Farmhouse Pastoral Notes

Chapter 237 The Li Family
The weather in the morning was still a bit cool, Chunqiu stepped out wearing the clothes he hadn't changed yesterday.

At this time the kitchen had already turned off the fire, and the white mist was still mixed with the aroma of food. Chunqiu stood in the yard, moved his nose carefully, then raised his chest, took a deep breath, and showed a satisfied smile on his face.

Chunqiu was chomping down on the golden yellow noodle cakes that her mother specially cheesed after waking up early in the morning, and at the same time used a bowl to hold the leftover green vegetable balls from last night. There were more green vegetables and soup in the green vegetable balls. The noodles in the pot, Chunqiu eats it with excitement.

After breakfast, Chunqiu tidied up his clothes and officially started a new day's work.

The process of making the ointment is cumbersome and boring. Chunqiu had been doing it all day yesterday, and the joints of his arms are still a little sore due to the continuous grinding yesterday. Chunqiu frowned. Move around a bit, and wait until the sour feeling is obviously relieved, then start to add the newly picked petals into the stone mill, and grind them into juice.

The sound of "creaking" spread in the yard, Chunqiu used the empty jar next to it to hold the flower juice, and took advantage of the gap to add flower petals to the center of the stone mill.

The door was pushed open, and Yuan Shi came out again in a different outfit. Different from the simple and neat outfit when she was cooking, her mother is now wearing a brand-new crimson blue dress with cloth shoes of the same color, her hair He was coiled up high and hung behind his head, with two gold-plated silver hairpins stuck on it. The whole person looked noble and elegant, gentle and virtuous.

The beautiful eyes were raised, revealing those dark and beautiful peach blossom eyes. The eyes were frivolous. Yuan Shi sat and looked around the courtyard. After seeing the direction of Chunqiu, she raised her legs and walked towards Chunqiu, talking side by side, "...Qiu'er, are the petals in our house enough? A big man came to the second floor yesterday, and the ointment in the Beauty Pavilion may not be enough." From her mother's eager tone, Chunqiu could clearly hear the mixture. Feeling worried and anxious.

Chunqiu stopped his hands directly, looked up at the mother who had quickly walked to her side, and replied seriously, "The petals at home are enough, mother, can't the ointment in the Beauty Pavilion last for two days? What is the important person yesterday? How much did you buy, why is it still not enough?" Chunqiu was a little curious, she clearly remembered that she made a new batch yesterday, her mother didn't go to the Beauty Pavilion now, how did she know that adding yesterday's batch was not enough?

After listening to Chunqiu's words, Yuan Shi sat down and quickly explained, "Mother was talking about the ointments on the second floor. Yesterday, the eldest lady of the Li family in the south of the city sent someone over and directly took away more than half of the ointments on the second floor of our house. Especially when Mrs. Li said before leaving that she would come to get it in two days... and the amount is not less than these." Yuan Shi said here, and directly stretched out her hand to compare a number, looked at Chunqiu with a little helplessness, and then said , "Ms. Li has already given all the follow-up money. We are in the ointment business. There is no reason not to accept the money. In addition, you made a new batch of ointment yesterday. I can handle it, but... I will definitely not be able to insist on Mrs. Li coming to pick up the goods." After Yuan Shi finished speaking, her face was depressed, and her brows were slightly raised. It's so offending, not to mention that they have received the money now, although... the money is not what Yuan Shi wanted to collect. Thinking of this, a trace of despair flashed in Yuan Shi's eyes, and a wry smile appeared on the corner of his mouth unconsciously. Forget it, forget it, take all the money What's the use of these things, now the most important thing is that their Beauty Pavilion must be delivered on time two days later, otherwise, the Beauty Pavilion that has been built so hard will be ruined.

It was because of wanting to understand these things that Yuan felt distressed and even a little overwhelmed.

While listening to her mother's explanation seriously, Chunqiu observed her mother's facial expressions, and he never missed the helpless depression and complicated worries on her mother's face.

But what's the use of this? Spring and Autumn didn't change much on the surface, but he also sighed in his heart. People like their family, who have no power and no power, should have realized it long ago when they were doing this kind of business.

"Mother, don't worry, we still have time, don't we have two days? Today I will make the ointment that people are in a hurry for two days, and tomorrow I will continue to make those that are not in a hurry. In our yard I have picked a lot of petals, and I am still worried about where to use these petals. By the way, mother, if you go to the Beauty Pavilion today and you want to buy such a large number, you can just tell Mrs. Li about it After all, it is not easy for us to do business, one family is already reluctant, and if another family comes, I think our Beauty Pavilion will also be closed." Chunqiu comforted her mother with a smile on her face, and at the same time hinted that her mother could tactfully drag the Li family into trouble.

Although such an arrangement would disrupt all her own plans, Chunqiu can't take care of that much now. If the batch of ointment is not handed in on time, who knows if this Mrs. Li will use some insidious tricks to insidiously trick their family? The Meiyan Pavilion can’t be opened anymore, you know, these are not picture books, and Chunqiu has actually seen them before, just like the restaurant diagonally opposite the Meiyan Pavilion before, it’s because of negligence, accidentally offended The young master of a rich family just closed down. Now that restaurant has long been replaced by a wine shop, and the business is booming.

Doing business in ancient times is no easier than later generations, and there are many twists and turns in it.

In order to successfully open the Meiyan Pavilion, Chunqiu and his family did not hesitate to buy favors. It is precisely because she knows that the Meiyan Pavilion is not easy to do, so Chunqiu can only do her best to keep their family's house. Beauty Pavilion.

You must know that the business is booming, and there are quite a few people who want to get a share of the pie. Chunqiu has no shortage of malicious speculations. Maybe the reason why the Li family did this is to get a piece of the pie from them, otherwise they wouldn't He couldn't wait to pack all the ointments on the second floor and take them away.Of course, this is just Chunqiu's unreliable guess. After all, no matter how hot Meiyan Pavilion's business is, it is just something that cannot be put on the table with these big families.

Chunqiu intends to take one step at a time and wait and see what happens. No matter whether the other party wants the prescription of Beauty Pavilion or simply wants to buy ointment, they will eventually explain their purpose. If it is a fox, they will show their tails. Chunqiu will just wait. The fox tail is exposed.

Chunqiu hurriedly comforted her mother again, although her mother's complexion was still not very good, but it was not as obvious as before.

There is still something to do in Meiyan Pavilion, and it is impossible for Yuan to stay in the yard for a long time. After talking about the big list of the Li family, Yuan hastily explained a few small orders to Chunqiu. Chunqiu smiled and said that there is no problem. Only then did Yuan Shi leave.

(End of this chapter)