The daily struggles of divorced women in ancient times

None of the women in the Zheng family had ever done any housework, including Xia Mianwan. Before she transmigrated into the book, she was the apple of her parents' eyes and seldom did any housework.

So the women in this room spent a long time making their beds, trying to figure out how the maids used to make their beds.

Zhu sighed, "Now I know what it means to regret not having enough knowledge when you need it!"

Fortunately, despite such a desperate situation, none of the women in the Zheng family complained about their feelings. When Xia Mianwan first came here, she still felt that she was the chosen one and did not look down on these ancient women.

However, after experiencing this exile, Xia Mianwan really admires these women. Life is already so hard, but these people can adjust their mentality after finding their direction.

After some bumps and bruises, I managed to clean up the room and the kitchen.

At this time, Zheng Xiaoqi and Zheng Xiaocheng also came back with their donkey carts. When they saw that everyone had come out to greet them, they tied up the donkeys and unloaded the carts.

"Grandma, the town here is quite far away. It was Da Niu at the entrance of the village who took us there. Our family lacked everything, so I bought everything according to what Da Niu said, including tables, stools, iron pots, axes, hoes, etc. We bought them all. Da Niu said that the winter here is very cold and we need to hibernate, so I also bought a lot of charcoal. As for food, there are not many things to buy in this town. I remember that my sister-in-law had bought rice and flour before, so we didn't buy any." Zheng Xiaoqi said as he thought.

"We have almost used up all the money. Even the remaining money we had was spent today," Zheng Xiaocheng added.

Mrs. Zheng nodded with satisfaction and said, "Very good, you two children have done a great job, and grandma is very pleased. Let's put it this way, from today on, Xiaoqi and Xiaocheng will be the ones to support the family, and your sister-in-law will be in charge of the housekeeping. If it weren't for your sister-in-law, we wouldn't have been able to reach the Northland."

Everyone expressed no opinion.

Xia Mianwan had no objection when she saw that Old Lady Zheng wanted to manage the household herself. After all, if she managed the household herself, it would be convenient to smuggle things out.

"In that case, I will be the head of the family starting tomorrow. I will take inventory of our things tonight, and tomorrow we will discuss the next steps together." Xia Mianwan said.

Everyone said they had no objection.

At night, a bright moon quietly hung in the night sky.

Xia Mianwan first gave Chen Ge'er and Yu Jie'er a good bath. They hadn't had a bath for such a long time, and Xia Mianwan was really worried that the two children would get lice.

The kang in Xia Mianwan's room was very large. After coaxing the two children to sleep, Xia Mianwan took some shampoo and shower gel and gave herself a thorough bath and hair wash.

Wearing a dry hair cap, Xia Mianwan took a notebook and a pen and began to count how much assets he had on hand.

Not counting the things that were originally in the supermarket space, the things that were taken out from the warehouse were not touched, and there were still 98,000 taels of silver and 5,000 taels of gold that had not been touched. The supplies that Cui'er had purchased at the time were consumed some during the exile, but she was replenished as she consumed them, so there was still a lot of food.

There were 2000 steamed buns, flower rolls, and cakes of various colors, and nearly a thousand plates of ready-made dishes such as chicken, duck, fish, and meat. The rest was tens of thousands of kilograms of uncooked rice, flour, and various grains. There were chickens, ducks, and geese each, kilograms of pork, and kilograms of mutton.

There are also 1,000 kilograms of various vegetables.

Then there are the local specialties that he stockpiled during his exile: smoked meat, cured meat, dried fish, sausages, etc.

There was enough food, so Xia Mian didn’t go to check the things in the supermarket space again.

Supplies are in short supply in the North. If you want to live a good life, you cannot lack food at all.

If it was just their family who wanted to live a good life in the north, this money would be enough for them to live for dozens of lifetimes. However, no one could predict what would happen in the future. Since they were going to be the head of the family, they had to do a good job.

Xia Mianwan took out two thousand taels of silver and put it in a wooden box. This was the silver she displayed in public.

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Before daybreak, Xia Mianwan got up in the dew.

The winter in the north is really cold, but fortunately there is a kang. If there is no kang, I really can't live without a stove every day. After Xia Mian got dressed, he went to the kitchen.

She first took some of the rice and flour that Cui'er had purchased in the space and poured it into two rice jars, which was about 100 kilograms of rice and 100 kilograms of flour.

Then he took out all kinds of cured meat, smoked meat and dried goods that he had bought at the village market on his way to exile, and hung them in the kitchen vents one by one.

Dried goods such as bamboo shoots, black fungus, and dried mushrooms are placed on the upper shelf of the carved cupboard in the kitchen.

Among the supplies Cui'er purchased, there was also a batch of bowls, plates and chopsticks. Xia Mianwan took these to the lower shelf of the cupboard and arranged them there.

Then, Xia Mianwan went to the main room and arranged the warm cotton-padded clothes according to everyone's body shape. After these clothes were arranged, there were about four sets for each person. Xia Mianwan also put away the summer clothes, and each person had about five sets.

The only clothes that can be worn in the North are those prepared by Cui'er. The rest are collected in the warehouse and are unwearable, but they are okay to use.

After Xia Mianwan laid out all the clothes, Mrs. Zheng, Mrs. Zhou, and Mrs. Zhu got up one after another. The three of them looked at the thick pile of clothes Xia Mianwan had placed on the table curiously and asked, "Mianwan, what are you doing?"

"These are some ready-made clothes prepared by Cui'er. That's all they are. We have everything we need for now. I've sorted out these clothes, and everyone can take them to their rooms later." Xia Mianwan explained.

"Cui'er is so thoughtful!" Zhu praised.

At this time, the other people also woke up, and Xia Mianwan asked them to take their clothes back to the room.

When they came out again, Xia Mianwan said, "Let me tell you, we still have two thousand taels of silver. For ordinary people, this amount of silver is enough to live for a lifetime. However, people want to live a good life, and it is hard to say what will happen in the future, so we still have to spend frugally. We still have to open up the wasteland, but I don't understand these things, so I'll leave it to Xiaocheng and Xiaoqi."

Zheng Xiaoqi and Zheng Xiaocheng nodded in agreement.

"As for us women, this is my plan. Grandma is naturally our reassurance. Just play with the two children. Xiaoqi will also have children in the future, and grandma will pay more attention to them then." Xia Mianwan said with a smile.

When Mrs. Zheng heard this, she was delighted and agreed with a smile.

"Mother and aunt are responsible for washing clothes at home, my sister-in-law and Lingwan are responsible for three meals a day, and I will take care of other chores. If I have nothing to do, I will cook with my sister-in-law and Lingwan." Xia Mianwan continued.

After thinking about it, everyone felt that this arrangement was quite reasonable.

Xia Mianwan took Zhu and Zheng Lingwan to the kitchen. The two were amazed to see the kitchen that had been cleaned and tidied by Xia Mianwan.

"Sister-in-law, you are really capable!"

"I learned it too. We have to make a fire first and then cook. Let's make porridge in the morning. We still have some meat buns and pickles left over." Xia Mianwan said with a smile.

"it is good!"

The preparation of this meal was full of twists and turns, but fortunately Xia Mianwan knew how to cook. With Xia Mianwan's guidance, Zheng Lingwan and Zhu finally prepared breakfast.

When it was served, Mrs. Zheng praised the porridge a few words when she saw how well it looked.

Everyone wolfed down their breakfast.