Chapter 43: This Sister Is A Little Annoying (1)
Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
“Mother, Heng Yi is willing to marry into our family. He can earn money, and there are restaurants in the county town. He must have money in his pocket. If he doesn’t live in Ninghe Town, he can live in our West Mountain Village. If he wants to earn money, he can go to Puyi County. If his mother comes to our West Mountain Village again, we won’t be afraid of him.”
After Mrs. Han finished speaking, Second Sister-in-law Han quickly echoed, “That’s right. Our daughter-in-law is not to be trifled with either.”
“It’s great to live in Xishan Village. It’s convenient for him to go hunting in the mountains. We can take care of each other if he lives close to us.” Han Yuanshi nodded in agreement.
“This matter hasn’t been finalized yet. Don’t be in a hurry to spread it around. It might ruin Ah Qiao’s reputation.”
“Mother, don’t worry, we all know!”
Han Qiao didn’t know that her mother, sister-in-law, and sister-in-law had more thoughts than her.
Looking at their new home, they reached out and touched the solid wooden bed. The new wardrobe was neatly arranged. When the mosquito net and bedding were ready on the morning of the 25th, they would have their own home.
…..
The three little girls had already cleaned up the place.
Even the woodshed was not spared.
This was the advantage of having many men in the house. Each of them would be able to fill up her woodshed and chop the firewood neatly.
“Mother, I love this house. I feel like the air is sweet.” Sun Ke hugged Han Qiao’s leg, sniffing hard.
“We’ll be able to move in in two days.”
It might be harder after moving, but she was not afraid.
She believed that the three children were not afraid cither.
This was only their first stop. At the latest, by the end of next year or the beginning of the year after next, she would definitely take the three children out of the mountains and see the outside world.
She wanted to go out and make a name for herself with the Han family.
It was already noon when Heng Yi and the others came back. Today was another day of bountiful harvest, and they were all delighted.
After giving the wild animal to White Tea, Heng Yi followed her back to the Han family.
Han Qiao fetched some water for them to wash their hands and faces. Then, she brought out the boiled mung bean soup. “Hurry up and eat some mung bean soup to get rid of the heat.”
“I boiled some hot water, go take a bath and rest. You must be exhausted from going into the mountains.”
The three nephews nodded vigorously.
Heng Yi looked at Han Qiao with a smile in his eyes. He nodded and drank the green bean soup.
The corners of his mouth slowly curled into a smile.
Han Yuanshi had been secretly looking at Heng Yi.
Aiyo, it was really different.
This kid was secretly looking at Han Qiao!
Han Qiao set off for Puyi County before dawn on the 22nd. On the way, she met White Tea.
“Uncle Han Yao, Sister Ah Qiao, are you going to the county town?”
“Yeah!”
White Tea looked at the sky. “There’s still some distance to the county town. I’ll send you to the county town gate.”
Han Qiao calculated the time it would take Heng Yi and the others to leave the mountain and didn’t argue.
White Tea drove the carriage at a fast speed and chatted loudly with Uncle Yao.
When they arrived at the entrance of Puyi County, he said to Han Qiao and the others.
“Stay in the county for one night. I’ll bring you back tomorrow.”
Han Qiao smiled. “We’ll talk about it when the time comes.”
It was not cheap to stay in the county for a night.
She was willing, but her youngest uncle was also reluctant.
However, the most important thing to buy wine was wine. One catty for a table would cost 20 catties, and half a catty would cost 10 catties.
It didn’t taste good to be cheap, so Han Qiao wanted to buy something better.
Uncle Yao’s heart ached when he heard that.
“I’ll just buy a bottle that costs ten copper coins per catty. It’s also drinkable.”
“Uncle Yao, buy some. The vegetables are already so good.”
Uncle Yi smiled at Han Qiao. “You’re really willing.”
The most expensive thing was still the wine, which cost 30 copper coins per catty. Han Qiao bought 20 catties. The youngest uncle carried the wine jar and walked carefully, afraid that it would break.
