Chapter 91: Trivial Matters 3/3

Also because of this, when Jin Xiaoshu planned to slaughter the pig, he asked his parents to prepare more food, intending to invite people with good relationships with their family to have a feast.

It wasn’t New Year’s yet, but everyone in their family was already envisioning a better life next year.

Well, not everyone was entirely happy. While eating savory glutinous rice, Li Laogen muttered, “Why didn’t they buy me a coffin when the Yang family was selling them so cheap?”

Li Laogen had wanted a clean shroud and a coffin for a long time.

He was afraid that when he died, he wouldn’t have a coffin and shroud.

This time, when he saw that the Yang family was selling their coffins so cheaply, he wanted one.

“Dad, it’s too early to buy one now,” Jin Xiaoye said.

Li Laogen said, “It’s not too early. I’m afraid I won’t have many good years left…”

Li Qingzhi said, “Dad, you shouldn’t say that. You can still live for another twenty years.” He had examined Li Laogen’s body, which had some deficiencies, but with proper care and his ability… living into his sixties should be no problem at all.

Li Qingzhi didn’t have a deep relationship with Li Laogen, but he acknowledged him as his father, so he wouldn’t neglect him.

Hearing Li Qingzhi say he could live another twenty years, Li Laogen was very happy, but he still said, “I want a coffin…”

“Dad, we’re moving to the city. It would be easy for mice to gnaw on the coffin here, and if we put it in the city… the space there is too small, we can’t fit it,” Li Qingzhi said.

Jin Xiaoye had considered buying a coffin for Li Laogen, but there might not be space for it later!

Moreover, people in rural areas usually buy them in advance to keep at home, while people in the city don’t usually do that.

“What?” Li Laogen was stunned. “Are we moving to the city?”

“We rented a shop, didn’t we? We’ll move into the shop later,” Li Qingzhi said.

“My goodness, I’m actually moving to the city! It’s okay not to buy a coffin. I’m not in a hurry,” Li Laogen chuckled and suddenly dashed out.

Undoubtedly, he was going to show off again!

Earlier, Jin Xiaoye had asked Jin Kunhu and others for help. The people in the village already knew about her renting the shop and were saying she must have made a lot of money to be willing to spend so much to rent a shop.

But no one knew about Jin Xiaoye’s plan to move to the city.

After learning that Jin Xiaoye was finding work in the city, the villagers asked her to give them some work. Since then, Jin Xiaoye has occasionally brought back some simple work to the village to give to those women who were good at sewing.

Those women hadn’t made a lot of money from this, but they earned a little. Now that they learned Jin Xiaoye was moving to the city, they couldn’t help but worry – would they still have work in the future?

After Li Laogen left, he went straight to the neighboring Yao family to show off. After hearing him, Yao’s mother felt conflicted.

Yao’s mother was quite skilled, and these days she had been receiving some miscellaneous work from Jin Xiaoye. She actually wanted Jin Moli to join her, but Jin Moli was unwilling… She had no choice but to do it alone. In a day, she could earn about ten cents.

When Li Laogen left their house, Yao’s mother immediately went to find Jin Xiaoye. “Xiaoye, I heard you’re moving to the city?”

“Yes,” Jin Xiaoye said.

Yao’s mother asked, “Will I still be able to get work from you in the future?”

“Of course, I’ll have Xiaoshu bring back the work. You can get it from Jinniang,” Jin Xiaoye said.

She had already planned to let Fang Jinniang handle this.

Firstly, she was a bit overwhelmed, and secondly… letting Fang Jinniang distribute the work would also help her get acquainted with the people in the village.

She would be leaving, but Fang Jinniang would continue to live in the village. Fang Jinniang also wanted to bring her sister out…

By then, if the people in the village supported her, she could keep her sister safe.

“That’s good,” Yao’s mother sighed in relief and congratulated Jin Xiaoye again.

Jin Xiaoye said, “There’s nothing to congratulate us for. We’re moving to the city for Li Qingzhi’s convenience in studying.”

“Is Xiao Li really going to study?” Yao’s mother was somewhat surprised. According to her son, Li Qingzhi’s academic performance was average, so it wasn’t possible for him to achieve good grades… She had always thought that Li Qingzhi’s claim of going to study was just to prevent the villagers from borrowing money from them.

“He really is going to study. My Ah Qing is very smart, and he wants to take the imperial examination,” Jin Xiaoye said.

Hearing this, Yao’s mother wanted to remind Jin Xiaoye, to tell her that it wasn’t easy to pass the imperial examination, and that spending money on education might end up being fruitless.

But she felt a little bitter… After thinking about it, she decided not to say anything.

In the past, their family was the most envied in Miaoqian Village, but now it was the Li family… She hoped the Li family would also spend some unjust money.

After thinking like this, Yao’s mother felt a little guilty and then asked Jin Xiaoye if she wanted some Chinese cabbage seedlings.

When they planted Chinese cabbage, they had sown too many seeds, and now the Chinese cabbage in the field was too dense, so they had pulled some out.

The Chinese cabbage stems hadn’t grown yet, so they couldn’t eat the stems, but they could eat the leaves.

Jin Xiaoye said, “Yes, Ah Qing loves to eat them.”

Yao’s mother smiled and said, “Then I’ll go get them for you. Hey! Xiaoli loves to eat everything. The other day, I saw him plucking garlic leaves from the ground to eat.”

Jin Xiaoye: “…” Didn’t their family have enough food recently? Why would Li Qingzhi still go to eat garlic leaves?

On the other hand, Jin Moli was extremely annoyed when she saw her mother-in-law giving their own things to Jin Xiaoye.

In her previous life, at this time, Jin Xiaoye hadn’t yet figured out that special braised pork recipe, hadn’t made much money, and hadn’t moved to the county.

Why was Jin Xiaoye moving to the county so early now?

When Yao Zhenfu passed the imperial examination, she also wanted to move to the county!

Jin Moli gritted her teeth and urged Yao Zhenfu to study harder.

The business introduced by the shopkeeper Wu had been completed by Jin Xiaoye several days ago. Now, nearing the Chinese New Year, she planned to suspend all business for about ten days and take a break.

In previous years, she would go to other people’s homes to work as a day laborer during the New Year. Finally, she didn’t have to work this year and could stay at home with her children.

Because she had been relatively idle recently, Jin Xiaoye followed Li Qingzhi’s advice and took Jin’s mother to the county clinic the next day.

After the doctors at the clinic examined her, they said Jin’s mother had some minor ailments and prescribed some tonics.

Jin’s mother wasn’t very willing to spend money on medicine, but Jin Xiaoye didn’t care and bought the medicine directly, asking Jin’s mother to take it home.

Since the medicine was bought, what else could they do? They could only drink it.

With a bunch of medicine in her arms, Jin’s mother watched her daughter walking ahead briskly, her eyes turning red.

Her daughter was really impressive; she had given birth to such a promising daughter!