After a round of accounting, Wen was a little dumbfounded.

Such a large expense, judging from the current financial resources of the Xie family, is absolutely unbearable.

In particular, the full set of clothes and daily necessities that Wen planned to prepare for Mrs. Xie, as well as the dilapidated furniture and curtain furnishings to be replaced in the back building, as well as the high-end ingredients and medicinal materials that the latter would replenish in the future. The things are not high-grade goods, the Wen family can't get them, and Mrs. Xie won't want them, and they may not be able to find that level of goods in Huyin County, so they have to purchase them from other places, and they can't do it without five or six hundred taels of silver.

Even if Wen had these five or six hundred taels of silver in his hand, it was impossible to spend them all at once. It costs money to sweep the tomb of Mrs. Xie and hold a ceremony; Xie Xianzhi's brothers cost money to study and socialize; Living in the clan, celebrating festivals, giving gifts and visits, it costs money. Mrs. Xie's future medicine money has not yet been counted!

Jinling doesn't know when it will be able to have a stable income, and even if there is a surplus, it will still have to provide for the lives of everyone in the Pearl Bridge mansion. Xie Yinghui is certainly not short of money, but Xie Yingrong and Aunt Dajin still have to live. No matter how much money there is, it also needs to supply Xie Pu's expenses in Beiping, or invest in the operation of the Xie family's industries, and it is impossible to send it all back to Huyin County.

Is it possible to continue pawning the antiques in the mansion?

Wen immediately dismissed the idea. When she left Jinling City with the concubine and the child that day, she didn't think about taking out the things in the mansion and pawning them again, how could she have such a plan now? The family hasn't reached that yet!

She pursed her lips and asked her daughter's opinion: "We brought back a lot of autumn clothes from Jinling, almost all of them are new, and our mother and daughter will not make new clothes this autumn, how about it?" Your brothers and brothers only make one piece, and if you change your old clothes, you can wear them for another year. In fact, the children are growing their bodies, except for some old clothes with a large amount of them, most of the old clothes she was originally ready to give away......

Xie Mulin was noncommittal: "If you make a few less clothes, you can't save a few dollars." The labor cost in Huyin County is much cheaper than in Jinling City, and we have our own materials, so we don't need to buy them from outside. In this way, at most, it will save a hundred taels of silver. The cost is still too much. ”

She proposed that all of Mrs. Xie's things be transported back from Jinling City. The inventory in Jinxuantang is sufficient, and they are all purchased by the Xie family when the scenery is in place, the materials and workmanship are all of the highest quality, even if it is a little out of season in Jinling City, it is still very fashionable in Huyin County. Mrs. Xie is a person who is used to using good things, and if she changes to a worse product, she will definitely scold. Wouldn't it be good for her to use back the good stuff she used to have? It's a big deal to tell her that this was all quietly packed up by Jiang's mother and transported out of Jinling City under the banner of sending things to Xie Xianzhi, and it definitely didn't alarm any outsiders!

Wen hesitated, a little moved. It's a bit of a hassle, but it's relatively cheap. As for the transportation problem, in fact, there are also people in the clan who do business, delivering goods to Jinling City on a monthly and quarterly basis, and the shopkeeper Mao also has a regular channel to go south to buy goods and then send them to the north for sales. If you are not in a hurry, you can find the previous ship to transport it, you only need to rent a cargo hold on his family's ship, and then send someone to Pingwang Town to pick up the goods, then everything is solved. At most, they just spend some time and freight, which is a matter of twenty or thirty taels of silver.

Xie Mulin saw that Wen was moved by what he heard, and added two sentences: "Brother Jin Kun's fellow Chen who came to our ship shouldn't have left yet, right?" Turning back and asking him to help us carry a letter to Beijing, and by the way, pay a rent for us to go to the ship company, it is more convenient than sending someone back to Beijing. ”

Wen naturally did not object, and was amazed: "Sister Zhen, you are really more capable than your mother now." If you do what you say, you'll save a lot of money! ”

Xie Mulin smiled and decided to help her save another sum of silver, so he turned out a new blank piece of paper and calculated the detailed account for her.

