Traveling through the mountains and fields to be leisurely

Chapter 167 You are the most important
"Mother, let's close the shop at 25, but you still want to close the shop at 28. It would be nice to rest for a few more days."

For her mother's stubbornness, Lan Lingxue was a little helpless,
"You little girl, this is a business, not a house, how can you follow your will, close the shop whenever you want, those are regular customers, aren't you chasing customers out? At the end of the new year, many people are taking this opportunity to connect with each other. The shops of other people's houses have to be open until the 29th and 28th. It's just that ours is closed so early. Yu Li can't justify it, and you, those shops can't be closed early, they are all open until [-], so don't let the customers feel cold."

After being nagged by her mother, Lan Lingxue had to follow her mother's wishes, and the shop was officially closed until the 28th and 29th of the twelfth lunar month. Fortunately, there were Chunhua and Qiuyue, and a new ration for Lan Erzhuang. Chang Sui, the New Year's goods that need to be prepared for the New Year have not failed, and they have been done fairly neatly. After all, in two years, the warehouse in the village has already looked good. In the mansion in the capital, Lan Lingxue's private There are already a lot of good things in the library. You don’t need to buy new jackets, you just need to make new clothes. What you need to buy is some meat and cooked food, and your own vegetables. And fruits are not lacking.

"Daddy, do you have a lot of acquaintances in the nearby Zhuangzi? We should add some people to our annual ceremony this year."

Seeing that my father is not only busy with his own Zhuangzi and the land recently, after buying the Zhuangzi last time, he also knows that he has acquaintances who are easy to handle, so he starts to go to other Zhuangzi to get together with people from time to time, although he only meets those who The housekeeper in the Zhuangzi, but after all, he has some communication. Lan Lingxue still agrees and supports it very much, so that Dad will not be alone. With his own circle of friends and people who can talk, he will become more and more popular. cheerfulness and spirit,

"Well, it should be, it should be, let me do the math, Cui Shangshu's Zhuangzi, Zhao Yushi's Zhuangzi, General An's Zhuangzi..."

"Wait, whose Zhuangzi is Daddy talking about?"

Lan Lingxue interrupted Lan Erzhuang, but Lan Erzhuang didn't take it too seriously.

"General An's Zhuangzi?"

Lan Lingxue couldn't accept it, when did this happen, why didn't she hear any news beforehand.

"Father, you mean General An? The brave general, General An?"

Lan Lingxue was really afraid that she didn't figure it out, what if there was another General An in the Wuxia Kingdom, but the possibility of this was obviously not high, but Lan Lingxue couldn't help asking again, wanting to confirm the answer, Lan Erzhuang nodded bluntly, he didn't understand what the girl meant, why did he ask again and again,

"Yes, it's General An's Zhuangzi, half a mile away from our Zhuangzi, not far, just to the east."

Lan Erzhuang habitually pointed to the east, so that the girl could see it better.
"Why didn't Dad tell me earlier, let's see if there is anything we can help, and reach out to help."

Although I don't want to blame my father, at least I should let myself know about this matter. After all, it is the Zhuangzi of An Zhiyuan's family. If the family can lend a hand, the Zhuangzi's profits will be greater.

"Girl, from my father's point of view, it's just General An's Zhuangzi, no different from Cui Shangshu's Zhuangzi and Zhao Yushi's Zhuangzi. If we can't reach out, Zhuangzi is still there. We are just ordinary farmers. If we can keep our distance, I don't want us to get too close to their house. If you have such an idea because we saved An Shizi, then I don't want to go near their house even more. After all, Hee Entu Report, since ancient times, you are maintaining it as a family relationship. Others, their family members may not see it that way, they may think that we are deliberately flattering and approaching, and we don’t need it. The current life is not good. I am very satisfied, even if I want to go further, it is only through the hard work of our own family, rather than trying to borrow the light of other people's family. I can only talk to the stewards of their village, and there is no deep relationship. Friendship, I have never mentioned to anyone the relationship between our family and An Shizi. If you have such an idea, then I will not go to their family's Zhuangzi anymore. It may be better if this friendship is broken , because the most important thing is that you are more important than anyone else in Daddy's heart."

This time Lan Erzhuang understood what the girl meant, but he didn't agree.

Not to mention that Lan Erzhuang doesn't want to flatter others, even if it's for his daughter, he must not reach out to help others at will. After all, a land where there are no insects and no grass can easily attract others' suspicion and attention. If his secret was exposed, he would rather his family stay in that small mountain village and not come out. No matter how great the benefits are, it is not as important as the life of his daughter.

"father--"

Lan Lingxue grabbed her father's arm and leaned against it,
"It's me who made things simple. I'm sorry to make Dad worry."

