During the lean years, I relied on space to pamper my husband and raise my children.

Under Shen Qianning's careful care, the three children are no longer the thin and dry cowpeas they were before, and their cheeks have become plump and round.

I have to say that all three children were born with good skin.

As the weather gets warmer day by day, the snow begins to melt.

The family is planning a trip to the county town.

The children were wearing jackets. Shen Qianning was not good at needlework before. It was the last time the woman from Qingtian Village came to accompany her that she slowly became able to sew, so that she would not be as crooked as before.

Xiao Dongchen was particularly excited.

He kept talking to Shen Qianning: "Mom, it's snowing now. Will there be more people in the county? Will those who went out to escape the famine also come back?"

Xiao Feiye pushed the trolley and just looked at this scene with a smile.

The relationship between the family of five is becoming more and more harmonious and close, and he can feel this.

He himself feels that life has become more positive.

Shen Qianning will find ways to cook delicious food for them during this time.

Although miscellaneous grains are still unavoidable, the taste and variety have changed.

After recovering her thoughts, Shen Qianning said softly to the children, "There must be a lot of people in the county. After the snow this year, everyone will be busy with spring plowing. Our family has acquired 32 acres of land, plus our own three acres. There are 35 acres of land!”

Excited to think about it.

If the 35 acres of land were planted with high-quality crops as she thought, she would definitely be able to make a lot of money.

None of the villagers who fled the famine came back. According to her calculations, they would come back one after another in a month. However, by then they would have missed the spring plowing, so she was afraid there would be another conflict.

We didn't arrive at the county seat until noon.

Shen Qianning was thinking about how to separate from Xiao Feiye, and there happened to be a lot of people entering the city.

So she said: "My husband, please take your children and follow slowly into the city. I will go into the city first to exchange the dowry. You will wait for me at the place where the seeds are sold."

After saying that, he ran away regardless of Xiao Feiye's refusal.

Seeing Xiao Feiye's worry, Xiao Dongchen comforted him, "Don't worry, dad. Mom is so powerful and nothing will happen to her. Even bad guys will be beaten away by her."

Xiao Feiye sighed: "I feel guilty. When I make money in the future, I will buy more jewelry for your mother."

There was really no money at home, so when Shen Qianning proposed to exchange the dowry for silver, he could only acquiesce.

Xiao Nanchuan said seriously: "When I make money in the future, I will also buy jewelry for my mother."

As soon as Shen Qianning entered the city, he started wandering around.

She doesn't have any money on her, so she needs to change it.

Fortunately, there are precious porcelain, calligraphy and paintings collected in the last days in the space, and these things can also be used as pawns.

So I found a pawn shop and took out a calligraphy and painting and gave it to the shopkeeper.

Shen Qianning had no idea how much the shopkeeper would estimate for this painting.

The shopkeeper spread out the calligraphy and painting and looked at it carefully, and asked cautiously: "Do you really want to be the wife of this painting?"

He looked at the painting in his hand carefully. Although it was not by a famous artist he was familiar with, the artistic conception of this painting was very good, especially the empty mountains and deep valleys, the mountains and flowing water, it was like being there. In terms of the artistic conception of this painting alone, it was like a painting. Excellent painting.

Shen Qianning asked: "Can this painting be used as a painting?"

The shopkeeper nodded affirmatively: "I can give you 100 taels of silver if you play this painting alive, and more if you play dead."

100 taels of silver?

Shen Qianning felt that the price was too cheap.

"How much does it cost to die?" Shen Qianning asked.

"200 taels of silver." The shopkeeper gave the highest price he could.

I have to say that this price really did not meet Shen Qianning's estimated price.

When the shopkeeper saw Shen Qianning's hesitation, he immediately explained: "This painting is excellent both in terms of artistry and artistic conception, but the painter is not famous. As you know, fame is the main factor in things like calligraphy and painting. I will accept this one." Calligraphy and painting also involve a lot of risk, and you know that money is very valuable these days, and the price I mentioned is already the highest price I can give you."

He also knew that the price of this painting was more than this.

That's the way pawn shops are, the pawn price is definitely cheaper than the actual price.

What's more, they also need to eat and earn money.

Shen Qianning sighed in his heart, knowing that the shopkeeper was telling the truth, not to mention that this is a county town, and the price would probably be higher if he went to a big city.

That’s all, solving the immediate problem is the most important thing.

"210 taels, if the shopkeeper can accept this price, just write a pawn ticket and die." You must bargain, ten taels of silver is enough for a family to live for a long time.

The shopkeeper happily started to write the pawn ticket immediately, and while writing, he said: "Madam, if you have similar paintings to send in the future, our Tianbao Pawn Shop is absolutely honest, and we have branches in countless cities."

Shen Qianning specifically asked the shopkeeper to give him all the silver ingots.

Carrying the bag containing the silver ingots, she left the pawn shop.

I found a small alley with no people around, took out ten taels of silver, and put the rest into the space.

Ten taels of silver is still too much for this family now.

So I went to the bank to exchange for broken silver, and then I went to the place where grain seeds were sold with satisfaction.

There was a long queue outside the store. Shen Qianning looked around but didn't see Xiao Feiye, so he guessed he hadn't entered the city yet.

I simply found a place where no one was and took out all the seeds I had prepared in advance.

Seeds of various vegetables and fruits, as well as rice and corn seeds.

When she was at home, she used cloth bags to separate the seeds one by one.

I am not afraid that Xiao Feiye will find any clues.

A cloth bag of seeds weighs about seven or eight pounds, which is definitely not enough to plant more than [-] acres of land.

Xiao Feiye had to buy some, otherwise it would be difficult for her to speak.

So I bought five big steamed buns and left the city.

Xiao Feiye was still queuing up with his children. There were carriages and carriages in a row. This row moved very slowly.

When Shen Qianning saw the children, she divided the steamed buns she bought one by one.

It's just that when the three children got the steamed buns, they didn't open their mouths to eat them.

Xiao Dongchen and Xiao Xiyue fed the steamed buns directly to Shen Qianning's mouth, and almost said in unison: "Mom, you eat first."

Xiao Nanchuan fed the steamed buns to Xiao Feiye.

Shen Qianning pinched the cheeks of the two children and felt warm in her heart: "Your mother has received it, eat it quickly! Both parents have it!"

Steamed buns are a particularly rare and precious food for the three children.

The three of them sat on the cart, taking small bites.

Shen Qianning put the bag on the cart and handed a steamed bun to Xiao Feiye.

Xiao Feiye took it and asked, "What's in the bag?"

Shen Qianning didn't take anything when she left.

The cloth bag is so eye-catching that it’s hard not to notice it.

Shen Qianning came closer and said with a guilty conscience: "I saw a well-dressed old man selling various seeds. He said that these seeds are the best ones left at home, and many of them are sent from far away. I bought them back, but it was a pity that they were not planted during the drought. Now that I don’t want to farm, I sold my family’s real estate. I want to live in a big city, so these seeds are sold cheaply.”