The face value of the bank note is one hundred taels, and these two are two hundred taels.

Xiuhua raised her hand and prepared to return it.

Liu Zhihua frowned and pressed her hand, and said helplessly: "Okay, what's the point? When you make a lot of money in the future, you can give your sister a big red envelope."

Xiuhua opened her mouth to say something else, but Liu Zhihua raised her hand and interrupted her with a smile.

"Sister, I know what you want to say. We have two hundred taels of flowers that our family has, so let's just keep them. Ancheng is a rich place, but the cost of food and clothing is no better than in the village. Mu Cheng has to go to the academy, and you have to eat well.

If you drink well, you will earn money slowly in the future. Food and drink are related to your health and cannot be spared."

Xiuhua pursed her lips and sighed. Her sister's words left her speechless.

Prices in Ancheng are indeed high. When I came today, my husband bought a piece of meat and some small miscellaneous items for only two taels of silver. She did not have much silver left in her hand. She would have to pay the tuition to Mu Cheng Academy in two days.

After paying, there will be nothing left.

Xiuhua clutched the banknote, feeling only grateful in her heart, and said: "Sister, I don't take this money for nothing, I will pay it back to you if I have it in the future."

"We sisters are still saying these polite words. Okay, you put it away quickly. Let's go out and see if the kitchen is ready. I'm waiting to cook fish for you." Liu Zhihua smiled and patted her sister.
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"Hmm."

Xiuhua stood up and put the banknotes in her inner pocket, feeling warm in her heart. She once again accepted her sister's kindness and thought that she must repay her kindness in the future.

……

For lunch, Liu Zhihua took out three pieces of red fish weighing three kilograms. One was steamed, one was braised, and one was chopped into small pieces and stir-fried with dried chili peppers. The iron pot was filled with rice, and the main dish was

For fish, I stir-fried a plate of green vegetables and mixed with spicy cucumber strips. The main fish goes very well with rice.

The children all ate two bowls, and the two grown men Wang Zhuangzhi and Mu Kuan ate five or six bowls.

After finishing the meal, the whole family was still unsatisfied, praising the delicious fish and Liu Zhihua’s good cooking skills.

After lunch, the yard was almost tidied up.

Mu Kuan didn't go out when he came back. He was worried that the workers' work was not done carefully, so he went to the dock with Wang Zhuangzhi.

After Liu Zhihua helped wash the dishes, she and her sister led the children to the big house to rest.

The terrain here is full of sunshine, and standing in the yard feels warm all over. The children ran in the yard and sweated. After eating and drinking, they lay down on the kang and fell asleep.

The two sisters, Xiuhua and Liu Zhihua, were not dozing off. They held cattail fans to gently drive away mosquitoes for their children while chatting.

……

I don’t know how long it took, but Jiaojiao woke up and found that she and her little brother were the only ones sleeping on the kang in the room.

She rubbed her eyes and stood up. When she opened the door, she found that the sun had set a little lower and the sky was not as hot as noon.

"Jiaojiao is awake, come and eat watermelon." Xiuhua smiled and walked forward to receive her.

Only then did Jiaojiao realize that her father and mother, cousin Cheng, were squatting at the door of the kitchen eating watermelon. She scratched her head and shouted one by one: "Aunt Xiu, father and mother, sister, cousin Cheng."

"Sister Jiaojiao, come here to eat watermelon." Mu Cheng waved with a bright smile.

"Oh, my dear, I woke up faster than your little brother today. As a reward, we, Jiaojiao, will eat two more pieces of watermelon." Liu Zhihua said with a smile.

Wang Zhuangzhi, with a doting look on his face, stood up and cut his daughter's watermelon into small bite-by-teeth pieces so that it would be easier to hold.

Erya ate the watermelon in her mouth, beckoned and said: "Well, sister, come here, it's cool under the eaves here."

Jiaojiao and Aunt Xiu walked over together. Before she could raise her hand to take the watermelon, Xiaoli rubbed his eyes and went out. He saw clearly that everyone was eating watermelon.

He ran over suddenly, with some sleepy tears in his eyes, and said aggrievedly: "Why don't you call me when you eat watermelon?"

Liu Zhihua smiled and touched his head and explained: "You are very sleepy, and my mother wants to wait until you wake up before eating."

Jiaojiao picked out a large piece of watermelon and handed it to her little brother, "Brother, eat it first."

Seeing this, Erya smiled and touched her soft cheek, feeling that her sister was like a fairy in the sky, innocent, beautiful and kind.

"Thank you sister." Xiao Li took the watermelon handed over by his sister and started to eat it happily. The grievance just now was long forgotten.

Erya patted her full belly and said to her brother: "There are still three big watermelons. I'll eat them when I'm full today, but you have to eat them quickly. After eating, my mother and Aunt Xiu are going to go shopping in Ancheng."

When he heard that he was about to go shopping, Xiao Li suddenly woke up. He nodded happily and said "hmm", then he held the watermelon and ate it quickly.

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Here, Wang Zhuangzhi finished all the hard work that needed help in the warehouse, and Mu Kuan was there to supervise the work. Wang Zhuangzhi had nothing to do, so he came back.

Liu Zhihua was planning to drive the Mu family's carriage, but when the master came back, she called her children to pack up and set off.

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The carriage drove into Anseong,

The lively and bustling streets are still there, and the Lunar New Year is coming soon. Red lanterns are hung outside the shops, which looks very lively and gorgeous from a distance.

"Tanghulu, candied haws..."

A man selling candied haws on a stick passed by the carriage, and his candied haws of wood stump accidentally brushed against the carriage curtain, and his delicate little head was almost hit.

Xiao Li angrily picked one and shouted: "I almost hit my sister because I made you not look at the road."

"Oh, you naughty boy, the candied haws seller, etc."

Liu Zhihua asked the boss to stop the carriage, and she jumped out and bought a string for each of the children, and also paid for Xiao Li's string.

The children ate the bright red candied haws, and they were all very happy. Liu Zhihua tapped Xiao Li's forehead and whispered: "You are so angry. They didn't mean it. How can you take other people's things? Do it again next time."

Mom wants a hard spanking."

Xiao Li chewed the candied haws with his cheeks bulging, nodded and replied vaguely: "Food, I know."

In front of her sister's family, Liu Zhihua didn't want to shame her baby, so she didn't say anything else.

The carriage drove for a while, and Liu Zhihua saw a clothing store.

I don’t recognize the name of the plaque, but through the window I can see the clothes displayed inside. The clothes are exquisite and the emperor will like them just by looking at them.

If Liu Zhihua had encountered a big store like this before, she would not have entered since she knew she couldn't afford it. But now that her wallet is bulging, she feels very confident.

"Xiuhua, there is a clothes shop here. Why don't we go in and have a look? You can show Mu Cheng if there is anything you want to buy. There are a lot of clothes, shoes, socks and small items."

Xiuhua glanced at the grand shop and felt a little hesitant in her heart, but then she thought that Cheng'er's classmates in the academy were all children of wealthy families, and Cheng'er's poorly dressed clothes would make people look down on her, so she nodded and said, "Okay.

Then go in and have a look."

Liu Zhihua took the children out of the carriage. Wang Zhuangzhi looked at the clothing stores. Most of them were women. It seemed inappropriate for him to go in as a man, so he said, "Mom, just go in and take a look. I'll wait for you here."
Chapter completed!