After the evil sister took over, all the best went crazy

Su Rongrong watched her two younger sisters leave with the hair flowers before she went into the kitchen.

At this time, Tao Ya was frowning, looking at the meat, bones and offal.

When he saw her come in, he asked, "Rongrong, do you have any money?

All these things added together must weigh at least 100 to 180 kilograms, right?

How do you spend money on these, and buy so many of them?

Wouldn't it be better to use the money you'd spent on this to buy some good meat?"

Su Rongrong replied: "Doctor Min from Jishidiang said that Jinhong, Qiaoqiao, Manman and I all need to be well nourished.

The prices outside are skyrocketing right now, and a pound of good meat costs forty-five cents.

But my family’s financial situation is limited and I can’t afford anything else, so I can only buy these.

Fortunately, the weather is cold, so these things can be kept for a long time after being washed and marinated.

If that doesn't work, then pickle it with salt and hang it under the beams.

The county town is becoming more and more chaotic now. As long as the problems of the disaster victims are not resolved, I don’t want to go to the county town.

So, these will take a long time to eat, maybe the things for the New Year are all here..."

Taoya was born into a hunter's family, and the game from her family was not sent to the county town to be sold every day.

So, usually after cleaning it, it is pickled with salt and stored.

Hearing Su Rongrong's words, she nodded subconsciously, and then asked: "What about your food?

I just checked, and there isn't much food in the things you brought back.

When my father came back from hunting in the morning, he learned about the situation in the county town and took all the furs that the family had saved to exchange for silver to buy food.

You are bringing Jinhong and the others back to live here now, but how can you survive without food?

I still have some personal money, not much, just over sixty cents, so I'd like to give it to you first.

Rongrong, go and see if there is anyone else in our village who is going to the county town, and ask him to help bring back some food?"

Su Rongrong looked at her face that looked like her modern best friend, and heard these words, and felt warm in her heart.

Knowing that she was doing this for his own good, he did not hide anything from her and told her everything that happened after arriving in the county town.

This included the more than one hundred taels of silver she owed Baili Zheng, and also included the proceeds from buying clothing pattern drawings.

Of course, she didn't say that the ten taels of money that Qiaoqiao earned from selling her body were with her, nor did she say how much the pattern drawings were sold for.

However, she did explain clearly how much she earned from the necklaces and hair ornaments.

When Tao Ya heard that she owed so much foreign debt for Jin Hong, she couldn't help feeling worried.

When I found out that she had earned several hundred coins in just a few days, I breathed a sigh of relief.

Although she was lucky enough to get the job of making the silk ribbon, the hair ornaments and clothing patterns at least proved that Rongrong was capable of surviving with her younger siblings.

Maybe I can really pay back the more than thirty taels I owe every year.

But Jinhong still has to study, which costs a lot of money.

Even if all the output from those dozens of acres of land were sold, it might not be enough.

Thinking about it, she said, "Rongrong, you have a heavy burden now. Not only do you have to save money for Jinhong's studies, but you also have to save money to repay Master Baili.

In that case, Manman is very skillful, so you can let her do the hair decoration job.

You should think about doing something to earn some extra income, otherwise you can't keep going like this.

If Jinhong wants to take the imperial examination, he will not only have to go to the county town, but also the provincial capital.

The travel expenses are indispensable, at least a few taels of silver are needed.

Right now we are only talking about the scholar. What if we take the examination for the juren or jinshi?

In other families, the whole family or the entire clan supports one scholar together.

Your current situation is somewhat special, and you can only rely on yourself.

So you have to think about this.”

Su Rongrong listened to her serious consideration for herself, nodded with a smile, and said:

"Don't worry, Taoya, I had already considered these things when I proposed to branch out and support the family.

I know what I'm doing and what to do next.

What's more, when signing the IOU, Brother Zheng said that if I ever did him a favor, that debt would be written off.

Weren’t Da Hu and I talking just now?

What I am talking about is how to solve the problem of disaster victims and common people performing corvee labor.

Brother Zheng's father will be in office soon. If the government adopts the method I proposed, then the money may not have to be repaid."

When Tao Ya heard this, she asked curiously, "Rongrong, can I know what you mean by resolving the issue of forced labor for disaster victims and common people?"

After all, performing corvée labor concerns her family.

Her grandfather definitely cannot go, and although her father is still young, he is the main labor force in the family, so he definitely cannot go either.

And my eldest brother got married not long ago, so my sister-in-law would definitely not want him to go, and my mother would also be reluctant to let him go.

So, you can only spend money.

If Rongrong’s suggestion had included not letting anyone go, we wouldn’t have to spend so much money.

In order to buy food this time, her father took out all the silver in the family, including the five taels that he wanted to use to pay for corvee labor.

What dad said was that in a year of disaster, nothing is more important than food, especially for people like them who don’t have much land.

Going to perform corvée labor would not necessarily lead to death, but if there was no food at home, then you would definitely starve to death.

And by then it won’t be just one person who dies, but the whole family.

Because they all understood, grandma, grandpa and eldest brother, no matter how reluctant they were, finally let dad take away all the money they could.

Dad said that he would go to the county town first to see if he could buy a lot of food, and he would not come back today.

In this way, the whole family will go to the county town together early tomorrow morning and help bring food back home.

In fact, it's not just her family. As far as she knows, everyone who went to the county town today had the same idea.

If Rongrong's method is better, then perhaps they can solve the problem with the lowest cost.

After all, one head costs five taels of silver, which is really too much.

However, no one was willing to let the able-bodied laborers in the family perform corvée labor.

Of course, except for those who are extremely biased or those who are really too poor to come up with five taels of silver.

I don’t know what Rongrong was thinking, or what she said to Dahu.

She is the daughter of a scholar, so smart and kind, she will definitely consider everyone!

Su Rongrong didn't know how good her image was in Tao Ya's heart, so she didn't hide anything when she heard her words.

She immediately told Da Hu what she had said before.

At the end, she added: "This is just my personal opinion. I don't know how the officials in the government will choose.

So, Taoya, don't tell anyone about this. If the government adopts my suggestion, it will only take a day or two.

After all, whether it is silver or food, it has to be collected in advance.

Every day the victims stay outside the city increases their risk.

The weather is getting colder and colder. Who knows if the disaster victims will be provoked and do something to the people of Lanxia County.

Only by sending them away from here as soon as possible will the villages around the city and the county be safe!"