The husband's son-in-law

There are two shops in the three small courtyards next door. There are tables and stools for people to sit and rest. Within two days, Li Zhouzhou found that Xiaoshu had boiled hot water and made tea for free. Naturally, he asked first. he.

"Brother Zhou Zhou, I saw a lot of big tea mugs and cups piled up in the stove house. It's a pity not to leave them alone. Besides, it's not good to sit there and wait when guests come. I see them talking and talking dry." Willow Ask if you can make tea and send tea.

"I was too busy before, can you get busy with boiling water and delivering tea?"

Willow patted his chest and said, "It's done."

Later, Li Zhouzhou bought the cheapest rough tea. If hawthorns and jujubes came down in season, he could change the tea when it was cheap. When he was at home, Xianggong liked to drink this tea.

The charcoal-burning stove Li Zhouzhou put in two shops and made a big iron pot for boiling water. Although it is more expensive, it is more durable than yellow mud stove and does not need to be cracked.Li Zhouzhou had calculated a month's profit before, and now he knows it well, and he wants to do a good job in the business, especially since Xiaoshu's arrival is much easier, so he has the energy to fill in the gaps.

The two shops are managed by Xiaoshu, cleaned and scrubbed clean. A table is placed against the wall, with a large tea mug and teacups on it, and a pot of thick tea leaves next to it.

After the free tea is served, people who come to buy stewed tea like to sit here and chat for a while, drinking tea. Although the tea is not good, it doesn't cost money.

Later, Xiao Shu was handed over to distribute the signs.Because Xiaoshu has a good memory, when these diners came to line up at noon, some of them were the first to stand at the front, some came late and wanted to rest at the front, but they got mixed up when the shop opened, so naturally he was not happy, he stood for so long in vain .

Later, Xiaoshu recognized it at a glance, when did you come, and when did you come, why did you just stand behind this big brother and run ahead?

Xiaoshu apologized politely after speaking, but I really don’t remember it, and sometimes I had to vaguely say that I forgot.

Li Zhouzhou gave the signboard to Xiaoshu, and when his shop was not open at noon, he asked the big guys to go to two shops to queue up to get the number.

The diners are very happy. If you go early, you can sit down and chat with tea and talk. When it gets crowded, it attracts many passers-by. Curious, they come in and ask. It turns out that there is free tea to drink. You don’t want to buy a spoonful after drinking it. I'm so sorry.

So in this way, it's not enough for Li Zhouzhou and Zhoujia's quantity to be sold out every day.

Some diners asked about braised chicken and braised tofu.

Willow remembers everything, and reports to Brother Zhou Zhou: "Boss Fang's old lady has bad teeth and can't taste anything in her mouth, so she likes our braised mei. In the past, tofu mixed with rice and noodles was mushy, but now it can only be mixed with marinade."

In just a few days, Liu Shu has already figured out the old and familiar Hakka population.

Li Zhouzhou turned around and said to his husband, he praised Xiaoshu for being amazing, his words were pleasant, his work was quick and his strength was great, he really hired the wrong person for picking up the treasure.Of course, Mr. Xiaozhao was jealous again, and promised a lot of 'conditions' before going over.

It's time to add halogen flavor and braised chicken.

On weekdays, Li Zhou, Li Da, and Liu Shu eat together in the courtyard of Li’s house for lunch. At around four o’clock in the afternoon, they close their business, and quickly clean up the big pot and sweep the floor. It must be over at five o’clock. At this time, Liu Shu cooks and eats by himself. , because his man is coming back, so it's not good to go to the next door for dinner.

Li Zhouzhou offered rice and noodles to the courtyard.

Originally, I wanted to sell it for a month, but now it has only been more than ten days, and the business is getting more and more prosperous. Li Zhouzhou ordered the stewed chicken and halogen flavor. After finishing cleaning this day, I called Xiaoshu to stop first, "Xiaoshu, I want to give you Build a shed in that yard, and set up a big pot stove at the bottom, which can be opened quickly in the future, and you can add stewed chicken and halogen, and you can have an empty stove in your stove, which is convenient for you to cook and boil water."

Liu Shu knew that Brother Zhou loved him, so he didn't refuse, and agreed, "Sure, I can also build stoves and sheds. I have seen my elder brother do it before."

