In a small yard on the west side of the outer city, Aunt Zhao took the key from her neighbor's house, opened the lock on the door, and after she opened the door, she could see that the yard was a bit deserted, and some places had some yellow weeds. It seemed that no one had lived in it for a long time.

"This is a house I bought last year. I usually ask my neighbors to clean it occasionally. I originally wanted to leave it for Di'er to do a dowry, but I didn't expect that we would live in it first." Aunt Zhao entered the yard and introduced.

"The land price in the capital is extremely expensive. Even in the outer city, the price of a house is not cheap. Where did you get so much money?" Mrs. Li walked into the yard and looked at it and asked. Although the house was not big, there were only three main rooms and two wing rooms on the left and right, there were not a few hundred taels of silver.

"My elder sister is good at managing the family. My monthly payment is also a lot, and my husband occasionally gives me some expenses, so I saved all of them." Aunt Zhao replied truthfully.

In fact, Di'er's dowry should have been prepared by Mrs. Li, but she was worried that Mrs. Li would not like Di'er, and Di'er would suffer grievances when she got married in the future, so she bought this house in advance. After all, the land price in the capital has been rising. If Di'er gets married in the future, the house will be a generous dowry, at least it will not be looked down upon by her husband's family.

As smart as Mrs. Li, of course she could see through Aunt Zhao’s plan at first sight, but she glared at Li Zhu fiercely, because Aunt Zhao’s money was clearer than anyone else, and this money alone was definitely not enough. From this we can see that Li Zhu also spends a lot of money on Aunt Zhao.

"Well, they are all family members. It's thanks to Lingru, otherwise our family would have to stay in the inn!" Li Zhu also blushed, and then said with a shameless face. Of course, Lingru is Aunt Zhao's name.

"Mom, let's go into the house first. I think this house has no one to live for a long time and may need to be cleaned!" Li Jie also stepped forward and said, Aunt Zhao asked the neighbors to take care of the house, but the other party was obviously not very concerned. The yard was covered with weeds, and the room should not be much better.

Mrs. Li didn't pursue it anymore. She followed Aunt Zhao to the main room. After opening the door and entering, there was indeed a musty smell inside, and the furniture was covered with dust, which looked a bit like a haunted house.

"There is a well behind the house. I'll go to fetch water to clean it!" Aunt Zhao immediately said when she saw the situation in the house, and said that she was going to fetch water.

"I'll go, aunt, please take a break, leave these rough work to me!" Li Jie took the lead. Their family was very tired at this time, but he was young and it didn't matter if he was a little tired.

When Li Jie came to the backyard, he saw a well covered with stone slabs. After lifting the stone slabs, a burst of heat came to his face. The weather is cold now, but in contrast, the well water is steaming.

Li Jie fed water and mentioned it to the house. Aunt Zhao had already found tools to clean it. Although Li Zhu and Mrs. Li were usually pampered, they rolled up their sleeves and did it themselves. The whole family was busy for more than an hour before cleaning the house.

"Mom, I'm hungry." As soon as Aunt Zhao sat down, she saw Dier secretly pulling her sleeve and whispering.

"Yes, what are we going to eat tonight? And I just looked at it and there was no bedding in the bedroom. How can I sleep?" Li Zhu also stood up anxiously at this time. As the head of the family, he had to watch his wife and children following him and were froze and hungry, which made him extremely uncomfortable.

"This is easy!" Mrs. Li reached out and took off the hairpin on her head and put it on the table, saying, "When I came, I saw a pawnshop on the nearby street. Jieer went to use this hairpin as her, and then bought some rice, flour, oil, salt, and bedding."

"I have a hairpin here, so I'll use it as a hairpin!" Aunt Zhao also took the hairpin on her head and said. Although her hairpin is not as valuable as Mrs. Li's hairpin, it can still be used as a few taels of silver.

"I'll go with Jie'er!" Li Zhu also stood up and said, "The family was in trouble, and he, as the pillar, could not just sit and eat idle meals."

It was getting late, and a curfew might be a little later, so Li Jie and his son hurried out of the house and went to the pawnshop first. As a result, the two hairpins were only used as less than ten cents of coins. You should know that it would cost 50 cents of coins to buy them just by Mrs. Li's hairpin.

However, pawn shops have always been places where people eat and don’t spit bones, so Li Jie and his son had no choice but to collect them as tickets and plan to redeem them in the future. Then the two bought the essential goods of life as quickly as possible and finally rushed home before the curfew.

Mrs. Li and Aunt Zhao also cleaned the kitchen. After Li Jie came back, she helped to burn the fire. Because the conditions were limited, she only cooked a pot of vegetable porridge and threw two eggs in. It turned out to be particularly sweet.

After the family had dinner around the table, Mrs. Li put down her bowl and wiped her mouth and smiled: "I usually eat too many delicacies, but now I feel that it is not as good as this bowl of vegetable porridge."

"That's because you're hungry, everything you eat is delicious!" Li Jie also burped and smiled.

"It's all my fault for being incompetent. I have implicated you and suffered with me!" Li Zhu said sadly at this time. Since he left the house and came here, he has been hyping himself up because he felt that he was the head of the family and that his family suffered was not doing well.

"My husband must not think so. If you want to blame Li Li for being too bullied, what does it have to do with you?" Mrs. Li hurriedly comforted her.

"What my sister said is very much. Husband, don't blame everything on yourself. The important thing is that our family is here, and you can always get through any difficulties!" Aunt Zhao also advised.

"Father, you have to think about the benefits. If we throw away those property, we will have no relationship with the Li family. In the future, they will not be in trouble and will not implicate us!" Li Jie also said with a smile.

When Li Zhu heard Li Jie's words, he finally cheered up and nodded, "It makes sense. I also figured it out. When the disaster is coming, I can't save other people. I can only save our family first. We will have nothing to do with the Li family in the future!"

"Husband should have thought so long ago!" Seeing that her husband was thinking, Mrs. Li was also happy. When she said this, she suddenly turned to joke, "Since my husband decided to have nothing to do with the Li family, I think it would be better to throw away my surname. Follow my surname Liu. You must know that our Liu family will not insult your husband after Emperor Gaozu of Han!"

Li Zhu knew that his wife was joking, so he was not angry. He immediately smiled and said, "Our Li family is still a descendant of Emperor Taizong of Tang, and he is no worse than the ancestors of your Liu family!"

"Actually... my mother's family is also descendant of Song Taizu!" Aunt Zhao also joined in and said.
Chapter completed!