After the cannon fodder father and daughter married into the family, the whole family regretted it

"Aren't you busy?" Qian Fengping laughed.

The couple and their staff washed the wool for a long time before it was clean.

After washing, you have to dry it.

After drying, the next step is to use a brush and a spindle.

These two tools are also shown in the book. They are simple and easy to make. You don’t even need to find someone to make the square copper, you can make it yourself.

The couple worked for a long time before they finished the preparations.

The next afternoon, Fang Tong came back early again and started the next step, first using a brush to comb the wool.

The carded wool is rolled into a tube and placed on the spindle.

The wool is drawn into filaments, which the book calls fibers, and then rolled into a twist on the spindle.

This process cannot be interrupted, the wool must be continued until it becomes yarn.

Qian Fengping thought it was interesting at first, but later she got tired and let Fang Tong do everything by himself. She wanted to go to the kitchen to cook mung bean soup.

Fang Tong watched helplessly as his wife left him and continued to work hard.

The ball of yarn is out, but it doesn’t look like it’s enough to knit clothes. It will take a few more days.

And on this day, Cheng Xiaohu arrived in Beijing.

The housekeeper sent someone to wait at the city gate with a portrait. The portrait was painted by Qin Yan. As soon as the person arrived, he was brought in.

Cheng Xiaohu took a gulp of water and said, "Brother Tong, I was so scared. As soon as I entered the city gate, your guard waved a portrait in front of me and wanted to take me away. He even had a knife on his body."

"My heart sank at the time. I thought I was arrested as soon as I entered Beijing. But I hadn't done anything bad. They must have taken my life. They might just accuse me of entering the city with my left foot and kill me."

As he spoke, he patted his chest, looking as if he was still frightened.

Fang Tong was helpless: "Didn't the guard say they were picking you up?"

"I told you, your guard said that the general asked me to pick you up. I wondered which general it was, but it was probably some corrupt official who wanted to harm me, so I didn't dare ask any more questions." Cheng Xiaohu said aggrievedly.

Fang Nanzhi laughed so hard that he couldn't straighten his waist, holding his stomach and laughing: "Brother Xiaohu, you really think about it."

Cheng Xiaohu scratched his head and said honestly, "That's not what I thought. Didn't you say there was a book saying that the laws were strict and that if the people took a wrong step, their hands and feet would be chopped off..."

Fang Tong's gaze fell on his daughter.

Fang Nanzhi defended herself with a guilty conscience: "It's not a storybook, it's Qin law."

Qian Fengping asked the housekeeper what was going on.

Did the servants see that Xiaohu was dressed simply and looked down on the guests, so they deliberately gave him a cold look?

The Fang family is originally an ordinary family, and they will have to deal with common people in the future, so they can't let their servants have such thoughts.

It's just that Xiaohu is close to his family and is careless. What if someone else turns against them when he thinks they are in power?

The butler came back quickly to report and sent out the guard - he had facial paralysis, and had been suffering from it for many years, so he always had a cold face and spoke little, but he was a healthy person.

Qian Fengping was speechless, but didn't care.

The housekeeper breathed a sigh of relief, thinking to himself that the master was very generous.

If it were someone else's family, they wouldn't care what your reason was. If you didn't treat the guests well and brought shame to the host family, you would definitely be punished.

However, he should be more cautious when hiring people in the future.

After the family was happy, Fang Nanzhi volunteered to take Brother Xiaohu to visit the general's mansion.

Cheng Xiaohu was shocked.

"really big!"

“Yo yo yo, there’s a corridor!”

"How can you raise carp in this pond? Carp are not tasty. When it comes to raising fish, the best one is Du Yaozu. Ask him to send you some later."

"Okay, okay." Fang Nanzhi's mind flashed with the image of a big, fat fish, and he swallowed.

Cheng Xiaohu found it funny. Why was this little girl still so greedy?

"No wonder everyone wants their children to become officials. Being an official is really good. The emperor actually gave them such a big house and a salary."

Fang Nanzhi nodded, then shook his head.

"That depends on what kind of official he is. My father doesn't have a big house, and as for the salary." Fang Nanzhi sighed: "It's not even enough to support the family."

This is true. After Fang Tong came to the capital, he received his salary with great enthusiasm. It was only five taels of silver a month.

Five taels is a lot for them in the countryside, enough to last for half a year or a year.

But in the capital, if the second uncle had not become a general, they would have to spend two or three taels of silver to rent a house, and the rest of the vegetables and food would have to be bought with money.

She and her brother were still studying, spending money everywhere, and it was simply not enough...

That is to say, now, even without having to pay rent, the family has so many servants, and the monthly salary of silver or copper coins is not enough.

After thinking about this, Fang Tong was depressed for a while.

It seems that even though he is an official, he still has to rely on his wife to support the family.

The family relies entirely on the profits from the cake shop and the income from growing watermelons in the village.

As for farming and growing watermelons, Fang Tong insisted that since he had married into his wife's family, the land he farmed belonged to his wife, so the money was also earned by his wife.

Cheng Xiaohu was stunned when he heard this. So this is what people mean when they say "it's not easy to live in a big place".

When Cheng Xiaohu arrived, the Fang family specially prepared wine and food to entertain him in the evening.

Fang Yin put his arm around Cheng Xiaohu's shoulders and boasted, "Xiaohu, I'm engaged, did you know? I'm getting married soon, did you know? My fiancée is so beautiful, did you know that? Xiaohu, you don't have a wife yet, do you? Oh, how pitiful."

Cheng Xiaohu's face darkened a little: "Brother Yin, you are so old, and you finally have a wife. I am young, so I can wait a little longer."

"Snapped!!"

Fang Yin slammed the table, unconvinced: "Nonsense, Junior Sister values ​​me because I'm smart, kind-hearted, and powerful. Age has nothing to do with it."

After saying that, he stared at Cheng Xiaohu with his big eyes, looking him up and down.

"Xiao Hu, I'm not saying anything bad about you. You're younger, but you're not as handsome as me, and you're not as strong as me. It'll be hard for you to find a wife. Ask your mother to prepare more gifts."

This made Cheng Xiaohu so angry that he stomped his feet.

He began to miss his silly brother Yin, who was with Zhizhi every day and called him Brother Xiaohu.

"Sister-in-law, I don't care. You have to find me a wife. It doesn't matter if it's from Beijing. I'm not picky." Cheng Xiaohu looked at Qian Fengping eagerly.

Qian Fengping: ...

Fang Tong rolled his eyes: "You are not picky. If the girls in the capital don't choose you, just be happy."

"Brother Tong, you are biased. You help Brother Yin bully me."

Cheng Xiaohu muttered.

Fang Yin chuckled foolishly and picked up a big leg of lamb for him to comfort him.

You know what, the roasted lamb leg is really delicious.

During the meal, the Fang family talked about their experiences after coming to Beijing.

What about Fang Nanzhi saving the prince and encountering an assassination, and Fang Tong planting cotton every day? Cheng Xiaohu was amazed when he heard it. These days are too lively.

Cheng Xiaohu also talked about the things happening in the village, and there were a lot of things happening in the village.

The first one was Mrs. He, who bought meat for Mr. Fang every ten days or half a month, saying that it was all the money Fang Tong gave her before he left.

Old Master Fang's temper was getting worse and worse, and he always said that he had lost something. Everyone thought he was looking for excuses to make trouble for the He family.

Fang Tong was surprised at He's realization, then he remembered something: "Oh, Fang Jin is not dead. I guess someone is going to find Mushan Village."