An Shuyi sighed helplessly, "Then you should take care of yourselves and not overwork yourselves. Although making money is important, your health is more important."
"Don't worry, sister-in-law, we know. Just don't overwork yourselves."
"Yes, compared to our two sisters-in-law, we are not tired at all, and we are in very good health."
"It's good that you know." After finishing her meal, An Shuyi went back to her sleeping place, called Xiao Wu and the others to her side, and gave them the books she had bought. She had been so busy all day that she kept forgetting things.
"Mom, you bought me another medical book." Xiao Wu knew what it was without even opening it, just by looking at what his mother handed him.
“Yes, didn’t you and Xiao Liu lose your books? I’ll buy you some today. You can study hard with Doctor Liu from now on. When you’ve finished your studies, I’ll open a pharmacy for you. If you don’t like it, I’ll save a room for you to store the medicinal herbs when the house is built.”
Xiao Wu looked at her in surprise, "Mother, is what you're saying true?"
"What do you mean, really? Do you mean we'll open a pharmacy, or we'll give you a room to store medicinal herbs?"
"Mother, we're leaving a room to store the medicinal herbs. I don't like going to the pharmacy..." At this point, Xiao Wu hesitated and looked at his mother. "Mother, if I were to say that I don't like studying medicine, would you be very angry?"
An Shuyi looked at him and said, "Mother is not angry. It's just that you said you liked studying medicine, so why have you changed your mind now? What caused you to dislike it again?"
She had asked Xiao Wu back then whether he studied medicine because he liked him or because of his health, but he said he liked him. How come he doesn't like him anymore after such a short time? Isn't that too fast a change?
Xiao Wu lowered his head, looking at the disappointment in his mother's eyes, and felt a little sad. "Mother, I like studying medicine, not to heal people, but because I like to study poisonous things. I only study medicine to figure out how to detoxify."
He didn't want to say it, but his mother thought he really liked studying medicine. She was busy every day and still had to find time to buy him medical books, which cost her money. He knew that his mother didn't earn money easily, so he told her, even if she would be disappointed in him, as long as she didn't waste her time on him.
Holy crap, An Shuyi looked at her frail son, researching poison? This is terrifying! How come she didn't know her son had such extraordinary thoughts?
Looking at it now, of these sons, only the eldest is obedient. Although he is timid, he listens to her. Unlike the second son, who is cunning, the third son loves to play. Although the fourth son listens to the second and third sons in everything, he is the one who comes up with many ideas.
I thought Xiao Wu was well-behaved and obedient, but he's a wolf in sheep's clothing. He's all cunning inside and out. Xiao Liu is also very shrewd. Only Xiao Qi and the eldest seem a bit better.
It's so frustrating. I thought that if these sons were disobedient, I could just beat them up. But how can I beat someone like this? They might fall to the ground before I even start hitting them. And the original owner of this body, why did she have so many children?
She said helplessly, "If you like it, then do it. But I hope you won't use the poison on your own people. Also, you're just doing research; you can't use it. Even if you do, you must tell me, understand?"
Xiao Wu nodded, "Mother, don't worry, I won't use it recklessly. But please don't buy me any more medical books in the future."
"Fine, then I won't buy it!" It would save her money. "Sixth Sister, these are your books. Seventh Sister, these are your jewelry. Keep them safe."
"Thank you, Mother!" Xiao Liu took the book as if it were a precious treasure.
"Thank you, Mother, but Huahua is still too young. You don't need to prepare her dowry so early," Xiaoqi said, taking the box and looking at the jewelry inside.
"Haha!" An Shuyi couldn't help but laugh. "Huahua, when did Mother ever say this was part of your dowry? It's just something you wear every day. You're a girl, how can you not have jewelry?"
"Besides, it's not too early for a dowry. A girl's dowry is prepared from a young age. You can wear it yourself, and your mother will buy you more later."
"Thank you, Mother. Huahua loves you the most. Mother, can I learn embroidery with the older women in the workshop? Huahua wants to learn."
“Of course!” An Shuyi nodded. “Mother was originally planning to buy embroidery thread and then teach you, but Mother is too busy. If you have time, ask your two sisters-in-law, or go to the workshop and ask the older sisters.”
Xiao Qi nodded, "Mom, when Hua Hua learns to sew, I'll definitely make clothes for you first. I'll take care of all your clothes from now on."
"No need. You can make me a new outfit every now and then. Doing too much needlework will damage my eyes. I'm already very happy that Huahua has this thought." At least it's better than those sons who won't even give her a glimpse of a mooncake.
"Sixth, don't read anymore, you can read tomorrow. Fifth, you should go to bed early too, and remember to take your medicine every day."
Xiao Wu nodded, "Then Mom, I'll go to sleep first, you should go to sleep early too."
An Shuyi nodded, "Go ahead, Xiao Liu, Hua Hua, you should go to sleep too. Hurry up and put your things away."
"Mom, let's go to sleep now." Xiao Liu and Xiao Qi put their things away and lay down next to their mother, closing their eyes to sleep. After they fell asleep, they looked at Xia Hua, who had just arrived, and said, "Hua Hua, you should go to sleep too. I'll go sell things." They spoke the last sentence in a very soft voice.
"I'm going to sleep, you can continue with your work."
The trading system was opened, and she sold everything she had dug up that day, earning 1,400 taels. Her balance became 7,100 taels. She originally had 8,200 taels, but she used 2,000 taels to buy a house and the 1,000 taels from selling ice to buy a house.
There were also expenses for buying rice seeds, other seeds, grains, and money for brokers. All of that added up to several hundred taels of silver. Now, with the addition of this 1,400 taels, the balance has become 7,100 taels.
With so much silver, she could buy enough medicinal herbs. And with the ice business so good right now, she could also sell paper and clothes. She wasn't worried about running out of silver. She opened the trading system and saw ten lit-up slots, but they were all saplings. Did she have to plant fruit trees?
They are all common fruit tree seedlings: peach seedlings, apple seedlings, plum seedlings, orange seedlings, loquat seedlings, cherry seedlings, pomelo seedlings, pear seedlings, and then watermelon seedlings, which is a bit redundant. She has watermelons, so how could she not have seeds?
The last type is lychee seedlings, but there is no land left in the village to grow fruit trees. However, these can be planted on the mountain, and she will bring them back after returning from Jinnan City tomorrow.
The next day, the two got up early. An Shuyi went to work in the paper workshop, and Xia Hua went to work in the clothing workshop. Today they planned to take some paper and clothing to Jinnan City to sell.
We also need to bring back some more medicinal herbs, since cholera could spread to the village at any time, so it's best to be prepared.
An Shuyi led Lin Wenqing into the workshop. "Wenqing, how many sheets of finished paper do you have now?"
Lin Wenqing took out the notebook he had brought with him. It was given to them by An Shuyi when they registered earlier, and each of the four of them had two notebooks. "Auntie, there are a hundred large sheets of Xuan paper now, and five hundred smaller sheets after they've been cut. Are you taking them all?"
"Take it with you, load it all onto the carriage." It's already quite an achievement to have done so much in just one day and one night.
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