In the next few days, except for going to the city once a day to get medicine for Ding Chengzong, Ding Hao spent most of his time wandering around the village, hoping to have the opportunity to meet Mrs. Dong a few more times. However, it was already the busy farming season, and the farmers were busy plowing the fields.
Rake the ground, sow seeds, and apply fertilizer. The Dong family rents twelve acres of land, so they are naturally busy.
There are many brothers in Dong Li's natal family. Each brother has a family and a business. They all have prosperous descendants and a lot of strong labor. The two villages live not far away, so they often come to help. But they are here to help after all. Although Luo Dong'er is a weak girl,
He couldn't just sit back and enjoy the harvest. He was so busy with them every day sowing and fertilizing. Even if Ding Hao wanted to see her, he could only stand on the ridge of the field at the head of the village and look at her slim figure from a distance without even having a chance to strike up a conversation.
Ding Hao, who was wandering around the fields at the head of the village all day long, heard some news about him from the villagers. It was said that after the fourth girl of the Liu family found out that he refused to marry, she was both aggrieved and humiliated, and threw herself in front of Aunt Li.
I went to the kang and cried a lot.
He also heard that the fourth girl’s mother snatched the colored satin from Aunt Li’s hand and threw it to the ground. She also used her new pair of cloth shoes to stamp hard on the satin. While stamping it, she said that the Liu family did not care about her
The Ding family's "surprise gift" made Aunt Li very unhappy. Ding Hao felt very guilty and took the time to give Aunt Li a piece of colorful satin as a thank you gift.
Ding Hao, full of guilt, still unswervingly carries out his life plan: make full use of this time to accumulate more life; try his best to recuperate his mother's body; after leaving the Ding family, he will work hard while he is young and earn a living.
Create your own career and live a life of freedom and ease.
Of course, a more satisfactory result would be to take Luo Dong'er's pitiful and adorable little girl away with her. However, in this era, even an unmarried daughter would find it difficult to have any contact with her, not to mention she is still a widow.
How can you capture her heart if you don't even have a chance to get in touch with her?
During this period of time, Luo Dong'er gained nothing, but he gained something else in the Ding family, which can be regarded as reaping something in the east. Every time he came back from the city to get medicine, he had to deliver it to Ding Chengzong personally. Ding Chengzong was very fond of him.
She is so enthusiastic that she often invites him to chat with her and drink tea and wine together. The situation is not like treating her own steward, but like a close friend. Mrs. Lu often accompanies her husband, chatting and laughing, and is also polite to Ding Hao.
Very.
Ding Hao saw that the eldest young master treated him very enthusiastically, so he thought that the eldest young master Ding was looking for someone to chat with to relieve his boredom because of his limited mobility. He happened to have nothing to do, and Luo Donger had no chance to get close to him, so he spent most of the day talking to him.
Young Master Ding mingled and chatted.
Everyone in the village said that he had been enlightened by the Fox Fairy, which was a good layer of protection. Sometimes he would make shocking remarks without arousing suspicion. Anyway, he had already exposed himself to the limelight a lot, so there was no need for him to do so.
He was clumsy, so he interacted with Ding Chengzong. Ding Hao spoke freely and often made novel remarks, which made Ding Chengzong admire him.
Ding Chengzong has been taking care of his father's family business in the past few years and has accumulated a lot of experience in business. Although Ding Hao has thousands of years of experience than him, he can only talk about macro-level understandings in general.
He was a complete layman on all the nuances of business operations in this era, how to operate and how to develop under the various conditions limited to this era. Ding Chengzong never kept any secrets from Ding Hao, and when Ding Hao asked about it, he explained everything in detail.
He told Ding Hao what he had learned without any reservation. During his interactions with him, Ding Hao gained a lot of valuable business experience that perhaps he should have gone through a lot of hardships to gain.
These two people interacted frequently, and Ding Tingxun became worried. However, Ding Chengzong had been in a depressed mood the past few days, and now he had a pleasant chat with Ding Hao and seemed to have regained some energy. How could he bear to do anything that would displease his son?
, we can only place our hope in Ding Chengye and hope that he can be as successful as Chengzong, so that we can safely leave the family business to him.
In fact, it wasn't that Ding Chengye didn't want to show off in front of his father, it was just that he didn't have the temperament to do anything. It didn't take long for him to throw the matter to Yan Jiu and go off to live happily. Everyone has it.
His life goal, the life goal of a playboy, how high can you expect it to be?
