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

"With my second brother gone, our family has lost all income and still owes three taels of silver in foreign debt. How are we going to live in the future? Everyone, please share your thoughts." Si Muyan looked around and looked at Si Xingzhi. "Dad, you are the head of the family, so you speak first."

"Ah I?"

Si Xingzhi was stunned. He had been exiled for eight years. The eldest son used to have the final say, but now that he was gone, the eldest daughter had the final say. And since he was so useless, what was there for him to say? Even if he had said something before, they wouldn't have listened.

Si Muyan nodded: "Yes, Dad, you are the pillar of the family now, so naturally you have to speak first."

The pillar of the family? No, no, no, I'm not. You are.

No matter how thick-skinned Si Xingzhi was, he didn't dare to say this out loud. He stammered for a long time before saying, "Farming... I... I go to the fields to farm."

My younger sister and brother were both disappointed. Dad is such a person that he is really unreliable.

But Si Muyan smiled and said, "That's great. I was wondering what to do with the farmland without my second brother. Now that Dad is confident that he can take over, I'm relieved."

Si Xingzhi was in a dilemma. He had only said that. How could he handle such rough work as farming? But when he saw his eldest daughter's eyes shining with hope, he swallowed his refusal.

Si Muyan didn't trust Si Xingzhi, but she had been a boss for several years and knew that employees were not made by scolding, but by training. The first step was encouragement. After all, the current conditions did not allow her to replace these "employees", so she could only mobilize them as much as possible.

"The autumn harvest is coming soon. Daddy is the main force. This year is a good year. At least we won't starve next year."

"But the urgent problem still hasn't been solved." Si Muyan said, then looked at Aunt Jin, "Aunt Jin, is it your turn?"

Aunt Jin was even more surprised than Si Xingzhi. She pointed at herself and said, "Miss, me? I'm just a servant."

She just needs to be obedient and do what she is told. When will it be her turn to come up with ideas?

But the young lady is watching.

Aunt Jin thought for a moment and then said, "I'll take the pumpkins and sell them tomorrow."

Pumpkin? In this strange ancient time, when many things were not available, how could there be pumpkins?

so amazing.

Now is not the time to think about that.

Si Muyan knew that the original owner and Aunt Jin grew vegetables together. If the weather was good, Aunt Jin would use a small cart to push the vegetables to the street to sell. She wouldn't make much money, but any profit was good, even if it meant buying a candied haws for the young master, she would be happy.

"There are a lot of pumpkins this year. If we sell them all, we can get a lot of copper coins." Aunt Jin couldn't help but feel happy when she thought of this.

Si Muyan nodded. The pumpkins that Aunt Jin cared for were big and sweet. One could be sold for five to seven cents. Seven or eight could be placed on the cart, which made more than forty cents. It was pretty good.

"Okay, I'll have to trouble Aunt Jin tomorrow."

Aunt Jin quickly waved her hand: "Miss, what are you talking about? It's my duty."

Si Muyan turned to her younger sister: "What about you, younger sister?"

The younger sister was more thoughtful than Si Xingzhi and Aunt Jin. On the way to the charity cemetery, she thought about the family situation over and over again. There wasn't much money, and the three taels of silver had to be paid back soon, otherwise the interest would compound and become very difficult to handle. Furthermore, she had to support the family for the time being. Eldest Sister had been seriously injured. If she continued to suffer from exhaustion and couldn't recover, it would be the end of her.

So she racked her brains and came up with a solution.

"I know a few friends and plan to go to the county town tomorrow. I'm going to borrow some money from them to pay off my family's debts first."

Si Xingzhi muttered, "Don't we have to pay back what we borrowed?"

My younger sister, of course, didn't plan to pay back the money she borrowed, but she was too lazy to tell her father. She just said, "At least the interest won't compound."

Si Xingzhi stopped talking.

The younger sister added, "Next spring, I want to do some embroidery to help support the family."

The first part was genuine concern for the family, but the second part was just laziness. The family's situation was getting worse. Without her second brother, her eldest sister and she would definitely have to do a lot of hard labor—she didn't believe her father was willing to endure hardship, but she wasn't happy doing that kind of work either. By next year, her eldest sister should be well enough, so she could let them do the hard work.

That's why she thought of taking up embroidery work.

Si Muyan nodded: "Okay. What about you, little brother?"

The younger brother half opened his mouth, extremely confused: "Me? Me what?"

Because of his young age, the younger brother had never participated in any of the family affairs. When his eldest brother was still alive, he would teach him how to read and write whenever he had time, and his second brother would also teach him martial arts. But after his eldest brother passed away, the family was so busy that no one cared about him at all.

Every morning, he disappeared, and only came back at mealtimes or was brought back by the villagers.

Even at this moment, few people thought about him, he was only eleven years old.

Si Muyan raised an eyebrow: "Aren't you a member of our family?"

“…Yes, but I…”

"Mom is sick, I'm in such a bad condition, and the family is in such a situation. As a member of the family, you have to work together to find a solution." Si Muyan said, "We are a family, and we must work together to overcome the difficulties."

The younger brother nodded blankly, thought for a moment and said, "Then I'll go to the street with Aunt Jin to sell pumpkins tomorrow."

"and then?"

The younger brother thought about it seriously again and said: "I help Dad with his work, and when I have free time I go to the mountains to collect firewood."

In the past, it was his second brother who went up the mountain to collect firewood, and his three sisters would go occasionally, but he had never been there. However, he saw the young boys in the village collecting firewood in the mountains, so he thought about it and decided that he could do it.

Si Muyan nodded and said, "Very good. Dad will take care of the outside affairs. Aunt Jin will take care of the vegetable garden and selling vegetables. I'll let my younger sister raise money, and I'll leave small matters like collecting firewood to my younger brother. I'm still sick, so I'm afraid I can't help much, but I will spend more time with Mom and try not to worry you too much."

The four of them nodded together. With this division of labor, although they all had their own busy areas, they actually felt that the days were not so difficult to endure.

As expected, the eldest girl is capable. With this distribution, their world did not fall.

Aunt Jin finished eating quickly and went in to take care of the lady. In the past, my younger sister also ate quickly, and she would use the excuse of replacing Aunt Jin, and then she would stay by her mother's side and not care about what was going on outside.

There was no excuse today, and she was not in the mood, so she ate slowly.

Si Muyan said, "Second brother's funeral needs to be taken care of. We only have enough money for the coffin, so we'll keep everything else simple. Dad will go to the village headman's house tomorrow to ask him to help with the funeral, burial, and tomb sealing."

"This..." Si Xingzhi asked, "If there's no money, will the village head handle it?"

Si Muyan said, "Tie up the hen that laid the eggs and take it over. The village head is a good person and will help."

There are three chickens at home, but only one lays eggs. The original owner said that the little brother must eat an egg every day to grow.

So after saying this, the three of them looked even more incredulous.