noffsinger Chapter 191 Busy as a Mess
Chapter 191 Busy as a Mess
Jiang Shuzhi quickly pulled Jiang Yue up and wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes. "Yue'er, the most important thing is that you're alright."
It's gone now, so be it. I was planning to build a new house only after finishing the paper mill construction.
Unexpectedly, Yue'er has brought up the topic of our new home.
Jiang Shuzhi was good at comforting people, but when it came to comforting herself, all she wanted was a rope to tie herself up.
Although he was heartbroken, he showed no sign of it on his face.
I could only console myself with the thought that out with the old, in with the new.
"Yes, yes! It's a great relief that Yue'er is alright."
Lin Yong felt a wave of fear, but thankfully he was unharmed in the end.
Material possessions are nothing compared to people.
Jiang Yue sniffed, looking at the two people in front of her, her heart filled with guilt: "Uncle, Aunt, it's all my fault for being careless and causing our family to be gone."
Jiang Shuzhi gently patted her back: "Silly child, how can this be your fault? Who could have predicted that something like this would happen?"
This month, Yue'er has been suppressed by her stepmother for a long time. She's always been insecure, acting cautiously and timidly. The more she tries to do well, the more she messes things up. So, she needs to change this personality.
Lin Yong nodded in agreement, "Yue'er, don't blame yourself. We're a family together. We can rebuild the house and start a new life."
Seeing that the fire was extinguished, Gao Mengli waved her hand and led Qian Yan'er and the others back first.
This delay caused everything to be delayed.
Da Niu quickly washed his face and was about to run to the county town.
Lin Xi chased after him and shouted at his retreating figure, "Da Niu, wash up before you go."
Da Niu didn't turn around, but waved his hand and said, "Dad, it's okay. I'm going to the academy to wash up. I'll be late for school later."
Da Niu swung his legs around as if he wanted to appear in Pingyao County in a flash.
"Hey, this kid."
Lin Xi pursed her lips, turned around and went home.
After everyone had finished getting ready, they took a horse-drawn carriage to the county town to open a shop.
Along the way, Jiang Ya frequently looked in the direction of the chubby girl.
The chubby girl took a bite of the egg in her hand, looking puzzled. "Jiang Ya, why are you looking at me like that?"
Jiang Ya blushed slightly when the chubby girl asked him that, feeling a little embarrassed: "No, it's nothing..."
"Oh!"
The chubby girl responded and lowered her head to eat the egg in her hand.
Jiang Shuzhi glanced at the two of them, then sighed.
That chubby girl hasn't quite figured things out yet; she might even see Jiang Ya as an older brother...
Adding to Yue'er's matter...
Thinking of this, Jiang Shuzhi's face was full of worry; it was truly a cause for great anxiety.
In addition, the fat constable comes to see the fat girl every day...
Upon arriving at the city gate, Jiang Shuzhi rolled up the car window and looked out, as if to say, "I knew it."
When the fat constable saw the familiar carriage approaching from afar, he quickly jumped up and squeezed into the carriage.
With a beaming smile, he pulled a paper package from his pocket and handed it to the chubby girl, "Chubby girl! I brought you peach blossom pastries today!!"
"You fatso, I'm not eating, I'm on a diet!" The chubby girl turned her head away and refused mercilessly.
The fat constable wasn't annoyed. He took the chubby girl's hand and placed the peach blossom pastry in her hand.
Regardless of whether she wanted it or not, he quickly got out of the car and went to work at the yamen.
Jiang Ya used to say a few sarcastic remarks to the fat constable, but today, those words just kept coming out of his mouth.
Qian Yan'er, who was standing next to her, saw the pastries in the fat girl's hand and snatched them away, saying, "Girl, you're on a diet and you're not eating them, give them to me!"
It's not that the chubby girl doesn't eat; she loves pastries the most.
Panicked, he hurriedly started arguing with Qian Yan'er, "Qian Yan'er, I didn't lose weight, give it back to me."
Qian Yan'er, however, grinned and dodged left and right, even managing to pop a piece into her mouth in the middle of the moment, "Hehe!"
