Transmigrated into the fat wife of the future prime minister

Chapter 137 The Money Is Lost

"He was taken out by his father, along with your husband and that young master Zhou. The three of them said they were just going out for a stroll," Hui Niang said with a smile.

Xu Qingmeng nodded and walked towards the kitchen.

Xu Qingmeng checked the pots and pans inside; they were all clean and didn't need washing. There were also bamboo baskets and wicker baskets, but there were no bowls or chopsticks.

However, even if she did, Xu Qingmeng didn't like using other people's things.

"Madam Gu, are you going to cook dinner tonight?"

She nodded and said, "Yes, I'm planning to, but it seems like there's quite a lot of stuff. I'll have to go to the market later."

Hui Niang had finished washing the clothes, got up, wiped her hands, and said, "Then I'll stay with you. By the way, how about we share a room tonight? After all, it's fate that we can stay together. Let's celebrate our first night together."

Xu Qingmeng had no objections. Although she was pregnant, her children were very well-behaved, and she hadn't suffered much. Cooking was no problem for her.

And since it's our first day here, it's only right that we get together.

Hui Niang was quite happy to see Xu Qingmeng nod in agreement. She felt that although Xu Qingmeng didn't talk much, she was still easy to get along with. So she smiled and went to hang up the clothes, all of which belonged to little Yuanbao.

Xu Qingmeng washed all the pots and pans in the kitchen and cleaned the kitchen thoroughly.

After working for a short while, Gu Yunyi returned, carrying a bamboo basket filled with kitchen utensils such as a cutting board and a rolling pin.

Xu Qingmeng couldn't help but laugh: "Wearing such a white outfit, if you also had a folding fan, you would definitely be a dashing young man, attracting a crowd of young girls. What are you doing holding these things now?"

"That's right, sister-in-law, you don't know about these two. One was holding a baby and buying some candy to coax her son, while the other was carrying a bamboo basket and picking out some kitchen supplies. People kept looking at them along the way, and I was too embarrassed to walk with them."

Gu Yunyi pretended not to hear Zhou Yuanjia's complaints, while Fang Ziheng looked proud and shook Yuanbao, making Zhou Yuanjia unable to bear it.

"You leave it here, I'll wash it. Take a look and see if these are suitable. I asked the stall owner before I bought them, and he said I could exchange them if they weren't suitable."

Xu Qingmeng put down her work, came over and took a look. She thought the purchase was a good deal. Although it wasn't the best, the price was very reasonable for short-term rental tenants like them.

Gu Yunyi took the work from Xu Qingmeng and said, "There's a street ahead after we go around this. There's a small evening market there that sells some vegetables. Once I've tidied up this place, I'll go with you to take a look."

Xu Qingmeng nodded and watched Gu Yunyi work. Then she whispered to him that Huiniang was thinking of having dinner together that evening.

Gu Yunyi said, "Alright, Brother Fang is a very good person, someone I can befriend."

Xu Qingmeng then understood.

She never doubted Gu Yunyi's judgment in judging people.

Soon, Gu Yunyi had washed the kitchen and put everything away properly. He told the others that he was going out to buy groceries. Since they had all just arrived in the city, they certainly wouldn't be able to concentrate on reading, so they discussed it and decided to go together.

The street Gu Yunyi mentioned was very close to the courtyard, and it was well-equipped with everything. This showed that the prefectural city was far more developed than Quan County.

Gu Yunyi liked chili oil, so Xu Qingmeng thought she would make some for her. She hadn't expected to find chili powder or anything like that, but she eventually found some at a general store on that street. There wasn't much of it; just like Shen's, she only had a few pieces displayed in a corner as a token gesture.

Xu Qingmeng weighed half a pound of each item, and then, seeing that the general store had a wide variety of goods, she simply bought everything at once to save herself the trouble of making multiple trips later.

In total, it cost more than half a tael of silver, which made Hui Niang glance at it several times.

Hui Niang also bought a lot of things, but she carefully compared the prices. Only rice and wheat flour were the best items she bought. Xu Qingmeng guessed that these should be Yuanbao's food.

Even though they didn't seem very well-off, they still bought quite a lot more groceries than they should have, and specifically told her to buy less.

In Hui Niang's words, "If it weren't for everyone's help today, they wouldn't be able to stay in such a nice house as they wished. This meal should have been paid for by them. This is already an insult to everyone."

Through these interactions, everyone gradually became familiar with each other.

Xu Qingmeng then realized that their financial difficulties were not due to a lack of money, but because Fang Ziheng had lost his purse when entering the city that morning.

Fortunately, she had a tael of silver in her clothes, and she pawned it to get some money, which helped her out of her predicament.

Xu Qingmeng then asked, "Then why did you insist on renting this courtyard?"

After all, this price isn't cheap. If they only need one room, they can look further inside and find some that are a bit cheaper.

She smiled helplessly: "Isn't that still my little tyrant? He's been to so many courtyards, and as soon as he enters, he starts wailing. Only in this courtyard does he not cry or make a fuss, and he even laughs happily. Isn't that..."

Xu Qingmeng looked at Yuanbao in Fang Ziheng's arms and realized that this was all part of their destiny.

Xu Qingmeng was gentle and Huiniang was cheerful. The two got along very well and soon began to talk about everyday matters.

When Hui Niang heard that Xu Qingmeng was pregnant but still accompanied Gu Yunyi to the exam, she smiled and said, "You two have such a good relationship!"

Xu Qingmeng was a little shy and said embarrassedly, "It's not just that I accompanied him to the exam. He had heard about an old Chinese medicine doctor in the prefectural city and brought me to see him."

"Your husband is really thoughtful."

The men over there were also busy. Gu Yunyi and Zhou Yuanjia were carrying heavy objects, their hands full, while Fang Ziheng was holding a baby. Even so, they were not delayed and marveled at how the streets of this prefectural city differed from those of their own county.

Baiyang Street was the largest street from where they lived, so the group of people who had come to buy things had almost finished buying their items and were now preparing to head back.

The group hadn't gone far when they spotted Jiang Mingyu and Sun Jingyi.

Jiang Mingyu looked unwell and depressed, a far cry from the cheerful person he was when he first arrived.

Sun Jingyi tugged at his sleeve and said something, but he just shook his head slightly.

(End of this chapter)