farmhouse ditty

Chapter 171 Don't ask anything else
"Hey, hehe, it's okay, your sixth brother Heiwazi and the others are all fine, it's just that you and Xiuniang are leaving, and your sixth brother and I have nothing to chat about."

Mrs. Liu took a sip from her teacup, chatting with Chu Ge with a smile.

Chu Ge also smiled, "Sister-in-law Six, tell Sixth Brother that it's very dry these days, so drink less."

"Your sixth brother, if you become addicted to alcohol, no one will say it's useless. He can drink with two glasses of salt. Hey, but your sixth brother only drinks two cups to satisfy his hunger. It's not enough to drink too much, oh yes. It's..."

Mrs. Liu suddenly thought of something while talking, and lifted the basket she brought earlier from her side, and put it on the table.

But before she opened her mouth, Chu Ge smelled the smell, and he smiled, "Sister-in-law Liu, why did you bring the pickled vegetable dumplings from Uncle Wang's family?"

Mrs. Liu smiled, and pushed the basket to Chu Ge, "Hey, you and sister Xiuniang have been away for a month, I thought you should be greedy, so I went to the old Wang's house to buy a small jar for you Bring it here."

Although a jar of pickled vegetables was not worth a lot, Chu Ge was very happy that Mrs. Liu had brought them here specially, so that he could get up early every day, so that Xiuniang didn't have to worry about getting some side dishes for him.

He smiled, "Sister-in-law Liu, thank you, you even brought it here specially for me."

Mrs. Liu looked at Chu Ge with genuine affection, and she also smiled, "Hey, thank you, I'm going to town to pull a piece of floral cloth, and I'm thinking of coming over to see you and sister Xiuniang, hurry up As soon as the old Wang's pickles came out of the vat, I brought them over."

Chu Ge knew what Liu said because he didn't want him to say any more polite words, so he just laughed and said a few words.

"The shopkeeper, the shopkeeper..."

The young guy who led the way for Mrs. Liu opened the door of the main room and yelled twice, came in and said, "Shopkeeper, we have loaded the boards in the yard into the car, and we will send them to the horse house right now, Li Master let us come in and talk to you."

Chu Ge listened and nodded his head, and said, "Got it, go check the account with the front cabinet, and you will know exactly how many boards everyone has asked for, and then take the list when you are done, and wait for you to sign it. Just ship it."

The little guy answered and left. Mrs. Liu looked at it and asked, "Hey, Chu Ge, you still care about delivering goods?"

Chu Ge said, "No, Sixth Sister-in-law, we just send those guests who want washboards to the horse house on Qian Street. They come from outside, and they have their own carriages."

Mrs. Liu nodded, and said again, "Chu Ge'er, what do you do with the money when you send it over like this?"

Chu Ge smiled, "Sister-in-law Six, the front cabinet only placed the order after the money was collected, and Xiuniang confessed to this matter, the guy at the front cabinet signed and placed the order, and the guy in the backyard saw it and prepared the goods. When it’s ready, go to the front cabinet to get the list, sign it and then ship it.”

Mrs. Liu listened, thought about it, and said, "Hey, that's right, Chu Ge, sister Xiuniang is right, there is a mistake in the front cabinet and backyard, just look at the signatures of those guys."

Chu Ge smiled, "That's not the sixth sister-in-law. In the beginning, because there was a mistake in the front cabinet and the backyard, and twenty or so boards were missing in the workshop, Xiuniang came up with this idea. "

Mrs. Liu smiled and praised Xiu Niang, but after thinking about it, she said, "Hey, Chu Ge, if the guy who placed the order didn't go out to deliver the goods, then the guys in the backyard will recognize those who paid the money. Anyone who wants a board?"

Chu Ge didn't say anything at first, but pointed to the guys in the yard who were about to go out, "Sister-in-law Liu, what do you see in their hands?"

Mrs. Liu turned her head and squinted her eyes, "Hmm... that guy in the lead seems to be holding a few slips in his hand... hey, no, why did he take half of the slips."

Chu Ge smiled, and talked proudly, "I just want half the list, the shop assistants take half, those who want the board take half, and wait for the shop assistant to take the board. After sending it to the racecourse, they took out the bill and reconciled it in two seconds, as much as it was written on the bill, they would give it to others, and there would be no trouble."

Mrs. Liu looked at Chu Ge like that, and made a good guess, "Look at you boy, I guess this idea was also figured out by Xiu Niang."

Chu Ge smiled foolishly, and replied dumbly, "Yes."

Mrs. Liu shook her head with a smile, looking at the busy scene outside the yard, some guys were busy making boards, some guys were busy moving the boards to the car to deliver goods, even old man Li, who used to be eccentric in the village, turned into a Master.

She looked at it and couldn't help muttering again, she really didn't know what Chu Ge and Xiu Niang had done in the past month, and how they managed to manage the business of this paving workshop.

Thinking of this, Liu felt a little strange, she asked Chu Ge, "Hey, Chu Ge, I've been here for so long, why haven't I seen Xiu Niang yet?"

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"Hey, sister Xiuniang, look at this wax gourd is good, let's buy some and go back to make soup, will it relieve the heat if it's ready?"

A young daughter-in-law in her early 20s grabbed Xiu Niang and pointed at a winter melon on a vegetable stand.

