"Mom, itās getting late. Let Brother An and Qingrui go back to sleep now. We still have to go to town tomorrow."
As soon as Yang Chuxia mentioned it, Ms. Wang realized she had been talking too much, "Alright, I wonāt say any more. Qingrui, come and sleep with your Brother Ziāan."
"Ah, Iām coming." Yang Qingrui came out, and as he walked to the door, he teased his mother, "Mom, why do you always mistake your sons? Iām your son, your real son, you know."
After saying that, he went out with Ye Ziāan, leaving Ms. Wang unable to react.
"Pfft..."
It took a while for Ms. Wang to understand what Yang Qingrui had said, and she ended up laughing first.
After a while, Yang Dachuan, who had taken Land Officer Yang home, came back. Ms. Wang closed the door, and they each washed up and went to bed.
Early the next morning, Yang Qingrui and Ye Ziāan got up and came over.
When they arrived, Yang Chuxia had just gotten up.
"You guys are up early!"
Ms. Wang came out of the kitchen and said, "Itās not early, itās already daylight. Hurry up and wash your face and brush your teeth. Iāve cooked the food and weāre just waiting for you to eat. Chuxia, once Ziāan and Qingrui are done washing, they should hurry up and eat, then get on with their day."
"Mom, why are you so impatient? Itās like youāre eager to get us out of the house. Why donāt you like our company?" Yang Chuxia was wailing as she washed her face.
Upon hearing that, Ms. Wang laughed, "Isnāt that the case? When youāre at home, I have to serve you. Once youāre all out, I can have some peace and quiet. Even the lunch would be easier with one less person to cook for. The weather is getting colder and I need to get your winter clothes ready. Besides, when youāre out, you have your dad and Brother An with you, and your younger brothers are at school, so I donāt need to worry."
"Alright, you just enjoy your day at home. We probably wonāt be back until tonight." Having finished washing her face quickly, Yang Chuxia grabbed a pancake and said, "Today, Brother An and I are going to tidy up the shop, and dad will be with us. We also have to go to the dentist. Thereās so much to do."
"What are you going to the dentist for?" Ms. Wang asked casually.
"To buy people!"
"Cough cough..."
"Cough cough..."
These two words choked everyone, "What do you want to buy people for? How did you decide to buy people?" Old Yang asked first.
Ms. Wang added, "Yeah, why are you buying people?" She was wondering how they had just bought a shop and now they were buying people too.
Yang Chuxia ate her food quickly, and knowing they were running out of time, she said, "Letās talk about this when we get back tonight. " Then she called Yang Dachuan and Ye Ziāan, "Dad, Brother An, are you guys ready?"
"Ready, ready"
With that, Ye Ziāan and Yang Dachuan went to harness the ox-cart, and Yang Chuxia went back to the room to get some silver.
When the ox-cart came out, Yang Chuxia and Ye Ziāan boarded it along with brothers Yang Qingrui, who were hitching a ride to school.
Once they reached town, Yang Dachuan drove the ox-cart straight to their shop. Yang Chuxia looked at the shop and didnāt plan on doing any major renovations. She wanted to sell furniture and household items, so she just needed ample space to display samples.
"Brother An, I think we canāt have two separate rooms for the shop. We need to open the entire front area into one space, and we donāt need these shelves or anything."
After Ye Ziāan looked around the shop, he agreed, "Itās true that opening up the space will be better. Things like boxes and tables canāt be placed on shelves, and if theyāre displayed on the ground, the limited space will make it seem too crowded."