"My father can build a shed and build a stove very quickly." Li Zhouzhou saw himself in Xiaoshu, but Xiaoshu was much more outgoing and cheerful than him, and said, "I will give you a raise in the future. It turns out that one tael of silver has risen to two taels a month."

"Brother Zhou Zhou, this is too much, what am I worth two taels of silver?" Liu Shu was frightened to death, he already earned one tael of silver a month to hire a brother, why did he pay back two taels?And he didn't do anything, just burn firewood and scrub.

Li Zhouzhou patiently explained: "It's not because you are Yan's second brother's husband that I give you a salary increase, but Xiaoshu, you are very good at yourself, serious in your work, busy with the business of the shop, and have a flexible mind. You have thought of it, and you have attracted a lot of business diners."

"You deserve a raise."

Li Zhouzhou saw that Xiaoshu was still panicked and couldn't believe it, so he couldn't help laughing and said, "That's it."

Liu Shu couldn't believe it when he heard that he had changed from one tael to two taels a month. He was in a daze for a while, and finally he became happy, full of energy, and when his man came back in the afternoon, he was still showing off.

"Brother Zhou Zhou praised me for being great, not because of your face, I believe Brother Zhou Zhou."

"I've got a wage increase! Two taels of silver a month from now on."

"Believe it—" Liu Shu imitated Grandma's voice, stretching, "If you want to buy paper for reading in the future, just call me, and I will buy it for you."

Hey Hey.

He has two taels of silver a month!

"If you are disobedient and keep whispering in front of my ear, I won't give you meat. I may make money now. I have two taels of silver, you know!"

Yan Jinxin looked over, and the willow tree whose tail could reach into the sky froze all of a sudden, "Then let me tell you what to eat, and I didn't say that you would be deducted from your meals." Why did you stare at him!

After eating and tidying up, and resting at night, Liu Shu beat his arms and legs and turned somersaults on the bed. Hehehe, he has two taels of silver a month, and then the man came over, covered in moisture, and finally took off his underwear.

willow:……

"You don't rest tomorrow, why do you want to do it three times!" Willow kicked his legs.

In the last three times, Willow yelled that he had to go to work tomorrow, Yan Jingxin did it only once, scrubbed Willow clean, and said: "Don't go to bed early, you go to work tomorrow."

Willow's eyes widened, why didn't he do it again?

He is still savoring it.

"Close your eyes and sleep." Yan Jinxin said with a frown.

Liu Shu was so frightened that he obediently closed his eyes, scolding the man in his heart for being unreasonable and black-faced.

In March, the willow tree was picked up from the [-]th to open the business. Li Zhouzhou calculated one and a half taels of wages for Xiaoshu, saying that the second month would be two taels of silver, and after that, he would reduce a big pot every month when he rested and took a bath. It was easy. easy.

Liu Shu first said that he was not tired, but after seeing Brother Zhou Zhou's expression, he realized, "Brother Zhou Zhou is really kind to Gu Xiucai, and I really love your husband."

"Then you just happen to feel sorry for your man." Li Zhouzhou joked with Xiaoshu.

Willow pouted, "He always scares me, why do I feel sorry for him."

"Speaking like that, who is it to buy meat, cook vegetables, and wash clothes diligently?" Li Zhouzhou could see that Xiao Shu still remembered Yan Xiucai.

"That can't be helped. I will marry him. He is my man. I can't help but look forward to it. When the time comes, he will collapse. I don't want to be a widow at a young age." That's right!

Li Zhouzhou: ...

Xiaoshu faces his family, the closer he gets, the more he speaks casually and doesn't lock the door.

Scholars rest for three days a month. On this day, Li Ji cooks a little less, and the old customers know about it later. Even so, at the end of April, Li Zhouzhou settles accounts. Much faster.

According to Zhou Zhou’s account book, it’s every three months to go to the pork shop in the west, and it’s paid out last month. All the profits in March were paid out, and 12 taels were posted. In the yard next door, a large stove, a shed, and an iron pot were built. , Buy crude tea money.

But the profit in April is very good, with a total of 47 taels.

The cost of the pork shop is about 14 taels a month, which means that in the future, it can make a net profit of 33 taels a month, and after deducting the wages for Xiaoshu, it can still save 31 taels.

Nowadays, apart from marinated offal, pig's head, pig's trotters, ribs, etc., Liji's shop also has a braised chicken and a braised duck every day. Zhou Zhou calculated that in May, he could try to braise two ducks a day.

