After being replaced, she changed from a miserable daughter-in-law to a lucky wife

Chapter 478 Lack of Money

Xia Wanniang had really forgotten about this. She found out that her memory had really deteriorated since she got pregnant. "Mom, do you have any ideas?"

Aunt Xiao saw that she was still wearing her palace dress and asked, "Why don't you change into something more comfortable?"

Xia Wanniang nodded, and after changing into comfortable clothes, she sat next to Aunt Xiao.

Zhu Yao poured her a glass of boiled water and placed it in front of her.

Xia Wanniang looked at the clean and transparent water in the cup and blinked: "Zhu Yao, pour me a cup of tea."

Zhu Yao said seriously: "No...No."

Xia Wanniang frowned and looked at Aunt Xiao who was smiling: "Mother."

Seeing her little girl's rare coquetry, Aunt Xiao softened her heart a little: "It's not okay to drink strong tea, and you should drink less tea now."

Xia Wanniang compromised and decided to just drink boiled water for the sake of the baby in her belly!

Aunt Xiao smiled and shook her head: "I want to see if there is a suitable house in the north city. I can't let Princess Ling'an squeeze into the government office!"

Xia Wanniang turned to look at Chai Song and said, "Chai Song, is there any suitable house for sale in North City?"

Chai Song stood beside them respectfully and said, "Madam and Old Madam, there are currently no suitable houses for sale in North City, not even for rent."

Aunt Xiao had a headache: "What should I do?"

Chai Song was quite helpless. They had been asking about the house since they came to Beicheng, but there was still no news after such a long time.

Xia Wanniang looked at Chai Song and said, "Do you know when Princess Ling'an will arrive?"

Chai Song calculated the time: "If nothing unexpected happens, it should take another three months. Princess Ling'an has a lot of dowry, so the journey will be slow."

Xia Wanniang tapped her fingers lightly on the table. If there were enough materials and enough manpower, they should be able to build the main body of the city wall first.

A mansion should be able to be completed by working overtime, it's just a bit rushed, but it's worth a try.

But now she can't find anyone to design the city, which is a bit troublesome.

Aunt Xiao thought for a moment and said, "Mrs. Wan, if that doesn't work, we can find a village to live in temporarily and let Ali get married here."

Xia Wanniang thought this was a solution: "This is also a solution." Then she looked at Chai Song and said, "Chai Song, go to the village near the military camp and see if there is any suitable housing."

She added: "Put up a notice saying that a city is being built in the northwest, and every month..."

Thinking of this, she paused for a moment, then turned to look at Aunt Xiao: "Mom, do you know how much it costs to build the city and the city wall?"

Aunt Xiao nodded and said, "When the city wall was built in the northwest, each person was paid more than 300 coins per day. Building a city wall is a hard job, and it requires strong laborers, and the cost is not low."

Xia Wanniang blinked her eyes. By this calculation, each person would need ten taels of silver per month, which was a considerable amount of silver needed.

She looked at Gu Man and said, "Gu Man, go to the front and tell your general that we are short of money."

Gu Man blinked his eyes, not knowing what it meant, but still obeyed the order and ran forward.

Aunt Xiao looked at Xia Wanniang and asked Qiu He to fetch a box. She pushed the box in front of her and said, "Take these."

Xia Wanniang curiously opened the box in front of her. Inside was a box full of banknotes, all in denominations of 100 taels. "Mom, what are you doing?"

Aunt Xiao looked at her and smiled: "This is what Qiuhe and I earned when we opened a store in Maocheng. Aren't you short of money now? Use this first. When it's not enough and the dividends come in, I'll give it to you."

Chai Song also brought in a lot of boxes: "Madam, these were sent by Mr. Qiu. I haven't seen you before, so he asked me to keep them first." As he said that, he placed a booklet in front of her.

Xia Wanniang opened the booklet and looked at the contents. These were the dividends from all the properties under Mr. Qiu's name.

Zhu Yao also ran back, bringing back a box and a book: "Sister Jiao... Sister Jiao... sent... sent it."

Xia Wanniang opened the account book again. This was the money the workshop and the shop earned after they left, and the amount was not small at all!