"This method comes from overseas. My father once wrote a book called "Overseas Travels", which mentioned this method. It was invented by a foreigner named Heimlich."

Doctor Wang listened to Wen Qingcheng's serious nonsense and nodded in understanding.

Before leaving, Doctor Wang bowed to Wen Qingcheng and thanked her again and again. The family saw him out the door, and Doctor Wang rode away on his donkey with an excited look on his face.

"Mom, we have money now, let's build a house according to our own design. Renting a house is not a long-term solution."

Wen Qingcheng knew that the people living in Yueya Village were all villagers, and very few of them sold their houses. If someone's son got married, they would build a new house for him.

Ye Xiuying smiled and said, "Although we have money, we still have to live. If we use all the money to build a house, what will our family eat? Hunting musk deer is something that can only be encountered by chance."

"How much budget does it usually take to build a house?" Wen Qingcheng asked.

She really had no idea about building a house. In the last days, houses were not very expensive.

Ye Xiuying muttered to herself and did some calculations: "Let's build a three-room house. You and Chuyi will have one room, Zicheng will have one room when he grows up and gets married, and I will have one room. Add the kitchen and toilet, and that will make five rooms. We can also build an outer wall, which is safer than a fence. It will cost at least 40 or 50 taels."

Wen Qingcheng's originally excited heart calmed down instantly. The money she had on hand was only enough to build a house.

Ye Xiuying didn't want to disappoint her daughter, so she said, "Building a house is a big deal. You have to buy building materials, hire craftsmen, burn incense and pray, and choose an auspicious day to start construction. You can't just build it whenever you want. But you can use this time to think about what kind of house you want and draw a picture."

Wen Qingcheng's passion was rekindled, and he put his hands on Ye Xiuying's shoulders: "Don't worry about the house. As long as the money is in place, the house can be built soon. Mother, do you remember what I said before about finding a large area of ​​ginseng in the mountains?"

"You have to pick them secretly, and make sure no one finds you."

"I will go up the mountain with Chuyi early tomorrow morning and pick a few more plants."

"Qingcheng, I always feel uneasy about keeping so much money at home. How about I go to the bank in town tomorrow and deposit the money?"

"Well...if you're worried, just go ahead and save it."

Wen Qingcheng thought about it. After all, this was not the previous life. There were surveillance cameras everywhere, and no one dared to steal. The anti-theft facilities of the house here were not perfect. If a thief really wanted to find it, it would be hard to say. So she simply asked Ye Xiuying to save it, so that she wouldn't worry about it and couldn't sleep at night.

The next morning, Wen Qingcheng and Chuyi took a larger bag and went up the mountain. Ye Xiuying took Zicheng to the town on a fellow villager's ox cart. They deposited money in a bank and went to a cloth shop to buy a piece of goose yellow yarn and a piece of soft white peony patterned cloth. In addition, they bought a piece of silver-gray cloth, intending to make clothes for their family when they returned.

On the way back, they happened to meet a horse-drawn carriage from the same village. The coachman refused to take any money from Ye Xiuying. Also sitting in the carriage was Xiao Liu from the same village.

Ye Xiuying looked at her and smiled faintly. Xiao Liu looked up and down at the things in Ye Xiuying's hand and naturally started a conversation.

Although Xiao Liu is a young daughter-in-law in the village, she likes to chat with a group of older aunts and sisters-in-law on weekdays. She knows everything in Yueya Village, such as whose chickens have laid eggs, whose dog is lost, and whose daughter-in-law is unfilial. She is the "gossip girl" in the village.

"Sister Ye is going to the cloth shop." Little Liu started chatting with Ye Xiuying in a familiar manner.

As the conversation deepened, Xiao Liu suddenly became hesitant to speak. Ye Xiuying was not very familiar with her and did not continue to talk about her, so Xiao Liu could not help but speak on her own.

"I have something to tell you for your own good, sister. Don't go looking for them."

"Sister, just say whatever you want to say."

"How many people in our village said that you found a partner?"

"That's impossible. Who told you that?" Ye Xiuying was a little shocked. What did this mean? She had been staying at home since she got sick, and she rarely went out even after she recovered. Where did this rumor come from?

"Don't ask who told you that. I don't remember either. They saw you move out and thought you must be rich. Also, they saw a man riding a donkey asking about your family before." Xiao Liu said while observing Ye Xiuying's expression.

Ye Xiuying suddenly realized that she had misunderstood Doctor Wang. "The man riding the donkey is a shopkeeper in the county town. He has been to our house. My daughter dug some mountain products from the back mountain and asked this man to sell them."

Mrs. Liu nodded: "I told you that Sister Ye hasn't found a partner yet, and they are still guessing. Your eldest daughter is really capable and can do business."

Ye Xiuying smiled faintly and did not turn to look at Xiao Liu. She did not want to communicate any more. She held Zicheng in her arms and turned to the side.

Xiao Liu rolled her eyes, and seeing that Ye Xiuying didn't want to talk anymore, she didn't say anything more. The carriage swayed back to Yueya Village. Ye Xiuying got off the carriage at the entrance of the village and took Zicheng home with the cloth.

When I got home, I saw Zhang Sufen, Zhao Chunhua, her sisters-in-law, my third uncle and his son Wen Zhuo standing at the door.

"Uncle San, why are you all here? I just came back from town." Ye Xiuying saw Zhang Sufen and her sister-in-law, ignored them, and looked at her uncle San with a smile.

Zhang Sufen and Zhao Chunhua exchanged glances and thought: If it weren't for the money, who would come to you?

The two sisters-in-law have also heard a lot of rumors recently. After Ye Xiuying recovered from her illness, Wen Qingcheng often went to the county to get medicine for her. How could they get medicine without money? It was said that Wen Qingcheng, that money-losing guy, could also cure illnesses. He hid it very well.

How could Ye Xiuying suddenly become so tough? Who would believe a woman who moved out with her children and said she had no money? In the past few days, people in the village have been saying that she has a man outside, and it seems that this is true.

Zhang Sufen and Zhao Chunhua discussed it at home and decided to call their third uncle to ask Ye Xiuying's family to go back. After all, Ye Xiuying had recovered from her illness and could continue to work as a laundry and mender for others to supplement the family income. Apart from anything else, Sha Chuyi's strength was enough to replace an ox when he was used to plow the fields.

"Uncle San, Brother, please come in and sit down." Ye Xiuying opened the gate and only invited Uncle San and his son and Uncle Er in, completely ignoring Zhang Sufen and your sister-in-law.

Zhao Chunhua's chest was heaving with breath, and her face looked a little ugly. She wanted to call her third uncle to help mediate, but who would have thought that even after she had given him this opportunity, Ye Xiuying would be so ungrateful.

"Um...Zicheng's mother, the two of them came to me today with the intention of making peace. We are all family, and even if we fight, we are still brothers."

After the Third Uncle finished speaking, he felt that something was wrong. It was already public knowledge that the Second Brother Wen was not his biological son. He changed his words and said, "In short, they have been family for so many years and have grown up together. Even if the Second Brother is gone now, they will take care of his widow."

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