If there is one more stewed duck, you can earn more.

"Xiaoshu has worked hard this month." Li Zhouzhou asked Xiaoshu if he wanted copper coins or silver coins.

Willow: "Copper coins, copper coins, brother Zhou Zhou, I have never seen so much money, I still earn it myself, I want to go back and count the money one by one!"

"Success." Li Zhouzhou took two pieces of money.

Two thousand copper coins are heavy, and Willow is happy to hold them. He has to divide the money, and keep the three hundred cash for his small yard. If he still comes to buy it, brother Zhou Zhou will just take care of him to eat at noon, and the man will not eat well in the afternoon, so all these must be calculated.

There are also tooth powder and saponin soap that must be bought. The weather is hot and smelly, so you have to wash more frequently, and you have to pay for the firewood for your own use...

After all the calculations, the willow tree is still very rich, and it can still eat meat once every two or three days.

that's nice!

In July, the academy had a farm holiday.

Liu Shu was supposed to go back with the man, but he was worried about the business of the shop. Once he left, brother Zhou Zhou was overwhelmed, so he gave the man six and a half taels of silver that he had saved for the past four months, and said boldly: "I will give it to you." You rent a mule cart and go back by yourself, I have to do business."

"..." Yan Jingxin didn't speak.

Willow raised his brows, and now he is not so afraid of men -- no wonder.

"Then what, don't look at me with a bad face, how about this, when you come back, you can do it as many times as you want? Hey, I really can't get away here, but I'm so busy, brother Zhou Zhou said to be a stew Peanuts and marinated edamame, I want to take these, there is an old woman who dares to raise the price with me—”

"Don't do evil because it's small, don't curse people."

Willow: "...Well, I hope she doesn't die early, old lady, can I?"

"You don't know how irritating she is. At the beginning, she agreed with me. I want more for 25 cents a bucket. I promised to hurry up and didn't lower the price. Brother Zhou Zhou has a good heart and is not a profiteer, but That damned old woman, the peanuts on the sack are good, I will check it when I say it, and she pushes it three times, and I know there is something tricky in it..."

Speaking of this, Willow is very angry, so he naturally forgot that he can't swear, so he put his hands on his hips and yelled: "The back half of the bag is full of insect holes and moldy, and it's on my head, I'm piss!"

"He still wants to scare me, saying that I won't pay me to stop me from leaving, and ask his son to come and clean me up."

Yan Jinxin frowned, he hadn't heard Xiaoshu mention it, and thought, "Is it the day when your arm was scratched at the end of last month? You said you fell and wouldn't let me see it."

"..." Willow: It's over, it's exposed.

"I just scratched the skin a little bit. You don't know how imposing I was at the time. One against two, I pissed off the old woman's face, and her son's short melon-like appearance, and wanted to move my finger. I kicked He is a shameless offspring!"

Liu Shu originally wanted to pretend to be bold and say that he was majestic, so he diverted the conversation, but seeing the man's face getting darker and darker, his loud voice slowly faded away, and he said obediently: "Okay, okay, don't scare me, I'll be back for a week Brother Zhou was also angry, it was the first time I saw Brother Zhou angry, it was scary, he said that next time I don’t care about my own safety, I won’t let me do it.”

"There will be no next time." Yan Jinxin said with a dark face: "If you do this again, go home."

Willow obediently said in front of Brother Zhou Zhou that she understood, but she was so wronged in front of the man, she burst into tears, threw herself into the man's arms and hammered the man with her fist, tears and snot all over the man's clothes, "I'm in so much pain that I'm dying, You still say such things, don't you have a conscience, you don't even worry about me!"

"I let you go three times for nothing~"

The small courtyard of Li’s family is on summer vacation today, Gu Zhao was at home, and when he heard the crying next door, he muttered something like an ambulance, and only heard the sound.

Sticking to his family Zhou Zhou all day long, one bite at a time Brother Zhou Zhou.

"Brother Zhou Zhou, why are you going?"

Li Zhouzhou: ...

"Sir, don't make trouble, Xiaoshu is crying so hard, I'll go and see."

Gu Zhao: "Liu Fulang's voice is loud. It's no big deal that my second brother is appointing him. Maybe it's time to settle the score after autumn. When we found out about the peanut incident last time, I stopped my second brother from crying."

