Republic of China: Guandong Ginseng King

Chapter 291 Year of Reunion

When Li heard what Chen Yunzhe said, she was stunned for a moment, then she understood.

"What's the matter? Do you have someone you like? Where is the girl? Tell me and I'll find someone to propose marriage to you."

Li's expression changed immediately and he asked with a smile.

Chen Yunzhe scratched his head, feeling a little embarrassed.

"Mom, the fate is still unknown, I have to go back and ask the girl what she means.

Just wait patiently, if she agrees, I will bring her back."

"Hey, hey, okay, then you better hurry up, good girls are hard to find, don't miss the opportunity."

When Mrs. Li heard that her daughter-in-law was found, she was extremely happy.

"Second brother, what about you? When will you bring me a daughter-in-law? I'm warning you, hurry up.

If you don't care, I'll find you a girl and marry her directly."

Mrs. Li was not going to let her two sons go today. After urging the eldest son, she started to urge the second son.

When Chen Yunhan heard this, he quickly waved his hands, "Mom, please don't.

Well, you just need to worry about my eldest brother's marriage first. There is an order of seniority, and I can't bypass my eldest brother."

Li waved her hands and said, "No need, our family doesn't follow those rules, it doesn't matter which of you two gets married first.

Otherwise, you two can get married together, it will be a double happiness."

Mrs. Li is so eager to have a daughter-in-law and a grandson that she is almost going crazy. Why would she care about the rules?

"No, no, Mom, I give up. Well, can you give me some time, too?"

Chen Yunhan saw that he couldn't fool people today and had no choice but to surrender.

When Li heard that there was a way, she immediately became happy.

"Okay, that's what you said. If you dare to lie to me, I'll show you how I'll deal with you."

Li urged her two sons to get married and competed with them in wits and courage. This scene made everyone laugh.

The little kids didn't know why the adults were laughing, so they started grinning too. For a moment, the house was filled with laughter and was very lively.

After dinner, everyone chatted together for a while, and then Liu Dongshan and others said goodbye and left.

The two Chen brothers helped Qu Shaoyang and sent all the dividends and shop rent to the Qu family.

After returning home, Qu Shaoyang checked the accounts with Chen Xiuyun, and then put the silver in the cellar.

This year, the stalls everywhere are bigger and the expenses are higher. After deducting all the expenses, there are still more than 20,000 taels of silver left in the family, which is considered good.

Next year, Qu Shaoyang does not plan to expand other businesses.

First, we should protect and develop the gold factory, develop the ginseng market, maintain the warehouses and trade routes, and that would be pretty good.

If there is any profitable business in the future, we will talk about it. If not, these are enough for now.

As the Chinese New Year was approaching, Qu Shaoyang didn't have to go to the government office to do any work, so he could stay at home and spend more time with his wife and son.

There are enough people at home, and with Jiang Chunfu, Xingjia and Xingye taking care of all the matters concerning the New Year, Qu Shaoyang doesn't have to worry much.

He would rest at home, or he would carry a lock and go to the Liu family in the east courtyard to play with Shuanzhu and Xiaofeng.

The twenty-ninth day of the twelfth lunar month, New Year’s Eve.

Since getting up in the morning, the Qu family has been busy in the front and back yards.

Jiang Chunfu led the servants in the family to clear snow, chop firewood, paste up couplets and Chinese characters for "Fu", and hang lanterns, and tidy up every place.

In the big kitchen, more than twenty people including daughters-in-law and maids were busy preparing the reunion dinner in the afternoon.

The Qu family now employs over a hundred long-term workers, not counting the staff in the flour mill and the winery. If all were included, there would be more than two hundred people.

There are accommodations over there at the flour mill and the wine factory, and there are plenty of New Year's goods. They can just celebrate the New Year there and don't have to come back here.

There are many farmhands in the house, but few masters.

Qu Shaoyang discussed with Chen Xiuyun that it would be better to celebrate the New Year with everyone, so that it would be more lively. So, the New Year's Eve reunion dinner was set up in the front yard, and more than ten tables were set up for everyone in the family, regardless of gender, age or status.

"Today is New Year's Day, everyone has filled their glasses with wine and raised them up."

Qu Shaoyang and Qu Jiang were both in the main hall with the waiters.

There were ten main dishes on the table, including chicken, duck, fish and meat, and the wine was sorghum liquor brewed in their own winery.

Everyone filled their glasses and followed Qu Shaoyang in raising their glasses.

"It's the New Year, so without further ado, let's just wish our family a better and more prosperous life.

If you follow me, I can’t promise that you will have delicious meals every day, but I can guarantee that you will have enough food and warm clothes.

In the future, when you all get married and have wives and children, I will find a way to set up a school so that the children can go to school.

Don't worry about this, I will definitely do what I say."

Qu Shaoyang was not just making empty promises when he said this; he had been thinking about it for a long time.

In the future, more and more of these guys in the family will get married.

By then, I am afraid that many people would rather go to open up new land, no matter how hard or tiring it is, than do the work for others.

How to win people over and make them stay in the Qu family wholeheartedly, or be willing to work for the Qu family, is another big test.

Chinese people attach great importance to the cultivation of future generations.

Therefore, Qu Shaoyang planned to build a school nearby in the future so that the descendants of the long-term workers in his family could go there to study and learn calligraphy.

We don't expect these children to achieve great success, as long as they can write, count, read and understand.

Of course, if there really is a talented and outstanding person, Qu Shaoyang would not be stingy in cultivating him.

Sure enough, as soon as these words were spoken, all the guys in the room widened their eyes.

"Thank you, sir. We will never forget your kindness to us.

Don't worry, sir. No matter what time it is, we are all members of the Qu family and will serve the Qu family for our whole lives."

Jiang Chunfu and his brothers’ wives are all pregnant and their babies are expected to be born in March or April next year.

So when they heard Qu Shaoyang's words, these people reacted most violently.

Of course, the others were also very happy because working for the Qu family really gave them hope for the future.

Especially last year and this year, many people returned to their hometowns to get married.

The others looked on with envy, and all worked hard to save money, just waiting for the year when they had saved enough money so that they could get married and start a family.

Now when they hear that the boss will supervise the children's education after they have children, which of these guys wouldn't be furious?

"Okay, let's not talk about anything else. I wish you all good fortune in the coming year."

After Qu Shaoyang finished speaking, he tilted his head back and drank the wine in the glass.

Everyone thanked the host in unison and drank the wine. Only then did the reunion dinner officially begin.

In the main hall, the men were drinking, playing finger-guessing games, and laughing and chatting.

In the side hall, Chen Xiuyun and Yang Qionghua led the wives and maids in the family, eating and drinking, and they were all very happy.

"Eat as much as you can, don't feel embarrassed because my sister-in-law and I are here.

It's Chinese New Year, we don't care about that today, we are all family, we should eat and drink and have fun together."

Chen Xiuyun smiled and invited everyone to eat.

"Xiaohua, Yue'e, you two are heavy, if you can't reach the food, just tell others and help you get the food.

Taohua, you should be careful too, you are still young at this age, you have to be careful."

Xiaohua and Yue'e are both six or seven months pregnant, and it is not very convenient for them to move around with their big bellies.

Taohua had just diagnosed the pregnancy pulse, and it had been a short time, so the fetus was not very stable, so Chen Xiuyun had to give them some instructions.

(End of this chapter)