Yang Gaowu on the side couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this.

"It's not particularly cold in winter here, how can a quilt cost eight catties, and the usual six catties are enough. The mattress underneath has a thick straw mat, and you can just spread something at will, so you don't have to waste cotton. It's not cheap for a pound, especially now. ”

However, Xie Yanzhi's eyes lowered and pondered, and said: "I once saw a kind of bed called Huo Kang in a book of northern geography. It's a bed made by the common people over there to keep out the cold, which is similar to the Chase bunk, and can sleep several people at once. ”

"If your house is set up with a kang and burned with fire, and the bottom is warm, you won't need so much cotton. In this way, the Wang girl does not need to sleep on the wooden bed. It may take some firewood, but cotton and cloth for quilts can be saved. ”

"Ondol? Do you know how not to get it? Is it easy to use, if it is easy to use, the price is not expensive, go back and let my grandma's house get one. People are old, and they are afraid of the cold at night. With the ondol, they will have a better time in winter. ”

Especially his grandfather, I heard that when the weather is cold, or the weather changes, his leg bones hurt badly.

If there is a fire kang, his grandfather will stay on it, and he may be more comfortable in winter.

"I don't know, I've only seen it in books. However, every household in the north has a kang, and it has its merits. I remember some of the records in that book, but I have to think about it. When I've figured it out, I'll find someone to get it at your house. ”

"Okay, you can help keep the cotton first. If you can't use it up, go back and buy a new dress for my grandmother for the New Year. said that since beating my father away, we haven't honored them in this house for ten years. ”

Xie Yanzhi saw that his mood was a little low at that moment, so he changed his words and said, "Look at who you can find to get more firewood for your family, don't let your sister and that Wang girl go to the mountain to cut by themselves." ”

"Well, I'll arrange it when I'll go back later."

"One more thing, have you ever thought about digging a well at home? In this way, your sister and their laundry and cooking can save a lot of trouble. If you are afraid that the child is small and prone to accidents, make a manhole cover and lock it. This makes it easier to use water, and with more firewood at home, their clothes can also be washed with hot water in winter. ”

"Brother Xie, are you thinking about it a little too much?"

When Yang Gaowu heard that he was washing clothes with hot water, he couldn't help but ask.

Whose family is so extravagant, boiling hot water to wash clothes, and firewood does not cost money?

Even if you don't want money, someone has to cut it, who has so much effort?

Besides, winter clothes are thick, and they are not washed every day, and the silver for repairing a well is enough to find someone to help wash winter clothes for several years.

Xie Yanzhi glanced at him, and said angrily: "Junzi is such a sister!" ”

The words fell and looked at Li Jun: "You didn't say that your sister is weak, so you have to take care of it carefully, and don't touch cold water in winter." You can't let that Miss Wang live in your house, just let her do laundry and cook for your sister all the time, right? ”

Li Jun naturally knew that he couldn't, if the conditions allowed, he would also want to do it, but now he is shy in his pocket.

The silver earned in the past, except for some daily expenses for himself, all the rest was returned to Xie Yanzhi.

It was the same a few days ago, and his sister and Li were sudden, so he didn't have much money on him.

In addition, buying chickens early this morning, going to the yamen in the morning to get the marriage certificate and moving the household registration, these all cost money.

Now the money left in the money bag will buy rice, flour, oil, salt, and meat.

Even if his father said that he didn't need to buy rice, flour, oil and salt, he would come out of the old house tomorrow, but his sister and two nephews always had to eat and drink at home.

Not to mention, when he goes out to dart, he will have to spend a little more on the way.

The money in his money bag is still almost there, and he needs to go back and borrow it from Yang Gaowu, and then pay him back after the dart silver is settled......

The eldest girl who was eating silently with her sister on the side, no, she had changed her name to Liu Caiwei, and when she saw that her uncle was silent and knew that he was embarrassed, she looked at him: "Uncle, you don't need to dig a well, I can help my mother do laundry and cook." ”

Li Jun looked at his niece who looked like four or five years old, and felt pain in his heart.

Just as he was about to open his mouth to borrow a little more from Xie Yanzhi, and when he returned it together, he saw Xie Yanzhi put down the dishes and chopsticks in his hand and said.

"Junzi, I made a painting some time ago, this time I won't go through the door of the shopkeeper Guo, you will take it with you when you go out this time."

"The reserve price is twenty taels, no matter what price you sell with Wuzi, the excess is your own. If you are sure to dig a well at your house, I will go back and send the manuscript to the shopkeeper Guo, and ask him to find a craftsman to dig it at your house. ”

Lijiaao is low and close to the Liuyun River, so it is not difficult for the Junzi family to dig a well.

Li Jun knew that Xie Yan's words were selling well, and thanks to this blessing, the price of the paintings he made was also high.

But he doesn't make it often, and to paraphrase him, the most valuable paintings in this world are paintings of dead people.

Because there are no people, there are so many paintings, and it is impossible to continue painting in the future.

So far, Xie Yanyi has sold a total of three paintings, each of which has been sold for more than 25 taels.

In other words, this painting, even if he and Yang Gaowu sell it at the same price of twenty-five taels as before, one person can get two and a half.

This is the equivalent of giving them money for nothing!

If they sell higher, the silver will only be more......

"Brother Xie, I don't need it. Junzi is in trouble now, just give it to him! ”

Xie Yanzhi glanced at him again.

"You're twenty-two years old, and you'll be one year old when the year turns over. Miss Yan is already a twenty-year-old girl waiting for you until now, when do you want her to wait? ”

"This time, when the dart comes back, no matter how your mother scolds or cries, even if you hang yourself with a rope, you are not allowed to give her money. Unless you want to be a bachelor for the rest of your life, let Miss Yan marry someone else! Now among the three of us, you are expected to get married first this year! ”

Thinking of Yan Jiao, Yang Gaowu's refusal couldn't be said.

It was his sweetheart, an orphan girl who grew up in her uncle's house.

For his sake, my uncle found someone to tell her that he was close to her, but all of them refused.

Now that they are old, if they don't get married, their families won't be able to explain it.

He should also think about himself and Jiaojiao......

Seeing that he was silent, Li Jun reached out and patted him on the shoulder.

"Brother Yang, I told you a long time ago that people can be filial, but they can't be foolish. You can't only have your mother in your life, and it is your daughter-in-law who will accompany you for the rest of your life.

Have you earned less all these years? In addition to crying poverty to you, what has your mother done for you?

Which of the clothes and shoes on your body was not made by Miss Yan? The money you earned, she said to help you save it, did you save it? All of them let her stick it upside down to your big brother, right? ”

Xie Yanzhi added in a timely manner: "Your nephew is not a material for studying, and if he is sent to a private school, he is just a mess." However, reading is the most expensive, and it often takes the whole family to afford it.

Your mother has been delaying giving you a wife, for what is it, you have a clear heart. In my opinion, when you come back from the dart, you can directly bring the silver and find a matchmaker to go to the Yan family to propose marriage. ”