"Really?" Li Zhouzhou stopped moving, and listened with his ears sideways for a while, and his voice became smaller and smaller, "You are right, Mr. Xiang, it's all right."

Gu Zhao rubbed his wife's face, "You, Xiaoshu all day long, Brother Zhou Zhou all day long, the pretty little husband is not beautiful anymore, he still won't act like a baby, let my brother Zhou Zhou stop thinking about it."

"...Sister-in-law."

"It's useless to call Mr. Ruan Ruan obediently. Dad is not in the house. Hurry up and kiss. If you take the initiative to kiss, little Mr. Zhou will stop rubbing Zhou Zhou's face."

Li Zhouzhou smiled and leaned over to kiss the husband-in-law, Gu Zhao was flattered.

In the next room, Liu Shu didn't cry anymore, he was quite happy. His hands hurt from hammering the man, his eyes were crying, and he said, "Anyway, I won't go back. If you let me go back, I will cry."

"……up to you."

"Then you rent a mule cart to go back, so go back early and finish your work, don't be reluctant to take your legs and walk away, you will be exhausted after walking back." Liu Shu used to know that the prefecture was far away from home, but he didn't know how far it was. My butt hurts when I ride in a mule cart.

"It just happened that the stone powder was bought back."

"And to buy things for grandma, mother-in-law and father-in-law."

"Tell the family I'm fine."

After the willow tree babbled and explained, it became very powerful again, and asked the man if he heard.Sweeping over the strict letter, Liu Shu: "...then don't forget to remember."

"Ah."

During this agricultural holiday, I strictly believe that I will go back alone, rent a mule cart, pay for the willow tree, and pull things on it.As for Liu Shu's collection of six and a half, Yan Jinxin didn't take it back with him, and let Liu Shu hold it by his side.

In July and August, Li Ji cooks peanuts and edamame in salted water. This is not only loved by diners, but also by his father. The marinating time is short, and it does not cost much firewood. It is also cheap to buy. If diners like to drink, buy some Used for appetizers.

This sends away a letter of rigor.

"Brother Zhou Zhou, shopkeeper Xu asked me if I could send a pot of stewed peanuts and edamame to his restaurant? We will give you an extra [-]% of the selling price."

Willow came over to talk in shorts, with sweat on his forehead, "I think it's okay, and Boss Fang's old lady is going to celebrate her [-]th birthday. On November [-]rd, I heard he said that he would have a lively event, and invited a troupe." We set up a stage, and set up a table of noodles in the yard at home that day, saying that it’s a pity that our Luzhu sells fast every day, and there are still limited quantities.”

"I thought, if we prepare it in advance, it will be cold at that time, and we will burn it at night, and Fang's family will send it in the morning, or we can send it over. I listen to Boss Fang, and the price can be increased by [-]%. It’s hard work.”

"I haven't agreed yet. I said I won't take anything. I'll come back and ask you."

Li Zhouzhou: ...

Not to mention Li Zhouzhou was stunned, even Gu Zhao would sigh, what kind of businessman Liu Fulang is, in modern times he is a social expert.

Because the willow tree looks 'unattractive' and speaks frankly and aggressively. After coming to the shop for so long, no diner dares to say nothing, especially knowing that Liu Fulang was invited by the Li family, and he is also a talented husband. Very respectful and polite.

In the past, there was free tea, and Liu Shu would refill it for greetings. Now that I am busy, it has become a self-service tea. I want to drink it myself, and pour as much as I want.The willow tree only needs to wash a tea mug and cup, and take a large pot from the shop to boil a pot of boiling water on a regular basis.He learned from brother Zhou Zhou.

The diners were curious when they saw it, and asked, it turned out to be so clean.

Think about it too, hot water washes oil stains quickly, but the teacup has no oil stains——

No matter how you say it, Li Jilu boiled the food in his mouth, and the two husbands are clean and diligent, so the diners are naturally comfortable and feel at ease when buying.

Now Li Ji's old and regular customers have more friendship with the shop.

Because I often come to buy things, everyone chats in the shop, and the more people I know, the more people I talk to. Sometimes I don’t come for a few days, and other people are still thinking about it.

From Gu Zhao's point of view, the free tea chat was really a team building activity for shop diners.

...It's so crooked.

"Little tree, aren't you tired?"

