Chapter 52: New Year, New Weather
The debt of affection is not exhausted, since Li Jiye has such a talent, then she will provide him with education, in fact, it is not difficult for him to participate in the imperial examination, it is just an extra mouth to eat and some more expenses.
Xiao Erhei is so tall and strong, she also wants to raise it. Mrs. Fan, she has great kindness to her, and she also has to raise her, this is because these people are waiting for her to raise, so she can't fall, can't escape, and force herself to face it alive.
In the past, I felt that begging was an embarrassing thing, and I felt very embarrassed to even reach out my hand, and I couldn't do it at all.
Even if at that time, she was not doing well, but in modern times, she was not starved to death.
But in ancient times, she would have really starved to death.
She looked around for rags to cover her naked and dirty body, and smiled flatteringly at the pitiful ones when she asked for food, money, and anything.
She knew that she was not qualified to choose for a long time, and she was not qualified to rely on her own backbone, without eating or drinking, and starved to death on the side of the road.
And she knew that she would not die so easily, this was the biggest secret of Li Jicai, she was beaten like that by Jiang Li, she didn't die, she was lying on the road, I don't know how many days I was dehydrated and how many days I didn't die.
Does it mean that she has come from modern times to ancient times, and she will not die easily?
Previously, in modern times, I also encountered family changes, my parents divorced, I felt abandoned by everyone, I was abused by my father and stepmother, I couldn't find a way to survive, and I finally survived until I was eighteen years old.
Looking forward to being able to be reborn, to be able to regain the confidence in life, and now, now she has to start from a maid's life, starting from scratch, starting from begging, is this a joke God played on her?
Li Jicai felt like he was being toyed with.
But even if it's God's tricks, even if it's fate.
Even if she is destined for a bad fate, but. Will you just give up like that? No, it won't!
That is to say, she came to ancient times to find abuse.
Since it's abuse to the end, who is afraid of whom?
Start her life again, live it again!
After the stewed pot was sold for a while, people on the streets of Nancheng District have gradually become accustomed to this strange fragrance.
Not to mention whether it is delicious or not, many people have the urge to inquire after smelling this peculiar smell.
Most of the time people who are not at home eat at the taverns and inns on the street, although the food tastes good.
But it won't appear on the street like this, and the fragrance will be wafting all the way.
After all, it is difficult to reconcile, and Li Jicai has never thought of making everyone like the stew pot she makes.
As long as her personal signature is played, she has a certain number of loyal customers. She wasn't afraid she wouldn't be able to sell.
During the time she lived in the capital, she also found that there were actually quite a lot of people moving to and from the city.
Many of the merchants who come and go are from other places, so the people in the original capital of Chu may still not like the stewed pot she makes.
But it's not necessarily like Butcher Zhang, every day when she passes by his meat stall, Butcher Zhang will always prepare thirty dollars and hand it to her for her to serve a bowl.
This is a great support for Li Jicai, in addition, there are some people who occasionally buy a few times, but not very often.
But this is enough, with the accumulation of stewed pots, their lives are much better.
This cold winter was spent so peacefully.
No hunger, no cold.
On the New Year, I also ate a meal of dumplings, and the filling of the dumplings was full and full.
Everyone was feasting.
Li Jicai and Mrs. Fan also worked together to marinate a lot of New Year's goods such as salted fish, salted duck, and salted chicken for emergencies.
It's just that something happened on the third day of the Lunar New Year, which made Li Jicai a little worried.
Because Mrs. Fan is sick.
In the past six months, Li Jicai's sisters and brothers have had a lot of intersections with Mrs. Fan, but the body that Mrs. Fan has shown has always been very tough and okay.
Planting vegetables and farming is to make flowers and plants, cook life, sew clothes, everything, but on the third day of the Lunar New Year, I suddenly contracted a cold and was bedridden.
Li Jicai still has some spare money on hand, although it is the first month, the doctor in the medical hall still has a sitting hall.
So Li Jicai didn't hesitate to go to the street to ask for a doctor
Dr. Ge from Baicaotang came over to take a look and prescribed a few doses of medicine, saying that Mrs. Fan was too old to worry about labor, so she should recuperate more, pay attention to cold protection and keep warm, and don't do any more heavy work, dirty work.
The wind cold was still a little slow to heal in ancient times, and it took more than half a month for the intermittent Mrs. Fan to get better.
During this period, Li Jiye and Li Jicai took turns guarding Mrs. Fan, and they didn't dare to slack off in the slightest.
