Seeking Happiness Chapter 163: Life outside the residence

Du Qiu went back before dark. Before he left, he taught the three tricks of self-defense on a good day. It doesn’t require much effort. The borrowed word is a clever word. Of course, it’s useless to fight with others. It’s just caught off guard. It will be used to bluff people, but it is not convenient for men and women to try it out in person. Fortunately, she is also smart at the good time. She also understands most of the explanations of gestures, and she quietly practiced while no one was around. After a while, when Shu Huan and the others came back, she stopped.

I brought some oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and fruits and vegetables on Shuhuan Road. The first meal I ate in Xinjuli that night was made by my heart. It’s not surprising to say that Liangchen Meijing said it was a maid, but that was also true. A relatively pampered maid, she only serves tea, pours water, communicates and fetches things. She is not very proficient in cooking, so she can only cook some simple soup and porridge. She is only accustomed to doing housework since she was a child, and she also has considerable cooking skills.

It's just that the food made by Xingxin smelled fragrant and was put on the table. When Shu Huan couldn't wait to pick up a chopstick and try it, her face became bitter.

Tianxin looked apprehensively: "Why, it's not delicious?"

"No no." Shu Huan straightened her face immediately and shook her head: "It's good, you guys sit down and eat too. Once you are out of the house, there are not so many rules. When there are no outsiders, you just have one piece. Eat, lest you score twice, which is very troublesome."

The maids know that she has a good temperament and has no habit of speaking insincerely. Since they were asked to sit down, they just sat down. It was only when they tasted the food that she shouted that she was deceived

The beautiful scenery turned her head and spit out the food in her mouth: "Why... so salty..."

Liangchen swallowed the vegetables, followed by several mouthfuls of rice.

Shu Huan succeeded in a deceit, just grinning.

Shangxin didn’t believe it, so I took a chopstick and tasted it: “It’s not salty, it’s just right to have the meal. I still think the food in the house is too light”

……

He is clearly a person from the same region, so the difference in taste won't be so big

Finally, after analyzing for half a day, I realized that the family was too poor when I was a child. Although salt is also expensive these days, it is better than vegetables. It is often enough for a family to eat for a whole day. It has become a heavy flavor of cooking with more salt.

"This..." Shu Huan whispered with a black line: "It's not good to eat too much salt, so let's keep cooking less in the future."

"Okay." Appreciation is not too picky. People who have lived in the mountains and forests like her and tried to be hungry are really not picky about eating, whether it's salty or light, treat her Just eat.

A meal will be finished, Xianxin collected the bowl, and the good day and the beautiful scenery will bring water to clean the room.

Someone has lived in the house, but the little boy is obviously lazy. Many furniture is covered with a thick layer of dust, and it takes several times to clean it. After Shu Huan was out of the house, she felt a little uncomfortable. Sitting really boring, seeing them busy, rushed up and put a hand, wiped down a room, only to find that I hadn't exercise for too long, and I felt a little tired and sweated thinly.

At this time, it’s troublesome to boil water for a bath, and time doesn’t allow, Shu Huan decided to bear with it, and called the maids to go to bed, only to stay with her for her enjoyment, because the first night she taught her one She was a little scared when she was sleeping in this empty and strange place.

The two entered the inner room, and only found out that the problem came when Yixin was about to shop——

They all forgot a very important thing and did not buy bedding

"This..." Appreciation was still in a daze, and the beautiful scenery and the good day came in outside, one by one: "Well, we are all confused, forgot to buy a bed, how will the girl sleep tonight?"

Shu Huan looked at the sky outside, it was too late.

The ancient times are different from the modern times. It’s not easy to go out when the lights and wax are dark. Besides, their current residences are surrounded by slightly more wealthy families. Even if they are a little wealthy, there are not many people. I would spend money to hang lanterns at the front of the door to waste wax, and it is not safe to go out through a dark alley to buy things on the street.

"I will do it tonight and sleep on the board."

"How do you do that?" The beauty first said: "It's autumn, and it's still very cold at night."

Shu Huan laughed and said: "Close the doors and windows, sleep for two people, it will not be too cold, but don't forget to buy bedding tomorrow, you also have to buy some pens, ink, paper, needles, brains, tea bowls..."

According to this calculation, there are so many trivial things needed to spend the day at home. If the hands and feet are slowed down, the money will probably be spent unconsciously. It seems that in the future, you will have to back up the account books and change every All the daily expenses are recorded. Look at how much money you need to feed the three maids in one month.

Shu Huan was still thinking about it when he blew the lamp and lay on it. She felt that the two shops she bought could be used first. I rented out that one with a better location, but the other one was a bit off. It can be used to sell painting stones and carvings, but I don’t know how the tax is collected here, whether it is heavy or not, don’t spread it out at that time, the money you get from selling things is not enough to pay the tax.

Furthermore, opening a shop is not easy. She and the maids are probably inconvenient to show their faces and stand at the counter, and they have to hire a man, but how much is appropriate? There are no males in the family. I may not feel scared if I live in the daytime. When the surroundings are quiet at night, I feel cold and soaked. I can't help thinking about it. The alley is so dark and the courtyard wall is so low. , Will there be a thief sneaking in...

For safety's sake, keep a watchdog.

Shu Huan had a good idea, and heard that Tianxin turned over carefully, obviously not asleep yet, she couldn't help but ask: "Why, can't you sleep? Is the board too hard?"

"No, no, I've even slept in a cave. It would be nice to have a board to sleep." He said in a hurry, "I just don't know what's going on, but I can't sleep for a while."

Actually, it was not big enough. She was afraid of squeezing Shuhuan and wanted to lean out as much as possible. She was also worried that her sleeping posture would not be good, and she would not be able to sleep even if she was unconsciously disturbed.

"The girl didn't fall asleep?" She laughed again: "Now it is good to think about staying at Gu's house. At least you don't need a sleeping board."

This is not a benefit. The only benefit is probably that you don’t have to take care of yourself, there are not so many things to worry about, but it is relatively unfree.

Shu Huan smiled: "Don't mention it, actually at Gu's~IndoMTL.com~ I have even slept in a straw pile"

Not a lie, she had slept in a straw pile when she first walked through.

Thinking about this, she thought of Gu Xiran again, wondering if he is okay outside now. If she knew that she was dismissed, how would she react...

No, no, no sleep.

In order to relax herself, Shu Huan asked casually: "Why did you stay alone in the mountains for so many months?"

When I mentioned this, he was silent for a while and Fang said: "I took away all the rations of the family when I went up the mountain. I was very scared. I found a cave abandoned by a beast and shrank into it. I didn’t dare to go out. I saved those rations and lasted for a full month. Later, I dig wild vegetables and pick up mountain fruits. When I couldn’t find anything to eat, I cooked the bark of grass roots. I was lucky. I didn’t encounter any ferocious beasts. The injury is still..."

She was halfway through, and heard that Shu Huan's nose heavier beside her, she turned her head and looked at the moonlight reflected in her head outside the window paper. She was so tired that she fell asleep, and she couldn't help but smile, feeling calmer in her heart, and followed Close your eyes and go to sleep.

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