"I'm tired, I'm not tired, I've already figured it out, Brother Zhou Zhou." As Liu Shu said, he leaned closer to Brother Zhou Zhou, looked at Gu Xiucai's face, curled his lips inwardly, and left a little bit, happily saying : "Look, salted peanuts and edamame are very familiar. The main thing is to stew them for a while, and they will be able to be poured for lunch..."

It can indeed be done, Li Zhouzhou knows, it's just that the time has been diverted.

"Success, you can just talk to shopkeeper Xu and say yes."

"Where is Boss Zhou Fang's old lady's running water mat that week? I think it's true. We just worked hard all night. We have to open a shop when we go into the water, but Boss Fang said, don't go into the water. Braised tofu, braised chicken, braised duck, and braised pork ribs Braised pork head meat, these butcher shops can be rich."

Li Zhouzhou saw that Xiaoshu's eyes were bright, since he raised his wages, Xiaoshu really took care of the shop as his own, and changed his ways to make more money.

"Okay, we will do it if you promise."

Gu Zhaolue had a little understanding of Brother Yan's mood, but he was more happy. After Liu Fulang came over, his family was full of energy and energy every day of the week, and tried to change ways to do a good job in business.

Zhou Zhou used to stick to him with all his heart. Gu Zhao knew that he loved him for everything, even if he did business to buy him a big yard for him to study, but now it is different. Li Ji stewed cooking is Zhou Zhou's career. Find fun in it, and have a like-minded friend.

Zhou's Aunt Xu would come over to chat with Zhou Zhou earlier, but it was all about petty squabbles and lawsuits, and she didn't want Zhou Zhou to end the lawsuit, but just spit black mud, Zhou Zhou didn't like to hear these things, and she didn't interrupt every time Chatting, people will not come to chat with you after a long time.

Every day is boring to work with my father.

Now it's better, Zhou Zhou has friends and partners, business is booming, and when he encounters small things and problems, he can solve them with a deal, and he is more confident.Gu Zhao was really happy for his wife, so although he was jealous and said Zhou Zhou was teasing Zhou Zhou, he didn't take it to heart.

He hopes that Zhou Zhou will be better and better.

The brine salted peanuts and edamame were sold for a month and a half, and the villages outside the prefecture and county knew that Li Ji received them, because Liushu was famous for being one against two, and no one dared to fool Li Ji, the two recipients.

In July and August, Lai Kee's business harvest hit a new high.

Because the cost of pork was paid for three months in June, it is quite scary to calculate. In July, there were 55 taels of silver a month, and in August, there were more, 56 taels.

Li Zhouzhou gave Xiaoshu another wage increase.

"Brother Zhou Zhou, don't give me so much. I think two taels of wages is much better, so I thought of a way to earn more so that you would not lose money. You gave me another one tael. I have to give you my life. "Liu Shu laughed bitterly while holding the money.

Li Zhouzhou just laughed, "You deserve it, the shop business is very profitable, don't worry, I'll give you a raise in the past two months, and then the peanuts and edamame will go down, so it's easier, I'll give you two taels, if there is someone in the future The monthly business is deserted, so I must have reduced your wages."

"Then I still hope that our shop can make a lot of money."

The rice came down in mid-October, and Yan Jinxin asked for leave. Willow did not go back during the agricultural holiday in July. This time, Yan Jingxin thought that Xiaoshu would stay in the prefecture to do business. Unexpectedly, Xiaoshu finished packing and bought pastries. Bu Mian also rented a mule cart and said to go back together.

"I'm so good, of course I have to show Grandma and them." Willow said, "I've made an agreement with Zhou Zhou, just give me one or two this month."

Just half a month off.

"I have to work on my mother's birthday when I come back. It just so happened that I brought back some jujube and hawthorn. Every household in my mother's village grows jujube and hawthorn trees. When I come back, I can replace the tea in the shop with these..."

Yan Jinxin is already used to listening to Xiaoshu read business scriptures, if he doesn't talk about it one day, he is still not used to it, and feels that Xiaoshu is uncomfortable.

The couple got into the mule cart and went back happily.

In the past half a month of business, Li Zhouzhou spent half a tael of silver to hire an aunt in the alley, but within two days of working, Li Zhouzhou became dissatisfied, and finally asked the aunt to do some washing, processing, and cleaning. Chicken feathers and duck feathers are rough work.

Because Auntie doesn't do things carefully, let's not talk about it, it's not hygienic.