Then, she went to buy flour and rice. These two things were exquisite and expensive. They were 50 catties of flour and 100 catties of rice. When Uncle Yao saw Han Qiao haggle over the price, he even asked the shopkeeper to send her a carriage. She bought another 10 catties of salt and a few catties of melon seeds, peanuts, cerealose, soy sauce, and vinegar from his shop. When he took out two taels of silver, he wanted to strangle Han Qiao.
This wasn’t how money should be spent.
In just a short while, she had already spent nearly three taels of silver.
Three taels…
When the shopkeeper asked the waiter to hitch a carriage and Han Qiao to go next door to buy cloth, he bought three sacks of shredded cloth. Uncle Yao was still in a daze.
“You, you, you…”
“Uncle Yao, let’s talk when we get back.”
Everything was moved into the carriage. When the carriage set off, Uncle Yao poked the sack. “You what?”
“Shredded Cloth Head.”
“Why are you buying rags?” Uncle Yao asked.
“You can cut it to fit the soles of shoes. It can be used to make many things.”
She had already thought about it. Those who could make purses would arrange them and make purses. A tilted head plain purse was five wens each. These three bags could be cut out into many purses.
Uncle Yao was really frightened by Han Qiao.
“You really have the heart to do it!”
He couldn’t help but sigh.
If he had such courage back then, he would not have been a coward for the rest of his life.
Halfway there, they even ran into White Tea, who was dragging his prey to the county town.
“Sister Ah Qiao, have you bought the things?”
“Yes, I’ve bought it.”
When they returned home, the children were very happy when they saw the things that Han Qiao had bought. The adults looked at Han Qiao with disapproval.
“I’ve bought everything. Help me move it in.”
Then, he took out the cloth.
“Father, Mother, this is the cloth I bought for you. This is from First Uncle, Second Uncle, Third Uncle, and Youngest Uncle’s family!”
“This color is a little old-fashioned for grandpa and grandma.”
Han Yuanshi sighed.
Father Han took a deep breath. “Hurry up and make it. When Ah Qiao moves in, we’ll wear new clothes too.”
The four Han women had new clothes, but they hadn’t worn them since they were made.
However, after these things, excluding the tael of silver that Ah Nanny gave her, she only had 500 wen left.
Han Qiao felt that it was pretty good.
Heng Yi had heard it when he was teaching them martial arts.
On the 24th day
Heng Yi brought a few young men of the Han Family into the mountains and hunted two wild boars weighing about two hundred pounds, twenty pheasants, a goat weighing about a hundred pounds, and two sacks of wild pears.
With the addition of a goat, Han Qiao and Han Yuanshi discussed and added a cucumber salad to make up ten dishes.
It was very scrumptuous.
In the evening, Han Qiao’s sister, Han Xiang, and her husband, Zhou Anshan, returned to their parents home. They did not bring their two sons back.
…..
“Why didn’t you bring the child?” Han Yuanshi asked.
Han Xiang glanced at Han Qiao, who was busy. “It’s not her fault. She wanted to get a divorce, but she caused me…”
“Alright, you’re not allowed to talk about this anymore.” Hanyuanshi shouted.
“Your sister is moving in tomorrow. Don’t cause trouble for her.”
“..”Han Xiang snorted.
Madam Han went to help Han Qiao clean up the pheasant.
These pheasants were all dead. He had to clean them up so that they wouldn’t spoil.
Han Qiao planned to take out the chicken innards and stir-fry them for dinner.
The men were slaughtering pigs in full swing.
Han Xiang walked up to Han Qiao and asked arrogantly, “Do you need help? ”
Han Qiao was sweating profusely as she looked up at Han Xiang.
In his memory, the relationship between the two sisters was still alright, but after they got married, they drifted apart and barely kept in touch.
The main reason was that Han Qiao’s life was getting worse and worse, while Han Xiang’s life was getting better and better. She had two sons in a row, and her in-laws were a well-off family with more than ten acres of land.
To put it bluntly, she didn’t like Han Qiao.
“No need, it’s almost done..”