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Transmigration: From Farmer To Empress-Chapter 18 - Go Home (1)_1
18: Chapter 18 Go Home (1)_1
18: Chapter 18 Go Home (1)_1
Indeed, having some silver made things much easier.
In less than half a shichen, the horse carriage was packed full: white rice, pork, bean oil, eggs, all kinds of beans, spiced meat, soap beans, a large bath tub, charcoal basin, wood charcoal, all sorts of things.
They piled things from the floor of the carriage all the way to the roof until no more items could be placed.
Only then did Cai Wei stop.
“Hmm, this should be enough for now!”
Sitting in the carriage, Cai Wei rubbed her tired arms and surveyed the spoils in the carriage with satisfaction.
Hehe, it was indeed plentiful, containing everything they needed.
With these goods, her mother and younger siblings’ tough refugee-like appearance should improve soon, right?
She pondered.
Her mother was only twenty-nine, and should have been a rare beauty.
However, due to long-term hardship and suffering, she appeared like an old cucumber deprived of moisture, with a yellow, haggard face and a stooped posture, looking rather distressed.
Then there were her two younger brothers.
The two children were very well born, their distinct features revealing them as cute little chubbos.
But due to long-term malnutrition, they had been turned into bean sprouts with big heads and small bodies.
Her younger sister, Wei’er, was already ten years old this year.
In ordinary families, girls of this age would have been cloistered inside, rarely venturing out of their rooms.
However, Wei’er had to act like a boy, collect wild vegetables on the mountain, gather firewood, fetch water from the creek, wash clothes.
Exposed to the elements, her originally delicate tofu-like skin had been wrecked into a plateau red color…
It was time they enjoyed some good days, to share in some blessings!
She had the ability to make their lives better and the responsibility to do so.
Since she occupied Mu Caiwei’s body, she should provide for her family.
Moreover, she already regarded them as her own dearest loved ones!
…
The winter in the north was extremely cold and the days were short.
After You time, the sky became completely dark, enveloped by a layer of black veil, and no light could be seen.
In the night, the horse carriage carrying the goods slowly entered Mu Family Village, braving the cold wind and trudging through the accumulated snow.
In the carriage, Lady Du held a basket of eggs carefully in the corner, fearing that the carriage would sway and break these precious eggs.
Her expression was both excited and anxious.
She was excited because her children would finally be able to eat their fill, no one would have to go hungry again.
And the good things in the carriage, when the children see them later, they might be overjoyed!
She was nervous because grandpa had said he would help them manage the money from selling the pig.
If he found out that more than half of the ten taels of silver from selling the pig had been spent, she didn’t know whether he would be angry and take it out on her.
“Ah, Wei’er…” Lady Du stammered.
Caiwei, leaning against a large bag of white rice, opened her eyes when she heard the sound.
“Do you think, if your grandpa knows we’ve spent so much money, he won’t be happy?”
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Caiwei curved the corners of her mouth, gave a cold laugh and said, “What business is it of his if we spend our own money?”
“Aye!
Although that’s true, but your grandpa did say he would help us manage the money from selling the pig, aye…” drawled Lady Du, sighing repeatedly.
Her emaciated yellow face revealed a worried expression.
She was conflicted.
The reason she didn’t stop her daughter from buying things recklessly was because she thought that the remaining silver would end up in the hands of the main family.
She was reluctant to accept this, hence she wished all the silver would be spent.
On the other hand, she was also very afraid.
Her mother-in-law was extraordinarily fierce, having once slapped her face with a shoe sole, made her kneel for an entire day in the ancestral hall during the cold lunar December, and almost sold her to Butcher Zhang in the neighbouring village behind her husband’s back…
If they find out that the money from selling the pig wasn’t handed over to them, but was arbitrarily spent by both her and her daughter, there’s no telling how they may torment her!