When Xiao Shu was there, the table in the shop was clean, the hot water on the stove was continuously supplied, and he washed his hands when he cut the marinated pork head, and did not leave until he was done.

Aunt ran to the toilet just as she was cutting, and didn't wash her hands when she came back——

Li Zhouzhou won't let him touch the stove.

At that time, Auntie couldn't hold back her face and wanted to use her identity to pressure her, but this time Li Zhouzhou kept a straight face and was very serious. Auntie retracted her words at that time, and just complained to other people in the alley in private, saying Zhou Zhou was difficult to serve, and deliberately made things difficult for her, just because he gave her half a tael of silver and left the hard work to her all day long.

Others laughed and said, at the beginning you said that you can endure hardships and not be afraid of being tired, half a tael of silver, you only work for half a month, you still feel tired, and the waiter of Jinyu Restaurant is only half a tael a month, if you don’t do it, I will Let my relatives come.

Of course she would not, and she would do laundry in her own house, but who would pay her a copper coin?

Unable to complain about grievances, he also received a basketful of ranting words, and immediately stopped talking in desperation.

In a day and a half, Yan Jinxin and Liu Shu arrived at Yanjia Village. When the villagers saw that Xiao Shu had returned, why did they still carry big and small bags? When a man came back, he didn't know what he was doing in the prefecture or county. Before he could say anything, Liu Shu rushed to the tune first, and said happily, "Grandma, your husband is very capable. He won the first place in his studies." , the academy awarded a tael of silver."

There is indeed such a thing, but Xiaoshu Zhangguan Lidai, take last year as this year.

It's not yet the end of the year, and the academy hasn't issued any money yet.

Yan Jinxin frowned and had a serious face, Liu Shu saw it, and was afraid that the man would expose him, so he kept pinching the man's waist with his hands, but it turned out to be hard, pinching his hand hurt, and said: "I sprained my ankle in July, and I'm afraid when I come back." You are worried, you can only let Jinxin come back first, and then it is inconvenient for me to wash clothes for others."

The villagers watched the fun and heard that Yan Xiucai got a tael of silver for studying?That's not much, they dry crops, and this year's harvest can be more.I also heard that Xiaoshu still needs to wash clothes for people, and if he is lame, he still needs to wash clothes, that's hard enough.

Willow is definitely trying to save face, so he can carry things in big and small bags.

The Yan family failed as usual, and the big guy felt at ease after searching for days.It doesn't make sense to look down on Yan's family who have been honest and useless for so many years, and now they run ahead of them, so what if they are selected as a scholar?It's not about marrying a brother who is cheap and losing money, or that the husband also helps people starch and wash clothes.

Life is better than that of Yan's family, and I feel at ease, and I can immediately praise Liu Shu, saying that Yan Xiucai is good at reading, so read it well.Behind his back, he thought that sooner or later he would be like the laundry lady scholar in the town, dragging down the family.

Willow dealt with it with a grin on his face, and when he turned his head and closed the door, he would bah, pretending that he didn't know that these people wanted to laugh at his family, and let them say it, and later he bought a big house to kill these people.

"Is Xiaoshu's leg healed? Where is the leg hurt? I believe I didn't say anything. Poor grandma, take a look. If you hurt your leg, don't wash your clothes..."

"Auntie, my legs are fine. Otherwise, this group of scumbags appointed me to arrange swear words behind my back, so that I can't do what they want." Liu Shu said happily: "Father, mother, grandma, guess I have made money during this time." How many!"

"Believe in eating meat every day, I will raise it."

The Yan family guessed, a month and a half tael, the Li family is good, maybe give one tael, Xiaoshu firmly believes that it is good to save half a tael in the first month outside, so the calculation, there are more than seven months, that is...

"14 taels!"

"What?!"

"How many?"

Auntie Yan suddenly felt dizzy, Liu Shu hurriedly sat down, and began to brag to his family—it wasn’t bragging, he told the truth, how much Meizizi had earned in the past few months, what he did every day, brother Zhou Zhou waited How nice of him to tell.

Yan Jingxin listened to it many times, but he still listened carefully.

The family members were shocked that Liu Shu was paid a lot, saying that Li's family was generous and kind, but in reality, Yan Jinxin's eyes fell on Xiao Shu's face full of complacency.

The little tree is also very hard.

At the beginning of November, Liu Shu and Yan Jinxin went back to Fu County, and they also brought two bags of dates and hawthorn. They first went to the town with the dates and hawthorn on their backs, and then rented a mule cart to Fu County.

