farm concubine

Chapter 43 Singing Competition 1
Feeling anxious, the couple came to Huayuanju to meet Ji Fang.

"Treasurer Ji has something to do with us?" After all, they usually only communicate with Huayuanju during the time of delivery. Usually there is nothing to do, and their family will not go to Huayuanju. Today, Ji Fang suddenly came to them, and still Really flattered them.

Ji Fang looked behind them and asked disappointedly that he didn't see Li Wanqing: "Why don't you see Miss Li?"

"I bought more things than usual today, so the mother and I came together." Li Rulin explained with a smile.

Although disappointed, Ji Fang still warmly received Li Rulin and his wife. They are Miss Li's parents, and they couldn't wait any longer.

Ji Fang brought Li Rulin and his wife to the living room in the back hall, and asked the waiter to make tea: "You two wait a moment, I will come as soon as I go."

People are their big customers. Although Li Rulin and his wife are in a hurry, they can only wait. If they offend a big customer, their family's business will no longer need to be done. This is the service consciousness that Li Wanqing usually instills in them.

Soon Ji Fang came back with a small suit: "You two, this suit was given to Miss Li by our boss."

Li Ru and his wife's faces were stiff, and they didn't know how to answer. Li Wanqing and Ouyang Yuanhao were just in a business relationship. Now that Ouyang Yuanhao suddenly sent clothes to Li Wanqing, they didn't accept it, and it didn't matter if they didn't.

Accepting it is tantamount to admitting indirectly that there is an ambiguous relationship between Li Wanqing and Ouyang Yuanhao. If you don't answer it, you are afraid that Ouyang Yuanhao will be angry. The consequence of this anger is that Huayuanju will never do business with their family again. .

Seeing the hesitation of Li Rulin and his wife, Ji Fang smiled and said: "Miss Li wants to participate in the singing competition the night after tomorrow? Our master thought that she might not have suitable clothes, so I will find a suit for her. Of course, the money will have to come from The payment for the next delivery will be deducted."

It turned out that they wanted money. The couple were relieved, so that they could explain it to the outside world, but since they wanted to give money, it was better to ask clearly: "Master Ji, how much money do you need for this suit?"

"It's not expensive, it's only one tael of silver." Ji Fang quoted a price according to Ouyang Yuanhao's explanation. In fact, based on his understanding of his master, this suit would cost five or six taels of silver, but the master asked him to pay this price. Count, he can only do so.

But even though Ji Fang lowered the price, Li Rulin and his wife were shocked: "One, one tael of silver." They opened their eyes wide and said in unison.

"Well, Shopkeeper Ji, our family can't afford such expensive clothes." Lin Shuirou said with a dry smile. A set of clothes cost a tael of silver, and she felt heartbroken just thinking about it.

"Mrs. Li, Miss Li can earn 120 taels of silver a month. This set of clothes is only one tael, but it is not expensive at all." It is a sky-high price for farmers.

"Can we not buy that shopkeeper Ji?" Lin Shuirou didn't want Li Wanqing to show up to participate in that singing competition at all, and it would be better if Li Wanqing directly asked not to come the night after tomorrow.

"Mrs. Li, this is a good intention from our boss, do you have the heart to refuse?" Although Ji Fang was asking about Lin Shuirou, the expression on his face clearly said that you bought the best one, and you have to buy it if you don't.

"Shuirou, since it's Mr. Ouyang's kindness, let's buy it. Qing'er has worked so hard to make money, so we can't buy her anything." If it wasn't for Li Wanqing, they wouldn't have the money to go Build a new house.

One tael of silver is really not expensive at all compared to what Li Wanqing earns for the family every month.

"The child's father—" Lin Shuirou was very dissatisfied. With this suit, Li Wanqing would definitely participate in that singing competition. If she didn't have the clothes, Li Wanqing might not participate.

"Shuirou, we really treated Qing'er badly." Li Rulin sighed. Compared with Ouyang Yuanhao, he really felt that their husband and wife treated Li Wanqing badly. Now the money in the family is all helped by Li Wanqing's ideas and efforts to earn it back, but The couple didn't think about buying decent clothes for her, but Ouyang Yuanhao did so. Although he still had to pay for it, his heart made him, a father, feel ashamed.

