Yoshida Mii

Chapter 218 Li's Engagement
"I have to discuss this with you. We need to choose a bigger place to build the workshop. My mother and I will pay for the land." Dong Bao laughed.

The village chief stroked his beard excitedly, waved his hand and said: "If you are willing to open workshops and let the villagers work to earn money, I will find this land for you, and find a good land! You don't need to pay for it!"

Dong Bao smiled, sure enough, now everyone cares about the workshop, whether they can learn to make tofu, whether they can pick and sell tofu, and whether they can go to work to earn money, who cares about the Song family.

"I'll discuss this matter with my mother when I go back. You can choose a piece of land for us first, and the results will come soon." Dong Bao said, reassuring the village chief.

Accompanied by Baoji's team, Dong Bao went out of the village to join Mr. Yan, and brought the Song family's handprinted document, a group of people happily returned to the town, and Mrs. Li was in a hurry. Heaving a sigh of relief, he happily went forward to pick up Dong Bao, and finally put it down reluctantly, and said with a smile: "Hey, it's heavy, and in two years, mother won't be able to hold you."

"I'm already eleven." Dong Bao said with a smile. In the previous life, he graduated from elementary school and was supposed to go to junior high school, so how could his mother hug him easily.

Master Yan watched with a smile on the side, and said to Mrs. Li: "I'm leaving first, there is still something to do in the town. If they come to make trouble later, you hurry up and ask someone to find me."

Li Shi blushed and lowered her head, and said softly, "Hey."

After Master Yan left, Mrs. Li took Dong Bao and asked him carefully what happened after he returned.After hearing the whole thing, Mrs. Li sighed, shook her head and said, "This matter... I don't know how many people have to tell us behind my back. After all, you brought someone to beat up your second uncle and third uncle. It's not good to spread the word." It wasn't that her daughter had already been booked by Lin Shi, she now had to worry that her daughter was too strong and no man would dare to take her in the future.

"Just say it! I guess not many people will say it." Dong Bao smiled, and patted Li's hand, "Don't worry, if you don't show them something powerful, they might come up with some tricks Come on, let’s talk about it, as soon as I talked about setting up a workshop in the village, no one cares about my grandma and the others.”

Everyone is selfish, and no one is an idler who is full of food and has nothing to do, and the sense of justice is rampant everywhere. Now it is too late for the villagers in Tagouji to curry favor with them, who will run to speak ill of the two of them.

Dong Bao thinks that people like Song Yu and Song Bai are typical representatives of bullying and fearing the hard. She didn't dare to do any tricks behind her back. If she had been a little timid, she would have been tricked by Song Yu and Song Bai countless times.

"Don't think so much." Li Hongqin persuaded, "Now that Lord Yan is supporting us, who dares to say anything?"

Li Hongqin's voice is loud now, her back is straight, she has a son-in-law who is a yamen servant, and a brother-in-law who is an official, her confidence is unprecedentedly sufficient, and her life is smoother than ever before. As long as her son can pass the exam, this life will be considered complete.

Lord Yan and Mrs. Li finally set the wedding date on the sixth day of May, which happened to be the second day after the Dragon Boat Festival.There were still more than two months before the wedding, Mr. Yan took advantage of this time to renovate the family house, demolished the original three tile-roofed houses, and built six new tile-roofed houses, the first three were brought by him and Mrs. Li. Xiaoxu lives there, and the three rooms behind are reserved for Dongbao. The new tile-roofed house with blue bricks and red tiles is tall and grand. The yard has also been painted and a flower bed has been newly built.

At the beginning of March, Dong Bao and Xiao Xu visited their new home once. Mr. Yan was wearing a straw hat and was directing workers to build a house and paint the walls in the yard. The trousers and sleeves were covered with white ash and muddy water. It can be seen that Lord Yan treats this marriage very seriously and seriously.

Dongbao can also clearly feel the changes in the attitudes of the people in the town towards them. People she doesn't know often come to eat Douhua and call her "girl" politely. Dongbao walks home all the way, and he can always get free snacks such as roasted sweet potatoes from several roadside vendors.

"It's good to be the daughter of an officer!" Dong Bao happily shared the baked sweet potato with Lin Shi, quite elated, which made Lin Shi dumbfounded.

Mrs. Gao came here more frequently than before. At the beginning, she didn't believe that Mrs. Li and Master Yan were engaged. It wasn't until the betrothal gift was sent to the house that Mrs. Gao couldn't believe it. Compared with before, Mrs. Gao had a more enthusiastic attitude. Out of more than one grade.

"Your sister, this is really..." Gao slammed her mouth while eating, and for a long time didn't know what to say to describe her mood at this time.

Li Changfeng frowned and said, "Don't say those unpleasant things, Hongzhen is a happy event!"

Gao was displeased, and argued: "Of course I won't put her in front of her and say this. Your sister is really lucky. She married a scholar in the front, and an official in the back!"

