In Jiang Qing's perception, their family's situation was not very good, with nothing to their name and having been driven out of the house by their grandmother. Even after hearing their explanation on Grand Cloud Mountain, Jiang Qing still harbored doubts, so much so that when she saw the new house with three rooms and a large courtyard, she was shocked and worried that building this house might have exhausted all of their family's savings.
Jiang Xia told Jiang Qing that nothing needed to be prepared, but Jiang Qing thought it was just because Jiang Xia was too young to understand the need to economize and spoke so casually.
They had come early to help build the house, considering the family's modest circumstances and not wanting their father to overexert himself. They even brought two carts of luggage, including various kinds of game and a hundred kilograms of rice and flour, enough to feed the family for a long time. The journey took twice the usual time to complete.