"I—" Seeing Li Rulin's guilty eyes, Lin Shuirou seemed to be choked by something, unable to speak.

Li Rulin paid the money on the spot. Today they came out to buy things for the festival, and they had money with them. They bought clothes, so they just bought less.

Back home, Li Rulin took out a small bundle to Li Wanqing: "Qing'er, this is the clothes my mother and I bought for you. You can wear them to participate in the singing competition the night after tomorrow." Ignoring Lin Shuirou's hinting eyes, Li Rulin handed the small burden to Li Wanqing.

"Thank you, dad." Li Wanqing happily took the small bundle, came to the side of the kang and opened it. When she saw the clothes inside, her eyes lit up. It was a long white silk pleated dress with neckline, cuffs and The hem of the skirt is embroidered with pink lace, which is very beautiful.

Li Wanqing held it on her body and asked her family: "Does it look good?"

"It looks good." Li Rulin and Li Muchen said happily, only Lin Shuirou frowned and remained silent.

With the affirmation of her family, Li Wanqing felt even happier. She put the skirt into the bag and asked, "Father, why don't you buy a set for Xiaochen too? By the way, this dress is very expensive, right?" Although she is not very good at Looking at the fabric, but based on the feel of her hand just now, she can also guess that this dress is not cheap.

"It's not expensive, only one tael of silver." Li Rulin said with a smile before Lin Shuirou.

"A tael of silver?" Li Wanqing asked with wide eyes.

"Yeah, a tael of silver. It's not like our family can't afford this money now. Our family's Qing'er is a big girl, so she needs to dress up well." Li Rulin looked at Li Wanqing kindly, as if my family had a girl who had just grown up. proud.

Li Wanqing was very moved: "Father, mother, you are so kind to me." She did not forget to appease Li Muchen: "Xiaochen, when the next batch of dried fruits is delivered, sister will buy you a new set of clothes."

"Sister, I'm a boy and I don't need to dress so beautifully." Li Muchen was not at all jealous of Li Wanqing's purchase of the dress, the family's money was all thanks to Li Wanqing, she deserved new clothes to wear.

"Stupid words." Li Wanqing smiled and patted Li Muchen's head.

In the evening, Li Rulin comforted Lin Shuirou again, but Lin Shuirou didn't care so much.

Two days passed in the blink of an eye. On the morning of August [-]th, Li Rulin sent a catty of mooncakes bought by himself to the old house. After eating early in the afternoon, he borrowed an ox cart and rushed to the town.

On the way, I met someone who also wanted to watch the lanterns at the town, so I stopped by the way. When I walked halfway, the bullock cart was full of people, and everyone was talking and laughing.

When I arrived at the town point, I said goodbye to everyone. When I arrived at Huayuanju, I found Ji Fang and found out that the game would not start until Xu time. Now You time, there is still an hour before the game starts.

Because she didn't want to draw attention from others, Li Wanqing still wore the ordinary clothes she would wear at home, and the newly bought skirt was still wrapped in a small bag.

Temporarily store the baggage in Huayuanju, and the family of four went shopping, because it was a holiday, even though the sky had begun to darken, the number of pedestrians on the street increased instead of decreasing.

The family of four had to hold hands tightly, for fear of getting lost. Although the street is not very big, it is still very troublesome to get lost with the family at night.

Both sides of the street are also filled with all kinds of small stalls, some selling gadgets, some selling rouge and gouache, some selling snacks, but more are selling lanterns, all kinds of lanterns. It is dazzling.

It was the first time for Li Wanqing to celebrate a festival in ancient times. She was full of curiosity when looking at everything, and looked at the stalls on both sides of the road without blinking.

She only focused on looking at things, but forgot to look at the road, and accidentally bumped into someone, clutching her sore nose, Li Wanqing quickly apologized: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry." She only hoped that the other party was not a difficult person.

(End of this chapter)