Why are we here? I've changed. It's such a simple thing. Have you never read the confession?

Liu Laozhu ignored his eldest son, who looked surprised, and called the boys from Erdaohe Village to come into the house quickly. As if he was the master of the house, he directed the two boys hired by his eldest son's shop: "Go outside and unload the goods."

, in the car's cargo room, the donkeys, mules, and oxen were led to the backyard and fed with warm water."

"Where's the eldest daughter-in-law?"

When Chuntao, the wife of the elder man of the Liu family, heard her father-in-law calling her, she didn't dare to hide in the house anymore. She opened the curtain and came out from the back room and said, "Dad is here."

Liu Laozhu turned around and specifically waved to Xu Tianxin: "Girl, you and I will go to the back room to warm ourselves up on the hot kang."

After saying that, he said to the eldest daughter-in-law: "You know all these people, right? They are all from the village, not outsiders. Those are your Aunt Xu and her granddaughter Tian Xin. Go find some pairs of straw sandals for everyone, and we will all change them."

Come on, after walking all the way, my shoes have been soaked by the rain. Then grab a whole mouthful of food, just heat up the soup noodles and crack a few poached eggs."

Get the dumplings on the bus and get the noodles off.

Liu Laozhu thought to himself: This is the first time for him to come to the house. To use his eldest brother's exact words, either don't bring people here, and do your best to entertain them. This is also to save face for himself and his eldest son.

If the matter of his eldest son pretending to serve in the military is revealed in the future, he will have to rely on everyone to intercede. The boys who came here hurriedly returned to the village, and the old ladies in the village were always inquiring about the details, such as what to eat and what to drink.

What, how's it going? I just didn't ask for a few farts on the way, and I asked about everything else. The reception was more enthusiastic, and the villagers felt warm after listening to it.

So he wanted his eldest son to behave well.

After hearing this, the Liu family's eldest daughter-in-law's smile froze and she responded almost inaudibly. She really couldn't respond happily.

Thought:

Leng Buding was shocked when he saw these people.

No wonder I didn't have a good dream last night. I spent the whole night squatting in the hut.

Straw sandals are for sale. My father-in-law said it easily. Taking them out for everyone to wear is equivalent to giving more than ten pairs for free, and the cost alone costs more than sixty copper coins.

The noodles also need to be rolled out. What kind of noodles should be used?

She also had to crack some poached eggs, which sounded like she was being asked to cook one for everyone, not just for the father-in-law. This meant that there were ten more people to eat, and who would roll out the noodles?

Chuntao first secretly took a look at her man's face, hoping that she could say a few words, even if it was just that no one had the hands to roll out the noodles. She found that her man's face was very stiff and he was still in a daze, and she didn't know what expression to put on.

I had to look at Mrs. Xu and Xu Tianxin.

She knew these two people well. When she was washing clothes by the river in the village, she would not say hello to Mrs. Xu when she saw her. What's wrong with the elders? She is the eldest daughter-in-law of the Li Zheng family.

Now she couldn't pretend to be warm even if she wanted to, it would be too fake.

Chuntao saw that Mrs. Xu and Xu Tianxin did not listen to her father-in-law and went directly into the house to get on the kang. Unlike some women in the village who let them in without even blinking, they were standing at the door wiping the mud from their shoes. Their faces looked a little better.

Call the city.

Chuntao didn't mention looking for new shoes, nor did she mention entering the house. She just said with a slight smile on her face: "Aunt, you rub it first, I heard that my fat little boy seemed to be crying, maybe he peed on the bed again.

, the child is worried. Wait a moment, I will come out right away."

Mrs. Xu pretended not to notice the pretentiousness of the Liu family's eldest daughter-in-law. She smiled and waved to the Liu family's eldest daughter-in-law and said, "The child is young, that's it. Go and get busy and don't worry about us."

Mrs. Xu really doesn't care much about the attitude of the Liu family's eldest son and daughter-in-law.

She would go into the city and go straight to Mr. Liu's shop because Liu Laozhu refused to let everyone know the door.

When she came to acknowledge the door, it was their father, Liu Laozhu's face, and not the two of them.

Otherwise, if there is a life-or-death struggle, there will be a petty atmosphere, as if something is going on, as if there is a grudge, Liu Laozhu will not be happy.

She had already thought about it before she came. If she was welcomed, she would be happy and warm-hearted.

Isn't there a saying that it's better to rely on friends when you go out than to be alone in a strange place? It's better to be with a guard than to be with an outsider.

If she showed no welcome, to be honest, she really didn't care.

Because she didn't plan to live at the Liu family's eldest son's house, she had already made the decision when she and her granddaughter stayed at the nunnery last night.

Just considering Liu Laozhu's face, they couldn't go into the city so they parted ways. Also, it was her first time to come to Fucheng. It was raining outside. She thought that after passing through the city gate, it would be better to have a place to stay first and put the livestock and goods.

She could unload it and let them take it easy. Then when the rain stopped or the rain became less intense, she planned to take her granddaughter and third son out to find a place to stay.

Old Mrs. Xu didn't care what the other boys in the village decided. Anyway, the three members of her family were determined to go out to find a place to live, and had no intention of going to Fucheng to save money on accommodation.

I just wanted to take advantage of her visit to find a few more places to stay, compare prices, and pick an economical and affordable inn to check out. Next time, I will ask Lao San to bring someone to Fucheng to deliver goods.

Just go to this inn. It's convenient for her to live outside and sell her goods.

And as long as she brings her granddaughter with her, Mrs. Xu found that no matter what live broadcast they do now, they will get reward money. Taking them out to find a place to live is just like taking the family to see something new. It is boring to stay in the house on a rainy day. Let the family

People take a good look at various small inns in ancient times.

