Chapter 119 Tai Jicai’s specialty!
Tai Jizu immediately said, "Shall I pick up some firewood nearby and put it here? I'll be coming over to build the wooden house in a few days, and I'll need it then."
The old man waved his hand, as if he didn't care at all, and Tai Jizu went to work with the sesame balls in his arms.
Yang Lihua packed up her things, Tai Jizu also came back, and everyone helped put the firewood into the temporary shack before going down the mountain.
By the time we got home, the sun was almost overhead.
Liu Dongniang stood in front of the door, wishing her neck could be stretched a few inches longer. When she finally saw them, she hurried over to greet them.
"Is Zhuzhu feeling better? Why did you come back just now? We were so worried about you that we didn't dare to sleep the whole night."
As she spoke, she took Zhuzhu over and asked distressedly, "Zhuzhu, have you had breakfast? Are you hungry? Auntie has steamed some meat buns for you, but she hasn't even opened the steamer yet."
Zhuzhu was so happy that her face was beaming with joy, and she quickly presented the treasure to her aunt.
"Auntie, we picked some wild berries. They are very sweet. Let's give them to you!"
"Okay, okay, the berries picked by our Zhuzhu must be delicious!" Liu Dongniang coaxed the child and led everyone into the house.
But the old man went straight around the front yard and went to the back.
At the construction site, everyone is still busy and working hard as usual.
Mr. Tai San was sitting on the blue bricks, puffing on his pipe, when he suddenly saw his old brother coming back and waved to him.
"What happened? Why did you go up the mountain? I got up early and came here, but I didn't see you. I asked Ji Zong but he refused to say anything. It really worried me to death."
The old man laughed and sat next to his brother, saying, "It's nothing serious. Zhuzhu dreamed of her grandmother and kept crying. I thought it might be the Tomb-Sweeping Festival, and the child is young and her soul is not stable. I took her to the grave on the mountain and said a few words to her, and she is fine now."
Master Tai San nodded with a look of sudden realization, saying, "Indeed, it's common for children to be like this when they are young, but they will get better as they grow up."
Mr. Tai glanced at the construction site, leaned over to the old man and whispered, "Who came to work late today?"
Mr. Tai San thought that his brothers were concerned about how much work they did and wanted to deduct their wages, but he felt that was impossible.
So, he replied hesitantly, "Er Mangzi came a little later, saying he got up late. But I assigned him a lot of work yesterday, so he must be very tired."
"Where is the mute? When did he come?" the old man asked.
This made Master Tai frown even more, and he whispered in reproach, "What's wrong with you? The mute hasn't even arrived yet, why are you staring at him? He just comes to work and eat a little, and he doesn't want any wages."
The old man narrowed his eyes slightly, pondered for a moment, and then changed the subject, "Third brother, lend me your Jicai to do some work. Jizu's wife picked a lot of wild berries and plans to make jam as a gift. I'll take Jicai up the mountain to pick a wild beehive. I remember he's very good at fumigating bees."
"That's right. This kid even earned over one or two taels of silver last year by selling honeycombs."
Hearing his son being praised, Master Tai San did not bother to ask any further questions. He called his son over and gave him to his brother to "serve" as he pleased.
The old man didn't even wait for dinner. He went into the yard, took a few buns, and left with Tai Jicai and Tai Jizu.
Tai Yonglu and Tai Yongyue wanted to follow, but were driven back by the old man.
The two boys were so aggrieved that their mouths were about to spit out oil bottles, but in the end Liu Dongniang gave them two buns and they were cured.
Liu Dongniang saw the boys running out to play with their buns in their mouths, and then looked over at the eaves of the wing room, where the well-behaved Zhuzhu and Yongning were sitting together, eating slowly.
The white and chubby Baozi is held in the arms of the white and chubby girl. It’s so cute!
Liu Dongniang couldn't help but complain to her busy sister-in-law, "Why didn't I give birth to a daughter? This brat is so troublesome!"
Yang Lihua was so amused that she told him about losing her child that morning. At the end, she sighed and said, "Who said that little girls don't have to worry about anything? This one of ours is worth the worry of three other people."
But while she said this, her hands were very carefully putting the small white flowers picked by her daughter into a translucent gauze bag, preparing to dry them and use them to make pillows.
Liu Dongniang covered her mouth and laughed, then stepped forward to help.
Tai Jizong came in from outside, and Yang Lihua called him, "Second brother, we picked a lot of wild berries and I plan to make some jam to give to Manager Min as a return gift. When you have free time, can you help me buy some nice and clean porcelain jars?
"Rich people all pay attention to elegance. Our things are a bit rough, so we can only decorate them well to look decent."
Tai Jizong immediately agreed, "Okay, sister-in-law, we're running out of tiles. I'm going to the brick kiln this afternoon. They sell porcelain bottles there!"
Yang Lihua suddenly remembered about building a wooden house on the mountain and added, "Also, if you find tung oil, buy a couple of extra jars. Dad wants to build a wooden house on the mountain. Now that we're done here at home, we should start. Let's prepare the materials first so we don't have to worry about it later."
"Building a house on the mountain?" Tai Jizong asked in surprise, "Dad didn't tell me. He just said he was looking for a wild beehive and left. I don't know why he was so anxious..."
Yang Lihua frowned, with some guesses in her mind, and quickly changed the subject.
"Dad is always impatient and doesn't want to delay anything. I guess he's worried that it will delay me from making jam. Let's talk about building the cabin after he comes back. I'll get the money for you first."
After dinner, when the villagers took a short rest, Tai Jizong set off.
As soon as he left, the old man and others came back.
Tai Jicai looked like a victorious general, with his nose raised so high that he almost looked up to the sky.
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