Before Mama Jin could recover from the shock of the eldest lady's selling, she received a six-cent copper coin from Ye Xinyan who sold a butterfly flower headdress.

When she sold the first knot and received thirty copper coins, Mama Jin was dizzy with joy. She washes clothes for a day, that is, she earns less than ten yuan, and this one flower knot sells for thirty yuan, making a net profit of twenty yuan. Twenty texts! Twenty copper plates can be earned so easily.

When the two came back from a busy day, Mama Jin was already frozen with cold hands and feet. But she didn't care about lighting a fire and burning the kang, she closed the door with a roar, poured out the copper coins in the money bag, stiffened her fingers, and counted them one by one.

One hundred wen wore one string, a total of eight strings were worn, and there were still dozens of wen left.

"Yezi, guess how much we sold back today?" When Mama Jin was talking to Ye Xinyan excitedly, she found that her eldest lady had already made a fire to burn the kang, and the water in the cauldron on the stove was steaming, obviously it had been burning for a while.

Mama Jin hurriedly put down the copper coin in her hand, and was about to go over to pick up the firewood in Ye Xinyan's hand, "Quickly put down the firewood and go to the kang to rest for a while." Mother-in-law was so happy and confused, how could she let you do all this work? ”

Ye Xinyan pushed her with a smile, "I've already glued my hands full of ashes, so I don't need to change my hands anymore." My mother-in-law counted the money and went to rest for a while, so that I could sit in front of the stove and get warmer. My mother-in-law hasn't told me how much we sold today. ”

Seeing that Ye Xinyan insisted on refusing to get out of the way, Mama Jin complied with her wishes, sat back on the kang, and whispered happily while putting the copper coins into the money bag: "We sold 872 Wen today." ”

"So much?" Ye Xinyan said with a smile.

"Not really." Mama Jin said with a smile in her tone of smugness, "We still have unsold items in our hands, and there are still many rags in our baggage." If all the rags were to be made into a headdress, and the knots were all sold, it was estimated that there would be three taels of silver. ”

With the first batch of handicraft work selling well, Mama Jin's confidence increased greatly, and she didn't need Ye Xinyan's reminder, so she used the wallet she earned to round the bright rags of several tailor shops. And, of course, buy more big red satin.

As for the laundry, I put it aside for the time being. It may also be put on for a long time, and even no longer have to do such hard, tiring and unprofitable work in the future.

……

It wasn't until the twenty-ninth day of the Lunar New Year that Ye Xinyan sold out the items in his hand and stopped working.

When they came out of Xunbei City, they carried less than five taels of broken silver. After arriving in Miyi County, he rented a house, inquired about his relatives' food during that time, and inquired about things to give a few or a dozen big money, and after losing it, he was left with one or two other three hundred yuan of silver in his hand.

In the following days, the two began to wash and sew clothes for others, and sat down tiredly, and could only maintain eating mixed noodles and vegetable porridge on weekdays. Not only could I not save money, but if I wanted to buy something else, I had to use my meagre savings.

But in the past 20 days, the two of them have made headdresses and various knots to sell, and now the silver in their hands has exceeded seven taels.

Mama Jin counted the money she had earned these days, and had long forgotten the flowery days of the Guogong Mansion, just holding a few pieces of broken silver and a few strings of big money, and her heart was inexplicably down-to-earth and joyful.

"We also have money for the New Year." They actually earned so much silver, Mama Jin almost cried with joy, "Poor young lady, what kind of life have you been living in the past few months?" Let's go to the street tomorrow, buy some food for the eldest lady, and then pull a few feet of cloth to make new clothes to wear. ”

The corners of Ye Xinyan's mouth twitched, and after a few taels of silver, Mama Jin was so happy that she got carried away. Who will you wear to make new clothes?

After Mama Jin finished talking to herself, she said with regret on her face: "If only the eldest lady could think of this way to make money as soon as possible, let's prepare in advance, and we will definitely be able to make more money." It's a pity that after the New Year, it will be difficult to do business in this way. ”

Ye Xinyan couldn't listen to it anymore, and said, "Mother-in-law is calling me nonsense again, right?" You don't have to worry about this, when the weather is getting warmer after the New Year, let's think of other ways to live our lives. ”

"Uh-huh, there's a big ...... Well...... With leaf ideas, we will definitely be able to live a good life. It's just ......," Mama Jin suddenly remembered their household registration, "It depends on whether the two of us can live in this place for a long time." ”

It would be nice if they had a household registration, with the intelligence of the eldest lady, maybe they could really live a small rich life.

She saw with her own eyes that the eldest lady was able to make beautiful knots with silk rope after fiddling with broken hemp rope for a few days. The eldest lady was also smart and clever when she was a child, and if she used her mind to make money in the future, she would have a place to show her cleverness.

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

A few days ago, Lijia, who was in charge of this street and alley, came to check the households, and the ancient household registration management was also very strict. After finding out the courtyard where they were, Lijia inquired about their situation in detail and asked for directions.

Ye Xinyan had to follow the previous plan and truthfully tell the county, county, and village where Mama Jin's hometown is located. Inform 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 relatives have moved away a few years earlier, and they are now desperate and have to live here temporarily. Hopefully, Lijia will be tolerant for a few days, and when the weather warms up next year, they will make plans.

Although Mama Jin's cousin has a name, a surname, and an original address, the origin of the statement is also really detailed. Ke Lijia still told them very seriously that according to the laws of Great Xia, people who do not have a guide or guarantee cannot live permanently. In view of the fact that it is now the end of the year, and it is a cold day, it is not good to drive them out of the city, so they can be accommodating for a while, and in the first month of the next year, they must leave the county.

Mama Jin said all the good things, and stuffed a dime of broken silver into Lijia, so that the time was delayed until the first month.

Now it's okay, not only is there no place to stay, but also Mama Jin's hometown is leaked out. If they leave after the New Year, then the people here will not have any impression of them, and naturally they will not have the slightest relationship with the Guogong Mansion. But if they procrastinate and delay time, Lijia and the people in this area are afraid that they will remember them deeply.

As the saying goes, the road is narrow, who knows if it will be so coincidental, someone will go back and forth, and one more sentence will attract the people of the Guogong Mansion?

Alas, Mama Jin sighed secretly, although she earned a little silver, the most important thing was to think about where they would settle down after the New Year.

……

Ye Xinyan and Mama Jin were worried about the household registration problem in the future, but Uncle Qi, who lived in the same compound with them, had a different mind.

Uncle Qi is a lonely old man, about sixty years old, who lives next door to Ye Xinyan, and also rents a small room, relying on the craftsmanship of a mason.

When Ye Xinyan and the two moved in, it was already the cold winter season, probably because it was freezing and there was not much work as a mason, so they didn't see Uncle Qi doing much work.