Although Zhang Zixuan never mentioned it, Jian Xiu knew he wanted more than anything to stand up again.

That day, just sitting in the wheelchair made him this happy.

Thinking of this, she quickly arrived at the village center.

“Sister-in-law, wait a moment, I’ll take you to the village end later. It’s inconvenient with all your things. I need to go there anyway to ask Zixuan about something.” Zhang Zhiyong said with a smile.

Upon hearing this, Jian Xiu immediately understood. He was letting her know that he was also going to pick some of the car front grass.

Since she had a lot of things, Jian Xiu didn’t hesitate to accept.

“Mom’s back, Mom’s back!” Before Jian Xiu even stepped into the thatched hut, she heard Liu Tou, Qi Tou, and Er Ya excitedly shouting.

“Have you all eaten lunch?”

“We’re not hungry!”

Hearing this, Jian Xiu immediately knew they hadn’t eaten. Saying they weren’t hungry was just a way to save food.

Shaking her head helplessly, Jian Xiu put down the things in her hands and began cooking for them.

Earlier, while they weren’t paying attention, she had secretly hidden the bow, arrows, and daggers she bought.

She couldn’t let them know about these items, or it would lead to another round of explanations.

It’s said that once you tell the first lie, you’ll need countless more to cover it. Jian Xiu truly believed this.

Looking at the makeshift stove in front of her, Jian Xiu couldn’t help but feel unsatisfied with it.

But that’s okay. She would soon be able to abandon this stove.

Right now, she had over forty liang of silver, and with the car front grass she had sold, she could probably make another ten or eight liang.

Besides, she still had hunting to do in the deep mountains.

When she added it all up, building a house made of blue bricks should be feasible, right?

And she still had bamboo shoots to sell.

If nothing unexpected happened, Manager Wu would come to find her tomorrow.

“Mom, Mom, did you buy us new clothes?” After lunch, Er Ya pointed at the pile of clothes Jian Xiu had bought and asked.

“Mm, after we finish eating, you can all try them on.”

“Mom, why did you buy so many things?” Qi Tou looked at the items on the ground and asked.

“These are all things we need and will eat. I earned some silver from selling things today. I can’t keep letting you all go hungry.”

“Ohh.” Liu Tou said.

While saying this, Jian Xiu noticed Zhang Zixuan’s gaze on her.

She cleared her throat and smiling, asked, “Do you know how much silver I earned from selling the pig offal recipe today?”

“Judging by your expression, it must be quite a bit, ten liang?” Zhang Zixuan casually replied.

Honestly, he didn’t care about how much money it was. As long as she and the children didn’t go hungry, he’d be content.

“Not even close. Try again!”

“Could it be twenty liang?” Zhang Zixuan asked with curiosity.

At this moment, he was really a bit unsure.

Seeing his reaction, Jian Xiu mysteriously held up five fingers and said, “It’s this amount.”

“You scared me. I thought it was twenty liang. Five liang is already good, but…”

“It’s fifty liang!” Jian Xiu directly interrupted Zhang Zixuan.

“What? Fifty… fifty liang?”

“Yes, don’t you believe it? But it’s true! And the pork as well, Manager Wu bought it at the market price of fifteen wen. I thought he wouldn’t want it since it wasn’t fresh anymore, but turns out he’s a decent guy…”

Jian Xiu continued talking, but then she realized Zhang Zixuan was still staring at her, frozen in disbelief.

“What? You don’t believe it?” Jian Xiu asked again.

After finishing her sentence, she took out the silver from her pocket and handed it to Zhang Zixuan, excitedly saying:

“Look, here’s the silver. After buying some things, I still have over forty liang. It’s all here, no lie!”

“I believe you, I just can’t believe that we have over forty liang… no, more than fifty liang now.”

“Right? I can’t believe it either. Do you think we should use this silver to build a house first, or should we send Liu Tou and Qi Tou to the academy first?”

Before she could finish, Liu Tou and Qi Tou’s voices rang out from inside the house:

“Mom, we’ll go to the academy later. We’ll wait until the house is built.”

“I think it’s better to build the house first, then send them to the academy,” Zhang Zixuan also agreed.

The thatched hut could work for a short stay, but it definitely wouldn’t do for the long term.

Not to mention the winter, even if it rained heavily, the place would leak.

He didn’t mind for himself, but he was worried about the children.

Actually, Jian Xiu was more inclined to build the house first. Sending Liu Tou and Qi Tou to the academy could wait.

But the kind of house she wanted to build had many ideas in her mind, and she wasn’t even sure if the silver she had would be enough.

“Zixuan, how much did it cost to build the blue brick house at the Li Zheng family’s place?” Jian Xiu curiously asked.

In Zhangjia Village, only the Li Zheng family and Zhang Xiucai’s family had blue brick houses.

The Zhang Xiucai family had only three rooms, but the Li Zheng family had five.

If she were to build, she had two sons and one daughter. A five-room house might not even be enough for her.

What’s more, the land at the village end was all hers.

She didn’t need to worry about land issues.

“Seems like almost twenty liang! We’ll know exactly when Zhiyong brings the car front grass back,” Zhang Zixuan replied.

“Less than twenty liang? That’s so cheap?”

“Cheap?” Zhang Zixuan widened his eyes and looked at Jian Xiu.

Jian Xiu: “…”

She realized her tone might have been too much.

Thinking about it, for some families in Zhangjia Village, twenty liang might be an amount they couldn’t earn in their lifetime.

The old Zhang family could afford to send their eldest to the academy, but that was thanks to the silver Zhang Zixuan earned from working as a bodyguard.

If it weren’t for that, they would never have been able to afford it.

Thinking of this, the forty or so liang of silver she had left felt like a fortune.

“Ke Ke, Ke Ke…”

“Master, I’m here.”

“Do you have any design plans?”

“Are you asking about house design plans?”

“Yes.”

“I do, but you’ll need to use points to buy them.”

“Can’t you find them yourself?”

“I can explain some basic knowledge, but the design plans in the store are better. I guarantee they’ll satisfy you.”

“Are they from here? Please don’t tell me they’re some fancy designs from the apocalypse.”

“Master, of course, they’re from here. This store is with me, and I’m your assistant, so these are what you’ll need right now,” Ke Ke patiently explained.

“Alright, check how many points the design plans cost.”