked up the basket and said, "I'm glad you like it. I like it too. In a few days, we'll go up the mountain again. But if the prefect doesn't come tomorrow, we'll go to Jinnan City the day after tomorrow to ask him to help us send Sanwa and Siwa to join the army."
In the few days since they returned, although the third and fourth children haven't said anything, they've started to get anxious, probably because they've been thinking about them a lot.
An Shuyi nodded, "Okay, I've been so busy these past few days that I forgot. Luckily, you're here." She went to buy the estate as soon as she got back, and there wasn't a single day she was free. When she gets busy, she forgets about things.
Hua Hua is so kind; she can always remind her of things she can't remember.
"Now you know how good I am, but there's so much more you haven't seen yet. Hurry up and follow me to peel the potatoes." Xia Hua walked ahead, urging her to catch up.
"They're here."
Once outside the canteen, we put the potatoes down, found two large basins, poured the potatoes into them, drew two buckets of water from the well, poured them into the basins to wash them clean, and then found a sharp tool to peel the potatoes.
"Sister-in-law, are these potatoes ready to eat?" Hua, who was cooking in the canteen, asked.
An Shuyi nodded, "You can eat them, but they're still young potatoes. To harvest them, you have to wait until the potato leaves turn yellow and wither, then you can dig them up."
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