On the way to escape famine, my parents divorced

Chapter 269 Perhaps even my uncle tried every possible way to find us.

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Li Wangshui drove his mule cart, carrying the five taels of silver given to him by Li Youfu, to Li Shiyue's house. He had just stopped the cart when he saw Li Shiliang and Zhao Min being seen off by Li Shiyue with smiles on their faces.

Although Li Wangshui was curious about how Li Shiliang and his wife had found Li Shiyue's house, he was not one to talk too much, so he simply took out the five taels of silver from his pocket as Li's mother came out of the kitchen.

"Sister Chun, they've bought the ointment."

"Here, I think this amount is about right."

"Oh, thank you for making this trip."

After seeing Li Wangshui, Li Shiliang, and Zhao Min off, Li Shiyue's family lit lamps, set up a table on the kang (a heated brick bed), and began to eat dinner.

During this time of dinner, Li's mother finally had a chance to tell Li Shiyue about the chores that had been asked to come and do while she was away from the village.

"The lamb's aunt and uncle brought a pound of pastries to the door, saying they wanted to do sheep-raising work;

Besides their family, two other families came to visit, but from what I heard, they only wanted to take the benefits and didn't want to bear the consequences.

The implication is that they'd only do this business if you paid for the sheep and helped them sell them.

I thought they were shameless, so I snapped at them and saw them out.

Erdan's mother told me that several families had come to her door wanting to raise rabbits with her.

However, in the end she only chose two people, both of whom married into our village: Zhao Yan, the wife of Ma Zi, and Sun Xiaodou, the wife of Wei Zi.

Erdan's mother said that she had asked the two men and they had both worked raising chickens and ducks at home before. Their hands looked like they were used to manual labor, and they were easy to talk to.
"Yes, Erdan's mother asked me to ask you, Zhao Yan and Sun Xiaodou are both women who married into our village from outside. Would choosing either of them be suitable?"

Li Shiyue swallowed the radish in her mouth before replying to her mother, "What's wrong with that?"

It's just raising rabbits. Even if we teach them how to raise rabbits and let them go back to their parents' home and tell their families, so what?
The first reason I started this rabbit farm was to give our village more sources of meat, so that we could have more meat in our mouths.
Rabbit pelts and dried rabbits can make a good profit. If the Zhao family and Sun family in the future raise too many rabbits, we can buy them from them. We can act as middlemen and earn a small commission.

Li's mother nodded. After hearing Li Shiyue's words, she knew how to reply to Erdan's mother.

"Then there's the tofu shop thing you mentioned. It's hard work, and so far only Thirteen has brought three brothers from the Wang family to come and say they're willing to do it."

I specifically asked Thirteen's grandmother, and she said that this family has many sons. Apart from the eldest son who got married and had children, the other two brothers are still single because the eldest is getting old.

They said they were willing to put in the effort, weren't afraid of hard work, and were happy as long as they could earn money.

At this point, Li's mother couldn't help but chuckle, and Li Shiyue looked over curiously.

"Haha, you don't know, his third son is a talkative guy. He told me he wants to be like your third brother, and Ma Zi and Mo Zi, so he can save up enough money to get a wife and a warm home, preferably with a wife and kids!"

"It's good that they're willing to take on the work, so let's start with their family."

If this business takes off, and more people are needed, others will naturally rush to do the work when they see it's profitable.

Li Shiyue used serving chopsticks to put a piece of radish stewed in the leftover chicken soup from lunch on her mother's plate. She smiled ingratiatingly at her mother and said, "Thank you for your hard work, Mother. You still have to think of these things for me!"

Mother, I'm sorry to trouble you for a while longer. I've already spoken to Mr. Jiang and asked him to help me find an accountant. Then I'll think about it and see if I can find a capable steward as well.

"From now on, there will be more and more things to do in our village. If it's just our family trying to manage everything, we'll really have no way to make a living. Thank you so much for your help, Mother! I'm thinking of you all the time!"

Before Li's mother could say anything, Li Shiyue went to look at Zheng Meiniang again, "And Aunt, Sister Qiutian, Sister Xiatian, Brother, I remember all the help you gave me!"

As Li Shiyue spoke, she looked at the people whose names she had called out. "Now that I have obtained an official position, although it is a minor one, it is still an official position."

Regardless of whether this official title has been approved by the Ministry of Personnel, it will definitely be effective in Andong.

This time, through the trade of paper, we have already made connections with merchants from all over the country. Some of them will be going to Youzhou. If we are lucky, we will definitely be able to find out about our uncle in the future!
If we still can't find it, I'm thinking of forming a caravan and going there to look for it ourselves!

At the dinner table, no one expected that Li Shiyue would bring up the matter of Li's uncle at this time.

They haven't talked about Uncle Li since the last time they discussed him.

It wasn't that she didn't miss him, but Zheng Meiniang herself knew that in her current state, it wouldn't be easy to find someone like him.

And even if we do find out where they are, and they are still alive, so what?
Being so far apart, and unable to see each other for even a short while, if they weren't alive, they would have died long ago. Wouldn't it be even more heartbreaking to find out?
It's better to be like this now, knowing a vague piece of news, but not knowing whether they are dead or alive, just to pretend they are still alive.

Living is better than dying. Even if we never see each other again in this life, does that mean we can't live our lives?

So, after hearing what Li Shiyue said, Zheng Meiniang sighed, then looked up and smiled at Li Shiyue, saying, "It's good that you still care about your uncle's affairs."

For the sake of our family and our village, you already have endless things to think about all day long, and you still have to find time to think about your uncle.
In October, my aunt finally saw the light. She said that we are living the best life ever, and everything is promising. She even started thinking about starting a pig farm like me, so that she could use my skills again.

As for your uncle...
We've done our best. If he's still alive and well, and can eat and stay warm, that's good enough.

If it's him, then it's fate.

We still have to live our lives, don't we?

That's settled then.

"Sister-in-law?"

"Auntie?"

Everyone could hear the helplessness and pain in Zheng Meiniang's voice. Li's mother and the Li sisters, Li Qiutian and Li Xiatian, all looked at Zheng Meiniang with concern.

I think it's good that my aunt thinks this way.

I was thinking that I needed to find my uncle!
He is my maternal uncle. When we were young, he treated my brother and me extremely well. He is my dear family. When I was able to do so, I naturally had to go and find him.

Perhaps my uncle has also tried every possible way to find us.

But finding my uncle won't interfere with our family's daily life!
"If we live a good life, when my uncle comes back, he can eat well, dress well, and have money to spend. Wouldn't that be better?"

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