I traveled back to ancient times, but I was able to lie down and relax.

During this time, Liu Sirou attended classes at the school and made some friends with the village children, which made Liu Nanjia quite gratified.

She was always worried that Sirou was too young and would be bullied when playing with the village children, but keeping her at home and preventing her from interacting with outsiders was also a problem.

Now Sirou has a playmate, and she's closest to Xiaoshitou from the village head's family, which makes her very happy.

After offering sacrifices to the Kitchen God and having breakfast, Liu Nanjia took his whole family to town.

Today I'm not going to do business, I'm going to the market.

The other villagers started preparing for the New Year a long time ago, but they were too busy and hadn't bought any New Year's goods yet, so today they went to buy things.

Looking at Liu Nanjia's bulging purse, Liu Yanxi felt a pang of heartache; how much silver was inside!

Since she became rich, her younger sister has become increasingly extravagant with her money. Now, every meal at home consists of white rice and white flour, and the other grains have never been served; they are all fed to the chickens by Sirou.

He pulled Liu Nanjia aside: "Sis, we just paid the rent for the shop, so you should be careful with your spending."

Liu Nanjia laughed: "Brother, the New Year only comes once a year. Look at the villagers, they all take advantage of the New Year to buy meat and make dumplings. We have money, and we'll make even more money after the New Year when we open our shop. Don't be reluctant to spend it."

The rent for the past six months cost 18 taels of silver. The renovations were minimal as there were no major changes. In addition, business was better than usual this month, so the income and expenses basically broke even.

My savings are still the same as before I rented the shop, 110 taels.

Today she packed nearly ten taels of loose silver, intending to go shopping.

Liu Yanxi wasn't really stingy; he was just used to living a poor life and hadn't quite changed his mindset. After hearing what Liu Nanjia said, he considered the family's finances and didn't say anything more.

The Lunar New Year is indeed a big event, so he shouldn't spoil the fun.

When we arrived in town, there were noticeably more people on the streets than usual.

Liu Nanjia carefully protected her purse containing silver, trying to hide it even deeper to prevent it from being stolen.

On second thought, he took it out and handed it to Song Chen: "You hold it for me. You're skilled and more vigilant than me, so those thieves won't dare to steal from you."

Song Chen originally wanted to decline, but after hearing what she said, he felt that it made sense, so he dutifully became a mobile wallet, and immediately followed Liu Nanjia to pay after she had picked out the items.

Liu Nanjia himself held Liu Sirou tightly, fearing that some kidnappers might take advantage of the chaos to abduct the child.

Seeing this scene, Liu Yanxi felt like the three of them were a family.

He was jealous again, but what could he do when he really didn't have any skills and wasn't as "unapproachable" as Song Chen seemed?

So, without bothering to calculate what her younger sisters had bought and how much they had spent, she stepped forward, took Liu Sirou's other hand, and tried her best to protect her two younger sisters.

Liu Sirou, of course, did not notice the undercurrents between her older brother and sister.

All she knew was that today was a rare occasion for the whole family to go out shopping together. The streets were bustling, and her sister had bought lots of delicious food. She was overjoyed, and her big eyes curved into crescent moons.

Liu Nanjia then went on a shopping spree, buying 20 jin (10 catties) of pork alone, including pork belly, tenderloin, ribs, and more. If she weren't worried about carrying it all, she would have bought even more.

She usually eats chicken, but she wanted to change things up, so she also bought some lamb.

Actually, I would have preferred to buy beef, but at this time, beef is not something you can just buy anywhere, and even if someone has some, it's very expensive, so I had to give up on that idea.

Luckily it's winter now, otherwise without a refrigerator, so much meat really wouldn't be able to be stored.

We usually have plenty of food stored at home, so we don't need to buy any.

I also bought a lot of other pastries, snacks, dried fruits, and the like.

There were also Spring Festival couplets, but they weren't bought ready-made. There were two scholars in the family, so how could they not make use of them? Liu Nanjia bought several large sheets of special red paper, planning to have Song Chen or her brother write them when they got home. They should save money where they could and spend it where they could.

After buying the food, Liu Nanjia took them to a clothing store to buy new clothes for everyone in the family.

Although they have no shortage of clothes now, she still remembers the anticipation of wearing new clothes during Chinese New Year when she was a child.

As we grew up, clothes became readily available, and the festive atmosphere of the New Year gradually faded.

Now that she's here, she's rediscovered that feeling, which is why she took out so much money today.

The shop assistant at the clothing store was quite familiar with them now. When he saw them come in, he naturally stepped forward to greet them: "You're here to buy clothes again? We just received a new batch. Let me show you around."

Liu Nanjia naturally had no objections and went along. This time, she didn't just go casually like before, but carefully selected and bought a set for everyone, all of which were of relatively good quality.

Winter clothes are not cheap to begin with, and the clothes for four people cost five taels of silver.

When it came time to pay, Liu Nanjia saw her brother's expression and knew he must be feeling bad again, so she quickly said to the waiter, "I bought so many clothes from your store, can you give me something as a gift, like hair ties or silk flowers for little girls? Brother, why don't you take Sirou to pick some out?"

Xiao Er readily agreed. In fact, even if Liu Nanjia hadn't asked, he would have delivered it anyway; that's how it always was.

Liu Yanxi was pulled away by the excited Liu Sirou, finally diverting his attention.