Zhang Hulan found Luo Changqi and Yuan Gang and told them what happened. Yuan Gang said, "Let Luo accompany Zhao Lizheng to the Hu family to buy bricks. He is more careful. I am a rough man, so I will accompany my niece to the village."
Zhang Hulan nodded, "Then I'll trouble Uncle Luo and Uncle Yuan to make the trip."
Luo Changqi said, "Why are you so polite, niece? We old guys are living and eating here, so it's our duty to run errands for you. You must not be so polite in the future, otherwise we will feel uncomfortable."
"Okay, I won't be polite to you uncles from now on."
Afterwards, Luo Changqi and Zhao Guoliang drove a donkey cart to Baoping Village, while Zhang Hulan and Yuan Gang followed in another donkey cart.
The Hu family had more than twenty kiln factories. In order to obtain mud, many large pits were dug in some places in Baoping Village.
Luo Changqi and Zhao Guoliang arrived at the Hujia Kiln Factory. Hu Haiming greeted them warmly, "Hey, Li Zheng Zhao is here to buy bricks! Is Li Zheng Zhao's family going to build a new house?"
Zhao Guoliang said: "It's not my family that built the house, I bought it for someone else."
Hu Haiming asked: "Could it be that Zhao Li bought it for Zhang Hulan from your village?"
Zhao Guoliang nodded, "Yes."
Hu Haiming slapped his thigh and said, "Hey, so you bought it for Hu Lan!
Hi! We are going to Zhang's this afternoon. If the deal is done, what else do we need to buy?
When the time comes, we will take as many as Tiger Orchid wants, and there is no need to negotiate the price."
Zhao Guoliang was a little stunned. Does Hu Haiming call Hu Lan so familiarly?
Moreover, the Hu family is proposing to marry Zhang Hujun's daughter. How can the Hu family be so generous? If it works out, Zhang Hulan won't even have to pay for the bricks she needs to build her house?
Not to mention Zhao Guoliang was a little dazed, Luo Changqi was also a little dazed.
At this time, Hu Haiming shouted towards the houses in the kiln factory: "Sanlang, come out quickly..."
Hu Sanlang quickly came out of the house and asked, "Dad, what's the matter?"
Hu Haiming pointed at Zhao Guoliang and said, "This is Zhao Lizheng from Daping Village. Zhao Lizheng is here to help Hu Lan buy bricks to build a house."
Hu Sanlang's eyes lit up, and he immediately bowed to Zhao Guoliang and said, "Greetings, Chief Zhao."
Just as Zhao Guoliang was about to speak, Hu Sanlang spoke again: "Zhao Lizheng, isn't Sister Zhang here?"
"Ms. Zhang?"
Zhao Guoliang and Luo Changqi were both stunned again.
Isn't this the wrong generation?
If Hu Sanlang and Zhang Dahua really got together, Hu Sanlang should call Zhang Hulangu.
Even if it hasn't happened yet, shouldn't I call her Sister Zhang?
Hu Haiming then said, "Zhao Lizheng, you guys go back first. We will go to Zhang's house in the afternoon and we will talk about buying bricks later."
Zhao Guoliang and Luo Changqi left the Hujia Kiln Factory in a daze, and both felt that something was not right.
As for Zhang Hulan, she went to the village to inquire about the situation of the Hu family among the villagers.
At this time, I was chatting with a village woman, and the village woman said, "Girl, are you asking about Sanlang?"
"Oh, Sanlang is a good boy. He has a good temper and I've never seen him get angry with anyone."
"He is kind to everyone. He helps anyone who asks him for help."
"My son works in the kiln at his home, earning 18 wen a day, which means he can make a lot of money in a month."
"Sanlang also promised my son that if he builds a house in the future, he will sell his bricks to my son at half the price..."
Zhang Hulan asked several villagers, and they all said that the Hu family was good, especially Hu Sanlang, who was impeccable in his conduct.