Ding Chengye is not unaware of the close relationship between Ding Hao and Ding Chengzong, but he doesn't care. In his opinion, his eldest brother is a useless person. Even if he has great abilities, he can no longer compete with him. His most eager thing now is to
Luo Donger got her hands on the delicate and dripping cabbage, fulfilling her long-cherished wish.
In the past few days, he had been urging Liu Shiyi so hard that Liu Shiyi naturally tried his best to curry favor. As a result, some rumors about Ding Hao and Luo Donger quickly spread in Dingjiazhuang. However, Ding Hao, as the person involved, was still completely confused at this time.
In the dark. These days, he and Ding Chengzong drank tea, played chess, and chatted about everything. He thought that his career as a steward could last until half a year in such leisure. Unexpectedly, after just a few days of leisure, Ding Tingxun was assigned another job.
give him.
It turned out that Bazhou Prefecture was building a water conservancy project and had to dig a canal. The canal flowed near Dingjiazhuang. The food and wages for digging the canal were provided by the state government, but the manpower was assigned as labor by the villages and towns through which the canal flowed. The people responsible for this task were from various places.
The Baozheng of the village. Because nine out of ten villagers in Dingjiazhuang are tenants of the Ding family, Zhen Yangge, the Baozheng of the village, has far less influence in the village than Ding Tingxun, the head of the Ding family. He needs Ding Tingxun’s nod to do anything he wants to do.
That's right, now is the busy farming season, how to dispatch corvees is absolutely inseparable from the support and help of the Ding family, so Zhen Baozheng came to the door.
Ding Tingxun was worried that his son had close contact with Ding Hao but had no suitable reason to stop him. As soon as Zhen Baozheng explained his intention, he immediately followed the trend and sent the envoy to Ding Hao to build rivers and dig canals. However, the Ding family relies on the fields for their livelihood.
Since this canal flows near Dingjiazhuang, it is of great benefit to the Ding family. Ding Tingxun did not dare to be careless about this matter, and then arranged for Liu Shiyi to cooperate with Ding Hao. Liu Shiyi was the manager of the Ding family's outer courtyard.
He had been responsible for this aspect when building the canal. At the same time, he knew every household on the farm very well. He knew exactly how many men there were in each family and how many acres of land they farmed. He knew exactly which family should provide labor.
Bian also has a clue in his heart.
Ding Hao knew that his knowledge in this area was far inferior to that of Liu Shiyi, so he did not show off and listened to Liu Shiyi's opinions humbly. When Liu Shiyi helped him finalize the labor selection, he took the list and
He and Zhen Bao were going door to door to notify them, asking them to gather at the village head early tomorrow morning to start work on digging canals.
After this lap, his legs were running thin. Ding Hao said goodbye to Zhen Baozheng and was about to go back to rest. Just after walking a short distance, Zhen Baozheng caught up with him again and shouted breathlessly: "Manager Ding, please stay.
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Ding Hao said in an awkward tone: "Zhen Baozheng, what else can you do?"
Zhen Baozheng said: "We will start work tomorrow, but with these hundred and ten people eating and drinking on the canal, who is responsible for cooking? We need to find a few more cooks."
"Ouch!" Ding Hao slapped his forehead and said, "I almost forgot about this matter. Zhen Baozheng, don't be anxious. I will discuss it with Manager Liu later and we will make the arrangements properly. I will definitely not miss the start of work tomorrow."
"How many cooks are missing on the construction site?" Ding Hao walked back and suddenly thought of Luo Dong'er: "This is a good opportunity. Can we hire her? But... I'm afraid that as soon as I show up, the Dong Li family will
If you don't have a good face for me, how can you agree to my request? It's better to persuade Liu Shiyi to come forward."
Ding Hao made a plan in his mind and went to look for Liu Shiyi when he returned to Ding Mansion. However, he wandered around for a few times and didn't see Liu Shiyi. Seeing that he had reached the kitchen in front of him, he took advantage of the situation and turned in. Once he entered the kitchen, there was a door.
There was a row of large water tanks. Ding Hao took a ladle of well water and drank it. He wiped his mouth and shouted inside: "Manager Liu, is Manager Liu here with you?"
Liu Ming ran out of the back room, wiping his hands on his oil-stained twist apron and saying with a sweet smile: "It turns out to be Manager Ding. Manager Liu is not here. Why are you free to come here today? Come and sit in my room."
Come on, I'll ask someone to cook some side dishes, boil a pot of wine, and let us two have a few cups."
Ding Hao scooped up another ladle of water, bent down and washed his sweaty face and neck, and said with a smile: "No, I have something else to do. Just wash your face and leave. What are you busy with? You are still sweating anyway."
Liu Ming said: "I just took someone to the backyard to bring back a few bags of rice. Hehe, I also took the opportunity to watch the excitement."
