When the environment is better, my mood will naturally be better.
Life has slowly begun to improve, and several women have smiled a lot more recently.
The next day, Yunfei went to town to sell tofu as usual. He briefly processed the herbs and took them to the drug store to ask about the price.
Normally, pharmacies supply common herbal medicines like this.
But winter was approaching and the drug store needed to stock up on herbs, so they still collected them.
It's just that the price is not high, half a basket is carried, and the total cost is just over 200 pennies.
For Yunfei, it is not enough to buy a full set of clothes, but for most people, making so much in less than two hours is no different from picking up money!
He didn't bring out the pheasant to sell, so he kept it for making soup at home.
I didn't bring much tofu, so I only sold it for a total of two taels of silver. After deducting the cost, I made about one, two, or two hundred coins.
This time he didn't buy anything. He even sold a gold bead worth one tael and exchanged it for ten taels of silver before returning home.
I happened to meet the village chief coming to collect the land tax.
Zhao Baozhu has already spent the dowry money. If it were her former husband-in-law, she might have to hesitate.
But now her husband treated them so well that she didn't even hesitate.
Du Qingliu wanted to dissuade her but was speechless. A woman's dowry was so important. She felt that this was not good, but she had no other choice.
After all, my husband was not at home this time, and they had no money.
After thinking about it, he went back to the house and took out a handful of things wrapped in a handkerchief from a wooden box.
Inside is the money she saved from selling handkerchiefs during this period. The money from the embroidery work she did at home has never been in her hands, so this is all she has.
The total amount is only more than one hundred pennies.
She handed the package of copper plates to Zhao Baozhu, "I feel sorry for you. I only have these in my hand now. Don't be too little."
Zhang Dujuan also went back to the house and took out her personal money, which she had saved by selling firewood and working in the town.
It was a bit more than what Du Qingliu had in hand, with more than two hundred coins.
Bai Guihua also returned to the room and took out her private money.
There are more than everyone else, a total of one, two, or three hundred coins.
Bai's mother loved her so much that she kept all the money she earned from embroidery work and asked her to save her own dowry, so she had the most money in her hands.
All three sisters-in-law have gone out, so she can't justify not paying.
She still had to rely on her brother and sisters-in-law. Although she was very reluctant to give up, she still put the money in Zhao Baozhu's hands.
Zhao Baozhu didn't want it, "Why do you do this for me? You will get married next year at the latest, so you can keep it for yourself."
"Sister-in-law Baozhu paid for the previous poll tax, but this time I have to spend money on you again. My sister also wants to contribute to the family."
"Alas." The village chief sighed, "This is nothing."
They are all good girls, it's just a pity that they ended up in such a family.
With no elders and no money, Yongming's child was just a weak scholar who didn't know much about anything.
He really doesn't like this kind of man who spends his wife's dowry and also spends his sister's dowry.
The courtyard door was open, so Yunfei pushed the trolley in and said, "I'm back."
Seeing the village chief there, he understood clearly, "Uncle, are you here to collect land taxes? I wonder how old my family is?"
Because of what happened just now, the village chief's face was a little dark at the moment, and he looked extremely unhappy.
"Five two or three dollars."
"Okay." Yunfei counted enough money from the pocket hanging on his chest and handed it over.
"Uncle, have you counted enough? Please make a special trip."
Seeing that he didn't shirk, the village chief's face looked much better. He counted it once and nodded, "That's right."
"Yongming, don't mind your uncle's nagging. In terms of seniority, he is also your cousin who has not been out of the fifth server. Your parents are not here, so I can help them say a few words about you.
Although the government forced you to marry your wives, they are all good girls and they are pregnant, so don't treat them too harshly. "The village chief advised earnestly.
Although he didn't like to go into the village and listen to the rights and wrongs of those women, it didn't mean that he didn't know what was going on in the village.
He was the one who collected the poll tax last time. Bai Yongming acted like he was deaf, which really made him angry.
In the end, it was Zhao who came out to give the money, and this time it was Zhao, so he couldn't stand it.
But he also knew that he couldn't understand him. Yongming, this boy, had eyes that had grown taller since he went to the town to study for a few years.
He also looked down upon the village girls from all over the country and wanted to marry a noble lady.
As a result, there was a sudden change in the family. Let alone all the ladies, no one dared to marry in, not even a mother-in-law to help.
However, Yunfei was not his original self, so he humbly admitted his mistake when he heard this, "Uncle, you are right, it was my fault before, there was a huge change in my family, and I couldn't turn around for a while.
I will live a good life with my ladies from now on, and I will never do those bastard things again. "
"It's best if you think so. I have to go to another house to collect it, so I won't bother you."
"Uncle, I'll see you off." Yunfei welcomed him out of the door, then closed the door and returned to the yard.
……….
In the courtyard, several women were lost in thought.
It was Du Qingliu who asked first: "Husband, where did you get the money? Did you...sell the land again?"
Zhao Baozhu bit her lip and gave all the money in her hand to Yun Fei, "Ms., these are the money we collected. You can use it at home first."
The family only has a little bit of farmland, and they probably won’t be farmers anymore after it’s sold.
But it can't be sold anymore.
Yunfei didn't ask for it, "You don't have to worry about the money. Whoever has the money will take it back."
Don't worry, I haven't sold the land. I'll figure out a way to deal with the money. You don't have to worry about it. I won't let you eat or wear less. "
Although he didn't have much silver in his hand, he still gave Zhao Baozhu two to five coins.
"This is the poll tax you paid last time. I'll make up for it for you. You can put the dowry away by yourself. You can buy whatever you want."
Then another person gave him a hundred coins, "Now that my family is not well-off, let me give you these pocket coins first. You can keep them for yourself and buy whatever you want."
The first time a man gave her money to spend, Zhang Dujuan was pleasantly surprised, and her hand that took the coin trembled a little.
After spending so many years on her own, she felt a little flattered when someone suddenly took care of her, even if this person was her legal man.
The others were not much better.
Even Bai Guihua received money from her brother for the first time.
She has always been a little transparent at home. How could she have learned embroidery without the care of her grandma, who also made her grandparents agree to let her work as a female embroiderer at home.
For example, the sisters in the second uncle and third uncle's family have to get up before dawn to work.
She also wanted to do it, but it was easier. After all, if her hands were thick, she wouldn't be able to embroider.
Although some of the money she got was handed over, more remained in her hands. These were all obtained by her mother for her.
Her biological brother was loved by her grandparents since she was a child and was raised by them. He was not very close to her younger sister.
So after her parents died, she was always afraid that she would be kicked out of the house.
(End of chapter)
