At the dinner table, Kaden sat at the head seat, holding the dishes on the table unaccustomedly, and had to endure Aunt Zoe's enthusiastic feeding at all times.
"Sanlang! It's not easy to run a business trip alone, isn't it? Now that you've finally come back, eat more."
Looking at the various delicacies piled high in the bowl, Kaden's stiff smile kept the corners of his mouth twitching slightly, and he ate one bite after another with difficulty.
Listening to the constant talking coming from the dinner table, Kaden felt that this was the most difficult meal he had ever had in his life.
Sure enough, he is still not used to the casual eating habits of the people. If he is given another chance to choose, he will definitely not ask anyone to stay.
"Fish is the most nutritious. You should eat more of it."
Seeing that Kaden kept his eyes on the food but didn't move his chopsticks, Aunt Zoe urged: "Eat quickly. Isn't what you are looking at not to your liking?"
Kaden shook his head and watched another piece of fish fall on the tip of his rice. The smile on his face could hardly be maintained. Harper Shi looked on with amusement.
"Aunt, you are too enthusiastic. You have piled the dishes full. How can Third Brother eat so much?"
Kaden looked at Harper Shi with gratitude, what a considerate wife!
If no one was present, he would have wanted to hold his considerate wife in his arms.
"That's it! Saburo was a little happy after not seeing him for so many years, so he didn't pay attention."
"Then I won't give it to Sanlang. Sanlang can eat whatever he wants."
After Aunt Zoe finished speaking, she saw rice hanging from the corner of her grandson's mouth. She turned around and took a handkerchief to wipe his mouth. She didn't see Kaden's relieved expression.
Harper Shi signaled Kaden to eat quickly with her eyes. Kaden glanced at the pile of food in front of him, took a deep breath, picked it up and put it into his mouth.
After the meal, Kaden, who was full, kept walking back and forth in the yard to digest the food in his stomach.
Harper Shi packed some of the remaining dishes to Aunt Zoe and asked her to take them back. This was not because Harper Shi was deliberately humiliating people, but because most people were like this. They didn't want to waste food, so they had to give away the uneaten meals.
After Aunt Zoe left, Harper Shi glanced at Lionel Liang, who was serving as a backdrop in the corner of the yard, and ignored him. Instead, he walked to the corner of the yard, picked up a basin and walked into the room.
When Harper Shi came out again, the basin was already filled with sheets, quilt covers and clothes.
Seeing Harper Shi looking at him intently, Lionel Liang excused himself and left the yard.
Harper Shi brought the plate to the well. Seeing Kaden still walking around in the yard, she shouted, "What are you still doing there? Didn't you see me washing clothes? Come here and help."
"Oh!" Kaden never thought that one day his woman would do the laundry herself, let alone that he would have to help.
Kaden stood by the well, picked up a bucket tied with a rope and threw it into the well. He threw it back and forth several times, but failed to bring up the water.
Harper Shi stood aside with her hands folded across her chest and watched coldly. She was impatient to wait and took the rope and barrel from Kaden's hand.
"Go, go, go! Go aside, I can't ask you to fetch water. How have you been living in the past few years?"
"Come! Watch carefully and I will teach you."
Kaden felt guilty and didn't dare to look Harper Shi in the eye. He moved closer and listened carefully to her explanation.
"First roll the rope and hold it smoothly. When you throw the bucket in later, the rope can fall quickly with the bucket."
"The mouth of the barrel should also be bent downwards. Use a little force when throwing it, and don't tighten the rope, so that water can enter the barrel."
"When the bucket is full of water, you turn the handle on the well and shake it, and the rope will slowly tighten and wind up."
Harper Shi demonstrated how to fetch water and asked Kaden to do it himself.
Kaden was also very smart, he knew it after reading it once, and he helped Harper Shi get several buckets of water in a few moments.
Watching Harper Shi squatting on the stone floor and washing clothes, Kaden stood aside and looked at the pair of white and delicate hands with some distress, rubbing the clothes back and forth on the stone floor.
"Xi'er, how can you use such beautiful hands to do menial work?"
"It's better not to wash it yet. Go to the human trafficker with your husband later and buy a maid to serve you."
Hearing this, Harper Shi, who was immersed in rubbing his clothes, suddenly stopped.
She first put her hands into clean water, washed them twice, dried them, stood up, walked in front of Kaden, stretched out her palms which were a little wrinkled due to soaking in water, and placed them in front of Kaden.
Kaden asked confusedly: "What?"
"Silver!" Harper Shi asked naturally.
It turned out that he wanted money, so Kaden shouted loudly: "Xiaojiu!"
Lionel Liang, who was standing at the door and eavesdropping, slipped and almost fell when he heard himself being addressed.
He quickly straightened his clothes, ran to Kaden quickly, bent down and asked, "Is the little one here?"
Kaden didn't talk nonsense to Lionel Liang. He gestured to Harper Shi with his chin and said, "Silver."
"What?" Lionel Liang didn't react.
Kaden was so angry that he kicked Lionel Liang's B*tt, and Lionel Liang took two steps forward.
"Hurry up and give all my money to Madam."
lady! Lionel Liang was shocked, but without showing it on his face, he respectfully took out a bag of silver from his body and handed it to Harper Shi.
Only the wife can be called Madam. Is the girl in front of me going to become the master's wife?
Lionel Liang didn't dare to think deeply.
