The daily struggles of divorced women in ancient times

"The Zhang family doesn't want to go with us. They say they don't have enough money to buy a house in town. They would rather follow the village chief to the mountains." said Zhu, who had just returned after asking questions.

"In that case, let's just let them do what they want. Everyone, pack your luggage quickly and we will set off early tomorrow morning." said Old Mrs. Zheng.

"it is good!"

Xia Mianwan packed up the food and some vegetables and meat, and stuffed the rest into the space. Fortunately, he had lived in the town for a few days in order to open the shop, otherwise it would have been difficult to get everything done.

"Grandma, I want to go to the town and buy the house first. Once the news spreads, many people will go to the town to avoid the disaster. I want to buy the house as soon as possible, otherwise the three rooms in the shop may not be enough to live in." Xia Mianwan packed up her things and went to Mrs. Zheng's room and said to her.

Old Mrs. Zheng felt that what Xia Mianwan said made sense, so she told Xia Mianwan to be careful and left quickly while it was still daylight.

"Grandma, whether there are thieves or not at night, I hope you all hide in the cellar and leave as soon as the sun rises tomorrow. What happened in the next village is scary. Our cellar is not conspicuous and most people can't find it." Xia Mianwan arranged everything, paid Uncle Liu twenty cents, and sent him to the town.

Fortunately, Uncle Liu was not transferred this time because of his leg problems.

After Xia Mianwan arrived in the town, he hurried to the official yamen and paid one hundred taels of silver to buy the house next to the shop. It was really a coincidence, if he had been a little later, it would have been bought by someone else.

After Xia Mianwan bought the house, he went to the shop without having time to clean it.

When I arrived at the shop, I happened to meet Zhou Chengze.

"Young man from the Zhou family, why are you here?" Xia Mianwan opened the door and let Zhou Chengze in.

Zhou Chengze said shyly, "I heard that there is a war in Qianling. I wonder if you still need firewood. It won't be so easy to go out of town to chop firewood in the future."

What Zhou Chengze said was indeed a matter of fact, "Brother Zhou, I want it, but you have to ensure your own safety and don't do anything reckless."

When Zhou Chengze saw Xia Mianwan asking for firewood, his eyes lit up, "It's not dangerous. We are a group of friends who followed the adults to chop firewood together."

"Okay, then I want some more. If you have some, send it over." Xia Mianwan said.

"By the way, our family bought a house next door to yours, so you can just deliver the firewood there."

Zhou Chengze nodded, bowed and left.

Seeing that it was getting late, Xia Mianwan took some cooked food from the space and ate it.

The house over there is good in every way except that there is no well. If you want to use water, you have to go to the public well at the entrance of the alley to fetch water. Fortunately, the house is very close to the shop here, just a few steps away, so it is not a problem to fetch water from here.

Xia Mianwan's grocery store had stocked a lot of things in the past two days. While she was tidying up the house, she recorded what was missing. Some of them were taken directly from the store, and some were taken from the space. If there was anything missing, she would buy it tomorrow.

There are four main rooms, three side rooms, a kitchen and a yard. Xia Mianwan simply cleaned up and arranged the whole house until midnight.

It was late at night, and Xia Mian was sleeping with something on his mind, so he didn't sleep very well.

Before the morning, Xia Mianwan had already woken up and waited for the Zheng family with a heavy heart, fearing that something might go wrong on the way. Fortunately, an hour later, the Zheng family drove a donkey cart to the shop.

Xia Mianwan tied up the donkey cart and then took everyone to the house next door.

"There are four main rooms here. Grandmother can have one room, mother can have one room, aunt can have one room, and my brother and sister-in-law and Lingwan can have one room. I will take Brother Chen and Sister Yu to live in the shop. There are ready-made rooms anyway. As for the rest, we can talk about it after Xiaocheng and Xiaoqi come back!" Xia Mianwan said.

"Sister-in-law, is our shop still open?" Zheng Lingwan asked.

Xia Mianwan thought for a while and said, "I don't know either. Let's take a look at the situation in the town first. We can't go to the county to buy goods now, and I don't know if we have enough. Let's see the situation for a few days. If the situation is not too bad, we can open the shop."

Zheng Lingwan was very happy to hear that the shop could still be opened.

"You must not have slept well last night. Hurry up and pack up and have some rest. I'll go to the wonton stall at the door to buy some food for you." Xia Mianwan said considerately.

Zhou said, "I'll go with you, and slowly I'll get familiar with it."

Xia Mianwan nodded and took Zhou for a walk around the house. Zhou had already secretly memorized the locations of the grain store, vegetable stall, meat stall, and market.

The two of them returned to the house carrying the packaged wontons. At this time, Zhou Chengze had already delivered the firewood.

Seeing Xia Mianwan, Zhou Chengze said happily: "Here are eight loads of firewood, fully weighed, enough for you to use for a long time."

Xia Mianwan asked Zhou Chengze to help stack the firewood in the yard, and then said, "Thank you very much. Is it the same price as before?"

Zhou Chengze was a little embarrassed, but still said: "Due to the current situation, the price of each load of firewood will increase by one penny."

Xia Mianwan nodded to show her understanding and paid the bill for Zhou Chengze.

After Zhou Chengze received the money, he said to Xia Mianwan: "If you need anything, feel free to ask me. My mother also has a lot of things. If you need help, you can ask me anytime. If you need help, I can also find a very cheap helper, as long as you don't mind."

"Oh? What kind of helper?" Xia Mianwan was a little curious.