My husband is a sick cat

Early the next morning, Tang Ying was supposed to return to the academy to continue classes, but thinking about the book he brought back, he decided to postpone his return for a day. Neither Zhou nor Lu Jian had any objections to his decision.

What's more, yesterday's snow fell even harder in the second half of the night. When I woke up in the morning, the snow had not stopped yet, and a thick layer had already accumulated on the ground. Those carriages and other things probably wouldn't go out.

Tang Ying's body might not be able to withstand walking in such snow, so it would be good to rest for an extra day.

When Zhou got up, Lu Jian and Tang Ying also woke up. Lu Jian did not let Tang Ying go out, but went out to heat hot water and charcoal with Zhou, and then asked Tang Ying to go out and wash up.

Afterwards, Zhou made breakfast, and Lu Jian went to check on the horse and sheep. The sheep was fine and lived in a small enclosed pen, but the horse looked not in good spirits and was obviously frozen.

Seeing the horse like this, Lu Jian felt a little distressed. He immediately went into the room where the sundries were kept, found some old mats and other things that had been sorted out when cleaning after buying a house, and built a shed for the horse. After adding a basin of charcoal fire, the horse's condition improved a little.

Speaking of these old mats, Lu Jian planned to throw them away when they were first tidied up, but Zhou was reluctant to waste things. In addition, there were many empty rooms in the house, so she found one to put them there, otherwise Lu Jian would still have to put them away. Can't find anything useful.

Tang Ying saw Lu Jian busy at work, and he was not idle either. He followed Zhou to help. Zhou initially disagreed and felt that men should not cook, but Tang Ying finally convinced him.

When Lu Jian finished his work, Zhou and Tang Ying had already prepared breakfast. While eating breakfast, Zhou couldn't help but ask Lu Jian: "It's snowing now, so you don't need to go to the mountains, right?"

Snowing was a bit new to Lu Jian, but it would not prevent her from going into the mountains. However, she had been with Zhou for so long, so she knew some of the old lady's habits. When she heard her ask, she said directly: "Mom, If you have anything to say, just tell me."

Zhou was a little embarrassed when her thoughts were exposed, but she still expressed her thoughts: "If you don't go into the mountains anymore, why don't you learn cooking and embroidery from me during these days?"

Zhou had been thinking about this matter for quite some time. Although Lu Jian was indeed not very talented in these areas, she always felt that it would be possible as long as she learned more.

At least now Lu Jian will no longer break the pot when she heats up the meal alone. This is progress. The most important thing is that she doesn't know how many more years she can stay with the two of them. What if she leaves one day? Okay, should Tang Ying do all these things? That's too inappropriate.

Hearing Zhou's words, Lu Jian blinked, but before she could speak, Tang Ying spoke first: "Mom, Lu Jian still has her own things to do, and she doesn't have time to learn these things, and you don't have to worry about the future. .”

"As I mentioned to you before, Ajian gave me some money, and I used it to start a small business in partnership with others. Now I have made a profit. When the business grows, the profit will be even more. When the time comes, we will You can hire a cook to come back and cook, A-Jian doesn’t need to cook by herself.”

How could Tang Ying not understand what her mother was thinking, so she said this directly? Not to mention whether Lu Jian was talented or not, when she first got married, Zhou once asked Lu Jian to try to sew a A piece of clothing, but Lu Jian pricked her hand.

After that time, Zhou was the one doing all the sewing at home. Lu Jian didn't like doing these delicate jobs, and Tang Ying didn't want to restrain Lu Jian and do these things all day long.

Seeing her son say this, Zhou felt a little helpless. In the past, she might have been dissatisfied with Tang Ying's protection of Lu Jian. Now she was used to it, but she still couldn't help but speak.

"Even if what you say is true, how much money can you make? Save when you can. Business won't always be profitable. There will always be losses. I asked Lu Jian to learn this for her own good."

"The partner I found is very good. He has already made more than three hundred taels of silver in these days. I invested more than one hundred taels and left two hundred taels of silver. Even if the investment made a loss, we still can't do it." And these.”

Tang Ying chuckled and said this. Originally, he wanted to say that he would do these things in the future, but when he thought about his mother's temper, he didn't say it. Otherwise, he might think it was Lu Jian who shouldn't do it, because in the future In his mother's mind, whether it's cooking or mending clothes, these are things that only women should do.

As expected, Zhou was diverted by Tang Ying's words and looked at Tang Ying with wide eyes in surprise: "How much do you think you earned?"

"Three hundred taels."

Zhou took a breath. She still had some money in her hand that Lu Jian had given her before, but it was only a dozen taels. However, she didn't expect that the little money Lu Jian gave Tang Ying would be spent less than a month ago. Being able to earn so much with just a little time is like money falling from the sky.

"so much?"

"Yes," Tang Ying nodded: "So don't worry too much, and do less embroidery work, so as not to hurt your eyes too much."

Zhou was silent for a while and nodded in agreement, but she felt a little uncomfortable if she really didn't do this, but she couldn't do anything else.

Lu Jian listened quietly to the mother and son talking. Seeing Zhou's silence at this time, she couldn't help but wonder, wouldn't it be bad not to be allowed to do embroidery work?

Tang Ying knew Mr. Zhou better than Lu Jian. When he saw that she stopped talking, he thought of the reason. He didn't tell Ms. Zhou about making money before. Firstly, he was afraid that Mr. Zhou wouldn't believe that he could make so much money. , after all, he invested 5,000 taels of silver, so he would receive a dividend of more than 300 taels. This five thousand taels is difficult to explain.

The second reason is the reason at this time. Ever since his mother married into the Tang family, his grandmother had set rules. Although his father was protecting him, there was always some work to be done. After the family was separated, although there were no more Those jobs, but because of his illness, he often did embroidery work to support the family.

After his father passed away, the family relied entirely on his mother's embroidery work to support the family. Now that the family's situation has improved, Zhou is still doing embroidery work. Although not as much as before, it is still busy.

When he was busy, Mr. Zhou didn't have time to think too much, so he didn't say anything. When he said it now, he couldn't help but sigh when he saw his mother like this.

"Mom, I just feel sorry for you, not that I think you are useless."

After hearing this, Mrs. Zhou raised her head and smiled at Tang Ying, but her eyes were still lonely.

"Mom knows."

In fact, Ms. Zhou knew that Tang Ying only said that because she felt sorry for her, but when she had nothing to do, she couldn't help but think about Tang Jing and her father.