After returning, Li Zhouzhou sent hot meals and dishes to the next door, telling Xiaoshu not to worry, to rest first, and he asked Auntie to work there for another two days.

Xiaoshu and Yan Xiucai must not be idle when they go back to farming and harvesting rice.

The willow tree only rested for half a day, and then it couldn’t rest anymore. I brought back the hawthorn and jujubes, dried them, took the pits, and cut them into slices. Liji’s self-service tea was replaced with this one. I’m used to drinking rough tea, but I was not used to it at first. It’s okay if you’re not used to it, there’s still rough tea in the shop.

I can drink two more sips, and I feel that the hawthorn water is delicious, sour and appetizing.

The mother of Fang No. [-]'s boss had her [-]th birthday, and she agreed to give her the stewed rice noodles.

The day before, Li Da made a special agreement with Boss Zhu to kill one more pig, so that his family can use more than half a fan. He also bought live chickens and ducks, and kept them in the yard. , deal with these first.

Before dawn at night, Li Zhouzhou and Liu Shu started to burn the lo mei.Gu Zhao naturally got up and helped to work together, and the same is true of the strictness of the yard next door.

It was so easy, as soon as it got dark in the morning, two large pots of lo mei were cooked. Li Da drove the car to deliver food to Fang's family, collected the final payment, and then went west to buy meat.

In this day alone, Li's shop made eight taels of silver, but it was also tiring, and it kept spinning.Li Zhouzhou thought that he should not miss Xianggong and Yan Xiucai's study, this is the right thing to do.

"Aren't you going to take this job from now on?" Liu Shu wondered if he was taking jobs indiscriminately and was tiring Brother Zhou Zhou.

Li Zhouzhou said: "Go, let's hire small workers in the future."

It's already the middle of the month when Li Da wants to go back to the village to collect grain, because this time he has to pick up Xiaotian and send it to Zheng's house in Ping'an Town. Li Da put four stones of grain on the cart, otherwise the mule will be tired Let's talk about it when I come back from the New Year.

This time Li Zhouzhou asked his father not to bother the shopkeeper of Jinyu Restaurant, and rented a mule cart to run the business with his own money. Liu Shu was worried, fearing that the driver who rented a cart would be greedy for meat, so he would follow him to buy meat every day.

Li Zhouzhou was worried about Xiaoshu.

"I've seen Brother Zhou Zhou's driver. He's not as strong as me. Besides, I look like this, and no one wants to take advantage of me." Liu Shu didn't take it seriously.

Li Zhouzhou said seriously: "You see, I don't look like a brother, but if my husband-in-law knows, you won't be relieved, and you are too. I saw Yan Xiucai, although he didn't say anything, but he cared about you in his heart. I gave you the pork money Already, if you are worried, I will trouble Little Six and send it over."

It's not even light when you get up early, so you can't let Xiaoshu go with the coachman alone.

"Don't pout and think I've said something. If you don't believe me, ask Yan Xiucai to see if he doesn't mind."

Willow said: "I don't think Zhou Zhou brother you have spoken, I know you are for my good, cherish my reputation, think of me everywhere." .

"I know that I believe in you, even if other people in the alley talk badly, Xianggong will not think too much, and absolutely trust me, but he will be worried. You must be honest when you are a husband and wife. If your Yan Xiucai cheats on you, what danger will you do? Are you worried, too?"

Liu Shu wanted to insist that I don't worry about that black-faced god, one can hit eight, but he didn't insist. Later, when the husband and wife were lying on the bed, Liu Shu casually mentioned that he was accompanying him, and the man really frowned. Frowning and black face.

"... Later Brother Zhou Zhou said no, so I won't go."

Yan Jinxin nodded, and said solemnly: "I know you are powerful, but my brother is not as strong as a man. The driver looks thin, and he has been running around all year round to pull goods and do hard work. You still have to be careful and considerate."

Liu Shu was curious at first that the man had said a lot of things this time, but later he was happy because the man did not say that it would be a hindrance to his reputation, but just like Brother Zhou Zhou said, he was afraid that something would happen to him and he would be dangerous.

It was cold in December.

Li Ji stewed the pork skin and the meat was frozen, and Xiaoshu took over the banquet again.

