farmer's wife

Chapter 35
At night, after Xiao Lie washed and checked the doors and windows, he lifted the curtain of Ba Bu's bed.

Fu Yan wasn't asleep yet.

She lay on her back on the bed, staring blankly at the top of the bed, her eyes blank.

Suddenly he sighed again.

Xiao Lie took a break, turned sideways and embraced her in his arms.

"Why are you sighing? Ah Yan, what's on your mind?"

Fu Yan moved her body, found a comfortable angle and nestled in Xiao Lie's arms.

"Let's go to the city today. Your goods sold for seven taels for 340 renminbi, and my four sets of purses cost 360 renminbi. It seems like a lot, but for the day's flowers, medicine, books and hairpins, there is not much left. Three taels of silver."

Fu Yan's fingers unconsciously twirled around Xiao Lie's strands of hair, thinking about the family fortune: "We only have a little over ten taels in savings now, and we have to find someone to build an oven and open a shop later..."

Xiao Lie thought she was worried about money, so he hugged her with both hands to comfort her: "Put away the money you earn from embroidery and put it away yourself. Don't worry at home, I will go on hunting again, and you will be able to save slowly."

Hearing what he said, Fu Yan couldn't help raising her head and glaring at him.

Although she said that when she got married because she was not familiar with Xiao Lie, she had some reservations in her anxiety.

However, the laws of the Li Dynasty stipulated that the woman's dowry belonged to the woman, and the man had no right to snatch it.Secondly, she is gradually integrating into this family now, and she also wants to contribute to this family.But he never thought that he would just rely on Xiao Lie to prop up the family, and enjoy the benefits by himself.

She is not very worried about the money now, if it is not enough, she is willing to give out part of the dowry money.

What Fu Yan was worried about was that it cost a lot to open a shop to do business, and he didn't know whether it would be successful, so he was a little at a loss.

Fu Yan sat up from Xiao Lie's arms and said angrily, "What's yours and mine? If we have to make a clear distinction, then I won't bother you if I want to open a shop!"

Xiao Lie saw that his daughter-in-law's eyebrows were upside down, and he said angry words, he quickly took Fu Yan's hand to comfort him: "I...that's not what I meant! I see that you have been busy with embroidery for half a month, and sometimes you have to turn on the lamp to embroider at night. A few stitches. It's really not easy."

Embroidery for a long time hurts the eyes and consumes the mind.But Fu Yan is a bit stubborn in this regard, always procrastinating to embroider the last stitch, and then embroider the last stitch...

Sometimes Xiao Lie couldn't stop him, so he could only carry his wife away, and the "violent" suppression could stop.

"Your hard-earned money, it's better to keep it for yourself to buy some clothes and jewelry..." Xiao Lie watched Fu Yan's expression gradually relax, and pulled her down to lie down again.

Knowing that he loves her dearly, Fu Yan relied on his strength to make her nest again.

"I know Brother Alie loves me, but we live together, of course we should work together, how can we depend on you for everything, you are not tired!"

"I have you all, I'm not tired!" This is Xiao Lie's sincere words. In the current day, he wakes up every day very satisfied and full of energy.

Fu Yan rolled his eyes at him again: "You are not tired, I feel sorry for my husband, can't you?"

Xiao Lie "haha" laughed out loud, "Cheng Chengcheng! My daughter-in-law loves me so much, I can't ask for more!"

After laughing, Fu Yan brought up her plans and worries again: "My double-sided embroidery is consigned to Mrs. Li, and the cost of removing the materials is [-]-[-]%. I also took on a new job. In two days, Mrs. Li will send someone Deliver things to your door. In the future, I will mainly do custom double-sided embroidery, and the price is high and it is not time-consuming.”

"Cross-stitching is a new craft, and I have also cooperated with Li Niangzi. But this is easy to learn, and I guess it can only make a quick profit at the beginning, and then I have to rely on drawing embroidery patterns."

"So don't worry too much about money." Fu Yan slowly expressed her worries: "I want to make a new type of bread and pastry, which should not have been seen on the market. But what will happen to the pastry shop, I am here I have no idea..."

Xiao Lie hugged Fu Yan and rested his chin on her head, while listening to Fu Yan's plan silently, he couldn't help feeling from the bottom of his heart, the daughter-in-law has so many abilities, so amazing!

In the dark part of his heart, there will also be a trace of anxiety that he feels that he is not worthy of Fu Yan.

Fu suppressed this thought again, and hugged Fu Yan tightly with both hands.

Since she is already his Xiao Lie's daughter-in-law, it doesn't matter if she deserves it or not!Anyway, as long as Fu Yan doesn't dislike leaving him, at worst she will give her life and let her order.

Xiao Lie's thought was fleeting, and hearing that Fu Yan was about to sigh again, Xiao Lie stroked her loose black hair: "Don't worry, you can do whatever you want, I will always support you. Even in the end No way, you can embroider and I can hunt, so is it possible that we still can’t eat?”

The authorities are fascinated.

With someone to share the pressure, Fu Yan's heart also settled down.

Try it to know what the future holds!
Fu Yan flinched into Xiao Lie's arms again, leaning against his chest coquettishly: "Then you have to help me!"

"help!"

**
On the second day, Xiao Lie helped Fu Yan invite Fourth Grandpa Yang.

Yang Sitao is in his 60s and [-]s, and his descendants and grandchildren are doing well, and his life is going well, and his body is still very strong.

He was tired of playing chess with those stinky chess baskets in the village every day. Hearing that Xiao Lie came to invite him, and he could find something new to do, he got up and followed Xiao Lie to Xiao's house.

"Fourth Grandpa Yang, you are doing it." Fu Yan supported the old man to sit in the main hall and made him a cup of tea.

"Boy Lie said, what kind of oven do you want to build? What's the picture? Let me see."

Fu Yan took the drawings and spread them out on the table.

Yang Sitao looked at it carefully for a while: "This style is a bit like a brick kiln. Boy Lie and I will try it."

Pointing to the layer of the oven painted on the picture, he communicated with Fu Yan.

The kitchen of Xiao Lie's house is not big, and the oven can only be built outside the house.

Xiao Lie walked around the house with Fourth Grandpa Yang, and because the oven exhausted, he finally decided to build it in the backyard vegetable garden, next to the kitchen, and then build a shed for the oven.

Yellow mud, sand, sawdust, straw and other materials, as well as the iron frame inside, all have to be found and customized separately.

The old man took the picture above and went home with his hands behind his back, and refused to stay for dinner.

Xiao Lie then sent the old man back to Yang's house, went to the blacksmith's shop in the city to order iron frames, and bought sand and other things from brick kilns and docks.

After running around for two days, when everything was ready, Xiao Lie invited Fourth Grandpa Yang again.

Grandpa Yang Si was getting old, so Xiao Lie worked under his verbal guidance, and slowly built the base stove, the thermal layer, insulation layer, and structural layer above it.

Fu Yan was not needed at this time.She then let the three of them work in the backyard.

As for the third Xiao Jian, he just joined in the fun...

The old man is getting old and his teeth are not good. The lunch prepared by Fu Yan is soft and easy to digest.

Steamed custard, stir-fried vegetables with mushrooms, stewed pork vermicelli, braised tofu with shallots, crucian carp tofu soup, served with fragrant and soft white rice.

(End of this chapter)