My sister became the empress, but I'm still growing vegetables and raising chickens

The noise outside was so loud that Si Muyan was extremely annoyed. She looked up at Si Xingzhi who was huddled in the corner and was speechless.

He is the head of the family, but how can he act like the head of the family?

Useless dad.

The one going crazy outside is the original owner's mother. She can't even tell people apart, mistook younger brother Si Jingan for older brother Si Jingyu, and even thought they were in the Marquis' Mansion, making such a fuss...

Crazy mother.

There were also shouts and curses coming from the noisy crowd, all blaming the younger brother for beating other children.

The trouble-making younger brother.

Si Muyan was still wondering whether to go out and take a look. The noise outside had become quieter. After waiting for a while, she heard her little sister calling "Dad". Si Xingzhi went out and the room became quiet.

Soon, the younger sister came in and hesitantly walked to the bedside: "Big sister... Aunt Jin is staying with second brother, I need to go see her. Mom is sick, Dad went to accompany her, Anzi is in the room, I locked him up."

Aunt Jin?

Yes, if there is still a useful person in this family, it is Aunt Jin.

Aunt Jin was the personal maid of the original owner's mother. She had no family and never got married. She always stayed with the original owner's mother. When the Si family was exiled, Aunt Jin followed them and served the original owner's mother and helped the original owner take care of the whole family.

Seeing Si Muyan still in that dazed state, the younger sister sighed softly and tucked the corner of the quilt for her: "I'm going to the county town to borrow money tomorrow to see if I can find a way to pay back Dad's debt. Big sister, you have to get well soon, otherwise I don't know what to do."

As she spoke, her eyes turned red, and she tried hard not to cry again, then turned and left.

Si Muyan frowned and thought, the Si family was exiled here and had no relatives or acquaintances at all - and there were two uncles, but they had no contact for a long time, so it was impossible for her younger sister to borrow money from them.

Then... Si Muyan knew who she was asking to borrow money.

My younger sister met a few boys in the county town, all of whom were about seventeen or eighteen years old. Her relationship with them was unclear, and the original owner scolded her many times for this.

Ugh.

Accept your fate. If you can't go back, then stay here and sort out the things at home first. Then find a way to make money and work hard to live a good life!

Si Muyan felt less dizzy and turned over and got up.

Although it had been less than an hour since he came here and so many bad things had happened, Si Muyan also found some benefits from it.

First of all, although my father wasn't a good father, he wasn't completely evil either. He was a compulsive gambler, but he only gambled small amounts, not big ones. He also valued his family very much. Even though everyone around him favored boys over girls, he never considered selling his daughter for money.

Furthermore, although the younger sister is scheming and lazy, and is quite selfish and cannot endure hardship, she still respects the original owner, is obedient in major matters, and knows how to share the burden of the family.

Let’s not talk about my mother’s illness. My little brother is still young. We’ll see if he can turn around later.

In short, the four normal adults who are still alive, she, her father, her younger sister and Aunt Jin, can barely be considered united.

In this case, there is no way out.

Si Muyan pulled out the cloth bag hidden by the original owner from under the quilt. Inside was the family's last remaining silver. He opened it and counted it. There were four hundred coins. With prices being low at that time, four hundred coins was not a small sum.

But the family expenses were even greater, the most important of which was the funeral of my second brother, and four hundred coins were only enough to buy a thin coffin.

At that time, people valued burial in the ground. If a person died without a coffin, they would have no place to rest in the afterlife. A coffin was essential. After buying a coffin, the family would be left with no money at all.

There was enough food at home to last until the autumn harvest. The fields and vegetable gardens at home were not abandoned, but without my second brother, the main labor force, the autumn harvest was very difficult.

Si Muyan felt truly hard-hearted. Her second brother had died, and instead of mourning the loss of a man, she was thinking about the loss of a strong labor force. There was no other way. She had the original owner's memories, but not his emotions. And it seemed that the living were more important.

The livelihood and wintering of a family of six are the top priorities.

In the evening, the younger sister came in and asked: "Are you feeling better, elder sister? Aunt Jin has prepared the meal, I will bring it to you later."

Si Muyan waved for her younger sister to come over and help her, and said, "I'm going out to eat. Please let my younger brother out. I have something to say."

She sat at the table, Si Xingzhi, her younger sister and younger brother sat on each side, and Aunt Jin was holding the food, ready to go in and serve Shao Qin.

Si Muyan said, "Aunt Jin, finish your meal first and then go take care of mother."

"That's not necessary, Miss. I'll serve Madam her meal first, then go to the kitchen to eat and wash the dishes."

Si Muyan said, "Come here and sit down with me. I have something to say."

Aunt Jin hesitated, but ultimately followed her instructions and sat down next to her younger sister. The eldest sister had the final say in the family, and now she had a blood-stained cloth wrapped around her head, which was terrifying to look at.

Si Muyan glanced at a few people.

The younger brother's face was covered with wounds, his eyes were swollen, and his eyelids drooped, looking very scared. Before, the younger brother was fearless, except for the original owner's fierce elder sister. Every time he got into trouble, the elder sister would beat him up and then lock him up.

And today...

Everyone is in a bad mood today. A loved one has died, and everyone feels heavy in their hearts.

Si Muyan cleared her throat and said, "My second brother is gone. I know everyone is sad. But now is not the time to be sad. We who are still alive still have to live our lives."

The first to react was the younger brother. He looked up at Si Muyan in disbelief, probably wondering why his elder sister was so cold-blooded, saying it wasn't the time to be sad. Whatever the others thought, they didn't show it on their faces. The younger sister even breathed a sigh of relief.

I am really scared. I am afraid that my elder sister will never recover. What will happen to the family then?

"Second brother has done so much for us. Now that he's gone, we're the ones he's most worried about. If we can't live well, won't he still have to worry about us when he's gone?"

Si Muyan said seriously, and seeing her younger brother lower his head with tears in his eyes, she felt a little relieved.

The younger brother in the original owner's memory was a troublemaker, completely incapable of understanding adults. Perhaps because the original owner was too stubborn, too poor, and too tired, she had a bad temper and only knew how to solve problems with violence. Therefore, while she loved her family, she also disliked their various shortcomings.

Now it seems that everyone has shortcomings, but also has advantages.

Si Muyan added, "My second brother worked hard, and I saved all the money he gave me. Now I have only saved 400 coins, which is too little. I can't even afford a better coffin. But I can't let my second brother be buried like this. I have to buy a thin coffin."

The younger brother clenched his fists on his legs and secretly swore in his heart that when he grew up and could earn money, the first thing he would do was to buy a good coffin for his second brother!