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Chapter 324 Frugal Life

We moved from the morgue into the house, which was enough for us to live for a long time.

Leng Zheng and the others were very happy. On the first day of moving in, they were a little proud. They spent five silver coins to buy food and drink to celebrate, including buying beds, quilts, clothes and other things. They settled them down and asked them to take good care of Liu Xueyan. I went to the yamen again.

The judge looked at me and said, "Is that house still suitable to live in?"

"It's suitable, very suitable. Thank you for your concern." I said.

"Then we will start to settle the accounts." The judicial master took over the account book of the official, opened it, looked at it and said, "The house is two thousand silver coins, and your wages are one hundred silver coins. It will take more than two years to pay them all, but I am not such a cruel person. I will leave you some money for meals and deduct 85 silver coins every month. Do you have any objection?"

It seemed like a big stone was pressing into my heart, and almost spit out a mouthful of blood. Two thousand silver coins, so much. But thinking about it is true. This kind of house requires at least tens of thousands of silver coins to buy. It is estimated that Xiao Liuzi and the family agreed to the price to reduce so much. It is only fifteen silver coins a month... This is probably going to be vegetarian.

"Okay!" I gritted my teeth and spit out the word.

"Since that's the case, there's nothing left, you can leave."

When I left the door, I secretly called these officials a big pit. I happened to meet Xiao Liuzi on the way to the morgue. He came up enthusiastically and said hello, "Xiao Shitou, what's wrong? I feel unhappy when I moved to a new home."

"Things are not."

"Is the house too expensive?" Xiao Liuzi said, "I have negotiated with them. It's useless to keep this house. One thousand silver coins are released. If it is still expensive, I will beg them, maybe it can be reduced a little more."

I waved my hand quickly, "No need, how can I go back on my word when I have already decided? Besides, I can't afford it, don't worry. You are..."

Xiao Liuzi put the package in his hand and opened it, "I heard you say you wanted me to go to school to study, so I went there. The old man saw that I had a good attitude and accepted it."

I was naturally happy for Xiao Liuzi, but when I saw that his left cheek was swollen and blue, I asked in a deep voice: "What's going on?"

"fine."

"Say, can't even know me? Then don't contact me anymore." I pretended to be angry.

"It was my father who beat him. He was the official in the yamen. I can only make up after I retreated due to injury, so..."

"How could there be such a father? Let me reason with him and leave!"

"Farewell, my father is disabled and I will never stand up in my life. And today I am going to school to return the book to my husband. My father has done enough for me. Maybe I am really not suitable for writing. And being an official is good. As long as I can work hard, I will be promoted sooner or later."

After stopping Xiao Liuzi's explanation, I frowned and began to think. When I came from another time and space, I inevitably brought some thoughts from another time and space, thinking that reading is the way out. But this is a vast ancient country, and it can be said that Xiao Liuzi's identity is now higher than that of ordinary people.

If I quit this job and go back to be a scholar, I will basically have to live in poverty before I get the exam. I secretly said that I didn’t think well and almost harmed Xiao Liuzi.

I pressed his shoulder and said, "Let's listen to your father, but I will buy some books in the morgue in the future. If you want to read, come to me. I can teach you how to read. Although I dare not teach you to become a great writer, some basic things are still OK."

"Really?" Xiao Liuzi's eyes flashed with a longing light.

I nodded vigorously, "Yeah!"

"I'll go and return the book now, and see you back!" Xiao Liuzi ran away happily.

Looking at his back, I felt a lot of emotion. With two lifetimes of memory, I almost confused the two time and space. I waited in the morgue until night, and the moon climbed onto the branches, realizing that there was nothing to do today, so I went back. The room was brightly lit, and I pushed open the door and found that Ouyang Lan was the only one staying at home, and she was still tidying up the silver needles on the table.

"Where are the other two?"

"They said they went out to find a job and didn't want to be a novice."

When I heard Ouyang Lan's words, I couldn't help but smile bitterly, "They can only understand one or two words, and they don't even know how to communicate clearly. How can they be able to be able to work?"

When I first came here, I also taught them some vast Mandarin, and then taught them some in the morgue, so that they might be able to communicate easily. But if I really look for a job, I would probably be treated as a fool and be cheated. The purpose of my buying this house was to think of their situation. I couldn’t understand anything and didn’t understand anything. I had to learn to adapt to life here first, and then go to find the tiger talisman.

Liu Xueyan was flying over from the window and asked gently: "Looking at you, are you still unhappy when you come back?"

"I'm worried about the situation over there anymore." I said.

"What's there to worry about? The bronze snake is still on me. As long as there is no complete bronze snake, Shen Tu Xiao will not be able to find the emperor's tomb." Liu Xueyan comforted.

I sighed, "I hope so."

I lay on the chair and took a nap. After a while, Leng Zheng and Li En came back, with a bruised nose and swollen face. After asking, I found out that I accidentally made a mistake when working for someone else and was beaten. I was amused and crying, "I will buy some books tomorrow. You can start with the most basic ones first. Don't worry about money for the time being, it's enough for us."

After Ouyang Lan took the medicine, she returned to her seat to sort out her silver needles and started complaining.

Leng Zheng said: "That guy is so cruel. If they weren't for the large number of people, they would definitely not even know him."

Li En said: "There are indeed too many people who have hundreds of people."

The two of them actually fought against hundreds of people, and it was a miracle that they were not beaten to death. It was getting late, so I asked, "Are you still not resting?"

"No hurry, you go and rest first." Ouyang Lan smiled, "Don't worry if Sister Xueyan is with me."

"Xiao Lan, your old injuries have not completely healed yet, don't stay up too late." Leng Zheng instructed.

"I know, I know!"

We were driven out.

The next morning, I went to buy some etiquette books and some books about folk customs, and took them home. I asked Liu Xueyan to teach them during the day, and then I would teach them at night, and slowly Xiao Liuzi came to learn it. However, at that time, Liu Xueyan wanted to hide it, for fear of scaring him silly.

The four of them learned very quickly, time passed, and a month passed quickly, and there was no problem with the three of them communicating normally with others. We also ate steamed buns and vegetarian dishes for a month. In Leng Zheng's words, the birds were almost fading out of their mouths. So the two of them quickly ran out of their jobs, wanting to earn money to improve their food, and at the same time trying to adapt to this society.

I didn't stop them and let them go. Xiao Liuzi was very happy to introduce them to them. In less than two days, the two had found a suitable job. Although they were both physically working, they were very happy to earn money. Although we were still frugal, we were also saving money and left here on the right day.
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