Mother Xie said: "Don't worry, old lady. From now on, I will serve in the old lady's house. If there are any strange noises, I will check it out and I will definitely find out the cause. I heard that there are some abandoned old houses.

Huangpizi and the like are causing trouble in there, and some people say they practice cultivation here. I never believe it. Maybe they are causing trouble, so just drive them out. Tomorrow we will start cleaning up the whole house together.

Without those yellow-skinned nesting places, these strange things should not happen again."

When I came out after dinner, I found that the snow had gotten heavier, and the ground was all white, with a thick layer, and everyone was shrinking from the cold.

Grandma Su said: "Hurry back to your house, but remember not to go to sleep right away. You have to move around just after eating."

Su Jinyun was playful and said, "Why don't we play at the old lady's place for a while and then go back to sleep? It's still early! We just finished eating. It's not easy to digest if you go to bed too early."

Grandma Su said to Qiu Wuhen and Su Jinsong: "Then you two go back first. I'm afraid my husband still has a lot of things to do. Even if you don't have anything to do, you still need to review your homework. You will also prepare to take the provincial examination next year!"

Su Jinsong agreed, opened the oilcloth paper umbrella, and followed her husband back to the small attic.

She quickly lit the lantern and closed the door.

Qiu Wuhen said to Su Jinsong: "It's really rare for Xie Ma to be so loyal to her old master. Thinking that she grew up here, she is willing to come back and continue working. I hope she can work for a long time and the old lady can be alone.

Stay with me."

Su Jinsong said: "We found a small vegetable plot in the back garden, which was probably opened by the Xie family to grow their own vegetables. In the future, we can grow some vegetables ourselves, which will make us feel comfortable eating and save some money."

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Qiu Wuhen nodded and said, "That's no problem. It's just that we may not be able to grow vegetables in this cold winter, because we're afraid they'll freeze to death."

"That's right, we can only plant again when the weather gets warmer next spring."

An idea flashed in Qiu Wuhen's mind. In the winter, there are basically no vegetables. Because of the cold weather, growing vegetables outdoors will freeze to death. If we can build a vegetable greenhouse at this time, we can produce vegetables in winter.

, the sales volume must be very good, and the income should be considerable.

However, greenhouse vegetables require plastic film or glass to be turned into a sun shed. Without this, it is impossible.

He asked the medicine gourd in his mind: "Can you get me plastic film or glass or something?"

Yao Gulu didn't respond at all, as if he didn't even bother to answer Qiu Wuhen's boring question.

Qiu Wuhen was helpless. Yao Gulu ignored him, which showed that this possibility did not exist at all.

Think about it, if the medicine gourd can bring modern plastic film, glass and the like back to ancient times, then why not make some aircraft, cannons and the like? Then it can directly conquer the whole world.

So it seems that we can't have wishful thinking and can only settle for the status quo.

Qiu Wuhen said to Su Jinsong: "By the way, Mr. Linghu Ding helped me change my job. Instead of being a scribe in the punishment room, I was replaced by Master Xingming, who was hired by the county magistrate.

This salary has also increased to 1,900 yuan a month for me, and our money has doubled!"

Su Jinyun was surprised and happy, and said: "Why didn't you tell me about such a good thing just now?"

"It's the same now. There were so many people just now. If I said it, I feel like it would be a show off. Just tell the old lady tomorrow."

"Okay, there are 1,900 taels of silver a month. Let's use 900 taels of silver to live and save 1,000 taels of silver. In this way, we can save one tael of silver a month, twelve taels of silver a year, and three or four taels of silver."

Almost forty taels per year is enough. Oh, it’s great, I finally have hope.”

Su Jinsong was so excited that her body was shaking. This was what she looked forward to most. In the past, her family was poor and it was difficult to make money. Now her husband can get an income of 1,900 yuan a month. This is what she has dreamed of.

Qiu Wuhen said: "The living expenses of nine hundred cash per month are a bit too tight. It's better not to live a poor life. Anyway, every meal I require must have white rice and a piece of meat. This standard cannot be lowered."

"I know, you said this last time, it won't be reduced."

"If it doesn't come down, there are ten of us and we probably won't be able to earn 900 yuan."

"Don't you often get some rice back from outside? Last time you brought back more than a hundred kilograms of rice!"

Qiu Wuhen couldn't help but smile bitterly and said: "Those are unstable incomes. Who knows when they will come back and when they will disappear. I can't guarantee that I can get rice back every time. Don't count on that."

Qiu Wuhen was telling the truth, because it was uncertain whether Yao Gulu would give him a task. Even if he was given a task, the reward for completing the task would be random.

Like this time, twenty top chairs were given. Of course, if these top chairs were sold, they could be sold for a sum of money. But since they belong to the Su family's old house, of course they would not be sold again unless absolutely necessary.

In other words, these items can only be used, but cannot be exchanged for rice.

Su Jinsong was stunned for a moment and said: "I understand. Since I promised you that every meal will have white rice and a piece of meat, this standard will not be lowered. If you can't get the rice back, let's buy it with money."

Anyway, a family of ten can live on 1,900 yuan, and each person has a bowl of white rice and a piece of meat for every meal. This kind of living is feasible, I believe it will be no problem."

Qiu Wuhen didn't know much about the prices of goods in the Ming Dynasty, but he knew that Su Jinsong would not comfort him for no reason. Because these things need to be verified, and if they cannot be produced, there is still no way to explain.

With this good news, Su Jinsong was in a good mood and said to Qiu Wuhen: "I'd better go and tell the old ladies now so that they can be happy and have a good sleep!"

With that said, she went out with an umbrella.

It took a while for her to come back, but when she came back, her body was shaking and her face was pale. She came in in a hurry, then quickly closed and bolted the door, and also pushed up the door bars.

Seeing her like this, Qiu Wuhen asked, "What's wrong? It seems like she encountered a ghost."

"Isn't that right? I just encountered a ghost."

"What's wrong?"

"I saw something squatting by the pond. I didn't know if it was a human or a ghost. It was smiling at me! It scared me. I ran back on the way back just now."

Qiu Wuhen was stunned for a moment: "No way, someone is squatting by the pond? Did someone else in the family go to the pond to play?"

But even I wouldn't believe it. How could I go to the pond and squat on such a cold day and dark night?

There are many wells in the house, and there is no need to drink water from the pond. The water is not clean, and corpses have been fished out from it.

Qiu Wuhen pulled out the dagger from his boot and said, "Let's go over and take a look."

"It's better not to."

"Why not? What if we don't find out? If there are really bad guys sneaking in, they have to be caught immediately, otherwise what will happen if they harm others?"

Hearing these words, Su Jinsong was stunned for a moment, nodded and said, "Okay, let's go."

She took out the scissors from her sewing box and held it in her hand, holding the lantern on the table in her other hand.

Qiu Wuhen opened the door and came out, took the lantern from Su Jinsong's hand and walked in front, with Su Jinsong following behind.

When she got outside, she saw a pond in the distance. Qiu Wuhen asked her, "Where is the person I saw just now?"

Su Jinsong pointed to the edge of the pond and hid behind Qiu Wuhen in fear: "There, he is still squatting there, looking at us and laughing, do you see that?"

Qiu Wuhen's scalp was numb at first glance.
Chapter completed!