Harper Shi put on a cushion that was only the size of a purse, filled with bulging money, and asked in disbelief: "How many years have you been out, and you only have this little money?"
Why does Harper Shi not believe it?
When he came back yesterday, the luxurious clothes could not be bought for more than ten taels of silver, let alone the Jade Yang pendant hanging on his waist, which was worth at least dozens of taels.
The most important thing is that he generously gave away the valuable Jade Yang pendant as a gift, which shows that he doesn't care about the few dozen taels.
As for the bag of silver in my hand, although it looks like a lot, it does not exceed fifty taels in total.
The beauty was angry and had a different style, but Kaden didn't want to bear the beauty's anger.
So he glared at Lionel Liang, who was expressionless, "I don't have any eyesight at all, why don't you give all the money you have to Madam."
Hearing this, Lionel Liang no longer hesitated and took out a few banknotes from his arms.
As soon as the banknote was taken out, Harper Shi's eyes lit up and she quickly snatched the banknote from Lionel Liang's hand.
Although it was only a few thin pieces, they were banknotes, starting from ten taels at the very least.
Harper Shi counted them in front of the two of them. There were six in total. He looked at the denominations on the banknotes. The larger ones were one thousand taels, and the smallest ones were one hundred taels. The total amount was 3,800 taels.
In her two lifetimes combined, she had never received much money. She had received so much money just one day after getting married. Harper Shi was extremely happy.
The fairy-like person has curved eyebrows and eyes when she smiles, like a spring breeze passing through the heart.
Kaden looked at the overly beautiful woman and smiled happily, his eyes were full of tenderness.
After Harper Shi was happy, she stuffed the banknotes into her arms, hung the money around her waist, and squatted back to the stone to continue rubbing her clothes.
Kaden...
what's the situation? Didn't you agree to buy a maid? You gave me the banknotes, why are you squatting back to wash clothes again?
Seeing Kaden's bewildered expression, Harper Shi rubbed her clothes in a good mood and explained: "It costs money to buy a maid, and when you buy it back, you will be provided with food, housing, and clothes for all seasons, and you will also get a monthly salary of silver."
"Our family is just that big, and we don't have much work to do. If we really can't do it, we can spend some coins to ask Aunt Zoe to come over and help. There's no need to spend a lot of money to hire a maid."
Although Kaden didn't know how much money Lionel Liang gave him, he also knew that it was definitely not less. It was more than enough to buy ten maids, food and shelter.
He really wanted to tell Harper Shi that his money could buy many maids, so there was no need to search for even one maid and refuse to buy one.
In the end, Kaden said tactfully: "If the money is gone, I can make more money. I feel sad when you do rough work."
Although this was for Harper Shi's own good, Harper Shi didn't want to listen. She stood up, slammed the clothes in her hands onto the stone slab, and said angrily: "You can make money again if you lose it. It's easy for you to say that. Do you think it's easy to make money if you want to?"
At first, Kaden was a little angry because his concern was not accepted, but by the end of it, his heart became soft.
"Although the Qing Dynasty is now well governed by the emperor, there are still some extremely vicious people outside. You risk your life every time you run a business. If you don't care about this, can I not worry about it?"
"You are no longer alone. You still have me, and I need you too!"
"This money may seem like a lot, but if a natural disaster or man-made calamity strikes someday, this money won't be enough to spend. Do you still want to go out and risk your life?"
"But I don't want to lose you!"
At the end of the sentence, Harper Shi's tears flowed down uncontrollably.
Perhaps she was affected by the original owner's emotions, or maybe she didn't want to lose her only relative in ancient times, so she lost control of her emotions.
Kaden hugged Harper Shi, who was crying sadly, in his arms and comforted her with heartache.
Lionel Liang also had a look on his face and withdrew.
"Xi'er, don't cry. I'm here, so you won't cry anymore."
"You're right. There will be many places where money will be used in the future, so we have to save some money."
"Let's do this! From now on, all the money I earn will be given to you for safekeeping. Then you can spend it however you want, okay?"
Hearing this, Harper Shi burst into laughter, hammered Kaden's chest a few times, and said with a slight nasal voice: "This is what you said. You are not allowed to hide private money in the future. If I find out, you will look good."
Looking at Harper Shi's moist eyes after crying, she is so pure and innocent that one can't help but want to bully her severely.
Coupled with the coquettish voice after crying and the softness in his arms, Kaden's rational mind collapsed instantly.
As he promised, he picked him up and strode towards the room.
"What? What? Put me down now."
Harper Shi's thumping and struggling aroused the animal nature in Kaden's heart, causing him to hold on tighter and move faster.
Looking at the direction he was going and Kaden's anxious look, what else did Harper Shi not know?
"It's still broad daylight, don't do this, put me down now."
Seeing that Kaden was unmoved, Harper Shi was ashamed and annoyed. She pinched Kaden's soft flesh with her hands, but she didn't see that Kaden had any intention of stopping.
"Woooooo~"
Harper Shi lay on the bed and sobbed, holding the quilt tightly with both hands, her body floating back and forth and moving with the strong wind and heat waves of Kaden.
The sour and painful taste made Harper Shi couldn't help scolding Kaden countless times in her heart.
If Kaden expressed his love in this way every time, Harper Shi felt that she would definitely be unable to bear it.
In order to sleep well at night, Harper Shi decided that it would be better to keep a little distance from this man.
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