After all, it's a mansion, and if the noise is too loud, it will attract attention. But living alone is not good. They have a side courtyard, a backyard, and a garden, so even if there is noise, others won't hear it.
The two did not separate, but lived in the same room and slept together. The next morning, after having breakfast in the cafeteria, Xia Hua went to see what Wen Wu's house was like.
The work was finished yesterday, so we can move in today. An Shuyi took out the fox fur and continued sewing. This was her first time making a cloak. Although she had made clothes before, it was different, so she had to take it slowly.
Fortunately, the female lead had her memories and sense of touch, so the stitches were even better than machine-sewn ones. Just as she finished, she heard the sound of bells in the village. She looked up and was surprised to find that she had been sitting there all day without even having lunch.
Moreover, Hua Hua hadn't returned. If she had, she would have called him. He put the finished cloak into the warehouse and headed towards the canteen. Just as he stepped out of the courtyard, he saw Xia Hua walking towards him.
Before she even got close, she asked, "Huahua, what did you do today? I haven't seen you all day."
Xia Hua saw her coming over and stood there waiting. "Wenwu's house was finished yesterday. There's no formaldehyde here, so we can move in today. Mu Tou called people this morning to help him move his things over."
"Since he had nothing to do while moving things around, I took him to the mountains to see if we could catch one or two non-venomous snakes."
"Did they catch them?" But she guessed they definitely did.
"I caught some rabbits too. I've already given them to the kitchen staff to make spicy rabbit meat. Didn't you go to lunch?" She had been out all day and hadn't come back at all, so she didn't know if Shushu had eaten.
An Shuyi shook her head. "I was making a cloak. When it was finished, I heard the village bells ringing. I thought it was noon, but it turned out to be evening. I didn't eat lunch, but I'm not hungry."
"The cloak can be made anytime. We can't skip meals. Let's go, we can talk as we walk." This person was hungry, but he was just too busy to remember.
The two talked as they walked toward the dining hall. When they arrived, the tribespeople had already served the food on the tables, and some were already eating. Without delay, they got their own bowls and cups and sat down to eat.
Every evening with dinner, the two of them would have a small drink, and everyone had gotten used to it, so the cafeteria often had strong liquor and fruit wine, but very few people drank them.
As soon as she sat down, An Shuyi saw a large bowl of meat on the table, and then looked at the other tables and saw the same thing. "Huahua, how many wild rabbits did you catch today?" Isn't that too many?
There are at least two rabbits in the basin on each table, and there are more than ten tables. That means we need to catch more than thirty rabbits. Just cleaning them will take a long time.
Xia Hua put a piece of rabbit meat into her bowl before saying, "It's not much, only forty-two. There are quite a few wild rabbits. With Wen Wu by my side, we caught so many in just two hours."
"We'll catch some more tomorrow. These rabbits reproduce too quickly. This year, we've slaughtered a lot of large animals, so many of these wild rabbits can survive. It won't happen today, but next year, the wild rabbits will be rampant."
"So catch more rabbits. I'll check if there are any wild boars outside the mountain. If wild boars come down and hurt someone, that would be troublesome."
Although wild boars are no longer coming down the mountain, it's still necessary to be prepared.
An Shuyi nodded, "Then I'll go tomorrow too. We'll split up and it'll be faster that way. Mu Tou, have you dealt with the wolf meat from yesterday?"
Village Chief Lin replied, "Sister-in-law, Changwu and the others have already taken the wolf meat to Jinnan City to sell today. Although wolf meat isn't very delicious, it's a few coins cheaper, and the people who bought it also got some."
Not many people bought the wolf meat last night, so his sister-in-law told him to take it to Jinnan City to buy more today. He originally thought of keeping the wolf meat for himself, but his sister-in-law disagreed, saying that wolf meat doesn't taste good.
They don't lack meat now, so there's no need to keep the wolf meat. Knowing that his sister-in-law was pitying her people, he didn't say anything more, only instructing Changwu to take the wolf meat away and sell it today, even if it's just a few coins cheaper.
In the past, they would have been happy for days if they could eat wolf meat, but now they no longer care about wolf meat. They eat better pork, and there are plenty of chickens, ducks, and geese, as well as sika deer and mutton. This is something they never dared to dream of before.
He prays to the Bodhisattva every day to bless his two sisters-in-law with good health and longevity. To this end, he had previously discussed with the clan chief about setting up longevity tablets for his two sisters-in-law in the ancestral hall. Now, the longevity tablets have been set up in the ancestral hall.
Aside from him and the clan chief, there were only a few elders; no one else knew, and he wouldn't tell.
An Shuyi nodded, "Selling it is fine. Otherwise, if we keep it, it will only end up in the ice shop, and the meat won't taste good."
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Time flies, and ten years have passed.
"Shushu, are you ready? It's time to go!" Xia Hua said to An Shuyi in the room.
"Alright, I'm coming out now." A voice replied from inside the house, and then a figure appeared with jet-black hair, a fair and smooth face without a single wrinkle. He didn't look like a forty-eight-year-old, but rather like a thirty-year-old.
"Hua Hua, don't rush. We're just taking a carriage anyway, so it's okay if we're a little late." It's only just dawn, is there really a need to be in such a hurry!
Xia Hua ignored her. This old hag, the older she gets, the lazier and more cunning she becomes. "Hurry up and get in the carriage. We'll have breakfast first, then we'll set off."
Ten years have passed, and this year marks the triennial autumn examination. All the children from the village will be going to the capital to participate. Indeed, these children are remarkable. Of the nineteen children who went to the academy back then, they progressed all the way from students to candidates for the lowest degree, and then to scholars and successful candidates for the highest degree.
This trip is to the capital to participate in the provincial examination. Only those who become the top scholar in the provincial examination can participate in the palace examination, where the competition for the top scholar position will take place.
The fact that nineteen people from Taoyuan Village passed the imperial examinations at once was enough to alarm even the Emperor. In particular, two of them were granted the title of Third-Rank Lady. That's right, in the past ten years, An Shuyi and Xia have been granted the title of Third-Rank Lady.
If it weren't for the fact that only the mothers and principal wives of officials in the court could be granted the titles of second-rank and first-rank imperial consorts, the two of them would have been first-rank imperial consorts long ago. Fortunately, they were only third-rank and they didn't look down on them, since they wouldn't have been interested in them anyway.
In the past ten years, they haven't spent much time in the village either. Instead, they've often been out and about, taking things from the village to sell in more distant places. They've practically traveled the whole world.
The village remained the same as always, except for the addition of two workshops: a glass workshop and a cement workshop, which were managed by Wenqing and Wenmo respectively, bringing the total number of workshops in the village to eight.
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