Divorce with three kids? I'll build a house and eat meat, driving my in-laws crazy.

Chapter 204 Why don't you call me godmother anymore?
Fang Xingzhi noticed her concern and slapped his forehead, saying, "Oh dear, I forgot to write my surname."

Then he looked at Bai Lu and said, "If I remember correctly, your surname is Bai, right?"

Bai Lu was taken aback for a moment, then nodded with a sigh of relief: "Yes, thank you for adding it for me, Master Fang."

"Oh, your name is Bai Bailu." Lü Da smiled, then pointed to Chu Xiu's name and asked, "What is your family's relationship with the county magistrate?"

Chu Xiu chuckled and said, "What kind of relationship could there be? He's the county magistrate. If I had a relationship with him, I'd be living the high life every day."

He has no plans to reveal his identity in Chenjia Village yet, and everyone is getting along well like this for now.

Chu Xiu didn't want his father to know about his workshop, and Magistrate Chu only discouraged his son instead of encouraging him.

Lu Da thought about it and realized that this made sense. If this person really had a connection with the county magistrate, why would he come to this small Chenjia Village to open a workshop with them?

He muttered to himself, "The surname Chu is quite common."

Seeing that he was still somewhat doubtful, Chu Xiu exclaimed and said to Fang Xingzhi, "Master Fang, you didn't write the surname in the name you gave me."

Fang Xingzhi understood immediately, picked up his pen and said, "Oh dear, my fault, my fault. If I remember correctly, your surname is..."

"Liao, Liao Chuxiu." Chuxiu replied naturally, without revealing any flaws.

The ink had run out, and the village head's wife was preparing to grind more ink when Fang Xingzhi took out a small bamboo tube from his pocket.

After wetting the documents, I added the surnames before Chu Xiu and Bai Lu's names on all seven contracts.

"Alright, Aru, you can go back now. I'll talk to someone about building a workshop this afternoon."

Lu Da carefully put away the contract and prepared to go call for help.

Li Ruru took out 50 taels of silver from her sleeve and handed it to him, saying, "Uncle Da, take this money and go find someone to buy materials. Tomorrow, I will make up the rest of the money."

Hai and Pan Dayan, who were standing nearby, also said they would send the money over soon.

Lu Da didn't refuse and nodded, saying, "Okay, then where should I put the money?"

With so much silver, there needs to be a clear account of all the expenses coming in and going out.

The group of people all looked at Fang Xingzhi at the same time. Fang Xingzhi's face stiffened, and he was about to refuse.

Ten taels of silver were suddenly stuffed into his arms. "This is your wages. You'll be our accountant. Three taels of silver a month, is that enough?"

Li Ruru naturally started talking about money, while Fang Xing thought to himself, "Who wants your stinking money?"

Does having money make you superior?
He came to Chenjia Village to enjoy the scenery, not to be an accountant.

You expect him to serve you for a month for just 3 ounces? He's worthless!

Seeing that he was about to refuse, Li Ruru quickly whispered, "Please, I'll cook you something delicious when we get home. You can eat whatever you want."

The woman in front of him gripped his sleeve tightly, and just thinking about the delicious food she cooked made him swallow hard.

If there's anything else to cherish about Chenjia Village, it's definitely the food cooked by Li Ruru.

Looking into her bright eyes and pleading pitifully, Fang Xingzhi's heart inexplicably raced.

He pushed her hand away, sighed softly, and said, "Fine, then I'll keep track of your accounts for a month."

A month later, he insisted on leaving.

Li Ruru smiled brightly, quickly took back 10 taels of silver, and stuffed three taels into his hand.

Fang Xingzhi looked at the three taels of silver in his hand, his face grim.

He knew it; this woman only cared about money.

He shouldn't have been soft-hearted just now. Now look what happened. He had just agreed to stay, and she immediately betrayed him and took 7 taels of silver.

This woman is really something; she knows exactly what's what, business is business, and personal relationships are personal relationships—she understands everything clearly and understands everything.

