in2ebook Chapter 149: The Trouble with Hiring
Chapter 149: The Trouble with Hiring
Li Taohua decided to hire someone, and she and Lin Dajiang closed the door and discussed it for half the night.
After several discussions, we decided to invite four people first.
After all, it is still unknown how many eggs Lin Yaowu can receive at present.
Judging from the number of duck eggs and chicken eggs collected so far, the four people we hired only need to come in the afternoon to wrap them in mud.
This then becomes a problem of selection.
According to Lin Dajiang's idea, it would be better to just invite Taohua's three sisters-in-law and brother's wife. After all, the four of them worked in pairs and were diligent and had never made any mistakes.
Let them handle such a simple task as wrapping the mud, so that others don’t have to worry about this and that.
Of course Li Taohua wanted to take care of her mother's family. She was worried that others would have opinions, especially Old Lady Lin, who would throw a tantrum and cause endless trouble.
She told Lin Dajiang about her concerns, and Lin Dajiang curled his lips and said, "It's okay. If mom makes a fuss, I'll take care of it. Besides, according to Xiaoman, we'll have to hire someone in the future. If anyone makes a fuss, it will be difficult for them to come again in the future."
Lin Dajiang has made up his mind. He feels that since the preserved eggs are so highly regarded by the young master of Ruyilou, maybe in the future his family can really hire ten or eight people to wrap the eggs. By then, he cannot accept the villagers who are only good at talking, and he must stick to the principles.
So he explained everything to Li Taohua again.
On the second day, Lin Dajiang went to talk to Lin Dahai about collecting the rice stalks, and asked them to collect the rice stalks while collecting the eggs.
Li Taohua told her two sisters-in-law about hiring someone to wrap the eggs. Today it was Li Shan and Li Qiao's wife's turn. They looked at each other and were overjoyed.
Another source of income.
Especially Li Shan's wife, she has already asked a matchmaker to inquire about her.
The family of the girl I liked said they wanted a dowry of three taels of silver.
Unfortunately, the money for the bride price was a little short when the family divided up and built a house.
Thinking about the need to hold a banquet and give gifts after the marriage is settled, Li Shan's wife became as anxious as an ant on a hot pan.
But she didn't know what to say. After all, with Taohua's help, the Li family went from not having enough food to having enough money left over for the four brothers to build their own houses.
They could only work silently. If they worked more in the fields, they would have more time to collect eggs and lead the villagers to build a house for Taohua's family.
Judging from my sister-in-law's personality, she will definitely not treat her brothers unfairly.
What happened today is like timely help.
Li Shan's wife thanked Tao Hua from the bottom of her heart, "Sister, our family really depends on you to find work for us. Zi'an was able to marry a wife thanks to your help as an aunt."
Li Qiao's wife was also eager to express her opinion, "Yes, sister-in-law is right, Taohua, I really thank you from the bottom of my heart."
Although Li Qiao is the second child, the eldest son is not young anymore.
Although Li Shan's wife was anxious, Li Qiao's wife was not much better.
She was thinking that now that Zi'an had found a place to stay, her son Zifeng's marriage would also be put on the agenda.
Zifeng and the little girl from Zhang Guaizi's family next door have a crush on each other. Don't think she doesn't know.
But before that, someone went to Zhang Guaizi's house to propose marriage, and Zhang Guaizi said that he wanted a dowry of five taels of silver.
Zhang Guaizi had two daughters and two sons. He received a dowry of five taels of silver for his eldest daughter's marriage. A year later, he used the dowry to marry his eldest son.
Now that the younger daughter has reached age, he is waiting to receive the betrothal gift from her and will wait for two years before marrying off his youngest son.
The first daughter got five taels, and the second daughter would not get less than five taels.
She had started paying attention to it as early as when the family was divided and the house was built. She also asked the women in the village who had good relationships with Zhang Guaizi's wife to inquire, and the result she got was the same as she expected.
Five taels of silver is too much for an ordinary person to afford.
However, although Zhang Guaizi received a high bride price, he raised his children well.
Zhang Guaizi's limp was not there from the beginning.
Both he and his wife are good-looking, and their four children are also good-looking. The key point is that although he accepts a dowry from the girl's family, he has never treated his daughter badly in terms of food, clothing and other expenses.
The eldest daughter married a scholar, and the eldest son-in-law took the examination for the title of Tongsheng twice before marriage but failed both times.
As a result, he became successful right after he got married.
Nowadays, everyone exaggerates that a daughter-in-law can bring good luck to her husband.
If Zhang Guaizi had not demanded five taels of silver as a dowry, the threshold of the Zhang family would have been broken down by the matchmaker long ago.
She felt heartbroken over the five taels of silver!
He hinted to Zifeng that he wanted to see other girls, but Zifeng disagreed without saying a word.
After that, he raised rabbits with his eldest brother's son Zi'an every day, and also worked harder than anyone else in the fields.
No, what else can we do?
If it were the Li family of the past, she wouldn't dare to even think about it. Even if she loved her son so much, she could only let Zifeng give up on this idea.
But now that the family had built a house and had some money left, she softened her heart.
Love is priceless, and she cannot be the kind of person who would break up a couple.
Once this thought came to my mind, I couldn't stop it.
Li Qiao's wife was anxious. Her sister-in-law only asked for three taels of silver as a dowry for the girl that Zi'an wanted to see, but when it came to her son, she wanted five taels. The extra two taels could be used to help one of her sons get married!
As a result, Li Qiao's wife was so worried that she couldn't eat or sleep well.
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Just as Li Taohua expected, within three days, Old Lady Lin came to visit.
He implicitly scolded Li Taohua for favoring her mother's family.
When inviting people, he only knows how to invite his brother's wife, but he doesn't know how to help his own brothers.
The wives of the second and third sons should also be invited to help.
To be honest, at this moment, Old Mrs. Lin didn't know what was going on in the yard. She only knew that the four daughters-in-law of the Li family came to visit every day. Was it not that they were invited to work but also to a banquet?
Coupled with the instigation of some people in the village, Old Lady Lin could no longer bear it.
The house left by Li Dali was sturdy. Old Mrs. Lin knocked on the door loudly but it didn't move at all.
Li Taohua in the yard saw the boss go to open the door and continued to do her work without saying a word.
But I was thinking in my heart that when the courtyard gate is built, I must ask the master to make it sturdy.
After being scolded by Old Lady Lin, Li Shi's wife felt a little embarrassed, "Taohua, how about we take turns wrapping the eggs? Otherwise, your mother-in-law won't let it go."
Li Taohua smiled and said, "Third sister-in-law, you probably don't know my mother-in-law's temper. Even if you take turns to call the second and third brothers' wives to wrap up the mud, my mother-in-law will continue to make a fuss. She may even think that her fuss has worked and make more noise next time."
Li Zhu's wife knew that Taohua's mother-in-law was difficult to serve, but she didn't expect there were so many twists and turns. In this way, she and the sisters-in-law were really lucky.
No one knew what Lin Dajiang said, but the sound of Old Lady Lin cursing disappeared.