The chubby girl frowned, her face full of anger, and immediately poked him in the eyebrow, saying, "Let you laugh!"
Right now, Wangyue Village is short-handed.
Because the houses of the outlaws are under construction, the paper mill is not yet finished, and now the Lin family's house is also under construction.
The village chief immediately made the decision to select twenty men from among the outlaws to build the house together.
Immediately, the heroes of the greenwood wept with joy!
Because they earn fifteen coins a day for farming, but twenty-five coins a day for building houses.
This is... a pay raise! Holding hands, we looked at each other with tears in our eyes!
Immediately, the village began to bustle with activity again.
Fortunately, a washing drum was built yesterday. Now, Lin Xi only needs to throw the clothes she takes off into the washing drum by the river and wait to take them out when she's done.
Meanwhile, Gao Mengli was "lying around like a corpse" at home.
She got up too early today and needs to catch up on her sleep.
Spring goes, summer comes.
The paddy fields were filled with the croaking of frogs, and along the village roads, wooden trellises were covered with chayote vines.
The greatest pleasure for the "information department" at the village entrance every day is to lean on their canes and count the chayote fruits that sprout up on the shelf.
This delighted everyone, who broke into toothless smiles.
Each household would have someone "staking out" the area near the courtyard house.
Whenever the eldest branch of the Lin family makes a move, they "follow suit".
They realized that every "action" taken by the Lin family was not superfluous, and they should just follow along!
The information they gathered during their stakeouts came even faster than the village chief!
Whenever a household had extra money, they would either exchange it for silver in Pingyao County and store it at home, or buy grain to store. Each household also raised more than a dozen chickens and ducks.
The rice and grain shops in the county town were all sold out!
The Nan Family Escort Agency is booming.
They were all entrusted by the villagers to purchase grain from various places.
Nan Chang'an hired all the skilled "idle people" from Pingyao County.
But we have too many orders and can't keep up.
This also benefited Tang Guangjun's Pingding County. In the county under his jurisdiction, rice shops were booming and the escort agency was thriving.
Even with the addition of "Lin's Snack Stall," the county's economy was only slightly inferior to that of Pingyao County.
So now when he sees Dou Weiyi, he has a "grandpa smile" on his face, no matter how much Dou Weiyi tries to provoke him!
He's always cheerful!
Even though Dou Weiyi charged him a high price for the windmill, he was willing to be ripped off!
After all, Dou Weiyi had told him about the non-powered water pump in great detail.
After all, people's livelihood is an equally important issue for both counties.
People won't cause trouble as long as they have enough to eat, and they can also "profit" from it!
It was approaching dusk.
"Knock knock knock~" The knocking sounded on the door.
With a sizzle, Ah Li opened the door.
"Ah Li, this is the last batch of grain we've delivered."
Nan Chang'an turned to the side and pointed to the ten carts of rice and grain behind him.
Ah Li counted the quantity of goods, weighed them, and stored them all in the cellar.
Gao Mengli was looking at the account books in her room.
Da Niu helped calculate the income using an abacus, and he was very fast at using the abacus.
"Mother, the oil mill made a profit of 800 taels this month, the two restaurants made 620 taels, and the paper mill gave us a dividend of 56 taels, for a total of 1,476 taels!"
Gao Mengli nodded. "Okay, then. Calculate the money and put it in my room. By the way, where's your father?"
Gao Mengli looked out the window at the sky; her daughter Xixi hadn't come back to cook yet.
Da Niu kept calculating with his abacus, saying, "Dad grabbed a handful of melon seeds at home earlier, probably went to chat at the village entrance."
Since his father stopped working at the restaurants in the county town, he often wanders around the village whenever he has nothing to do.
She was closest to the old lady and old man at the village entrance.
If we're talking about who's the most popular person in the village right now, it has to be his dad!
No one knows what kind of magical ability his father has, but right now, it's his father who would "beat" him in front of the villagers.
The villagers watched with amusement, without trying to break up the fight.
His life is so miserable...
So he had no choice but to make things difficult for their sons, making them run and practice martial arts every day.
The older generation was won over by his father, so the children in the village were now under his control!