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

Chapter 109 The Love-minded Grandma in the Weird Neighborhood 25

When I arrived at the main house, I saw a main room, an elegantly decorated study, and a cozy bedroom with a kang and a couch. The three rooms were fully furnished and there was no need to buy anything new.

Yun Xi smiled knowingly, "I'll give you the furniture. Oh, and remember to put up a kang in the back room. It's very cold in winter."

"Hey! I know how to ride." Qinglin said with a smile.

Yun Xi said to Jiu Jin, "I said I would provide you with lunch, but now that your husband is here, it's not convenient to provide for just you. I will give you a 200-wen allowance for food every month. You can cook for yourself or buy food."

In the past, we were given four large white flour steamed buns or white bread a day, which cost about three cents. Now we are given a subsidy of 200 cents per month for food expenses, also considering that the prices in East City are higher than in North City.

This is a very normal phenomenon. For example, when she restocked firewood, she found that each bundle was three or four cents more expensive than when she was in the north city. In the past, one or two taels of silver a month for living expenses was not enough, but here one or two taels of silver is probably not enough.

When they first arrived in the new environment, Yun Xi took Tao Yao to buy some snacks and gave them to the neighbors. They got to know each other and also wanted to take care of each other.

Jiujin had no objection. She was a hardworking girl. After planting the fruit trees, she started planting vegetables, planting all kinds of vegetables. The three yards were full of plants. Yunxi's suggestion to plant flowers was rejected, and green onions, leeks and other condiments were planted by the wall.

Nowadays, the monthly expenses for firewood, rice, oil, salt and meat are one tael and five cents, and hiring someone costs one tael of silver. We have to make money quickly.

Yun Xi could get fifty taels of silver per month from Canglan Bookstore for her three books. When her new book was first published and became popular, she could get more than one hundred taels per month, which was a lot. In addition, she still had five hundred and fifty taels of silver left after buying the house.

But the cost is too high. She and Taoyao have recently taken a painter as their apprentice. The monthly stipend is 20 taels of silver, and they also have to give gifts during festivals, which are all expenses.

"Madam Yun, do you want to buy a piece of land outside East City? Qinglin and I are planning to buy some land."

The wages were paid on the first day of April, Jiujin said to Yunxi.

Yun Xi was a little interested. "Buying land? How much is a piece of land?"

Jiujin said, "You can't buy good land outside of East City. The good land is all in the hands of the rich. There are only scattered pieces of inferior land. One mu of land costs four taels of silver. If you rent it out, you can get back 30% of the rent every year, which is about 500 coins. It's quite a good deal."

"There's a piece of low-quality land, exactly two acres, and I can't afford two acres."

Jiujin and her husband saved some money. Although they couldn't afford to buy a house, they could still afford to buy land. By collecting rent from the land, they could make a profit in a few years, which was a long-term income.

"I'll buy an acre of land and hire someone to take good care of it. I'll grow some agricultural products like peanuts, sesame seeds, and rapeseed. Prices in Dongcheng are too high."

Yun Xi didn't want to buy too much because it couldn't be connected into a whole piece. It would be difficult to manage if it was scattered here and there.

"it is good."

In this way, the two of them bought a piece of land next to each other and hired nearby villagers to cultivate it. With two crops a year, they could harvest a lot of grain. The government collected more than 10% of the rent, Yun Xi and Jiu Jin, as the owners, took 30% of the rent, and the villagers took more than 50%.

Jiujin and Yunxi don't want money, they just want to pay with grain, because grain is a good deal.

There are many rains in the Qingming season, and pedestrians on the road want to break their souls.

During the Qingming Festival, Zhao Taoyao's three children cried bitterly again when they visited the graves.

"You'll be living on your own from now on, so you both need to be energetic. Don't worry about making money. Your handwriting is pretty good now, so start copying books. You can earn enough for your living expenses in a month and still have some left over."

