Liu Rumei raised the secret letter in her hand, "I have read all this, and you don't have to argue, but please rest assured, I will definitely treat you well."
"But, now I have to aggrieve you."
Liu Rumei was busy with her work. She wrote a letter to Liu Ce to arrange his work after he came down from the mountain, and then set off in a hurry with Liu Ziming, Liu Ziliang and others.
Watching him go away, Cui Hongyu looked worried and said to Chen Xiaobei, "Husband, Miss Liu will not be in any danger."
Seeing her expression of concern for the country and the people, Chen Xiaobei couldn't help but smile.
"The war is their business. For us, the war is over. We want to live peacefully."
"By the way, I'll go to the entrance of the village to see how their charcoal is burning in Dachun."
Chen Xiaobei walked out of the west entrance of the village, and when he entered the woods, he saw bursts of black smoke in front of him.
Don't mention it, Dachun and the others are not very efficient now.
So quickly, the fire has already begun.
Of course, this is just the first furnace, and the second furnace is still under construction.
Seeing Chen Xiaobei coming, everyone greeted him warmly, and Da Chun'er put down her work and came over with a smile.
"The first furnace has already been started. At this rate, we can start one furnace in two days, and we are guaranteed to be able to supply it."
The two sat down on the stone next to them, and Chen Xiaobei grabbed an apple. These apples were specially used by him to make snacks for these villagers.
"Brother Dachun, don't stop making charcoal. I will allocate manpower to you later. Also, you should note down how many days each person has worked."
Chen Dachun hehe, smiled and scratched his head, "Don't worry, it won't be less. I remember it clearly."
"In addition, I'm thinking that in a few days the apples on the mountain will be picked, and the villagers will have more and more free time. I want to increase the scale of charcoal burning. It's definitely not possible to just count on a Xiaojia Town."
Chen Dachun nodded.
"Yes, how much can a Xiaojia town use? The county town must use a lot."
"After the first furnace of charcoal is burned, leave some samples for me. I will go to the county town to find a few sellers."
Chen Xiaobei thought of Shopkeeper Li of the grocery store again. It might be feasible to ask him to sell charcoal on his behalf.
The other thing is Lao Wu, who sells vegetables. I don’t know if he is interested. We have to discuss these things ourselves.
After discussing with Chen Dachun, Chen Xiaobei strolled back and stopped by Carpenter Zhang's house to urge Carpenter Zhang to quickly make the wooden doors he needed.
It is really inconvenient to hang only one cloth curtain in the house.
After walking a few steps into the village, I suddenly saw a lot of people gathered in front of me. Some people were making a noise, and the voice sounded familiar.
Suddenly he slapped his head. Isn't this the voice of his father-in-law Cui Fugui?
Walking further, I saw in the crowd, my father-in-law Cui Fugui from the village was jumping to his feet and cursing at the door of his new home.
Chen Hongyu stood outside the crowd with her face flushed in anxiety.
It seems that dissuasion is ineffective.
On the other side, Huang Ying was also panicked.
Hiding tightly behind the second aunt Xiumei.
It can be seen that the second aunt Xiumei must be trying her best to protect Huang Ying.
Suddenly someone shouted loudly, "Look, Chen Xiaobei is here."
With a shout, Cui Fugui, who was yelling, also stopped moving and turned his head to look over.
The crowd even automatically moved out of the way, allowing Cui Fugui and Chen Xiaobei to face each other.
Cui Fugui rushed to Chen Xiaobei with a few steps, pointed at his nose and shouted, "Chen Xiaobei, you ungrateful thing, when my daughter married you, your family was poor and had nothing. Now just now
After living a good life, he actually married a second wife."
After hearing what he said, Chen Xiaobei felt a little dumbfounded. He said to himself, then marrying a second wife is also your daughter's problem and has nothing to do with me.
Sure enough, Cui Hongyu hurried over and stopped in front of Chen Xiaobei, "Dad, I told you before. This has nothing to do with brother Xiaobei. It's all my decision. If you have anything to say, just say it to me."
Cui Fugui turned to look at Chen Xiaobei, "I heard that Chen Xiaobei married his second wife and got four carriages as betrothal gifts. He didn't give anything to our family at the beginning. For this matter, he had to get at least three
One hundred taels of silver."
Hearing this, Chen Xiaobei finally understood the purpose of Cui Fugui's visit this time, but he couldn't bear to jump around and scold himself for a long time in front of so many people.
Thinking of this, Chen Xiaobei gently raised his hand, pushed Cui Hongyu aside, and faced Cui Fugui.
"Dad, isn't it just three hundred taels of silver? It's not a big deal, but you are scolding me in the street, do you think it's interesting?"
Upon hearing Chen Xiaobei's words, Cui Fugui showed a smile on his face, "So if you are willing to take three hundred taels of silver, give it to me quickly."
Seeing Cui Fugui's eager look, Chen Xiaobei frowned. There must be an internal reason for this, otherwise Cui Fugui wouldn't be so anxious to ask for such a small amount of money from him.
Besides, a few days ago, Liu Kai disguised himself and went up the mountain to rescue him. He was his savior.
But in front of so many people, I couldn't ask more questions.
But in front of so many people, there is one thing that can be said, and that is to give Huang Ying some face.
He stepped forward, took Huang Ying's hand, and returned to Cui Fugui.
Then he took Cui Hongyu with his other hand and looked at Cui Fugui and said seriously, "Dad, they are both my women now. What do you mean by jumping around on the street and scolding them?"
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Not to mention that Cui Fugui was also very flexible. He smiled and clasped his fists at Huang Ying, "Miss Huang Ying, I can't help it. It was my fault just now. I was impatient..."
Seeing that Cui Fugui and his gang were timid, the people watching laughed happily.
Chen Xiaobei was also very happy. He saved Huang Ying's face in front of so many people, and then the family could close the door and explain things clearly.
Chen Xiaobei waved his hand, and everyone immediately dispersed.
"Dad, if you have anything to say, please go home and talk." Chen Xiaobei pointed to the brand-new courtyard next to him.
Cui Fugui seemed a little anxious, "This, this..."
"Okay, let's go in and talk." Chen Xiaobei walked in first.
There were stone tables and benches in the yard. Chen Xiaobei asked Cui Fugui to sit down, while Huang Ying and Cui Hongyu hurriedly went to make tea.
Cui Fugui stared at Chen Xiaobei, "Get me some money quickly."
Chen Xiaobei was calm and said with a smile, "Dad, what happened to you? Why are you here in the village like this?"
Cui Fugui's expression immediately became a little nervous.
"What do you mean? I'm asking you for a betrothal gift. Isn't this normal?"
Chen Xiaobei stared at him and said seriously, "If you want to say that, then I really have to tell you, how much money will it cost if you go to the mountain and rescue you?"
Cui Fugui was dumbfounded by the question and was speechless.