my grandmother

Chapter 73 Benefits
After dinner in the evening, Li Yuzhu weaved, Li Jinzhu spun, and Li Yinzhu cleaned up the kitchen, washed his hands, sat next to the eldest sister, and twisted cotton sliver for her.

Li Xuedong and Hong Zhenye were invited to eat crabs, but they were not at home.

Li Xiaonan took four pieces of peanut cake, first handed one piece to the third elder sister, and then stuffed it into the elder sister's mouth.

"It's such a big piece, how can I eat it in one bite." Li Jinzhu let go of the spinning wheel and took the peanut cake.

"Our aunt is a good thing who can't stay overnight." Li Yuzhu laughed.

"This cake is fresh and delicious." Li Xiaonan handed the cake to the second elder sister.

"Is Mr. Xiucai at home?"

The uncle's voice came from the door.

"Uncle Lobby, come in and talk." Li Jinzhu answered with a raised voice, and stood up to welcome him out.

Li Yinzhu took out a cup, poured a cup of hot tea from the warm nest, then took a plate full of snacks, and placed it in front of Li Wenliang.

"Uncle lobby, try this, this is the dessert of Wangfu!"

"Then I have to try it." Li Wenliang weighed a piece, took a bite, savored it carefully, and repeatedly praised, "It's really delicious."

Li Wenliang ate a piece of snack, drank two sips of tea, took out a thick pocketbook from his sleeve, and handed it to Li Jinzhu.

"Third sister's bride price and dowry have been roughly negotiated, you can see if it works.

"The Hong family chose the sixth day of March. After they got married, they let the third sister and Hong Erlang live in the house in Pingjiang City. Old Master Hong said that he would feel more at ease when the third sister watched Hong Erlang study in the future."

"Okay." Li Jinzhu nodded.

It was agreed a long time ago to get married at the beginning of spring.

"Your Tang Weng means to let the third sister get married from Lijiaji. First, it will be much closer to the county seat. Second, there are tenants living in Xiao Lizhuang's house. If you marry from Xiaolizhuang, you have to let The tenants move out first, and then move back, March is the busy time of farming, so it is not good to move around like this." Li Wenliang continued.

Li Jinzhu glanced at Li Yuzhu and nodded, "Well, it's according to Tang Weng."

"Third sister's matter has been generally agreed upon. About our Xiucaigong, I went to Gaocunji the day before yesterday, and Mr. Gao didn't say anything. Mrs. Gao meant that he wanted to retire with our Xiucaigong in the future.

"The Gao family is raised alone, and your siblings have no parents. In the future, it will be a good thing for the Xiucai family to have an elder. Besides, Mr. Gao and Mrs. Gao are both well-educated and respectful people. I agreed first on behalf of Mr. Xiucai."

Li Jinzhu nodded hastily, "Mr. Gao doesn't talk about it, so we plan to do so. If we take [-] steps back, even if we don't get married, Xuedong should take care of Mr. Gao and Mrs. Gao. Without Mr. Gao, there would be no school for us." Dong is a scholar."

"That's good." Li Wenliang heaved a sigh of relief and laughed, "Mr. Gao's family has 240 mu of paddy fields, and Mrs. Gao has a dowry shop, and they say they are all used as dowry for Sister Zhi.

"Your Uncle Third Tang went to see the paddy field, and I went to see the shop, and the care is not very good. I will figure it out with your Uncle Third Tang. If we take care of it carefully, we can at least earn [-]% more profit. This matter , When the marriage is finalized, I will discuss it with Mr. Gao."

Li Jinzhu listened intently, wanted to say something, but swallowed it back.

The big and small things in their family are all taken care of by the lobby uncle, and she feels very uneasy.

Li Xiaonan sat next to Li Jinzhu, holding her chin and obeying.

