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Chapter 11 Household Registration Is a Trouble
Before Nanny Jin could recover from the shock of the eldest lady's hawking, she received a six-cent copper coin from Ye Xinyan for selling a butterfly flower headdress.

When she sold her first flower knot and received thirty copper coins, Nanny Jin was dizzy with joy.She washes clothes for a day, which means that she earns less than ten yuan. This bow is sold for thirty yuan, and she makes a net profit of twenty yuan.Twenty words!Twenty copper coins can be earned so easily.

When the two of them came back from a busy day, Jinmao's hands and feet were already frozen.But she didn't care about lighting the kang, closed the door hastily, poured out the copper coins in the purse, and counted them one by one with stiff fingers.

Wear a string of one hundred wen, eight strings in total, and there are dozens of wen left.

"Yezi, guess how much we sold it today?" When Nanny Jin was talking to Ye Xinyan excitedly, she realized that her eldest lady had already lit a fire and heated the kang, and the water in the cauldron on the stove was bubbling out. There was a trace of heat, which had obviously been burning for a while.

Nanny Jin quickly put down the copper coins in her hand, and was about to go to pick up the firewood in Ye Xinyan's hand, "Put down the firewood quickly, and go to the kang to rest for a while. The mother-in-law is so happy and confused, how can I let you do these jobs?" Son?"

Ye Xinyan pushed her with a smile, "My hands are already covered with ashes, so I don't need to change hands again. My mother-in-law will take a rest after counting the money, and I will be warmer by sitting in front of the stove. My mother-in-law hasn't told me yet, How much did we sell today?"

Seeing that Ye Xinyan insisted on refusing to let go, Grandma Jin obeyed her and sat back on the kang, putting the copper coins into the purse, and said in a low voice happily: "We sold 870 coins today. .”

"So many?" Ye Xinyan smiled.

"That's not it." Jin Nao said with a proud tone, "We still have unsold items in our hands, and there are still a lot of rags in the bag. If we make all the rags into headdresses, with The knots are all sold out, and it is estimated that there will be three taels of silver."

As the first batch of handicrafts sold well, Nanny Jin's confidence increased greatly. Without Ye Xinyan's reminder, she used the wallet she earned to buy bright rags from several tailor shops.Of course, I also bought more scarlet satin.

As for the job of washing clothes, I put it down for the time being.It may also be put on for a long time, and you may even no longer have to do such a hard, tiring and unprofitable job in the future.

……

It wasn't until New Year's Eve, when Ye Xinyan sold out all the items in her hand, that she called it a day and took a rest.

When they came out of Xunbei City, they brought less than five taels of broken silver.After arriving in Miyi County, I rented a house, inquired about the food and expenses of my relatives during that time, and also inquired about things to give them a few or a dozen big money.

In the days that followed, the two of them began to wash and mend clothes for others, and sat down exhaustedly. They could only maintain their daily diet of mixed noodles and vegetable porridge.Not only can I not save money, but if I want to buy other items, I have to use that poor savings.

But in the short period of twenty days, the two made headwear and various flower knots for sale, and now they have more than seven taels of silver in their hands.

Nanny Jin counted the money she earned these days, and she had long forgotten the days when the Duke's Mansion was full of flowers. She just held a few pieces of silver and a few strings of big money, feeling inexplicably at ease and joyful in her heart.

"We also have money for the New Year." They actually earned so much money, Jinmao almost cried with joy, "Poor young lady, what kind of life have you been living these past few months? Let's go to the street tomorrow and have a good time." Buy some food for the eldest lady, and tear a few feet of cloth to make new clothes."

The corners of Ye Xinyan's mouth twitched, only a few taels of silver were available, and Nanny Jin was so happy that she carried herself away.You still make new clothes, who are you going to show them to?
Nanny Jin finished speaking on her own, and then said with regret: "It would be great if Missy could think of this way to make money early. If we prepare early, we will definitely be able to earn more money. It's a pity that after the New Year, It’s not easy to do business like this.”

Ye Xinyan couldn't bear to hear it anymore, and said, "Mother-in-law is calling you indiscriminately again, right? You don't need to worry about these things. After the new year, the weather will gradually warm up. Let's think of other ways, and we will be able to live a better life."

"Yeah, if you have big... um... if you have Ye Zi's idea, we will be able to live a good life. But..." Jinma suddenly remembered their household registration, "It depends on whether the two of us can stay in this place for a long time. You have to live."

It would be great if they had a household registration. With the cleverness of the eldest lady, maybe they can really live a life of little wealth.

She saw with her own eyes that the eldest lady was able to make beautiful knots with silk rope after a few days of fiddling with the broken hemp rope.The eldest lady was also smart when she was young, if she put all her mind on making money in the future, she would have room to display her smartness.

The trouble is that their household registration has really become a problem.

A few days ago, Li Jia, who was in charge of this street, came to check the residents. The ancient household registration management was also very strict.After finding out the yard they were in, Lijia asked them about their situation in detail and asked for directions.

Ye Xinyan had no choice but to truthfully tell the county, county, and village where Nanny Jin's hometown was according to the previous plan.Tell Lijia that they have no way to make a living in their hometown, so they have to come here to seek refuge with relatives.It's just that the road is far away, and the road guide is lost, and relatives have moved away a few years ago. Now they have nowhere to go, so they have to live here temporarily.Hope Lijia can tolerate it for a few days, and they will make plans when the weather gets warmer next year.

Although Nanny Jin's cousin has a name, surname, and original address, the place of origin mentioned is really detailed.But Lijia still told them very seriously that according to the laws of Daxia, people without guides or guarantees cannot live permanently.In view of the fact that it was the end of the new year and it was very cold, it was not easy to drive the two lonely women, old and young, out of the city. They could accommodate for a while, and in the first month of the coming year, they must leave the county.

After finishing her kind words, Nanny Jin stuffed Li Jia with a dime of broken silver, at least delaying the time until the first month of the lunar year.

Now it's all right, not only has no place to stay, but also leaked Jin Nanny's hometown.If they leave after the new year, then the people here will not have much impression of them, and naturally they have nothing to do with the Duke's Mansion.But if they procrastinated and procrastinated, Li Jia and the people in this area would probably have a deep memory of them.

As the saying goes, the road to Yuanjia is narrow, who knows if it would be such a coincidence that someone came and went twice, with one more word, to attract people from the Duke's Mansion?

Alas, Nanny Jin sighed secretly. Although she earned a little money, the most important thing is to think about where they will settle after the new year.

……

Ye Xinyan and Nanny Jin were worried about their future household registration, but old man Qi, who lived with them in the courtyard, had other thoughts.

Uncle Qi is a lonely old man, about 60 years old, who lives next door to Ye Xinyan, also rents a small room, and earns his living by his skills as a mason.

It was already cold winter when Ye Xinyan and the others moved in, it was probably freezing cold, and there was not much work for masons, so I seldom saw old man Qi doing work.

(End of this chapter)