【Quick Wear】My Years as a Mother-in-law

Chapter 113 The Love-minded Grandma in the Weird Neighborhood 29

"Madam Yun, the back room has a large kitchen, a woodshed, and two servants' rooms." Jiujin quickly ran over and said, "Now we have a kitchen, hehe."

"That's right. I remember the Shen family only had four servants, so there were five of them." Yun Xi said, understanding. "You pick the large back room to live in. The other three rooms will be used as a kitchen, a firewood room, and a storage room for food and sundries. Have Qinglin bring in the firewood and furniture we've prepared. I'll give him 200 coins for his hard work."

"Okay, I'll go right away."

Jiujin held his belly and went to call for help happily.

There was a well and a stone mill in the yard, quite complete. Yun Xi got up and went out to the street to recruit two woodcutters, "Send twenty loads of firewood as soon as possible."

"Hey! Madam, please wait."

Yun Xi paid the deposit and returned to the yard. Jiujin said that it was true that it was colder this year, and he was still worried because there was not enough firewood and food at home.

"Yunduan, Mom is going to the grain store, do you want to go?"

Yunduan stood up and said eagerly, "Mom, I want to go!"

"go!"

Yun Xi took out two silver ingots and went out with her son. There were seven or eight grain stores in Dongcheng. Yun Xi went to each one and asked for a total of 1,000 kilograms of rice, 2,000 kilograms of wheat, 1,000 kilograms of cornmeal, 200 kilograms of millet, 100 kilograms of peanuts, 100 kilograms of sesame seeds and 100 kilograms of soybeans. These grains were enough for the family to eat for more than two years.

I also bought dozens of kilograms of sugar and salt, and moisture-proof and waterproof oilcloth to store the food.

"Mom, does the family need to buy so much food?"

The cloud doesn’t understand.

Yun Xi began to explain meteorological issues, what clouds correspond to what weather, and how the temperature has not been high this year. It's okay in the summer, but who knows what the winter will be like. Now that the wheat has just been harvested and the price of food is low, it's better to stock up more.

Yun Duan seemed to understand, but he took it to heart. Years later, General Yun, the cold-faced general who had made his enemies flee at the first sign of trouble, spoke of his mother with a face full of pride, "Without my mother's teachings, there would be no me."

At that time, he was still a little kid who was asking his mother for candy.

Yun Xi was annoyed by what he said. "Have you gotten carried away after playing for three days? I'll buy you a bag of sweet-scented osmanthus cakes. If you study hard, you can have one a day."

"Oh yeah!" Yunduan was happy, "Okay."

This child is so greedy that he spends all his five-cent pocket money a day.

After moving to the spacious new house, Yun Xi felt much more relaxed. She slept in the east room next to the main hall at night. The bedroom also had a small living room, which made it convenient for her to do whatever she wanted. The easternmost room was where she stored her belongings, and her son and she had the same layout in the west.

The days got better day by day, and Yun Xi asked the system: "Have I completed the task?"

System: "How is that possible? You haven't even become a mother-in-law yet!"

Yun Xi sighed softly, "Ah? It seems that we have to wait for Yun Duan to grow up and get married. This task is not difficult, but it will take a long time."

System: "It's easier with props. Without you, that winter, Beixiang marched south in force and nearly broke through the capital. Despite this, Beixiang looted the surrounding area and killed many ordinary people."

"This Beixiang is annoying enough."

When hibernating in winter, Yun Xi discovered that her son often exercised in the house in the morning, and she knew that he really liked practicing martial arts.

For this reason, Yun Xi picked up the books and started tutoring the child. For a child of his age, all he had to learn were the Three Hundred Thousand Words and the Analects of Confucius, so there was no pressure in tutoring him. Hoping that he could get good grades as soon as possible, she signed him up for martial arts lessons.

What does it mean to “Do not do to others what you do not want others to do to you?”

"Mom, I know this!"

The little girl in the cloud was talking and shaking her head.

"Not bad, not bad. My son is also very smart."

"Next sentence."

……

The two asked and answered questions, and Yun Xi mainly encouraged Yun Duan. Unexpectedly, Yun Duan's interest in learning gradually increased.

"Mom, your teaching is so interesting. The teacher's lectures are so boring."

"Don't say that about the Master. Do you understand how to respect your teachers?"

System: "The teacher's lectures are full of Zhihu nonsense, which is not very friendly to children. It's hard to understand what he is saying, and it's impossible to learn."

In this case, Yun Xi felt that the tuition fee of twenty taels per month was too expensive, but it was the lowest price in Dongcheng. The teacher was an old scholar, but she didn't expect that the teacher's lectures were too boring, which made the children tired of studying. It would be better to change to another school next year.

"Next year, I'll go to a school with younger teachers. It won't be so rigid."

Qinglin went out to do carpentry work, and Jiujin was in confinement after giving birth, so Yunxi brought the two-year-old girl to the main room. There was silver charcoal burning in the room, and it was very warm.

The poor had no choice but to go out to earn money no matter whether it was cold or hot. Fortunately, when Li Qinglin chopped wood, he would keep the good wood and start with small gadgets. Then he would slowly make tables, chairs and benches. After he became proficient, he would spread the word and gradually he would receive some furniture orders, which made much more money than chopping wood.

"You and your sister roast some oranges and eat them. I'm going to go see your sister Jiujin."

Yun Xi took out a few oranges and put them on the table, and brought a few to Jiujin. Oranges were quite expensive in winter, but fortunately her space could keep them fresh. The only downside was that they were too sour, and the orange assassin could make people's teeth sour.

When I opened the door, a cold wind blew and snowflakes fluttered from the sky.

"It's snowing again." Yun Xi walked across the yard to the back room and knocked on the door. "Jiujin, are you asleep? It's snowing outside. Is your kang warm?"

Jiujin shouted, "Madam Yun, the door is not locked. Please come in. I'm fine now."

"I'm coming." Yun Xi pushed the door open and entered the room. There was only one window in the room, so it was a little dim. However, the kang was very warm, and there was a brazier burning on the ground, so it wasn't cold.

"You can roast these oranges and eat them, they are good for your health. I'll make you some soup. Qinglin bought pig's stomach and a chicken this morning, please let me make some soup for you." Yun Xi glanced at the sleeping baby and helped change the diaper. The diapers were piled outside the door, and Qinglin would wash them when he came back.

Jiujin felt very embarrassed and said, "Please help me, Madam Yun."

"What's the big deal? Just rest assured and take care of yourself during the confinement period. The chicken stewed with pork belly, sesame and red dates is very nutritious. Just wait and enjoy it." After saying this, Yun Xi carefully opened and closed the door and went to the kitchen.

The kitchen was very large, with two large stoves and two small stoves. The stove and pot were both cold at the moment, so Yun Xi lit a fire and stewed the pork stomach and chicken in a clay pot, while boiling water on the other small stove. As for cooking, she didn't want to do it in such a cold day, so she decided to go out and buy some food later.

The system laughed at her, "You are so lazy."

"I was already diligent enough in the last mission, so it's okay to slack off on this one. Besides, it's too annoying to get frostbite from cooking in winter." Yun Xi smiled and went out with a lunch box to buy two bowls of mutton noodles, and asked for an extra portion of mutton so that she could enjoy it to her heart's content.

Yunduan couldn’t finish such a big bowl by himself, so a small bowl was just right for Xiaoni.

After lunch, Uncle Yuanren sent an invitation and a bag of dried lychees. The invitation invited Yunxi to attend a banquet at the Hongmei Courtyard in Chunmanlou.

"Is the Crown Prince's wife okay with her pregnancy? Can she eat?"