Lucky husband

The first month passed, and the spring plowing in Shanghe Village officially started.

After the new year, Li Chengshi, who had been working in the county government for 20 days, returned to Li's house, and Li Chengzhi asked him to count the money together.

There was no accounting before the year, and that part plus the money earned in one and a half months from the sale of rice noodles from the second day of the lunar new year to the end of the month were all counted together. There are close to 20 taels of silver.

At the beginning, Mrs. Li was worried that other people in the county would start selling rice noodles, which would lead to a decline in her rice noodle business.

Unexpectedly, when the number of people selling rice noodles in the county really increased, the number of people eating rice noodles at Li Chengzhi's stall did not decrease much. The business was relatively not as good as during the Chinese New Year, but they could still sell a hundred bowls a day. , During the few days until the end of the month, the number of people who came to eat rice noodles began to rise slowly.

To put it simply, they started selling rice noodles in late December last year. They experienced a boom in business, then a sharp decline in mid-January, and then slowly began to show signs of recovery at the end of January. This change made the Li family very happy.

Li Chengzhi looked at the silver and copper plates on the table, and said happily: "I think the third brother should be right. When the number of people who have eaten and like rice noodles in the county starts to increase, the business of our rice noodle stalls will change." good."

After all, the Li family was the first to sell rice noodles in soup stock, and other people who sold rice noodles in the county also thought of rice noodles in soup stock. This made the reputation of Li family rice noodles more and more loud after the rice noodles appeared everywhere.

I don't know if Bai Xiuhe is really good at making soup, or because other shops don't use casserole to make soup. Li Chengzhi heard more than one customer say that their rice noodles taste better.

"That's good, that's good." After hearing what her two sons said about the change in the rice noodle business, Mrs. Li never stopped smiling.

The rice noodle business is good, so she doesn't worry that the two children, Mingde and Mingli, will have no money to study and take the imperial examination.

After calculating the money, Li Chengzhi gave [-]% to Li Chengshi: "Third brother, this is what I agreed to give to you and the third younger sibling, you take it."

Li Chengshi did not refuse, and put the silver into his arms directly, and asked, "Brother, just now you said that the business of the rice noodle stall will pick up next month, but you will go home to help your father with the spring plowing next month, sister-in-law of the rice noodle stall Can one person survive?"

When Li Chengzhi talked about this, he was a little uncertain: "It's hard, she can barely push the wooden cart and tables and chairs by herself, but if she needs to add pots and bowls of soup, it's not easy. I'm thinking whether to stop for half a day For the rice noodle business of the month, we should think of other ways.”

Li Chengshi felt that it was inappropriate to stop the stall directly: "Our Li family's rice noodles have just become famous, and we will stop for half a month before setting up a stall. By then, the rice noodle business will not be as good as it is now, right?"

Hearing this, old man Li hurriedly said: "Boss, the field work at home cannot be delayed, the field is the root of the farm family, and the root must not be lost."

Old man Li has educated his sons since he was a child. They are farmers who depend on the sky to eat. No matter what they do, they can't delay the work in the field. He went to do some work in the field, so that his son would not forget the skills of farming. In case his job in the county government was gone in the future, he could go home and farm to make a living without starving to death.

Li Chengzhi also meant the same thing. Although he had a quick mind, farming was an unshakable thing in his heart: "Father, I know what you said, and I will not delay the spring plowing."

"Okay, as long as you know." Old man Li heaved a sigh of relief, he was worried that his son had made money in business, and he didn't want to go home to farm.

When the times are good, you can buy food everywhere if you have money. If the year is bad, you will suffer. Money is useless. You can’t buy food everywhere with money. You can only be hungry. .

Mrs. Li listened and came up with an idea: "Otherwise, I will help sell rice noodles. Boss, tell me what to do to sell rice noodles. I know more about the living mothers on the stove than you."

"This..." Li Chengzhi hesitated, and he thought about what he had to do to sell rice noodles.

Now the husband and wife are proficient in the work related to rice noodles. For example, they sell more than a hundred bowls of rice noodles a day, and Bai Xiuhe can basically finish the preparation work by himself in one afternoon after returning home.

A few days ago, when the two of them came back from selling rice noodles, Bai Xiuhe was busy at home, and Li Chengzhi went to work with old man Li in the field.

If Li Chengzhi doesn't go out to sell rice noodles in the future, Bai Xiuhe sells the rice noodles in the morning and goes home to boil the broth, prepare the ingredients for the rice noodles and other items, and go to the county seat with Mrs. Li early the next morning. One person is responsible for cooking the rice noodles, and the other is responsible for collecting money, serving the rice noodles, and cleaning up, so it should be busy.

But selling rice noodles had to get up very early, and Li Chengzhi and he didn't really want Mrs. Li to be busy in her old age.

Glancing at his eldest brother, Li Chengshi shook his head and said, "Mother, when you are old enough to enjoy your blessings, how can our brothers let you go out to work? I see, father and elder brother are busy with spring plowing, and you are here Take the grandson at home and cook for their father and son, and it happens that Yunniang can help out now that she is confinement."

Old Madam Li stared: "What age, your mother and I are very young, how can we enjoy life?"

Li Chengshi quickly admitted his mistake: "Yes, yes, yes, I said the wrong thing. My mother is still young. It is our brothers who want you to enjoy the blessings at home. It is our brothers who need to worry about earning money to support the family."

