Farmhouse life after traveling back to ancient times

After a few days of fear and anxiety, A'luo accidentally heard Le and her son whispering that Du Wenxiu could get ten taels of silver by marrying a countryman, and Du Wenchan, who was more outstanding in appearance, could not be married casually, and must look for a family that could afford the money.

Du Wenchan and her daughter didn't know whether to be relieved or more worried.

After all, they are not my biological children. As long as I have money to live a good life, why would I care about how other people's children live?

Du Wenxiu sighed and told Du Wenchan about the matter of the Yulan sisters. Even if they were her biological daughters, so what? Not everyone was worthy of being a mother.

Du Wenchan touched his chest with a frightened look, but fortunately, Du Xiucai was a man who had read the books of sages for several years and still had to save some face.

Du Wenxiu sneered and said nothing after hearing this.

face?

If he really cared about his face, why would he take ten taels of silver and then not care who he went with or where he went?

This is also because I am lucky that I married a man who can live a peaceful life. Otherwise, even if he sold me to that shameful place, who would say a word?

However, it is not easy to say this to Du Wenchan. After all, she still has to live in this family. It would be bad to instill too many modern ideas and ambitions in her.

In a life where you are powerless to resist, the more you think about it, the more painful it will be.

Living in a daze is sometimes good.

At lunch, since we were all family, there was no need to be shy and we all sat at the same table.

The concubine A'luo brought up a plate of green vegetables, a plate of pickled ginger, some sweet and sour eggplant, and a dish of pickled bamboo shoots, and went to get two glasses of wine for Mr. Du.

With eight people facing these four dishes, the three people from the Lu family didn't know how to start.

Du Wenxiu smiled and picked up a pickled bamboo shoot and put it in Le's bowl.

"Mom, try this bamboo shoot. I made it myself. We don't have much income in Taohua Village. This is the only thing that keeps us from starving to death."

Mr. Du's face was as gloomy as the ashes at the bottom of a pot on the stove. How could his family have come to such a state?

In the past, we had meat to eat every other day, but today when the son-in-law came to visit, he only cooked such unpresentable dishes, one of which was brought by someone else.

"Who can eat this amount of food? Ah Luo, take the money and go to Fengshuilou to buy some food. Don't embarrass yourself."

Le also put down his chopsticks and sneered, "Master Xiucai, you are just talking big. There are fewer and fewer students in the school, and the tuition fees we take home are no longer enough, so how can we have spare money to entertain guests. If you must go to Fengshuilou to buy some dishes, I'm afraid you will have to pawn my old wife to exchange for some silver."

Mr. Du was getting older and older, his eyesight was blurry, and he often fell asleep in class. Many of his students turned to other teachers, so naturally the tuition fees he received became less and less.

But it's not as serious as what Mrs. Le said. It's just a show for her son-in-law.

Mr. Du's temper did not improve as he grew older. He snorted coldly, threw down his chopsticks heavily, stood up and walked out.

Le ignored him and just invited everyone to eat.

The meal ended in such an awkward atmosphere. After sitting for a while, several people stood up to say goodbye. Le kept asking them to stay, but she couldn't resist. The three of them only drank the plain soup that was similar to the one cooked by Fang, and they were not hungry anymore. They planned to go home and appease their stomachs before doing anything else.

Seeing that they were determined to leave, Le Shi had no choice but to send them off any longer and walked them straight to the door, even forgetting to give them a gift in return.

On the way back, their stomachs rumbled and they had no choice but to buy a few more Hu bings on the street. When they looked up, they saw Du Xiucai, the man in the tavern opposite who had ordered two dishes and a glass of wine and was enjoying his meal.

Du Wenxiu glanced at Lu Fanghai and quietly reached out and pinched his strong arm a few times.

"I told you not to buy those things, but you insisted on buying them. You can't even make back the money you spent on them. You deserve it for coming out here hungry!"

Lu Fanghai laughed and chewed a Hu pancake. "After all, they are your family. They are not honest in their actions, so we can't follow their example. I just do what I should do."

Du Wenxiu looked very disappointed with his friend. He led Qiao'er, who was laughing secretly with her hands covering her mouth, to walk in front, leaving Lu Fanghai following slowly behind.

When they got home, they had eaten the Hu bings they had bought on the way, and they had just enough energy to clean up the house and put everything in place. They also asked Lu Fanghai to go to the market to buy firewood so that they could cook for themselves in the evening.

He cleaned the shop again and put the jars and pots aside. A neighbor came over to take a look and asked what kind of shop it was.

Du Wenxiu was all smiles as he introduced his own pickle shop to the people and even gave them a bowl of pickles to try.

After getting the free stuff, the neighbors were full of praise, saying that the pickles were more delicious than those made at home and wanted to help her promote the product.

When everything was almost cleaned up, Lu Fanghai said goodbye and went out. Anyway, there was no heavy work for him to do, and Du Wenxiu was still angry with him, so she didn't care about him.

After returning home and having dinner in the evening, Lu Fanghai handed her fifty cents, which surprised her. Lu Fanghai smiled innocently and said that he went to the dock in the afternoon and carried goods all afternoon and earned the money.

He also told Du Wenxiu not to worry, as he could support the family.

"You've been telling me not to worry these days. Is this something I should worry about? You should take better care of yourself. Carrying bags at the dock is not a good job. You should wait and see. If there are other things to do, don't do this. There is still some savings at home. It's not the time when we can't afford to eat. You don't have to rush out to do hard labor."

Du Wenxiu talked a lot, and Lu Fanghai could tell that she cared about him. He was so happy that he went up to her, hugged her and rolled onto the kang.

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The shop was opened like this. After some time, Du Wenxiu asked Lu Fanghai to go back to Taohua Village. He had previously agreed with Qiu Yong and his wife that, except for the goods supplied to Hui'an Tower, the rest would be kept for themselves. It would be better than looking for other sources of goods. If the goods sold well, he would expand production here and he would just sell the goods in the city.

Unexpectedly, he brought back a lot of things this time. In addition to dried black fungus, salted eggs, and preserved eggs, there were also dried chicken, wild boar meat and other cured goods, which filled Du Wenxiu's small pickle shop.

Because Du Wenxiu's pickles were delicious and cheap, after a month or so, he started to have some repeat customers and his business gradually picked up.

He also agreed with Qiu Yong and others to deliver goods to the county once every half a month. If there was any urgent need, Lu Fanghai would go back to get them. In this way, the Lu family could live safely in the county.

Lu Fanghai was strong and had a stable chassis. He was willing to work hard to move goods at the dock, so many foremen were willing to employ him. Gradually, he became famous and did not have to wait for a long time before getting a job.

One day, a ship docked at the pier and vendors of all kinds gathered around it, vying to hold up their own food and shout to sell it.

A man with an anxious face appeared on the boat, standing on the edge of the boat and shouting to the shore: "Go and report to the magistrate of Dongxing County. I am the family of the magistrate of Xuanzhou. I encountered bandits attacking a merchant ship on the river. Send someone to rescue us as soon as possible."