After the marriage was severed, I fled with my golden finger to protect my mother

Chapter 177 Xu Linzhi's Depression

"Could it be that the government has also taken a fancy to our skills in building the kang and wants us to hand it over?"

Xu Qinghe was a little worried. As a man who had lived in the countryside for so many years, he had an instinctive fear of the word "government" from the bottom of his heart.

"Let's go and have a look tomorrow. Maybe they just want to buy a house from us."

Since His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had already believed that a snowstorm was going to happen last night, he should have made arrangements for it today. Maybe people in the government learned about this good recipe for building a kang and decided to buy it and offer it to the government.

Of course, it is also possible that people just want it directly and are not willing to pay money to buy it.

But we'll talk about all this tomorrow. No matter what, they're not afraid of anything.

Because the weather was cold and there were not many pedestrians on the road, the carriage sped along and soon entered the city gate.

There were quite a few people on the street. Xu Qinghe was listening to the hustle and bustle outside and was thinking about whether he should bring some food from the street back to Cui, when he suddenly heard a familiar voice.

"Don't think that just because you're the boss, I have to follow your instructions!"

"You are so ungrateful. I said all that for your own good. As your brother, would I harm you?"

"Humph! Really kind or fake kindness? Don't think that others can't see it. No one is stupid and will let you do whatever you want!"

"You! If I had known this would happen, I wouldn't have bothered to bring you out..."

Two men in thin clothes were arguing on the side of the street, and they didn't notice that a man in the carriage that just passed by them was glaring at them with resentful eyes.

"Since the two of them are here, maybe all the members of the Xu family have come to the capital."

Although the carriage was moving very slowly, it was getting farther and farther away from the two people who were arguing with red faces and thick necks. Xu Qinghe withdrew his gaze, and his face suddenly became somewhat ferocious.

Previously, the old steward of Prince Ning’s Mansion sent someone to say that the Xu family he described were not found on the road. Unexpectedly, they now went directly to the capital.

"They should all be here. Yesterday I met Xu Qingrong and his family..."

Yuxiu then remembered that when she went back before, she only told him about the big event that was about to happen, but forgot to mention what happened when she met Xu Qingrong's family.

"We're home now. Let's talk slowly when we get back. There's no rush."

Just then, the carriage arrived at the door of the house. Xu Qinghe asked someone to help Zhang Dazhui arrange the pork on the carriage, and then he took Yuxiu back to the backyard.

Cui had people prepare the meal long ago. When she saw Xu Qinghe and his daughter coming home together, she immediately asked everyone to wash their hands and start eating. The whole family was smiling and very harmonious.

In contrast to them, the atmosphere of Xu Linzhi's family living in Maple Leaf Lane is not so harmonious.

"I just want you to go out and find some work to do, but you're so unwilling to do it?"

Xu Linzhi was quite depressed. She frowned and looked at her brothers with great dissatisfaction.

In the past when they were in Xujia Village, the brothers were willing to follow the villagers to the city to find some work to do in their spare time, so as to earn some money and supplement the family expenses.

Now that they have come to a prosperous place like the capital, they are unwilling to find work no matter what you say.

"You can't blame your brothers for this. You saw today that those who were hired were either to carry bags for others, or to repair houses for others, and some were even hired to collect night incense for others. These were not decent jobs, and your brothers were not capable of doing them..."

Xu Qingrong was also very reluctant to let his son do these rough labors. You know, they already live in the capital city now, and their future generations will all be Beijing residents. If they really want to find some work to do, they have to do some decent and respectable work.

Xu Linzhi's brothers looked at their father with gratitude, but saw their little sister Xu Linzhi next to them looking at them angrily, so they coughed lightly and looked away.

I don’t know what their sister is thinking. They have suffered so much along the way and finally arrived in the capital. Before they could enjoy a good life for a few days, they were forced by their sister to go out and find a job.

"Sister, it's not that the brothers are lazy and don't want to work. It's just that it's freezing cold and it's going to snow soon. It's hard to find any good work. It's better to wait until the New Year is over and spring comes..."

"Big brother is right. When it gets warmer, we brothers will all go out to find work. We will use the money we earn to buy flowers for you, my sister..."

"Don't worry, sister. When the time comes, I will save all the money we earn for you and use it to buy you a dowry..."

Seeing that Xu Linzhi looked unhappy, several brothers immediately started to make big promises.

Their plan to buy food today went very smoothly. When they went to the food shop in the morning, they thought that buying too much would attract attention, so they asked tentatively. Unexpectedly, the shopkeeper directly asked them to buy more and store them.

What the shopkeeper meant was that the weather was getting colder and colder, and if one had extra money at home, one might as well buy some more food and keep it at home. Not only would it be more cost-effective, but it would also save one from having to go out to buy food all the time.

The Xu family, who already had ulterior motives, were delighted when they heard the shopkeeper's words. There was no need for them to act separately and they directly asked the shopkeeper to take out the best food, spending a total of three hundred taels of silver.

This was also a big business, so the shopkeeper immediately had someone harness the horse-drawn carriage and move the grain directly from the warehouse to the Xu family.

After the food issue was resolved, the remaining silver and money were exchanged for charcoal for heating and cotton clothes and quilts.

Now that they have money in their hands, each member of the Xu family bought a thick fur cloak, which they can use when going out. If it is really too cold, they can also cover themselves on top of the quilt to keep warmer.

Add to that the small things needed for daily life, such as pots, pans, rice, flour, grain and oil, and then look at the money at last, there is less than one hundred taels of silver left.

How can this work?

Xu Linzhi thought of letting her brothers find work. Not only could this save food, but it could also bring in some income. Isn't that the best of both worlds?

If it weren't for the fact that his father Xu Qingrong was a little unhappy, Xu Linzhi would even want his father to find a job first.

What else would happen?

A room full of grown men don't work to earn money. Is it up to her, a powerless woman, and her mother, a woman who knows nothing, to find a solution?

I thought it was just a matter of words, but no one in the family was willing to listen to her.