in2ebook Chapter 187 A wide variety
Chapter 187 A wide variety
Shen Lingzhu followed behind Aunt Jiu and bowed to Master Xue San.
As soon as she stood up, there was an exquisite box in front of her.
"Little Bamboo, right? I heard from Xianzhu that you are good at painting, so your third cousin found a set of paintbrushes especially for you. Here, take them.
Don't refuse, your elder brother, Jian Zhu, and Jian Wen all have them." Third Master Xue held the box in his right hand and pushed it towards her.
Shen Lingzhu glanced at his eldest brother and Uncle Nine. After they nodded slightly, he took the pencil case with both hands and said, "Thank you, Third Cousin."
"Don't be polite, we're family. If you live in the city, come to my house more often. Yuning likes you very much.
She also likes playing the piano and painting, so you two can invite each other." Mr. Xue waved his hand and smiled at her.
Shen Lingzhu didn't want to go to the Xue family again. As for her cousin Xue, she probably didn't have time to look for her. But it would be impolite to refuse her openly, so she just smiled and nodded.
Third Master Xue nodded in satisfaction and waved as he sent them out the door. Finally, when Shen Lingzhu and the others drove out of the Xue Mansion and turned onto the street, she could still see him waving to them from outside the door through the car window.
Such a person is very thorough in his work. Shen Lingzhu lifted the carriage curtain and said to the driver Shen Xianzhu, "Brother, just now inside..."
She told her eldest brother everything that happened in the inner house, and finally said, "If Mr. Xue takes the initiative to repair the relationship, for example, if he personally comes to give the festival gifts this year, I'm afraid the Shen family will have to come in person next year."
Aunt Jiu also said, "He's of no use to us alone. The ladies in his family have been so indifferent to us. This time, he was forced out by Xiao Zhuzi to see us off. It's really hypocritical."
"Next March, my cousin from the Xue family will marry into the Prince's Mansion.
The eldest and third cousins will definitely come to deliver the invitation in person.
That's how it is between relatives. Leave it to the elders to resolve." Shen Xianzhu tightened his hat. It's really cold this year. I wonder if my home at the foot of the mountain is warm enough.
"Anyway, I won't go to the Xue Mansion again." Aunt Jiu particularly hated the way the maids looked at them, "and I won't let your Uncle Jiu come either."
They had two cars, one for people and one for gifts.
Shen Lingzhu nodded, "Basically, we won't have any dealings with each other.
Aunt Jiu, after the spring of next year, will you return to the store in the county town, or continue to stay in the prefectural capital?"
"I need to discuss this with your Uncle Nine. He will take Jian Wen back home during the Chinese New Year. Jian Zhu's leg needs to be healed for three months. The doctor said it's best not to move her. I will stay with her in the capital.
"Alas, I just don't know if my parents-in-law will let us back into the house." Last month, the child's father came home to visit his parents, but was kicked out before he even entered the house.
Aunt Jiu thought about her husband who was driving the cart behind her. He thought that he would have a hard time celebrating the New Year. "The Laba Festival is here, and another year has passed."
"Don't worry, Aunt Jiu, my uncle will definitely speak up for me in front of Third Grandpa.
Besides, Chinese New Year is different from other times. Since I've given you so much filial piety, there's no reason for Third Grandma to complain." Shen Lingzhu didn't know at this moment that ever since Third Grandma found out that her son and daughter-in-law had secretly gone to the clinic and were now working at the food store, she had been running home to complain to her aunt every few days.
For example, today, when Mrs. Hu was happy that her two children had turned over, Third Grandma came with shoe soles to sew.
There are two wet nurses in the family. One, Xu, lives far away, so she goes home early in the morning to prepare for the festival tomorrow. The other, Qian, lives nearby, so she has to leave and come back tomorrow.
The latter was not like Nanny Xu who dared to drive Third Grandma away, so she could only let her enter the house and sit on the kang, nagging her second son and daughter-in-law for being unfilial.