Yun Xi carried Yunduan and the three children home. They stopped to pick wild vegetables when they saw them on the way. The vegetables planted by Jiujin would not be harvested until May, so they mainly ate wild vegetables. Eating too much meat would easily cause constipation.

Zhao Deping: "Brother Li wants us to go to his shop and help out. We'd like to start as waiters and learn from the owner. We'd like to become the head owner in the future. Aunt Yun, do you think this is suitable?"

Yun Xi nodded immediately. "Of course it's suitable. Why not? Going to work in your future brother-in-law's shop is like having a stable job. You should work hard and study hard. It won't interfere with your copying. And be diligent when you get home from work. The expenses in East City are high."

"okay."

Dongcheng is far away from my original house. Although it is called Dongcheng, it is actually in the southeast of Beijing. The consumption gap is very large.

Passing by the vegetable market, Yun Xi was holding Yunduan and looking around as she walked. She saw a small stall selling fish and heard the other party shouting, "Buy nine pounds and get one pound free." There were also many people crowding there to buy fish, which meant the fish were fresh, so she hurried over.

"Boss, I want ten kilograms of fish."

I don’t know where the silver carp they sold came from, but they were so fat and juicy.

"Okay, ma'am, a pound of fish is fifteen cents, so ten pounds is nine pounds, which makes a total of one hundred and thirty-five cents."

The two fishmongers, one counting the money and the other weighing, quickly finished the job. Yun Xi took out a piece of silver worth one penny and counted out thirty-five coins and handed it over.

Zhao Deping quickly took over the two silver carp, one large and one small. Tao Yao wanted to buy some fish but Yun Xi stopped her, "There's no way we can eat all of this at home. Let's eat fish together later."

When I got home, I gave the fish to Jiujin and said, "Steam the small ones, and cook the big ones in three ways: pickled fish, fried fish cubes, and stewed fish with tofu. Ask your husband to come and eat the fish with you."

"okay!"

Jiujin kills fish skillfully.

Yun Xi changed Yunduan's diaper and helped him learn to walk. This kid crawled fast, but I don't know if he can walk fast. Because of the accident, there was no first birthday party for the child, just a simple "grab the week" ceremony. Yunduan grabbed a small wooden sword. Will he become a knight in the future? Knighthood seems to be a good idea.

"Bao'er, come to your mother and let her play with the rattle for you."

Yun Xi swung the wave drum to lure Xiao Yunduan.

The baby stood helplessly beside the table, holding onto the stool, and was hesitant to lift his feet.

"Don't be afraid, son, mother is here, come quickly."

This kid eats eggs and meat every day, so he should be able to learn it quickly.

Yun Xi kept encouraging him, and Yun Duan slowly took the first step. After that, he became much bolder, holding on to the chair and slowly moving to the door. This distance was quite good.

"Madam Yun, dinner is ready."

"Row!"

I shouted in the yard and three children from next door quickly came running over.

In addition to the four fish dishes, Jiujin also made a cold bracken salad and noodles as the staple food, which were served in tofu and fish soup.

The sauerkraut fish is spicy, the fish pieces are crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, the tofu and fish soup is light, the steamed fish is delicious, and the bracken is refreshing. It is very comfortable to eat.

Little Yunduan slapped the table, and his drool wet the pocket on his chest.

"Okay, Mom will get you some fish."

Yun Xi picked up a piece of fried fish for him. There were no bones in the fried fish. She picked up some noodles and tofu, and picked up the tenderest piece of meat from the belly of the steamed fish and gave it to him.

"Just grab it and eat it. I'll make it for you after you're done."

This child is big and can already eat rice. As long as there are no thorns, there is no need to worry too much.

Yun Xi was focused on eating meat and hadn't eaten fish for a long time. She would buy more fish in the autumn to make pickled fish for the winter. Even if there were fish sellers in the winter, there wouldn't be many because it was too cold and one would catch a cold if they set up stalls on the street for a while. Unless they really had nothing to eat, no one would often come to set up stalls.