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To avoid giving him the impression that she would frequently hire the cart, she said, “Granpa Wang, I was able to buy so many things because I sold the recipe for my stir-fried tasty fern to Rich Source Tavern and promised them I would not be selling this dish anymore. So I won’t be needing the cart as frequently in the future.”
“I noticed you sold the stir-fried fern very well, and now the recipe is sold? That’s a pity,” said Wang Crippled. “The selling price must have been good.”
“Yes.” She had no intention of revealing exactly how much she sold it for.
Wang Crippled tactfully did not inquire further, saying, “It’s okay not to hire the cart, it’s too expensive. Feel free to hitch a ride to the town whenever you need to.”
“Understood. Safe journey home.”
After Wang Crippled left with his cow’s cart, Su Qingyue entered the master bedroom and said to the three men on the bed, “You heard everything just now, didn’t you?”
Xiao Yuchuan looked at her with affection, his concern evident on her sunburned face, “It’s good that you’ve sold the recipe, making a lump sum rather than picking ferns day in and day out is too exhausting.”
Xiao Yishan also nodded in agreement.
Qingyue merely smiled faintly.
Yuchuan fixed his gaze on her face, seeing the medicine she applied was missing after washing her face, “Wife, your pus sores look better, it seems to be drying out.”
“Hmm.” She checked her reflection earlier in the water-filled tub and knew her condition was improving. Even without the water, she would have known by her own feeling. Speaking of ‘reflection’, she suddenly realized amidst buying twenty-two taels worth of household goods, she completely forgot about the mirror she had been wanting.
She had really been too busy lately, to the point where she even forgot about herself.
Xiao Yuchuan carefully eyed his wife, then glanced at the exquisitely scented cotton quilts.
Upon seeing his look, Su Qingyue understood, “Just say what you’re thinking.”
“Wife, did you possibly buy the wrong things?”
She raised her beautiful eyebrows in questioning, “What did I buy wrong?”
He hesitated before saying, “I disagree with you… Please don’t hit me…”
“Hmm. I won’t hit you.” She agreed, “At most, I’ll just punish you.”
His handsome face took on a bitter melon-like color, “Wife, I’m already disabled. Although I can handle a bowl, I can’t walk yet… and you still want to hit me…Then I won’t say it.”
“Just spit it out. I’m not that tyrannical.”
“You promise you won’t hit me or punish me.”
“Alright, I promise.” If he said something that upset her, she could always stab him with a knife. As long as he doesn’t die, she could just sew the wound up again.
He said in a barely audible voice, “I think you might have spent the money from the recipe on these many quilts… Yes, it’s right to buy, they’re good to buy, but I think we should have… maybe first… first bought some rice?”
She nodded in agreement, “You’re right, the brown rice I bought last time will only last until tomorrow noon, then it will be finished.”
“Now it’s warm, although the quilts at home are a bit old, they won’t let us freeze. The cotton wadding can wait until I and the second brother recover, let us earn money and buy it, it’s not that urgent. But…we need to eat every day…Wife, you also mentioned that by the noon tomorrow, we won’t have any rice left at home.” Yuchuan was a goods vendor, who had been frequently visiting town for these years and, from seeing the quality of these cotton waddings, all were top-grade, “Looking at these cotton quilts, five for bedding and for covering, they must have cost around five taels of silver…”
“Second brother’s estimation is really accurate. It’s no wonder he’s been running around selling goods every day.” She glanced at his legs, “It’s a pity that the legs of the vendor can’t run anymore.” After saying that, she suddenly realized,