Although Mrs. Fan didn't say anything to praise them, she was still very satisfied with their attitude.
Li Jiye has also become much more honest under the teaching of Li Jicai and Mrs. Fan, and is not as naughty as before
But Mrs. Fan's illness still sounded a wake-up call for the Li Jicai sisters and brothers, and now Mrs. Fan's age is estimated to be in her seventies, and it is indeed no longer suitable to worry about labor for them.
Driven by this situation, Lee became more and more eager to make more money to improve their quality of life.
So as to buy the best tonic for Mrs. Fan to replenish her body.
Dr. Ge said that Mrs. Fan can start to use some tonic medicine from time to time, and the diet in the past was very light and simple, without any meat, and it was appropriate to use some stewed chicken and fish to make up.
If you want to replenish Mrs. Fan's body, it will require more money.
There is nothing more important than making money, and after thinking about this, Li Jicai put a lot of effort into researching new dishes, and then prepared to develop them and sell them on the street.
After the end of the first month, Mrs. Fan was almost recovered, and she was able to get out of bed, eat, dress, and rest as usual, and then prepare for spring sowing.
Autumn, winter, spring and summer, spring goes to autumn. Mrs. Fan has long been accustomed to the unchanged life in the past few decades, and she does not want to change anything.
She didn't pay attention to the illness born in the first month, and she had several major illnesses and minor illnesses in the past few decades.
There's nothing to be nervous about, compared to Li Jicai's more detailed care of her later, I don't care.
It is only a matter of time before a person dies. It's just pity for these two siblings, what will they do if she leaves?
After her death, she planned to pass it on to the two of them, but she hadn't told them yet, and the government also needed to report it again, after all, it had been written.
Another thing is to help Li Jicai set up a shop, when she saw Li Jicai diligently carrying the burden to the street every day to buy vegetables and sell this and that, she heard her say that she wanted a fixed shop, and the business will become bigger and bigger in the future.
already had a score in her heart, this girl had no relationship with her, but just looking at the energy on her made Mrs. Fan decide to reach out to help her.
It's not like there's nothing left over after saving yourself for so many years.
At the beginning, the pension money given by her husband on the battlefield, although she took the least, it was more or less a little money.
She didn't know Nancheng very well, so she asked her old friends about the price of the shop, and it was indeed a little scary.
But she heard that she had an old friend's son who was doing business in Nancheng District, and was doing an inn business.
There are two large shops, although you can make a little money, but the rent of the shop is too high or a little tight.
But it was two shops, and Mrs. Fan started her old friend's son's shop, thinking that Li Jicai only needed a little bit of a big place to sell vegetables and food.
There is no need to be an inn, and there is no need for a second-floor guest hall, just to stand on a foot.
If two shops can't get one shop, it's okay to get half a shop, if she dies in the future, Li Jicai and Li Jiye can still make a living from this half of the shop.
That's a good thing.
Nancheng District is not better than Dongcheng District and Xicheng District, because of the dense population and frequent trade, if it is a good business, it will definitely be able to make money, she believes in Li Jicai's intelligence and cleverness
Not long ago, I asked her about her birthday, Li Jicai said that her birthday was in March, and Mrs. Fan took it to heart, and accelerated her pace to try her best to put down the half of the shop of her old friend's son.
The main reason is that Mrs. Fan wants to give people money at one time, so they agreed to come down, after all, they only occupy half of the shop.
And they will pay him a certain amount of rent every month, but not much.
But in this way, I can reduce a lot of burden while paying the rent, because after all, all I have to do in business now is to make a shop, how can I ask for half a shop and not occupy space.
It's equivalent to a space the size of a turning place, so it's definitely a good deal.
Because the other party is an acquaintance, plus the price is reasonable, plus it is really cost-effective, so I readily agreed.
Mrs. Fan's whereabouts have always been unpredictable, and Li Jicai only cares about asking Mrs. Fan to come back early when she meets Mrs. Fan going out, or asks her if she wants to accompany her with her.
But Mrs. Fan will always refuse, and after a long time, Li Jicai will understand her mind and not force it.
How did she know that Mrs. Fan was running around for her shop?
Mrs. Fan ran back and forth many times, whether openly or secretly, but she always hid this matter tightly, and did not reveal the slightest hint of tone.
Just waiting for Li Jicai's birthday in March, he unexpectedly gave Li Jicai a surprise
Regarding Li Jiye, Mrs. Fan felt that she didn't have to worry too much, because she was relieved that Li Jicai couldn't do anything bad with this child.