Chapter 359: Chapter 359: Recovery Chapter 359: Chapter 359: Recovery Su Yunjin mainly came back to discuss with Gu Ya the matter of repairing the house. Now that Gu Ya had finished with the account books, it was a good time for Su Yunjin to discuss this matter with her husband.
“Husband, right, about the house repairs, what are your plans?” Su Yunjin asked directly without beating around the bush.
After his wife brought up the matter of repairing the house, Gu Ya had carefully considered it. Knowing that his wife wanted to start the repairs as soon as possible, Gu Ya also thought the sooner, the better.
“Yunjin, how much silver do you have on hand now?” Gu Ya asked.
The silver Su Yunjin had included what Gu Ya had previously given her plus what she had earned herself, amounting to roughly more than thirty taels.
Stretching out her hand, Su Yunjin showed three fingers, “Husband, look, this much!”
Su Yunjin nodded, “Yes, roughly more than thirty taels.”
It didn’t cost much to repair a house in the village, and the thirty taels of silver in his wife’s hands were more than enough, “Yunjin, not bad, this silver is enough for us to go and repair another house.”
Su Yunjin meant that this time when they went to repair the house, they should do it properly once and for all. Anyway, since it needed repairs, might as well make it spacious and well-lit for a comfortable living.
“Husband, this time when we repair the house, I want it to be done well, preferably spacious and well-lit. We should add a few rooms to the main house and also build a couple more side rooms.”
This time, by helping Fuman Building with the accounts, Gu Ya would earn another sum of silver to supplement household expenses. Calculating, by helping Fuman Building with the accounts, he could earn at least another ten taels of silver or so.
With the thirty-odd taels that his wife had, plus the ten or so taels from his accounting work, they should have around fifty taels in total, which would be enough for them to make the repairs decently.
It was a compromise for his wife when she married him and had to live in a shabby house.
Now that they were repairing another house,
Gu Ya didn’t want to compromise his wife’s comfort any longer.
“Yunjin, if you want a larger house, then let’s build a big one.”
For Su Yunjin, the sooner they could start repairing the house, the better.
“Husband, if we have enough silver, when do you think we should hire someone to help us with the repairs?”
In the village, it was always the men who were busy when a house was being repaired.
Naturally, Gu Ya did not want to let his wife toil by herself.
Gu Ya now felt that his legs were getting better day by day.
After pondering for a moment, Gu Ya proposed his idea to his wife.
“Yunjin, how about this! Let’s wait until my legs are better, then I’ll find someone in the village?”
In Su Yunjin’s view, it would take at least a month for Gu Ya’s legs to heal. If they waited for his legs to recover, how much longer would that be? Su Yunjin did not agree.
“No! Husband, if we wait until your legs are better to start the repairs, that would be too late.”
Throwing back the covers, Gu Ya exposed his legs for his wife to see, “Yunjin, look, my legs are recovering quite well. I’ve been feeling these past few days that my legs should be almost healed. I reckon it won’t be many days before I can walk on the ground! Don’t worry! We won’t have to wait too long.”
Su Yunjin was unconvinced.
“Husband, your legs are indeed recovering well, but to think you could walk in just a few days, that’s really quite an overestimation,” Su Yunjin laughed lightly.
“…” Doused with cold water by his wife’s remarks, Gu Ya fell silent.
But what Su Yunjin did not know was that what Gu Ya had just said was not false. His legs were indeed almost fully recovered, and he wasn’t just saying that to placate her.