Heavenly Blessed Baby: Fleeing Famine, Busy to Prosper!-Chapter 143: Moving House

Just in one day, thirty to forty taels of silver were spent like this.

Although others didn’t know exactly how much the ginseng was sold for, the silver spent was clear.

In one day forty taels were spent. Even though there are now many people, split among everyone it would be almost a tael of silver per person, which made everybody grit their teeth in pain.

"Alright, everyone stop thinking about the silver we spent today. We’ll be moving into the yard tomorrow morning, and then there’ll be no more trouble, which is a good thing."

As the most respected elder in the group, Qi Zheng was sitting in the middle of the communal bed on the men’s side and spoke loudly, "Starting from tomorrow, it will be a brand new day for us, and we won’t be as miserable as before!"

With these words, everyone was happily brought to tears.

Finally, the miserable days were over!

That night, everyone thought they wouldn’t be able to sleep, but after lying down, soon enough there was the sound of loud snoring.

Yi Meng and her mother-in-law were in a single room on the second floor with her daughter.

At this moment, the candle was still burning, and Qi Manman was sleeping soundly.

Mrs. Qi was sitting at the round table, her face stern, staring angrily at Yi Meng.

Yi Meng sat there like a child who had done something wrong, not moving a muscle.

After a long time, Yi Meng said fawningly, "Mother, please, don’t be mad. Brother Jin and the others actually wanted to leave the silver with you, but you were always holding Manbao, and they didn’t dare approach."

Just before the elders left, they mentioned selling the ginseng.

Others might be kept in the dark, but the old lady of the family had to know.

Thus, Mrs. Qi learned about Yi Meng still having a hundred taels of silver.

The silver in the daughter-in-law’s hands didn’t make Mrs. Qi angry, but what made her angry was that such a big matter wasn’t shared until evening.

Especially Yi Meng, who spent almost all day with her, yet she held back and said nothing.

This made the old lady very angry.

Yi Meng knew where she went wrong but didn’t dare to point it out directly.

Knowing Mrs. Qi, if she dared point it out, the old lady would surely start scolding her.

She didn’t want to be the only one getting scolded.

Heavens, had she known, she would have let her husband return later.

But thinking about how her husband hadn’t rested all day yesterday, pulled an all-nighter, suffered the cold, and ran around all day today, the dark circles under his eyes were as panda-like as it could get.

She couldn’t bear to let her husband suffer more, so she braced herself to face her angry mother-in-law.

Seeing her like this and hearing her words, Mrs. Qi was so angry she was amused, "According to you, it’s my fault, isn’t it? I shouldn’t have looked after your child, right?"

Yi Meng shrank her neck and quickly smiled apologetically, "Mother, listen to what you’re saying, having you look after our child is a blessing for us."

Seeing the old lady’s face start to look grim again, Yi Meng knew that if she didn’t proactively admit her mistake, she wouldn’t have a good night’s rest.

She had slept most of the day, so she wasn’t worried, but the old lady couldn’t take stress overnight; she’d surely fall ill the next day.

Thus, Yi Meng gritted her teeth, straightened her back, and said seriously, "Mother, I know I was wrong. I had plenty of chances to tell you today, but I just wanted to surprise you, so I kept quiet."

"But now I know I was wrong. If something like this happens again, I’ll tell you the very first moment."

With that, Yi Meng stood up, went to Mrs. Qi’s side, and grabbed her arm.

Mrs. Qi angrily tried to pull her arm back, but Yi Meng had anticipated this. First she held it, then when the old lady raised her arm to pull back, she slipped her arm in, directly linking arms with her.

Not only did she link arms, Yi Meng leaned her head on the old lady’s shoulder, gently shaking her arm, "Mother, please don’t be angry with me, alright? I truly know I was wrong. If you don’t forgive me, I’ll... I’ll really cry!"

Yi Meng tugged Mrs. Qi’s sleeve, pretending she was about to wipe her nose, which disgusted Mrs. Qi.

She hurriedly pushed Yi Meng’s head away, scolding, "I don’t have the time to be angry with you! Let go, if you’re not tired, I am! Go on, scram to the side!"

The tone was unwelcome, but the expression softened considerably.

Yi Meng sighed in relief, knowing this hurdle had passed.

At least for her, it had passed.

As for whether Second Brother and her husband might bear the brunt later, that was a matter for the future. As long as it didn’t disrupt her and her mother-in-law’s rest for the night, it was all good.

As they say, it’s better for others to face the music than oneself, Yi Meng couldn’t worry about protecting her husband now.

After all, her husband and mother-in-law were true blood relatives; they surely wouldn’t hold resentment forever.

The next morning, everyone left their rooms at the inn, drove the carriage, and headed towards the courtyard rented by Qi Ercai.

The yard was not street-facing and had some distance from the main road.

The yards around were inhabited, but Mr. Qian mentioned that all the residents here were tenants from elsewhere.

Each family minded their own business, having no interaction with each other.

This made the large Qi Family group feel quite comfortable.

Unfamiliar with the place, they didn’t really want excessive contact with neighbors.

Life wasn’t easy, fearing people would try to take advantage, or being mistaken for trying to take advantage themselves.

The front yard was large, but the Qi Family didn’t live there.

Their family had grown, and after adding the thirteen others, those not part of Qi Family were actually more numerous.

So the Qi Family let them have the big yard, and they themselves lived in the small yard at the back.

The small yard had two main rooms and two side rooms on each side.

Of the two main rooms in the front, the central one was a kitchen, with two stoves flanking the entrance, covered by wooden boards without iron pots.

Aside from the basic kangs, windows, and doors, the courtyards had nothing else.

So all items needed to be furnished by those renting the house.

The key advantage was convenience.

Renting didn’t require a deposit, and returning the house only needed an inspection of damage, not checking furniture.

Of the side rooms on each side, only three had kangs, separated by half-high firewalls, with a stove counter near the door leading into a connected kang.

The kangs in all rooms were about the same size.

Those in the main room are slightly larger, sleeping four or five, while the side rooms are slightly smaller, sleeping three or four.

Another room without a kang seemed likely a storage room.

It was empty and clean inside.

But at this moment, the Qi Family was moving grains and such into it.

Upon seeing this, Yi Meng hurried to the front of the carriage, quickly moved the things stored in the space into the carriage while everyone was busy, lest they see fewer items and mistakenly think it was stolen at the inn.