In November and December, we paid Willow three taels of wages. This time, it really didn't take so much trouble and tiring to hire a small worker.One month passed, and the year was approaching in a blink of an eye. When Li Zhouzhou settled the accounts, he made a total of three hundred and one taels after excluding the cost of Xiaoshu's wages for a year and giving Su Gouwa ten taels of silver.

He didn't expect so much.

To a certain extent, it was indeed because Xiaoshu put in more effort and took over the banquet work, and Li Zhouzhou took a long step, because he was exhausted due to lack of experience, but after slowly fumbling, it was all over.

In the five days at the end of the year, Li Ji sold another batch of 'New Year's goods', earning 25 taels.

The shop is closed and the business is suspended. Come back on the tenth day of the lunar new year and take a rest.

Li Zhouzhou wrapped a red envelope for Xiaoshu, sealing ten taels of silver.

"Isn't that too much? I can't take it." Liu Shu said the truth, and firmly refused. His wages are already very generous.

But Li Zhouzhou said: "Xiaoshu, you have been my friend and my business partner in the past year. You have worked hard for the shop. You deserve it."

"Or do you just treat me as your boss?"

Liu Shu's eyes were red, and he sniffed and said, "Brother Zhou Zhou, I'll just take it."

The two people used to be very similar. They were once looked down upon by the villagers as worthless guys, disliked their appearance, and suppressed their self-confidence. But now they are fighting side by side and doing business together. It seems that they have found their own value.

Of course, at this time, the two of them just think that they are good, capable, and able to succeed. They are no longer pretending, no longer being stubborn, but they think that they are successful from the bottom of their hearts, and they are full of expectations for the coming year.

At this moment, Liu Shu was not afraid that the Juren Council would dismiss him if the man passed the exam.

Go back to each home during the Chinese New Year.

Visiting relatives and friends, while the snow was not heavy, I went over the mountains to the Su family to give money and New Year's goods, and gave Su Gouwa the household registration book by the way.The Su family didn't expect to really give money, so they changed their household registration and got ten taels for doing nothing for a year? !You can't say thank you again and again, flatter and flatter the three members of the Li family, you have to kneel down and kowtow a few times on the spot.

Li Dadu stopped him, and Gu Zhao and Zhou Zhou didn't listen to Su's family bragging about their hobby.

Later, when they returned to Xiping Village, the three of them were covered in lice and fleas without incident. It was a cold day and the kang was heated, so they closed the door and washed in the back room. Gu Zhao and Li Zhouzhou rubbed each other, combed their hair, changed their clothes and dried them net.

Li Er's family came to pay New Year's greetings, and they brought a lot of chicken and meat.

"Say a happy event to elder brother, Hua Xiang has a baby, it's been four months." Li Er said.

That is a good thing is a happy event.

Liu Huaxiang was wearing a quilted jacket and skirt, which covered her belly so she couldn't see it, but her face was round, ruddy and complexioned. When it was found out that she was pregnant, Liu Huaxiang felt embarrassed. Guangzong was so big, I didn't expect it to be true Here comes another child.

At that time, the elder brother's family said that the change of household registration was a matter of affiliation, but she just didn't want to change it. She felt that the business registration was contemptible, and she refused because of the childbirth matter.

After closing the door, I naturally muttered, thinking that the decision was right at the time, and now that life is better, the crops in the field are harvested and sold for a lot of money, and if the baby in my womb is a boy, I can't help thinking of sending the child to school.

Li Er didn't really want to support the child's education, and his face lost at that time. His parents favored the third child because of the fact that the third child was studying, which harmed the whole family, and felt that it was bad luck to spend money on education.

Liu Huaxiang changed her words and said that she didn't know if it was a man or a woman, so let's talk about it.But I know it well.

This autumn, during the slack season, the eldest brother came back to collect grain. Seeing that he didn’t take too much grain, he picked up Uncle Wang’s Xiaotian at the entrance of the village. Weeping and yelling and splashing hard, but Xiaotian has already gone far, and he doesn't know where to send him.

Later, people in the village couldn't stand it anymore, Uncle Wang loved Xiaotian so much, why could it be that Wang Ergou's parents said they sold Xiaotian for money and were vicious people, and Li Da's family came back every year, so how could it be possible to do such a thing.

After careful questioning, I found out that it was a good place for Oda to go.

Gu Xiucai met Zheng Xiucai, a classmate in Fuxian College, and his family opened a medical clinic to practice medicine.