Lü Da was very efficient. The malt sugar workshop quickly found a site, and a group of people were busy building the house.

Zhao, accompanied by her three daughters-in-law, sat under the large locust tree at the village entrance, relentlessly criticizing Li Ruru.

The four of them were unusually united on the issue of Li Ruru.

Zhang Junniang: "Who said that sprouted wheat can't be eaten? Our family ate it and we were fine."

This morning, Zhao took the sprouted wheat to be ground into flour and made a pot of green steamed buns and noodles.

The pot of noodles was sticky and didn't look like noodles at all; it looked more like a paste.

It was impossible to pick up even with a chopstick; it broke into pieces. The steamed bun was slightly better; it tasted sweet, but when you pressed it with your finger, it wouldn't spring back, like a green lump.

Wang Shuixia: "I heard that workshop is making maltose. Who will they sell it to?"

If everyone is struggling to afford food, who has spare money to buy candy?

Wang Shuixia assumed that everyone in the world couldn't afford to eat just because her own family couldn't afford to.

Little did she know, everyone else was living a better life than hers.

Feng Yuzhu: "The village head is really something, always indulging a woman's nonsense. We'll just wait and see if they lose everything."

The group exchanged glances and burst into laughter.

They knew that life was tough without money, so they naturally hoped that Li Ruru could live the same kind of life as them.

Once she's lost all her money, let's see if she'll still be so smug.

Li Ruru and her group returned to the dilapidated courtyard and got to work.

Xiao Yishan rebuilt the grape trellis, and Chaochao and Peipei picked a lot of vegetables.

Some of the green vegetables had become soggy and smelly from being soaked, while others remained tender, green, and fresh.

In particular, some of the various melons, such as winter melon, pumpkin, and watermelon, have been recovered.

Li Ruru said happily, "Let's go back and cook something delicious."

Xiao Wu hesitated and asked, "Godmother, aren't we going to build a house?"

We can't live in a cave forever.

Chu Xiu slapped him on the back of the head: "You don't know anything, Aunt Li has her own plans."

Xiao Wu wasn't angry about being hit; instead, he asked curiously, "Young Master, why did you suddenly stop calling her godmother and start calling her Aunt Li?"

Chu Xiu was taken aback and lied, "My father doesn't agree with me randomly recognizing godmothers, and he got really angry."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Wu stuck out his tongue. He knew his master's temper; he was either already angry or on the verge of exploding.

The young master is of noble status and knows he can't just randomly recognize a godmother, unlike himself who can recognize whomever he wants.

He felt a surge of pride for no reason. "Haha, then my godmother won't be your godmother anymore."

The godmother was naturally much more affectionate than Aunt Li.

Just as he was feeling smug, he received another slap on the back of the head.

Li Ruru stepped forward to mediate, saying, "Try to control yourself, don't hit people so easily."

She didn't want her future husband to be a hot-tempered person.

Chu Xiu looked completely innocent; he would never hit Chaochao, no matter who he was fighting.

Xiao Wu is just asking for it; he's so cheeky. He'll behave himself after a couple of slaps.

He wanted to explain, but Li Ruru didn't give him the chance.

He only said to Xiao Wu, "Of course we have to build a house. This time, we'll build a three-courtyard, three-exit brick house with blue tiles."

“Aunt Li, leave this to me.” Chu Xiu immediately stepped forward and volunteered.

Li Ruru patted his head and said, "Okay, how much silver do you think is appropriate? I'll give you the money."

Chu Xiu thought about it carefully, and Fang Xingzhi also offered some suggestions and opinions. In the end, the two of them calculated a relatively reasonable price.

125 taels.

Li Ruru readily gave him 150 taels, saying, "The rest is for your trouble."

The next day was the day to pay the money according to the contract.

Early in the morning, Chu Xiu and Bai Lu came to find Li Ruru.

The two hesitated for a long time, looking awkward and embarrassed, but they didn't say a word.

Li Ruru asked with amusement, "What's going on? Is there something you can't say about the eldest daughter of the Bai family and the eldest son of the Chu family?"

(End of this chapter)