Accountant Wu was stunned. Three hundred coins was not a small amount. The monthly silver of the cooks in the back kitchen was only one or two taels. I am afraid that they would not be able to accept such a sudden fine.
But he had been with Wu Qi for so many years and knew that he was usually a harsh person. He did not fire those people, but only fined them three hundred coins, which was already very generous.
Thinking of this, Accountant Wu did not dare to hesitate and responded quickly before giving the order.
"Why is someone else delivering the goods today?" Wu Qi couldn't help but ask, thinking about the scene just downstairs.
Accountant Wu had already retreated to the door of the private room. Hearing this, he stopped in his tracks and smiled loudly: "Master, don't worry, the goods still belong to Madam Li. It's just that she was delayed for something, so she asked others to help deliver it.
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"Oh." Wu Qi responded lightly, only letting Yuanyang close the window bars, and then focused on the book.
Yuanyang breathed a sigh of relief, hurriedly stepped forward and closed the window tightly.
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At noon, Li Tannian took some painkillers from the space and drank it with the spiritual spring water. His whole body felt much better.
By the time Aunt Lu brought the four little ones back, she had the strength to get dressed and go to the ground.
The four little ones had been worried about Li Tannian all morning, and when he came back, they all threw themselves into her arms.
However, the four little ones were very sensible and knew that she was not feeling well. They were not as reckless as usual, so they only gave her a gentle hug and then let go.
At noon, Lu Zhi killed the black chicken in the pen, stewed the angelica root, and fried two vegetarian vegetables. Li Tannian was weak and needed to be replenished, so she drank it without saying much.
Two large bowls of chicken soup.
After noon, Song Cuixi and Zhao Susu came to see her at the same time. One of them brought motherwort for pain relief, and the other brought sucrose.
Li Tannian didn't expect that it would only take a month for them to have such a big reaction. Apart from being embarrassed, she was shocked again when she saw Song Cuixi who had lost a lot of weight.
All in all, Li Tannian had not seen Song Cuixi for a long time. Song Cuixi was originally a plump little woman, but now she has not only lost weight, but also tanned her skin. She was originally a very diligent person, but now she has become more capable.
Song Cui was delighted to see her looking at him without saying a word, and couldn't help but smile: "Why are you looking at me like this? Do you think you don't recognize me?"
Li Tannian was silent, grinning and teasing her: "Sister-in-law Cuixi has not eaten enough. Look at you, you are so thin that you could be blown over by a gust of wind."
Song Cui smiled happily. She was now busy collecting eels in her natal village. When she had free time, she would go to the mountains to dig herbs to sell. She had no time for leisure. When she was tired, she had to lose weight.
"I used to gain so much weight that it was tiring to move. It would be nice if I lost some weight. When I work, my whole body will be full of strength."
"Strength is not a big deal, sister Cuixi. After losing weight, your figure has become slimmer." Zhao Susu smiled pointedly.
"Why do I, a widow, have to be so slim?" Song Cuixi said quietly.
Zhao Susu patted her thigh, with a disapproving look on her face: "That's not easy, just find a good match and find a father for Er Gouzi and Dani!"
Song Cuixi's face turned red when she said this: "Where can I find such a suitable one?"
"I'll help you find one another day, just like Zhang Chang, the shopkeeper of the cloth shop, how about it?"
"Bah, bah, bah, sister-in-law, are you just laughing at me?"
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On this day, Zhao Susu and Song Cuixi stayed until noon before leaving.
When Li Tannian sent them out, he happened to meet Lu Zhi coming back with a large bucket of crayfish. The two looked at each other. Lu Zhi frowned obviously, then turned his head and walked into the courtyard.
Li Tannian didn't expect that this man would become interested in crayfish. For a moment, he stared at the barrel in his hand with a straight face.
Song Cuixi on the side also turned to look, but what she was looking at was not crayfish, but Lu Zhi.
Now that she saw Lu Zhi again, she didn't feel as blushing as before, but she just felt that what Zhao Susu said was right.
Maybe Er Gouzi and Dani really need a father?
The mother-in-law is worried that she will remarry with her children. Why can't she imitate the Huang family and recruit a son-in-law?
Lu Zhi in the courtyard noticed Song Cuixi's appraising gaze. He frowned, feeling a little displeased in his heart, but the gaze quickly disappeared.
