Yang Gaowu on the side couldn't help but was speechless when he heard this.
"It's not particularly cold here in winter. A quilt doesn't need eight pounds, usually six pounds will do. With thick straw mats on the bottom of the mattress, you can just put something on it as you like, so you don't have to waste any more cotton. A pound of this stuff is not cheap, especially now.”
Xie Yanzhi, on the other hand, lowered his eyes and thought for a moment, then said: "I once saw in a book of northern geography that there was a kind of bed called a fire kang. It is a bed made by people there to keep out the cold. It is similar to a Datong bun. It can be used for sleeping. It’s like sleeping with several people.”
"If your home has a kang and uses fire to keep it warm, you won't need so much cotton. In this way, Miss Wang won't have to sleep on a wooden bed. It may cost some firewood, but the cotton and quilt cloth can be saved. ."
"Fire kang? Do you know how to get one? Is it easy to use? If it is easy to use, the price is not expensive. I will ask my grandma to get one in his house later. People are getting older and are afraid of the cold at night. With a fire kang, they will feel better in winter. ."
Especially his father. I heard that when the weather gets cold or the weather changes, his leg bones will hurt terribly.
If there was a fire pit and his father would stay on top, it might be more comfortable in the winter.
"I don't know, I've only seen it in a book. But every household in the north has a Kang bed, so I think it has its merits. I remember some of the records in the book, but I have to think about it. Wait until I think about it. If you have it, ask someone to go to your house to get it done."
"Okay, as for the cotton, you can help me keep it for a while. If you don't use it up, I can buy a new set of clothes for my grandparents later. After my father left, we didn't live in this house for ten years. I have honored them."
Seeing that his mood was a little low at that moment, Xie Yanzhi changed the subject and said, "Look who you can find to get more firewood for your family. Don't let your sister and that Miss Wang go to the mountains to chop it by themselves."
"Well, I'll make arrangements when I get back later."
"One more thing, have you ever thought about building a well at home? This will save your sisters a lot of trouble in washing and cooking. If you are afraid that your children will get into trouble easily, just make a manhole cover and lock it. This will make it easier to use water. In addition, there is plenty of firewood at home, and their clothes can be washed in hot water in winter.”
"Brother Xie, are you thinking too much?"
When Yang Gaowu heard that hot water was used to wash clothes, he couldn't help but ask.
Whose family is so luxurious that they can boil hot water for washing clothes and firewood for free?
Even if it doesn’t cost money, someone has to cut it. Who has so much effort?
Besides, winter clothes are thick and they don’t need to be washed every day. The money to build a well is enough to hire someone to help wash winter clothes for several years.
Xie Yanzhi glanced at him and said angrily: "Junzi is just such a sister!"
After saying that, he looked at Li Jun: "Didn't you say that your sister's body and bones are weak, so she should take good care of her and avoid cold water in winter. You can't let Miss Wang live in your house and just let her wash and cook for your sister, right?"
Li Jun naturally knew that he couldn't do it. If conditions allowed, he would also like to do it, but he was short of money now.
In addition to keeping some of the money earned in the past for his own daily expenses, all the rest was returned to Xie Yanzhi.
It was the same situation a few days ago, and his sister's marriage happened unexpectedly, so he didn't have much money on him.
In addition, buying chickens early this morning, going to the Yamen in the morning to get the marriage certificate and changing the household registration all cost money.
The remaining money in the wallet now needs to buy rice, flour, oil, salt and meat.
Even though his father said he didn't need to buy rice, flour, oil, or salt because he would leave at his old house tomorrow, his sister and two nephews always had to eat and drink at home.
Not to mention, when he goes out to escort, he will have to spend a little more on the way.
After all the calculations, the money in his wallet was still short, so he needed to borrow it from Yang Gaowu, and then return it to him after the money from the escorts was settled...
Da Ya, who was eating silently with her sister, no, had changed her name to Liu Caiwei. When she saw her uncle was silent and knew that he was in trouble, she looked at him and said, "Uncle, there is no need to dig a well. I can help my mother wash and cook."
Li Jun looked at his niece who looked like four or five years old, and his heart ached.
Just when he was about to ask Xie Yanzhi to borrow some more and return them together, he saw Xie Yanzhi put down the bowls and chopsticks in his hands and said.
"Junzi, I made a painting a while ago. This time I won't go through Shopkeeper Guo's way. You can take it with you when you go out."
"The base price is twenty taels. No matter what price you and Wu Zi sell it for, the excess will be yours. If you decide to dig a well at your home, I will go back and send the manuscript to Shopkeeper Guo and ask him to find a craftsman to build it for you. Go home and dig.”
Lijia'ao is low-lying and close to Liuyun River. It is not difficult for Junzi's family to dig a well.
Li Jun knew that copies of Xie Yan's words were selling well, and thanks to this, the prices for his paintings were also high.
But he doesn’t paint often. To paraphrase him, the most valuable paintings in the world are paintings of dead people.
Because when people are gone, there are only so many paintings, and it is impossible to continue to paint in the future. Everything is rare and valuable, so it has collection value.
So far, Xie Yanyi has sold three paintings, each of which was sold for more than twenty-five taels.
In other words, even if he and Yang Gaowu sold this painting for the same price of twenty-five taels as before, each of them would still get two and a half.
This is actually equivalent to giving them money for free!
If they sell it for higher, the money will only be more...
"Brother Xie, I don't need it. Junzi is in trouble now, just give it to him!"
Xie Yanzhi glanced at him again.
"You are twenty-two this year, and you will be one year old after another year. Miss Yan has been waiting for you until now, and you are already a twenty-year-old girl. How long do you want her to wait?"
"When the escort comes back this time, no matter how much your mother scolds or cries, even if you hang yourself with a rope, you are not allowed to give her any money. Unless you want to be a bachelor for the rest of your life and let Miss Yan marry someone else! Now among the three of us, This year, you are the only one who is expected to get married first!"
Thinking of Yan Jiao, Yang Gaowu couldn't say his words of rejection.
That was his sweetheart, an orphan girl who grew up in her uncle's house.
Because of him, her uncle rejected all the people who wanted to marry her.
Now that she is getting older, if she doesn't get married, her family will not be able to deal with it.
He should also think about himself and Jiaojiao...
Seeing his silence, Li Jun reached out and patted his shoulder.
"Brother Yang, I have told you before that people can be filial, but they cannot be foolishly filial. You cannot have only your mother in your life. It is your daughter-in-law who will accompany you for the rest of your life.
Have you earned less over the years? Apart from crying about your poverty, what else has your mother done for you?
Which of the clothes and shoes on your body were not made by Miss Yan? She said she would help you save the money you earned. Have you saved it? Did she end up sticking to your eldest brother? "
Xie Yanzhi added at the right time: "Your nephew is not good at studying. He is just a dawdle in a private school. However, being a scholar costs the most money, and it often takes the whole family to support it."
Why is your mother so late in marrying you? You are clear in your mind. In my opinion, when you come back as escorts, you can just bring the money and find a matchmaker to propose marriage to the Yan family. "