Hu Sanlang is the most capable scholar in the village. He is humble, polite and helpful. Everyone in the village speaks highly of him.
Zhang Hulan never believed that there is a perfect person in this world. Everyone has shortcomings.
Besides, Hu Sanlang was not perfect either. He only paid his workers 18 cents a day, and it was hard work to burn a kiln.
Especially in summer, it's so hot that it kills people. Only 18 cents a day, are you sucking the blood of the villagers?
Judging from this point of view, the Hu family is not kind-hearted people. Zhang Hulan didn't know why these villagers were all saying good things about the Hu family.
Zhao Guoliang and Luo Changqi came over quickly. Zhang Hulan asked in surprise, "Uncle Lizheng, how did you guys come to an agreement so quickly?"
Zhao Guoliang said: "Hulan, we feel something is not right."
Zhang Hulan asked: "What's wrong?"
"I said I was here to buy bricks for you, and then Hu Haiming asked us to go back, saying they would go to your house in the afternoon and we could talk about buying bricks later.
Hu Haiming also said, if you are born, you can pull as many bricks as you want, without asking for money. "
Zhao Guoliang paused, then continued, "We also met Hu Sanlang, and he called you Sister Zhang. Isn't this generational relationship incorrect?"
Zhang Hulan felt that something was not right, so Luo Changqi asked, "Niece, have you found out anything?"
Zhang Hulan shook her head, "There is no useful information. The villagers nearby are all from the Hu family, and Hu Sanlang is very nice. Anyway, I think there is a problem."
"So should we ask around or go back?" Luo Changqi asked.
"Let's go back. I don't think we can find out anything. Aren't they going to my father's house this afternoon? I'll see what they say then."
Zhao Guoliang asked Zhang Hulan, "So should we put the brick purchase on hold for now or what?"
Zhang Hulan said, "Uncle Lizheng, if that doesn't work, go buy bricks from other brick kilns. Are there any brick kilns in other villages?"
"There are no brick kilns in the nearby villages. They are far away. The distance is too far, and I think I will have to pay extra for delivery."
Zhang Hulan said, "It's OK, as long as you don't add too much."
Zhao Guoliang nodded, "Then I'll go check out other brick kilns this afternoon."
On the way back, Zhang Hulan and her friends met a matchmaker who was walking towards Baoping Village with her hips twisted.
Zhang Hulan was in Old Man Zhang's donkey cart, so the matchmaker didn't see Zhang Hulan.
When the matchmaker saw Zhao Guoliang, she greeted him, "Hey, where has Zhao Lizheng gone?"
Zhao Guoliang said: "I went to Baoping Village to buy bricks."
The matchmaker immediately cried out, "Oh, if I had known that Zhao Lizheng was going to Baoping Village, I would have followed him and saved me the trouble of walking for so long."
The matchmaker rolled her eyes and said coquettishly, "Zhao Lizheng, your donkey cart is fast, how about you take me back to Baoping Village and I'll treat Zhao Lizheng to tea?"
Zhao Guoliang glanced at the matchmaker and said, "I have a lot of things to do, you should just go slowly."
After Zhao Guoliang finished speaking, he cracked the whip and the donkey spread its four legs and ran forward.
After running a distance, Zhang Hulan lifted the carriage curtain and said to Zhao Guoliang, "Uncle head of the village, the matchmaker is flirting with you, why don't you understand?"
Zhao Guoliang glared at him and said, "Don't talk nonsense. If your Aunt Zhou hears it, I don't know what kind of quarrel she will have with me."
Zhang Hulan smiled and covered her mouth, "Don't worry, Uncle Lizheng, I promise I won't tell Aunt Zhou."
When they got home, Wang and Li eagerly asked Zhang Hulan what she had found out.
Zhang Hulan told the two what she had found out, and Wang and Li were also undecided.
Zhang Hulan said, "Let's wait until they arrive in the afternoon."
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