Chapter 9: Clear accounts between sisters

Qiao Mai found a thermos from the space, scooped the red ginseng water from the pot into it, then put it into the space, then washed the pot clean, cleaned the stove, and only then returned to the kang to continue lying down.

When Ruxin came, she was sleeping. The little girl was truly diligent. She went to wash the bowls first, then sat at the table and continued drawing.

It had to be said that Lu Sanniang's family education was truly good.

These two daughters were polite, not snobbish, hardworking, and had kind hearts like her.

In the evening, she made dinner again, carried it to the kang table, and after calling her up, Lu Shi and Ruyi also came.

"Sister, are you better?"

"Much better, just Ruxin worked too hard. Don't come tomorrow, I can do it myself."

"No, we discussed it. We have to take care of you for at least ten days, then see how you recover, and then decide whether you are alone at home or send someone to accompany you at home."

"Then fine, I'll listen to Sister."

Qiao Mai wasn't a coy person either. If they come, they come.

"That's right. Then you eat, we'll go home first?"

"Hmm, hmm."

Lu Shi took the two daughters and left. Qiao Mai didn't need to come out to bolt the door; they locked the courtyard gate on the way out.

"Mother, Aunt Qiao looks like a good person."

"You only know after contacting her for a day?" Lu Sanniang looked at Ruxin with a smile.

"Yes, daughter feels she gets along well with her."

"She is indeed a good one. Mother entrusted someone to ask, and everything she said was true, not deceiving us at all. Truly pitiful. People who are kind are bullied, horses that are kind are ridden. Why do good people always suffer torment?"

"Mother, the old man lost his horse, who knows if it's a blessing? Taking this opportunity to leave that demon cave is also not bad."

"In the future, let's treat her as family?"

"Okay, daughter likes having many people in the family."

Such days passed in a flash for ten days. Eating full, drinking enough, and under the nourishment of red ginseng water, Qiao Mai's body recovered day by day. Now she didn't feel the tailbone ache when sitting.

Every morning and evening, she would exercise on the kang for a quarter of an hour, and her body was recovering rapidly.

When the sun was good outside and there was no wind, she would bask in the sun for a while.

To let her hands recover, she would soak them in hot water with a little vinegar for a quarter of an hour every day, then wipe them dry and apply some hand oil taken from the space.

Sleeping in the space every night, she didn't need to take a bath, and she was already clean and refreshed. The parasites on her body had also disappeared, and her hair had a bit of luster.

She combed her hair neatly every day, and Lu Sanniang even gave her a hairpin.

From her appearance, she didn't look like a married woman at all. Lu Xin would praise her every time she came.

"Aunt Qiao, you are getting better and better looking. If we stand together, people would definitely say you are younger than me."

"Don't praise me. I know what I look like. I can't be associated with beautiful."

Indeed, when she looked at herself in the mirror, it took her a long time to accept it.

In her previous life, she was the cute, sweet, super adorable type, but now she had become such an ordinary-looking woman. She couldn't accept it a bit.

But you can't have both fish and bear's paw. Thinking about it, it was also good. Without a beautiful appearance, she would be more at ease living her life.

As for remarrying? She didn't consider men in her previous life. In this life, with this appearance, good men definitely wouldn't look at her, and she wouldn't look at the bad ones either. It was better to live by herself. Fortunately, she had a baby to accompany her, so she wouldn't be bored.

Half a month later, Lu Sanniang gave her the house key.

"Sister, you can move now. We won't come over if there's nothing. If you are bored, go to the street and turn around."

Qiao Mai stretched out her hand to take it. "Look, my hands are almost better. In a few days, I'll embroider a pattern and put it in your shop, let's try selling it first."

"No rush, it won't be too late until you are fully recovered."

"Better to talk about it in advance. I also have something to tell you."

"You say, Sister is listening."

"It's like this. You know what my maiden home and my former husband's family are like. I just want to live quietly and don't want trouble to come to me, so please help me get a fake sale contract and keep it by your side."

"Fake sale contract?"

"If my maiden home comes to make trouble, take this out and say that to survive, I sold myself to you and am working in your embroidery manor."

Lu Sanniang thought about it. "This can be done."

"Also, write a fake IOU."

"Still need to write an IOU?"

"Yes, I fell ill after giving birth, and you cured me. Including medical treatment and nourishing my body, it cost twenty taels of silver."

"Are you afraid your maiden home will come to suck blood?"

"Hmm, they could sell me once, they could sell me twice. Even if I'm sold, they would still think about my monthly wages. If I owe money, naturally I have to pay it back. This way they won't set their sights on me again."

"The law is clear. After a daughter marries, she is no longer under the control of her maiden home. They wouldn't have the guts, right?"

"The law is the law, but I can't accuse my parents to the government office, right? I would still get beaten. Speaking of which, this is also a family affair. Generally, officials don't investigate unless the people accuse. Besides, if they entangle me with the grace of birth and raising, I have no way."

"Makes sense. Then fine, I'll prepare it tomorrow and put it in the counter. In the future, whoever dares to come to my shop to make trouble with your affairs, I will use this to clean them up and help you vent your anger."

"Meeting Sister is Qiao Mai's good fortune. In the future, let's cooperate and try to earn more silver."

"Speaking of this, we also have to have clear accounts between sisters. In the future, your embroidery will be sold in my shop. I plan to split it three-seven, you seven and I three. After all, the embroidery skills and materials are yours. If I provide them, then we'll split it five-five. What do you think?"

"I'll listen to Sister. When the time comes, write a document, and we two sisters will press our handprints, which counts as clear accounts between sisters."

"Haha, yes."

As they spoke, Lu Sanniang took out a pouch from her bosom and stuffed it into her hand.

"Here are ten taels of silver. You take it as capital first. If the cloth store in town doesn't have good cloth, you take a cart to the county. There are many carts carrying passengers on the official road. You can make a round trip in a day. If you are afraid, call me to go with you."

Qiao Mai heard her mention the county and asked.

"Sister, my household register hasn't been handled yet. When I insisted on leaving the Tian family, it angered them. I think this household register won't be easy to move."

Lu Sanniang pursed her lips and thought for a while. "Don't be afraid, you live first. I'll entrust someone to ask if it can be handled directly with a bit of trouble. By the way, is your divorce letter here?"

"Always kept well."

"Don't worry about this matter first, Sister is here, there will definitely be a way to solve it."

After Lu Shopkeeper left, Qiao Mai returned to the courtyard, bolted the courtyard gate, returned to the room, bolted the room door, and only then flashed into the space.

The little baby had been in the space for half a month, eating until full and sleeping every day. Her stature seemed to have grown a little bit, and there was some little flesh on her body, and her skin wasn't so red anymore, looking like a normal child.

Qiao Mai gently poked her little face with her finger, the child sucked her little mouth and continued to sleep.

She got up and came to the shelves, picking up the palace fan and embroidery to look at carefully.

This whole row was all this. Opening a shop would be more than enough. Most of these were bought, and a dozen or so were embroidered by herself, after all, her time was limited then.

Seeing the weather gradually warming up, she should also plan.

Lu Shopkeeper invested quite a bit in her, so she had to let her see some results.

So Qiao Mai took the ten taels of silver, locked the door, and left the house. She planned to familiarize herself with the environment first.

So she turned around this area where she lived first. She found that the houses in this area were all the same, and others weren't. Only this piece was like this.

It seemed that everyone living here was from out of town, and they were all tenants.

Was this a slum in the small town? Or called Outsiders Street?

Similar to the Tang People Street in foreign countries in her previous life? Truly fresh!

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 10 =====