"Jiuxiao is such an unfilial fellow! He didn't even come back to see his parents tomorrow, Laba Festival, or ask if the family has enough money for the New Year."
But every time she finished a sentence, she would ask the two little ones on the kang: "Don't you agree? Oh..."
"Oh." Erlang heard the voice and wanted to turn over to her side again.
But just as he started to move, his sister's legs bounced up and stopped him, "Ah."
Mrs. Hu had no choice but to climb onto the kang to separate the two children from her, "Third aunt, my ninth brother and the others are here to treat Jian Zhu's leg.
No matter how much the child's bones grow, she dare not move long distances. She has to wait until the bones are fully grown before she can go home.
You can't spend hundreds of taels of silver and then have it go to waste just to take a bus home for the New Year, right?"
"Hundreds of taels? Where do they get this money?" Third Grandma's hand that was threading the needle suddenly stopped, and she jumped off the bed.
Her sudden shrill voice startled the two children, who burst into tears.
Mrs. Hu and Grandma Qian hurried to coax the baby. Now that the double confinement period was over, there might not be another person like Grandma Qi who was good at coaxing children.
Neither of them had the time to bother paying attention to Third Grandma putting on her shoes, so they didn't notice her mumbling, "It must be the money Jiu Xiao and Qi He made from selling bellows in another place last time."
Since it was related to money, Third Grandma was very concerned. She went to the clan fields in the sparse snow.
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If you were to ask where the busiest place in Beigou Village is in winter, this year the Shen family's large greenhouse would take the top spot.
It is extremely lively at the moment. Ever since the Shen family started selling vegetables from their greenhouse to the county town, it has attracted the attention of various restaurants and food stores in just a few days.
The county delivery shop managed by Shen He also received many orders from wealthy families because it often supplied vegetables.
The former carpenters of the Shen family have been working around the greenhouse this winter, harvesting a crop of vegetables almost every three or four days.
Chives, sprouts, eggplant, cucumber, coriander, lettuce, spinach, water spinach, beans, etc. There are many varieties for you to choose from.
"Big Bamboo, Big Bamboo." As soon as Huang Zong and Li Laojunhu entered the No. 2 greenhouse, they called Shen Miaozhu, who was keeping the accounts.
She looked up and said, "Uncle and Grandpa Li, please wait a moment. I'll be right back once I've recorded the number of cucumbers."
In winter, cucumbers are sold individually, not by weight. These will be delivered to the county town at noon tomorrow.
To be honest, Shen Miaozhu hoped that the restaurant owner would come to buy from her, but the fact was that the owners of the big restaurants were all rich and had used their farms as greenhouses to grow vegetables a long time ago.
The only advantage of the Shen family is that they grow many varieties of vegetables and can supply them to ordinary wealthy families. She looked up and saw the lush green vegetables in shed No. 2, and then saw the workers picking vegetables carefully, and she couldn't help but feel happy.
Why? Because these dishes will be sold in the New Year’s goods area and the price can be doubled.
Shen Lingzhu distractedly glanced at the two chefs who were heading into the vegetable plots, speeding up the process of harvesting melons, no, cucumbers.
On this side, Li Laojunhu is now employed by the Shen family. He takes over the job of managing the business from Huang Jiaqi, who often runs between the two places.
Today is the seventh day of the twelfth lunar month, and all the people, big and small, who usually live outside the county town and sell their houses have returned.
Li Laojunhu was entrusted to buy some vegetables for his own thousand households.
He was talking to Huang Zongqi when someone outside the greenhouse pulled the door open.
Third Grandma rushed in and asked, "Where's Wu Huai? Wu Huai, come out quickly."
Why are you hiding from people on purpose? Your ninth brother..."
Before she finished speaking, everyone who was picking vegetables in the greenhouse looked at her in unison. You don't even want your own granddaughter to treat her leg?