The fake daughter married into the mountains and had meat to eat every day during the famine

Xu Qingye shook his head and said, "It's okay if it's farther away. I just need to get up 5 minutes earlier."

Ordinary people live in the South City. It is lively and convenient for buying and selling things. It is quieter than the area near the North City.

Song Yuntang took his arm.

"In that case, there's no need for us to look at the other two places. Why don't we go to Yunshang Lane together while it's still early? Let's decide on the courtyard sooner rather than later, and have someone tidy it up and buy everything we need. Then, when you're on leave, Yuexi, we can move in."

Before coming to the capital, Jiang Surao gave her three thousand taels, and she could just collect more than four thousand taels, which was enough.

Xu Qingye held her hand which was around his arm.

"Seven thousand nine hundred taels is not a small amount. Based on my current salary, it is far from enough."

Song Yuntang winked at Qin Ju, asking him to prepare the carriage, then took Xu Qingye's arm and walked towards the cradle.

"More than two years ago, I had nothing. It was you who gave me thirty taels of gold as capital to start a business. After that, we got married. You were responsible for studying for the imperial examinations and becoming an official, while I was responsible for managing the family business. Without your support, I wouldn't have had such an easy life these years. Our family business has a share for me and a share for you as well."

She looked at Xu Qingye.

"Besides, an official's salary is limited. From now on, you will use your power to support the family, and I will be responsible for taking care of household affairs. Isn't this how ordinary couples support each other?"

Xu Qingye pursed his lips and smiled, then raised his hand to tidy the hair by her ear.

"Tang'er is right."

Song Yuntang bent down and picked up the child in the cradle.

"But buying a large compound does have its concerns. If your colleagues knew about it, would they become jealous and isolate you behind your back and make things difficult for you?"

Xu Qingye took the child from her.

"Just don't let them know. When we move into the new house, we can just invite a few acquaintances. We'll be leaving the capital in half a year anyway, and when we come back, we won't be in the Imperial Academy anymore."

"That's true." Song Yuntang looked at his son who was in his arms. "I thought Hao Ting was also a member of the family. Should I bring him over to see him?"

The main reason is that the child is still young and unfamiliar with the place. She is worried about leaving him alone in the yard, fearing that something might happen.

Xu Qingye naturally understood her concerns.

"it is good."

……

After more than two quarters of an hour, the carriage arrived at Yunshang Lane.

Xu Qingye got off the carriage first, then held the child in one hand and helped Song Yuntang down from the carriage with the other hand.

Lan Xin got off the carriage on the road. After waiting in front of the yard for a while, they saw Lan Xin coming with a steward holding the key.

"I kept you two waiting for a long time."

Song Yuntang smiled politely, "No problem."

Seeing that the two masters were going to stroll around the yard, Xia Ning took Hao Ting from Xu Qingye's arms and followed them.

After the steward opened the gate, what came into view was an exquisite screen wall with lifelike carvings, which were obviously made by skilled craftsmen.

Around the screen wall is a small garden with a small bridge and flowing water. However, because no one takes care of it, a lot of fallen leaves have accumulated in the stream and the flowers and plants have withered.

If you want to live here, you have to replant the trees.

At the end of the garden is the main hall for receiving guests. On the right side, against the courtyard wall, there is a circular flower hall covered with vines, but the climbing plants have died.

Behind the main hall and flower hall is the main courtyard.

On the left side of the main hall are two moon-shaped gates side by side, and on the other side of the moon-shaped gates are two courtyards of the same size.

There is an alley leading to the backyard between the Yuedongmen courtyard and the main courtyard.

The kitchen, servants' quarters, stables, utility room, woodshed, etc. were all placed in the back house.

The space is large, and it can accommodate both my husband's and my own families.

The layout of the yard is also very good. After it is tidied up and renovated, it should be more comfortable to live in.

After entering the yard, the child started looking around while biting his little hands.

After seeing the yard, Song Yuntang was very satisfied. He pulled Xu Qingye aside to discuss it for a few minutes, and then negotiated the price with the manager of the pawnshop. Finally, he bought the yard for 7,500 taels.

The next step is cleaning, arranging furniture, and arranging flowers and plants.

The next day, after Xu Qingye went to the Hanlin Academy, Song Yuntang simply asked four servants, along with Xu's husband, Zhiruo, Lanxin and Li Ma to move to the newly purchased courtyard together.

First clean up the back room, make the beds and put the pots and pans in place, and then they can live there.

It’s better than running back and forth every day.

Jinshu, Xia Ning, Xu and Nanny Wang are currently staying in the west wing. Xu Qingye is also accompanied by Guiping, who is more than enough to take care of the daily life of the three of them.

Ever since Lu Xingyan took the medicine recommended by Song Yuntang to He's family, he hasn't had any symptoms for ten consecutive days.

After Jason Lu took office at the Hanlin Academy, He also began to inquire about the affairs of the academy.

It is not only inconvenient for a family of four to rent a yard, but it also costs more than twenty taels of silver a year, which is not cost-effective in the long run.

The courtyard in the south city was relatively cheap. He thought that Lu Jingnian's affairs had stabilized, so she discussed it with him. During her day off, she went to the temple to sign a loan agreement and borrowed two hundred taels of incense money. Adding the remaining money she had, she collected five or six hundred taels and went to the south city to buy a small courtyard.

Because the yard was small and there was nothing to clean up, on the day they bought the yard, they took Lu Jingnian to clean it up until the evening hour. The next day, Lu Jingnian went to the Hanlin Academy, so He and Xie Yingwei canceled the lease and prepared to move in with their two children.

Before leaving, she came to the west wing to say hello to Song Yuntang.

"Sister-in-law, how's the yard you bought going?"

Song Yuntang was teasing his son when he heard He's voice and quickly responded, "The yard has been tidied up. We've been preparing things for the past two days. We can move in the day before the Moon Festival. How's my sister-in-law?"

He's face showed joy.

"We're moving today, and our yard is definitely not as big as yours. The small yard we bought was ready in less than a day, unlike yours, who's been busy for almost half a month."

Song Yuntang was relieved.

"No matter how big or small, a family that is together is better than anything else."

He smiled and said, "What my sister-in-law said is true."

Song Yuntang glanced towards the east wing.

"Brother Lu is away, and my sister-in-law is moving alone. Can you help me?"

He nodded. "It should be no problem. I have Xingyan to help me. Every day I stay here is an extra day's rent. I just bought a yard, so I have to be frugal. After all, I have nothing else to do today. I can finish moving with a few more trips."

The family borrowed a total of 200 taels of money from the temple. Two years later, they had to pay back 392 taels of money to the temple, including principal and interest.

When you borrow money from a temple, the principal is called merit and the interest is called blessings.

Now it seems that he is indeed blessed with great fortune.

The official's annual salary is 120 taels of silver plus 45 hu of rice, leaving him with some money left over for food, drink, and social expenses.

Even if all his salary was saved, it would only be two hundred and forty taels after two years.

Now I have to worry about where to raise the other 150 taels. Maybe I will have to borrow from colleagues, or ask my parents-in-law to find someone in their hometown to pool the money together, and then pay them back when I receive my salary in the future.