Ding Hao washed his face and asked, "What's the excitement behind the village?"
Liu Ming's eyes narrowed slightly and he said with a smile: "The Dong family is so lively. The Dong family's naughty mother-in-law heard some rumors from somewhere. She got furious at home and punished her daughter-in-law severely. Now she is punishing her in the house.
I'm kneeling in the courtyard."
Ding Hao was startled after hearing this, and his voice hardened: "Mother of the Dong family, why?"
Liu Ming chuckled and said: "Speaking of which, this matter has something to do with you. Now it has been spread throughout the Dingjiazhuang that the young lady of the Dong family has a good relationship with you. Aunt Li went to the Dong family to arrange a marriage for you. That's it.
Because you two have had an affair for a long time, you are already in love... What kind of passion... Hey, it doesn't sound good anyway, but I don't believe it, I don't know which bastard is just talking nonsense."
Ding Hao got angry as soon as he heard the fire. He threw the gourd and gourd back into the vat with a bang, turned around and walked out. Since the matter was on his head, he had to take the lead no matter what, so that a weak woman could be blamed for him.
If he suffers, is he still a man?
Liu Ming grabbed him and said anxiously: "Brother, what are you doing?"
Ding Hao's eyes spit fire and he said angrily: "I'll go to Dong's house and have a look!"
Liu Ming blinked his eyes and said calmly: "What are you doing? Could it be... Could it be that brother, you and Mrs. Dong are really related..."
"Huh?" Ding Hao glared, and Liu Ming quickly laughed: "No, no, no, don't be angry, just pretend I didn't say it, pretend I didn't say it. But...brother, if you go like this, it's just a matter of speculation.
The son has settled down, and it would not be nice to spread the news. Besides, Mrs. Dong is the daughter-in-law of the Dong family after all, and the divorce letter has not been written yet. If she does not write the divorce letter for one day, Mrs. Dong will still be a member of the Dong family.
, then it is only natural for a mother-in-law to teach her daughter-in-law a lesson, how can outsiders take care of her? Listen to my brother’s advice, you’d better not go.”
Ding Hao said stiffly: "Brother, don't worry, I have my own sense of responsibility. No matter how bad I am, I won't be unreasonable and go to other people's houses to make trouble. But since the incident started because of me, how can I be the coward?"
"You...how did you tell people that you were gone?"
"Just play it by ear."
"How can this happen?" Liu Ming said: "Who asked me to regard you as my brother? I can't see you in trouble. I have something to tell you, maybe it will be of some help to you, but brother, you can't do anything.
Don't say it was me who said that, I can't afford to offend him."
Ding Hao said curiously: "Anything, Manager Liu, feel free to tell me. My brother is very tight-lipped and will never reveal anything that shouldn't be said."
Liu Ming looked around, pulled Ding Hao, pulled him under the wall, and whispered: "I tell you, don't look at the Dong family's mother-in-law, she is yelling so much, she seems to be a chaste and martyr woman, this woman is not
What a thing, she has been hooking up with our manager Liu for several years, but this woman's home is in the backyard of our Ding family compound, and the two people's interactions are not noticeable. If it weren't for it,
Liu Shiyi often comes to my kitchen to get some meat to honor the mother-in-law, and I won't notice their secrets."
"Oh?" Ding Hao thought secretly: "If what Liu Ming said is true, then this woman is really guilty and wants to catch the thief. If I have her handle, I can treat her in the same way as she does. But,
There is no evidence in this haste. If you say this with red lips and white teeth, it will not help the matter and offend that villain Liu Shiyi..."
Just as Ding Hao was thinking about it, Liu Ming looked around, stood up on tiptoes and leaned against his ears, and said mysteriously: "I'm telling you, Manager Liu went to Widow Dong's house this afternoon, and I guess...
The adulterer and the adulterous couple were having sex again. Manager Liu didn't dare not go home at night, so he and Mr. Dong secretly had an affair and would sneak over in the free time in the afternoon.
Miss Dong came to our house today to deliver embroidery to the knitting shop. Aunt Li was not here and she went back early. Hey, you said she would not be punished to kneel in the morning or kneel in the evening. Miss Dong had a seizure as soon as she came back. I'm afraid...
...Have Guanshi Liu blocked the house? Haha, I was just guessing... Hehe... I was just guessing..."
Ding Hao laughed "Hey", patted his chubby shoulder and said: "Well, thank you Brother Liu, I know it in my heart, and I will remember this feeling!"
PS: I will collect recommendation votes early in the morning. I will remember this feeling ^_^