"But what you said, third, is right. Your daughter-in-law's hands are for embroidery. You can't let her roughen her hands by doing rough work. The eldest daughter-in-law is now busy selling rice noodles, and she can't take care of the family work. If I also went to sell rice noodles, and there was no one to clean up the house, which is really wrong." Mrs. Li frowned and thought, what else can I do.

If Qian Xinghua from the second room is reliable and nimble, Mrs. Li would definitely suggest Qian Xinghua to help. Although Li's family has separated, relatives of blood can trust each other anyway, so please come and give money. Just be clear.

But Qian Xinghua is not in the mood, if she finds out that the rice noodle business is so good, I don't know how she will make a fuss.

The whole family sat together to think of a way, and a person appeared in the minds of Mrs. Li and Li Chengzhi at the same time.

"Niece."

"Grass Leaf Girl."

The eldest niece mentioned by Mrs. Li and the girl Caoye mentioned by Li Chengzhi are Li Caoye from Erye Li's family. She took her brothers Li Qiusheng and Li back to her mother's house, and now lives with Erye Li and the others.

Li Chengzhi grinned: "Mom, let's go together. How is Miss Caoye's illness? During this time, Xiuhe and I have been going out early and returning late. I haven't seen her much. If she recovers, she should be fine." Go help, I remember that before she got married, she was a good hand at home and abroad."

Old Madam Li would think of her because Li Caoye's body is almost healed: "Good morning, she goes to the fields with your second uncle every day, she is a hard-working child."

After returning to her natal home, her diet has improved a lot. Li Caoye’s body and face have finally grown a little flesh. She has recently started spring plowing. She has to carry a hoe and go to the field with Li Erye every day. No matter what Mistress Li says, she insists .

Going to the fields is a laborious job, much more tiring than doing chores at home. Generally, as long as there are enough men in the family and they are busy enough, they will not let women go to the fields.

However, the two daughters-in-law of Li Erye's family did the chores. Li Caoye often felt uncomfortable at home. In addition, when she was at her in-law's house, she was also called by Mrs. Liang to do field work. It made her feel that she had something to do after returning to her natal home, and her mind was more relaxed.

Mrs. Li didn't say some things, but after a few turns in his mind, Li Chengzhi understood what his mother was sighing, and then he said: "Mother, I think so, why don't you go to the second uncle's house and ask the leaves of grass Sister, is she willing to go to the county town with Xiuhe to sell rice noodles every day, and the wages are twenty yuan a day."

Worried that Mrs. Li thought he was giving too little wages, Li Chengzhi explained: "The rice noodles are only sold for half a day. After returning home, Xiuhe does the preparation of the rice noodles by herself, and the grass leaf girl only helps for half a day. The wages are too much. Very suitable."

Mrs. Li understood the truth without his explanation. Asking Li Caoye for help was to take care of her, but it was not enough after taking care of her. Twenty essays is already very good.

You must know that a strong man only earns fifty cents a day as a part-time job, and a woman has nothing to do except washing and sewing. It is not bad to earn twenty cents a day.

After thinking clearly about what she was going to say, Mrs. Li walked to the house of Second Master Li, where the lights had not been turned off: "Sisters and brothers, are you still asleep?"

"No, sister-in-law, why are you here?" Mistress Li opened the courtyard, "Come in and talk."

"I'm just talking to Caoye and I'm too lazy to come into the house, you go and call her out." It's not convenient to ask Li Caoye for help at Li Erye's house, it's not good if her two younger siblings overhear .

Mistress Li didn't ask sister-in-law why she wanted to find her own daughter, but directly agreed: "Okay, I'll call her right away."

Li Caoye had already taken off her clothes and was about to go to bed. When she heard the aunt outside said that she was looking for her, she quickly put on her clothes and went out, calling out shyly, "Auntie."

"Caoye, come with me." Mrs. Li grabbed Li Caoye, and the two walked outside together.

When we arrived in a relatively open place, the old lady Li revealed the purpose of her looking for Li Caoye: "Caoye, you know that my boss sells rice noodles in the county, right? The spring plowing is coming soon and the boss wants to go home to help his father. Rice noodles The business Xiuhe is too busy alone. My aunt came to you this time to ask you, would you like to go to the county town to sell rice noodles with my family Xiuhe? Don't worry, the help is not for nothing. The boss said they will pay the wages. I am busy that day Give it the same day."

Old Madam Li lowered her volume and finished what she wanted to say at once, watching Li Caoye's expression by the faint moonlight.

Li Caoye looked a little unresponsive, she looked at Old Madam Li in a daze, her lips opened and closed, not knowing what to say: "I, I..."

Old Madam Li sighed in her heart, Li Caoye was too honest, otherwise how could she be manipulated to such an extent by the man-eating Liang family.

Seeing that she was uncertain, Mrs. Li persuaded her, "Caoye, you are still young. Since you have no plans to remarry, then you have to make plans for yourself. What will happen to Brother Qiu's dowry in the future? No matter who takes care of you, you don’t have to panic if you have money in your hands. This is an opportunity, it’s not that my aunt is boasting, my boss and they won’t treat you badly.”

"Well, you can think about it when you go back, discuss it with your parents, and give me an answer tomorrow."

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