Spring Drunk Chang'an

"My future is gone. My future is completely gone..."

As Xia Mu was drinking, he suddenly howled.

Tears welled up in my eyes.

Mother Xia felt panicked and pained as she watched her son's appearance. She even felt a sense of fear rising from her whole body.

Will her Xia Mu...

Is it really impossible?

Was he unable to become a military commander and bring her the imperial robes? Was she unable to rely on her son to become a feudal lord, enjoying wealth and glory, and yet still command slaves and servants?

Her Xia Mu doesn't have the ability of Liu Wang'er.

Mother Xia was unwilling to admit it, but her heart was frying in oil, and she regretted it so much that her intestines were almost turning green.

If she had known this would happen, she would have betrothed Liu Changan earlier. That way, Liu Changan would have asked the master to help her husband's family, and she would have been able to live in a spacious courtyard, and even...

He could escape from slavery and marry the daughter-in-law of an official family.

Xia's mother burst into tears and regretted her heart.

On the bed, Xia Mu leaned against the headboard, drinking wine sip by sip, with blue stubble on his chin.

Looks slovenly and decadent.

There is no longer the momentum of being high and mighty and pointing fingers at others.

He stared blankly out the window, unable to tell whether he was in pain or regret.

This was the scene that Xia's father and Xia Shi saw when they entered the room. The mother and son were sitting in a small dark room without sunlight, crying dejectedly.

"What a sin, wuwuwu, what a sin, it's been done, everything was fine, why did it suddenly become like this?"

Father Xia was stunned for a moment, then began to sob.

Xia Shi clenched his fists tightly and said nothing, but he was secretly resentful in his heart.

It’s all Madam’s fault. If she hadn’t insisted on a divorce, how could his family have left the Ningguo Mansion?

And Liu Changan, it was she who spread the rumors. Otherwise, with his brother and his abilities, the Madam wouldn't be so partial and leave them out! !

Blame them.

It’s all their fault!!

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Liu Changan had no idea why Xia Mu became so decadent.

Liu Laishun brought back water excitedly, and she helped Liu Ai cook. When the food was almost done, Liu Wang'er also came back.

Sanxi set up a table, and the family of five sat in the yard, drinking duck soup and chatting.

"Mother, how much silver do you have?"

Liu Changan picked up some pickled bamboo shoots with chopsticks, chewed them twice, and suddenly asked.

"Eight hundred and thirty-four taels and three cents..." Liu Ai blurted out without thinking.

It is accurate to the point of 'money', which shows that it is counted every day.

"What's wrong? Why are you asking this?"

Her 'alert' eyes were round.

Seeing this, Liu Changan couldn't help but laugh: "Mom, I don't want your money. I just thought that since we have been freed from our citizenship, we should have a place to live."

"Let's buy a small courtyard. Living here with the master all the time is not a good idea."

"Wang'er and Miss Li are going to get married eventually. We can't let her marry into the master's villa, right?"

"We are good citizens now!"

"There has to be a nest!"

Liu Ai listened and her expression became serious.

"Big sister is right!" Liu Sanxi rolled his eyes and pondered for a moment, then agreed, "No matter what, it's always good to have a home. Without a house, I won't feel at peace."

"Hey, in my life, I always follow my master. Wherever my master goes, I go too. But I still don't have a property!" Liu Laishun whispered with a longing look.

Liu Wang'er didn't say anything, but he looked at her eagerly.

'Head of the family', 'the person who controls the family's wealth' - Liu Ai frowned slightly, calculating the little money in her hand. She said with embarrassment, "I've certainly thought about buying a house, but houses in the inner circle of the capital are too expensive."

"Even if I want to buy the most ordinary small courtyard house near the imperial city, it will cost 1,800 taels. I don't have enough money. Even if I sell all my family property and can barely afford it, it will still leave us broke."

The capital city is divided into the inner city and the outer city. Those who live near the inner city are either high-ranking officials or nobles.

They are all superior people.

Just like the Ningguo Mansion and the Cheng'en Mansion, they are all located in the inner city.

The "edge of the imperial city" that Liu Ai mentioned was obviously not in this "circle". The place she mentioned could be bought with a thousand taels of silver. Although it was in the inner city, it was on the west side of the city. Basically, the people living there were small officials, businessmen, or high-ranking yamen runners.

It's a decent place to live.

It’s really not cheap.

However, if you want to buy a small house outside the city, there are some that can be purchased for two or three hundred taels, or even one or two hundred taels, but those are located close to the city gate.

Just steps to the suburbs.

Liu Wang'er now has to go to the Ministry of Revenue every day to work. He is a sixth-rank official, so he should be able to ride in a sedan chair, but...

His family didn't even buy him a servant, so he certainly didn't have a sedan chair.

Of course, don't even think about horses.

He had to rely on his own two feet to go back and forth. The house he bought was too far away and his job was too hard.

But a thousand taels of silver...

Liu Ai glanced at her eldest daughter.

"Changan, you are seventeen!"

This age is a good time to get married. She is preparing to hire a matchmaker to find a son-in-law for Chang'an after she has finished taking care of the household affairs.

Her family is no longer a slave household, so Chang'an doesn't have to wait for the master to find a wife!

She would definitely find a perfect young man for her daughter who had everything: unparalleled handsomeness, gentle parents, and a good temper, and then give her a good dowry.

Although Chang'an was picked up by her, she has truly treated the child as her own daughter over the years, and naturally she has a share of the family fortune.

Liu Ai saved eight hundred and thirty-four taels and three cents! !

This money is to be divided among the three children, oh yes, and also to leave some retirement money for her and Lai Shun.

The five of them divided the money into four parts.

Two hundred taels per person.

Chang'an is the eldest daughter and has been taking care of her younger siblings since she was young. She loves her eldest daughter even more, so she privately gave the more than 30 yuan to Chang'an.

Two hundred and thirty-four taels, that was the dowry she prepared for Chang'an, and no one could touch it.

Sanxi also had two hundred taels.

Can't move either.

If she wanted to buy a house, she could only use Wang'er's two hundred taels, and at most add her and Lai Shun's, a total of four hundred taels of silver. After all, Chang'an and Sanxi were girls, and they would get married in the future, and she and Lai Shun would have to live with Wang'er in their old age.

It is only right to fill him up a little.

"I have other uses for our family's money and can't spend it all. Four hundred taels can't buy a position in the inner city. Let's wait a little longer." Liu Ai said.

Four hundred taels?

Why is it four hundred taels?

Liu Changan frowned slightly and turned her almond-shaped eyes to look at her mother.

Liu Ai was looking at her and Sanxi with gentle eyes!

In an instant, Liu Changan understood what she meant, Mother, Mother...

Are you going to prepare that money as dowry for yourself and Sanxi?

This, this is a bit too early. Sanxi is just nine years old, and she is only seventeen.

Not too big.

No, I don’t want to get married now!

She, she also wants...

In his mind, the handsome face of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince appeared for a moment, but was then suppressed by her. Liu Changan bit his lip, "Mother..."

Before he finished speaking, Liu Wang'er suddenly spoke timidly, "Um, Mom, I actually have a two-story house, and I, I have money!!"