Shen Miaozhu asked, "Uncle, is this the best chicken blood stone?"

"Well, I asked someone to cut the raw stone into three pieces. I engraved your aunt's name on one of them, and it hasn't been completely polished yet." Not to mention the value of the seal stone itself, this is the reason why Shen Huai must get the seal stone back.

Shen Lingzhu breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, it was not his uncle's seal. Otherwise, it would be a disaster if someone got it and caused trouble.

However, in ancient times, women rarely told their names to outsiders, and seals engraved with their names were considered extremely private items.

Moreover, she vaguely remembered that bloodstone was very expensive, so she asked her senior sister for advice: "Seal stones are all very expensive, right?"

Shen Miaozhu nodded slightly: "The value ranges from dozens to thousands of taels."

The middle-aged couple, Shen Jianxuan's uncle and aunt, became even more anxious when they heard what the two said. The man was fine and turned away: "I must beat this brat to death."

"Tens or thousands of taels? Oh my God, we can't afford the compensation even if we sell it. We really don't have..." The woman howled halfway when she saw Shen Lingzhu pointing the chisel at her again, and her voice got stuck in her throat.

Shen Miaozhu said: "You should go back and look for it quickly. If you don't leave now, you will be the only one left."

The woman turned her head following her gaze and saw that her husband had picked up a tree trunk as thick as a fist and was running quickly towards the village.

This is really going to kill my son! She screamed and chased after him.

Shen Lingzhu rubbed his ears, which were hurt by the shock. Then a big hand appeared in front of him and took away the chisel. "Uncle, I just picked it up casually."

"It's too dangerous. Next time a neighbor comes, no matter how excited you are, don't threaten them with a sharp weapon.

Many accidents often happen during these kinds of fights and quarrels." Shen Huai looked at her hand, which had lost most of its redness and swelling.

I thought that Xiao Zhuzi was too impatient when encountering things, so he should practice writing big characters more often to calm down his temper.

Shen Lingzhu had no idea what her uncle was planning. After humbly admitting her mistake, she decided to make a bellows with her senior sister to send to her grandfather's house.

However, when the two of them arrived at Dahuangzhuang in the ox cart driven by Xia Wang, the door of grandpa's house was locked.

When Shen Xianzhu asked his neighbors, they recognized the two sisters.

She said enthusiastically, "Your grandmother's family is having a hundred-day celebration, and I heard it's twins, a boy and a girl!"

I came here early to ask Uncle Huang to cook. He left the afternoon before yesterday, and today is the official day. I estimate he will be back tomorrow afternoon at the earliest.

"Thank you. When grandpa and his family come back, could you please let them know we were here?" The senior sister grabbed a handful of candy from the car and gave it to the neighbor.

The neighbors were naturally willing and even secretly asked why they came back but their uncle Huang Zongqi did not.

Shen Miaozhu thought her uncle was helping her family, so she said goodbye and left.

"The news about my father spread so quickly." Shen Xianzhu looked depressed.

Shen Lingzhu patted him and said, "Brother, we agreed to go to the market to buy some oil and salt. Can you sell something else with the remaining money?"

"Ah? What to buy? The market is open every three days in the morning. There's nothing to sell at the market right now except for a few workshops." Shen Xianzhu was immediately distracted by her.

Of course Shen Lingzhu knew: "Buy some chicken, duck and goose seedlings."

"Do you really want to raise it? Second sister, do you have the ability to do it?" Shen Xianzhu turned to ask his senior sister. He had no confidence in Xiao Zhuzi.

The senior sister nodded slightly: "A dozen or twenty should be no problem."

In her previous life, Huilongguan did not raise poultry. It was the school where she taught that raised them, and she learned some from the vice-principal.

But you can’t have too many of them, as chickens can easily get sick and spread the disease to a large group.

She said, "If you have a piglet, you can raise one." There is so much grass on the mountain, don't waste it.

"Second girl, you have to build the pigpen first before buying the piglets." Xia Wang reminded her.

