Don't worry about traveling through time, she has an all-powerful senior sister to help her

“Father borrowed the village chief’s donkey and went after the registrar, saying he must reach the pass before tonight.

The white cloth, linen and silver prepared at home were sent to me by my seventh uncle who came to pay his respects. You two should take good care of the house and mother.

As for inviting monks and Taoist priests, we can only discuss it when we get to the pass." Shen Xianzhu was already prepared and was just waiting for them to return.

"Okay, come with me in and get the silver." After nodding to the clansmen in the courtyard, Mrs. Hu led the children into the hall.

She took out a bag of money and put the ten taels she had borrowed together, totaling forty-eight taels of silver and four strings of six coins.

Shen Lingzhu calculated carefully and found that there were at least thirty-five taels of money here, all borrowed.

I only heard my aunt say, "Fifty-two taels and six hundred coins, just to make ends meet for now.

Remember, the money cannot be given until your father shows up, no matter what the Chang family says."

Shen Xianzhu pushed back ten taels: "Mother, the wages of my uncles and aunts, and we need to keep some money for living expenses at home."

Mrs. Hu refused. She explained to the children in detail that this was the last elder of the Chang family who was responsible for the job according to the will of their late father, so they should behave as respectfully as possible.

If any negligence occurs, there will immediately be villains who jump out to accuse the master of being unfilial. You must know that all dynasties have emphasized benevolence and filial piety.

If I were still serving in the capital and couldn't come in person, that would be fine. But now I must do my best to complete the task at home.

"Xian Zhu, whether your father can be reinstated in the future is secondary. The key is that his reputation cannot be ruined, otherwise it will be of no benefit to your imperial examinations."

After a pause, she continued, "The Chang family will definitely not allow us to use a five-liang board. They dare not ask for a hundred-liang board, but they will still ask for twenty-liang board.

The ritual will cost about twenty taels. We'll prepare the cloth, and the remaining ten taels will be used to prepare the funeral clothes, offerings, incense, candles, paper money, paper products, food, etc."

After she finished speaking, she stood up and said, "It's still too tight. Let's go to the Seven Stars Temple and borrow another twenty taels."

"A coffin costs twenty taels, so fifty taels are not enough to complete the funeral?" Shen Lingzhu thought to himself. Regardless of ancient or modern times, lavish burials have always been popular in times of peace.

Shen Miaozhu was about to take out her ten taels of silver, but Shen Lingzhu, who had guessed it in advance, quickly grabbed her and said, "Second sister, those Poria cocos and Coptis chinensis on the mountain should be worth a few taels of silver. Let's go pick them and sell them to the Seven Stars Temple.

Aunt, if you wait a moment, I can borrow ten taels less."

Mrs. Hu did not allow them to go, fearing that they would encounter another swarm of bees in a hurry.

He held her hand and said, when encountering big things, don't worry about small gains and losses.

Shen Miaozhu smiled secretly, then took out her own ten taels from the basket at the end of the bed and said, "I got this from selling prescriptions in the city. We both received medical treatment and received medicine, and I didn't expect that they would give me so much silver in the end.

I hesitated for a long time and didn't know what to tell my aunt. I wanted to take it out when I paid back the money to the villagers last time, but you pawned the land in the blink of an eye.

Later, I got busy and rushed to Qixing Temple to study, and forgot about it.

I have over sixty taels now, which should be enough for me. It’s better not to borrow any more.”

Shen Lingzhu thought to herself, she is indeed a senior sister, everything she said is true, except that the main character who bought the prescription was vague, so the aunt must have thought it was bought from Renhetang.

As expected, Hu said, “Giving so much means that the recipe you memorized is very valuable.

From now on, if you see any recipe, don't sell it at a low price."

She hesitated for a few breaths, then finally accepted it and handed it to her son, saying, "These ten taels, plus the seven taels that Xiao Zhuzi earned from selling ice twice, will be paid back to you when our family makes some money in the future.

Remember, this is the private money that my sisters earned through their own abilities."

"Don't, Auntie." Shen Lingzhu and her senior sister said in unison, especially the latter: "Dad has saddled the family with a debt of over 800 taels. Does Uncle care?"

"It's different." Hu knew in her heart that the two daughters were not having their parents around, and the elder one was hesitating because she wanted to get some money to support her sisters.