The walls of the old house must be repaired, otherwise the old lady will not be comfortable to live in, and the people waiting will not be stable, and it will be even more dangerous when encountering strong winds and rains.

The drainage ditch also needs to be cleaned, otherwise it will rain heavily one day, and the front and back of the house will be flooded, how will it not affect Mrs. Xie's recuperation?

The well also has to be washed, otherwise Mrs. Xie will not have clean water to eat, and it will be a problem to boil porridge and medicine, so how can she recuperate with peace of mind?

Boats are also to be prepared. Once the flood in Xie Jiawan occurs again, this boat will be life-saving!

The back mountain must also be cleaned up, otherwise it will be humid and hot in summer, and snakes, insects, rats and ants will emerge everywhere, how can Mrs. Xie recuperate? !

Backyard back wall......

In this way, everything must be done, or for the good of the old lady, so the cost must not be saved.

In the past few days, Xie Mulin has led his subordinates to renovate the old house, and he has already inquired about the price of local bricks, tiles, wood and stone and the value of craftsmen.

Wen immediately nodded and agreed to this part of the budget, and Xie Mulin calculated the detailed accounts of Old Lady Xie for her.

Since you have to go back to Beijing to pick up something, you don't have to spend money to buy new ones. And going back to Beijing to pick up the luggage is not to transport all of Mrs. Xie's things, it will be too troublesome, and the freight is too high.

First of all, I took the clothes of summer, autumn and winter, and brought back four sets of regular clothes, four sets of pajamas and one set of dresses for each season. Mrs. Xie is a sick person, most of the time in bed, and after she recovers, she is also at home, and regular pajamas are enough. Bring an extra set of dresses, just to prepare for the future when the doctor goes to the outpatient clinic for a safe pulse, Mrs. Xie may want to show off. But she doesn't have much social needs, and she doesn't have to meet outsiders, so a dress is enough.

For general jewelry, you can let Mrs. Jiang help pack up a small box, and you don't have to bring more. What else are the tableware, tea sets, bedding, and miscellaneous items...... Anyway, it's a necessity for daily life, and you can bring an ordinary preparation model, and you don't need to use it if it's too gorgeous. If there are still old lady's supplements in Jin Xuantang, just drop by to save it for a long time.

Xie Mulin said to Wen: "Look, this has saved a lot of money. In addition to the old lady's daily food, there is also the money to ask the doctor to grab the medicine, and there is no big expense. When the old lady recovers from her illness, if she has figured out the so-called truth in Jingzhong and is no longer afraid, if she wants to go back to Jinling City to live, she will not have to transport so much luggage back. The things left in the mansion over there are enough for her to live comfortably in Jinling City. ”

Wen nodded again and again when he heard this, and then calculated the account in his heart, and he was able to get things done for only two or three hundred taels of silver, which was less than half of what he originally expected, not to mention, the five or six hundred taels of expenses he originally thought did not include the money for repairing the old house! In this way, it is indeed the daughter's plan that is more stable and thoughtful.

She smiled and said to Shemulin: "You think very well. In my opinion, everything has been thought out so well that I can't think of anything that needs to be changed, so let's settle it. I'll go back and ask your uncle and aunt to see if I can find a few good craftsmen from the county to repair the broken house as soon as possible. ”

Xie Mulin answered, and asked her again: "Mother, do you know where there is clay nearby?" Or it can be used to burn bricks and tiles. ”

"What are you asking for?" Wen thought for a while, "Xie Jiajiao, in order to build a new house for all the clansmen, a large brick kiln was specially built, but I don't know if it can be used now. In that case, I'll have to go to the sect room and ask for it. If the bricks and tiles used to repair the old house can be supplied by the clan, we don't have to go out to buy them. ”

As long as there is clay for burning bricks, it is not necessary to use ready-made bricks.

Xie Mulin remembered that in the study space, several earth-based cement formulas from his father's various old materials and papers, a smile appeared on his face: "What about gypsum?" What about lime? Do you know where it's sold? ”

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