Mrs. Xu even felt that it would be more troublesome if the eldest son of the Liu family could show his unwelcome attitude, which would make Liu Laozhu determined to keep them, so that she would not have to talk nonsense when she wanted to go out later.

At this time, the eldest daughter-in-law of the Liu family said hello to Mrs. Xu and walked away. The woman spoke in a reserved manner, and Mrs. Xu was smiling. The careless boys in the village did not realize that she was not welcome.

Liu Laozhu wanted to step forward and grab his nephews' arms. The ground was all stone and they just had to be wiped clean. There was nothing they couldn't step on. What were they doing at the door? But his arm was grabbed first.

Liu Jingye, the eldest son of the Liu family, finally came to his senses. His first reaction was to drag Liu Laozhu to the back room with an awkward smile on his face: "Dad, come here."

It's okay. Liu Jingye didn't forget to pretend to be polite before entering the house: "Well, you guys sit down, you guys sit down, you're welcome, there are small benches there, take them yourself, and we'll go get some food."

When the Liu family and his son went to the back, Mrs. Xu stopped the boys who really wanted to go in and sit on the small benches. Among them was Xu Youcang, whose facial features could not be discerned.

Everyone's shoes were really dirty and stained with mud.

Wear a raincoat and a raincoat, but you can't avoid the rain with shoes on the road.

Mrs. Xu whispered: "But your shoes are all wet. Go to the room and find the two young men and ask where the hot water is. Feed the mules and cows by yourself. Don't ask others to help. Just tell them that the boss asked them to come back and look at the shop."

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They were all gone, and the eldest daughter-in-law of the Liu family didn't know which room in the backyard she was hiding in. Don't leave anything to Erdaohe, or if someone buys something, she won't help sell it, so as not to make it unclear.

The boys listened very much to Mrs. Xu.

When we went to the backyard to look for the two boys, they were still very sad that no one else could hear them, and they talked to each other slightly excitedly:

I didn't expect Uncle Li Zheng's eldest son to be so rich.

Such a large grocery store is larger than the two stores in the county put together, and it even employs two clerks. It is really enviable. Isn't this the life of a rich man?

Moreover, this is a provincial capital, and I heard every inch of land is precious.

A smaller shop in the town costs one hundred taels of silver, and in the county it costs two to three hundred taels of silver. I dare not guess how much silver it would cost to buy such a big shop in Fucheng.

We can stay here tonight. The house looks very big.

It can be seen that since Liu Laozhu led everyone to fight against Wangjiagou and drove all the way to Fucheng to stay with each other, the young people in the village have truly regarded Liu Laozhu as a respectable and reliable elder.

I didn’t think much about it, and I didn’t regard myself as an outsider.

The grandson of the fourth uncle's family said: Do you think we should talk to our family when we return to the village?

Youzile: There is nothing you can say about your abilities. Help Uncle Li Zheng show them off, otherwise everyone will not know the strength of Uncle Li Zheng’s family. This is a matter of honor.

Some people objected: "It's better to ask later. We haven't heard about opening a shop in these years. Maybe we don't want people in the village to know. Uncle Li Zheng brought us here without treating us as outsiders, so he didn't hide it. We

Don't add to the chaos with your nonsense."

Lao Wan's boy: I don't know how much my soy sauce sells in Brother Liu's shop.

He also touched Xu Youcang with his arm: The raincoats and pipe pots hanging in the shop are the second brother’s craftsmanship, right?

Xu Youcang recalled the sample goods displayed in Liu's shop and nodded.

His second brother hasn't been idle since autumn this year. In fact, there are two new sets of raincoats at home, but he didn't bring them to sell.

My mother said she wouldn't sell it and would wear it herself. The one he was wearing now was a new one. The previous one was too worn out. The second brother didn't even have time to make a pipe pot and was tinkering with pots and barrels at home.

The boy from the Sun family laughed and said, "I don't know how much the goods from Fucheng are sold for."

As for the selling price, everyone is just curious: "If we don't sell it more expensively, the store will not even get back the money it deserves."

The boys were chatting happily and were about to change the subject by saying that Fucheng was really big and opened their eyes, so they must take a closer look when the rain stopped, when they vaguely heard the voices of the Liu family and his son.

Accompanied by the sound of rain and only a window separating them, the boys came around and realized that this was the back window of the Liu family's house.

They had already seen the two boys and were about to run to the shed to feed the cows, but they heard a quarrel, which seemed to be because of their visit this time.

Liu Jingye could not have guessed that instead of sitting in the front yard, everyone went around to the back of the house to help.

He was specially dragged to the back room by his father, and he said helplessly:

"Dad, are you talking about something? If not, let my mother find someone to break it for you. Two days ago, the boy from Wang Lizheng's family came to my place specially, saying that he was coming to Fucheng to join some poetry club, and asked me, you

Is there any misunderstanding with his father?"

"Misunderstanding? Didn't you read the letter I sent you? Is it a misunderstanding to kick your father and treat your father as a human being? While I was not in the village, those bastards from Wangjiagou came to our village to burn, kill, plunder, and set fire to firewood.

Duo, is this a misunderstanding? A dozen of your uncles in the village were injured by them. If you are ambitious, you should not talk to him. When you meet him, you should scold him twice. He is still a scholar. That boy is as fucked up as his father. He looks like a dog.

Good thing. How cruel are you to outsiders?!"

"Dad, why am I so strong? Do you know that a skinny camel is bigger than a horse? I don't understand. Why did you offend the Wang family for everyone's trouble? You have endured it for so many years. You can do it with just one little finger.

It makes it impossible for me to open my shop, even in this huge city, there are nobles..."

Liu Laozhu said angrily and disappointedly: "I was not a thing before, but I didn't expect you to be even less a thing. You can say such nonsense after reading the letter."
To be continued...