Li Changfeng had mentioned to her that he wanted to talk about the marriage with Li Shi, and he couldn't let the younger sister be a widow for the rest of her life. Gao Shi had no objection to this. For a long time, among them were her natal family's second uncle, her natal sister-in-law's uncle...all of them were widowers of a certain age.According to Gao's thinking, Li can only be matched with such a man, as long as the other party is healthy and has a good temper, who would want to meet Mr. Yan without saying a word? up.

"Hey, tell me, Lord Yan will be your brother-in-law from now on!" Gao smiled, "Let him arrange an errand for Chang Xin and Chang Liang! Just like Hong Qin's son-in-law Liang Zi, just be a government servant It doesn’t matter if you are a small official, anyway, you eat the emperor’s food, and people are awesome when you go out on the street, let’s see who runs a shop and does business so hard to curry favor with them!”

Li Changfeng said angrily: "You can do it! How old is Chang Xin Chang Liang? The boss Chang Xin is only fifteen or sixteen, who wants such a small yamen servant? Besides, you just open your mouth to ask someone to do things when you get married. Didn’t it make Hongzhen feel embarrassed? Is it easy for Hongzhen to find someone like Master Yan? As the eldest brother, it’s fine if I can’t help her. How can I hold her back and make it difficult for her? Isn't it good to be an apprentice in Zhou, learning a craft is better than anything else, and you can have your own food wherever you go!"

"Why are you such a brainless father!" Gao yelled anxiously, "Aren't I doing it for the good of my sons? How can learning crafts compare to being a government servant? We didn't have this kind of way before, but now we have Why can’t you open your mouth like this? You’re too embarrassed for me to open this mouth!”

Li Changfeng threw the bowl down angrily, "What do you mean you open your mouth? How much kindness have you given him to open his mouth? Don't mention to me that Dong Baoxiuyu asked him to use the stove when Dong Baoxiuyu was selling food at the door. , I’ll be stunned every time I hear it! Let people know, I’m an uncle..." Li Changfeng was speechless, stood up and wanted to leave, then turned around and told Gao: "This matter Just think about it, don't open your mouth like that, I can't afford to lose face like that!"

Gao groaned and dropped the bowl, angrily cursing: "You two sisters are your relatives, Chang Xin and Chang Liang and I are not from your family! Turn your elbows out!"

Although she scolded fiercely, Mrs. Gao didn't dare to mention this matter in front of Mrs. Li. She planned to find a chance to mention it after Mrs. Li got married. I said, I don't need to open my mouth for this matter, she should take the initiative, Chang Xin Chang Liang is her nephew, he is the seed of their Li family, she kisses so much every day, in fact, she doesn't care about me at all. Son, take it seriously! If Changfeng hadn't gone to help her divide the family at that time, would she have a comfortable life now?"

In mid-March, Dong Bao and Mr. Yan went to Anzhou together. In addition to teaching the chef of the Octagonal House a big plate of chicken, Dong Bao also discussed many things with Wang Cong, including partnering with Wang Cong to open another restaurant A restaurant that specializes in tofu dishes is located next to the pier next to the canal, and there is also a consignment sale of tofu products produced by Baoji in Wang's shop.

Qian Wangcong, who opened the restaurant, estimated that it would cost about 1000 taels, so Dongbao took out 500 taels as a share, and the Wang family came forward to open the restaurant. Whether it is a consignment or a restaurant, the tofu used must be marked as produced by Baoji.

After Dong Bao left, Wang Cong's father said with a smile, "It would be great if such a smart little girl could marry her home and be my daughter-in-law!" Became the royal family, what a fortune this must be!

Wang Cong was drinking water and almost choked on the water. His face was flushed and his neck was thick, and he shook his head and smiled helplessly, "Father..." This little girl is too young, so he really doesn't know what to say, even if Even if they were of the same age, those people in the clan would not agree to let Dong Bao, a country girl, enter the Wang family's house, and his father was just joking.

At the end of March, the workshop in Tagouji had already started construction. The village head allocated the land to Dongbao himself. It was as big as three old houses of the Song family, and Dongbao's family received [-] yuan as a symbol. He also set up written evidence and filed a record at the town office.

During this period, Shan Qiang went back to Tagouji. The scene of being surrounded by the villagers did not appear as he expected. After inquiring, he found out that most of the people went to the workshop built by Li's mother and daughter to watch the excitement. .At first, Shan Qiang didn't take it seriously, thinking that Mrs. Li just got lucky and climbed up to Mr. Yan. What kind of brains can a woman have in business? Covering a vast area and bustling with activity, the construction site was filled with shock from ear to ear for a long time.Even the big workshop he saw in Anzhou is not such a big place!
"What is Gai Yunda doing?" Shan Qiang muttered, showing off when he is rich!
A half-old child next to him smiled and said triumphantly: "You don't know that, do you? Miss Song said that every family in our Tagouji can have people come to work here, of course it has to be bigger!"

(End of this chapter)