Maybe it's the smooth sailing in the past two years that made Lan Lingxue less vigilant. Although she seldom uses the things in the space, the use of clear spring water is still indispensable. The help I just mentioned is nothing more than It seems to be using clear spring water to help Zhuangzi in the An family increase production, but by doing so, it is possible to expose his secret. It can be seen that he has completely forgotten about using clear spring water as if he used water from his own well. Consequences, if my father hadn't reminded me, I'm afraid I would have forgotten the fear of the past. Sure enough, when I get used to Sushun's life, people will forget about it invisibly. Thanks to my father, otherwise, I wouldn't even know what mistakes I made. Well, does this count as selling yourself and helping others with money?How silly.

"Father knows that you don't want to curry favor with their family, nor do you want to take advantage of their relationship to benefit yourself. You only want to help others because of our family's friendship with the prince, but have you ever thought about helping them get on the Zhuangzi?" More production is just a matter of getting a few more taels of silver. Is it worth your risk? You are already a big girl now, and you will be fifteen years old after the new year. How can you go back as you live? Before, we would never do something like this.”

Lan Lingxue bowed her head at what her father said, and she didn't dare to talk nonsense anymore. She said that women in love have zero IQ, and she is not in love yet, that is, she just has a little liking for her. Why has her IQ degraded?
"I know Dad, next time I want to make a decision, I must think it over first, and I won't be so reckless."

Lan Erzhuang also knew that the girl was just careless just now, leaning on the girl's head, as long as she turned around a little, she would know the stakes of the matter, so she didn't have to worry about it.

"Father, count how many other Zhuangzi need our family to prepare gifts. As soon as I prepare them, I will send them over a year ago, so as not to be rude. I have already gathered a roster in the city. Mother's side I have already taken care of those who need to prepare a gift, and I even have a list of my master and classmates over at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the only thing missing is yours."

Lan Erzhuang also knew that his family only had one day tomorrow, so it was really a little tight. If the roster and annual gifts were not ready tonight, they might not be able to deliver them all in one day tomorrow.
"There are also Zhuangzi from Liu Shoubei's family, Zhuangzi from Wang Hanlin's family, and Zhuangzi from Li Dashi's family..."

Lan Erzhuang counted ten more with his fingers. Lan Lingxue wrote them down on the paper, only to realize that

"Father, you know these, but they are all Zhuangzi of the big official family in the capital. Let me take a look. Look, the youngest ones are all officials from the fourth rank."

Lan Erzhuang really didn't know much about official titles. At this time, his daughter mentioned it, but he still didn't care.
"Father is just making friends with the stewards of the Zhuangzi. In his spare time, he chats with the people in the world. He really doesn't have any friendship with their masters. We can't climb up to that level. The ones I counted , it’s just some exchange of favors, you can do it as you see, it’s not about getting involved with other people’s official titles.”

Of course Lan Lingxue knew her father's character and temper, she knew that what her father said was absolutely true, he really didn't care about these officials, they definitely made friends with those stewards for the sake of brotherhood.

"Okay, Dad, I understand. I'll go down and prepare the presents, and I'll send them out one by one tomorrow. It would be great if I can finish them in the morning, but I think it's a bit difficult."

Lan Lingxue muttered as she walked out,

"If we can't finish delivery in the morning, it will be afternoon. Our family has nothing to do. It's just preparing for the New Year's Eve dinner, cleaning the yard, and preparing vegetables for the second prince's shop. By the way, girl, I heard that the second prince's hot pot Chain stores don’t close during Chinese New Year, it seems that they are all booked in advance?”

It's been busy for a year, and the shop is not closed during the Chinese New Year, but it's hard enough, and it also shows that the shop is hot enough,
"I don't know why he is so short of money. Over the past two years, his hot pot shop has made him no idea how much money it has earned. This shop can stand it, but the buddy can't stand it either."

Hearing her father's muttering to herself, Lan Lingxue really didn't dare to answer, but she knew that the second prince had other thoughts, so Lan Lingxue had told the family members to stay outside Just say it's the second prince. Don't let people know that the hot pot shop is run by the second prince. The consequences will be serious.

"Father, let's not bother with other people's affairs. We can't do enough work with our own business. Since other people's shops are going to open, there are reasons for them. If we can help, we will help. If we can't help Just watch from the sidelines, but don't follow along and interrupt."

"Father knows what to say and what not to say, just nagging you like this, he just wants to meddle in other people's affairs, that's all, go get busy, don't hurry up, I'm afraid I really can’t clean it up, and I can’t make it in time for tomorrow.”

Only then did Lan Lingxue feel relieved, she was afraid that her father would worry about others, so she would let the words slip out, it was a major matter related to her family and life, now seeing that her father really just said this on a whim, she was relieved, turned around and went back Go back to prepare, after all this busy work, it is not until the climax of the moon that all the preparations are ready. The cars at home are fully loaded, and each car is divided into one piece, according to the distance of the road. , The gifts are divided up and down, so that it is more convenient to take. Although it is a little troublesome when loading the car, it will be much faster when the New Year's gifts are distributed tomorrow.

(End of this chapter)