The magistrate, slightly drunk, said, "Heng'er is right. We should build a school, a big and good school right here in Daling Village, and then hire some learned teachers to teach the children!"
The magistrate had drunk too much, so Zhao Heng quickly stepped forward and, together with Jin Dashan, helped the magistrate to sleep in Liang Shuyan's side room.
Li Zheng said somewhat awkwardly, "Auntie Dashan, if it doesn't work, let the magistrate come to my house. My house is more spacious."
Liang Shuyan said with some difficulty, "My mother lives in our main house, and since she is a woman, it is inappropriate for the magistrate to live in a woman's room. Therefore, this room is the most suitable!"
Zhao Heng stepped forward and coughed lightly twice: "What's the problem? It's just a matter of taking a nap anywhere. Besides, my father has already drunk too much. It's fine for him to sleep in the yard. Lizheng, you should take everyone back!"
Since the magistrate's son had spoken, Li Zheng couldn't say anything and led his fellow villagers away one after another.
Jin Wang chimed in, "Sister-in-law, how can you let the magistrate live in the side room? You're looking down on him! Aren't you afraid he'll punish you when he wakes up? Let me tell you, I've warned you about this. If it involves the Jin family, you'd better think about the consequences."
Consequences? What would be the consequences of letting the county magistrate live in a side room? She really hadn't thought about it.
With her hands on her hips, Zhao said, "Sister-in-law, don't think that just because you gave the magistrate a meal today, all the problems can be solved. Don't take your anger out on the magistrate and drag us down with you!"
Chunyan was talking to Niu Niu when she saw this scene. She quickly ran over and stood in front of Liang Shuyan: "Father, Mother, what are you doing? Why are you making things difficult for Auntie? Let me tell you, the magistrate is a wise man and he is not the kind of person to hold grudges. Besides, the main house of Auntie's house is where Grandma lives. Even if Grandma gave it to the magistrate, how could the magistrate live in a woman's room?"
Since Chunyan came to Liang Shuyan's house, she has become very diligent and sensible. She shares a room with Ruyan, and every day Chunyan takes the initiative to do chores. She gets up early to feed the cat, clean the yard, and feed the chickens and ducks. When it's time for school, she helps Niu Niu wash up and carry her schoolbag, taking very good care of Niu Niu, which saves Liang Shuyan from having to worry about Niu Niu anymore.
Zhao was so angry that she immediately started yelling, "You, you shameless hussy, how dare you talk like that, siding with your aunt? We are your parents, how can you take the outsider's side?"
Chunyan had also become bolder. She glanced at Zhao Shi and said, "I'm right. Don't deliberately make things difficult for my aunt!"
Zhao raised her hand to hit Chunyan, but the old lady coughed softly and said, "Coming to our house to hit people, what kind of audacity have you eaten?"
Zhao, panting with anger, shouted, "Mother, how can you protect this ungrateful wretch? She... she talked back to her elders! I'm her mother! How dare she talk to me like that?"
"What's wrong? You can't stand it? Did you ever respect your mother before? You can't stand Chunyan talking back to you now? If you want the younger generation to respect you, you have to behave properly first. You wouldn't even pay five coins for your school books, so why should she respect you?"
The old lady's words angered Zhao so much that she stammered for a long time before turning around and leaving.
"Mother, I'm your biological daughter! Is my sister-in-law your biological daughter? Are you blind?" Jin Wang shouted angrily from the side.
"You unfilial son! As a man, you allow that woman to run rampant in the house. Now you're scolding Chunyan without even knowing the facts. Chunyan is always busy in your house. She does all the housework by herself. When she comes home, your wife doesn't even know how to cook. She doesn't treat Chunyan like a child at all!"
Jin Wang was scolded and left looking dejected.
Liang Shuyan originally intended to give Jin Wang and his wife a good scolding, but unexpectedly, the old lady gave her a lecture instead. Oh well, now she needs to plan how to start the tea workshop.
The main ingredient of tea is ground pepper, which can be found everywhere in the mountains. However, this stuff needs to be picked around June, which requires a lot of manpower to pick, dry, sort, and finally steam in a steamer before frying the tea!
Various auxiliary ingredients are also essential, including almonds, dates, and rose petals. Rose petals are relatively difficult to obtain, so Liang Shuyan decided to find someone to buy them from flower farmers.
Following the procedure, she felt that something was missing. The final packaging was also a problem. In ancient times, tea was also packaged in paper bags, but tea made the tea look cheap by using rough paper bags, which were as rough as kraft paper. So, she decided to customize special packaging bags from the system.
In the beginning, in order to save money on building the shed, the whole family pitched in to build it.
Considering the large scale of the construction project, she decided to post a notice in the village to recruit some craftsmen who could do bricklaying, carpentry, and other manual labor such as mortar work and tile making. These were tasks that her family members could do.
Outside the workshop, a simple tent was set up specifically for the craftsmen to rest and eat.
Zhang was in charge of cooking in the kitchen, with Liang Shuyan in charge. Liu was pregnant and couldn't do heavy work, but she could handle some small tasks. Ruyan helped Zhang, sometimes tending the fire, sometimes serving dishes; in short, she was always busy.
"Sanwang, come here!"
Sanwang, who was carrying mud, dropped his tools and ran over, wiping the sweat from his forehead with his sleeve, and asked, "Mother, what's wrong?"
"Go chop firewood; there's no firewood left in the kitchen for cooking."
When Ruyan saw Sanwang arrive, she followed him out and said with a smile, "Sanwang, you must be tired!"
As she spoke, Ruyan reached out to wipe the sweat from Sanwang's forehead, her face flushed, and smiled shyly at him.
“It’s not hard work. Once this shed is built, our family will have a second business. If we think about it this way, can we start building a house?” Sanwang planned with a smile on his face.
Liang Shuyan could tell, and thought to herself, "This brat, is he planning to build a new house and get married? Look how happy he is. Really, once he has a wife, he doesn't even know his mother exists!"
Ruyan squatted to one side, neatly stacking the firewood that Sanwang had chopped. The two seemed to have endless things to say to each other.
"Brother Sanwang, do you think Auntie would approve of us if she knew about us?"
Zhao Heng, with a mournful face, ran over in a fit of rage: "Well, Sanwang, how dare you seduce the woman I like?"
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