"Okay." The senior sister was not in a hurry about these things. When she found that the road outside the village leading to the market was getting wider and wider, she proposed the idea of ​​learning to drive a cart.

As soon as Shen Xianzhu refused, Shen Lingzhu immediately raised her hands and said under the gaze of her senior sister: "I, and I, want to learn too. My aunt said that she could drive a carriage when she was ten years old."

"Don't join in the fun. My second sister is tall enough to use her arm strength to pull the rope. You can't learn it with your small arms and legs." As soon as he finished speaking, Shen Lingzhu laughed:

"That means you can learn it, and you can't regret it!" The two sisters clapped their hands together.

"You clever little thing." Shen Xianzhu realized that they had tricked him. He turned to his senior sister uncomfortably and said, "Second sister, you can...learn from me, but you have to listen to my and Erwang's instructions."

An ox cart is more stable than a donkey cart. There are not many people on the road right now. I just need to protect my sister and let her drive for a while.

"No problem." This was also Shen Miaozhu's first time learning to drive a cart, and she was full of interest and confidence.

For safety reasons, Shen Xianzhu first carried Shen Lingzhu out of the car.

Unprepared, she waved her fist and said, "Brother, I can get off the car by myself."

Shen Xianzhu ignored her objection, picked up the person, and jumped into the car and sat next to his senior sister, ready to take over at any time.

Xia Wang also walked on the side of the old cow as if facing a great enemy.

To their surprise, Shen Miaozhu did not have the impatience of a novice. She sat steadily on the shaft of the cart, staring at the road, and obeyed her elder brother's instructions in everything.

After teaching and learning in this way, they arrived at Shenquanji half an hour after only a few miles, and the senior sister had successfully learned to drive the ox cart.

Shen Lingzhu walked beside them, feeling envious and regretting that she was too young.

But when they arrived at the market, Shen Xianzhu didn't let his second sister drive the car anymore, and he took over directly from her.

They first found an oil mill and bought a large can of oil. Xia Wang felt distressed when he saw it. His family couldn't consume so much oil in a year. No wonder the second girl's cooking was so delicious because she used too much oil.

Obviously, the three siblings did not notice this problem. Even Mrs. Hu had never saved on oil for many years. After all, the wives of officials had no shortage of oil and salt.

This led them to find a shop to buy official salt. When the shop owner asked them for a household registration card and a signature from the village head, the three siblings had no idea such things existed.

"Is buying salt still so strictly controlled?" Shen Lingzhu asked Xia Wang after leaving the store. The salt they got in Ansu was given by Doctor Sun, and they didn't know it would be so troublesome.

Before leaving Shun County, there was still a small bag of salt left from the medicine bag, so I only bought some candies and tea to give to my relatives, as well as a few pounds of millet, rice and flour.

Xia Wang nodded. He thought they had all brought their vouchers with them. "In the past, the government distributed them to the village heads, who would then distribute them according to the taxes paid by each household.

Only in recent years have specialized salt shops gradually emerged, but all sales must be recorded and rationed according to the number of people.

He waved slightly, asking the three siblings to move away from the salt shop, and then whispered, "There's salt at the ferry."

Smuggled salt! The three siblings looked at each other and asked, "Want to buy it?"

Shen Miaozhu said: "Whether to buy or not, let's decide after taking the trip." If their family needs to pickle something in the future, if the salt shop doesn't sell it to them, they will have to find someone to buy it.

Arriving at the ferry, Shen Lingzhu found that it was not as lively as he had imagined. Only occasionally did boats stop for supplies, and the goods for loan were very few.

At most, there were people transporting food and mountain products, and even more were ferry boats carrying many people.

As she was watching, she saw a slightly larger boat approaching the shore, and the people on it seemed to be carrying swords.

When he was about to take a closer look, he suddenly heard someone not far behind him greeting his elder brother and second sister: "Mr. Shen, Miss Shen, oh, and Miss Shen too."

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