This is human nature, she understood, and she would also have to keep a backup plan, so she patted Miao Zhu's hand and said, "The idea of ​​the bellows was also yours. Uncle and aunt know that you want to do your best for the family.

But I can't always take advantage of you two, so be obedient."

"Aunt." Shen Miaozhu shook her hand back. She was such an open-minded and kind woman.

Shen Lingzhu had no idea that her aunt and her senior sister had agreed in a few words that girls could save money openly.

After sending her eldest brother and seventh uncle Shen He away from the village, she found that the only ones working at home were her third uncle and a group of young boys.

Uncle Jiu's eyes are still swollen. Xia Xing followed his uncle to the county town, and there was suddenly a severe shortage of manpower.

Fortunately, Uncle Xia found a group of people a few days ago to saw the whole wood into boards, otherwise the subsequent processes would be even slower.

So I talked to my aunt about whether we should find some more people to help.

Mrs. Hu pondered for a long time. "If I hire another person, I won't be able to afford the wages, not to mention the confidentiality."

"We don't have to hire male workers. They can work faster than boys." Shen Miaozhu asked her to look after Aunt Jiu who was in the yard with her daughter helping to grind the handles of the pull rods.

"Aunt, why don't you find two or three girls who have studied mathematics in the clan school to draw the lines and paint.

Uncle San and I sawed the planks, while Xiaozhuzi and Erwang drilled the holes."

"This..." When Mrs. Hu hesitated, Shen Lingzhu said, "Today at the market, many people who saw us were asking when the bellows they ordered would be ready for installation."

The two tried to persuade her, but Hu ultimately refused. "I'd rather sell less than hire young girls to work; it would easily lead to gossip."

That being the case, the two sisters decided to work overtime at night instead of going to bed after dark.

Of course, the young workers and Shen Du all returned home before dusk.

Mrs. Hu was annoyed when she saw the two little girls working with torches and mugwort. Why were they so strong-willed?

It just so happened that my ninth brother's wife was coaxing the two boys to sleep, and she also asked her daughter to help, while my ninth brother was also giving instructions by gestures.

Meanwhile, Shen Lingxing was drawing the outlines on a wooden board with a specially sharpened bamboo brush when he suddenly heard Shen Jianzhu whisper, "Sister Lingzhu, can I try drawing with ink?"

"Of course." She took out a broken board and gave it to her sister who was the same age as her.

After a short while, Shen Jianzhu mastered the technique and used a ruler, ink fountain and bamboo pen to draw the outline of the front board.

She handed it to Shen Lingzhu, who checked it and was quite surprised: "Second sister, look, the line spacing drawn on this half of the board is the same as ours.

Even the hole for the extension rod is in the perfect spot. What a talent!

After Shen Miaozhu looked at it, she took out the complete wooden board without saying a word and asked Jian Zhu if he dared to draw on it.

The little girl took it very quickly, turned around and started to draw. Soon the front board was finished, and all she had to do was drill holes and cut out mortise and tenon joints at the back before it could be finished.

When Mr. and Mrs. Shen Xiao heard Zhuzi and Dazhuzi praising their daughter repeatedly and paying her to work with them, they stopped smiling with satisfaction and said nervously that the child was just playing around.

Shen Lingzhu asked back: "Uncle Jiu, am I a child? Can I saw wood and drill holes?"

Shen Xiao's mouth was still swollen and she had no idea how to refute because her daughter was born two months later than Xiao Zhuzi.

With Mrs. Hu not objecting, Shen Jianzhu officially started work the next day. After a whole morning, she focused on drawing lines at a speed that was equivalent to that of two people.

The two younger brothers kept calling "sister" in the yard, but they didn't disturb the little girl at all.

Now, Shen Lingzhu and her senior sister can fully help Uncle San saw the boards.

When everyone was working hard, Shen Songzhu came back to work and brought back good news: "I met my fifth uncle in the county town. He asked the county magistrate to borrow two yamen runners to escort him straight to the pass."

"Escort?" It would be strange if Shen Lingzhu believed it.

Shen Songzhu said, "They have changed into common people's clothes, so they won't attract attention."

"The county magistrate is a very particular person." Shen Miaozhu teased and then asked, "When will his term end and he be transferred?"