Chapter 206 The Gratitude of the Tenants
Chen, who had always been stingy, nodded and asked, "Where can I buy it?"
Huang Xinghua heard this and immediately said, "Look for Chen Yi! Chen Yi's wife's uncle comes here every year to sell sheep. Last year, they reminded them not to raise too many sheep. I heard that they raised too many breeding sheep before, so there were too many lambs. It will take a while, so they are all driven here this year.
Fortunately, our village and Dongmen Village have made money, so many families have bought sheep. We wanted to buy some at first, but we had a lot of things to do at home, and we didn't have a sheep pen, so we were worried that we couldn't keep them alive, so we refused. However, Shen Yi raised more than 30 sheep this year, and he said he was going to re-launch mutton-flavored Guokui, which he has only been selling these past few days. Mutton is expensive, and mutton Guokui is not cheap. The amount he makes every day is not that large, but there should be quite a few left now, so it's not a problem to sell you one or two."
Liu Jinhua went to find Chen Yi without saying a word, and her anxious look really surprised the two daughters-in-law.
I don’t know what Liu Jinhua said to Shen Yi, but when they returned from the banquet, Wei Gang and Wei Yi each had an extra ewe.
The two brothers were leading the sheep, they were a little drunk and their heads were dizzy.
After returning home, Zeng and Chen explained the situation to the two brothers.
The Wei family had just married a girl, and there was still some work to be done at home, so they were busy and it was already the twelfth lunar month.
Once the twelfth lunar month begins, there is endless work to do every day, either repairing the house and furniture, making clothes, or cooking, and also preparing various things for the New Year.
At this time, Shen Liang came over driving a cart full of things.
Wei Yi was obviously very happy to see him. He called Chen out and asked her to go to the kitchen to cook food to entertain his son-in-law.
This time, Chen didn't lose her temper and her movements were quite quick.
Shen Liang and Wei Yi were being polite and kept moving things into the house.
After running four or five times and still not finishing the move, Wei Yi couldn't help but say, "Son-in-law, what are you carrying? One load after another."
Upon hearing this, Chen, Liu Jinhua and others also poked their heads out to watch the fun.
Shen Liang said cheerfully, "There are live fish and shrimps from my cousin's place, as well as 20 kilograms of pork, 20 kilograms of beef, 10 kilograms of brown sugar, 10 kilograms of white sugar, two jars of fruit wine brewed by my cousin's wife, some fireworks, and new clothes made by Daya for you, one for each of you, plus two pieces of fabric."
"Hiss!" Wei Yi took a breath and dug his ears hard. After confirming that he had heard correctly, he quickly stopped Shen Liang and asked, "Do your parents know that you have made so many things?"
"I know! Some of them were prepared by them for me." Shen Liang said as if it was a matter of course.
Wei Yi didn't know what to say for a moment.
Chen in the kitchen reacted and hurriedly sped up to cook egg custard and sugar water for Shen Liang.
Chen Liang sat in the Wei family for a while, ate something, then went to say hello to Wei Laoqi and left.
As soon as he left, Liu Jinhua asked Wei Yi and his wife to move all their things back to the main room, "Just leave my and your father's clothes and shoes behind."
Wei Yi looked at all the food, feeling happy and worried at the same time, "Mom, we can't finish all of this!"
Liu Jinhua glanced at the kitchen and shouted, "Just take it back if I tell you to. Your wife will take care of it. What does it have to do with you? I looked around and the things that my eldest grandson-in-law brought this time are worth quite a bit of money!"
"Of course not! Let alone other things, the wine alone is not cheap! And such big fish, there are several of them, it will cost several hundred coins, and there are also meat and ingredients, which are probably worth several taels!" Wei Yi didn't understand and just said what his mother said.
Chen lingered in the kitchen for a while before coming out. She said a few polite words to Liu Jinhua before taking the things back to the house.
Wei Yi followed her in and said happily, "Our son-in-law is really generous. Don't be so stingy. He is open-minded and will not let us suffer any loss. Don't be so short-sighted and always focus on those trivial things."
Chen was not convinced, but she did not argue with Wei Yi. She just looked at the things and said happily, "Come back to my parents' home before the New Year and give them some things, so that they won't always say that I am unfilial."
"Why do you care about their nonsense? Just go." Although Wei Yi was unhappy, he did not refuse Chen.
A few days later, Shen Dagou also came to give New Year gifts. Although the gifts were not as many as Shen Liang's, he had everything he needed, including a big bucket of Liu Jinhua's favorite goat milk peanut soup, which surprised Liu Jinhua.
The second house discussed how to return the gift.
After a busy day, it’s already the end of December and the Chinese New Year is just two or three days away.
Every household has the atmosphere of the New Year, but the tenant farmers on the farm outside Dahe Town are no different from usual times.
They haven't started working yet and are penniless. If the employer hadn't been kind enough to let them move in early, many of them would still have to squeeze into the woodshed and kitchen, not to mention celebrating the New Year.
Fang Wei was hibernating in the house. When other tenant farmers came to chat with him, he got up to entertain them and was happy to make some noise.
"Brother Fang Wei, what do you think we can get to eat during the New Year? I heard that our boss is good at winter fishing and can catch a lot of fish. How about we go to the Daxun River and try to break ice?" The tenant farmer Yan Yong suggested excitedly.
Fang Wei looked at him coldly, his mouth twitching slightly, "How dare you think that? What are we going to use to chisel the ice? The farm tools given by the boss? If they are broken by the ice, who will be responsible for it?"
Yan Yong felt as if a fart had poured a bucket of cold water on him, and was speechless.
After a while, he hung his head, and his stomach started to rumble. He quickly tightened his belt and asked with a wry smile, "Isn't it possible that we'll starve to death before we even start working? When I broke up with my family, I swore to myself that I would never go back."
Fang Wei turned over and sat up. Just as he was thinking about what to do, there was a noise outside suddenly.
The two of them ran out quickly, only to see Shen Yi leading a group of people, driving several ox carts over.
"Don't just stand there, call some people over to help unload the things."
Shen Yi shouted, and the two of them woke up as if from a dream, and hurriedly called for help.
Soon all sixty tenant farmers came out, each taking a little, and in no time all the things on the ox cart were brought to Fang Wei's home.
The room was not big to begin with, and after putting the things in it, there was no place for people to even step, so they had to move to another room to talk.
Shen Yi explained, "The New Year is coming soon. I have prepared 3,000 kilograms of grain, 3,000 kilograms of vegetables, and some meat for you. These things are for your emergency. You can return them to me after the autumn harvest. You don't need the meat and vegetables. Consider them my New Year gifts to you."
The tenant farmers were so grateful that their eyes were filled with tears, and some even cried out loud.
"Boss, no one has ever been so kind to me since I was a child. You are my second parent." A tenant farmer who was not very old said with sobs.
The others nodded in agreement.
Shen Yi was moved and said some encouraging words to them before leaving.
(End of this chapter)
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