"Our Xiucaigong and Gao's matchmaker, I originally wanted to ask Mrs. Hong to come forward, but Mrs. Hong asked me to go to the county government to see if I could invite our Mr. Huang Xianzun, so I just went. Unexpectedly, Huang Xianzun was very happy and immediately agreed!" Li Wenliang smiled.

Li Xiaonan tilted her head slightly, looking at Li Wenliang's heartfelt smile.

He said he went to the county government office, and he went to the county government office. He said that he saw Huang Xianzun when he saw Huang Xianzun. With the support of his elder brother, a scholar, the Li family was already considered a respectable family in Kunshan County.

"Our Mr. Xiucai is only [-] years old. Sister Zhi is two months younger than our Mr. Gao. Mr. Gao means that the marriage should be finalized before and after two or three years. "

"It's all according to Mr. Gao's intention." Li Jinzhu nodded.

"Then there are the arrangements for the Chinese New Year." Li Wenliang continued with a smile: "Our scholar is the patriarch of our Li family, and we must go back to the Li Family Collection during the Chinese New Year. Besides, there is also the matter of engagement. You have to have a house in Lijiaji."

Li Wenliang paused, and looked at Li Jinzhu.

Li Jinzhu frowned slightly and looked at Li Xiaonan.

Li Xiaonan met her gaze and nodded, "I think Uncle Datang is right, we have to have a home, this is his house."

Li Xiaonan swiped her finger in a circle.

"There is a small courtyard next to the ancestral hall. There are two entrances, five upper rooms, two side rooms on each side, and a row of inverted seating rooms. It was built by an old patriarch last year for reading, and he didn't live there much. The clan elders discussed it, and if Mr. Xiucai likes it, he will give this house to Mr. Xiucai."

"Okay." Li Jinzhu hesitated for a moment, then nodded.

Li Wenliang heaved a sigh of relief.

The most difficult thing for him to do during his trip was this house, for fear that Li Jinzhu would not want it.

Li Jinzhu definitely wouldn't have wanted it before moving to Pingjiang City. In the past six months or so, this elder sister has made great progress.

"The sacrificial offerings in the clan began with the sacrifice of the stove, and Mr. Xiucai had to rush back before offering sacrifices to the stove.

"Before and after the stove sacrifice is the busiest time for our Preserved Egg Shop, so we can't close the door. At that time, let Xiucai Gong and Ah Nan go back first, and the three of you sisters will go back after finishing the New Year's business, how about it?" Li Wenliang discussed with Li Jinzhu One last detail.

"Okay." Li Jinzhu looked at Li Xiaonan, saw her nodding, and nodded in agreement.

"That's all for today. It's getting late, so I won't delay any more." Li Wenliang stood up, looked at Li Xiaonan and smiled and said, "My big kid is going to school, can you get me a idea?"

Li Xiaonan was stunned, then said "oh", stood up, and followed Li Wenliang out.

After leaving the courtyard, Li Wenliang stopped at the bottom of the steps, lowered his voice, and laughed with Li Xiaonan: "In the last month, our shop in Linhai Town took over a business from the old Heji store, and we acted as counter cards for their warehouse to pick up and release goods. , this kind of pairing is finely made, although the amount is not large, the profit is extremely good.

"At the end of the month, I took over another business from the Wangfu Bieye. I made two trips a month to send incense candles from overseas to Bieye."

Li Xiaonan looked at Li Wenliang, but said nothing.

"These two businesses are the same as the business of Preserved Egg Shop. They came here by fate." After a pause, Li Wenliang continued: "A family is like this."

"Does Elder Sister know? Do you want to tell Eldest Sister?" Li Xiaonan asked in silence for a moment.

"What do you think?" Li Wenliang asked.

"Let me think about it." Li Xiaonan sighed.

If you tell Eldest Sister about this, Eldest Sister must be worried about her, so why don't you tell Eldest Sister, Eldest Sister always feels uneasy because she has taken so much advantage from the uncle in the hall and his family.

This matter needs to be known to the elder sister, but she has to think about how to say it.

　Well, pay the bill tomorrow.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)