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Chen Xiao Cai’s eyes lit up when he saw Tanghulu: “Big brother, are you rich or something?”
With that Chen Xiao Cai took a bite and closed his eyes to savor the sweetness.
Tanghulu was rather luxurious for a family like theirs, Chen Xiao Mi would only buy it for his younger brother on special occasions, the last time he bought it was when he hunted the tiger.
Chen Xiao Mi smiled and said: “You are not wrong.”
Chen Xiao Cai’s eyes widened when he heard that: “Has the butler paid you a higher price for this game?”
Chen Xiao Mi narrowed his eyes and said: “Yes, something like that.”
Chen Xiao Mi had calculated in his mind, he spent ten taels to marry Lu Lin, but he had saved three taels for taxes, now he had six taels in hand from Lu Lin’s glass marbles, three plus six was nine, he only lost one tael.
But on top of that, Lu Lin was a great cook, he was always busy in the house helping out. So technically, Chen Xiao Mi thought he didn’t suffer any loss from this marriage.1girl math or should I say Bio math
Chen Xiao Mi beamed with a smile at the thought.
Chen Xiao Cai also showed a big smile seeing his big brother’s smile.
Chen Xiao Mi rarely smiled after their father died, Chen Xiao Cai cherished this moment so much! Sometimes he just wanted to defend his elder brother in front of the gossipy village people, he knew his elder brother was not vicious or merciless, his elder brother had a gentle heart!
Lu Lin was very happy to see Chen Xiao Cai and Chen Xiao Mai enjoying tanghulu so much. ‘The poor kids don’t have any snacks, I still have some candied dates and candies in my shop, I need to find a way to give them a snack….’
Chen Xiao Mi decided to take a break from hunting, he bought some tiles and bricks to renovate the roof in case it leaked in winter.
“Xiao Mi, what do you think about building kang?”
Chen Xiao Mi took a quick look at Lu Lin: “What’s a kang?”
Lu Lin thought for a moment and explained: “Kang is a brick bed that can be heated, we even build a stove inside to cook and retain heat, this can help us survive the cold at night, so we won’t get sick.”
Chen Xiao Mi was intrigued when he heard ‘we won’t get sick’. Chen Xiao Mai, his youngest brother, was very weak and he tended to get sick easily in winter, Chen Xiao Mi could not bear to see his younger brother suffer every winter. Plus Chen Xiao Mi was sure this coming winter would be even colder than usual.
“How do you know about kang?” Chen Xiao Mi asked.
“I read it from my cousin Lu Cheng Yu’s book.” Lu Lin lied.
Chen Xiao Mi nodded: “That makes sense.”
Knowledge was highly valued in that time and space because it was inaccessible. Lu Cheng Yu was respected in Big Stone Village even though he did not pass the imperial examination at the county level. People who held banquets would be honored if Lu Cheng Yu accepted their invitation.
“But the Lu Family doesn’t have a kang, right?” Chen Xiao Mi asked in confusion.
Lu Lin smiled: “My cousin’s mind is completely occupied by the imperial exams at the county level, he’s not interested in anything else.”
“I don’t know how to build a kang, but I’m willing to be your assistant.”
Lu Lin was happy that Chen Xiao Mi listened to him. Lu Lin had become very affectionate towards Chen Xiao Mi over the past few days, he had been thinking about getting intimate with Chen Xiao Mi, but the bed Chen Xiao Mi slept in was so small and shabby that Lu Lin had to sleep on the door board.
Lu Lin planned to build a big kang so that he could sleep on it too, and he could hang curtains to separate them from the children when the time was right.
Lu Lin and Chen Xiao Mi acted without delay while Lu was in a state of turmoil.
Wang, Lu Lin’s grandmother, was still busy slandering Lu Lin, calling him ungrateful and she kept saying that Lu Lin would soon experience bad karma.
Well, Lu Lin had no bad karma so far, and he was busy renovating the house and building kang with great fanfare.
The villagers had seen it when Chen Xiao Mi and Lu Lin returned from the city with a basket full of goods, they talked about it enviously, they wished they were great hunters too. Chen Xiao Mi made a lot of money by hunting.
Tang, Lu Lin’s First Aunt, started to regret not asking Chen Xiao Mi for more money.
Lu Lin and Chen Xiao Mi spent two days building the kang, it didn’t look as pretty as Lu Lin thought because neither of them had any previous experience, but the kang was very comfortable.
Chen Xiao Mi put firewood into the stove, soon the whole Kang became warm, Chen Xiao Mi felt it was too good to be true, he wished he knew about the Kang earlier.
Chen Xiao Mi began to look at Lu Lin differently.
‘Why would the greedy Lu Family want to marry such a smart man into my family!’ Chen Xiao Mi lay on kang, pondering.
But on second thought, Chen Xiao Mi realized Lu Lin was not this smart until he was saved from committing suicide! Chen Xiao Mi could not understand it.
Chen Xiao Mi had six taels of silver in hand after he bought the basic necessities and built the kang.
‘Six taels is enough for basic necessities in winter, but it’s excessive if we want to live comfortably, I think I need to make more money in case someone gets sick, doctors are very expensive.’ Chen Xiao Mi thought.
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