Xiu Niang was carrying a basket. She listened to the words and looked back, smiling, "Chengli, you can buy it."

The little daughter-in-law responded, thinking about asking the stall owner to cut another one. There are so many people in this workshop, the rest of the stalls may not be enough.

Waiting for her to buy it, she looked back at Xiu Niang and kept looking at the front, and she said, "Sister Xiu Niang, don't look at it, I guess that sister-in-law of Ji's family now, she let my man take it to the shop It's time to go, let's go back after buying vegetables, or we won't be able to make lunch in time."

Xiu Niang listened to what she said, and thought about it, it's been a while, and she guessed that the sixth sister-in-law had already arrived at the shop, so she said to the little daughter-in-law, "It's done, let's go to the butcher shop ahead to buy some meat. Some meat, wait for Wang Er's mother-in-law to come over, and then we will go back."

The little daughter-in-law responded, gave the money to the stall owner, put the half-packed winter melon in the basket, and walked forward with Xiuniang laughing.

Seeing that the little daughter-in-law was okay, Xiuniang left together without saying anything. She and the auntie of the second Wang's family were cooking for the guys in the workshop. The mother has to do the meals for twenty guys by herself, and she really can't handle it. That's why she hired these two aunts and aunts.

Although most of the guys in the workshop have wives and their wages are not high, those two families are relatively poor, with a lot of old people and children at home, and they are short on food. Their men used to rely on odd jobs to make ends meet. , and they just set up some small stalls on the street to do some embroidery work to supplement their household expenses. When Xiuniang found out about it, she told the guys in the workshop about it, and asked them to give up the two vacancies to these two families. Think, help each other to live a good life.

However, having said that, Xiu Niang is the head of the family, and no one can control who she hires, but she just wants to tell the matter so that those guys know that she and Chu Ge's Chu family workshop are much different. The other family has such a human touch, and they are dedicated to working in her workshop. Of course, the wages she gives will not treat them badly.

Xiuniang and the young daughter-in-law went to the butcher's shop to buy some meat. They sat in the shop for a while, waiting for the mother-in-law of the second Wang's family to come over. The three of them talked about going back.

But when they walked to the Tonghe grocery store on Qianjie Street, Xiuniang suddenly said that she was going to buy some seasonings, and asked the little daughter-in-law and Wang Er's mother-in-law to go back to cook with meat and vegetables first, and she would go back in a while.

Those two people responded, helped carry Xiu Niang's basket, smiled and left.

Xiu Niang watched the two walk away before entering the Tonghe grocery store, but there was only one old woman in there at the moment.

She looked around and said, "Ma'am, where is Mrs. Cao?"

The old woman glanced at her, and suddenly shouted into the shop, "Grandma Cao, why did you fall into the latrine, the shop is full and no one comes out."

As soon as the old woman finished speaking, someone in the shop spoke up, and then a woman in her forties came out.

Seeing Xiuniang, the old woman of the Cao family first laughed and sent her away with the old woman, and then said to Xiuniang, "Hey, sister, why are you here?"

Xiu Niang walked up and smiled, "Sister-in-law Cao, didn't I bring you money here?"

Cao's mother-in-law paused, thought for a while and understood, she waved her hands, "Hey, what else was I thinking about, you are talking about the renter of the vacant house in the back street."

Xiu Niang took out the money she had prepared earlier, put it on the cabinet and gave it to her, smiling, "Isn't it just the rent?"

Cao's mother-in-law took the silver in her hand, "Hey, girl, it's not time yet, why are you in a hurry... Hey, sister, why did you give me so much?"

Xiu Niang smiled, "Sister-in-law Cao, I told you that the one tael of silver is to buy a few bottles of liquor for Brother Cao, and I want to thank him..."

Mrs. Cao waved her hand, "Hey, no, no, my guy just helps you look around the house when he's free. Someone came over to open the door and let them put things in. Didn't he do anything?" .”

Xiu Niang said, "Sister-in-law Cao, you can keep it. Although my eldest brother Cao said that he has nothing to do in the back street to show people the warehouse, but he can't help me take care of the room. Besides, there are always people pulling things through my room every now and then, so he has to spend some effort to put them away for me."

Cao's mother-in-law looked at Xiuniang and said this. This girl is also an uncompromising master. She said she would not take it back if she gave it to her. She thought about it and evaded a few words, and finally accepted it.

Xiu Niang said, "Then sister-in-law, I have given you a month's rent. If you renew it next time, I will come again. I will leave this time."

Cao's mother-in-law called Xiuniang after thinking about it, and she suddenly became curious, "Hey, sister, sister-in-law asked you something."

Xiu Niang turned around and looked at her, "Oh, sister-in-law, what do you want to ask?"

Cao's mother-in-law said, "Sister, you said you lived in my vacant house, and I didn't see you go there. Last month, several groups of people pulled five or six carts of things into the house. I haven't seen you ask someone to look at it, what are you going to do?"

Xiu Niang listened, looked at Cao's mother-in-law, smiled and said a few words before going out.

"Sister-in-law Cao, we agreed at the beginning that we only rent the house and don't ask about anything else."

Seeing Xiuniang leaving after saying a few words, Cao's mother-in-law pursed her lips. Isn't she very curious...

(End of this chapter)