Seeing Li Tannian send someone back, he suddenly thought of the blush on her neck. For a moment, he didn't dare to look at her. He simply said: "I will help you collect the cage. Tomorrow, let the roots go."
Uncle, please send it to the county for you."
Li Tannian was very surprised. She really didn't expect that Lu Zhi would actually help her collect the cage.
"Is your leg okay?" she asked subconsciously.
"It's okay." Lu Zhi's voice was muffled.
Li Tannian rubbed her hands and looked at Lu Zhi carefully. Although she felt that he was very strange today, she thought that he was helping her catch crayfish, so the more she looked at him, the more she liked him.
That night, the fourth child was only concerned about Li Tannian's health and did not let her tell any stories.
Li Tannian thought about the unsold grapes in the space and fell asleep quickly.
But she thought about it day by day and dreamed about it at night. She actually had a lot of dreams about grapes that could not be sold and were rotting in space!
When she woke up and was still beating her chest, she heard Lu Dalang's voice coming from outside.
"Sanlang, why are you still cooking? Where is your mother-in-law? What is the purpose of begging for a mother-in-law? Isn't it just to do this kind of work? What do you mean by asking a big man like you to do this?"
Li Tannian frowned, put on his clothes and walked out, and saw Mrs. Yang leading Lu Dalang and Lu Erlang into the courtyard.
Perhaps because Lu Zhi didn't reply, Lu Dalang was a little angry: "Sanlang, did you hear me talking to you? Yesterday I heard someone say that you were washing mats by the river. I still didn't believe it. It turned out that you really
To do something like this is really an embarrassment to the men of the Lu family!"
Although Saburo had left home at a young age and he was not close to his younger brother, he really couldn't bear to see him being bullied by a woman like this.
This third daughter-in-law is really unruly. She obeys her husband when she gets married. Is this how she obeys?
At this moment, Li Tannian, the client who was about to push the door out, froze in place.
Lu Zhi washed her mattress? Wasn't it Xiao Taohong?
"Okay, Dalang, stop talking." Mrs. Yang's voice came from outside again.
She glanced at Lu Zhi with disgust. If it were in the past, she would have given him a lecture. But now, she had other things to do, and she didn't want to talk nonsense with him.
"Sanlang, where is your wife? Let her walk to town today. Your eldest brother and second brother will have to take a bullock cart to go to the county to find your sister."
Lu Zhi raised his eyes and said in a calm voice, "She won't go to town today."
Mrs. Yang looked at him suspiciously: "What? She goes to town every day, you tell me to ask her if she won't go today? Sanlang, you are not lying to me, are you? Zhi'er is also your sister after all, what are you doing?
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Lu Zhi didn't wait for her to finish her words, and just said, "Forget it if you don't believe me." He continued to add firewood to the stove.
The four little ones have been sent to the town by Aunt Lu Yao. Counting the time, she should wake up soon. He was just in time to heat up the leftover black chicken soup for her.
"What does it smell like? Why does it sound like chicken stew?" Lu Erlang asked.
Mrs. Yang's face became even more ugly: "Sanlang, don't tell me that you stewed it for that woman!"
Lu Zhi said nothing, but already acquiesced to her intention.
Mrs. Yang scratched her neck and felt bitter in her heart. She, the mother-in-law, hasn't eaten yet. Why should Li Tannian eat it?
Lu Erlang swallowed a sip of saliva and walked quickly to the stove: "Sanlang, you carried my mother behind your back to eat alone with us two brothers before, and we didn't care about you. Now that we have bumped into each other, you still don't serve a bowl to my mother.
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After saying this, he wanted to lift the lid of the pot, but Lu Zhi took a step faster and clamped Lu Erlang's hand with the tongs.
The tongs had just been taken out of the stove, and as soon as they were clamped on Lu Erlang's hand, the hot tongs burned in his hand, and Lu Erlang screamed in agony.
"Sanlang, what are you doing!" Mrs. Yang always loved Lu Erlang, and her eyes turned red when she saw this situation.
Lu Dalang also rushed forward, and wanted to scold Sanlang for not understanding the respect between brothers and sisters, when he heard the sound of gongs being struck again from outside.
Immediately, Lu Liushun shouted: "The patriarch asked everyone to go to the entrance of the village to draw lots. Every young man must go, otherwise, the clan rules will apply!"